Qi Zheng came back from outside, drunk.
When I arrived at Tan's room, she was not there. When I asked, she said she had gone to the eldest grandmother's room.
After a while, Tan came back and saw her husband alone in the room, so she hurried to serve him herself.
Seeing that there was no one around, Tan said, "My Lord, I have found a girl for you. I have been raising her in the courtyard for a year. She looks very lovable. Do you want her to serve you?"
"No need!" Qi Zheng waved his hand.
"This is my gift to you! I am old and ugly, my brain and hands are dull, I am afraid I can't take good care of you!"
"You are generous and have arranged a lot for me. I gave away what was sent to me last time. I am getting old and don't care much about these things. It's pointless to keep the little girl around. It's better to drink and chat with my brothers and write military books and strategies!"
"Oh my God! Lord, I can't understand your state of mind!"
"Haha, don't worry about it!"
"But you've been drinking a lot since you came back! You better be careful!"
"Nothing...what did you do?"
"Brother Xiao's wife is not feeling well. I'm going to check it out!"
"Did you call a doctor?"
"I've invited you several times! Alas!" Tan sat next to him.
"Isn't it a bad idea?" Qi Zheng knew that his eldest grandson's wife was pregnant.
"If you ask me, her body isn't in serious condition, but she has too many things on her mind! She has a strong temper, and she encountered some unpleasant things. Sigh..."
"I haven't had time to talk to you in private. How is things at home? I hope they didn't make you angry?" Qi Zheng asked seriously.
My wife comes from a low-class family, so it is inevitable that she will sometimes hear some gossip from people at home and outside.
Tan was stunned for a while before sighing again.
This surprised Qi Hou: "Why? Just say whatever you want to say!"
"Everything else is fine! It's just that there's Yi's wife... Oh, I don't even know where to start! Maybe the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural enemies.
Cui Shi feels uncomfortable when Youyi and Qi Xiao are close to me. I thought about it for a long time, and I think there are two things that offended her, one is Xiuyun and the other is Xu Shi. I arranged the concubine and the wife, and I offended her a lot. Otherwise, she went back to her hometown for half a year last year? ! "
Qi Zheng then remembered and smiled: "You don't have to be like this. I agree that she should go back to do this! If Youyi and Qi Xiao hadn't been busy these years, they should have gone."
Tan was filled with hatred in her heart, but she said angrily, "I would love to build a tomb for my ancestors and my sister! This is not what I meant!"
Qi Zheng smiled again, "Okay, okay. It's not about that!"
"I'm serious! Besides, she didn't go back for this reason... She was worried that I would find another wife for Xiaowu. So, she wanted to marry Xiaowu off to a girl from the Qin family in the name of repairing the tomb."
"The Qin family? Isn't that the Qin family where Xiaowu goes to school?"
"Isn't it?! I thought that the Qin family had a good reputation, and it would be good if it worked out. But she went back and it didn't work out! The Qin family girl married into the Jingguogong Jiang family!" Tan was secretly happy when she thought about it! "Is it true?!" Qi Zheng frowned, he was unhappy! "Did I lie to you?"
"For her to be engaged, it must have been discussed beforehand! Did the Qin family break the contract? Humph, I don't know how the good reputation got out! They do such despicable things..." Qi Zheng's mind was not completely crooked.
"It's impossible to fail! Xiaowu is so outstanding, and there are many beautiful girls in the capital! How many people come to me to inquire about her? As a result..." She told me how Madam Qi insisted on doing things.
Unexpectedly, Qi Zheng said, "Lord Zhang... I saw him in the court the day before yesterday. He is a down-to-earth man! Moreover, there are three Jinshi in one family in one term. Wow, it has been many years since the court. That is quite glorious! Look at the fourth son's wife, she is stable and generous. This marriage is a good choice!"
Damn old man! Tan secretly hated him and tried to make amends: "Yes, after Mo Qing got married, I often asked her to come over and talk. She is indeed a good girl! I am not saying that she made a wrong choice! But Xiao Wu was destined to the Wen family! Alas..."
"Isn't the Wen family inappropriate?"
"The family is well-off, and her father is a Jinshi, so she looks quite respectable. But this girl took over Cui's shop as soon as she arrived in the capital. She showed her face and took a group of people to run it.
Business is good! But, for a family like us…"
Qi Zheng nodded. The Qi family had no shortage of money, so how could a woman run a business outside? If there was a good shop, she could just rent it out.
"Besides, before the opening..." Tan's eyes turned red, "It was opened for two days and relatives and friends were invited. The entire Cui family went. I heard that even General Cui brought a group of friends! But in our family... Fengying didn't even ask a question!"
Qi Zheng listened and thought to himself: There is something fishy going on here. Although the shop belongs to Cui, it is run by Miss Wen. Before the wedding, the in-laws are eating and drinking lavishly. It is not very decent to hear people say that...
"Yes! Everyone who goes there has a distinguished family background. A country girl like me is..."
"Alright, alright! Don't be angry. We won't lose anything. From what you said, this Miss Wen is really inappropriate..."
It didn't leave a good impression on him.
Qi Zheng got furious when he heard this. "What a mess! After all this trouble, you still want to marry her?!"
"As a mother-in-law, I am willing to do that! I don't know what kind of magic tricks that girl has put into Fengying. She is so nice to her! Otherwise, Mrs. Xu will continue to make trouble! If she continues to make trouble like this, I think this pregnancy will be in jeopardy!"
"Someone come! Call the boss and his wife!"
"My Lord! If you go and call them now, won't they think I'm gossiping?" Tan was anxious and hurried to stop him: "After all, it's the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who are living together! Don't make me feel embarrassed!"
"Even if they know it was you who said it, what can they do to you?! Go!"
"Dad!" After a while, Qi Youyi and Madam Qi came in.
Qi Zheng was sitting upright, wearing his home clothes, with a calm expression.
"Well, sit down! I've been busy since I came back, so I didn't have time to ask. What do you like about the girl from the Wen family?"
He looked at Madam Qi and asked her.
Ever since she knew her father-in-law was coming back, Mrs. Qi had discussed various possibilities with Wen Yu.
I was worried that Tan would make trouble, but there was no action. Unexpectedly, on the first day of the wedding, my father-in-law started to make trouble.
Qi Youyi glanced at Madam Qi unhappily.
Madam Qi said softly and with a smile, "Father, the girl from the Wen family is called Wen Yu. The Wen family is well-off. Her grandfather was a juren, her father was a jinshi, and her biological mother, Chen, also came from a scholarly family. Miss Wen grew up with her grandmother, and Old Lady Wen is also a well-known philanthropist in the local area."
She also glanced at Tan.
Tan was furious... Doesn't that correspond to my lack of background? She glanced at her husband, but he didn't react...
"My wife and Miss Wen did not know each other by sight. Rather, they met by chance several times. My wife found that this girl was not only good-looking and talented, but also had a very good character, was filial to her elders, and was loyal to her friends.
Before, she went to the Cui family. From my father to Yuanyuan, everyone liked her! Even my eldest sister-in-law, who was so serious, smiled at her. My father said: This girl has the temperament of the Cui family. When my daughter-in-law saw her, she really looked like my daughter-in-law when she was young... No wonder they liked her so much! "
"..." Qi Zheng was speechless: If I am dissatisfied with her, then I am dissatisfied with you, and also dissatisfied with your father!
Tan looked at Madam Qi with her dark eyes. You can do it...
"Father, Miss Wen is very capable. My daughter-in-law has handed over two shops to her. One of them is a restaurant called Youziyouwei..."
"What's your name?" Qi Zheng was stunned. The night before yesterday, he was invited by a friend.
He also said that although the name of this restaurant is sexy, the food is really good, and he wants to take his family there again some other day!
“It’s delicious!”
"Oh! That's true...I heard that her family has a bad tradition and her sister committed suicide because of a scandal?"
"I don't know who is gossiping like this!" Mrs. Qi said with a gloomy face. She finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Cui!" Qi Zheng shouted unhappily.
Qi Youyi quickly said: "How can you talk like that?!"
"Father, everything is clear! Her second sister went to meet her girlfriend, who knows how the one from the Xingguo family got there!? This is a private secret of the palace, so we can't say too much.
The Wen family has suffered a great loss, but there is nothing they can do. The Emperor has reprimanded the King of Wu and the Duke of Xingguo! The Queen has also summoned the Princess of Wu to... question her! But Master Wen is fine. What else is there to say? ! "
When Qi Zheng heard this, he was speechless.
Tan said: "But I heard before that Miss Wen followed Yongqing and the others everywhere! This rule..."
Madam Qi wanted to point at her nose and ask: How did you get to the capital? Don't you know where to go? But she couldn't say it! Her son was getting married tomorrow! After holding back, she said, "Madam, young men and women in the capital also socialize. Even Xiaomao was invited by a friend to go out and play. Aren't there men playing polo, chess, and sword dancing?!"
"Ms. Cui, please stop talking!" Qi Youyi felt that she was contradicting Ms. Tan.
Tan choked, looked at Qi Zheng, and half lowered her head.
"Okay! No matter what, after something like that happened, the girl's family will definitely be the ones who suffer! Now that the girl from the Wen family has married into your family, you have to teach her well!" Qi Zheng thought about it, but there was nothing he could do.
"Yes." Mrs. Qi agreed readily.
"Besides... Qi Xiao and Qi Yang are both your biological sons. Especially, Qi Xiao is the eldest son, so you should rely on him more. Even if you can't do that, at least you should treat them equally!"
Madam Qi wanted to point fingers at her father-in-law and ask him: Why don't you rely on the eldest son? Why don't you treat everyone equally? These accusations were on her lips, but she just lowered her head and said: "Father is right."