Chapter 900 Intervene

Li Xu had expected that the Eighth Concubine did come for the marriage of her adopted daughter He Wanqing.

Since the Eighth Prince passed away, Wanqing has stayed at the Beile Mansion and spent her life with her foster mother. The Eighth Prince was originally a strong woman, but she sent her adopted daughter to the He family for her husband to restrain herself.

Now that the Eighth Prince has passed away, she has no intention of pleasing Kangxi, so she is at will.

But she is different from the arrogant and arrogant person in the past. After undergoing major changes, her mood has long been different.

It is false to say that she does not regret it. When she was sleepless at midnight, she thought more than once that if she could start over, she would definitely dissuade her husband from thinking about that position, and the couple would live a peaceful life.

But there is no medicine for regret in this world, and it is too late to say anything.

She is not a virtuous person, and she just takes care of her concubines and cannot give birth to sincerity. After all, they were born by other women, and it makes people feel upset when they see it.

Although Wanqing is an adopted daughter, she has been raised by her side since she was a child, and she really feels that her brother's heart hurts.

When He Zhuo went to the mansion and mentioned that he planned to betroth Wanqing to Li Xu's legitimate grandson, the Eighth Concubine was unwilling to do so. First, he despised the Li family's identity as a plaque; second, because the Li family was far away in Suzhou, he couldn't bear to leave Wanqing too far away from him.

But He Zhuo made it clear that he is already old and has not been in good health in recent years. He plans to leave Beijing and return to Suzhou for retirement.

In addition to having acquainted with the Li family for several generations, it was also because Li Xu, Li Nai and his son were both kind-hearted people. He had also seen Li Cheng and both had good character and good looks.

After hearing this, the Eighth Concubine was not easy to stop him. She asked someone to ask about the third young master of the Li family. She had a good reputation and was willing to do so.

He Zhuowen was a man of nature and was more concerned about wealth and righteousness. He gave up all the land and houses in his hometown to his brothers, but he had no permanent property.

Wanqing's dowry became the thought of the Eighth Concubine.

It is said that the Li family is richer and richer than this kind of family, the more dowry it is, the less it should be, otherwise even the servants would be despised.

The property of the Baylor Mansion and the Interior Department were registered and recorded, and even the Eighth Concubine was not easy to deal with. The Eighth Concubine sent someone to deal with his dowry and took out half of it to buy Wanqing's dowry and half of it was kept for private money.

When she heard that Li Xu helped Ling to Beijing, she asked someone to invite Li Xu over.

Because Li Xu was nearly 70 years old, there were not so many taboos when they met. There was no screen or pearl curtain separated by each other. The Eighth Concubine wore plain clothes, surrounded by maids and mothers, entered the side hall and walked to the main seat.

Although the Li family did not officially join the Eighth Prince's disciple, according to the ranks and conditions, Li Xu still had to kneel down and bow down.

The Eighth Concubine was steadily taken, and then waved her hand to ask Li Xu to get up.

"I'm not going to invite you here today, it's just for Wan Qing." The Eighth Concubine was too lazy to talk and said straight to the point: "Li Cheng's status is a little lower. You happen to be in Beijing, so you donate an official position to him and then hire him."

Although there is no fixed number of betrothal gifts and dowry among the people, they are all within their ability. Strictly speaking, there are customizations. The more official the family is, the more they have to act according to the system. Different status and different specifications of betrothal gifts are.

The Eighth Concubine did not want Wan Qing to be wronged, and He Zhuo was not concerned about civil affairs, so the Eighth Concubine directly found the Li family.

Li Xu heard what was ahead and what was behind him was a little uncomfortable.

After all, the Eighth Concubine mentioned the marriage without any hesitation, which was really a bit rude, but who was he and how could he show his joy and anger? His expression remained unchanged and he listened respectfully.

After the Eighth Concubine finished speaking, she saw Li Xu's gray clothes and knew that she was a little reckless. She frowned and said, "I heard that Li Cheng is two years younger than Qing's girl? She is only a little older. Why are you anxious about?"

Although Wan Qing is the sixteenth year, it is already the year of marriage, but there are eighteen or nineteenth houses who get married. The Eighth Concubine hopes to keep her for a few more years, so as not to be someone else's wife at a young age and suffer hardships.

"It was Mr. Yimen's intention. After finishing the marriage of his young daughter as soon as possible, he also made up his mind." Li Xu replied: "Two days ago, I met Mr. Yimen. He meant that when my grandson came out of filial piety, I would handle the marriage of the children."

"Does the marriage be the next year?" asked the Eighth Concubine.

"That's right, even if you can get a hiring in the twelfth lunar month, you will have to wait until February and March next year," Li Xu replied.

After hearing this, the Eighth Concubine breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, it took more than half a year."

She asked someone to go south to buy good wood and make furniture for Wanqing, worried that life would be too fast and it would not be too late.

The Eighth Concubine thought about the origins of the Cao and Li families, and then thought about Cao Yong's character, and had a little more affection for the Li family. She asked Gao Taijun about his visit to Beijing, thinking in her mind whether she would send someone a festive gift...

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In this world, people talk about "filial piety". In addition to "filial piety", they also need to be "perfect". This means that they should obey what their parents say.

Cao Fu disagreed. In his opinion, "filial piety" who is ignorant of flexibility is "fool filial piety".

Zhao Jia sent the maid and the mother-in-law down, leaving only her son, and talking about her daughter-in-law's marriage for several years and she wanted to give Hongmei, who was serving her around her, to Cao Fu as a concubine.

Although the one she needs to use is Hongmei, Hongmei is already twenty years old this year, so it is not easy to delay any further.

Hongmei knew that the fifth grandmother's family was powerful, and the fifth grandmother was a bad guy in the palace. When she looked at people, she wanted to see through people's hearts and was not easy to fool. So, she had already stopped thinking about going to Wu Ye and devoted herself to Cao Xiang's side.

However, Cao Xiang has always been away from his mother, and he is surrounded by wives and concubines, so he has no intention of adding anything else. Hongmei is so angry that she grits her teeth and cannot do anything. She originally wanted to instigate Zhao Jia to take charge of giving him to Cao Xiang, but Zhao Jia has green chrysanthemum around Cao Xiang, so how could he let her go?

As a result, things were delayed. Until Cao Xiang was released from office, Hongmei could not find any opportunity.

After all, she is a maid, and everything is arranged by the master, and there is no room for her to speak.

When Zhao Jia told her that she would like to praise her and make her serve Cao Fu, Hongmei was secretly happy, so she was naturally willing to do so.

Seeing Cao Fu coming, she was shy and blushed and retreated out with the others, leaving the room for Zhao Jia and the other two to talk to each other.

Cao Fu refused without thinking and said, "Don't worry, your son is only twenty years old, and the people are 40 years old and have no sons to take concubines. What's the hurry?"

When Zhao Jia heard this, she couldn't help but be upset and glared at him and said, "It's just a mess! Who is not a bride who has not been in the house for three years and has been out, so she went out to pick up a concubine for her husband. Your wife is not in a hurry, and I am still counting on holding a grandson as a mother. Because of your uncle's filial piety period and you want to take the Jinshi exam, it has been delayed for two years. Now that you take a concubine, even the Dong family will not say anything."

When Cao Fu heard the war was about to turn to his wife, he hurriedly said, "What the wife said is that this is what Su Xin should worry about. I will tell her when she goes back later."

When Zhao Jia heard this, she looked a little slow and said with a smile: "I asked, Hongmei's mother gave birth to five babies. I have also seen Hongmei, which is a good parent."

Cao Fu has a smart personality and has long seen that Hongmei is not a gentle person. How can he take over? He waved his hand and said, "Madam, even if his son wants to take a concubine, he doesn't want a girl. There are fewer girls in this mansion? Let Su Xin ask someone to choose a good girl."

Zhao Jia was puzzled and said, "Where are those who come in from outside who know the truth? Hongmei is not outstanding in appearance, but she can serve people."

After Cao Feng said those words, he regretted it. He said it was true, but it also included two concubines, one of whom was the biological mother of his elder brother, which was a bit disrespectful.

After listening to Zhao Jia's words, he happened to find a step and said, "Anyway, I just don't want Hongmei. Who is not a 'good wife and beautiful concubine'? I must find a stunning concubine to be a concubine."

Speaking of which, Su Xin's appearance is also middle-aged and older than Cao Fu, but this marriage was accomplished because Cao Yin was the leader.

In his heart, Zhao Jia thought that he had aggrieved his youngest son. Seeing that he wanted to find a beautiful concubine, he couldn't bear to say anything, and said, "If you look outside, just look outside, but you have to find out clearly. No matter how good the prostitute looks, you can't ask for it... You still have two girls who are not out of the house, and you can't get into messy people in the mansion..."

"Don't worry, my wife, there is not such a clan rule written by my uncle during his lifetime? I am not allowed to take prostitutes as a concubine, so my son can avoid it." Cao said with a smile.

Compared with other daughters-in-law, Zhao Jia is quite satisfied with her youngest daughter-in-law.

Now that she saw her son being "lustful", she had to nag a few words and said, "You are thinking about your beautiful concubine, I won't stop you, but you must not break the rules. Although my wife is older, she has served you well over the years after entering the house. She has worked hard even if she has no credit. Don't let her feel cold."

Cao Fu was a little surprised when he saw his mother picking a few wives, saying such good things.

He coughed a few times and said, "Don't worry, Madam, my son has seen his wife in his early years. If he can still be a pampered concubine and killed his wife, wouldn't he be a bastard?"

When Zhao Jia heard this, she remembered her family's grievances in her early years and couldn't help but feel sad.

At this moment, she couldn't remember the fight with her daughter-in-law, but instead hesitated a little, "Your second sister-in-law is in charge of the family, Zi Lan and Yu Qing can't bully her. Your wife is a gentle and polite personality. Your beautiful concubine not only has to choose outstanding looks, but also has a good temperament."

At this moment, the topic has begun to take concubines for his son and help his wife control the concubines.

Cao Fu smiled in his heart, but his face was not moved, and he frowned: "Madam, this daughter is a little bit ordinary. Su Xin is a virtuous person and will not care about these things."

Seeing that Zhao Jia was like this, she became more and more worried.

She thought of Wu'er's biological mother Lu Mei. Although she could not be considered "stunning", she had a first-class appearance, which made her suffer so much grievances.

She snorted coldly and said, "This concubine is a little bitch and doesn't care about the matter; this is a real wife, but she can only be 'virtuous'. Whose reason is this? I tell you that the ugly words are ahead. If you accept an ignorant person, I can't tolerate it. At that time, if you beat the board, don't think I'm troublesome."

Cao Wu said embarrassedly: "My son knows, I will choose someone who looks good and has a good temperament to avoid getting angry with his wife."

Seeing that he was obedient, Zhao Jia felt relieved. The mother and son said a few more homely conversations.

Hongmei knew that what she was talking about today was her lifelong event. She wanted to eavesdrop on a few words and then she let down her face, so she walked around the door of the yard.

Seeing Cao smiled and came out of the upper room, she felt "thump" in her heart, and she kept jumping, and she blushed with a soft face and screamed "Fifth Master".

Cao Feng stopped, raised his eyebrows, glanced at her with a smile before leaving.

It was not until he went far that Hongmei raised her head, touched her face, looked at Cao Feng's back, and thought to herself that she was really confused before.

The fifth master is much handsome than the fourth master, and he is also kind to others.

When Zhao Jia went to the room, she felt a little worried. Her son said that Hongmei was old and she should be a good match for her. She wanted to say that she would follow her and be a good wife.

Zhao Jia knew about He Laoliu. He was in his thirties and worked with Cao Feng for more than ten years. He said he was following him for a long time, but because he could serve horses, he was just a groom.

He is big and thick, and is a bit stupid. His wife died of illness two years ago.

He was not a son of the Cao family, but an orphan Cao Quan took in when he was the magistrate of the county, so he has never been taken seriously in the mansion.

The side-born Cao looked at his feelings and stayed by his side as a servant.

After all, Hongmei is the eldest maid next to Zhaojia. Even if her son doesn’t want it, she should be a good match for the manager. He Laoliu has a low status...

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Cross the courtyard and go to the room.

Su Xin sat by the kang outside, listening to the two mothers.

Although the housekeeper Jinghui in the mansion had two daughters around her who needed care and her nephew Tianhu's upbringing, she was so busy that she asked Su Xin to help and handle the kitchen affairs.

In the early years, before Cao Xiang and his wife left Beijing, Jinghui thought of asking her sister-in-law to share the family affairs, but Zhao Jia rejected it. Although Chunhua was Zhao Jia's wife, because Cao Xiang was separated, Zhao Jia didn't want her to interfere in the housework.

Jinghui couldn't do anything, so she had to work hard.

When Cao Xiang and his wife left Beijing, she asked Zhao Jia's sister-in-law to help with housework, Zhao Jia nodded.

The festival is about to be celebrated, so I said that I would wrap some stuffed rice dumplings in the kitchen.
To be continued...