Chapter 200 Sneer

Dou Zhao couldn't help but sneer.

I didn’t expect that Wang Yingxue still has such courage today!

I underestimated her in the past.

She asked Chen Qushui: "If the Seventh Madam wanted Dou Ming to marry me into the Jining Marquis's Mansion, what would she do?"

"No way?" Chen Qushui was very shocked and didn't close his mouth for a long time.

"There is nothing in this world that cannot be done, only things that cannot be imagined." Dou Zhao looked a little indifferent. "Just check according to what I said, and you should get something."

Although Chen Qushui found it incredible, out of trust in Dou Zhao, he did not ask any more questions and left Huaishu Hutong with the account book.

Dou Zhao stared blankly at the lush old locust tree outside the window, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

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Perhaps it was because there was a clear direction, because within two days, news came from Chen Qushui.

Her father had no idea that Huaishu Hutong had helped her break off the engagement with the Wei family, but because the wedding dates of the two families were postponed and changed again and again, her wedding makeup had already been prepared, and no one was asked to prepare for her marriage. In recent days, Wang Yingxue not only arranged her maids and old women to work in the stove and the main courtyard, but also frequently helped Dou Ming buy clothes and jewelry, saying that it was because Dou Ming had reached the age of marriage and would have to go out more often in the future, and she couldn't let Dou Ming lose face. But the number of clothes and jewelry was so large and the workmanship was so exquisite that even her father thought they were too luxurious, and he said a few words to Wang Yingxue. Wang Yingxue not only did not restrain herself as before, but had a big quarrel with her father, accusing him of being harsh to Dou Ming. Her father had always been generous with money, and these days he was often summoned to the palace to attend banquets and lectures, so he had to prepare well. He could not stand her noise and simply closed the door and ignored her. Although Gao Sheng was loyal, smart and capable, he was only the housekeeper after all, and it was not easy to deal with him. Wang Yingxue used money like water, and people coming in and out of the house were either people from the silver shop or the head manager of the famous silk shop in Kyoto. There was no sign of Dou Ming's marriage yet, but people in Kyoto were already guessing how much dowry the fifth daughter of the Dou family would have.

And the fifth aunt went to Yuqiao Hutong the day after Ren Ge'er's birthday - she did not go to visit Ji Yong's aunt or mother, but went to visit Ji Yong's great-grandfather.

After coming out of Yuqiao Hutong, she immediately went to Zhima Hutong and had a secret conversation with Mrs. Cai for a long time. She stayed at the Cai family for dinner before returning home.

Dou Zhao fell into deep thought.

It seems that Huaishu Hutong has already made up her mind to let Dou Mingdai marry into the Jining Marquis's Mansion - this way she can cancel her engagement with the Wei family, deal a blow to the Wei family, and let Wang Yingxue take the blame. There is no way that the fifth aunt will let go of such a good opportunity!

It is not difficult to marry on your own behalf, but the difficult part is after you get married.

Dou Ming was not aware of the consequences, but Wang Yingxue could not have been unaware of them.

In her previous life, she was the seventh wife of the Dou family, and her father was a powerful scholar in the inner cabinet. She had the confidence to bear the consequences of the marriage exchange. In this life, she was busy with her own affairs, so why did she let Dou Mingdai marry her?

Dou Zhao suddenly remembered what Sulan said to him that day.

"I sent the Marquis to the Chuihua Gate. I was wondering whether to go to the kitchen to see if lunch was ready, but I saw the Marquis coming back with a maid. I quickly hid behind a tree, and when they were far away, I sent a maid to follow them. The maid said that the Marquis followed the maid into the Fifth Miss's courtyard."

Or, is there something else that you don’t know?

Dou Zhao clenched his hands into fists.

In her previous life, when she knew that Wang Yingxue wanted Dou Ming to marry Wei Tingyu instead of herself, that feeling of loneliness and helplessness flooded her heart again.

Since you want to marry on behalf of others, then let you marry!

I want to see how you, Dou Ming, can swallow the hardships I have gone through? ! How can you, Wang Yingxue, clean up this mess? ! What right did Huaishu Hutong have to force me to marry into the Ji family? !

Having made up his mind, Dou Zhao took a deep breath and told Su Xin: "Go and ask Mr. Chen if he has found out where the money went last time. If you really can't find out, ask the Dou family's head treasury manager to help check it out!"

This was agreed upon by Dou Zhao and Chen Qushui.

If she had something to ask Chen Qushui, Chen Qushui would use this as an excuse to visit her.

Su Xin left immediately.

Chen Qushui came over in the afternoon.

Dou Zhao whispered, "Can we contact Mr. Shang Yan?"

Chen Qushui was a little surprised.

Dou Zhao said, "I want Mr. Yan to help me arrange for a family to leave Beizhili. I wonder which place Mr. Yan is most familiar with?"

Chen Qushui was shocked and said seriously, "Miss, what are you doing..."

Dou Zhao was going to discuss this matter with him, so naturally he would not hide it from him, and whispered: "You know how powerful Song Yantang is. I originally thought that he owed us a favor, and it would be better not to use this favor, and it would be best to keep him in a critical moment to protect our lives. But now it seems that he can't be kept - although Wang Yingxue's plan is full of loopholes, if Huaishu Hutong and the Ji family work together to help her mediate, maybe she can really accomplish this. If so, it would be the best. But what if she fails? Don't forget that my aunt will definitely come to Kyoto to see me out of the pavilion at that time.

We can't rely on others for such a big thing.

So we have to be prepared for both scenarios.

Wang Yingxue's plan was successful. When the Dou family and the Ji family discussed marriage, I had an excuse not to marry. Wang Yingxue had Dou Ming marry into the Wei family instead of me. The people in Huaishu Hutong didn't care, so what qualifications did they have to interfere in my marriage? As for my father, I had my own way to make him agree to let me stay at home, and we could go back to Zhending.

If Wang Yingxue's plan is discovered, the Dou family may force me to marry into the Wei family out of desperation. At that time, we can only fight to the death. Let Duan Huwei and others protect me, and then we will negotiate with the Dou family and force them to promise that I will never marry again. "

Speaking of this, Dou Zhao couldn't help but sigh.

When things got to that point, she had torn relations with the Dou family. I'm afraid she will need to spend a lot of energy and pay a great price to repair her relationship with the Dou family in the future. You know, half of Xidou's property was allocated to her in the form of dowry, and Dongdou had every reason to help her manage that half of the property until she got married.

The freedom she now calls her freedom is nothing more than a flower in the water or a moon in the mirror, but it is not real.

Chen Qushui certainly understood the reason behind this.

He couldn't help but ask: "So what are your plans?"

Dou Zhao said, "I'm going to ask the coachman from Huaishu Hutong to come out and testify that the Dou family asked Dou Ming to marry into the Jining Marquis's mansion on my behalf because they had already agreed with the Ji family that after Dou Ming got married, the Dou family would formally marry the Ji family, and then produce the engagement letter that the Ji family sent to the Dou family for Ji Jianming as evidence."

No wonder the young lady said she wanted Yan Chaoqing to help resettle the family.

If the coachman came forward to testify for Dou Zhao, not only would he be able to stay in the Dou family, but he would also have to worry about whether he could survive.

Chen Qushui was moved: "How did you convince the coachman? How did you get Ji Jianming's engagement letter?" He also felt that Huaishu Huxing was acting rashly, "...You and the Wei family haven't even broken off the engagement yet, and they dared to accept Ji Jianming's engagement letter."

Dou Zhao smiled slightly and said, "I'm afraid Mr. Chen will have to take the trouble to find out Ji Jianming's birth date. I have seen the handwriting of the old lady of the Ji family in a book of my cousin Ji. The old lady wrote in the Guange style, which is elegant and beautiful, but not difficult to imitate."

Chen Qushui was shocked and said in a lost voice: "That coachman..."

"Of course he will say whatever I tell him to say!" Dou Zhao said indifferently, "As long as he tells the truth, it doesn't matter whether he really overheard the conversation between Aunt Fifth and Mrs. Cai or not."

Chen Qushui wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The next day after leaving Huaishu Hutong, he went to visit Yan Chaoqing.

When he heard that Dou Zhao asked him to help settle a family, he didn't ask anything, but just said: "Are they from Beizhili? Can we arrange for them to live in Tianjin? If it's too far away, the accent and living habits will be different, which will make it easier for people to find them. Tianjin is closer to Kyoto, so if there is any problem, we can handle it in time."

Chen Qushui was also a staff member, so he naturally heard the implication of his words clearly, and hurriedly said: "Our lady has no other intentions, it's just that this person helped our lady once, so she just wants to protect this family."

Yan Chaoqing smiled and said, "I understand. I will make sure the person is settled."

Chen Qushui thanked him repeatedly, agreed on how to contact him, and then stood up to say goodbye.

Yan Chaoqing's personal attendant asked, "Sir, should we tell the Crown Prince about this?"

"No need." Yan Chaoqing said, "The Crown Prince has accompanied the Emperor to the summer palace. There's no need to disturb him about such a small matter. Besides... I still owe him a favor!"

The follower smiled and nodded.

Yan Chaoqing closed his eyes and remained silent, thinking about who to find to help arrange household registration for that family.

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Dou Zhaojing was waiting to see the show.

A few days later, Guo quietly told her, "Mother has selected a few more dates from the ones that Uncle Seven asked Qin Tianjian to choose, and invited Madam Cai to come over, telling the Wei family to either choose one of these dates to get married, or cancel the engagement immediately. Otherwise, we should go and ask the wife of Marquis Yan'an what she means. She clearly knows that the Wei family and the Dou family have an engagement, but she still insists on marrying to the Wei family as if the daughter of a concubine cannot get married? If that's the case, what have you been doing before?"

This time, the Wei family will definitely not dare to do anything bad again. Don't take Ming Jie'er's matter to heart. Just get married and live a good life with Jining Hou."

Treat everything Dou Zhao did before as a farce.

This is probably how many people feel, right?

Dou Zhao just smiled and said nothing.

The wife of the Marquis of Yan'an is also a very strong-willed person. If she heard this, she would probably go crazy.

The Wei family and the Wang family can be said to be friends in need. The Wang family has never neglected the Wei family even when the Wei family was in the most difficult times. If Mrs. Cai really asked this question, I am afraid that the Wei and Wang families would break off their friendship.

Be it Wei Tingyu, Tian Shi, or even Wei Tingzhen, they certainly would not want to see such a situation.

Dou Zhao asked Su Xin: "Is the coachman willing to testify?"

Su Xin smiled and said, "On one side is the gambling debt, and on the other side is the opportunity to start anew. He is a smart man, so he naturally knows what to choose!"

Dou Zhao nodded.