Chapter 227 I want the power to manage the household, otherwise I won’t give birth!
Speaking of Chen Sui, Chen Mo looked disgusted: "Master, don't mention him. He and I will no longer be brothers in the future. Come, have a drink."
Chen Mo didn't want to talk about it any further, and Yan Xingchuan didn't ask any more questions, because it was just a matter between brothers after all.
But after drinking for a while, Chen Mo began to sigh again: "I thought I could drink in the master's wedding wine this time, but the master is not up to the task, alas!"
He sighed and looked worried, and with that childish face that hadn't yet grown up, Yan Xingchuan felt like throwing him out.
"Instead of worrying about me, you might as well think about yourself. When are you going to Xianyang City to propose marriage?"
Speaking of this, Shen Mo still felt a little awkward: "I'll go after the situation stabilizes."
"The situation is stable, but when will it be considered stable? In the past, they talked about taking Chongshan Pass, and later they wanted to take Yunzhou and Laizhou. Now, the matter of Miaozhou is right in front of us. After we take Miaozhou, who knows what else might happen."
"After the affairs in Miaozhou are settled, you can go. The betrothal gifts are ready for you. They are in Pingshan Residence in Pingzhou City."
Chen Mo had no choice but to agree. He was not very resistant to this marriage, but he felt a little awkward. However, seeing that Yan Xingchuan had gone through so much trouble but failed to marry her, he felt a little worried.
Forget it, let’s settle the marriage first.
It’s okay to marry a crybaby, as long as she doesn’t bother you all the time.
The two of them drank until almost midnight, and then went to rest.
Yan Xingchuan learned about the situation in Miaozhou for a few days, discussed it with Shangguan Tong, and then summoned civil and military officials to discuss the matter. Finally, he decided to reorganize the army and send troops to Miaozhou in the spring of next year.
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More than ten days passed in a flash, and it was December 25th. On this day, Cui Si was packing up to return to the Cui family for the New Year, but she heard someone come to tell her that Song Rou was about to give birth.
Cui Si was startled: "What's going on?"
Song Rou was actually due to give birth in mid-January. If the child was born earlier, it wouldn't be considered premature before the New Year. How could she be born early for no reason?
"Mrs. Jin was too ill to get up. After Second Master returned last night, he went to visit her. This morning, Madam found out and said, 'Second Master is in a tizzy and has a miscarriage. She's about to give birth.'"
Jin Xiaoniang is Cui Ping's biological mother.
Mr. Cui was not a man who loved beautiful women. When Yan was alive, he only took two concubines for him, one named Jin Xiaoniang and the other named Kang Xiaoniang. Jin Xiaoniang gave birth to Cui Ping, and Kang Xiaoniang gave birth to Cui Quan and Cui Qiao.
"Why is Miss Jin sick?"
"I don't know about this."
Cui Si didn't bother to ask more questions. She asked someone to help her pack her things and send them back to the Cui family. Then she returned to the Cui family with her maid and guards and went to Qinse Garden where Mr. Cui and Song Rou lived.
As soon as she stepped into the yard, she heard Song Rou's sharp voice in the house.
"I won't give birth! I won't give birth! Drive her out, drive them all out!"
“Second Master, didn’t you say that you only loved me? Why did you keep them and let them go?”
"I am the wife of the second branch of the Cui family, mother. I don't want anything else, I just want the power to manage the household. Otherwise, I won't give birth!"
Cui Si's foot slipped and she would have fallen if Song Lu had not been quick to catch her.
What she was thinking at the time was - is Song Rou crazy?
She actually caused trouble during childbirth. Is she trying to save herself and her child?!
Mrs. Song was also in the room, and she was fanning the flames: "Arou is the Second Master's wife, the legitimate wife of the Cui family's second branch. You are holding on to the housekeeper power and not giving it to her. Where do you put Arou?"
"Today, you must give Ah Rou an explanation. Otherwise, how can Ah Rou feel at ease giving birth to a child?"
Song Rou was more concerned about the two concubines and shouted again: "Kick them out, kick them out!"
Old Madam Xu was almost mad to death. She turned around and angrily scolded Mr. Cui: "Look at you, you are the good wife you married! You left out so many virtuous ladies, but you chose to marry this one."
"You don't want to have a child, right? It's up to you whether you want to have one or not. There's no reason for our Cui family to be threatened by anyone!"
We must not set this precedent. If we do, people will use having children to demand this and that in the future. That would be disastrous.
"And you, Liang, you're really a good person. You didn't teach your daughter anything good, but instead taught her to make trouble during childbirth. You don't want her life, do you?"
When Cui Si walked in with Yanzhi Songlu, she saw Old Lady Xu sitting in the main seat in the hall, banging the ground with her cane and getting angry.
Mr. Cui was scolded so much that he dared not say a word, but he frequently looked towards the dormitory with a look of worry and anxiety on his face.
Mrs. Song stood in the room, looking fearless. "Look at what my in-laws said. How could this be what I taught Ah Rou? Ah Rou has been married into the Cui family for many years, but the Cui family has not given her the right to manage the household. Is it possible that this should not be given to her?"
"Old lady, ask yourself, if it were you, would you have no complaints in your heart?"
"What's there to complain about? Since there are elders in the family, it's natural for them to be in charge. I'm not even dead yet, and she wants the power to manage the household? What, does she think I'm dead?" Old Mrs. Xu insisted that she was unwilling to hand over the power and wanted to manage the household herself.
If the housekeeper power is really handed over to Song Rou, Song Rou herself does not understand it. In addition, the Song family is like a hole there, so Mrs. Song will have no choice but to send things from the Cui family to the Song family.
The Cui family is not stupid, nor are they philanthropists.
"If that's the case, when Madam Song marries her daughter-in-law, will she hand over the housekeeping power to her daughter-in-law and let her be the one to manage the household?"
"When Yuan Rong was here, she was also the housekeeper of the Cui family."
"That's because..."
Before Old Lady Xu could finish her words, Cui Si coughed and interrupted her. She bowed and said, "Grandmother, my father is the head of the Cui family now. It would be better to let him make the decision."
Cui Si understood what Old Lady Xu was thinking. She also didn't like being a housekeeper. She was already an old lady, and her grandchildren had grown up and were about to start their own families. How could she have the energy to take care of these things? It was much more comfortable to be an old lady who didn't care about anything.
It's Song Rou's own fault that she is incompetent and can't support the family. Old Mrs. Xu doesn't want to leave a mess to Cui Jing in the future, so she has to take care of the family and hand it over to her granddaughter-in-law in the future.
But Cui Si didn't want Old Lady Xu to take the blame on her at this time. She didn't agree now. If Song Rou insisted on not having a child, no matter what happened to Song Rou or the child, she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.
Since Mr. Cui insisted on marrying her, let him do it himself.
If he doesn't give it to her, Song Rou will continue to make trouble and he will be responsible for any trouble. If he gives it to her, and the family is in turmoil in the future, it will also be his responsibility.
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