Grandma Wu San made up her mind, so she took out all the family resources and discussed the dowry with Zhou Sizong.

"My dowry is divided into three parts, Huaili is the eldest, of course I want to take the largest share. Huaizhi and Huaixin are small and can be a little less. Grandma Wu San put out her dowry list and began to distribute it.

Zhou Sizong sighed, "That's your dowry, don't give it all to the children, you can keep a little for yourself." ”

If Grandma Wu San had a daughter, most of her dowry would probably have to be subsidized to her daughter.

But she only has a son, so that's okay.

It's just that the dowry is all from her dowry, and it's a little unsightly.

"Huaili They are also the descendants of the Zhou family, when Huai Xuan got married, his father took five hundred dowry gifts, and now Huai Li is married, even if it can't be compared with Huai Xuan, it's not much worse." Zhou Sizong smiled, "I'll tell my father tomorrow." ”

Grandma Wu San shook her head, "Of course the Zhou family wants to come out, but I also want to come out." After a pause, he said a little unwillingly: "My daughter-in-law is much better than the fake daughter of the Sheng family, why should I be inferior to her in the dowry?" ”

"She is the eldest granddaughter-in-law, Mrs. Shizi, why do you have to compare with her?" Zhou Sizong hurriedly whispered to her, "If you want to do this, won't your father know that you are not convinced?" ”

Grandma Wu San couldn't be angry, she fell and beat in the room for a long time, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, I can save it." In fact, even if you get a dowry of 500, it depends on whether people are willing to marry......"

……

A few days later, Grandma Wu San ran to Jiang's house, ate a closed door again, and returned to the Shenjiang Mansion. Angry liver pain. A man was crooked in the back room.

She kept repeating Grandma Cao's words in her mind.

“…… Grandma Wu San. We know that you are sincere. But you also know that you can't force it when it comes to marriage. My daughter has been pampered and ignorant since she was a child, and we just want to find her a kind family and live a smooth life. Indeed, your god's house is too high, and we are not worthy of it. ”

The shadow is enough, suggesting that Grandma Wu San should go and kiss and kiss......

Even though their Jiang family forcibly married their daughter to the Divine General's Mansion. The bond between my cousin and my cousin has always been there.

Grandma Cao really didn't want her daughter to face such an embarrassing situation.

Zhou Huaili came to the Furong Willow Pavilion and listened to the big maid at the door whispering: "Fourth son, the third grandmother is angry, do you want to come back in a while?" ”

Zhou Huaili asked, only to know that Grandma Wu San went to Jiang Shilang's mansion, but she was closed.

Zhou Huaili sighed and shook his head, "Okay, I'll go first." ”

When he returned to the courtyard where he lived from Furong Liuxue, Zhou Huaili saw that Old Man Wu sent someone over to invite him over.

Zhou Huaili couldn't make up his mind. Said to the man: "You go back first, I still have some business." I'll talk about it when I'm done. ”

Didn't say I was going. I didn't say I wouldn't go.

The man didn't dare to go back like this, so he had to wait outside the corner gate of the Divine General's Mansion.

After sending the subordinates of the Wu Guogong Mansion away, Zhou Huaixuan sat alone in the room, looking at the sky outside the window.

The sky outside is blue, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the osmanthus flowers in the yard are fragrant, the chrysanthemums are rising, and the rows of geese fly in a herringbone shape from the sky.

It's already early September.

Zhou Huaili sat from noon to evening, then squinted, stood up, and instructed his subordinates: "I want to go to the mansion of Wu Guogong, you can talk to your father and mother at night." ”

When he came to the mansion of Wu Guogong, it was already sunset in the evening.

Riding on a horse, Zhou Huaili looked back at the place, the twilight was four, the long street was lonely, and the figures were sparse.

Looking up at the heavy eaves of the Wu Guogong Mansion again, although it is not as grand and vast as the Divine General's Mansion, it is extremely rich and noble, and it is not much worse than the Divine General's Mansion.

Zhou Huaili smiled slightly, got off the horse, and threw the reins to the little guy who was leading the horse in front of the corner gate of the Duke of Wu's mansion.

……

"Grandfather." Zhou Huaili was led by his subordinates to the courtyard where Old Man Wu lived in the inner courtyard and bowed.

Old Man Wu beckoned and smiled: "You can count it as coming." Sit. ”

"There's something going on at home today, and I can't leave for a while. I asked someone to tell you first, but the man misunderstood, and has been waiting outside the gate of our god's mansion. When I came out, I saw him waiting there. It's a solid-eyed man. Zhou Huaili said with a smile.

Old Man Wu nodded: "I see." I said how did it take so long. I'm fine today, thinking I have something to tell you. I asked the cook to prepare the table of wine and food, and we talked while eating! ”

Zhou Huaili smiled and nodded, "I can't ask for it if I can accompany my grandfather to eat and drink." ”

Soon, the people set up wine and food in the side hall of the banquet in the courtyard of Old Man Wu, and Zhou Huaili and Old Man Wu sat down together.

Old Man Wu pointed out a few fresh vegetables to Zhou Huaili, "These are just sent from other places." If you like to eat, the Zhuangzi here will try to grow one, and you can eat it often in the future. ”

Zhou Huaili tasted it, it was indeed very fresh and tender, and the taste was excellent, and he couldn't stop praising a few words at the moment.

Old Man Wu smiled and nodded, and took out the best tribute wine, "This is respectful, let's taste it first." ”

Old Man Wu is in charge of the world's imperial merchants, and it is normal to taste the tribute wine first. He tasted bad tribute wine, and he would not enter the palace.

Zhou Huaili smiled and poured a glass of wine for Old Man Wu, and picked up the wine glass himself, "Please!" As he spoke, he raised his neck and did it first as a respect.

Old Man Wu laughed, took a bite, and instructed Zhou Huaili: "This wine has great stamina, you drink less." ”

Zhou Huaili nodded, and while eating the dishes, he listened to Old Man Wu.

He knew that this feast was not for nothing, so he was nervous all the time.

Old Man Wu said a lot of irrelevant words, and finally got to the point.

"Huaili, you are also an adult, and I will no longer go around in circles. I want to ask you, doesn't your mother want to kiss Juan'er? Old Man Wu put down his wine glass and asked.

Zhou Huaili was stunned, put down the wine glass, lowered his head, and didn't dare to look at Old Man Wu's eyes. - It turned out that it was still for this matter, and he didn't guess wrong......

Looking at Zhou Huaili's appearance, Old Man Wu was a little disappointed. It's also a little sad. The circles under his eyes were red for a while. Hurriedly raised his head to hold back his tears, and asked Zhou Huaili with some embarrassment: "Do you know why your mother doesn't like Juan'er?" ”

Of course, Zhou Huaili couldn't gossip about his mother, so he had to keep his mouth shut.

Old Man Wu asked like this, and he didn't expect Zhou Huaili to answer. If Zhou Huaili answered, he would look down on him.

The more Zhou Huaili is so sensible and reasonable, the more Old Man Wu feels that it is a pity not to make Zhou Huaili and Wu Chanjuan a pair.

Zhou Huaili's head was pressed even lower, and he was almost under the table.

Old Man Wu didn't have the appetite to eat anymore. stood up, walked to the door with his hands behind his back, looked at the courtyard outside the door, and said with emotion: "Okay, I understand." As he spoke, he glanced back at Zhou Huaili, "I don't necessarily have to marry Juan'er to you, I just think that your childhood sweethearts are better than others." Juan'er has no mother now, and having a father is the same as not having a father. I'm a grandfather. I had to think about it. If you don't want to marry, I won't force it. There was a pause. He said proudly: "With the powerful position of my Wu State Mansion, can't I find a person who is good to Juan'er?" ”

Zhou Huaili looked at the wine and food in front of him steadily, took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind, with a trance smile on his face, and said lightly: "Ancestor, I understand your thoughts. But what do you want to find for your cousin with the powerful position of the Wu family, will it be someone who really likes her? ”

Old Man Wu looked at the lamps that gradually lit up in the corridor outside the door, and was slightly stunned.

“…… Those people didn't take a fancy to the powerful position of the Duke of Wu's mansion. Zhou Huaili stood up, "But although my mother is unwilling, I ...... Willing to marry. After he finished saying this sentence with great difficulty, his eyes were red after speaking, he was busy turning his head, looking away, Jiang Siniang's delicate and lovely smile flashed in his mind, and he closed his eyes......

Old Man Wu turned around with joy and glanced at him, "Do you really want to marry her?" This is my good grandson! Don't worry, she has the backing of my Wu Guogong Mansion and is known as the Sage of Heavy Pupils, you will definitely not regret marrying her! ”

Zhou Huaili didn't speak again, with a smile on his face, like a delicate mask, there was no smile in his eyes, it was like cold ice that had been silent for ten thousand years, but it was covered by the smile on his lips, and no one could see it.

The more Old Man Wu thought about it, the happier he became, and said, "Since you said so, I am relieved." Your mother heard that she ran to Jiang's house every day, but people avoided it, and she was also hot with a shaved head, why be so ashamed? In this way, you can talk to your mother tomorrow and let her come back to discuss the matter of the eight characters and the dowry, what do you think? ”

"It's all up to my grandfather." Zhou Huaili arched his hand and said word by word.

"Great, great! You must know that Juan'er has been worried about this for a long time, and she has lost weight recently, and it is not easy to get this happy result! Old Man Wu clapped his hands and smiled, "I'll order someone to call Juan'er to come and talk to you." I still have something to do, so I'll go first. With that, he hurriedly left the side hall.

……

Wu Chanjuan waited restlessly at Han Cuixuan.

She has heard a lot of rumors and rumors for a while, all of which say that Grandma Wu San in the third room of the Divine General's Mansion has taken a fancy to the fourth girl of Jiang Shilang's family, and has always wanted to marry her as the eldest daughter-in-law.

After Wu Chanjuan found out, she was so anxious that she went to Old Man Wu to cry every day, begging Old Man Wu to find a way for her.

The only thing she can ask for now is Old Man Wu.

Although Old Man Wu was embarrassed, he was even more pitiful when he saw Wu Chanjuan, so he still promised to help her one last time.

I have already told her that I will invite Zhou Huaili to come over today and talk about it, whether Zhou Huaili agrees or not, Wu Chanjuan will not be able to dwell on this matter in the future.

Wu Chanjuan also responded and made up her mind.

If the eldest cousin agrees, she will live well with the eldest cousin in her life, even if Grandma Wu San doesn't like her, she has to serve this mother-in-law carefully, even if she frustrates her, compared to the joy of being with Zhou Huaili, it is nothing, she admits it......

If the eldest cousin doesn't allow it, she will forget him from now on, let her marry whoever she wants, don't toss, she is so tired, she doesn't have the ability to do it like her mother......

Wu Chanjuan sat in front of the dressing table, carefully looking in the mirror, checking her makeup, jewelry and clothes.

She waited impetuously, her hand groped around on the dressing table to find something, and accidentally, swept all the things on the side of the dressing table to the ground.

Smack!

The blackened makeup box that her mother left for her actually fell to the ground, and the lid of the box that she couldn't unscrew was actually opened!

Wu Chanjuan hurriedly picked up the makeup box with the lid open and looked at it carefully.

I don't know what kind of material this makeup box is made of, the outside is burned black, and the things inside are still intact......

Wu Chanjuan slowly took out a gorse hairpin, jade scratching head, butterfly step, necklace, and earrings, all of which were her mother's favorite jewelry before, and burst into tears for a while, holding the makeup box and crying for a while.

"Second girl, what's wrong with you?" The maid waiting in the outhouse hurriedly asked at the door, not daring to come in immediately.

Wu Chanjuan wiped her tears with her hands, shook her head and said, "It's okay, I miss my mother." Go down. ”

The maid outside didn't ask any more.

Wu Chanjuan lowered her head and took out the jewelry in the makeup box one by one and put it on her dressing table.

After the makeup box was empty, Wu Chanjuan saw that something was wrong.

She noticed that the box looked much deeper on the outside than on the inside, and very shallow on the inside.

What's going on?

Wu Chanjuan curiously took the box and looked at it a few times, and suddenly remembered that her mother had told her before that some boxes had a mezzanine.

In this case, it can be explained why this box looks deeper from the outside than from the inside.

Interlayer?

Wu Chanjuan reached into the makeup box and knocked on it, and soon heard that something was wrong with the sound inside. Drawing around it with her hand, she found something wrong, and with a slight twitch, opened the mezzanine.

Lying quietly inside was a snow-white note.

Wu Chanjuan's heavy pupils narrowed, her eyes were hot, and tears almost burst out of her eyes.

This is...... Mother left it for her, right?

Wu Chanjuan trembled her hands and took out the note.

She took several deep breaths, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and looked down at the note in her hand.

"Juan'er, the Empress Dowager has been poisoned, and you can't have children! You can't get married! Don't get married! Once you get married, you will immediately become exactly the same as your mother's serious illness! Don't forget! ”

Wu Chanjuan held her breath and read the note again and again, obviously knowing every word, but her mind was in chaos, and she didn't understand what these words meant when combined......

You are no longer able to have children...... Can't get married...... Once married, break down......

Wu Chanjuan remembered the appearance of her mother when she was seriously ill, old, shriveled and thin, and the whole person looked like an old woman in her sixties and seventies.

No! She doesn't want that!

Wu Chanjuan jumped up suddenly, moved the mirror over and looked at her face carefully.

It's okay......

She's still handsome and beautiful.

Her eyebrows are like daisies, her heavy pupils are dark and deep, and if you don't look carefully, you can't see any difference between her eyes and ordinary people, except that they are bigger, deeper and darker......

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The first is 4,000 words. It's Monday, and the pink tickets and recommended tickets for the courting relatives! Yesterday, I worked overtime until one o'clock in the middle of the night, and I was so tired that I couldn't speak. I'm going to try to double change today. Because the plot is at a critical juncture, I don't want to hang the appetite of my relatives. If you have pink tickets, you support two. O(∩_∩)O…… (To be continued......)

PS: Although I didn't say how much pink was added in the article, I still honestly added more. You can count it, from the beginning of the month to now, the number of chapters and words has far exceeded my current pink votes. Shouldn't I be better with the pink vote plus? O(∩_∩)O。