Chapter 057 Waiting to be Married (2)

Cui Yunniang was in a very bad mood, since she returned from Princess Jingwei's flower paper banquet that day, she found that Mrs. Li's attitude towards her began to change.

first pretended to ask her casually if she was homesick, and then chatted about some interesting stories in the capital, and these anecdotes were all trivial matters such as the incompatibility between the main room and the concubine, or the indifference between the concubine and the concubine, or whose concubine was ignored by the mother-in-law.

What does this mean, aunt?

Cui Yunniang didn't think that Mrs. Li was really chatting with her, she had lived with her aunt for two or three years, and she knew better than anyone how busy Mrs. Li was every day as the hostess of the Guogong Mansion. Even if she has leisure, with her aunt's character, she will not be like a long-tongued inner house woman, gossiping about the east and west families.

Especially a few days ago, Mrs. Li specially called Cui Yunniang and asked her what friends she had made in the capital these days. After seeing Cui Yunniang shaking her head, she took out a few famous cards with a smile and handed them to Cui Yunniang, asking her to go to the banquet on her behalf.

At that time, Cui Yunniang didn't know what Mrs. Li meant, and really thought that her aunt was busy and didn't have time to participate in these many gatherings in the capital. Subsequently, she also participated on time one by one.

It's just that when Cui Yunniang dressed up to participate in the first flower-viewing banquet, she found that something was wrong, this, where is this to enjoy the lotus, it is clearly a blind date meeting, the people who come here are either Yunying's unmarried daughters of the family, or the children of the official eunuchs who are not married, one by one with pink bubbles, and the spring that exudes completely covers the fragrance of flowers in the courtyard.

If the first time was an accident, it may be that Mrs. Li didn't know the real purpose of the flower-viewing banquet, then the next few banquets of the same nature made Cui Yunniang basically sure that Mrs. Li was creating opportunities for her to meet the children of other families, and Cui Yunniang guessed more than once that her aunt probably didn't want to marry her cousin as a wife.

And yesterday's conversation confirmed Cui Yunniang's thoughts.

Mrs. Li said this, "Yun Niang, I was busy a few days ago, and I forgot to ask you, did you go to those parties?" Have you made any new friends? Hehe, a young lady of your age should have a few girlfriends who can talk to you. ”

Cui Yunniang tugged at the corners of her mouth, revealing a smile that was not very sincere, and said lightly: "I went to those flower viewing parties and poetry competitions, and I didn't make many friends." ”

Mrs. Li raised her eyebrows, glanced at Cui Yunniang, who was extraordinarily quiet, and said with a smile: "There is still little contact, it just so happens that there is a temple fair in Jiuci'en Temple at the beginning of this month, and Mrs. Jingbei Hou asked me to go to Shangxiang together, there are several little ladies of the same age as you in their house, and you will go with me when the time comes." ”

Cui Yunniang lowered her eyes and asked a little shyly, "Is my cousin going too?" ”

"He didn't go, seeing that Qi Niang was about to get rid of it, and their marriage should be handled." Mrs. Li was not interested in this topic, and after answering casually, she turned back to the topic just now with great interest: "By the way, did you make a new outfit this summer?" I remember that there was a new piece of crimson gold silk yarn in the house, the color was good, and the thin one was just right for summer clothes, and I would have someone take it for you to cut clothes later. On the ninth day of the new year, you will wear new clothes. ”

Crimson? Isn't it just a big red?

Cui Yunniang was even more uneasy in her heart, although she had not given up her qualification to wear red, but for now, if she chose to wear a red dress, it would mean giving up marrying into the Li family as a side room.

Did my aunt really decide not to help me?

Cui Yunniang bit her lower lip tightly, quietly raised her eyes to look at Mrs. Li, and saw that she was still smiling gently and lovingly, but only her eyes were clear.

Cui Yunniang understood that her aunt must have heard some rumors and misunderstood her, and she didn't even give her a chance to refute, so she began to quietly alienate her.

How can this be? Thinking about how difficult it was for her to go all the way, how much risk she had, how much scheming she had took, and how much she was about to succeed, but she ......

Cui Yunniang thought back to this, in addition to being unwilling and anxious, she also began to slowly reflect, hmm, did something go wrong and let people catch the handle?

Although I don't know why Mrs. Li gave up on her, Cui Yunniang can be sure of one thing, that is, the problem must be Princess Jingwei.

However, Cui Yunniang thought about it for a long time, she had no contact with Princess Jingwei, let alone offended, and Princess Jingwei had no reason to embarrass her.

Wait, is it?

Cui Yunniang suddenly remembered an incident she had done, and her heart chuckled, and her face suddenly turned pale. She hurriedly called Mama Qin, "Go and check, what is the relationship between Princess Jingwei and Ci'en Temple?" Also, how many people did they go to the teahouse to spread rumors last time? Are those people reliable? Has anyone ever gone to look for them? ”

"Fourth lady, what's going on? You, you don't look good, are you sick? ”

Mama Qin took down Cui Yunniang's instructions, and after repeating them to confirm that they were correct, she did not go out immediately, but asked worriedly.

"I'm fine, I just suddenly thought of something," Cui Yunniang became extremely calm after a short period of panic, and her thoughts gradually became clearer, she added: "In addition, sell a few shops that I have in the name of Qin Jialiang first, especially the two that are related to the Zheng family and the martial family, no matter how much silver, get rid of it as soon as possible!" ”

Qin Jialiang is the eldest son of Mama Qin, and one of Cui Yunniang's henchmen who followed Cui Yunniang into Beijing.

"Fourth lady, these shops were all purchased by you with private money, and they were sold within a month of just getting them, and they were in such a hurry, I'm afraid-"

The more Mama Qin listened, the more worried she became, what kind of problem did the girl encounter, why did she even have to throw out the property at the bottom of the box?

"I knew I was going to lose money, but now that it's urgent, I can't care about it so much. Go ahead and do it, don't delay my big thing! ”

Compared with the second lady of the future Guogong Mansion, a few shops are nothing, Cui Yunniang has always been decisive, and will never grind on these little things.

"Yes, I'll go!"

Mama Qin saw that Cui Yunniang had already made up her mind, and she didn't dare to persuade again, so she agreed and retreated.

Looking at Mama Qin's back, a touch of absoluteness flashed in Cui Yunniang's eyes - she will not be nostalgic at all when she should throw it away, but she will never let go of what she should grab!

……

Thanks to the patriarch's blessing, in the three-year war, the Wang family survived without danger, although all the shops were looted and smashed, and the house was also damaged a lot, but it was still safe.

Afterwards, it was not too much involved in the rebellion of King Qi, except for Wang Mingchuan's house, even if the other families lost some silver, but they did not break their muscles and bones, and they did not shake the foundation, and the Wang family was still the first family of Qingyuan.

It's just that what makes the patriarch of the Wang family extremely angry is that the Wang family was not defeated by the rebellion of King Qi, but the reputation of the entire Wang family was discredited because of two unscrupulous descendants.

"Wang Mingchuan and Wang Jinjue must be cleared out of the Wang family, otherwise, the reputation of the Wang family for a hundred years will be ruined."

The patriarch looked coldly at Wang Mingchuan and his son, who were wearing mourning clothes and participating in the removal ceremony, and secretly decided in his heart.

Hmph, what a rebel, the shame was thrown into the capital, so that everyone in the world knew that the children of the Wang family had corrupt personal morals and misbehaved, and the Changzong side even sent a letter of inquiry overnight, asking him how he was the patriarch in fierce words, and almost asked him to deal with this superb father and son as soon as possible.

Wang Jinjue didn't know that the patriarch was thinking about how to expel him from the house, and at this moment he was wearing mourning clothes, saluting, offering incense, and kneeling according to the rules. Today is the last water and land dojo for his mother, and after he finishes the rituals and goes to his mother's grave to pay respects, he will officially take off.

Thinking of this, Wang Jinjue's dull mood was much better, because in addition to serving, it meant that he had finished serving his mother's funeral and could go back to work. Although the imperial court blocked his way to becoming an official, the Zheng Da housekeeper said that as long as he could make great contributions, the punishment of not being allowed to enter the office for these three generations could be exempted.

And what gives the most credit? Naturally, it was rescued from the dragon. As for what dragon to start from and who to save, Wang Jinjue has long had a choice, and he firmly believes that his choice is right, after all, after staying in the capital for so many days, he is not really eating, drinking and having fun.

In addition to the advantages of clothing, there is another point, that is, the little sister can finally talk about marriage.

It's just that the candidate has to be re-chosen, and the husband who was originally set for the ninth sister has already been beheaded with King Qi, and the corpse doesn't know where it was lost.

Who to choose? Wang Jinjue's eyes involuntarily fell on his father sitting in the hall, and muttered to himself, what his father said was very reasonable, choosing a husband for the ninth sister, it doesn't matter if the rest matters, but he must be able to help his mother's family. But he was worried, would that man listen to his father?

After completing the rituals, Wang Jinyu took all his younger brothers and sisters and relatives to the ancestral tomb to worship the Zheng family.

Kneel... Bow... Rise... Kneel... Bow......

After tossing and turning for a long time, the ceremony was finally over, Wang Qifang returned to Wang's house a little tired, just wanted to go to the space to soak in a hot spring, and make love with the children, but unexpectedly an uninvited guest came.

"Sister, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you still haven't changed much. Look at this smooth skin, white and tender, let people who don't know see it, they will definitely not believe that you are almost thirty years old. ”

Wang Jiufang had a smile on her face, but the smile didn't extend to her eyes.

"Thanks for the compliment," Wang Qifang couldn't hear the ridicule in Wang Jiufang's words, she raised her eyelids and replied lightly, "But my sister has changed quite a lot, I haven't seen her for a few years, and she has 'matured' a lot!" ”

"You!" Of course, Wang Jiufang knew that Wang Qifang was laughing at her, she exhaled deeply, and then deliberately held her face with both hands and smiled: "Really? Oh, it would be great if I could really be more mature, I was worried that the age gap between us was too big, and when we married into the Li family together, outsiders misunderstood - where are these sisters, it's clearly a mother and daughter, giggle......"

P: Woo, I have a terrible headache, I barely change it, and I'll continue tomorrow