Chapter 5 Since Fifth Sister is interested, Sixth Mother will naturally agree
As soon as Cui Yao stepped forward, Madam Cui's expression softened considerably. She immediately said, "Look at Wu Niang. She has self-respect and knows how to act appropriately. This is what a noble lady of the Cui family should be."
"For people like you, even if you marry into the family and become a queen, even if you become a concubine, that would be a great honor for you. If the Cui family marries you, people will think that the Cui family doesn't even have a girl worth showing off."
"Wu Niang, tell me, why is it you?"
Cui Yao bowed again, then said, "Since it is the Cui family who is marrying off a daughter to the King of Northern Yan, we naturally cannot marry a concubine's daughter. This will prevent others from saying that we, the Cui family, are too self-righteous and don't even take the King of Northern Yan seriously, and that we want to marry a concubine's daughter and become the queen."
"Among the Cui family, the fourth sister, myself, and the sixth sister are the most distinguished. The fourth sister cannot leave the madam, so I dare not trouble her. I am older than the sixth sister, and there is a hierarchy of seniority. This is my responsibility."
"I was born and raised in the Cui family. My life will be with the Cui family through life and death, honor and disgrace. Since this is for the Cui family's great cause, Wu Niang, I will definitely do it without hesitation."
Cui Yao's statement was both emotional and reasonable. Although she was not as good as Cui Yun, the legitimate daughter of the head of the family, she was still the legitimate daughter of the Cui family. Her temperament and talents were also outstanding enough. She was indeed an extremely suitable candidate.
After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement except Cui Wu and Cui Mei, who looked pale and uncomfortable.
But Mrs. Cui still felt unsatisfied.
Her favorite was not Cui Yao, but Cui Si.
Among the two branches of the Cui family except the eldest branch, Cui Si's branch focuses on education and learning. The children in the family are indifferent to fame and fortune. They only focus on reading and teaching, and are not interested in power and money.
Cui Yao's family is different. They are in charge of the family business. As the Cui family has become more and more prosperous in recent years and the business has grown bigger and bigger, they have become a little arrogant and want to compete with the eldest branch.
Mrs. Cui did not want her concubines and illegitimate daughters to gain power and put herself in trouble, nor did she want the Cui Yao family to rise and suppress the eldest family.
Therefore, in Mrs. Cui's eyes, Cui Si was naturally more to her liking than Cui Yao.
Mrs. Cui turned her gaze to Cui Si, only to see her kneeling behind a table, holding a jade cup carved with a lotus in her hand, looking with her eyes down, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Sixth Mother." Mrs. Cui called her.
Cui Si came back to her senses, put down the jade cup, and asked her, "Madam, what advice do you have?"
Mrs. Cui asked her, "What do you think about this?"
"Madam asked for Liu Niang's opinion?" Cui Si was stunned for a moment, and her past with Yan Xingchuan flashed through her mind.
When they are in love, they say that the couple are of one mind and one heart, and promise to grow old together with her.
When she accompanied him everywhere, he felt guilty about her and promised to live up to her in his life.
But after he ascended the throne, he threw her aside and made his cousin the queen. He even promised his cousin before her death that there would be no queen in his life.
Not only was she laughed at by others, but she was also betrayed by him, and she couldn't get over it for many years.
She was the Queen of Northern Yan and the Queen Mother throughout her life, but she was never his Queen. In the coffin in the imperial mausoleum, he and his Queen were buried together for eternity. After her death, she only wanted to find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, far away from him.
We don't have to meet again after death.
Now that I have started my life over again, there is no need to continue any past relationships.
"Since Fifth Sister is interested, Sixth Lady will naturally agree to it."
In her previous life, the man Cui Yao married was not a good one. He looked like a gentleman, but in fact he was greedy for money and lustful. After getting married, he brought one beautiful concubine after another into the house. Later, when he got angry, he even beat people.
Cui Yao was too proud to divorce, and the two had been quarreling and fighting for most of their lives. Cui Yao's personality became increasingly sharp and violent, and he disliked everyone.
Later, during a quarrel between the couple, she was accidentally beaten to death by her husband.
When Cui Si, who was already the queen mother at that time, heard about this, she was also very angry. Although the evil man was punished, Cui Yao could not come back.
In comparison, even if Yan Xingchuan finally made someone else his queen, it would still be much better than her original marriage.
"What did you say?" Mrs. Cui was stunned.
Cui Yao also looked over with disbelief, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.
Cui Si lowered her eyes, glanced at the plate of snacks on the table, and said calmly, "To be honest, Liu Niang is not very willing to leave Xianyang. Grandmother was ill not long ago, and she is not in good health now. Liu Niang wants to be filial to her by her side."
"If no one had married the King of Northern Yan, Liu Niang would have died for her. But since Fifth Sister is willing to marry him, Liu Niang is relieved and extremely grateful for her sacrifices for the Cui family."
"Here, I just hope that Fifth Sister will have a smooth journey and everything goes well."
Madam Cui almost choked. She couldn't help but remind him, "Sixth Lady, this is a serious matter. You must think it through carefully. You're going to marry into the royal family to become a princess. When the King of Northern Yan unifies the country, you'll be the queen who rules the country."
The queen who is the mother of the country!
You're not moved at all?!
Cui Si shook her head. "Thank you, Madam, for reminding me. Liu Niang has thought it through very clearly these days. She wants to stay with her grandmother and fulfill her filial duties for the rest of her life."
Cui Si's biological mother passed away when she was seven years old, and she grew up with her grandmother, Mrs. Xu.
Old Mrs. Xu loved her the most and secretly left all the good things for her.
Two years ago, Old Mrs. Xu fell ill and her health was not as good as before. In her previous life, in the second year after she got married, her uncle was killed by robbers while he was out. Old Mrs. Xu could not bear the blow and passed away.
In this life, Cui Si only wanted to stay in Xianyang, firstly to live a peaceful and stable life away from Yan Xingchuan, and secondly to stay with the old lady. If it could help her uncle escape the disaster, that would be the best. If that was not possible, she would also stay with the old lady.
Cui Si felt heartbroken when she thought of her uncle, who was only a few years older than her and often took her out to play when she was a child.
"Madam, there's no need to persuade me any further. Ah Si has made up her mind and will not change it."
Mrs. Cui felt that Cui Si was a little ungrateful, but since the other party had already said this, it would be a bit too much for her to persuade her any further.
After thinking about it carefully, she felt that marrying Cui Yao was better than marrying the two concubines' daughters in the family, so she had to accept it reluctantly and plan for it slowly in the future.
So she said, "Well, in that case, I'll leave this matter to—"
"Wait! Wait!"
Before Mrs. Cui finished her words, a shout suddenly came from outside the pavilion. Then, a woman ran quickly from the garden and rushed into the pavilion.
She was wearing a lilac dress with a cross collar and wide sleeves. She was slender and thin. Perhaps because she ran so fast, there was an abnormal blush on her pale and weak face.
When he ran, his body swayed, as if he was a lilac swaying in the wind, about to fall.
Seeing who it was, Madam Cui was stunned: "Ah'an, what are you doing here?"
The person who came was none other than Mrs. Cui's biological daughter, Cui Si Niang Cui Yun.
"Mother!" Cui Yun was overjoyed when she saw Madam Cui. She quickly stepped forward, knelt down in front of Madam Cui, and grabbed her clothes.
"Mother, A'an, A'an wants to marry the King of Northern Yan. Please grant us your blessing!"
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