The grandeur and furnishings in Zhu Qiaoqiao's house, the combination of grace and power and strict rules, can deter some people. Li Qiu is no exception, every time he comes to the courtyard and goes to the house, there are two rows of unsmiling women and maids, and the quiet needle drop can be heard, and there is even an illusion when a courtier meets the emperor.

Zhu Qiaoqiao didn't treat him as an outsider in his heart, but his face was as steady and arrogant as when facing any subordinate, Li Qiu didn't care, stood honestly, and told everything about himself and Xu Rong.

Zhu Qiaoqiao laughed when she heard it, and said with a smile: "Yo! You don't see the outside, but you are the same as the one in your family, and the things that dare to love me are also yours? Take it with your master and servant, and take it with you. ”

Li Qiu smiled embarrassedly, but didn't dare to say anything with a smile. Zhu Qiaoqiao thought about it for a while, and said to Sixi: "That's it, just give him the set of Burmese jade jewelry that Ning Xue gave me during the New Year, and the right to borrow flowers to offer Buddha." ”

Li Qiu was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him, Zhu Qiaoqiao pursed his lips and smiled disdainfully, and said: "I have heard of that girl in Pearl, she is a very haode child, and I originally wanted her to come to me to do things, but I forgot about it when I was busy, and you picked it up cheaply." Pick up the appearance, although she is not as good as Qingwen and a few of them, but she is also a rare little jasper, and she will treat others well in the future, otherwise I will not follow. ”

Li Qiu smiled: "Yes, the little one must treat her well." ”

Zhu Qiaoqiao sneered: "Don't talk too much, you know that the Pearl family and the Wang family have a conflict, so you have nothing to say to me?" Blindly thinking about your sister Xiaoyue? ”

Li Qiu was stunned when he heard this, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said suddenly: "Thank you grandma for your kindness, I really don't know how to thank you for being old, oops, grandma, you are so good." ”

"You're smart." Zhu Qiaoqiao finally put on a smiling face, and was very useful in her heart, looking at Li Qiu's excited look. smiled: "Your future mother-in-law's family is going to enter Beijing, and the matter of cleaning up and taking care of the empty courtyard will naturally be handed over to you. ”

"The little one remembers." Li Qiu swore on his face, and he was honest in his heart, but he didn't expect the eldest grandmother to take the opportunity to ask the Pearl family to come over, this time it was miserable, there was a grandmother and a fierce mother-in-law's family eyeing her. In the future, I may be afraid of my daughter-in-law's life.

Later, Li Qiu took the wooden box and left, Zhu Qiaoqiao pondered about Xu Rong's affairs, and said a few words to Sanxi who came in, and ordered her to go to the garden.

Sanxi walked all the way through the hall and came to Jiangxuezhai, and saw more than a dozen maids gathered together from a distance, all of whom were around the eldest lady and the second lady, and it seemed that the two young ladies came.

"Hey! What are you doing? Sanxi first shouted, and then smiled at Wanru who was standing outside: "The slave maid has seen Grandma Rong." Say hello to grandma. ”

"What nonsense." Xiao Yue was startled, she thought about it day and night, stomped her foot with a red face, and hurriedly entered the room with her head down.

Sanxi felt that he was a little reckless. He smiled without changing his face: "Just kidding." What are you doing? Two girls in the house? ”

Qingwen, who was surrounded by the maids in the innermost, narrowed her eyes thoughtfully, and sneered when she heard this: "The big guys are all begging to come in, and there are still people who want to fly out, so hurry up and pack up your things and leave." No one is allowed to keep her. ”

Sanxi secretly complained, walked over and said, "It's the eldest grandmother who wants to pass over, and it has nothing to do with herself." ”

"You don't have to explain." Qingwen sneered: "Since Young Master Rong brought people in under the porch outside. That girl is soulless all day long, when we are all blind? You'd better get the people away. ”

Sanxi had long heard that Qingwen was very unforgiving, and when she saw it today, she was really worthy of her reputation, thinking that she was the most favored girl next to the third young master, and it was not good to deal with her, so she smiled and asked, "What are you all talking about?" Tell me about it too. ”

Qingwen has always been right about things and not people, she thinks that Xiaoyue is hooking up with the young master outside behind her back, she is disgusted, and she has no prejudice against Sanxi, so she said with a smile: "Seeing that the two girls are going to get married in the coming year, the sisters can't sit still, they all want to stay, and they don't want to be a dowry girl." ”

Sanxi nodded in understanding and sighed: "I advise you to save your mind, how can we call the shots?" Like when I was named that day and came with my grandmother to marry, why didn't I feel aggrieved and reluctant, and when I came, I came, and I didn't live the same life? ”

The maid in Xu Qinglian's room, Lucui, disagreed: "That's not the case, you married all the way from the cold northwest to Jiangnan, who wouldn't be happy?" How can it be like us, we want to go from Jinling to the colder Beiping, our family is so dignified, but there are thousands of hereditary families guarding the border gates, and people die on the battlefield at every turn, and a widow is yin and angry, the difference is more than ten times? The thought of leaving this garden makes my heart feel so sick that I die. ”

Sanxi said: "It's true, I can't help this, I'll help you clean up, and lead her to meet grandma with me." ”

Qingwen squinted at Sanxi, who had entered the house, and said, "See, there is a vacant place when you leave, you should hurry up and think about it, whoever comes in will be her fate." ”

At the same time, Xu Qinglian sat next to her mother and said: "Recently, the hearts of the girls have been fluctuating, and no one wants to leave home. Mother, I only need to bring two rooms, and there is no need to stir up the public. ”

Xiao Shi suddenly said angrily: "How can it be done? Joke, geometric wheel is up to the next people? ”

Xu Qinglian persuaded: "If you are unwilling, you are also full of complaints when you barely pass, why should you not be happy with each other?" Now the family is good to the people below, and the life is comfortable, and they are reluctant to leave their hometown. ”

Xiao Shi couldn't help but complain: "It's all your brother's habit, so, when he comes back, let him have a headache, on the one hand, his own sister, and on the other hand, our family, how to choose when he sees him." ”

Xu Qinglian said goodbye to her mother and came out of the house alone, in addition to the personal maid and the book, everyone in the courtyard has avoided her intentionally or unintentionally, which made her depressed mood even worse because she was married and wanted to leave her relatives.

Xu Qinglian, who felt lonely, paced slowly along the corridor, not wanting to return to her residence, and walked aimlessly towards the front.

Suddenly, I saw Cui Tao coming here alone, and the two looked at each other from afar, and at the same time showed a wry smile.

When it was closer, Xu Cuitao said: "Grandmother has set a date for marriage, and the people below are afraid that there are few people over there. They are all eunuchs who are neither yin nor yang, which makes me unhappy, and I really want to regret my marriage. ”

Xu Qinglian put away her feelings, frowned, and said, "The two families are close at hand, and it is very convenient to come and go." But at this time, it is impossible for you to say something remorseful, which makes the elders unhappy to hear it. ”

Xu Cuitao pouted and said: "I thought that the princess's son was noble and decent, but who knew that he would know when he inquired, but he was just a scholar, that is, a better scholar than ordinary people." The Li family is not what it used to be, and he has a brother and sister-in-law. After getting married, it is estimated that even our housekeeper is not as good, but it is finally closer to home, and I can come and live for a few days at any time, and my heart is better. ”

Xu Qinglian sighed lightly and didn't speak, Xu Cuitao said with pity when she saw this: "It's that you married Beiping, and the Zhang family is a martial artist, I really don't know how you will live in the future." Lao Sanxian's heart is ruthless, and he doesn't want to let the good people who are knowledgeable and reasonable in the capital want to send you to a bitter cold place. ”

Xu Qinglian said: "Hao'er is attentive. I think that person is the leader of the younger generation of Yanwangfu, who is resolute and upright in civil and military affairs, and is far from being comparable to a gentleman in the capital, who can marry such a good man. What's not to be satisfied with? Isn't that one of you talented, honest, and self-motivated? In this regard, Hao'er will never make you and my sister suffer, and even if a man who does not fall in his eyes has a good family background, he will not agree to the family affair. Don't you still believe Hao'er's vision? ”

Xu Cuitao said melancholy: "I hope so, in short, when I am about to get married, I always have cranky thoughts about gains and losses in my heart." ”

"Who isn't?" Xu Qinglian took Xu Cuiliu's hand. As he walked, he said: "Don't be reluctant if you don't want to go, you and I will marry a chicken and follow a chicken, serve our husbands wholeheartedly, honor our in-laws, and be fair, so who dares to accuse us of not doing it?" It's not to fight for anything, why bring so many of your own family members to strengthen your momentum? It's so troublesome that everyone in the family can't live in peace, so why bother! ”

So the two sisters discussed it, and at night they each put down their words, and only chose two people to marry. When the news came out, many families were relieved, and everyone praised the girl for being kind and compassionate.

Probably everything must have both sides of the positives and negatives, there are those who don't want to go, naturally there are those who want to go, similar to the most affectionate maid family around the girl, more and more determined to marry, in the eyes of these people, rather than waiting for the girl to stay in the Xu family after marrying The status of the Xu family plummets, it is better to follow the past, become the most trusted family of the future lady, and the benefits are more!

In addition, there are some depressed family members, and they have also begun to think, the fewer people who marry them, the more likely they are to be trusted and reused by the girl, so they have to run to the wife to pose a loyal servant jiashi, and they have to follow.

Xiao Shi immediately communicated with the eldest lady, and soon the list of marries was set, to everyone's expectations, there were more than 30 people from six households who volunteered to go with the eldest lady, and there were as many as 10 households and nearly 60 people who were willing to go with Xu Cuitao, which immediately shocked the entire Xu family.

When I inquired about it, I learned that most of the reasons why the people in the second room left willingly were because they believed in the choice of the third young master. It turned out that Xu Hao did not hesitate to turn against the whole family for the marriage of the eldest sister and Zhang Fu, and this matter had already been analyzed clearly by the people below afterwards, since the young master valued the Zhang family in Beiping so much, presumably the future of the uncle must be limitless.

This shijie will never lack smart people who are good at speculation, and people in the second room know very well that the family has been fluctuating recently and don't want to leave, so when will this pass not follow the eldest lady? With this, the young master will definitely keep it in mind, and the relatives who stay in the family will be looked down upon, and his own family has also become the confidant of the eldest lady, which can be counted in one fell swoop.

Even if you regret it in the future, you can beg the young master to return to his hometown, which is not a piece of cake for the young master?

Xu Cuitao's side is a little speechless, compared to the second room, the family was swept out of the house like a flower, to paraphrase the second grandmother, the Xu family does not raise lazy idlers.

Soon Xu Qinglian heard about this, she was very surprised, it was the first time she understood the complexity of the world, and sighed that it was no wonder that her brother always thought about it when he did things, and he would think about it for a long time when he was a trivial matter on weekdays. (To be continued......)