Chapter 93: Marriage Proposal Postponed
Xu Shuyao turned around and saw that the old lady had slowly woken up. She nodded quickly and said, "My eldest cousin was afraid of disturbing you!"
Then he showed her the hidden arrow on his wrist: "He just gave me this."
Madam Xiao put on her shoes and came over. After a long moment, she nodded and said, "Not bad! It's much better than when I was using it."
For a moment, Xu Shuyao listened to her talk about what would happen in the past.
After leaving the city, the carriage drove along the official road all the way.
March is the best time of the year.
Xu Shuyao occasionally chatted with the old lady. When she was tired, she would lie down on the couch and take a nap. When she woke up, she would open the curtain a little to look at the scenery outside.
The guards who followed them also performed their duties diligently.
Sometimes she saw Wuying wandering in front of the car, and sometimes she didn't see him for most of the day.
Whenever she got out of the carriage to move around, the man would follow her and reminded her many times to wear a veil.
Even when talking to that Jianghu man named Qiao, he was always by his side.
Although Xu Shuyao felt it was strange, she didn't take it as an offense.
After all, if anything happened to her and the old lady, the person sent to protect them would also be held responsible.
In this way, we traveled during the day and stayed in the post station at night, and most of the journey was over in the blink of an eye.
In the capital, just after the third-day bathing ceremony of the Marquis Zhongqin's residence, the Marquis's wife was ready to go to the Duke Chengguo's residence with Zhou.
Hearing that the man she was going to marry was very much loved by the old lady in the mansion, she dressed more formally than usual and got up early in the morning.
Just when she and Zhou's carriage arrived at the gate of Duke Cheng's Mansion and handed in the visiting card, she heard that the young lady and the old lady were not at home, so she had to go back home.
After hearing this, Xiao Mo in Mingzhe Hall just hummed lightly.
However, everyone in the mansion still knew that the wife of Marquis Qingyuan had brought the wife of Marquis Zhongqin with her.
The wife of the Earl of Zhongqin was a famous matchmaker in the capital. When the wife of the Duke asked her sister-in-law, she found out the purpose of their trip.
Wang was secretly shocked. Her eldest nephew actually fell in love with the cousin in the mansion!
However, apart from her poor family background, the young lady is outstanding in every way.
If the Wang family wanted to marry her, it would be a good thing. It's a pity that the old lady who could make the decision and the young lady herself are not in the house.
After Zhou asked her about the old lady's itinerary, she had to put the matter aside for the time being.
Wang Wendong soon learned about it from his mother. He couldn't help feeling regretful, but at the same time he comforted himself that good things come to those who wait.
But he couldn't say anything. Since he had gone far away, he would come back one day.
In the mansion of Duke Chengguo, Xiao Jinrong returned to Ningxiang Courtyard that evening.
Seeing Liu Qingwan, he couldn't help but talk about his cousin Xu in the mansion, "I really didn't expect that the Wang family would come to ask for my hand in marriage!"
He muttered something and then said, "I didn't expect it."
Liu Qingwan thought, isn’t it the same?
It was obvious that Xu Shuyao's family background was not even close to hers, but whether in terms of popularity in the mansion or marriage arrangements, she was better than her.
I saved that child that day, but now I have to become his stepmother!
Although she is the second wife, Wang Wendong will inherit the title. In the future, she will be a legitimate marquis' wife, and her status will be much higher than his.
She was jealous and looked down at Xiao Jinrong's stunned expression. She couldn't help but say something with a hint of sarcasm: "Husband, are you regretting this?"
Xiao Jinrong was shocked and said quickly: "What are you talking about!"
After several months of married life, he finally saw the person next to him more clearly.
But now that the matter is settled between the two of them, it is too late to regret.
Liu Qingwan's slender arms wrapped around him for a moment, but Xiao Jinrong was in no mood, so he quickly finished the matter and returned to his yard.
After he left, Liu Qingwan sat on the bed and thought carefully.
Seeing this, Mother Xu asked, "What are you worried about, young lady?"
Liu Qingwan finally married into the Duke's Mansion. According to this Mrs. Xu, she should now serve her husband well and give birth to a boy or girl.
The girl is weak and needs someone to prescribe some medicine to take care of her.
Liu Qingwan looked at her and said, "Mom thinks I don't want to, but you can see that he doesn't come to my yard easily right now."
Mother Xu earnestly counseled, "Men need to be coaxed, and the Second Young Master is no exception. He never set his sights on the Second Young Master's wife in the first place, and the young lady is still bringing up these trivial matters. Isn't that just causing unhappiness for both of you?"
However, Liu Qingwan did not believe what Mother Xu said. She was sensitive and suspicious by nature and had her own set of standards for judging people.
Xiao Jinrong is regretting this!
Then he snorted again, he was just a piece of driftwood that he could grab in his previous despair.
Although he looks down on the other person in his heart, he does not allow the other person to think about others.
Mother Xu looked at her master like this and was at a loss as to what to do.
In the Li Mansion, Qiu Yuyan was originally a distant relative of Qiu's maternal family. She had lived in the mansion for many years and had always called the eldest son cousin. It was unknown whether the two had any feelings for each other before.
But Young Master Li married the legitimate daughter of a concubine of Duke Chengguo, but less than a year after the marriage he had sex with Qiu Yuyan.
As a woman in the inner house, Mrs. Qiu knew exactly what had happened.
But unfortunately, her son was infected, and Qiu Yuyan was related to her.
If she took action now, she would lose face and dignity, and it would also be detrimental to her son's career.
When Mrs. Qiu thought about her daughter-in-law Xiao Jinyi's behavior in the past six months, she felt a little disdainful.
Let's just make the matter more serious. A woman like Yuyan would certainly not really let anyone make her a co-wife or concubine. She was just trying to scare her daughter-in-law.
When the son does something wrong, he must be taken into the house.
But since her daughter-in-law comes from the Duke Cheng’s Mansion, she can’t really take advantage of others.
After Qiu used both soft and hard tactics, Qiu Yuyan finally became her son's concubine, with the consent of her daughter-in-law herself.
Xiao Jinyi returned to her parents' home today and finally told her mother how the Li family handled the matter.
Her words were much calmer than the panic and anger she had shown last time. "My mother-in-law told me privately that Yuyan had evil intentions and had seduced my husband away. But if we let her make a scene, it would be detrimental to my husband's career. She said that as long as I agreed, I could take her in. Otherwise, if the Qiu family were to investigate, they would have to ask for the title of concubine or even wife, which would be a huge loss for a small gain."
After she finished speaking, she took a sip of tea, with a smile on her face.
Chen sighed in her heart. She had been worried about the affairs of the Li Mansion these days and couldn't eat or sleep well.
She said it wouldn't be that outrageous, so how come the words "a concubine and an equal wife" came out? It turned out to be a bluff!
But looking at my daughter's expression, she seemed very satisfied with the result.
Chen said nothing more.
Jinyi had just lost a child, and she should have been looking forward to a happy marriage with her partner for the rest of her life.
Now, as long as there is no concubine to take away her honor as a young lady, it is enough. How did the bottom line of human beings get lowered step by step?
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