Xu, who was always calm and composed, was a little uneasy. She had arranged this marriage for her daughter herself, and now that something had gone wrong, she wondered if her daughter would blame her.
What if the engagement is really canceled, what should I do?
Can her daughter choose another good husband? If she finds someone who is worse than Xu Jing, wouldn't she be ruining her daughter's life?
Just as I was daydreaming, Mother Tang said, "Madam, the third girl is here."
Xu stood up suddenly, not knowing what expression to use to face her daughter, but she didn't expect Fang Yaqing to come in with a smile.
Xu was still wondering in her heart: "Could it be that my daughter-in-law didn't tell Yaqing about this?"
After Tang's mother took the servants away tactfully, Fang Yaqing said, "Mother, since cousin Xu and cousin Jin are together, they are an adulterous couple, and I don't want to waste time with them. Let's quickly cancel the engagement with the Xu family."
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Xu looked at her daughter and asked, "Are you really not angry?"
"I'm angry, but they're both bad people. But my sister-in-law is right. If I keep pestering her, people who don't know me would think I'm obsessed with my cousin and can't find a better one. Mom, my brother and sister-in-law both said they'd find me someone more handsome and talented, so you should break off the engagement for me."
Are you changing your mind so quickly?
Xu wondered if young people nowadays were different from them and didn't care about reputation anymore.
She even stuttered a little: "Ya... Yaqing, aren't you afraid..."
"I'm not afraid. My sister-in-law and brother both said they have solved the problem for me. My sister-in-law said I was too lazy and would teach me to paint so that I can be famous in the poetry meeting. My brother also said he would find someone with better looks and talent, who is much better than cousin Xu." Fang Yaqing was secretly happy in her heart.
Xu was dumbfounded, but she felt relieved. "Okay, since you think so, that's fine." At the same time, she enviously said, "Your brother and sister-in-law treat you very well."
Fang Yaqing leaned on her mother's shoulder and said with relief: "It was my mother who found a good sister-in-law for me. I think my sister-in-law is really trustworthy."
Speaking of this, Xu was slightly proud: "Of course. I fell in love with her at first sight, and I felt that she was destined to be with our family. Many people advised me that the girl's family background was low, but what about now? Her father was a fifth-rank official in Beijing when he was over 30 years old, and her two brothers were also well educated. Not to mention that after she came into our family, she treated me with filial piety, and also treated you and your brother well. Now that we are facing such a difficult situation, she is doing it for you, so you must not be conscienceless in the future."
Fang Yaqing smiled and said, "Of course." But then she became a little worried: "Mom, do you think my sister-in-law will be very strict when teaching me to paint? When she said I was not good enough, she looked very angry."
Xu found it funny: "That's even better. I didn't worry about you marrying into your uncle's family before, but if you marry into someone else's family in the future, you should learn from your sister-in-law. You see, she has learned the rules very well. She plays the pipa well and can play in harmony with your brother. I often hear that they write poems together, and they paint even better. With such a person teaching you, what do I have to worry about?"
Seeing her mother's happy face, Fang Yaqing felt relieved.
In the past, it was always mom who worried about them, and now it is their turn to share mom's worries.
"Just don't announce this until after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Otherwise, if you tell us now, we won't be able to celebrate the festival well." Xu looked at her daughter lovingly.
Fang Yaqing should be.
She then asked about Xu: "My daughter heard that you were looking for a husband for cousin Ye. How is it going now?"
Xu was very good at this matter: "Don't worry, I have found it."
"So fast." Fang Yaqing was surprised.
Xu said, "It's good that I'm taking care of it. Look at how the old lady talks about her granddaughter every day, but she doesn't care about such an important matter as marriage. He is your brother, the scholar Lu's cousin, who studies at the Imperial College. His family is quite wealthy and he is a blessed person. The most important thing is that the Lu family doesn't have any concubines or maids, and the scholar Lu himself is loyal and righteous."
Fang Yaqing murmured in her heart that this might be paving the way for her brother.
But so what? There is no one in this world who is not selfish.
It's great that her mother has achieved the goal of benefiting others and herself.
Fang Yaqing received support from her family. Although she was not completely calm inside, she felt much more relaxed. She even picked up the needlework that she had thrown aside halfway through when she returned to her room and started doing it.
She now finally knows that everything you take for granted in this world is not taken for granted.
Although Xu hoped to announce the matter after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the cancellation of the engagement could not be delayed. Naturally, she first consulted her son and daughter-in-law to discuss it in detail. Unexpectedly, Fang Weiyan told her something important.
"Mother, I found out that my aunt seemed to be meeting with someone outside, and she had been meeting with him several times."
Of course, he would not tell Xu that it was Mi Niang who discovered it. Although Xu was very good to her daughter-in-law, if she found out that her daughter-in-law was too resourceful, the situation would be very delicate. In his previous life, Fang Weiyan had always been a sandwich between several big guys. This kind of relationship should also be applicable to the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Of course, Mi Niang's intention was also involved.
After hearing this, Xu couldn't help but laugh and said, "I know about this matter. You should just stop interfering. I will deal with it myself."
Seeing Xu's calm look, Fang Weiyan and Mi Niang knew what they were not sure about.
Fang Weiyan knew even more. In his previous life, his younger brother Weijun sued the prince and his wife, and the crime they used was the death of his little aunt. It seemed that his mother had known about it for a long time, but although she was waiting for the opportunity, she did not expect that Weijun had such a low tolerance for the consequences and he went crazy later.
Or perhaps Fang Weijun's final death was also due to this incident.
He lowered his eyes and smiled again, "Since Madam has said so, son will know. However, Madam must tell son first about what she wants to do."
Xu's eyes flashed: "I know."
After talking about this matter for a while, Mi Niang roughly understood it. Xu Shi might have known about it for a long time, and this matter was also related to the three sons born to Aunt Ding. Just because she could catch them all in one fell swoop, Xu Shi deliberately let it go.
But she remained silent. If Xu succeeded in this matter, the brothers Fang Weiyan and Fang Weijun would benefit. But if it failed, she would also be implicated. However, she could not directly oppose Xu, so she could only let Fang Weiyan observe secretly and find out the loopholes and make up for them.
Therefore, Mi Niang looks at the nose with her eyes and looks at the heart with her nose.
After that, we get to the point.
Fang Weiyan said to Xu: "Let's go to the Xu family and discuss the cancellation of the engagement with my aunt. The most important thing is not to damage my sister's reputation."
It is probably not what the Xu family wants to see happen. Xu Jing was confused, and Jin's sister seduced him intentionally. The two are not innocent, but Fang Weiyan and Mi Niang are trying to minimize the impact of this incident first and take action to deal with it later.
"Well, your father also knows about this and has instructed us to do so."
In fact, the Marquis of Dong'an still wanted Fang Yaqing to marry him, and it would be fine for Jin Shuqin to be a concubine. After all, Jin Shuqin was just a girl from a merchant family. It was only after she brought Fang Weiyan forward and said that he would find a more capable marriage for Fang Yaqing in the future that the Marquis of Dong'an agreed.
This made Xu speechless. If the eldest son did not make a name for himself, they would have to listen to Aunt Ding's son, who was born a bastard, in the end.
Fang Weiyan smiled and said, "Well, that's good. We can say that the fortune teller said that Xu Jing's horoscope was not good for Yaqing, so we decided to separate our families."
"I'm afraid your aunt won't agree?" This was also where Xu was in a dilemma.
Even if a man has a bad reputation, as long as he has power and influence, like He Tinglan, he can still marry the daughter of a duke.
But if a woman has the slightest flaw in her reputation, people will be picky and think bad of her.
Aunt Xu is not an ordinary person. Even if she breaks off the engagement, she will never admit that it is his son's problem.
Even though we are relatives now, when it comes to our own interests, everyone will protect their own children.
Fang Weiyan smiled and said, "Mom, don't you think that cousin Jin's belly can be delayed? Moreover, they were the ones who suffered the loss in the first place, and they want to get away with it without paying any price at all. This is impossible."
Mi Niang also felt that what he said made sense. Fang Weiyan was really a scheming person. He often smiled, but what he said was uncompromising.
Mi Niang also added: "Madam, I know that what the Jin family did was wrong, but this time when we go, we will not mention the Jin family. Instead, we will say good things about the Jin family."
Xu was very unhappy: "Why?" She really hated Jin Shuqin. They, an orphan and a widow, came to Beijing to seek refuge with her, and she had never been neglectful. Her sister, Aunt Jin, was gentle and had no opinions of her own. Xu even sent her illegitimate son to school for him.
Not to mention how nice Fang Yaqing was to her cousin Jin Shuqin. Little did she know that this family was a bunch of ungrateful people.
According to her, she really needed to be given a good beating so that the little bitch would have a hard time even if she married Xu Jing.
Mi Niang smiled and said, "Madam, let me ask you, if you scold both the Jin family and Xu Jing, then those who are scolded will actually feel sorry for each other. I think the eldest daughter of the Jin family is very popular. Even if my aunt doesn't accept her now, after a long time, she will be pregnant, and it will be a long time before the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along. Instead, the Xu family will become estranged from our family."
"What you said does make sense." Xu knew his brother and sister-in-law very well. Besides, Aunt Jin's family lived with the Xu family. Jin Shuqin was a very good person and pretended to be very bright and glorious. Sooner or later, the family would become close and intimate.
Mi Niang nodded: "So, we don't say anything about the Jin family. Instead, we have to speak for the Jin family and say that the eldest sister Jin was forced by Xu Jing. Aunt is so smart, will she think that it was the Jin family who said something? She can tolerate the Jin family plotting against her son for his future, but she can't tolerate them taking the initiative to spread rumors everywhere. This shows that they don't even care about Xu Jing's reputation in order to plot against him."
Xu suddenly realized, "Now that you put it that way, I understand."
She looked at Mi Niang in disbelief and said, "My son, you look like Nüzhuge."
In fact, she was very frightened inside. Fortunately, such a meticulous person was one of her own. If he stood against her, she might not be able to deal with him.
Looking at his son again, he actually didn't think his daughter-in-law was too scheming, but instead looked proud.
Could it be that my son has some secret to win over his wife?
Mi Niang said quickly: "It's just a trivial trick. In fact, as a woman, if we can meet a mother-in-law like you and a husband like the fourth master, why do we need to do this? Isn't it better for everyone to be harmonious and happy, and help each other?"
"That makes sense." But Xu felt inexplicably at ease.
With such people helping her, she had nothing to be afraid of. When she arrived at Xu's house, she felt strong.
Xu's canopy was in the front, and Mi Niang and Fang Wei Yan rode in the same carriage, as if they were returning to their parents' home before the Mid-Autumn Festival, which did not cause any objection.
The Xu family didn't expect the Fang family to come so quickly. Aunt Xu looked at her son with hatred and said, "Wait a minute, you have to beg me for this marriage."
After a night of Aunt Xu's scolding, Xu Jing finally understood why his mother insisted on marrying into the Fang family.
The Xu family is rich, and not just ordinary rich. The money the Jin family has is just a drop in the bucket in the eyes of the Xu family, and the Jin family has been bankrupt for many years.
Even if the Jin family gave all their money to Jin Shuqin as a dowry, she would still not be as good as Fang Yaqing.
No matter how rich you are, if you can't find a backer, you are just a girl walking in the downtown with gold ingots in her arms. This little bit of money will definitely be robbed.
He is the youngest son. If he does not get a good marriage, who will support him in the officialdom in the future? For Fang Yaqing's sake, Fang Weiyan will definitely support him as his brother-in-law. But if there is no such marriage, his father is already old and has been serving in foreign posts for many years. Even if he returns to Beijing now, his official position will not be very high. Unless he passes the imperial examination within three years, otherwise, in another six years or more, his father will have resigned and returned home. Who can he rely on?
Marrying into the Fang family would bring huge profits, but marrying into the Jin family would not only bring no benefits, but also be a burden.
So today, there is no way they would cancel the engagement.
Thinking of this, a trace of pain flashed in Xu Jing's eyes again.
"My sister is here." When Aunt Xu saw Xu and her son and daughter-in-law coming, she hurried forward and smiled kindly.
Xu looked at Xu Jing, whose eyes were dark circles, snorted coldly, and then said to Aunt Xu: "Sister-in-law, can you please dismiss the servants so that we can sit down and have a good talk as a family?"
"Yes, all of you go down."
Aunt Xu secretly looked at Mrs. Xu's expression. She looked very calm, without any anger at all.
If she expressed anger, it would mean that she cared about this marriage, but did she not care at all now? Aunt Xu felt a little depressed.
After the servants left, Aunt Xu did not say a word. She was also a shrewd woman and knew that whoever spoke first was the most anxious.
Xu also lowered her head to sip the tea, as if it were some rare treasure.
Mi Niang took a piece of cake and put it in her mouth to taste. It was said that the Xu family was very rich, and they were indeed extraordinary. It was just a mung bean cake, but it was made differently from other places, with a dense texture. Just one piece in the summer was sweet but not greasy, and it was really delicious.
She was not worried about the Xu family setting up any kind of dragon gate formation, because with her around, this matter would definitely be accomplished.
During the time of drinking a cup of tea, everyone knew what the matter was but they kept calm and did not speak. Fang Weiyan saw that Mi Niang was eating happily with some food residue left at the corner of her mouth. He secretly pointed at his own mouth and motioned Mi Niang to wipe her mouth. Mi Niang smiled apologetically, but Xu Jing saw it.
He couldn't help but take a look at Fang Weiyan's wife, who was indeed stunningly beautiful.
Finally, Aunt Xu couldn't help but said, "Jing'er, come here and kowtow to your aunt and apologize."
Xu Jing also hardened his heart, and even did not take the cushion, but knelt down abruptly and kowtowed several times: "Aunt, it is all my fault, please forgive me for being confused by the phlegm."
Xu said coldly, "You are indeed wrong. If you want to marry a girl from the Jin family, just marry her. Shuqin is also my niece, and we are all family. Why make such a fuss and spread the reputation of raping a girl's innocence? You are my nephew, I love you, even if we can't be relatives, you grew up under my care, why did you do such a thing?"
Although it was wrong for Xu Jing and Jin Shuqin to get together, Xu Jing thought to himself, I didn't force Jin Shuqin, so wasn't that half-hearted?
Aunt Xu immediately spoke up for her son: "Sister, you know me well. I have always been very strict with my rules. Jing'er doesn't even have a concubine. How could I let him do something like that?"
The implication is that it was Jin Shuqin who seduced him.
Xu was so disgusted that she felt like she had eaten a fly. She was really glad that this matter was brought up before the marriage. If it had been brought up after the marriage, her sister-in-law would have been so protective of Yaqing that even Yaqing would have suffered a lot in their family.
At this time, Mi Niang came out and said, "The elders are here. Originally, as a junior, I shouldn't say anything, but this matter involves the relationship between the two families. No matter if my cousin is strong or not, the matter is done now. Cousin Shuqin is usually kind and generous, and she is a kind person. Aunt Jin is also a kind elder. Now that she is pregnant, we have asked Yaqing for her opinion. For the sake of her cousin, our Fang family will cancel the marriage. In the future, the two families will still be as close as one family, and they will still be relatives. If the eldest sister of the Jin family drags it on, she will get pregnant. Then people will accuse my uncle of not raising his children properly, which will be bad."
Xu was shocked when she heard this. Yes, she was worried about how to deal with it if her sister-in-law showed weakness.
Unexpectedly, the daughter-in-law immediately proposed a solution.
What the Xu family cares about most is the official position. It is not easy to become an official in Beijing, and work in a lucrative place like a warehouse. If they are reported, all their achievements will be in vain.
Aunt Xu said, "I love the eldest daughter of the Jin family as well. I love her as much as Yaqing does. But what she did was really outrageous. If she is willing to change her ways, I will definitely find a good marriage for her and arrange her wedding dowry. Sister, the children are just being foolish, and we adults must not ruin their friendship."
Yes, now Jin Shuqin lives in Xu's house. It would be easy for Aunt Xu to take the baby in her belly. You have to know that Xu's family is the master of Wu Chinese Medicine Shop. They have a unique secret medicine that no one has cracked yet.
How could it be possible that Aunt Xu didn’t have those abortion pills?
The Jin family thought they could take Aunt Xu away, but they didn't know it was impossible.
Xu shook her head: "Things have come to this point. If we force it, it will be bad."
"Why not? Jing'er and Yaqing are engaged, and we are just sisters-in-law. Could it be that you have fallen for someone else?"
Aunt Xu quickly took the initiative.
Mi Niang and Fang Wei Yan looked at each other and thought in unison that this aunt looked nice on weekdays, but she was unexpectedly so difficult to deal with.
"Since ancient times, a prodigal who returns is worth more than gold, not to mention that Jing'er has already realized that he was wrong. My dear sister, even if you want to beat or punish me, your brother and I will never say no."
"It's common for children to be greedy. Every family has three wives and five concubines. I can't guarantee anything else. If Yaqing comes into our family, we will definitely take a concubine only when a man is 40 and has no children. What do you think?"
This was definitely sincere enough, and Xu was a little shaken.
Just like what Aunt Xu said, if you look for another family, every family has three wives and five concubines.
Now that the daughter has this leverage, she has more say when she enters the house. Since the Jin family is planning to have an abortion and send the baby away, it is not a big deal.
Mi Niang sighed. After all, marriage was a major matter and it was up to her parents to make the decision. Although Mi Niang wanted to stand up for her sister-in-law, since her mother-in-law had said so, she couldn't refute it.
When Xu was wavering, Fang Weijun stood up and said, "Aunt, we didn't come here to hear these things. I only have one sister, she is a good girl, if she wants the bright moon in the sky, I will build a ladder to pick it. But I often hear that a family that accumulates good will be blessed. If you make cousin Jin sad or even physically injured for my sister, it is not enough for me and my mother. This is a life after all..."
This is in line with Fang Weiyan's consistent standard as a person; he is a person that no one can find fault with.
No one wants to hurt anyone.
If Mi Niang didn't recognize him, she would definitely think that he was a good guy, but now it was clear that he was trying to make Xu firm her will.
"This..." Aunt Xu was at a loss when she met such a person.
You can't just say, "It doesn't matter if Jin Shuqin dies. It has nothing to do with us anyway."
Fang Weiyan stood up and said, "Aunt, as the saying goes, you reap what you sow. What Cousin Xu and Cousin Jin did was wrong in the first place. If they keep making the same mistake, wouldn't it be damaging to others?"
He knew that Aunt Xu didn't care about any hidden retribution, so he said, "Aunt, this marriage has to be cancelled. As the saying goes, a forced melon is not sweet. How can I be willing to marry my sister to you? Yaqing is my sister, and I know her. She can't tolerate any sand in her eyes. Because of this, she refuses to come out to see people. We sent six or seven people to watch her, for fear that she would commit suicide."
"Aunt, if you insist on getting married again, the people you'll hurt are the Jin and Fang families. Why bother?"
Aunt Xu pursed her lips, as if she had noticed the flaw in Fang Weiyan's mouth, and immediately retorted: "Since Yaqing is troubled by this matter, then I can send the Jin family away, right? That way, she won't have to worry about the future after she marries here."
Businessmen are looking for profit, and Aunt Xu knows too well the value of Fang Yaqing and Jin Shuqin. The more she sees Fang Weiyan value Fang Yaqing, the more she is reluctant to let go.
Seeing the situation getting worse, Mi Niang knew that Fang Wei Yan was like a scholar meeting a soldier, and he couldn't explain himself clearly.
She immediately slammed the table and stood up: "Aunt, I respect you as an elder, so I have been forbearing, but aren't you going too far? The orphans and widows of the Jin family were raped by your son, and your son, who is engaged, can't control himself. Now he still promises to do it. Aunt, of course we believe that you will keep your promise, but the son is no longer under the control of the mother."
Everyone suddenly realized that this was indeed the case. Xu thought to herself that it was not that Aunt Xu's promise was ineffective, but that her son had grown up and she could no longer control him.
Aunt Xu saw that her daughter-in-law Xu repeatedly stepped forward to speak, and she scolded her: "This matter has nothing to do with you. Since you know that you have no right to speak, you should stop arguing here. If you have time, you should take care of your own stomach first. It has been a few months since you got married, and there is no movement. If you have any health problems, your aunt will naturally invite a famous doctor for you."
She is not afraid of a little kid.
If an ordinary person was told this by an elder, he would have retreated long ago, or even felt ashamed. However, Mi Niang was not an ordinary person. She sneered, "A man of ambition does not need age to be old. Am I right? You are like this?"
Aunt Xu also did not give in: "Your mother-in-law and I have known each other for many years. The reason why our families became enemies in the future is because of what you did today."
Most women fear not having their parents' home to return to. It is obvious that Xu is also a person who attaches great importance to her parents' home. Aunt Xu is very good at shifting the focus. For example, even though Mi Niang was speaking because of Fang Yaqing's matter, she immediately pushed all the problems onto her.
Mi Niang pointed at Xu Jing and said, "You can't tell right from wrong, no wonder you raised such a son. Humph, they are afraid of you, but I am not. I spoke to you in a nice way, but you just kept making trouble. The reason why things got like this today is because of him. If he didn't force others, would this happen?"
"You...you are so brave." Aunt Xu was so angry that she almost fainted.
Xu Jing also stood up and called out to Aunt Xu: "Mom, mom, are you okay?"
He also did the same as his mother, pointing at Mi Niang and saying, "How dare you make my mother angry."
"How dare I? Not only did your family confuse right and wrong, but you also fabricated charges against me. Well, now that it's like this, then forget it. As soon as I get out of this, the news that you raped someone else's daughter will spread all over the city. Whoever doesn't let me off easily, I won't let anyone else off easily either. Just wait..."
She was in a state of argument before, but now she was ready to turn hostile.
Fang Weiyan immediately expressed his support: "Mi Niang, we are so sincere, but your aunt is still so stubborn, so don't blame us."
It felt so good to have a husband supporting her. Mi Niang really thought Fang Weiyan was a god, and he was such a good person. In fact, she came out to make trouble because Fang Weiyan was messed up by Aunt Xu, and Xu was always afraid of offending her sister-in-law, so Mi Niang stood up. In the end, only Fang Weiyan helped her.
This is a real couple.
They won't weigh the pros and cons, they will just feel sorry for each other.
When they were about to leave, Xu felt very conflicted, but seeing her son and daughter-in-law were about to leave, she had no choice but to follow them. At this time, she saw that Aunt Xu, who was about to faint just now, immediately became normal.
She sighed, "I'm fine. Since my sister is here, let's discuss what to do."
Seeing that she had surrendered, Mi Niang snorted in her heart, why didn't you just say it like this just now? Why did you have to make everyone fall out with each other before resorting to this trick.
Seeing her sister-in-law soften her attitude, Xu said, "What we mean is that Shuqin's pregnancy can't wait any longer. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, we will call off the marriage on the grounds that Jing'er's fate is not good for Yaqing."
"Does fate affect Yaqing?" Aunt Xu asked sharply, "Sister, it was you who wanted to cancel the engagement. You can't put all the blame on my son, right?"
Xu was shocked by Aunt Xu's shamelessness. She claimed that she was not a gentleman, but Aunt Xu was so good at confusing right and wrong that she laughed out loud: "Sister-in-law, it's because Jing'er and Jin Shuqin had an affair and had a child that we want to cancel the engagement. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to cancel the engagement without any guilt."
Aunt Xu said confidently: "So I said to send Jin Shuqin away and marry your Yaqing. Isn't that a good idea?"
Fang Weiyan listened to this shameless speech, which simply refreshed his three views once again. He couldn't help but say: "Aunt, the Xu family is now a family of poetry and literature. As the saying goes, if there is a mistake, correct it; if there is nothing wrong, encourage it--"
"Okay, Wei Yan, don't show off your knowledge to me. Just tell me, can your sister marry a family in the future who will make a promise like mine to you and take a concubine only if she is childless at the age of 40?" Aunt Xu suddenly became full of fighting spirit.
This was obviously a trap. Originally, the Xu family was just talking. Fang Weiyan was thinking about how to refute it because he was really not good at arguing with unreasonable women. Apparently, Mi Niang was very good at it.
She felt that she had met her match today, so she smiled and said, "You can't take concubines, but as for maids, it's not a big deal if you mess up ethics. There are maids all over the house, and as long as they are not promoted to concubines, there are countless people who warm your bed."
Fang Weiyan couldn't help but laugh.
Really, her mother was afraid of offending her sister-in-law. Although he could help her out a few words, he was really not good at quarreling with women like this. Fortunately, she was there.
Of course, Aunt Xu couldn't promise her son to become a monk.
The atmosphere became stagnant again.
Mi Niang smiled and said, "Aunt, now that it has come to this, don't try to fool around and pretend that nothing has happened. Yaqing is a daughter of a noble family after all. Let's cut the Gordian knot and put an end to this matter. Everyone will feel at ease. We can get married in the future and not interfere with each other. Our wife still recognizes you as her sister-in-law, and it doesn't affect anything. But if you insist on harming the cousin of the Jin family and marrying our Yaqing, then we will not let it go. In this world, if you work together, both will benefit, and if you separate, both will suffer. Why do you have to make things so awkward?"
Mrs. Xu agreed with her daughter-in-law's words: "Yes, sister-in-law, we came here today to discuss this matter. After we have discussed it, you can get married. We can't let a good child become an illegitimate child."
Mi Niang looked at Xu Jing at the same time and said, "Cousin Xu, you are a man. You can't let your mother keep making excuses for you. As a man, you should be responsible for the girl. Otherwise, when you go out in the future, who will respect you? Be careful that people will laugh at you and call you a coward."
Originally, he was furious when he saw his mother arguing with the sharp-tongued woman from the Fang family. He thought it was a waste of her beauty, as she was actually a shrew at heart.
It's fine if you don't marry into a family like this. He got angry and said immediately, "If we don't want to marry, then don't marry. Your family is full of thieves and prostitutes, I don't want to marry them."
Aunt Xu almost fainted when she heard this.
She slapped Xu Jing: "What are you talking about?"
Just now she was just scolding Xu's daughter-in-law who spoke out, and Xu didn't say much. But now that her son said this, he definitely offended his sister-in-law.
As expected, Xu clapped her hands and said, "Okay, I've heard from Yaqing that every time you go to the Marquis' Mansion, you get close to the ones born to Aunt Ding, but not to your own cousins. Now you've finally spoken out what's in your heart."
Aunt Xu stepped forward to apologize: "Sister, my son didn't mean what he said..."
"Sister-in-law, let's forget about this. You see, I didn't even go to look for my eldest sister because I didn't want too many people to know. I don't care whether your family marries Shuqin or not, but my Yaqing can't marry into our family anyway." This time, Xu was very sure.
For the first time, she felt that her sister-in-law was so eloquent and could confuse right and wrong. Was Yaqing really happy to marry into such a family? It was obviously Xu Jing who was wrong, but in the end, he said that it was a good idea to take a concubine when she was forty and childless, as if it was good for her daughter.
Aunt Xu asked again: "Is it really not possible?"
Xu nodded.
"Okay, that's it. You guys go back first. I'll be alone for a while."
Xu was about to leave, and Fang Weiyan also felt that it was almost time, but Mi Niang smiled and said, "Come on, today's matter is done today. If you come again next time, we don't want to waste our breath again. Sign this letter of dissolution of the engagement. I have also prepared the ink. Cousin Xu, press your fingerprint and sign your name, and we will go to Shuntian Prefecture to complete it."
"You——" Aunt Xu didn't expect that this girl could really become a spirit.
Fang Weiyan asked quietly: "When did you prepare it?"
"I've prepared it a long time ago. If you don't sign today, your aunt won't admit her mistake when you come back in a few days." Mi Niang is very experienced in dealing with people like this.
Fang Weiyan personally supervised Xu Jing to sign his name and put his fingerprints on the document, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
After the engagement was actually cancelled, Aunt Xu called her husband Xu Zhongmao over, and the two families invited the original matchmaker together and agreed to return the betrothal gift after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Xu Zhongmao said: "This betrothal gift can be considered as a gift from us to Yaqing for future makeup."
"Goodbye, brother. Return the betrothal gift, and then we can truly call off the engagement." This kind of mess was not what Xu wanted to see.
Aunt Xu was very kind again at this time. She said to Xu: "I have a few branches of Tianshan snow lotus, which are very good for women. I have packed them and give them to Yaqing. We are sorry for this matter."
Aunt Xu is really a capable person. When she was able to fight for it before, she turned right into wrong, disregarded ethics, and even played dirty tricks to make Jin Shuqin have an abortion. She also scolded Mi Niang and stopped Fang Wei Yan. Her schemes were clear and clear, and when the situation was hopeless, she played the emotional card.
She even praised Mi Niang: "She is honest, sister. You have married a good daughter-in-law. She is a good protector of the family. I feel relieved that Yaqing will have such a sister-in-law to protect her in the future."
Mi Niang also smiled and said, "Aunt, please don't mind my poor mouth. If you have any problems in the future, please come to me. I will definitely help if I can."
"I really like your nephew's wife." Aunt Xu also smiled.
Fang Weiyan looked left and right, thinking, just now everyone was on edge, but now everyone is praising each other. This is probably not because I don't understand, but because things in this world are changing too fast.
Aunt Xu was secretly shocked. This Ruan was extremely strong. No young person would dare to confront their elders like this. She blocked you everywhere, but every step was carefully planned.
If it weren't for her foolish son who said he didn't want to get married, this matter might have been able to be turned around.
After leaving Xu's house, Xu's face was not looking good. Mi Niang apologized to Xu: "Madam, I was wrong today and offended the elders. I will definitely go back and copy more copies of the "Book of Filial Piety".
Xu thought it was funny: "Are you punishing yourself by drinking three cups?"
Although my daughter-in-law killed everyone present today, she was too strong, and the Xu family was her mother's family after all.
But I have to admit that she did it.
In the end, Aunt Xu was quite nice to her.
Fang Weiyan was about to speak up for Mi Niang, but she said, "Sometimes, things in the world are smooth sailing, and sometimes, things change if you delay. If it happens again, I will definitely do the same. Madam, I know that you still think it would be better if your aunt promised about your sister's matter, but to put it bluntly, your aunt is old, and she has no right to care about cousin Xu. How could the Jin family really be sent away? The Xu family does not have many children, and they may have a concubine to give birth to a child. Xu Jingben is not a man of determination. Even cousin Jin can make him fall in love with her. If he has a few mistresses, I think he will be unable to control himself."
"By then, it will be a done deal, and I don't know how much anger Yaqing will have to endure."
Xu herself is a woman and she has experienced a lot. What this man said is like fart and cannot be believed at all.
I have to admit that what Mi Niang said makes sense.
After all this busy work, Mi Niang slept until the afternoon and didn't know where she was when she woke up.
Fang Weiyan was reading a book beside her. When he saw her wake up, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why did you sleep for so long?"
"You think quarreling doesn't take any energy? Look at your aunt, she's really a capable person." Mi Niang couldn't help shaking her head.
"No matter how powerful she is, she can't compare to you."
Fang Weiyan said this very seriously.
Mi Niang yawned and said, "Don't mention it. Forget how I looked at that time. I just saw that you couldn't win over her. Wasn't that why I was so anxious?"
"Aren't you afraid? What if the elders say something bad about you?"
"Don't be afraid. What is there to be afraid of? You are willing to stay with me for the rest of my life even if I don't have children, let alone such a small matter. Besides, I am not only thinking about you. Yaqing is not marrying well. Can you, as her brother, bear with it? Instead of me stepping out at that time, it is better to give up this marriage now and choose a more reliable one in the future." Mi Niang had naturally her own reasons.
Fang Weiyan couldn't help but hold her in his arms: "You are enough for me, I don't need any children."
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