"Please listen to my explanation first."
Song Ruoxue looked at him, "Why don't you explain it to me? I want to see what kind of golden house you built to spend 20,000 taels of silver!" Song Ruoxue felt distressed just thinking about it. Her dowry was only 100,000 taels, and Gu Shaohe spent one fifth of her dowry!
Yes...her dowry was worth hundreds of thousands of taels, but she invested it all in business.
But it is because she knows how hard it is to make money that she feels even more distressed!
Gu Shaohe thought that there was really no way to explain it, so he said, "Come with me and see it with your own eyes."
Song Ruoxue: "Okay."
Gu Shaohe took her all the way to the backyard. When they saw the house, Song Ruoxue was stunned for a moment: "This house...what?" It was not particularly luxurious, but it was exactly the same as the courtyard of the third room of the Marquis' Mansion.
Gu Shaohe then told them that Meng Shi didn't want to live with them. "I know mother doesn't want to disturb us, but I don't want to be the one who betrays us. Mother has been guarding my father all her life, and my father has been wronging her. I really don't want her to continue to guard the ancient Buddha alone."
Song Ruoxue hit him and said, "Why didn't you tell me this earlier? If you had told me, would I have lost my temper with you because of this?"
Gu Shaohe smiled, "I know you... Although you have the temper of a young lady, you will definitely understand me." Gu Shaohe frowned as if he was thinking of something, "But there is one more thing, please allow me to report it, madam."
"You say." Song Ruoxue waved her hand.
Gu Shaohe said, "You also know that I am just an Imperial Guard, and my salary is just that. These 20,000 taels have emptied my family's fortune." Meng naturally gave Gu Shaohe a lot of money, but in Gu Shaohe's opinion, all of this belonged to Meng, and he couldn't use his mother's money to please her.
"So, in the next few days, I will have to rely on you to get by."
Song Ruoxue smiled and said, "Then you should be obedient to me. Otherwise, I will starve you in the future."
Gu Shaohe quickly called out to his wife to spare his life, and for a moment, the atmosphere between the couple was very good.
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Originally, Meng was unwilling to live with the two of them, but after seeing this house which was exactly the same as the third branch of the Marquis' Mansion, she understood Gu Shaohe's intentions and began to waver.
Song Ruoxue also said: "Mother, you don't want to live here, are you afraid that my daughter-in-law will not obey you?"
Meng naturally shook her head.
Chen looked at her daughter-in-law, then at Meng, and said, "Sister... I call you sister, please don't dislike it. No matter what, I am the one who is sorry for you. The Third Master only had you in his heart back then. If it weren't for me, actually..." Chen found it difficult to speak.
Meng said, "It's not your fault. I have never blamed you." Even if there was no Chen, there would be other women.
Chen said, "At first I was afraid that the ladies in the mansion would bully me. After all, I am just a country woman. But after seeing you, sister, I know what the dignity of a mansion is. Now you and I are both old. It is said that children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Sister is lonely in the mansion, and I am bored here alone. If you don't despise me, we can at least talk to each other."
Meng was slightly touched, and Gu Shaohe asked again, "Mother, you said you were attached to the mansion in the Marquis' Mansion, so I moved here for you... I know in my heart that it was my father who let you down, and my existence is also an apology for your sincerity towards my father."
"But I still hope that you, mother, can live with us."
How could she not be moved by the children's wholehearted devotion to her? She nodded as well.
That night, Meng moved from the Marquis's Mansion to the third room.
In order to get his stepmother to move in with him, Gu Shaohe built another house in the capital that was exactly the same as the third house in the marquis's mansion, which later became a legend in the capital.
Not long after, the wedding day of the emperor and empress finally arrived.
On this day, Shen Qingqiu had to wear the queen's court dress, accept the kowtows of all officials, and worship the ancestral temple before she could be considered the queen who entered the ancestral temple. Needless to say, the cumbersome etiquette of this day, Shen Qingqiu had only slept for less than two hours before she was pulled out of bed.
The long journey of dressing up began.
Although Shen Qingqiu had already moved into the imperial palace, she still married from the Marquis's Mansion on the wedding day.
The Marquis's Mansion was naturally busy that day.
Song Ruoxue and Gu Shaohe both returned to the Marquis' Mansion, and brought many relatives and sisters-in-law to help.
Gu Yanran stayed with Shen Qingqiu in the house, while Song Ruoxue was outside greeting guests. Seeing her sister-in-law again, she hurried over to greet her, "Sister-in-law, why are you here?"
"Why, you don't welcome me?" Zheng asked deliberately.
Song Ruoxue shook her head quickly, "How can I not welcome you? I'm looking forward to you coming to work for me. I'm almost too busy!" The etiquette of the coming and going of people in the Marquis' Mansion almost fell on her alone. How could she not be busy? "Where is the fourth Miss Gu?" Zheng asked.
"She's in the inner room with the Queen..." Song Ruoxue sighed, "The Fourth Miss has helped me a lot just now, but she's a married daughter after all. I can't push all the work onto her, right?"
Zheng said, "You are such a good girl. You can't push Miss Gu Si away, so you push it onto your sister-in-law, right?"
Song Ruoxue smiled sweetly, "Who told you to be my sister-in-law?"
Zheng pushed her head and asked, "Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Song Ruoxue felt a headache when she said this, "There are many people coming to the Marquis' Mansion today, and there are more than ten tables. I can't even recognize all of them. How do I know who can't sit together?" These are all things that the nobles need to worry about when they entertain guests. After all, the capital is so big that everyone has people they don't like.
Zheng said, "Call the steward of the Marquis's Mansion and ask him to write you a list. The stewards of each family usually know about this kind of thing."
Song Ruoxue slapped her forehead and said, "How could I have forgotten about this?"
Zheng said, "I told you to learn more in the past, but you didn't listen." Thinking of something, Zheng asked, "Why don't you see the Marquis' wife?" After all, it was the wedding of the Emperor and Empress, and the Empress was her biological daughter. How could the Marquis' wife be assured of handing the baby to her sister in such an occasion?
When Song Ruoxue heard her sister-in-law asking about the Marquis' wife, she immediately had a bitter face, "I was just saying, I came here today just to enjoy the good times, but I didn't expect that this good times would never end!"
Zheng looked at her suspiciously. Song Ruoxue continued, "I was originally compiling the guest list for today's banquet, but Aunt Jiu suddenly fainted. I asked the imperial physician to feel her pulse and found out that she was two months pregnant... The first three months are the most important. The Marquis said he would not let her worry about this matter and took the baby away directly."
Otherwise, even if Liu had to crawl out, she would have to take charge of her daughter's marriage.
When Zheng heard her say this, her hand movements paused slightly.
Song Ruoxue immediately thought of her sister-in-law's knot and felt that she had said too much.
Suddenly, someone hit her head. She was about to get angry, but when she turned around, she saw her second brother and pouted, "Second brother, why are you still like when we were kids, hitting me out of the blue?"
"I'm knocking you because you're mean. As soon as your sister-in-law came, you asked her to help you with the work. Didn't you even consider whether her current body is suitable for hard work?"
Song Ruoxue was stunned, "Body?"
But Zheng blushed and stroked her belly. She understood instantly and said happily, "Sister-in-law, you are pregnant. How many months have you been pregnant?"
Seeing that she was happy for herself, Zheng was also happy in her heart, "It's only been a month..."
Song Ruoxue calculated that it was after she went to see Sister Lin, and immediately felt that it was her own achievement. "See, I told you that Sister Lin is really capable. She asked you to see her, but you refused to go because of your face?" At this point, Song Ruoxue winked at Zheng again, "Did Sister Lin tell me what the problem is?"
Zheng knew her little thoughts and said, "Don't want to know!"
Song Ruoxue was feeling unhappy, and Zheng took her arm again, "But I remember your kindness, and I came to thank you even though I'm pregnant. If you have anything else to do, I will help you."
Song Ruoxue said: "You are in poor health now, how dare I trouble you, just take a rest."
In fact, there was nothing to do. All he had to do was arrange for everyone to sit down and wait for the sedan chair in the palace to come out to welcome the queen.
At this time, the morning glow was rising and the door to the inner room was finally opened.
Shen Qingqiu, wearing the queen's court dress and phoenix crown, walked out slowly with the support of Gu Yanran. Although Liu was pregnant, she had to come out for her daughter's marriage. Now seeing her in red makeup, her eyes turned red and tears could not help falling... From the Shen family to the Marquis' Mansion and then to the palace, she and her daughter were now truly separated.
Shen Qingqiu also looked at her mother, and suddenly stood up and knelt.
"My lady, this is against the rules..."
Shen Qingqiu said: "I bow to my mother, no matter when, it is in accordance with the rules."
Liu's eyes were filled with tears as she helped Shen Qingqiu up, "Qiu'er... from now on, you really have to be good." Shen Qingqiu held her mother's hand, "I will."
She raised her eyes and saw her father looking at her mother nervously from the side. She smiled, knowing that even if she left, there would always be someone to protect her.
"Let's get going."
Shen Qingqiu gave an order, and the palace servants lifted the sedan chair and walked into the palace.
At this time, Gu Yanwei was standing at the steps of the ancestral temple, wearing a dragon robe and waiting for his queen. The sunset glowed completely, and Shen Qingqiu's sedan chair finally stopped. His eyes were smiling, and fell on the slender and charming figure in front of him.
As the figure got closer and closer to him, he actually went down two steps.
"Your Majesty..." Without waiting for the palace servants to dissuade him, Gu Yanwei had already stood in front of Shen Qingqiu.
"Throughout the dynasties, no emperor has ever gone down the stairs to greet the queen." Shen Qingqiu said, "You are going to be scolded by the historian."
Gu Yanwei smiled, "I didn't think too much about it, I just wanted to pick you up as soon as possible."
Shen Qingqiu felt warm in his heart, "Did you receive it?"
He took her hand and said, "Got it."
At this event, a huge amount of light rose up and fell on the two men inch by inch. Their figures were infinitely stretched, and under the kowtow of all the officials, they climbed to the top step by step and took the position that originally belonged to them.
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