Chapter 24: Madness

Since You'an didn't have any resistance to the people she selected, and even felt more satisfied, Qin Shu was also relieved, and a smile appeared on her face.

Now that it has been decided, it can't be delayed any longer, Qin Shu plans to start preparing for the Liang family tomorrow to propose a personal appointment to the Liang family. She excitedly told Yuan about her plans.

This time it is to accept "virtuous concubines", which is naturally different from ordinary concubines.

Before, whether it was Na Zhou Zhen'er or Zhao Hanqiu, their weddings were relatively few grand, and when they married Shen Jingfang, they were even more grand.

This time, Qin Shu didn't plan to wronged Liang Shilan, she was not as good as Shen Jingfang, the wife, in all aspects, but the specifications were only slightly lower than her, and all kinds of procedures, three books and six appointments would also be ready, in order to show her importance to the girl of the Liang family. This point is incomparable to Zhou, Zhao, and the two.

However, after listening to his mother's thoughts, Qin You'an didn't agree very much.

It's not for Shen Jingfang's face. It's that he thinks that he is just a concubine, so how can he be so solemn? Even if she is a virtuous concubine, she is just a good name, but the essence is still the same.

Although he said that the daughter of the Liang family was worthy of being wronged by him, in fact, in his heart, whoever married him was Gao Pan, and there was absolutely no reason for grievances, and no one dared to express grievances in front of him.

No matter how noble and elegant the Liang family is, since they have already sent their daughter over as a concubine, they must have accepted the reality and categorically have no reason to continue.

When her mother did this, she was too uplifting to the Liang family.

It's just that seeing his mother so interested, Qin Youan can't refute it.

In the end, it was Qin Shu who sighed, overturned his previous thoughts, and said: "Now that the year is not good, there are many refugees outside, and if you take concubines with such fanfare, the impact will not be good." This time to take a concubine, let's keep a low profile! ”

"Mother thinks about it." Qin Youan's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled slightly: "However, mother can ask the Liang family to see how they choose?" ”

This is already a manifestation of the importance attached to the Liang family. However, with Qin Youan's understanding of the Liang family, the Liang family will inevitably choose to be low-key, they are not the kind of people who like to be in the limelight, and they don't like those false names.

Qin Shu glanced at him thoughtfully, then nodded and said, "This is a good way. She can also take the opportunity to learn about the Liang family's behavior.

Early the next morning, when Qin Shu was about to send someone to Liang's house to propose marriage, someone sent a post.

Qin Shu took it and took a look, but it was a post by General Xiao under You'anβ€”β€”

After asking the messenger, Qin Shu learned that General Xiao's wife couldn't wait for a day late, and directly brought her daughter to the door.

Qin Shu has been seeing several waves of ladies and young ladies almost every day these days, and they all posted in advance and deliberately staggered the time before coming.

Now that Qin Shu has decided on the candidate, she plans not to see anyone else again.

It's just that this matter hasn't been rumored yet, and the Xiao family is not strange, so it doesn't hurt to see them.

Qin Shu met them in the front hall.

Madame Shaw was a small woman. Although the makeup on her face is very thick and the whole person is amazingly thin, it is not difficult to see that her appearance when she was young must be outstanding.

has a mother with such a look, as her daughter, Xiao Ruxuan's appearance is naturally very beautiful. It's not that kind of bewitching beauty, but that kind of delicate and dignified beauty.

When Qin Shu saw them, she couldn't help but praise them in her heart, and her eyes habitually stayed on Xiao Ruxuan's body for a while.

This is a habit she has developed during this time, and when she sees a young and unmarried woman, she can't help but observe and measure.

After they took their seats, Qin Shu slowly withdrew her gaze, the smile on her lips became more sincere, and she began to talk to the two.

At least, the influence of Xiao's mother and daughter on her is not bad, especially this Xiao girl, at a young age, there is a degree of advance and retreat, and when she salutes, it is like flowing water, it is called a smooth and beautiful look, which makes people feel comfortable to watch, the key is that it is also very accurate, and it is not worse than the previous Mama Shi.

Since she came in, she hasn't missed a single bit, and her etiquette is really engraved into her bones, just her words and deeds, as if measured with a ruler, are a little too decent.

I don't know if it's deliberate, or if it's just like this.

However, although this Xiao girl is well-behaved, she is not rigid, which makes Qin Shu very surprised.

Qin Shu compared Xiao Ruxuan and Liang Shilan in her heart.

Perhaps because of preconceived ideas, Qin Shu also prefers Liang Shilan, who is low-key and indifferent, and is at ease with what she encounters.

Even so, Qin Shu has to admit that this Xiao girl is also very good, and it will never be wrong to let her host the feed, and she should be fair and impartial. She is a person who is easily reassuring and trusting.

If she could come a day earlier, Qin Shu's first choice in her heart would most likely be her, and it was unlikely that she would think of Liang Shilan.

Unfortunately, she came a day late.

Qin Shu thought so, and her face couldn't help but show a little regret.

Wait, although she has made up her mind, she hasn't revealed it yet, even if it's a change of candidate, it doesn't matter.

It's just that if you really have to give up Liang Shilan and choose Xiao Ruxuan, Qin Shu is reluctant.

For a moment, I was in a dilemma.

It wasn't until she saw Mrs. Xiao's pale face and she seemed to be very uncomfortable that Qin Shu came back to her senses and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Mrs. Xiao?" Feeling unwell? ”

But Xiao Ruxuan had already stepped forward to support her mother, skillfully smoothed her mother's breath, took out the porcelain bottle she carried with her, poured out a few small pills, and served her mother to swallow it.

Qin Shu immediately asked the maid to pour another cup of warm water.

wait

Boiling water.

Seeing that her mother looked better, Xiao Ruxuan solemnly thanked Qin Shufu.

Qin Shu waved her hand to get her up, looked at Mrs. Xiao who was leaning back on the chair and closed her eyes, and asked her worriedly, "Lingtang, what's wrong?" Does it matter? I'll send someone to invite someone to come over! ”

After Xiao Ruxuan straightened up, she glanced at her mother, she hesitated, and was about to speak, but she heard Mrs. Xiao suddenly say weakly: "Thank you Mrs. Tai for your kindness, but don't need to." I'm an old problem, some famous Lang Zhong in the city have already been invited, even if I invite again, it's just a trip for nothing...... Ahem......"

"Mother......" Xiao Ruxuan saw her like this, and hurriedly supported her again. Thinking that her mother's time was running out, and because she remembered her marriage, she dragged her broken body and dragged her broken body, running around for her, and suddenly cried silently.

This is the first time Qin Shu has seen Xiao Ruxuan's love and appearance, and she no longer cares about the image of etiquette, obviously, she is also an extremely filial woman.

After taking the medicine, Mrs. Xiao's spirit also improved, and she said to Qin Shu with a little apology: "Mrs. Tai, I'm really sorry to make you laugh." ”

Qin Shu came back to her senses, smiled, and said she didn't mind.

Mrs. Xiao had been holding on before, even if she was uncomfortable, she had been forcibly suppressing it, for fear that Mrs. Qin would be dissatisfied with her daughter because of her.

Now, now that it's been exposed, she doesn't need to hide it anymore.

She glanced at her daughter lovingly, and said to Qin Shu: "I won't tell you anything, I dragged my sick body to see you this time, just for my daughter." Although my body is not angry, my daughter is the best, and she is all affected by me. Otherwise, we would have come over a few days earlier, but some time ago, I was sick in bed, and she refused to leave half a step, so it was delayed until now......"

Speaking of this, her eyes couldn't help but turn red, and seeing that her daughter was anxiously wanting to refute, she hurriedly slapped her hand with a smile, and said to Qin Shu again: "I don't mean anything else when I say this, I just hope that Mrs. Tai won't look down on her because of me, or have any misunderstanding about her." ”

As long as she gives her daughter a chance to play fairly, she will be satisfied.

Although she is not in good health, her daughter's upbringing is still there, not worse than others, and even surpassed. It's not that she doesn't pay attention to the generalissimo, but because she is sick as a mother, her daughter is late.

Mrs. Xiao is also a smart person, and she knew that Qin Shu was very likely to mind something, so she took the initiative to explain. In this way, even if Xiao Ruxuan came late, it is worth forgiving.

Although she knew Mrs. Xiao's intentions, Qin Shu's expression softened a little and said, "What did Mrs. Xiao say?" Miss Xiao's excellence can be seen by anyone with eyes, and she is filial piety, I can't appreciate her yet, how can I look down on her! ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Xiao's pale face couldn't help but reveal a little joy.

Xiao Ruxuan hung her head silently and didn't say anything more.

She remembered everything her mother did for her, and she would never live up to her mother's wishes.

After Xiao's mother and daughter left, Qin Shu gradually restrained her smile.

originally planned to go to the Liang family to propose marriage, but now he can't go.

Whether it is the daughter of the Liang family or the daughter of the Xiao family, they are all very good, each has its own good, and Qin Shu is a little difficult to decide.

Emotionally, she prefers the daughter of the Liang family, but intellectually, she feels that the daughter of the Xiao family is more suitable. It's actually good to choose anyone.

Qin Shu got entangled again, she had a headache when she didn't have a suitable candidate, and now she had a headache when there were many candidates!

Why is it so difficult to choose a daughter-in-law?

On the other side, Shen Jingfang was also anxious.

My mother-in-law has seen a lot of famous ladies these days, all of whom have good family backgrounds, and they must be coming out soon.

But the Xu family has not moved.

She understands this.

Xiao Wang's family is not qualified to choose a "virtuous concubine", even if it is sent in, Mrs. Tai will not choose Xiao Wang's.

Therefore, what the Xu family was eyeing at the beginning was not the position of "virtuous concubine", but a "beautiful concubine" who served people in Israel.

It's just a concubine, in fact, she doesn't have any status, and it's not much different from the status of a maid in the room, and she doesn't need to look at Mrs. Tai at all, and she doesn't need any ceremony, as long as the generalissimo takes a fancy to it. Maybe she will enter the palace earlier than the so-called "virtuous concubine".

If Xiao Wang had been favored by the generalissimo earlier, she would have a better chance of winning.

Xiao Wang's strength is weak and his status is low, if he wants to gain a firm foothold in the Generalissimo's Mansion, he must be helped, and she is the best backer of Xiao Wang's family, so she is not afraid that Xiao Wang's will not help herself.

Originally, in her opinion, this was a very simple matter, but until now, the Xu family has not moved.

This made her inevitably start to feel impetuous.

Once the so-called "virtuous concubine" enters the mansion and begins to take charge of the middle feed, it will be extremely difficult for her to seize power again.

When the time comes, what is she, the wife?

What is the eldest son she gave birth to?

Thinking of her son, Shen Jingfang's chest ached.

She hadn't seen Xu'er for a long time. In the past, although she was confined, she still had to go to the main courtyard every day to greet Mrs. Tai, present the scriptures she copied, and occasionally glance at Xu'er.

But during this time, she couldn't even go out of the courtyard door, and could only stay in her yard every day, and even looking at her son was a luxury.

She thinks so much about her son.

I don't know if Mrs. Tai took good care of him.

Definitely not!

Mrs. Tai is so busy, she knows how to run out all day long, and now she is busy taking concubines for the generalissimo, how can she take good care of her son!

Thinking of this, Shen Jingfang couldn't sit still anymore, and instructed her henchmen: "Double happiness, you can find a way to notify the Xu family and let them do their best, otherwise it will be too late." ”

Shuangxi also knew the severity of the matter, so he nodded hurriedly and hurriedly went down.

Shen Jingfang took several deep breaths before gradually calming down.

He Mansion, in the remote courtyard, He Yunting's face was a little ugly.

In front of her stood a big man in black, tall and strong, like a mountain peak, standing in front of her, very oppressive.

He is one of Song Liangxiu's twelve iron horsemen - Tie Feng.

"Since your master has assigned you to me, he is to make you use for me, and you dare not listen to my orders?" He Yunting asked angrily.

Tie Feng said expressionlessly: "Childe just said that we should protect you, but he didn't say that we should follow your orders. ”

"Isn't that the same?" He Yunting was a little crazy.

"Of course not." Tiefeng Road. "We'll only do it when we're protecting you, and we don't care about anything else. Let's not talk about your previous behavior, we have the right to accompany you to mess around, but this time, you let us monitor the Generalissimo's Mansion and the barracks, which is absolutely impossible. Do you think that the Generalissimo's Mansion is the same as He's Mansion, and we can enter it if we want to? I advise you not to wade into the muddy waters, or you won't know how you'll die by then. ”

"Who told you to spy on the Generalissimo's Mansion and the barracks? I'm just asking you to spy on Mrs. Qin. He Yunting raised her voice and said, she didn't expect them to retreat at a critical time. What a bunch of cowards.

"It's all the same!" Tie Feng said with a cold face.