Her marriage was arranged by the third wife, and because of this, her stepmother hated her for making her lose face, and from beginning to end, she never helped her with the dowry. The thirty-six pieces of luggage that were barely put together didn't have many good things, and were very empty, just for show.
Whether it was the wife of the Marquis of Huainan, his grandmother Song, his stepmother Liu, or the matchmaker Liu, the extra boxes they gave her were pitiful and out of courtesy. The Duke even used the excuse that she had married far away, as he had no shops or farms, and only exchanged them for a pitiful amount of silver, forcing her to go to the northwest to buy them.
Because of this, the nanny cried so much that she wet her handkerchief while holding her.
Now, looking at the banknotes given by Wang Shi and the medicinal herbs from Meng Qi, it really touched her heart. Thinking back to the time when she helped Meng Juan deal with Meng Qi, Meng Xiu could no longer sit still and stood up to kneel down in front of Meng Qi.
"What are you doing?" Meng Qi hurried forward to help Meng Xiu up.
"I'm sorry, Fourth Sister. There's something I've been wanting to tell you, but I haven't had the chance, and I don't have the courage. I want to say..."
"You don't have to say it. I know what you're going to say. If you feel you've let me down, just go to the Northwest and keep Wu Zhengda close. If I need you or Wu Zhengda someday, I hope you'll be able to speak up for me."
Meng Xiu opened her mouth and nodded. "Don't worry, I know what you mean, but I'm afraid you don't need me to do anything. You're the princess, how could you ever need me?"
Meng Qi pulled Meng Xiu back to sit. "Everything in the world is cyclical. Who can predict the future? I came here today to tell you something else."
Looking at Meng Xiu listening to him talking about Wu Zhengda, her pretty face changed from surprise to anger, then to confusion, and finally to determination.
Meng Wan was also incredulous, saying, "How could Third Uncle and Third Aunt do this? In order to let Third Sister marry Wu Zhengda, they actually found someone else to impersonate him. This is, this is too outrageous."
Meng Xiu tugged at her handkerchief. "I understand. As long as Wu Zhengda isn't hopeless, a scar on his face doesn't matter. As long as he's capable, I won't despise him even if his appearance is ruined. You're right. We have to live our lives to make them our own. As long as I treat him with sincerity, he will surely return my love."
Meng Xiu stood up and took Meng Qi's hand. "Fourth sister, thank you for telling me the truth. There are so many words of thanks that I feel powerless to say them now. Just wait. Since Third Uncle and Third Aunt were so unfair to me before, I don't need to talk too much with them. It's true that they helped me find a husband, but they have such selfish motives and use me as a bargaining chip. So I will repay them for all the things in the past. I will live a good life in the future. Once I have established myself and have Wu Zhengda under my control, if you need anything, just send me a letter. I will never fail to respond."
Meng Qi breathed a sigh of relief. Just as Meng Xiu had said, although Meng Hai's promise to Wu Zheng was selfish, and she herself was also selfish in revealing all this, her selfishness was more humane than Meng Hai's.
"Okay, I'll wait for the day when Third Sister gets a foothold in the northwest. But you must remember that you have relatives in Beijing. You have me and Second Sister. If you need anything, just send us a message. We will do our best to help you in any way we can."
Meng Wan nodded after hearing what Meng Qi said, and the three sisters clasped their hands tightly. Meng Qi had never expected Meng Xiu to adapt so quickly to life in the northwest, and to get along so well with Wu Zhengda. She would be of great help to her in several subsequent events.
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