Xu Shi smiled: "She doesn't want to, because she doesn't understand Ling Gongzi's personality, and when I go back and persuade her more, she will naturally figure it out." ”

"Oh? She'll listen to you? ”

That time, Mrs. Bai didn't see that although Song Wanru was respectful to the Xu family, she didn't obey the master of the arrangement in everything, and Song Wanru had her ideas in marriage.

Xu patted his chest and said seriously: "I am her mother, and I naturally understand that although she has a stubborn temperament, she is not a girl who can't listen to her opinions, and I will definitely be able to arrange this matter." ”

Seeing that she was so confident, Mrs. Bai nodded and responded: "That's good, if this matter can be done, we will be close to each other, if there is trouble in the Hou Mansion in the future, the Bai family will do their best to help." ”

Xu's brows stretched, and he said happily: "We have been married a long time ago, since we are a family, why do we have to talk about two families?" Madame Bai was polite. ”

Madame Bai smiled, raised her eyes and saw that Xu's gaze was dodging, and she wanted to speak a few times and stopped, she vaguely understood that this matter was not so simple.

Her smile instantly turned cold, and she asked, "Say, what does Mrs. Hou want?" ”

Xu's face stiffened, she didn't expect to be seen through so quickly, she looked a little unnatural.

Madame Bai said frankly: "I only have this one precious son, if anyone is willing to help my son fulfill his heart's desire, I will naturally repay him with all my might." ”

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from Madame Bai."

Xu Shi smiled and said: "The Bai family's industry is all over the world, Wanru is blessed to be able to marry into the Bai family, I don't know about the dowry, what are you going to do?" ”

Madame Bai was stunned for a moment, and then pulled out a smile of unknown meaning.

She asked rhetorically: "How much does Mrs. Hou think it should be?" ”

The Xu family silently knocked on the plan, the Bai family is not short of money, if they can have more, then they can get closer to the target.

She secretly beat the drum and said tentatively: "Although Wanru is a concubine, she is the daughter of the Hou Mansion after all, only the more expensive the dowry, can people see that she is valued, not as good as eight million taels?" ”

Madame Bai's heart trembled, and she couldn't believe it.

Although the Bai family has money, part of it is used for the emergency treasury, and the money proposed by the Xu family is enough to support the war at the border for a long time.

"Eight million taels."

She took a sharp breath and laughed: "I don't know if this is the meaning of the Hou Mansion or your own meaning?" ”

Xu replied: "If it is a dowry, it is to be credited to the account, what is the difference?" ”

Madame Bai was full of suspicion, and was about to speak, when someone whispered in her ear.

Madame Bai looked stunned, and the look in Xu's eyes was even more meaningless.

She motioned for people to retreat, and sneered at Xu: "The dignified Anyang Hou Mansion will actually open a gambling hall, it seems that the Hou Mansion has been in short supply of silver recently!" ”

"No, it should be Mrs. Hou who is short of money, right?"

Madame Bai's smile was cold and profound, and Xu's heart chuckled, and she was very uneasy.

She once instructed the money shopkeeper to properly handle the matter of the third son of the Bai family, the faster the better, and the cleaner the handling, the more beneficial it would be to her.

Unexpectedly, she tried her best to clear up the relationship with the gambling house, but she was still found out by the Bai family.

Xu's heart was so aggrieved that he secretly scolded the money shopkeeper for several rounds.

But in a blink of an eye, she pretended to be angry and said: "It's just nonsense, the Marquis of Anyang has been loyal and good for generations, and he is highly respected by the emperor, how can he make such a living?" ”

"Really?"

Madame Bai said lightly, but her eyes were turbulent.

Her son was beaten in a gambling house, and he couldn't move his mother to be a son, but he could take out his anger at the gambling house.

Mrs. Bai originally made people frequently find trouble with the gambling house, but she didn't expect her people to toss, and the shopkeeper said that the gambling house is the property of the mother of the Hou of Anyang, who dares to move!

Her people didn't believe it at first, but after many inquiries and investigations, they confirmed that this was true.

Mrs. Bai thought of Xu's recent initiative to show favor and propose that the dowry should be precious, and she instantly understood that Mrs. Hou had come to sell her daughter.

She suddenly lost interest in the gambling house, and smiled at Xu: "If people don't know unless you do it, you have taken the initiative to express your intentions now, why do you have to hide it from me?" ”

Xu's face sank, and he didn't know how to answer.

Mrs. Bai acquiesced to her, and said: "I am not interested in getting involved in the gambling hall, and I will not treat the dowry badly, as long as you can successfully let the second miss of the Song family sit in the sedan chair of the Bai family, these are not problems." ”

Xu's heart moved, and he instantly forgot his concerns.

"What you said is true?"

Madam Bai chuckled, "Of course it's true, it's the blessing of my Bai family to be able to marry the second lady of the Hou Mansion of Anyang, not to mention eight million taels, even if it costs tens of millions of taels of silver, it's worth it." ”

Xu's mind went blank for a moment, and his little heart was beating wildly.

In other words, as long as Song Wanru marries into the Bai family, then she only needs to get rid of Jiang Xuan, and she can return to the original world.

In an instant, Xu's smile widened, and he couldn't help but say excitedly: "Madame Bai is polite, I am the third prince of China and I am willing to come to discuss this matter, and if this marriage is fulfilled, it will be a bad taste to talk about silver." ”

Mrs. Bai smiled cooperatively, "Mrs. Hou don't have to worry too much, I mean, I can't ask for this marriage, and Mrs. Lao Hou will have to worry more after she goes back." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."

Xu laughed repeatedly, and said kind words to Madame Bai for a while before leaving.

After returning to the Hou Mansion, Xu still couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth from rising, talking about how good this marriage was.

Qiu Tao couldn't help but worry when she saw this, "Madam, you seem to have forgotten the eldest lady today!" ”

Xu's smile froze.

She had just been chatting with Madame Bai for so long that she had forgotten to see her daughter.

Sure enough, if she is not biological, she will not care, even if her identity and her body are closely connected to her daughter.

She had no choice but to sigh lightly and comfort herself: "Yuzhu, she shouldn't know that I went to the Bai family today, right?" ”

Qiu Tao was silent, Song Yuzhu was the daughter-in-law of the Bai family, how could she not know that there were guests in the front hall?

She was hindered by Mrs. Bai's explanation, saying that she had no permission, so she didn't want to go to the front hall to pick up guests, even if her biological mother came, she had to get a message before coming out.

Song Yuzhu respectfully obeyed the rules, so she had to wait for Xu's message to see her, but until Xu's left, no one allowed her to go out to talk to her mother.

These things were said by the people around Song Yuzhu before Qiu Tao left.

At that time, Qiu Tao originally wanted to remind the Xu family, but the Xu family didn't give her a chance at all, and she was talking about this marriage all the way.

Qiu Tao was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I heard that the eldest lady has been waiting for you in the backyard, but she hasn't gotten the news for a long time. ”

A moment of self-reproach flashed in Xu's eyes, but he quickly comforted himself:

"It's okay, the eldest daughter is sensible, and she also knows that the two families have been in trouble recently, so she understands the purpose of my visit, and she should be able to forgive me for not saying that I want to see her."

Qiu's tone sank, and he said complicatedly: "Madam, the eldest lady seems to be having a bad time. ”