Thinking that her aunt Meng might be annoyed by Lou Wenke's Jinwu Zangjiao, Lu Jiayue was sullen in her heart, and curled up on the warm kang alone wrapped in brocade quilts.

Xin Zhu brought a bird's nest stewed milk, put it on the small kang table, and gently persuaded: "Miss, I see that you haven't eaten much for lunch, and you are hungry at this time, drink a bird's nest while it is hot, Aunt Zhu personally sent it, and said that it was stewed for a long time." ”

Lu Jiayue shook her head.

After a long while, his voice said softly: "Xin Zhu, do you think I did the right thing or not?" ”

Xin Zhu thought for a while, and then said in a low voice: "I don't know if Miss is doing the right thing, it's just that I think about privately accepting a Qinglou woman as a concubine, for Young Master Lou, it was originally a crime, such a crime can be big or small, if it is big, it may affect Young Master Lou's future in the future." And since Miss Lou knows what Young Master Lou is like, she pretends not to know, and Miss Yingbiao is married, if Miss Yingbiao has a bad life in the future, won't Miss Yingbiao regret not being at the beginning? ”

Lu Jiayue listened, thought about it carefully, and felt that Xin Zhu's words were not unreasonable, and felt a little comforted in her heart, "You are right, since I know what kind of person Lou Wenke is, I can't watch my sister marry him-that's it, it's better to have a long pain than a short pain, and I can only burn more incense and pray for blessings in the future, I hope my sister can marry a good person." ”

"It's best if Miss can think like this, in fact, Miss has a good intention, but she can't bear to see Madame angry and sad about this."

Xin Zhu said, picked up the bird's nest milk custard, and held it to Lu Jiayue's hand, "Miss is about to drink, take a good rest, and naturally don't want to worry about those worries when you fall asleep." ”

Lu Jiayue didn't have any appetite, she put it aside after a little sip, thought about it quietly, and gradually felt a little sleepy, so she leaned on a pillow and slept on the warm kang.

*

In the evening, Qu Hong and Qu Song returned home, and before dinner, Meng told him about Lou Wenke.

The family style of the Qu family is not allowed for men in the family to take concubines, at most one or two maids are accepted before marriage, and they are not allowed to give birth. After the main wife enters the house, unless the main wife has not given birth to a concubine for a long time, the man in the family can take a concubine to inherit the heir.

However, such a family style is rare among the official families in Kyoto City.

But if there is a little bit of family background, which one does not accept a few concubines, if it is a prince waiting for the house, the family of important ministers and magnates, there are even more wives and concubines.

However, who wants to let their daughter serve a husband with a woman in a green house?

What's more, when the marriage was first decided, the Lou family took the initiative to say that within three years of marriage, Lou Wenke would never take a concubine.

Now not only has she accepted a concubine, but she is also a Qinglou woman.

But what does this say?

Meng wiped his tears, forcibly lowered his voice, and kept complaining about Lou Wenke.

Qu Hong just frowned and didn't say a word.

However, Qu Song sighed and said in a deep voice: "Originally, it was not a big sin to quietly accept a concubine, but he favored a Qinglou woman, and this is okay - now my sister has not passed the door, I am just worried that the woman will probably give birth to a child before my sister passes the door." ”

These words can be regarded as entering the cracks of Meng's heart.

It is common for a man to take a concubine, even if he accepts a woman in a green building, he only quietly hides it and does not publicize it. But once the concubine gives birth to a child before the main wife, it is a different matter.

The official eunuch family is the most important, and the wife is the first to give birth to an heir for her husband, so she is both a concubine and the eldest son, isn't it the best of both worlds? What wife would be willing to give up the title of eldest son to a concubine for nothing?

Meng Shi was so anxious that he couldn't help it, and when he saw that Qu Hong just didn't say a word, he became more and more annoyed, "Master, you have an idea-let's have such a daughter as Ying'er, can you bear to see her be wronged in the future?" ”

Qu Hong sighed heavily, his brows loosened, and his voice spat out two words like a rock.

"Retire."

Qu Song nodded, "I also think that retiring is the best choice." ”

The father and son were so compatible, which surprised Meng.

Withdrawing from relatives is so simple to say.

Qu Lou's two family friends, the friendship of two or three generations, may be completely destroyed because of this letter of resignation.

Even if they cut off contact regardless of the friendship between the two families, then on what grounds should they propose to the Lou family to withdraw from their relatives?

Do you really want to hurt the face of the Lou family and make Lou Wenke's actions public?

*

In the early morning of the next day, Lu Jiayue went to greet Meng Shi early, but unexpectedly found that Meng's expression was not as disturbed as she imagined.

It's business as usual inside and outside the main house.

Except that Mama Zhang was going out, saying that she was going to Baoding Mansion for two days.

Lu Jiayue knew that Mama Zhang went to Baoding Mansion, and she must have been arranged by her aunt Meng.

She was very curious to know what Meng Shi's plans were for Lou Wenke's matter, but she couldn't ask Meng Shi directly, so she could only think hard and speculate alone.

It wasn't until two days later that Mama Zhang came back and brought back a piece of unsigning paper.

After Meng Shi read the unsigning paper, he began to be depressed and sad. Then, she took the unsigning paper to the upper room of Mrs. Qu.

Then, everyone in Qufu will know.

The eldest lady Meng heard that there was a wandering monk in the Puguang Temple of Baoding Mansion, who knew astronomy and geography, and was the most effective for divination and signing. So he sent his henchman Mama Zhang to admire him, impress the monk with sincerity, and participate in the birthday of the eldest lady Qu Ying and the young master of the Lou family, and match the marriage.

However, after the monk and the monk had a birthday, they shook their heads and sighed, saying that they did not agree, if they were forced to be husband and wife, I am afraid that both of them would have worries about their lives in the future.

These words reached Lu Jiayue's ears, and she immediately understood.

The Meng family wanted to propose to the Lou family to withdraw from their relatives.

The so-called wandering monks of Puguang Temple in Baoding Mansion are just an excuse for Meng's false move.

However, there are also several loopholes in this excuse.

First, Baoding Mansion is not close to Kyoto, how did Meng Shi learn that a wandering monk went to Puguang Temple in Baoding Mansion at this time? Second, when Qu Ying and Lou Wenke first got married, they had already met the eight characters of their birthdays, so they were naturally suitable for marriage, and the two families decided on this marriage.

However, using the excuse of non-cooperation on the birthday to propose to the Lou family is also the best way to think of at the moment.

No one in the Qu family questioned this excuse, because Meng Shi cried really sadly in front of Mrs. Qu, and looked very reluctant to withdraw from his family.

It was Mrs. Qu who persuaded Meng Shi to say that she should not be forced in everything, and she should not easily risk the lives of her children. Then he personally came forward, invited Mrs. Lou to come over, and told her about the resignation in kind words.

Mrs. Lou is naturally reluctant to quit her family, and with her considerations, Qu Hong is now under the control of the household department, and she has the trust of the saint, and it is very likely that she will take up the post of secretary of the household department. If his son becomes the son-in-law of the household department and becomes an official in the future, he will have a solid support.

Helplessly, although Mrs. Qu's words were soft, her attitude was very resolute, and Mrs. Lou also believed a little or two about the "words of the monks" relayed by the Qu family, so she couldn't completely ignore her son's life and forcibly marry Qu Ying.

So I could only reluctantly agree.

At that moment, the two families signed a letter of resignation and took back the tokens they sent each other when they were married.

Qu Ying's marriage can be regarded as completely over here.