When Wei Qinglou saw that Old Madam Qiu had actually tried to marry Zhu Jiayu to the heir of the Marquis of Kaiping to bring him good luck, and was also secretly suppressing the Zhu family's embroidery workshop in an attempt to get Old Master Zhu to write a letter to persuade Zhu Jiayu, Wei Qinglou's face finally turned cold, like years of frost and snow, icy and bone-chilling.
Seeing this, he finally understood why Old Master Zhu was so anxious about Zhu Jiayu's marriage.
He slowly folded the letter back to its original shape, put it back in the envelope, looked at the letter standing to the side, and said in a deep voice: "Recently, while I was managing the disaster situation in Songjiang and supervising the reconstruction of houses in the city, I was worried about my duties and worked hard to sort out the files of the Dali Temple. I discovered that the elder brother of the Lady of Kaiping Marquis's family had a moral failing and should be severely punished as a warning to others. Go to Yujing and ask Fei Yun, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, whether this is right or wrong."
A gentle night breeze stirred the flickering candlelight, which only accentuated his cold and stern expression, his sharp features like flowing water in the dark night or a gleaming blade.
In him, the words "sharp" and "composed" blend together seamlessly. His temperament reveals the shrewdness and calculating nature he developed from being immersed in power since childhood, as well as the unpolished edges that have not been smoothed by worldly wisdom.
Shu Jian swallowed hard, then solemnly agreed. In his heart, however, he couldn't help but wonder how the Marquis of Kaiping's family had offended his young master. Although his young master's words were directed at the Marquis of Kaiping's wife's brother, everyone knew the current situation in the capital:
With no male members to support the household, the Marquis's mansion had essentially formed an alliance with the Xu family, the maternal family of the Marquis's wife, sharing weal and woe. If the Xu family were to suffer misfortune, the Marquis's mansion would naturally be filled with fear and insecurity. As the saying goes, "When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact," this is the most fitting description.
Then he thought again that his young master seemed to have seen those letters before he said those words. Could it be that... the people from the Marquis of Kaiping's mansion had offended Miss Zhu? If that's the case, then it's easy to understand why his young master was so angry. The people from the Marquis's mansion are really audacious. They actually dared to mess with the big boss. They're afraid they won't die fast enough.
He shook his head, but didn't feel sorry for the people in the Marquis's mansion. The young master's affairs in Suiping were not a secret; they could have been found out with a little effort. Miss Zhu and the young master had a close relationship. If the Marquis's mansion acted rashly without sending anyone to investigate Miss Zhu's social interactions in Suiping, it would only show that they were stupid. But if they investigated and still did something that angered the young master, then they were even more stupid.
Foolish people have never deserved sympathy.
Far away in Yujing, the Kaiping Marquis's mansion was unaware of the impending disaster. Ever since the news of Old Madam Qiu's death reached Yujing, and Qi Xiuyuan said that Zhu Jiayu was vulgar and shrewish, and unfit to be a wife for the Fan family, the Old Madam and the Marquis's wife, Madam Xu, had been looking for a new bride for the young master who had been lying in bed for a long time without waking up.
The wedding date was set for four days later.
The chosen woman was the legitimate daughter of a minor official of the seventh rank in the capital. Although her family background was much worse, in Madam Xu's eyes, she was still better than Zhu Jiayu, a merchant's daughter. Therefore, she was extremely satisfied with this marriage and had even thought that when her son woke up in the future, she would bestow upon this girl the title of concubine.
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