Chapter 83 Strange
Chen Wan moved back to Qingyi Garden.
After two years, Chen Wan returned to his own house and felt a little dazed. He really wanted to live in Qingyi Garden forever.
Shen Yu was reluctant to leave. Even though Mingyue Garden was closer to Qingyi Garden, it was not as convenient as living in the same courtyard. Shen Wan and Shen Yu agreed that she would go to Mingyue Garden for lunch, and Shen Yu would come to Qingyi Garden to have dinner with her.
She got off the bed, put on her dress, and sat in front of the dressing table while Shanhu dressed her.
After breakfast, Chen Wan took Shanhu to Shou'an Hall to pay their respects to the old lady. As soon as they reached the screen, they heard Yun say, "The Zhaoping Marquis's Mansion will send the betrothal gifts to the mansion tomorrow, and discuss the wedding date..."
The old lady picked up the teacup and took a sip. "Let's postpone Yu'er's wedding date for now."
Yun frowned, "Why do you want to delay?"
The old lady said, "To avoid any more trouble, let Xun'er marry Miss Qu first."
Yun said, "But the Duke and I have already promised the Zhaoping Marquis's Mansion..."
The Second Madam said, "The engagement can be cancelled, and the wedding date can be postponed. How dare the Zhaoping Marquis's Mansion complain?"
Even if she had the courage of the Marquis of Zhaoping, she would not dare to object.
The eldest wife marries off her daughter and has to accommodate the second wife's marriage. This is something that other families cannot imagine, but it is taken for granted in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion. The old lady is just the second wife. Just because she broke off the engagement and married in to take care of her father, she feels that she has made sacrifices and has the right to ask anything of her father.
Yun was unwilling to give in. "The Duke asked Minister Qu to come and cancel the engagement. If Minister Qu knew how to cancel the engagement, he would have done it long ago. Why would my sister-in-law worry? Wan'er's wedding date is fixed and cannot be moved. It was already rushed enough to let Yu'er marry first. If the Second Young Master wants to do it first, then when will Yu'er marry?"
The old lady said, "How can a mother be so eager for her daughter to get married so early? It won't be too late to get married after Wan'er is married."
Yun was reluctant to let her daughter get married, but one should not go back on one's word, and she was even more unwilling to let the second wife do whatever she wanted.
Originally, Yun Shi had been very tolerant of the Second House, but the Second House had gone too far, sending an illegitimate daughter to them and playing with Shen Ji at their will, making Shen Wan suffer all kinds of grievances. Now, Yun Shi had no good feelings towards the Second House and the old lady, so naturally, she was not as easy to talk to as before.
Yun was about to speak when Shen Wan walked in and shook her head at her. Shen Wan said, "Grandmother and Second Aunt are worried about changes in Second Brother's marriage. They want to arrange it as soon as possible. It's human nature, but when to marry off a daughter is not up to Grandmother and Second Aunt. It requires the consent of Mrs. Qu, the Minister of State, and Minister of State, ...
Mrs. Qu is not as easy to talk to as her mother.
Convincing Mrs. Qu to marry her daughter is much more difficult than convincing her mother.
The Second Madam said, "I'm planning to go to the Qu Mansion to discuss this matter with Madam Qu. I can't just act first and ask for your permission later. I'll just assume that the eldest sister-in-law agrees."
Yun didn't think Mrs. Qu would agree, so she stopped objecting.
The maid came in and reported, "Second Madam, the carriage is ready."
The second lady immediately stood up, and Shen Wu went out with her.
Chen Yao asked in surprise, "Third sister is also going to Qu Mansion?"
Chen Wu said, "Of course I won't go. I'll go to my grandparents' house."
Chen Yao asked, "Didn't Third Sister go there just the other day?"
Shen Wu disliked Shen Yao's talkativeness, "I went the day before yesterday, can't I go again today?"
Shen Yao was scolded and was a little unhappy, but she didn't say anything else.
Chen Wan also felt strange. After leaving Shou'an Hall, Chen Wan instructed Shanhu, "Wait for the third lady to return home and ask the servant where she went."
Chen Wan first went to Qingyi Garden to stay for a while, and then returned to Mingyue Garden. The old lady's birthday banquet would be held soon. The family was welcoming a bride and marrying off a daughter, so the old lady's birthday banquet would not be a big one, and only the family would have a lively occasion.
Chen Wan would not give the Hundred Longevity Picture embroidered with gold and silver threads, so she had to prepare something else. It was already prepared, and Chen Wan asked Yin Chuan to send it out of the house for framing.
After Yinchuan left, Chen Wan was pruning branches and arranging flowers. Shanhu came in and said, "Miss, the third lady really didn't go to the Cen family..."
Shen Wan asked, "Where did you go?"
"Go to Prince Kang's Mansion."
Chen Wan paused for a moment as she was arranging the flowers, then put the flowers back into the ruby vase.
The Yun family will not give Mr. Huang's paintings to Chen Ti to "clean up the mess". This matter must be reported to Prince Kang's Mansion, and preparations must be made as soon as possible. If Chen Wu wants to go to Prince Kang's Mansion, she can go there openly, and Chen Yao will not make a fuss to go with her. Is it necessary to be so secretive?
However, she really wanted to know, since in this life there was no Yun family's painting "Fuchun Mountain Residence" and no Yun family took the blame for the Prince Kang's Mansion, how would the Prince Kang's Mansion explain to the emperor?
Chen Wan spread the flowers apart, and Shanhu said, "Miss, the flowers you arranged are really beautiful."
Chen Wan also thought it was good. It was almost time for lunch, so Chen Wan brought the flowers to Chen Yu, and received another round of praise from Chen Yu.
Chen Yu placed the flowers on the small table. Yin Zhu came in quickly and said, "Miss, your wedding date has been postponed..."
Shen Yu was stunned for a moment, and Shen Wan said, "Postponed?"
Yin Zhu nodded, "The Second Madam wants the Second Young Master to marry Miss Qu as soon as possible, and Madam Qu, the Minister of State, has agreed."
Shen Wan's face turned green with anger.
She wasn't angry that Chen Yu was going to accommodate Chen Xun and postpone the wedding date, but she was angry that Lady Qu, the Minister of State, agreed to let Qu Yan marry earlier.
In the previous life, Chen Li saved Qu Yan, and the two were engaged. Yun Shi thought that since the marriage was already decided, it would be better to get married sooner. However, she went to the Qu Mansion again and again, and Mrs. Qu made one request after another. For the betrothal gift alone, the share of the Duke's Mansion was 30,000 taels, and the Qu Mansion wanted 50,000 taels. Yun Shi agreed to all of it, but even so, she continued to postpone the date on the grounds that she was reluctant to marry off her daughter.
Now it is the second wife who is marrying Qu Yan. As soon as the second wife mentioned it, Mrs. Qu, the wife of Minister Qu, agreed.
Chen Wan was so angry that her internal organs ached. She had never seen such a despicable person. Chen Xun was not even worthy of carrying her eldest brother's shoes. She wanted to marry her eldest brother with so many requirements. Marrying the shameless Chen Xun was really the rush.
Chen Yu didn't know what Chen Wan was angry about. She thought Shen Wan was fighting for her. Chen Yu said softly, "I didn't want to get married early, but this is exactly what I want."
Shen Yu didn't want to get married early. Shen Wan knew it. She didn't directly refuse in the morning. Now that Mrs. Qu Shangshu had agreed, it was too late to object.
The maid brought the food, Shen Yu pulled Shen Wan to sit down and eat, and put the chicken leg into Shen Wan's bowl.
Chen Wan put this bad thing out of her mind. The two sisters talked and laughed. After lunch, they stayed for a while and then Chen Wan returned to Qingyi Garden.
After returning, Chen Wan took out the old almanac. When Yinchuan finished her work and came back with cakes, she saw Chen Wan looking at the old almanac with a sad face. Why was she so determined to get Shen Yu married first? It was because that way she could postpone her own wedding date to the last, and maybe she wouldn't have to get married at all.
All the good plans were disrupted.
Yinchuan asked Shanhu, "Why are you so unhappy, young lady?"
Shanhu told Yinchuan that the Qu Shangshu Mansion agreed to let the second young master marry the eldest Miss Qu first.
When this matter was mentioned, Yinchuan said, "I was sending a painting to the street to be framed, and I ran into Madam Qu's maid shopping..."
Shanhu asked, "What's so strange about a maid going to the street to buy things?"
Yin Chuan glanced back outside the room and whispered, "That maid went to a quack doctor to buy medicine. I thought it was strange, so after she left, I went to ask around and found out that she bought Yuanyang Powder."
Hearing the words "Yuanyang San", Chen Wan felt a chill running through his bones and all his limbs.
The mandarin ducks are separated!
In her previous life, she was poisoned by Yuanyangsan!
An extremely strong aphrodisiac. After taking it, not only will you become unconscious, but you will also forget everything that happened afterwards.
Why would Madam Qu let her maid buy such a harmful thing? Who did she want to give it to?!
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