Chapter 24: Family Affairs
It's just that everyone was just about to clean the jar of pickled garlic when they heard a terrible cry from Zhao Shuqing, who had just gone out, "Ah! β
"What's wrong?" Everyone hurried out, in the backyard of this deep house, it stands to reason that villains can't get in, what did she encounter?
When everyone came out, they saw that Zhao Shuqing collapsed in the arms of the maid with a frightened face, panting, and there were two people wearing blue-faced fanged masks standing in front of her.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we're not bad people." Said the masked man.
The girls are in the inner stove room of the Zhao family, and outsiders generally can't enter, and the person wearing the mask is estimated to be one of the five sons of the Zhao family.
Zhao Wangshu frowned, in Zhuangzi, during the Laba Festival, he would also wear a similar mask and dance the dance, Zhao Shuqing should not be scared so badly.
Her eyes flashed slightly, and she reminded aloud: "If you take off the mask, she will see who you are, and she won't be afraid." β
"Yes, yes, yes." The person wearing the mask took off the mask, it was Zhao Chang, the third son of the second son of the Zhao family, and the other shorter one was Zhao Wen, the fifth son of the big house.
"Why did the third son and the fifth son come to the stove room?" Zhao Wangshu asked.
"Today's Laba Festival, the street is a festival, dancing and praying for blessings, I thought you couldn't go out, so I brought them over, but I didn't expect to scare people, I'm sorry." Zhao Chang explained.
He had good intentions, but he just popped up and scared Zhao Shuqing, who was not on guard.
"The third brother doesn't need to apologize, and it's not that he hasn't seen the dance, how can he be frightened and pretend." Zhao Shuangzhi said angrily.
"I didn't." Zhao Shuqing whispered a defense.
"Not scared, what are you doing so loudly?" Zhao Shuangzhi asked.
Zhao Shuqing's eyes were red, and he bit his lower lip, his face full of grievances.
Seeing her like this, Zhao Shuangzhi felt bored, and wanted to say something, but Zhao Chang felt pity and helped her speak, "I'm wearing a mask, and I suddenly appeared, it's normal for her to be scared." β
"After all, not everyone is bold." Zhao Jiahua is weird and authentic.
"What did you say?" Zhao Shuangzhi asked angrily.
"I didn't say anything about you, do you need to be in such a hurry?" Zhao Jiahua sneered, "You don't need to be so self-aware. β
"Zhao Jiahua!" Zhao Shuangzhi gritted his teeth in anger.
The two have always been at odds, always bickering, seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Zhao Shuhui and the others hurriedly said: "Those who are celebrating the festival and those who are amiable, don't lose their temper, let's go in and pickle the garlic." β
Zhao Wangshu bowed slightly to Zhao Chang, "The third son, please take care of yourself." After a pause, he said to Zhao Shuqing's maidservant: "It's okay, help your girl go back to the room." β
With that, she followed the others into the stove room.
Zhao Chang looked at Zhao Shuqing, smiled awkwardly and said, "Sister Qing, I'll send you back." β
"Don't trouble the third son." Zhao Shuqing refused softly, curtsy the knees, and left with the help of the maid.
"Let's go, Little Five." Zhao Chang put on a mask, and Zhao Wen didn't know where to go to pray for blessings.
In the stove room, Zhao Wangshu and others pickled laba garlic and went back to the yard.
Looking at the courtyard from a distance, a bunch of people came in and out, and saw the doctor who often came to the Zhao family, Fang Baozhu frowned and said, "Sister Qing shouldn't be scared sick, right?" β
"No, she's just a papier-mΓ’chΓ© lantern, and she has to be poked to break." Zhao Shuangzhi said mockingly.
"What is there to guess, just ask in the past, and you will know what's going on." Zhao Jiahua walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard.
When I asked Fang Zhi, Zhao Shuqing was fine, but Zhao Yuzhen, Zhao Yuyan, and Zhao Yufang, who went out to cook porridge and do good deeds, had an accident.
"The real girl's arm is injured, Miss Fang is covered in blood, and Miss Yan has such a big bag swollen on her forehead." The handmaid gestured to them.
Everyone was stunned, and after a while, Zhao Shuangzhi guessed: "They shouldn't have boiled the porridge, it's too unpalatable, and they were beaten." β
"How could this happen, stop talking nonsense, let's go inside." Zhao Wangshu raised his legs and walked into the courtyard.
Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Zhao, and Mrs. Zhao were all sitting in the warm room, their faces were ugly, and when they saw them coming in, they didn't say anything, and sent them back to the room.
On the cusp, Zhao Wangshu didn't let Buckwheat Lady inquire about what happened, and the next day, she learned what happened from Zhao Jiahua.
"Out of nowhere, a wild cat sprung up, knocked over the stove that sold sugar paintings, lit the hay piled up on the side of the road, and caused a fire, and the fire caused panic, and the people in the street ran around and screamed, and the real sisters happened to be on that street, and they were like this." Zhao Jiahua briefly described yesterday's chaos.
Zhao Wangshu frowned, "This is really a disaster." β
"Sister Fang, Sister Yan's injuries, just take care of them, really sister is unlucky, the family matter is decided."
Zhao Wangshu was surprised, "Why is it still involved in the real sister's family affairs?" β
"The real sister fell into a man's arms, and the two rolled on the ground with their arms in their arms, and they had a skin-to-skin kiss." Zhao Jiahua said to the index finger, "Mouth to mouth." β
Zhao Wangshu's eyes widened in surprise, "This ...... This is also outrageous. β
"If something like this happens, there is no other way for my sister to do so than to marry him." Zhao Jiahua sighed.
"Who is that man?" Zhao Wangshu frowned.
"Qian Yan of Tianhe Bofu, a prodigal son with no interest." Zhao Jiahua paused, "He's not a good person." β
Zhao Wangshu snorted coldly, "This family affair is as good as the old lady wishes." β
Qian Sulf has a bad reputation, although he didn't marry a wife, he already has several concubines in the family, and he has a romantic reputation, and everyone in the capital knows that no girl from a good family is willing to marry him.
Tianhebo's mansion has already declined, and Tianhebo is in the court, and he only received an idle position, but Tianhebo sent his eldest daughter to the palace.
The Rong concubine Qian in the palace is the sister of Qian Sulfone's mother, she is not favored, gave birth to a prince, and was not promoted to a concubine, but she has a son, which is better than the childless Empress Zhao.
Empress Zhao was already trying to win over the prince and consolidate his position, and married the Qian family, which was also in her calculations, but the current situation is exactly what she wants.
couldn't bear Zhao Yuzhen to fall into the firekang, Zhao Wangshu and Zhao Jiahua specially found her, told her about the Qian family and Qian Xuan's personality, and told her bluntly, "Sister Zhen, this family business can't be knotted." β
"Thank you, sisters, for telling me this." Zhao Yuzhen lowered his head, "This family business, I, I am willing." β
Zhao Wangshu and Zhao Jiahua frowned, they just said so much, is it in vain to dare to be affectionate?
"When a man is married, a woman should be married, I will marry someone after all, who is not married."
"As a woman, you have a hard time, and if you marry someone who is not good, your life will be very hard." Zhao Wangshu persuaded.
"If I hadn't been chosen by the mansion, my father would have promised me to the lame man in the next village who could afford a bride price of fifty taels." Zhao Yuzhen smiled bitterly.
"Instead of marrying a lame man and living a poor life, it is better to marry into the Bofu, so that she is also the wife of the prince, with fine clothes and food, and she can live a good life." Zhao Yuzhen has seriously analyzed it.
"True sister, there are so many good men in the world, you don't need to choose between the two of them." Zhao Jiahua said.
"There are many good men in the world, but my father and the old lady, they won't give me any other choice, Sister Shu, Sister Hua, I'm different from you." Zhao Yuzhen said calmly.
Hearing this, Zhao Wangshu and Zhao Jiahua were silent.