Chapter 19: Visiting and Questioning

"Not enough to accomplish anything, but more likely to cause trouble!"

Mrs. Cui almost couldn't help but slap her daughter.

"You...you're really going to piss me off to death!"

Originally, this matter was kept secret and only the mother and daughter and a few close confidants knew about it.

When the name card was delivered to the King of Northern Yan, everything was settled. Even though the second branch was unwilling to let Cui Si be a concubine, for the sake of the future of the Cui family, they had no choice but to accept her.

When the time comes, she will say that it was Cui Yun who did it out of ignorance. Cui Yun was in poor health, and she was going to marry and become the Queen of Northern Yan. Even if the clan had opinions about her, they could not beat or scold her. They had to send Cui Yun to marry and submit to her in the future, respectfully calling her "Queen."

Now, even though she hasn't yet decided whether the anonymous post will reach the hands of the King of Northern Yan, she is already feeling proud and wants to expose the matter. Isn't this asking for trouble?

I'm afraid the Cui clan members are about to make trouble.

"Mother, what are you afraid of?" Cui Yun said proudly, her fingers hooked around a half-tied yellow heart knot.

"From Xianyang City to Pingzhou City, if you ride fast, you can reach it in one day. The person left last night, and a whole day has passed. I think this invitation has already reached the hands of the King of Northern Yan."

"Even if they knew now and wanted to send people after them, it would be too late."

Mrs. Cui's eyelids twitched, feeling uneasy. "Before the news came back, everything was not settled, and exceptions could be made. You are just too proud and don't know how to be patient."

"Besides, things like this need to be delayed for as long as possible. Otherwise, if the people from the second house find out and start making a fuss, we won't know how to end it!"

"Endure? Why should I endure?" When Cui Yun heard the words "endure it", her face immediately turned ugly.

She was the most noble lady in the Cui family. Everyone in the Cui family tolerated her, except Cui Si, who married the King of Northern Yan. In turn, she was asked to bow down and pay homage to him. Even if she felt dissatisfied and unwilling, she could not express it.

Be patient and be patient again, and you have to endure even when you can’t bear it anymore.

But this life is different. She is the Queen of Northern Yan, the Empress, and the Queen Mother. She will trample Cui Si under her feet, and all the members of the Cui family will bow down to her. Why should she endure it?

"How could there be any accident?"

Cui Yun firmly believed that there would be no accidents. You know, in her previous life, this invitation was delivered to the hands of the King of Beiyan. It is said that the King of Beiyan just took a look at it, knew the name of the queen he was going to marry, and nodded.

In this life, you get to buy one and get one free. You marry the daughter of the most distinguished head of the Cui family, and get the legitimate daughter of another family as a concubine. How could you not agree to this wonderful opportunity of having the best of both worlds?

"Don't worry, mother. Even if they find out and want to hold you accountable, so what? I will soon be the Queen of Northern Yan. Are you afraid of offending them?"

"Mother, things are different now. The Cui clan members are no longer a threat to us."

Mrs. Cui was having a headache. She hadn't even gotten married yet, but she was already becoming too proud of herself and no longer taking the Cui family members seriously.

Mrs. Cui was just about to say something to her when she heard a maid come hurriedly to report that the second old lady, the third old lady and some female relatives of the clan had come and wanted to see her and Cui Yun.

They are here to call for punishment, and they come so quickly!

Mrs. Cui's face looked a little grim: "How many people are here?"

"The second and third old ladies are here, and more than a dozen women from the clan are here too."

"I understand." Madam Cui took a deep breath and said, "Please ask them to wait in the east wing of the main courtyard. I will be there soon."

"yes."

The maid took the order and left. Mrs. Cui then said to Cui Yun, "You stay here quietly. Do you hear me?"

"Mother, they also said they wanted to see me."

"You stay here quietly!" Madam Cui's face darkened. "Be obedient. If you don't, I will leave you alone. Then we'll see how you can handle Cui Si!"

The mother and daughter planned to let Cui Si be Cui Yun's concubine, and when Cui Si gave birth to a child, they would have to take the child away from her mother.

Cui Yun herself might not be able to defeat Cui Si.

When Cui Yun heard this, she became obedient.

Mrs. Cui ordered someone to keep an eye on her, then turned around and took her people away to the east wing of the main courtyard to meet the Cui family's female members.

Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Shen, the sisters-in-law, were already sitting in the living room drinking tea.

Compared to Mrs. Xu who likes to wear black and dark blue dresses, Mrs. Shen, an old lady who has been rich since childhood, is dressed in a lot of jewels.

Today she was wearing a red dress embroidered with golden peonies. Her meticulously combed hair was decorated with various hairpins, like a moving jewelry rack. Each of her ten fingers had two jewel rings on it.

Her fair face was delicately powdered, rouge applied, and lipstick painted.

But today, these two old ladies who were fed up with each other and felt that the other party's existence in this world was even wrong for the air to be alive no longer had the desire to fight, and just sat there quietly.

Old Mrs. Shen turned a ruby ​​ring on her finger and felt a little bored.

She took a sip of tea irritably, then frowned and said, "Our lady is really getting more and more stingy. This tea is old tea from two years ago. Look, the tea leaves are all broken into pieces, and she actually used it to entertain us.

I didn't know that. I thought all the money earned by our third branch went into our own private vault."

Among the three direct branches of the Cui family, the eldest branch manages the household and strives for official career, holding power, while the second branch is the face of the Cui family, teaching and educating people, and promoting reputation and virtue.

For the third room, it’s all about making money.

Although not all the money earned by the third branch was given to the clan, and there must have been a lot of profitable businesses in private, it was also because of the third branch that the Cui family lived a very prosperous life.

Old Madam Xu raised her eyelids and glanced at Old Madam Shen, then said calmly, "Perhaps we are all insignificant people, so there is no need to bother. A bowl of aged tea is already a courtesy."

Mrs. Shen's face immediately darkened: "She dares!"

"Why not? Our lady is very brave." Old Mrs. Xu sneered.

"Sister-in-law, I won't argue with you today. If she dares to harm my Ah Si today, she will dare to harm your Ah Yao tomorrow. If we keep silent, she will become even more aggressive.

From now on, our descendants, for thousands of generations to come, will be trampled upon and run wild by the eldest branch of the family, treated like slaves and beasts, and bullied and exploited at will."

Old Madam Shen clenched her fists and said, "Don't worry. If she doesn't give you an explanation for what happened today, even if you want to destroy the main house, I will help you."

"I am late." At this moment, Madam Cui arrived late with a group of maids.

After entering the house, she went forward to greet the two elders and said, "Greetings to my second and third aunts, and best regards to you both."