When girls get together, they have endless things to talk about.
Tanchun had long disliked the Mei family.
Because her aunt Xing's niece Xing Xiuyan married Xue Ke from the second branch of the Xue family, Baoqin often came here with her sister-in-law.
It’s just that the old lady doesn’t like her very much because of Aunt Xue and her stepmother, but Tanchun, Jia Yue and Baoqin are all very friendly. Whenever she comes, they take her to the East Palace to play.
I heard that she made friends with a girl from Zhenzhen Country, and that she even wrote a poem for her. Even my aunt-in-law was curious and asked her to come over to take a look.
Since we are friends, I naturally wish her the best.
The Mei family has been pretending to be deaf and dumb, just to take advantage of the fact that she has no parents and is a businessman.
When the sisters talked about it privately, they all felt sorry for her.
Here, Jia Yue just happened to come over to play with her sisters. She grew up with her sisters, and she would cry for several days every time each of her sisters got married.
Now that the third sister is also talking about him, Jia Yue runs around especially frequently.
Li Qi and Li Wen also knew this little sister. After meeting each other, Jia Yue smiled happily when they talked about Baoqin. "I know about this. It was Big Sister Bao who asked the Queen to help."
"Is there something about the Queen involved?"
Li Qi and Li Wen didn't know this, and were very surprised when they heard it, "Tell me quickly."
"Hey, Third Sister, it's not that I didn't tell you, I just found out about it not long ago."
Jia Yue grabbed her sister's hand as she was about to accuse her, and said with a smile, "Didn't Big Sister Bao get promoted again? The Queen Mother asked her if there was anything she wanted, so she asked the Queen Mother to find a marriage for Second Big Sister Bao that was similar."
She could see that Sister Bao didn't want to get married.
Otherwise, she can ask for it herself, which is also fine.
"What a coincidence! The Queen is worried about the marriage of her nephew Lu Sibo from her mother's family."
Jia Yue's eyes sparkled with a different light, "The Queen originally thought that he would be picked as a son-in-law, but who knew that everyone else was picked and he was the only one left."
"Haha! I've heard of this too." Li Wen laughed.
Lord Lu is from the Queen’s family.
It is said that his family was poor and he grew up relying on support from his clan.
But the Lu family was not wealthy. Even though the queen was granted the title of Duke Cheng'en, they were still laughed at in the early years because they could not afford to perform formalities when meeting the Prince of Jin, the Prince of Tang and others.
The last thing left was to close the government.
Although things have been better in recent years, their family has become more low-key and no longer visits relatives casually.
Several of her former relatives were sued by her family for using the Empress's name.
Logically, Lord Lu passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi at the age of 24, so he was considered a young talent. According to the yellow list, he should have been captured by the powerful and taken home to be a son-in-law.
But because of the Lu family and the queen, all the other unmarried men in their twenties were captured, leaving him alone.
"I heard from my uncle and aunt," Li Wen said, "those people are blind."
All the sisters are engaged, otherwise, looking at their uncle's behavior, they would want to capture him back.
"Yeah, that's what my mom said, too."
Jia Yue nodded vigorously, "The Queen Mother helped them get together. After it succeeded, she told my mother that fortunately it was left. Lord Lu and Second Sister Bao are a match made in heaven."
In the palace, she called the queen "Aunt".
But in front of her sisters, she didn't want them to think she was special.
"Okay, you're the only one who talks too much."
Tanchun pulled her sister.
The Xue family was born from imperial merchants. Even if the eldest brother Xue was not good at pioneering, he was still able to maintain the status quo.
What's more, they have Sister Bao to protect them.
Tanchun knew that Brother Xue loved his sister very much, and he gave almost half of their second house's property to his sister as a dowry.
Baoqin married into the Lu family... From the Xue family's perspective, the Lu family was a match made in heaven. From the Lu family's perspective, the Xue family was also a match made in heaven.
However, the Queen was lucky to be left alone, but her younger sister was still young, and spreading such words...
“I only talk about it at home.”
Jia Yue hugged her sister's arm and acted coquettishly.
The Li family has a good tradition, so she is not worried about the Li Wen sisters talking nonsense outside.
Besides, what the Queen Aunt said was for others to hear.
Those people looked down on the Lu family.
I heard that her nephew was the only one left, and she even complained to her mother about it.
"Haha, we only talk about it here."
Li Wen laughed.
The back room was filled with joy, and the girls' laughter brought more smiles to Lady Jia's face.
However, this time Aunt Li came to find out Lady Jia's opinion and propose marriage to Tanchun.
"…He is my nephew from my mother's family in Nanyang. He is seventeen years old and just passed the imperial examination."
After the necessary greetings were almost over, Aunt Li began to talk about business. "My mother's family is also a big family in Nanyang. My cousin passed away while in office. My sister-in-law has a simple personality. My aunt has always been the head of the family."
When big families fight over inheritance, there may not be any bloodshed on the surface, but inside there is actually a river of blood flowing.
Fortunately, her aunt was of high seniority and was able to suppress the situation.
But my aunt is getting older, and it would be good if my nephew passed the exam in three years, but if he fails...
I'm afraid that all the properties that several generations have invested in the family's surrounding areas will be swallowed up.
When her aunt heard that she had come to Beijing and was close to the Jia family, she felt a little hopeful.
"In fact, after he passed the imperial examination, he should have gone to Beijing to take the imperial examination, but his mother suddenly became seriously ill, so he missed the opportunity."
In fact, he was ambushed.
Some people just don't want him to go to Beijing to take the exam.
They were afraid that if he passed the exam, he would no longer look down on the girls from their family.
Although the matter was finally investigated and the perpetrators were punished, the family still acted harmoniously to the outside world.
Aunt Li's two daughters also went to girls' school and gained a lot of experience, so she felt very uncomfortable about what happened in her natal family.
How important is a Jinshi to the family! Those foolish people were just blocked at home.
"Alas, I am old, this matter..."
Grandmother Jia glanced at her eldest grandson's wife, Li Wan, whose face was a little stiff, and said, "She has to listen to her uncle. Even in the East Palace, my niece's wife has always loved the third girl, and I'm afraid she will ask about it."
It is indeed good to be a young juren, but there are many young juren in Da Zhao.
"Well, I'll talk to her uncle later."
"That's good, that's good."
Aunt Li didn't think it would be done all at once.
The biggest shortcoming of my nephew is that he has no elders to help him.
Their family background cannot be compared with that of the Jia family.
He may be the worst one among all the people who proposed marriage to the Jia family.
But if I don’t say it, I always feel uncomfortable.
She said that success or failure depends on God's will.
Li Wan didn't expect that her aunt came to propose marriage to her third sister.
My aunt was born in the Tang family of Nanyang. The Tang family was doing well when the country was founded, but in recent years, many of the children in the family only managed to become scholars or juren.
"Aunt, you should have told me."
When returning to Lixiangyuan, Li Wan sighed.
"Alas, Auntie has no choice. Let me tell you, if you stop me, I may never be able to talk to the old lady again."
Aunt Li said: "My nephew, his great-grandfather was also a censor in Beijing, but unfortunately he was assassinated when the country was founded, and died early. His grandfather served as the prefect of Changsha for less than two years, and was shot by an arrow while suppressing bandits, and died due to a high fever.
His father..."
Aunt Li sighed, "My cousin was in Suzhou, and there was a flood, and even his body has not been found to this day."
The whole family is capable.
But this is my fate...it's very difficult.
The year my cousin died, the emperor abdicated, and the court was in chaos.
Many of them suspected that their cousin had been murdered.
"Are you talking about Uncle Tang Wu?"
Li Wan had heard her father mention it.
Among her in-laws, Uncle Tang Wu was the one her father regretted the most.
"It's him."
Aunt Li sighed again, "On the way to Beijing, we met a girl he had helped before, named Miaoyu."
The family has always been doing good deeds, so this shouldn't be the case.
Aunt Li kept on talking, and Li Wan thought about it and finally said nothing.
It is indeed a pity for this branch of the Tang family.
This matter..., just listen to the elders! She will do whatever the elders say. (End of this chapter)
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