Chapter 69 Could it be that she only said she had a father but not a mother?
Since that day, Cui Si really never received any more letters from Yan Xingchuan.
She took a deep breath and put the matter behind her, and started to busy herself with Cui Hao's things.
Cui Si and Cui Hao did not dare to trouble Old Lady Xu, and Mr. Cui Er and Cui Changyou were busy with the affairs of the academy. So, after thinking about it, Cui Si went to ask Song Rou if she was willing to come forward.
Although Song Rou couldn't stand up and would be just a decoration if she went there, it would be easier to talk if there was an elder present.
Song Rou looked embarrassed, her face flushed with shyness: "A'si, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I've been feeling unwell these past two days. I'm afraid I'm pregnant, so I really can't work hard..."
Cui Si was stunned: "You are pregnant again?"
"Maybe..." Song Rou mumbled, her face full of shy anticipation and a little trepidation. "It seems to me that it's the same as when I was pregnant with Jiulang, except that the time is a little shorter."
Jiulang, the son of Mr. Cui Er and Song Rou, is Cui Xian, the four-year-old legitimate son of the Cui family.
Cui Si clenched the handle of the silk fan with her fingers, feeling a little confused.
She remembered that in her previous life, Song Rou only gave birth to one son, Cui Xian, and she never got pregnant again. Why is this the case now?
Is it because the situation in this life is different and she is really pregnant, or is it because she is not pregnant and it is just a false alarm?
But since Song Rou had said so, Cui Si didn't intend to trouble her any more: "In that case, I'll just go by myself."
Since the plan failed, Cui Si did not stay long. She asked someone to invite Cui Ping, a concubine's son of Mr. Cui Er, to accompany her to the clan.
When Cui Si's mother was alive, she took two concubines for Mr. Cui Er, and gave birth to two sons and a daughter.
According to the rules of the Cui family, the eldest, second and third branches of the Cui family are the legitimate children. The legitimate children of the third branch are all ranked uniformly, while the illegitimate children are not ranked. Even when meeting brothers and sisters with the same father, they can only call them cousins.
This is still a relatively close relationship. If they are not close, they should be even more humble and should be respectfully addressed as "husband" or "wife".
Cui Ping was also at home taking care of household affairs. When he heard that Cui Si was looking for him, he hurried over.
He is one year younger than Cui Yi, seventeen years old this year, and looks a bit like his mother, with a round face. He looks like an honest and hardworking man.
At this time, he was wearing a royal blue round-necked long gown and a hairband of the same color. He looked so plain that he didn't look like the son of the Cui family, but more like a butler.
"It's rare for my cousin to come to see me. What's the matter?"
Cui Ping has always followed Cui Jing's lead since he was a child and has been close to them.
A few years ago, Cui Jing had planned to adopt him under the name of Cui Wuye.
But Mr. Cui Wu’s marriage was a mess, and there was also Cui Hao, who was neither legitimate nor illegitimate, so it was always delayed.
But he was nice to Cui Hao.
It was for this reason that Cui Si dared to ask him for help.
Cui Si invited him to sit down and drink tea, and then said, "It's about Ah Hao, I think you know it too."
Cui Ping took a sip of tea and said, "I've been busy with this matter these days. Since we're getting engaged, it's time to arrange Ah Hao's dowry. We need to divide up any of the things that Fifth Master left behind that can be used as her dowry."
"Next, although we don't know when General Shen will come to propose marriage, we have to start arranging the fine wine and delicious food to entertain the guests."
Cui Si said, "Thank you for your hard work. After we recover all the places in Pingzhou, General Shen should be here soon."
Cui Si also told Cui Ping about Cui Hao's wish to take his mother into the Cui family and bury her with his father.
Cui Ping was surprised for a moment, a little envious, but also sincerely wished Cui well:
"Then I wish her success."
The two of them went over the details, then sent someone to call Cui Hao, and then went to the clan's ancestral hall together to find Master Cui Si, who was in charge of the clan's affairs.
When Mr. Cui Si saw them coming, he wanted to hide, but he didn't dare to.
Well, it's really embarrassing to run away.
"It's not that we don't agree to this, it's just that there are differences between the high and the low. Do you understand?"
"She's a woman of commoner origin. If we bring her back and place her tablet in the Cui family ancestral hall for our descendants to worship, the people in the clan won't be happy!"
What is an aristocratic family?
They are a famous and prestigious family with generations of officials, a prominent family in the world.
In the Zhou Dynasty, officials were appointed based on their "aristocratic family background" and "recommendation", which basically cut off the chances of the lower-class people to rise to prominence.
Therefore, as time goes by, the nobles become more and more noble, and there are many families with generations of nobles.
They boast of their noble family background and are vastly different from ordinary people. There is an insurmountable chasm between them.
Cui Hao's mother was just a fisherman's daughter, a commoner, and was considered "mud" in the eyes of the children of wealthy families.
They refused to let her enter the Cui family's gate back then, and now they are even more unwilling to take her tablet back for the Cui family's descendants to worship.
It is not easy to make people welcome someone in willingly and kneel down to worship and offer sacrifices in the future.
Therefore, this time Cui Hao's engagement is a great opportunity. If he misses it, it will be difficult to succeed in the future.
Cui Si and Cui Changyou discussed it over and decided to ask Mrs. Xu for help, risking anger, hoping to get her approval.
Cui Si said, "Fourth Uncle, you should also know that Ah Hao is no longer the same as she was before. She needs a legitimate identity to be worthy of a husband like General Shen."
"If General Shen were to come and propose marriage, and then find out that his fiancée is just a concubine of the Cui family, I'm afraid he would feel that my Cui family is humiliating him."
Fourth Master Cui said, "Isn't the clan already arranging for her to be ranked in the family tree? Then she will be the legitimate daughter!"
Cui Si said: "But she is not a legitimate daughter!"
"If someone asks Cui Ahao about your father's mother, will she only say there is a father but not a mother, or will she say that my mother never married my father?"
When Mr. Cui Si saw her like this, he knew that she would not give up unless she gave him a definite answer. It was really a headache.
"Please sit down and talk first." Mr. Cui Si pressed his brows and asked someone to bring some tea. He said earnestly,
"Sixth Mother, it's not that Fourth Uncle doesn't give you face, or give face to the King of Northern Yan and General Shen. It's just that this matter is inappropriate, it really is inappropriate."
"Although many years have passed since your fifth uncle's incident, I think you know something about the details."
"The clan didn't agree with this marriage, so he married someone outside by praying to heaven and earth. If everyone was like him, who would listen to the clan's words?"
"Sixth Mother, you're really putting your fourth uncle in a difficult position. I'm only listing Ah Hao in the family tree out of consideration for General Shen."
"It's this matter. When your fifth uncle was alive, he told the clan about it many times, but it never came to fruition!"
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