Mrs. Xiao's tone was also very angry: "Then you say, how can I give you a head?" You don't want to quit your family, let the other party sell all the concubines, you don't want to, you're afraid that you will have a jealous reputation before you pass the door, you want face, you want it, how can there be such a good thing in this world? Cut a radish at both ends, you want to take advantage of all the benefits, I don't have that much ability! You say, say what you should do. ”

"Woo, mother, I'm so pitiful-" Xiao Qiyun is disgusted with Mrs. as a stepmother, and she refuses to do her best.

Mrs. Xiao was annoyed enough, this voice was simply adding fuel to the fire, Wen Jin heard a "bang" inside, Mrs. Xiao probably dropped the cup, and soon there was a sound of footsteps, Xiao Qiyun cried and staggered, and a few maids struggled to support and gush out. When they went up the corridor, Wen Jin walked in, Chunming and Xia Yang hurriedly cushioned it with a handkerchief, picked up the broken cup, and then carefully cleaned it with a broom, and then retreated.

"Madame, why bother? You also know that Qiyun is a fool, what are you angry with her? ”

"I have never seen such a selfish person, who wants to reap any benefits, and does not look at this world, how difficult it is to live."

"Alas!" Wen Jin sighed, "Although the three sisters of Qiyun experienced the blow of their biological mother's death, instead of learning how to consider others, they increased their self-awareness, considering problems only based on their own interests, regardless of other people's feelings, a little unsatisfactory, they were angry with others, Xiao Yi used to be at home, they didn't dare to go too far, and now, seeing that Mrs. Xiao couldn't tie up, they began to threaten."

Xiao Qiyun's cry was clearly reminding Mrs. Xiao to pay attention to her words and deeds, and if she can't satisfy her, you should be careful of your reputation.

Wen Jin changed the subject: "Madam, I heard that you were famous when you were a child......

"Don't say that, it's just a few boring women who want to slap in touch with their mother." Thinking of the past, Mrs. Xiao's feelings slowly calmed down: "This person, it is not necessarily a bad thing to suffer a little when he was a child. ”

"Yes, ma'am, otherwise, how can there be 'heaven will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they are tempted to endure and benefit what they can't.' What about this statement? The suffering of a young man may not be a blessing for a person's life. ”

"Alas!" Mrs. Xiao sighed, her heart was mixed, and Wen Jin chatted a few words, the two dispersed, the newlywed Yan'er, the husband went to another country for the ambition in his heart, until now, the miracle full of hope has not appeared, among the few children left by the man, only Wen Jin is willing to make love to her, but this girl is also a hard worker, it is easy to meet an infatuated man, but his father and stepmother are not allowed, and now the man is gone, she still doesn't know how long to keep, in order to collect the rain and see the sun?

Besides, this Xiao Qiyun likes a scumbag like Liu Yongqi very much, and she looks like she has to marry, this Liu Yongqi is *** years older than Xiao Qiyun, and I don't know how she can have a good impression of such a person.

Maybe it was Wen Jin who said, when Liu Yongqi galloped across the horse in the market, wanton publicity, he was still in the eyes of the little girl Xiao Qiyun, in the eyes of a reasonable person, it was arrogant and debauched, but in the eyes of the little girl, it was another feeling, such as Xiao Qiyun, when she described Mrs. Xiao, she said: "Martial arts are world-famous, characters are graceful, and demeanor is free." She said that as long as she can be Liu Yongqi's wife, she is willing to be wronged.

Mrs. Xiao originally looked down on Xiao Qiyun, but now that she was so confused, she didn't take her seriously.

The next day, Mrs. Xiao discussed with Wen Jin again, and Wen Jin thought that Mrs. had changed her mind, so she told the consequences of this incident: "I'm afraid that Liu Yongqi doesn't treat her as a wife at all, and the second girl will not be able to ask for the word 'whole' when the time comes." ”

Mrs. Xiao sighed: "I told her so too, do you know how she answered me?" She even said, if you don't give it a try, how will you know? This marriage is also something that can be tried? When you try it, this life is over. ”

"And what is Mother going to do?"

"What can I do? Your father is married, and she is willing to suffer this grievance, I, I don't have much to do. ”

"Madame's words are wrong, if you marry her in such a daze, it will be an obstacle to your reputation, outsiders don't know what's going on, and they also said that Madame is unwilling to do her best, no matter what, you have to let the Liu family make concessions."

"Okay!"

Mrs. Xiao asked people to call matchmakers and asked them to tell the Liu family that in the month of the wedding, Liu Yongqi's concubines and concubines all avoided it, and waited for the month to pass, and then gave tea to the housewife.

The matchmaker was naturally afraid of trouble, and instigated a three-inch tongue to refuse: "Ouch, Mrs. Xiao, since ancient times, the tea ceremony has been on the second day, how can you ask for this?" In case the Liu family doesn't agree, this, what can I do? ”

"Whether the Liu family agrees or not, it's not something you can imagine now, Granny Gui, do you think this matchmaker shoe is very profitable?"

The matchmaker had no choice but to go to Liu's house, but Liu's family really refused, and the reason was the same as what Granny Gui said.

"Then, Granny Gui, please go again, if this is the case, my daughter will suffer such a grievance before she enters the door, this in-law family, don't get married."

"Ouch, Mrs. Xiao said that, how can she not get married because of such a trivial matter? In this way, both families will take a step back, the child will not salute for the time being, and the tea ceremony in the concubine's room will be carried out on time. This means that it is not said that the Liu family can still take this opportunity to avoid Xiao Qiyun forcibly leaving their children by their side to raise them.

"No way!" Mrs. Xiao replied very resolutely, and after the matchmaker left, there was no response for several days.

The willow branches flutter in the spring breeze, very soft and charming, the cold wind, I don't know when it becomes soft and gentle, the peach blossoms also bulge out three or two buds, the scenery of the capital, a change from the cold winter bleak, bright and brisk.

Qian Jun still has no news, and every time Mrs. Xiao sees Wen Jin, she has a faint regret in her heart.

Back then, she met a scumbag, but her stepdaughter met a good one, but she responded to that sentence - good things are grinding.

Xiao Qiyun's wedding date is getting closer and closer, but the Liu family is reluctant to give a dowry, they just see that Wen Jin's marriage is difficult, and it is expected that Mrs. Xiao will not dare to let Xiao Qiyun marry the matter of yellow, and when she talks softly, the matchmaker came, and sure enough, the Liu family rejected Mrs. Xiao.

"Then suspend the marriage, I want to write to the master and ask how to treat the Liu family's attitude like this."

The marriage of the Xiao and Liu families had twists and turns, and this rumor was very loud and popular more than ten days before the original date of Xiao Qiyun's wedding.

The gift is not more than a month, but the dowry is usually sent twenty days before the wedding, and at present, there are only ten days left, and the Liu family is still indifferent.

The first one who couldn't hold her breath was Xiao Qiyun, she first sent a maid to stare outside, and then, early in the morning, she asked Mrs. to say goodbye, and then said in a roundabout way that she didn't want the marriage to change, and the wedding date of March 18, on the 10th day of the first month of March, she finally couldn't bear it anymore, and asked Mrs. Xiao: "Madam, why is the Liu family still not saluting?" ”

Mrs. Xiao was angry: "Don't you know what's going on?" They are putting up a shelf in front of us, hmph, it should be the era when the imperial concubine is favored, and they don't look at the current situation. ”

The phoenix is not as good as a chicken, it means that it still has connotation, but the appearance is not conspicuous, this Liu family is just an ordinary marshal of Jurong, with the favor of his daughter, he climbed to a high position above 10,000 people under one person, and now, even the former majesty is gone, what kind of momentum is there.

The puppy lies on the dung heap and pretends to be a big dog.

Xiao Qiyun cried: "Madam, they are just down, so they care more about face, my father is now reused by the emperor, it is the time to Taoguang to raise obscurity, our side, just let it go." ”

"You ——, Qiyun, I'm thinking about you now, if you don't be tough now, you won't be able to get tough again in this life, bow your head to marry a daughter-in-law, raise your head to marry a daughter."

"Mother, Qiyun knows that you are for my good, but before you pass the door, you are at the mercy of the other party's concubine, which will attract gossip and say that I am jealous."

"You, you're accusing me of being inadequate?"

"The daughter didn't dare, the daughter just felt that this was a family affair given by her father, and it should be ended peacefully."

"Okay, it's up to you!"

When the matchmaker came over again, Mrs. Xiao didn't say anything, and promised in one bite, and Mrs. Liu was ecstatic, she was ready to give in.

"Humph! The Xiao family is nothing more than that. She prepared a dowry of twenty-four lifts, and if Mrs. Xiao refused again, it would be increased to thirty-six, and now it is not needed.

Xiao Yi came back with a letter, his official business in *** went very smoothly, Liu Guangzhong has already chosen the address of the cantonment, and is about to lead the army to go there on a certain day, from then on, Xiao Yi is his rear, pinching his lifeblood, the letter returned to the capital, Xiao Qiyun's marriage has reached the last moment.

"Jin'er, do you always think there's something strange about this? Since the old man is holding Liu Guangzhong's lifeline, why does Liu Yongqi dare to be so presumptuous? ”

"He went to Beijing as a hostage, probably because he felt that no matter how much trouble he made, the emperor would definitely save his life, and he was the rope to contain Liu Guangzhong's kite." Wen Jin analyzed, "He is deliberately provoking us, and he may also want to withdraw from his family, after all, Qiyun's identity is embarrassing." ”

"Isn't their identity embarrassing? Wait for your dad to gain a foothold in *** and see how I clean them up. ”

Wen Jin suddenly thought of something, and his heart sank: "Yes, mother, Daddy is in ***, he must have encountered some trouble, so he didn't say anything about withdrawing from his family, and I wish we could bring it up here, make a big deal and spread it over there, which is not good for Daddy." ”

"This, how is this good? Then we won't say anything and marry Qiyun? ”

"It's going to hurt her."

"Self-inflicted!" Mrs. Xiao shook her veil and said angrily, she is a tough woman, with her temperament, even if she can't marry in her life, she will never marry a man who slaps her face before she has passed the door.

Besides, she also knew about Xiao Qiyun's embarrassment in front of Wen Jin, and she was unwilling to sympathize with such a cold-blooded woman.

Xiao Qiyun got married like this, and at the last moment, she even complained that the dowry was not enough.

Mrs. Xiao is not as tolerant as Wen Jin, she directly called someone over and took the dowry list: "Qiyun, in addition to being a mother's preparation, this dowry is also a part of your mother, and then the dowry." Your dowry ***, only twenty-four lifts, and an empty box one by one, there is nothing in it, your mother left you, you also saw it, besides, there are a few sisters of yours, you have to leave some for them, right? Your father left me three thousand taels of silver, and I put it all at the bottom of your box, what else do you want? Who marries a girl and has to lose so much money? ”

Xiao Qiyun just cried: "Madam, our family is not short of three or five thousand taels of silver, and my dowry is too shabby." ”

"Shut up! This Xiao Mansion belongs to the lord and the son, and I am just guarding the family business for the lord, how can I give you a lot? Before you go out, you are fighting for the family property, you are really filial to be a daughter. ”

Wen Jin just thought it was strange, it was said that the economic conditions of the Xiao Mansion were good, why didn't Zhao Yulan prepare dowries for her daughters from a very early age?

Seeing that Wen Jin was silent, Mrs. Xiao felt uncomfortable, and when Wen Jin was afraid that she would not have a dowry in the future, she would not help herself speak, who would have thought, Wen Jin finally came up with a sentence: "Qiyun, why didn't your biological mother prepare a dowry for you?" ”

Mrs. Xiao was stunned for a moment, and also looked at Xiao Qiyun suspiciously.

Xiao Qiyun's face turned red, and she glared at Wen Jin through gritted teeth.

Mrs. Xiao called Ah Lai to ask, it turned out that Zhao Yulan's brother said that he would use that money to do business, and he would earn it in the future, and give his niece ten miles of red makeup, and now, the Zhao family was copied, and all the money went into the emperor's inner treasury.

"When her mother died, why didn't she get the money back?" Wen Jin was very strange.

"At that time, they said that the money was not in hand, and they would return it when the funds were sufficient, but Grandpa Guo couldn't take care of these idle things, and the housekeeper ran several times to no avail, and the second lady was still ashamed of losing face, so she reprimanded the young couple very much."

"How much money?"

"Twenty thousand taels of silver."

Xiao Qiyun listened to it on the side, and her eyes widened in surprise: "Second aunt said it was five thousand taels." "No wonder she doesn't want Xiao San to chase it back.

Who are the Zhao family, now, where does Xiao Qiyun still have the face to ask for money.

Whose family's money is not saved, the Xiao family's family has been taken away by the Zhao family, Wen Jin used to think that he was rich, but it was just an appearance.

Xiao Qiyun went back, and somehow told her two younger sisters, anyway, Xiao Juanyun and Xiao Ayayun were both dissatisfied with Mrs. Xiao, and made Mrs. Xiao depressed, and they forced a smile during the whole wedding.

It was easy to send out the door, the Liu family was quite eye-catching, and they did a good job in the etiquette in the back, and Mrs. Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Qiyun didn't even think that Liu Yongqi had a concubine and eldest son without marrying a wife, and it really made people look down on the Xiao family, Mrs. Xiao's wedding, she felt very bad, there were guests pointing behind her back, talking to her face, and she was also yin and yang, and when she returned home, she complained in front of Wen Jin: "If Qiyun is my biological daughter, even if she can't get married, I will never let her enter the door of the Liu family, who are they." ”

"Madame, don't be angry, if the Zhao family is so upright with Madame, how can they do the thing of marrying their daughters everywhere and then squeezing money out of them? What's more, they also colluded with Concubine Qiao's mother's family to kill the queen and my mother, such an inhumane family, can you expect them to teach a shameful daughter? For Qiyun, we can be regarded as dedicated, whether it is good or bad, that is her choice. ”

Mrs. Xiao sighed, how strong she was, but she had to suffer such a pickled breath.

After returning to the door for three days, Xiao Qiyun was arrogant, and it seemed that he was doing well in Liu's house.

Wen Jin saw Liu Yongqi for the first time, no wonder Xiao Qiyun wanted to marry him, and sure enough, he still had some capital.

Liu Yongqi is about the same height as Qian Jun, stronger than Qian Jun, thick eyebrows, big eyes and thin lips, at first glance he is still very handsome, but he can't look at it more, his eyes are a little too big, so that the eyeballs are bulging, it seems that there are few black eyes and many white eyes, he probably knows his own defects, usually always half-hanging eyelids, thick black eyebrows wrinkled, thin lips tightened, and then, looking at people in the gap between the eyes, it gives people a particularly cold and deep feeling.

Xiao Qiyun was wearing a red wedding dress, with a smile on her face, looking at Liu Yongqi's eyes, warm and infatuated.

Mrs. Xiao and Wen Jin glanced at each other, they both smiled bitterly, Xiao Qiyun was in a weak position at the beginning, and now she still looks like a nymphomaniac, the Liu family, how can you not pinch her to death?

When Liu Yongqi entered the door, he still had a frosty face, and he barely had a smile on his face, but his eyes were indifferent, obviously he didn't take the Xiao family seriously, but after seeing Wen Jin, he became enthusiastic and took the initiative to gossip with Mrs. Xiao: "Is my mother-in-law in good health?" It's been a weird year in the weather. ”

Mrs. Xiao smiled slightly: "You just came back from ***, probably still not adaptable." ”

"Yes, *** The weather is neither hot nor cold all year round, much better than in the capital."

"Oh, really?" Mrs. Xiao was perfunctory.

Liu Yongqi looked at Wen Jin: "I heard that my eldest aunt also went north when she was ***, don't you remember?" ”

"Well, I don't remember." Wen Jin responded.

Liu Yongqi did not lose interest in speaking at all because of Wen Jin's coldness, he continued enthusiastically: "Then when, Qiyun and I will accompany you to ***, visit your father-in-law, and play there by the way, *** is a good place, picturesque scenery, abundant products......"

Xiao Qiyun interjected: "Xianggong, are you really willing to take us to play?" ”

Liu Yongqi didn't know whether to lower his head or nod, and then: "Hmm! With a sigh, Xiao Qiyun smiled, and raised her chin triumphantly to Wen Jin: "Mother, sister, in a few years, we will go to *** to play together." "If it's really good over there, my father will send someone to pick it up, and besides, my grandfather and uncle won't forget me." Wen Jin said. Liu Yongqi glanced at Wen Jin very unhappily: "My father-in-law is on official business, how can I find time to play with my mother-in-law and aunt?" As for King Miao, he has to go out, and if he wants to move around, he has to promise to do it, and I am the only idler now.

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