The Su family, Madam Su is not a simple person, and Aunt Qing also agrees with Madam Su. The two of them acted like that on purpose, just to annoy Su Qiuya.
Mrs. Su knew what kind of person her husband was. He was a businessman, a businessman who had to make others feel that he understood the rules and had principles. So it was impossible for Mr. Su to take Su Qiuya's mother's dowry. It was impossible for Mr. Su not to prepare those things for Su Qiuya.
If Madam Su does those things first, then Mr. Su will not say anything to Madam Su.
"If you need anything, just let me know." Madam Su looked at Su Qiuya again. "You probably didn't make many clothes when you were in the northwest, and you didn't bring that many clothes with you. This time, just make a few more clothes. It's cold, so you won't be freezing."
"Then make a few more." Su Qiuya said. After all, it was the Su family's money being spent, not Mrs. Su's money.
Su Qiuya knew that Madam Su would not take out too much private money, so Madam Su would only use public funds.
"What style do you like? Tell them, they'll know how to make it." Madam Su said with a smile, "We're at home, no need to be so polite."
"You're welcome." Su Qiuya gritted her teeth. She absolutely could not be polite to these people.
Su Qiuya just felt aggrieved. She hadn't found any handle on Madam Su in this period of time, and she was always one step ahead of Madam Su.
Mrs. Su left with a smile, and she was still smiling when she left Su Qiuya's yard.
"Madam," the maid said, "The eldest lady doesn't look well."
"If she's not feeling well, call a doctor for her." Madam Su didn't say anything bad about Su Qiuya. "Where's the second young lady?"
"Maybe he is reading in the yard." said the maid.
"Let's go and take a look." Mrs. Su said.
Mrs. Su's daughter didn't have such a good temper. Miss Su Er was two years younger than Su Qiuya. Basically, Mrs. Su became pregnant a little over a year after Master Su's first wife passed away.
Madam Su had wanted her daughter to marry Liu Yanbo before because she thought that Liu Yanbo was the second son of the Marquisate, and if Liu Yanbo studied more, his future would be limitless.
But when the Jingning Marquis Mansion was in turmoil, Madam Su had a premonition that the Jingning Marquis Mansion might collapse, so she did not think of letting her biological daughter marry into the Jingning Marquis Mansion.
This time, Miss Su Er also met Liu Yanbo. Miss Su Er thought Liu Yanbo was quite good. Perhaps because Liu Yanbo did not pass the imperial examination, or because Liu Yanbo's relationship with the Marquis's family was severed, Liu Yanbo did not seem as powerful as he was in the original novel, so Miss Su Er did not have any further thoughts about him.
In the original novel, Liu Yanbo passed the imperial examination and after arriving in the capital, he started socializing with some people, which made the Second House prosperous. In addition, Liu Yanbo treated Su Qiuya wholeheartedly, which made the Second Lady Su think that Liu Yanbo was very good and even thought that he should be her husband.
Now that Liu Yanbo and Su Qiuya are not living so well, Miss Su Er no longer has such thoughts.
"You'll be getting married soon," Madam Su said. "You'll have a good life once you marry. Your husband isn't bad either; he's a scholar, the son of a minor official, and we haven't broken off our relationship, which is pretty good."
When Madam Su was choosing a marriage for her daughter, she paid special attention. It wasn't that she didn't want her daughter to marry into a wealthy family, but those people simply couldn't think that their daughter was that good. They only thought that the Su family girl brought a large dowry, and they used the Su family girl more than they loved her.
Under such circumstances, how could Mrs. Su let her daughter marry into a wealthy family? If her daughter married into a wealthy family, she would either become a concubine to the legitimate son or marry a bastard. Mrs. Su originally wanted her daughter to marry Liu Yanbo, but that didn't work out, so she stopped thinking about it.
Who is Liu Yanbo? He is a blind man who even went to the extent of breaking off relations with his father. It is obvious that Liu Yanbo is not a good person.
"Yes." Miss Su Er thought that what Madam Su said made sense. At least her future husband had not severed ties with his family.
Miss Su Er also felt that Su Qiuya's husband Liu Yanbo was a scholar, and her future husband was also a scholar, and her future husband's family was an official family, which was better than Su Qiuya.
If Su Qiuya's husband had not severed his relationship with the eldest branch of the Liu family, perhaps Miss Su would have envied Su Qiuya a little.
The fact is that Liu Yanbo and the Jingning Marquis's family have severed their relationship, which makes Second Miss Su feel much more at ease. Su Qiuya can't possibly live better than her. Su Qiuya still has to work hard to open a shop and make money to support her family.
That Liu Yanbo is like a pretty boy, and Miss Su Er thinks that after she gets married, she won’t have to worry about making a living.
"How long will they stay at home?" asked Miss Su Er.
"Why do you care how long they stay? They're in that courtyard anyway," Mrs. Su said. "They don't dare to harass you. If they really say something bad about you, just go and cry in front of your father."
"Yes." Miss Su nodded.
On this day, Aunt Qing and Su Qiuya went to see Mrs. Mei, the second young master. They had been in the capital for several days. After so many days, they came to see Mrs. Mei, the second young master.
"Why are you here so late?" Mrs. Mei felt that they were too late. Couldn't they have come earlier? They had been in the capital for so many days, and they only remembered her now. This made her feel embarrassed. She felt that they didn't care about her at all.
"After coming to the capital, we have to clean up." Su Qiuya didn't like the tone of the second young master Mei's wife. After they came to the capital, they had no place to live, so they went to the Su family and had some trouble there.
They don't have so much time to visit Mrs. Mei, so they come here now that they are free.
Su Qiuya knew that Mrs. Mei, the second young master, had a lot of troubles. Mrs. Mei had previously written in a letter about how bad the Mei family was.
Mrs. Mei looked Su Qiuya up and down. She had also met Su Qiuya before the Jingning Marquis's Mansion was raided. Mrs. Mei felt that Su Qiuya was not worthy of her brother, and that her brother should not marry a woman who was full of the smell of money.
Mrs. Mei believed that Su Qiuya had something to do with her younger brother's estrangement from the first wife's family. Previously, the second wife's family and the first wife's family had not severed their ties, so why did so many things happen after Su Qiuya married in? Su Qiuya was a jinx.
"Mother." Madam Mei Ershao turned to look at Aunt Qing, "You don't know how hard my life has been these days."
The second young master Mei's wife was complaining about her suffering, saying that the second young master Mei had married a concubine before, how well Jiang lived in the Mei family, and how she was despised by the Mei family.
The Mei family members are not good people, so Mrs. Mei, the second young master, feels that her life is miserable.
"I feel sorry for you." Aunt Qing said.
Qing Yi Niang's words didn't mean she wanted her daughter to divorce. She believed that after her daughter divorced, it would be difficult for her to marry someone as high-ranking as the Second Young Master Mei, and her daughter would only marry someone worse.
Especially since everyone in the capital knew that the eldest branch of the Liu family had severed its relationship with Liu Yanbo, if the eldest branch of the Liu family did not restore its title, then when Liu Yanbo returned to the capital, others would not think highly of the eldest branch. They would only think of the second branch's ability, and how it was able to earn money and return to the capital in such a short time after being exiled.
There is a world of difference between the two!
Aunt Qing's eyes were red, she thought her daughter was having a hard life.
Women are like this. If they don't marry well, their lives can easily be ruined.
"You still have to have a child as soon as possible." Aunt Qing said, "If you get pregnant and give birth to a son, they won't dare to make things difficult for you. If you give birth to a son, you will be a hero."
After Su Qiuya heard what Aunt Qing said, she felt uncomfortable. If a woman can only live a good life by giving birth to a son, then what if the man's other concubines also give birth to sons? Will the man treat those concubines well?
The status a woman obtains by relying on her son seems stable, but in fact it also hides a crisis, because a woman has nothing except her son.
"Second sister, haven't you ever thought about divorce?" Su Qiuya asked.
Su Qiuya believed that since the Mei family had insulted Mrs. Mei, she should have chosen to divorce. If Mrs. Mei did not choose to divorce, but chose to stay in the Mei family, then the Mei family must think that Mrs. Mei was easy to bully, and they would continue to bully her.
"What do you mean by divorce?" Madam Mei Ershao looked at Su Qiuya, "You asked me to divorce as soon as you came. What do you mean?"
Mrs. Mei, the second young master, had never thought about divorcing her husband. Jiang had already gone to the farm, so why should she divorce the second young master Mei?
"After the divorce, where should I go?" Mrs. Mei asked again, "Can I go to the Marquis' Mansion?"
Mrs. Mei Ershao was skeptical about this question. If she only followed her brother Liu Yanbo and could not return to the Marquis' Mansion, then what was the point of her divorce? What kind of person could she find?
Given the attitude of the Jingning Marquisate towards her, Mrs. Mei Ershao believed that she would most likely not be able to return to the Marquisate.
"I'm afraid not." Su Qiuya thought that they asked Madam Mei, the second young master, to divorce. If Madam Mei, the second young master, still went to the Marquis' Mansion, then the Marquis' Mansion would be unlikely to accept Madam Mei, the second young master.
If the Marquis' Mansion accepts the wife of the Second Young Master Mei, will Concubine Qing take any other actions?
Su Qiuya thought that if she were from the Jingning Marquis' Mansion, she would definitely not let the second young master Mei's wife go back.
"Then what did you say!" Mrs. Mei glared at Su Qiuya, "You haven't done anything good since you came to this family."
"Just say less." Aunt Qing said to Su Qiuya, "It's not that you're getting divorced, but don't you feel any pain in your back when you're standing and talking?"
Qing Yi Niang felt that Su Qiuya was a bit too much. How could a younger brother or sister ask her elder sister to divorce? Qing Yi Niang did not think that Mrs. Mei Er Shao should divorce. If Mrs. Mei Er Shao divorced, then their life would not be so easy.
Mrs. Mei Ershao's dowry is not much left. When Mrs. Mei Ershao divorces, do they have to buy her a dowry and let her marry again?
It would be fine if it were just to prepare the dowry, but the key is what kind of person Mrs. Mei can marry.
Su Qiuya saw that these people had no intention of getting Madam Mei to divorce, but just wanted her to stay. She was too lazy to say anything. It would depend on how the Mei family treated Madam Mei in the future. Madam Mei had better not tell them how hard her life was.
"I won't say anything more." Su Qiuya said, letting them do whatever they want.
Then, Mrs. Mei Ershao continued to tell Aunt Qing about her suffering.
Qing Yi Niang was originally a concubine, so how could she have the right to say anything about Madam Mei. But she still ran to Madam Mei, and there was no way Madam Mei would give Qing Yi Niang face.
"What in-laws are you talking about? You're just a concubine." Madam Mei didn't give Aunt Qing any face.
If Concubine Qing was still in the Marquis' Mansion, Madam Mei would still give Concubine Qing face.
"You..." Aunt Qing didn't expect Madam Mei to say that.
"But the second young master's wife was indeed born from your belly. If she was born from the marquis's wife's belly, I would be more relieved. Unfortunately, it's not the case." Madam Mei felt that the wife of the second young master Mei was not as good as the wife of the eldest young master Qin, not to mention compared with Princess Rongning.
Mrs. Mei's relationship with her family wasn't that good, so they didn't get any benefits from letting her in. Mrs. Mei was useless, she had a bad temper, and she wasn't good for her husband.
If it weren't for the fact that Madam Mei the Second Young Master was a concubine's daughter in the Marquis's Mansion, how could they have continued to keep Madam Mei the Second Young Master?
Mrs. Mei believed that the wife of the Second Young Master Mei was capable of making trouble, and she was probably carrying on this trait from Concubine Qing.
Su Qiuya was not surprised to see this scene. Qing Yi Niang was indeed a concubine, and Liu Yanbo was not that capable. Qing Yi Niang could not rely on her son to gain status.
Since ancient times, even if a concubine's son became a high-ranking official, that son could not arbitrarily ask for an imperial decree for his concubine's biological mother.
"You, a concubine, have no manners, and the daughter you taught has no manners either," Madam Mei said. "You yourself are a concubine, so why don't you allow my son to have a concubine?"
"No one stopped me." Aunt Qing's face looked unhappy.
Su Qiuya pulled Qing Yi Niang, who was a concubine and it was difficult for her to gain an advantage. Their family had also severed ties with the Liu family's eldest branch, so the Mei family was even less afraid of them. Perhaps the Mei family still thought they were useless.
"Mom, let's go back first." Su Qiuya didn't want to say much. With Mrs. Mei's temper, she thought that Mrs. Mei would not suffer any harm.
The Marquis of Jingning's Mansion has not severed its relationship with the second young master's wife, Mei, so the second young master's wife can still make use of the relationship with the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion.
Su Qiuya thought that she and Liu Yanbo were the saddest. These people did not consider their own family's situation. Qing Yi Niang was pulled away by Su Qiuya. When Qing Yi Niang left the Mei family, Qing Yi Niang glared at Su Qiuya fiercely.
"What are you doing?" Aunt Qing asked, "Didn't you see I was asking them for an explanation?"
"What they said is right." Su Qiuya said.
"I am a concubine, yes, I am a concubine. But I am also the biological mother of their daughter-in-law!" Aunt Qing emphasized.
"So what? People don't care about this at all." Su Qiuya said, "Which concubine would go to her daughter's in-laws' house to ask for in-laws?"
Su Qiuya didn't think this was a simple matter. If they continued to stay, they would be asking for humiliation.
To put it nicely, Qing Yi Niang was there to make a decision for her daughter. To put it bluntly, Qing Yi Niang, a concubine, was going there to ask for an explanation, which was also an insult to others. So the Mei family naturally ignored Qing Yi Niang. The people in Jingning Marquis's mansion were still there, so how could Qing Yi Niang, a concubine, have the right to say such things?
"Why, do you despise me because I'm a concubine and you're the principal wife?" Aunt Qing was unhappy. "Even if I'm a concubine, I'm still your husband's biological mother."
"Yes, I'm honoring you, aren't I?" Su Qiuya said, "Go back first."
Su Qiuya didn't want to quarrel with Aunt Qing in public, as that would make her a laughing stock.
When Liu's mother learned that Qing Yi Niang had gone to the Mei family, she had no intention of going there. No matter how the Second Young Master Mei's wife was doing, it was fine. The Second Young Master Mei's wife was not her biological daughter. Liu's mother thought she didn't owe this concubine anything. She had also chosen other marriages for this concubine, but the other party was unwilling.
Those people thought she would harm Madam Mei, but Liu's mother thought that was ridiculous. If Madam Mei was not doing well, then Madam Mei would always go back to her parents' home, which would give Liu's mother a headache.
Mother Liu still hoped that her concubines could live a more comfortable life and didn't want them to come here. Some time ago, the third daughter of the Xue Liu clan, who married into a branch of Mother Liu's family, brought her children to the Marquis of Jingning's mansion to pay her respects to Mother Liu.
Xue Liu lived a good life, and she also thought that the marriage her mother had found for her was a good one. She also had people to serve her there, and when the Liu family fell, her husband did not treat her badly.
She, a concubine's daughter, can live such a rich life. She is also someone's legal wife. What else can she be dissatisfied with?
Xue Liushi didn't care about others and didn't say how Mrs. Mei Ershao lived her life. The relationship between them was not that good.
Mother Liu told Princess Zhaoyang about the matter of the second young master Mei's wife, "You don't have to worry too much about the Mei family's affairs. Your sister doesn't feel ashamed."
If Mrs. Mei had any dignity, she should have chosen to divorce at this time.
Mrs. Mei Ershao refuses to divorce and is still making such a fuss. Who can be blamed for this?
"I don't care." Princess Zhaoyang didn't care about the Mei family's affairs. She didn't have a deep relationship with the second young master Mei's wife. "I'll go see Rongning later."
"She went to the research institute?" Liu's mother hadn't seen Liu Yulian since early morning.
Liu's mother didn't ask Liu Yulian to come and pay her respects every morning. Her daughter was going to do great things. Even if her daughter didn't do great things, Liu's mother couldn't bear to let her suffer. Paying respects early in the morning would be tiring.
"Probably not." Princess Zhaoyang said, "I heard she was watering the flowers in the yard."
"Maybe she's just run out of ideas." Mother Liu said with a smile, "When she's not trying to think of anything, she likes to water the flowers and go outside. She just wants to relax and see if she can come up with anything."
"Isn't this also good?" Princess Zhaoyang said, "It won't be so tiring."
On the other side, Liu Yulian was squatting in the corner of the yard. She saw ants in the corner. Are there still ants in such a cold day?
Aren't ants supposed to come out when the weather is warm? Or is it that the weather isn't cold enough lately? Or is it a different species of ant?
Liu Yulian reached out and poked the ant. Did the ant escape accidentally? Was it going to be frozen to death?
"Princess." When the maid saw Liu Yulian squatting there, she stepped forward and called out.
"Let's find a little orange cat." Liu Yulian turned to look at the maid, "Let's get a cat."
Liu Yulian felt that she might not be able to resist the temptation of cats. She made so much money and had people to serve her, so she still wanted to keep a cat. When she was bored, she could pet the cat instead of poking ants.
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