A few days later, Mrs. Meng came to Su Yiqing's room. After evacuating the servants, she whispered: "Fu'er, I just got the news that the Hu family and the Hong family are getting married. The third daughter of the Hu family, Hu Dongmei, is going to marry the second son of the Hong family, Hong Zhihao.

Did we guess wrong last time, it was not Miss Hu, but Miss Hu San?"

Miss Hu San, Hu Dongmei, Su Yiqing's shy and timid face flashed in front of Su Yiqing's eyes. It was not impossible. Past experience told her that people who look weak may not really be weak. The more unlikely people are, the more likely they are.

succeed.

Seeing that Su Yiqing didn't speak for a long time, Mrs. Meng became a little anxious and asked, "Fu'er, what should we do next?"

Su Yiqing smiled, picked up the clothes sent by the mothers on the table, looked at them, and said casually: "What did mother say? What does the marriage between the Hu and Hong families have to do with us? From my perspective, our family has nothing to do with theirs.

It doesn’t matter, but if they send a message to our family for their wedding banquet, our family will still have to attend the ceremony if they don’t attend."

Mrs. Meng was stunned for a moment, then realized, yes, what can they do about this matter? Is it possible that they are afraid that the two families will unite to deal with the Meng family after they become in-laws? Even if they have that intention, it is not the two of them.

What women can solve is that instead of worrying about the future, it is better to plan for the present.

After Fu'er got married, various interests were entangled, and there may be even more jealousies. To seek revenge one by one, it is better to be careful not to make mistakes on your own side.

After communicating, she glanced at the Yunxia brocade placed by Su Yiqing's hand, and smiled and said: "Fu'er is still thinking about what the wedding dress should look like. Do you want mother to give you some advice?"

"Thank you, mother. But I have decided to make this style." Su Yiqing picked up a style and showed it to Mrs. Meng.

After Mrs. Meng looked at it carefully, she praised it, "Fu'er has really good taste. This style is great, noble, generous and joyful."

It sounds noble, generous and joyful. In fact, this style is the simplest among several styles. It was rare for Mrs. Meng to praise it, so Su Yiqing just smiled and said nothing more.

Mrs. Meng also knew that Su Yiqing's embroidery skills were deficient, so she suggested: "If you use ordinary silk thread to sew this, it will affect the appearance. But if you use gold thread, it is too hard. Recently, a new kind of nephrite gold thread has appeared in the city. It feels good to the touch."

It’s the same as ordinary silk thread, but the color is bright and not dazzling, so it can be used with Yunxia brocade. I’ll ask the housekeeper to buy some later. Fuer, let’s see if it can be used together?”

"Thank you, mother." Su Yiqing said sincerely. Mrs. Meng's suggestion was a good one. Beautiful silk threads could make up for the shortcomings in embroidery. However, if the silk threads were too dazzling, she was a little worried that others would pay too much attention to the stitches. She had never noticed that she

The embroidery work is too rough. Anyway, let’s take a look first.

Seeing that Su Yiqing was not unhappy, Mrs. Meng immediately made a few more suggestions. After all, she was many years older, so her suggestions were very useful. Su Yiqing accepted them humbly, and the two slowly started chatting.

While we were chatting enthusiastically, Nanny Qing came to report: "Madam, Mrs. Quan Si is here and is waiting in the small flower hall. She said she has something urgent and wants to see Madam no matter what."

Mrs. Meng was not happy to be disturbed when she was having a good conversation. She couldn't help but glared at Nanny Qing. This time was a good opportunity to connect with each other. Her daughter made a mistake last time, and she was trying to find an opportunity to make up for it. Mother and daughter

The relationship between us is getting closer as we chat more and more. It’s easy to find opportunities and the atmosphere is just right. How can we be easily disturbed?

"Just say I'm not free. You ask the fourth wife what's the matter first. If it's a trivial matter, I don't want to appear too close to the Quan family in front of Su Yiqing, so as not to worry her too much. After all, the last time the Quan family sent a beauty, it was a slap in the face. Although

It has nothing to do with Mrs. Quan Si, but who calls Mrs. Quan Si from the Quan family?

"The old slave asked, but Mrs. Quan Si refused to say anything. She seemed to be very anxious." Aunt Qing was a little embarrassed. She was not the kind of person who didn't know the importance. If Mrs. Quan Si didn't seem to leave without seeing her, and she was already waiting.

For almost an hour, she was a servant and couldn't make up her mind for this kind of thing, so she came to report it.

"You go down first, I will be there shortly." Mrs. Meng would not be too indifferent to her mother-in-law's family in front of the concubine who is about to get married, so as not to imitate her in the future.

"Yes." Aunt Qing quickly withdrew.

"Fu'er, I'm going to take a look. If nothing happens, I'll come over to see you later." Mrs. Meng said with an apology on her face.

"Madam, please wait." Su Yiqing called Mrs. Meng and said calmly, "You still don't know, right? Which beauty sent by the Quan family was given away by Prince Ding."

Ah! Mrs. Meng was a little surprised that she was sent away so quickly?

Su Yiqing said calmly: "After all, we are my mother's family. As the saying goes, don't look at the monk's face but the Buddha's face. You should help those who can. A person must always repay kindness, don't you think?"

"What do you mean by Fu'er?" Mrs. Meng was a little unsure whether to help or not.

"It's up to mother," Su Yiqing didn't say clearly.

Mrs. Meng went out surrounded by her maids and wives. She walked slowly, carefully considering Su Yiqing's words. Until she reached the door of the small flower hall, she looked at the blooming crabapple next to her. She suddenly became enlightened and straightened her back.

He walked into the small flower hall unhurriedly.

Inside, Mrs. Quan Si was waiting anxiously. When she saw Mrs. Meng coming in, she immediately stood up and said, "Hello, second sister."

"You're welcome, sister, please sit down." Mrs. Meng smiled. When she saw that the tea cup in front of Mrs. Quan Si had lost all the heat, she immediately frowned and said to the little maid, "If you don't want to change a new cup of tea, please tell the kitchen to bring the newly made tea."

Bring some snacks for Mrs. Fourth to try."

"Second sister, don't bother me. I'll just sit down and leave." Mrs. Quan Si was very reserved. She was used to observing people's emotions and knew that Mrs. Meng was just showing off. She seemed very alienated, and she brought so many maids and wives with her.

, that is to say, treat her as an ordinary guest, and also have a sense of rejection, which means that you should not make too extreme requests, otherwise it will be easily spread among people.

"Then let's try the new tea that just arrived yesterday." Mrs. Meng did not insist on serving snacks. She looked at Mrs. Quan Si. The makeup on her face was very heavy, probably to cover up her haggard look. It seemed that Mrs. Quan Si's

Time did not pass very well.

There is such a risk when being a middleman between various mansions. If the negotiation is successful, both parties will naturally benefit. But once the negotiation between the two parties breaks down, the middleman will inevitably be blamed. For the last incident, the fourth wife of Quan must be

I was complained by my husband’s family, but then the Quan family gave me a beauty

The incident was obviously a slap in the face of the Meng family. Now that Mrs. Quan comes to visit as the daughter-in-law of the Quan family, she is naturally going to be offended. But thinking about the last time Mrs. Quan reported the news through Mrs. Dong, she is considered to have good intentions. Please be merciful.

People, not to mention the Fourth Mrs. Quan herself is not wrong.

Mrs. Quan Si didn’t know what Mrs. Meng was thinking, so she exchanged a few pleasantries, took a sip of tea from the maid’s heart, and said that there were some things that were really hard to say in front of a room full of maids. She wanted to be alone with her.

Mrs. Meng was talking, but she didn't know how to speak. In her anxiety, she unconsciously took another sip of the tea she had just served, but this time her mouth was burned. She panicked and put down the teacup in a hurry, feeling a little overwhelmed by the loss.

.The eloquence of the past is completely gone.

Mrs. Meng sighed and said, "Is there something wrong with my sister?"

Mrs. Quan Si glanced at the room full of maids and wives. She said cruelly and in a low voice: "It's not me, it's the third uncle. A batch of goods from the third uncle's family was detained by the defenders of the border town. The third uncle hopes...

"

"Sister, stop talking." Mrs. Meng waved her hand, "My sister also knows what is going on in our family now. As the saying goes, people leave when their tea is cold. Our master is no longer a general, so he really can't help. My sister is walking in the inner house.

You should know that this cannot be solved in one or two sentences."

Of course Mrs. Quan knew that. She had previously felt that there was something fishy about Third Uncle's eagerness to send beauties to please King Ding. She only vaguely knew that Third Uncle's business was hindered, but she didn't expect it to be so serious. Third Uncle coaxed everyone into the other rooms to enter.

Many people bought stocks, including those from her room, and the third uncle also pushed the responsibility to her side, saying that it was because she had arranged a marriage with the Meng family, and with Meng Ye's support, this road must be successful, so he purchased the stock.

.

She was really wronged. Not to mention that the marriage was not decided at that time. Even if the marriage was arranged, she did not tell the Meng family in advance and became the monopoly of the Meng family. Who would be so stupid to ask the Meng family to clear the way when there was obstruction? I guess the third uncle was just thinking.

The tiger skin of the Meng family's in-laws was used as a cover to make a fortune. Even if the Meng family knew about it afterwards and they were given a generous gift at most, they were already in-laws. What could Meng do?

Who would have expected that if the marriage didn't work out, Meng would be demoted to three ranks. No one outside would buy it, and the goods would naturally be detained. This matter really had nothing to do with her, but the people in the clan who were jealous of the loss were not so unreasonable.

The third uncle had no choice. He even gave away the beauty, but Prince Ding accepted her. However, before the beauty could talk about it, he heard that the beauty had angered Prince Ding for some reason and was rewarded for turning around.

It was given to the prince's subordinates.

Because of this matter, Mrs. Quan San’s family is still quarreling, saying that for a perfectly innocent girl to be a concubine is already aggrieved. It was Mr. Quan San who made extravagant remarks, saying that the concubines of the prince’s palace are more upright than ordinary people.

Mrs. Tou wanted to be decent, but she also said that the aunt of the future princess was the daughter of the Quan family. How could a concubine give face to her aunt and would not embarrass the girl sent by the Quan family? In the end, she was sent as a singer.

She was worse than an ordinary maid, and was sent out like a piece of merchandise. I heard that she was given to an officer in his forties who was illiterate and had risen through the ranks with his brute force. There were also tough men at home.

Wife, the Quan family came to try to redeem me, but they were beaten out. They said it was a gift from Shangfeng. Wouldn't selling it back be dissatisfied with Shangfeng?

Seeing that Mr. Quan was at his wits end, everyone came to pester her again, forcing and begging, saying that she often walked around the house, knew many noble ladies, and had more ideas than others, but what could she do? The tribesmen put it nicely.

It was said that they would pay as much as others paid to smooth things over, but they were just talking and no money was actually paid. If the matter came to pass and the tribe members regretted not giving money, the people who helped would not tear her apart.

If their house was not involved, she would rather offend all the clan members than go through this muddy water again, but their family invested a lot of money, so she had no choice but to shamelessly come to see Mrs. Meng.

, I am not so naive as to think that Mrs. Meng will help solve the matter with just a few words of begging for mercy. At least I can point out a way for her, so that she will not spend unreasonable money and still fail to get things done.

"Second sister, there is nothing I can do. Please help me, or show me a way." Mrs. Quan Si whispered in a low voice and was so angry that she almost knelt down.

"Sister, this is such a big deal, I really can't do anything about it!" Mrs. Meng said as she picked up the tea cup and made a gesture of seeing off guests.

Mrs. Quansi had no choice but to leave.

After leaving the gate of Meng Mansion and about to get on the carriage, I saw a woman hurriedly carrying a basket and said with a smile: "Fourth Madam, this is a little thought from our lady, some small snacks, not expensive things.

Let the kids at home try it.”

Is this a punch to a jujube? Mrs. Quan Si was full of bitterness, but she could only thank her and take it. The moment she took the basket with her own hands, she felt that her mother-in-law seemed to have stuffed something into her hand. Her heart moved and she immediately

Got it.

After returning home, I dismissed the maid and mother-in-law. I opened the thing in my hand and found a small note with just a few words on it, asking about the marriage between the Hu and Hong families.

Mrs. Quan Si’s heart was beating fast. After reading it, she immediately burned the note and arranged her clothes. Then she was ready to go out. She didn’t know why Mrs. Meng asked about this, but she was always good at this kind of thing. She and the Hong family

I have always been friends with a lady of mine. She talks fast and can't hide things.

In fact, she felt strange about the marriage between the Hu and Hong families when she first heard the news. Earlier, Mrs. Dong had revealed that she wanted to hire Miss Hu's third daughter as her nephew-in-law, and she also asked her about Miss Hu's third daughter.

The mother, Mrs. Hu San, is also very important because the two families are married and she is not a daughter-in-law. If the biological mother is difficult to deal with, Mrs. Dong, as an aunt, is not a serious mother-in-law. If there is a conflict between the two, the position will be very awkward.

Judging from her years of experience, this marriage is perfect. Mrs. Hu San is not a powerful character. Miss Hu San has a gentle temperament, and Mrs. Dong will not interfere too much in her nephew's affairs. The two families

They were all easy to get along with, but I didn't expect that suddenly, the Quehu and Hong families would get married.

Of course, this kind of thing is not uncommon in Yancheng. Not to mention, the Meng family and the Quan family had a good deal at the beginning, but in the end, the young lady of the Meng family married someone else. But it is different now. The Hong family

Although they are not more prominent than the Dong family, the second son of the Hong family is a well-known drunkard and womanizer in the capital.

He is neither a man nor a warrior, he is a dirtbag, and he is still a widower. It is said that his wife died in a suspicious manner. He and his Dong family nephew, who has a bright future ahead of him, are in the same heaven and earth. How could the Hu family marry a girl to such a person?
To be continued...