Qi Rui exchanged pleasantries with Li for a while, and Li said, "It's rare for the virtuous nephew to come once, and it just so happens that the children in the family are all free today, so ask them to accompany you to have a good day and then go back?" ”

Qi Rui still had injuries on his body, so it was inconvenient to stay, but he couldn't resist Li's enthusiasm, and he was afraid that going back too early would make Master Qi feel that he was perfunctory and his apology was not sincere enough, so he still stayed.

Li's original intention was just to let Xu Ting come to see Qi Rui, but in order to avoid suspicion, he still called several other children, but Xu Ting understood Li's true intention and took the initiative to get close to Qi Rui, but Qi Rui hated Xu Shu to death in his heart, and thought that Xu Shu caused him to lose his face, and he was beaten badly, so he was angry with Xu Ting, and he was not as enthusiastic about Xu Ting as before, and Xu Ting couldn't help but cast a shadow on his heart.

Xu Shu didn't know about Qi Rui's beating in Zhuangzi, and she didn't know that Qi Rui went to the Xu family to make amends, and the empress dowager in the palace didn't mention her marriage contract with Qi Rui, and she didn't even summon anyone from the Qi family, which shows that the empress dowager was already very dissatisfied with the Qi family, and she was even lazy to reprimand.

Since Qi Rui came to apologize, the Li family felt that he was close to the Qi family again, and as Wan expected, he was even more attached to the Qi family.

Considering that Xu Ting has been with her for a long time, and the Qi family's attitude is ambiguous, it really can't be delayed, the Li family gritted her teeth and finally decided to go to the Qi family to ask for an understanding.

The Wan family was seized by the Qi family in disguise, and the Li family came to see the old lady of Qi, the Deng family, so that some things were better to say, and the Li family had more confidence.

Old Madam Qi really didn't guess the Li family's intention, so she only gossiped with the Li family, and when she saw that the Li family came alone, she asked, "Why don't you see the girl!" ”

Li's face was as usual, "Sister Shu went to Zhuangzi to recuperate, her body has always been unhealthy, and after living in Zhuangzi for a few months last year, she made great improvements, and after discussing with the master, she simply let her go to Zhuangzi to live for a long time!" ”

Old Madam Qi came up with another meaning from Li's words, how long is this long-term stay? Half a year and a year? Two years and three years? Or ten or twenty years? Or even for a lifetime......

However, Mrs. Qi didn't say anything, "Zhuangzi is good, pure, I want to go to Zhuangzi to live, but there are many things in the house, and I can't leave!" ”

"At the age of the old lady, it's time to enjoy the blessings of children and grandchildren!" Li gradually brought the topic to his own intentions.

Old Madam Qi remembered the rumors about the Wan family, and her face fell, "How can there be any blessings, it's good to die without anger!" ”

Li Shi remembered Wan's incident at this time, and suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and drank tea embarrassedly to cover up the past, and suddenly saw a painting hanging on the wall, the name of Qi Peng, and the name of Qi Rui next to it, so he had another conversation, "This painting on the wall is really good, which of your works is it?" ”

Old Madam Qi looked up, shook her head and smiled, "What is everyone's work, it was painted by my eldest grandson Brother Peng!" I just framed it two days ago and hung it up! ”

"The one next to it must have been painted by the fourth son!" Li pointed to the painting next to Qi Peng's painting and affirmed.

Old Madam Qi nodded, "Exactly!" However, Rui Geer's painting was painted the year before last, and it is much inferior to Peng Geer's painting, and Rui Geer said two days ago that he wanted to paint a new one for me! ”

"The brother in the family is really filial!" Li Shi praised.

When Mrs. Qi saw that the Li family was talking around Qi Peng and Qi Rui brothers, she somewhat understood the meaning of the Li family, this was for the rumors in Beijing a few days ago to discuss the explanation? When I think about it, I don't think it should be like this! Qi Rui came to the door to make amends, and the Xu family also made it clear that they would not be counted, so why did the Li family come today? Recalling the attitude of the Li family described by Qi Rui after she came back, if what she expected was good, it should have nothing to do with that family business! It's all happened like this, and the Xu family can still open this mouth? She admired the thickness of Li's face a little!

"Mrs. has many children under her knees, and she is also a top filial piety! Especially the girl, that is the purest and most filial person praised by the Queen Mother! Seeing that the Li family was beating around the bush, Mrs. Qi simply helped the Li family, so as not to waste time by the Li family again, she wanted to see what the Li family wanted! Now that the Qi family is in a dilemma, they will not be too passive if the Xu family opens this mouth.

Li shook his head, his face sad, "What's the use of that?" After all, she fell ill, and she had to affect your mansion, and I didn't feel good about it! You said that the first emperor gave marriage was a good thing, but now it seems that it is really not a good thing, this capital is now in an uproar, it was originally a matter of our two families, but now we can't make our own decisions, what is this called! ”

"Who's to say it isn't!" Old Madam Qi said vaguely.

Now the form of the capital is very unfavorable to the Qi family, even if Qi Rui came to apologize, but it was also to protect the Qi family, to show the empress dowager, and it couldn't stop the world's mouths at all, and the Qi family was still pointed out and condemned.

Li Shi took a breath and said slowly, "Our Xu family is still self-aware, in terms of family status, the Xu family is really not worthy of the Qi family, but the first emperor's marriage is not something we can change, and no one can afford the crime of resisting the decree!" Since Sister Shu was blind, our family never expected this marriage to be successful, if it weren't for the words in Beijing now, I wouldn't be here today! ”

"What do you mean ...... Madame?" Mrs. Qi didn't understand Li's words, Li said that the Xu family did not dare to resist the decree, that is, this marriage was imperative, but it was also said that the Xu family had no intention of marrying Xu Shu into the Qi family, isn't this a contradiction?

"There was an old case in the previous dynasty, a daughter of a family was assigned to marry a general, and the general died on the battlefield, and finally the general's brother married the daughter of the family!"

Li gave an example, and Mrs. Qi understood that Li was fighting for her own idea! Xu Shu is disabled and cannot fulfill the marriage contract, but she still has sisters, and her sisters can marry instead of her!

In fact, the Qi family has thought about this idea more than once, but what the Qi family wants is to let Qi Peng replace Qi Rui, but now Qi Peng's leg is better, compared to Qi Ruilai, Qi Peng, as the eldest son, is obviously better, this idea is stranded, and the queen mother in the palace frequently pressured, Qi Rui stabbed Lou Zi at this juncture, and the Qi family did not dare to think of replacing relatives again, but the Xu family came out at this time, so it's okay, this wicked person must be done by someone, wouldn't it be better for them Xu family to do it themselves?

"Then I don't know who Madame wants to replace the girl?"

"The young and the old are orderly, naturally her sister, Sister Ting, who is seven in the family!"

Finally said it, it was not as difficult as imagined, and Li Shi breathed a sigh of relief.