The couple walked away with gloomy faces. Mrs. Pei poked Li Qingluo on the head and said helplessly, "You! Luo'er, they're willing to lower their dignity and try to coax you now. Are you really unwilling to get along with them?"
Li Qingluo: "Grandma, if Grandpa had been kind enough to comfort you, would you be willing to go home?"
Madam Pei tsk-tsks, "Does he deserve it? I've seen through him a long time ago. He's a selfish, treacherous bastard! But your father and mother... Oh! Never mind. Why should I say anything to you? Nothing can be forced."
Li Qingluo smiled and walked forward to hold Madam Pei's arm.
"Grandma, they're singing just for you. I don't believe they have any true feelings for me. Just wait and see."
Here, Li Chaojing and Qu Shi came to a fork in the road. He said in annoyance, "Look at the beautiful daughter you gave birth to! Humph!"
Then he turned directly to Liu Mian'er's yard, and seemed not to want to say another word to Qu.
Qu pinched her palms until the skin was broken and bleeding, and her face was pale and miserable.
"Now, he and I are so disgusted with each other? Ha, ha ha..."
Nanny Chang distressedly advised Qu: "Madam, please look at it more openly. You, you can't stop the master now... Alas!"
Qu wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"He'll come back to me."
"Mammy, has there been another letter from my mother?"
Nanny Chang looked around with a vigilant look on her face: "Yes, I'll give it to you when we return to Chunzaitang."
Spring is in the hall.
Nanny Chang took out the letter and handed it to Qu, who quickly opened it and read it several times.
"My mother... wants Luo'er to marry Xun'er!"
Nanny Chang was surprised: "It's the eldest wife's second son, Silangxun!? Madam, this is a great marriage!"
Qu sighed.
"Yes, it is indeed a good match."
"Although Xun'er is the second son, he has always been better at school than Dalang. He is also well-proportioned, except for being a little short. Apart from that, his character is impeccable."
"She's polite and funny, friendly and considerate, and her room is spotless. I heard she doesn't even have a maid."
"And I heard that Xun'er will be taking part in the Spring Imperial Examination in the spring. If he passes, I'm afraid there will be even more people trying to propose to him. If we can arrange a marriage before he takes the exam, wouldn't Luo'er be getting a good deal?"
Nanny Chang became excited: "Big Miss, this is a good thing!"
Mrs. Qu sighed, "Xun'er is indeed an excellent young man, and since my uncle is now the Minister of Revenue, he is a perfect match for the General's Mansion."
"Given the current situation of our General's Mansion, if Xun Ge'er passes the imperial examination in the future, Luo'er will be considered to be marrying into a wealthy family."
Nanny Chang: "Madam, what are you worried about with such a good marriage? Are you worried that the old lady won't agree?"
Now, the marriage of the eldest daughter of the general's mansion cannot be interfered with by the biological parents, the lady and the master. So even if Qu has the intention, she must first follow the old lady's nod of consent.
Mrs. Qu: "I'm curious... why would their eldest wife agree to arrange this marriage for Xun'er and Luo'er?"
"Luo'er didn't grow up in Jinling, and she never accompanied me back to my mother's home. Even the eldest wife has never seen Luo'er."
"Our General's Mansion's reputation isn't great these days, and even the Marquis of Zhongyi's Mansion no longer mentions a marriage between our two families... Why would they agree? I originally thought Mother would talk about my brother's illegitimate son, Silang. I wasn't happy about it either. After all, Luo'er is my biological son, and I knew Mother-in-law wouldn't agree..."
"But I never thought it would be Xun'er from their eldest wife's house! I always felt that their eldest wife would have some strange plans..."
Nanny Chang: "Madam, please don't overthink it. Perhaps, although our General's Mansion has declined a bit, they value the eldest daughter more because she is now being personally raised by the old lady."
"Besides, we haven't even mentioned the marriage with the Zhongyi Marquis's Mansion yet. If the Qu family takes the initiative, and since he's the second son of the Minister of Revenue, the old lady might not necessarily refuse."
Mrs. Qu nodded: "Perhaps I am overthinking it. If this marriage can be completed, the master will definitely value the three of us mother and son again..."
"Hey, he wouldn't be so impatient with Luo'er all day long."
"Madam Chang, tell me, what evil has come to me?"
"Actually, deep down in my heart... I still can't help but think of Zhu'er sometimes. Even though she lied to us, she was really sweet to me in the past..."
Nanny Chang persuaded Qu for a long time.
Then they talked about the night banquet in the palace on the fifth day of the first lunar month, and everyone from the eldest branch of the Qu family had to go to the palace.
So she asked Qu to dress up Li Qingluo nicely that day so that the old lady, the wife and Xun'er from the main house could see Luo'er.
In this way, the eldest branch of the Qu family will have some peace of mind, and it depends on whether they can look down on her.
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