Chapter 19: The Concubine
On the other side, Mrs. Qi and Shopkeeper Luo had already negotiated, and finally she bought the pine crane longevity wood carving at a price of 800 taels, and Shopkeeper Luo gave her a string of agarwood bracelets.
On the way back, Mrs. Qi praised Yan Li again, and Qi Tanying remembered that she didn't seem to tell her mother Yan Li's identity.
So he took this opportunity to tell his mother that Yan Li was the Yan Sicheng who had seen him before.
Mrs. Qi was really surprised for a while when she heard this, and said after a while: "Your aunt has always had a good eye, and she won't let you look at those who are too bad." ”
Mrs. Qi has met with Yan Li twice in the past two days, and she thinks that this person's appearance and etiquette are okay, and her age does not look like a thirty-year-old person.
Anyway, it's much more pleasing to the eye than Wu Shizi of the Pingning Hou Mansion.
At this time, Mrs. Qi never thought that Wu Han, who was disgusted by her, would come to the door of Jiang's house the next day and specially come to apologize to their mother and daughter.
When Wu Han came to Jiang's house, Jiang Liangyu was at home, so he asked his friend to take him to meet Mrs. Qi.
Mrs. Qi was very puzzled, she was also an official of Dali Temple, and she had to apologize separately?
It's just that they didn't accept Yan Li's apology, so Wu Han's naturally can't ask for it.
Wu Han seemed to have expected that they would not accept it, and asked Jiang Liangyu to transfer it on his behalf.
He prepared an apology for Mrs. Qi and Qi Tanying, giving Mrs. Qi a green jade bracelet, and giving Qi Tanying a pink and white cherry blossom hosta.
The moment she saw the hairpin, Qi Tanying couldn't help but be surprised.
Mrs. Qi hurriedly asked her what was wrong, Qi Tanying's expression was complicated, "Last time, I saw this hairpin in Lingyun Pavilion, and I didn't buy it because I thought it wasn't worth it, and Wu Shizi was also present at that time." ”
After hearing this, Mrs. Qi immediately understood that this hairpin was clearly bought by Wu Han to give to her daughter.
Suddenly, she had a bold guess in her heart, could the owner of Qiyizhai be Wu Han? It was a discount and a gift, and seeing that they were not in the trap, they also came to Jiang's Mansion to deliver things in person.
Could it be that he has taken a fancy to his daughter?
The more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, and Mrs. Qi felt that it was necessary to meet Wu Han to see what he was thinking.
In order to avoid a long night of dreams, she immediately called Jiang Liangyu and asked him to ask Wu Han out in his own name.
Jiang Liangyu did so.
In the afternoon of the same day, Wu Han came to the appointment, and when he saw Mrs. Qi, he knew that there was someone else who had made an appointment with him today.
Mrs. Qi went straight to the point, saying that his apology was too expensive to accept, and then returned the things to him intact.
Wu Han looked at the returned gifts, and the smile on his face faded.
Then he heard Mrs. Qi ask him, "Does Wu Shizi know the meaning of a man giving a hairpin to an unmarried girl?" ”
Mrs. Qi thought that if he didn't know, the matter would be revealed. Who knew that Wu Han's next words caught her off guard.
"I like the girl, that's why I gave her a hairpin."
Mrs. Qi never thought that he would admit it directly, and just when she was thinking about how to answer, she saw Wu Han arching her hand towards her with a solemn face, "I am happy with Miss Qi, and I am willing to welcome her into my Pingning Marquis Mansion as a concubine, and I hope Mrs. Qi will agree." ”
"What did you say?"
Mrs. Qi looked at him with a stunned expression, "Who did you say you want to take as a concubine?" ”
Wu Han said Qi Tanying's name.
"You're dreaming!" Mrs. Qi's face turned red when she heard this, and her anger rushed to the top of her head.
The more Mrs. Qi thought about it, the more angry she became, she lost her mind for a while, and scolded: "What kind of thing are you, why should I let my daughter be your concubine?" You and your aunt and cousin are all the same dog, they rely on power to win marriage contracts, and you are greedy for beauty and force people to be concubines. ”
Wu Han's face suddenly became cold, "Please be cautious Mrs. Qi." ”
"What you did was unspeakable, this is a reminder to be cautious, what did you do in the first place?"
When Mrs. Qi heard this, she reasoned loudly with him: "Could it be that your cousin did not take away my daughter's marriage contract, or did you not covet my daughter?"
This world is the world of the saints, not the world of the Changxing Mansion and the Pingning Marquis Mansion.
If I really want to drive people to a dead end, even if I die desperately, I will go to Qian'anmen to beat the drum, let the saints, and let the people of the world judge, whether it is my Qi family that is wrong, or you are bullying others! ”
Mrs. Qi has lived for decades, and she has never been as angry as she is today, if it weren't for the fact that there was still a trace of reason, she would have been able to say anything even more ugly.
These words made Wu Han's face turn cold, and a terrifying aura poured out of his body.
Mrs. Qi was stunned after glancing at him, and hurriedly called Jiang Liangyu next door in.
After Jiang Liangyu came in, she saw that the atmosphere was not right, and Mrs. Qi hurriedly told him the truth.
Jiang Liangyu was silent for a moment, then helped Mrs. Qi to the side and sat down, and gave her tea.
After doing all this, he looked at Wu Han, "Tianming, you have done a little too much this time." ”
Wu Han didn't answer at first, but after a while, he suddenly said, "With the family background of the Qi family, I don't insult her by giving her the position of concubine." ”
"Being a concubine is not a humiliation, so what is?" Mrs. Qi on the side stood up and reasoned with him when she heard this.
Jiang Liangyu hurriedly reassured: "Auntie, you dissipate your anger first, can you leave this matter to me?" He assured her that he would definitely dispel Wu Han's idea of taking a concubine.
Out of trust in Jiang Liangyu, Mrs. Qi still responded.
Jiang Liangyu looked at Wu Han again and asked him in a very light tone: "Tianming, if someone tells you today that you want to take Yu'er as a concubine, and if you are a concubine or she climbs high, how do you feel as a brother?" ”
Yu'er is Wu Han's own sister.
Wu Han's eyelashes closed slightly when he heard this, if someone really forced his sister to be a concubine, what would he do?
"I'll kill everyone who persecuted her." This is Wu Han's answer.
Hearing this, Jiang Liangyu smiled mockingly, "Don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself, now you should understand my aunt's feelings." ”
Wu Han was silent for a few breaths and gradually reined in the anger around him, and his cold expression also showed signs of melting.
Jiang Liangyu took the opportunity to say: "I have always treated Cousin A Tan as my own sister, if you still treat me as a friend, don't say anything like accepting her as a concubine in the future." ”
Wu Han remained silent.
Jiang Liangyu pointed in the direction of the palace, "If the one in the palace knows that your heart belongs, I'm afraid there will be no more peaceful days." ”
These words made Wu Han's face freeze instantly, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "I won't mention the matter of taking a concubine in the future." ”
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Because of the preparation of the birthday gift, he provoked a lot of right and wrong, and on the day of Mrs. Li's birthday, Mrs. Qi and Qi Tanying did not go, but only asked Mrs. Jiang to help bring the pine crane longevity wood carving to Li's house.
Mrs. Jiang went happily in the morning, but came back in the afternoon with an angry face. Mrs. Qi didn't know why, but when she asked, she found out that Jiang Yi and Jiang Zhenyu had caused trouble at Mrs. Li's birthday banquet.
The second room of the Li family and the grain merchant Bai family are in-laws, and the Bai family has a daughter who is very beautiful, and by chance she became the concubine of the king of Tanglin, and later gave birth to a son, and the mother was set up as a side concubine by virtue of her son.
One person ascended to heaven with a chicken dog, and the Bai family rose because of this.
When Jiang Yi and the six girls of the Bai family were playing the game of pitching pots, they had a quarrel with the white six girls because they couldn't stand the arrogance of the six girls, and Jiang Zhenyu fought with the brother of the six girls in order to protect her sister.
The second lady of the Bai family sued Mrs. Jiang, and she also insinuated that the Jiang family's upbringing was not as good as that of the merchants. This can make Mrs. Jiang angry enough.
After returning to Jiang's house, Jiang Yi suffered, and even Jiang Mei was implicated. Jiang Yi and Jiang Mei were punished for copying books and grounded, and Jiang Zhenyu was severely beaten by Jiang San.