Chapter 18: The Struggle of the Zhou Family
Su Yunfei pulled Su Yunlai and walked out, the door was closed, and the sound inside was also closed.
Su Yunfei really likes Zhou Yan's cousin, and takes her to visit the garden, Su Yunlai thinks about the words of the fourth wife, and can't help but be a little absent-minded.
"Seventh sister, what's wrong? But what's uncomfortable? Zhou Yan looked at Su Yunlai with concern and asked.
Su Yun came back to his senses and smiled: "Thank you Sister Zhou for your concern, I'm fine, it's just that it rained yesterday and I didn't sleep well." ”
Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes, it rained a little heavily yesterday, Seventh Sister should be careful of your body, if you are tired, go back to rest, but you have to be careful of your body." ”
Su Yunlai hesitated, and Su Yunfei also said: "Yes, seventh sister, and not an outsider, I will tell my grandmother when I go back." ”
Su Yunlai was still thinking about Su Zhan's marriage, so he nodded kindly: "Then I'll leave first," After a pause, she looked at Zhou Yan apologetically: "I'm really sorry Sister Zhou, it's rude." ”
"Where, I think the seventh sister is very in love, and the seventh sister is so polite, I am going to be sad." Zhou Yan pretended to be displeased and said.
Su Yunlai greeted the two of them, turned around, and the smile on his face immediately disappeared, and his delicate little face still showed a solemnity.
After Su Yun listened to Yuxuan back and forth, he called Mama Lan.
"You go and help me check, this Zhou Yan's matter at home, remember, you have to avoid the fifth wife's people, and you can't let her know." Su Yunlai said solemnly.
If you want to inquire about the fifth wife's mother's family, you can't let the fifth lady know, this matter is really a little difficult to do, but Mama Lan didn't feel embarrassed at all, she nodded: "The slave will do it." ”
As soon as Mama Lan left, Su Yunlai's brows frowned, she didn't have any impression of this Zhou Yan, she only remembered that in the previous life, the fifth wife had a niece from her mother's family who came to visit the Su family, but she didn't talk about marriage with Su Zhan.
Now I can only wait for Mama Lan to inquire clearly before thinking about it.
There is also the fourth wife, the fourth wife also has to be a matchmaker for Su Zhan, Chen has not come back yet, she still does not know the specific situation, and she has to wait for Chen to come back and ask clearly.
The Chen family never came back, and at dinner, someone sent a message back, saying that it was used in Lingyun Courtyard, which made Su Yunlai a little worried, she was worried that the Chen family did not understand the situation, so she rashly agreed to Mrs. Su something, and Su Zhan's marriage was decided in a daze.
But fortunately, Mama Lan came back at dinnertime.
Su Yunlai didn't care about eating, so he listened to Mama Lan's report.
This made the worried big girl Junyao very dissatisfied, really, Mama Lan wanted to reply, why didn't she know how to choose a time, didn't you see that the young lady was going to eat?
Jun Yao stared at Mama Lan tightly with eyes full of dissatisfaction and criticism.
Mama Lan didn't notice her gaze, and said to Su Yun: "Miss, the slave maid has found out, this Zhou Yan actually came to the capital for refuge. ”
Refuge? Su Yunlai looked surprised, although she knew that the fifth wife would not bring people over for no reason, but was it too miserable to take refuge?
"What's going on?" Su Yunlai asked.
"This has to start with the affairs of the Zhou family, the old man of the Zhou family, is the grandfather of our fifth wife, there is a concubine, very favored by the old man Zhou, this concubine has a son, is the lifeblood of the old man Zhou, the Zhou family's concubine has been fighting for decades, when the old man Zhou wanted to cultivate the concubine as the next head of the family, the eldest master of the Zhou family, the father of the fifth wife, married the fifth wife to our family, and the purpose of the old man Zhou was not achieved."
"Now I heard that Old Man Zhou's body is not good, Master Zhou's heels are gradually steady, Old Man Zhou is worried that after his death, his concubine will have no way to live, so he wants to take advantage of his still existence to suppress his son-in-law, and now the father and son of the Zhou family are fighting to the death."
When Su Yunlai heard this, a smile hooked up on the corner of his mouth: "The eldest master of the Zhou family saw that he was about to lose, so he thought of our family again, is this going to sell his granddaughter again?" ”
The Su family is inconspicuous in the capital, but in Dianzhou, it is still very capable of suppressing the scene, after all, the heritage of the Su family lies in the century-old inheritance, the scholarly family, if Zhou Yan can marry Su Zhan, it is really a very powerful help for the Zhou family.
Even if it is the main room, it is divided into three, six, nine and so on, for example, the status of the main wife is higher than that of the stepwife, Su Zhan is the eldest grandson of Su Jiagen Zheng Miaohong, and his identity is status.
As the concubine of the eldest master of the Zhou family, the fifth wife naturally does not want her father to lose power, and she has also lost her confidence without the hard-hearted mother's family, so the fifth wife will spare no effort to help pull the strings.
"The slave maid inquired with the groom who sent Miss Zhou, this time Miss Zhou went to Beijing, the concubine of the Zhou family was not at ease, and specially placed a groom to come over and keep an eye on the situation, the groom is the person of the concubine, and he didn't want Miss Zhou to succeed in marrying the Su family, so when he saw the slave and maid inquiring about the situation, he said without hesitation." Mama Lan said.
After Mama Lan finished speaking, she looked at Su Yunlai's expression a little anxiously, and couldn't help but be annoyed: "Miss, these five wives are too unkind!" The troubled waters of her Zhou family involve our third young master for no reason! Is it true that the girls of their Zhou family are all immortals, and if they want to stuff people, they will stuff people in? ”
Su Yunlai didn't speak, this Zhou Yan, excluding her background, this girl's appearance is really good, it seems that the situation of the Zhou family is much more severe than what the groom said, otherwise the fifth wife would not be so anxious.
However, Mama Lan has a saying that is right, no matter how good Zhou Yan's talent is, she can't ask for this article if the purpose is not pure, and Su Zhan is not interested in mixing with the rags of the Zhou family.
"It's not surprising that the big house of the Zhou family loses in the end," Su Yunlai said lightly: "I solved my urgent need by marrying my daughter back then, but now I have tasted the sweetness, what should have been solved by a man, all have to be solved by marrying a daughter, this Zhou family's old man is in charge of the house, and it is not all because of partiality." ”
Mama Lan couldn't help but say, "Then Miss, what should we do with our third young master?" These five wives are the housemothers of the house, and if we refuse to face to face, I am afraid that we will offend her. ”
Su Yunlai said thoughtfully: "Then let's not offend her, let others offend her." ”
Mama Lan was stunned, looked at her suspiciously, and said, "What does Miss mean?" ”
Su Yunlai stood up with Jun Yao's hand, she walked to the side of the bed, and casually held a silver scissor to play with the wick in the oil lamp, the dim light flickered and flickered, reflecting her face.
Su Yunlai said lightly: "I used to think that it was a little troublesome for the fourth aunt to intervene at this time, but now it seems that it has helped me." After a pause, she glanced at Mama Lan and explained, "It's not up to us to offend the fifth aunt, let the fourth aunt go." ”
Anyway, the two of them have already formed a bond, and she doesn't mind helping them tie this knot tighter.
Mama Lan was confused when she heard it, and she didn't understand why this matter had something to do with the fourth wife? However, she looked at Su Yunlai's indifferent expression, and her originally worried heart gradually settled down.
"Ma'am." Outside the door, the voice of the little maid asking for peace.
It's Chan who is back.
Su Yunlai put down the silver scissors in his hand and turned to greet Chen, she and Mama Lan had a tacit understanding, and stopped the topic just now, both of them had a warm smile on their faces.
Jun Yao muttered silently in her heart, their girl hadn't eaten dinner yet.
"Mother, you're back." Su Yun came to call.
Chen's smiling face, it seemed that he had a good chat with the fourth wife today, Su Yunlai said curiously: "Mother, why are you so happy?" But what good news is there for Aunt Four? ”
Chen Shi glanced at her in slight surprise, and said with disgust: "You little clever ghost! She nodded and happily admitted, "You can see that, right?" This girl of the Zhou family is your fifth aunt who intends to kiss your third brother! ”
"Oh? What is the good news for the fourth aunt? Even though Su Yunlai already knew, seeing that the Chen family was on the rise, he still asked with interest.
"It's a coincidence, your fourth aunt is also here to kiss your third brother!" Chen said happily.
Originally, the Chen family looked at the girl of the Zhou family well, and the Chen family was also satisfied, but when he heard that the fourth wife also mentioned a girl, the Chen family felt that he could take another look.
As a mother, she always looks at how good her children are, especially her most guilty son, she can't wait to see the girls all over the capital, and choose a girl who has nothing in the sky and the earth to come out with Su Zhan.
Chen felt that her Zhan'er was so good and outstanding, and the only bad thing was that her body was a little worse, but she believed that Zhan'er was a blessed one, and his body would get better and better.
Su Yunlai chuckled in her heart, she looked at Chen hesitantly: "That mother, did you answer the fourth aunt or the fifth aunt?" ”
Chen Shi glanced at her strangely: "It is a big deal for a man to marry a relative, how can he respond so hastily?" Of course, you have to inquire about the other girl's character before making a plan. ”
Hearing that none of the Chen family was happy, they agreed to Su Zhan's family affairs in a daze, and Su Yunlai breathed a sigh of relief.
"That mother, what the fifth aunt said must be the sister of the Zhou family, what about the fourth aunt? Whose girl is the fourth aunt telling my third brother? Su Yunlai asked innocently and curiously.
His son is very smart, and his daughter is also smart and sensible, and Chen feels that life could not be more fulfilling.
She smiled and glanced at her daughter: "You can see it too?" ”
Su Yunlai took the tea in the little maid's hand and handed it to the Chen family in person: "Mother, you haven't said it yet, whose girl is the fourth aunt talking about?" ”
After a day today, Chen was also a little tired, sat on the couch, and said casually: "I'm talking about the daughter of Master Du's family in Beijing." ”
"Smack!" As soon as Su Yunlai's hand was released, the teacup in his hand fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
"Who do you mean?"
Chen hurriedly went to take her hand: "Ah Wan, is it hot?" ”
Su Yunlai's mind calmed down for a while, but he held her hand and squeezed out a smile: "It's not hot, mother, I'm fine, it's just that my hand slipped," After a pause, she asked again: "The Lord Du that my mother said is Du Mingshan, the chief priest of the Ministry of Rites, the chief priest of the Taichang Temple?" ”
"Yes, it's Lord Du from the Ministry of Rites." Chen nodded, and she glanced at Su Yunlai suspiciously: "How come Ah Wan also knows about this girl from the Du family?" ”
Know! Of course she does! Su Yunlai retracted his five fingers with a solemn expression, Su Zhan's death in his previous life was killed by this Du girl!
Du Yue'e!