Zhangjia Jinzhi

Chapter 95 The Xue Family
The next morning, Xue Changqing and his wife entered Beijing.

The couple, with their children, drove a fairly decent carriage, and when they arrived at Chang'an Hu, their hearts were still trembling.

I don't know what happened in the capital yesterday, so the city gate was suddenly sealed.Today they got up before dawn, and when they lined up in the long queue to enter the city, they could no longer see the facial features of the guards clearly.

Fortunately, everything went well, because of the invitation from the Xiangfu, the city guards treated their family very preferentially, making him and his wife very proud!

"Husband, look at this capital city, how grand it is!"

Mrs. Xue Changqing, Mrs. Liu, is the first time to come to Beijing at such an age, and everything she sees feels fresh.

"Our little girl is really lucky. With a family like the Prime Minister's Mansion, even being an aunt is a lot higher than my wife! Tsk tsk."

Liu's heart was sour, and when she looked at Xue Changqing again, her eyes showed contempt.

When the old man of the Xue family was alive, his Xue family was regarded as a leader in Meizhou, but when it fell into the hands of Xue Changqing, the only thing left in the family's decline was the ancestral house and a hundred acres of land that could still support the appearance. Not even a decent shop can be sold.

Xue Changqing is also a pretentious person, who has spent ten years studying poetry and books in vain, and is just a little-known scholar.But he still looks down on those farmers and businessmen, the life of Xue's mansion is getting worse day by day.If it wasn't for the old lady of the Li family who fell in love with her sister-in-law, I'm afraid she would never expect to step into the capital in this life!

Xue Changqing couldn't hear Liu's words like this the most, he kept talking about the word "aunt" all day long, and mentioned Xue Suqin's going to be carried in by the Prime Minister's house when he met everyone, really didn't know what to say!
But the life of the Xue family is not easy right now, in order for Xue Suqin to enter the capital, he spent a lot of savings on buying clothes and jewelry for her.Now the life in the mansion is based on Liu's dowry.

Xue Changqing quietly glanced at Liu Shi, stiffened his body and said:
"You will enter the prime minister's mansion in a while, you can't talk like that and make people see it as a joke."

Liu-shi lowered her head to tease her son and daughter, absent-mindedly said:

"Save it, save it! Even if my sister-in-law just married into the second wife of the Li family, it would still be worth it! As long as I can get married to the Li family, I will be able to find a good job for you in the future. What else can I be dissatisfied with?"

Only then did Xue Changqing's eyes show satisfaction, Liu Shi's words really touched his heart!
What kind of brilliance can the position of an aunt bring to his Xue family?The future of the Xue family still depends on him, Xue Changqing!
With relatives like Xiangfu, are you afraid that he won't be able to get a half-time official?

Thinking of this, Xue Changqing's face was filled with joy, and he asked the coachman to wave his whip, and the carriage started to run quickly.

When they arrived at the gate of Xiangfu, they looked up and saw three huge gilt characters that almost blinded the two of them!
"Prince Rui's Palace?"

Xue Changqing was a little dazed, thinking in his heart, shouldn't it be the Zhongyonghou Mansion?

Mrs. Liu was illiterate, so she handed over the two children to the woman sitting in front of the car, and turned to Xue Changqing:
"What? Did we go to the wrong place?"

As soon as the words were finished, a well-dressed little maid came out from inside.

Seeing that the little girl was dressed in better material than her own, Mrs. Liu hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, and asked with a shy smile:

"Dare to ask this girl, is this the Zhongyonghou Mansion?"

The little maid frowned, looked Liu Shi up and down carefully, then looked at Xue Changqing behind her, and said:

"Our Marquis of Zhongyong's Mansion has been proclaimed as Prince Rui's Mansion by His Majesty a few days ago, Madam has never heard of it?"

Liu's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly winked at Xue Changqing who was behind her, with surprise on her face.

"Oh! This is a great joy!"

Liu covered her lips and smiled, and explained to the maid again,

"We just came from Meizhou, we don't know about it yet, we must congratulate the old lady well today!"

When the little maid heard that the woman in front of her had mentioned the old lady, she couldn't help but wonder:

"Which house in Meizhou does Madam belong to? I wonder if we haven't seen any foreign guests in the palace recently?"

Liu Shi was stunned, clutching her handkerchief and said in surprise:

"No outsiders? How could this happen? We are the Xue family in Meizhou, our ancestors and the old lady are cousins"

Upon hearing this, the servant girl immediately changed her expression, and said coldly:

"It was at Biao Aunt Xue's house"

After saying that, without waiting for Liu's reaction, he turned around and called out a servant, whispered a few words to him, and said to Liu:
"Madam Xue, go in, don't keep our old lady waiting."

The little maid said a few words, gave a shallow salute to Xue's couple, and left the door without looking back, leaving Xue Changqing and Liu Shi looking at each other in dismay.

"please!"

The boy looked at the two with no enthusiasm on his face, Xue Changqing even sensed a trace of ridicule, he was a little confused, but it was hard to ask.The arrow was on the string and had to be fired. The couple looked at each other and could only straighten their clothes and enter the door.

The servant led the coachman of Xue's family into the courtyard, arranged for him to have tea in a small flower hall, and raised his head to ask Mrs. Liu:
"Madam, do you want to leave the young master and the young lady here to rest?"

"No no. The children can't leave my presence"

Mrs. Liu has already figured it out, since the child is still young and it is her first visit, Mrs. Li must give a decent greeting gift.

Seeing what she said, the boy didn't insist.Mrs. Liu led a pair of children, and asked her mother-in-law to carry gifts and follow behind Xue Changqing.

This Li family is not of ordinary style!
Carved beams and painted buildings, nine winding corridors, Liu Shi who watched all the way was dumbfounded.

Hearing some noises from the west yard, Mrs. Liu stopped and stretched her neck to look.

"Dare to ask my brother, which family is holding the funeral over there?"

The little servant froze, looked at the other side of the Qiutang courtyard, then glanced at Mrs. Liu, and said with a sneer:
"That's our Second Master's Begonia Courtyard, and we are holding a funeral for the Second Lady today."

Mrs. Liu sighed in her heart, this Li family is really rich and powerful, and the courtyard as big as the west is actually still belonged to the Prime Minister's residence!
But Xue Changqing heard something and said in surprise:

"You just said that the second lady is gone?"

The boy snorted, didn't speak, and turned his face away.

Liu's eyes lighted up!
Isn't her sister-in-law just about to be carried into the second room?But now that the second wife is gone, wouldn't she have a chance to fill in the house?
The joy in Liu's eyes was too conspicuous, Xue Changqing hurriedly covered his lips and coughed, and then Liu came back to his senses.Fang Xiang went and tugged Xue Changqing's sleeve quietly, whispered a few words to him, and asked the servant to urge him a few times.

Mrs. Liu had no choice but to suppress the excitement in her heart, and led a pair of children, and followed Xue Changqing in a well-behaved manner.

After walking for quite a while, we finally arrived in front of Mrs. Li's Hua'an Hall. Mrs. Liu stared at the three-deep courtyard with bright eyes!
Obediently!What kind of shit luck is her sister-in-law!To be able to marry such a family!
Not to mention an aunt, even a servant girl is more expensive than the other lady!

Xue Changqing glared at Liu Shi, who was not on the stage, and gritted his teeth bitterly.

The young man entered the courtyard to report, and after a while, two maids came out to greet them and bowed to the couple.

One person stepped forward to lead the mother-in-law and the children to eat snacks in the Baosha, and the other led the way and led the husband and wife inside.

Mrs. Liu leaned over to the child, seeing that the Xiangfu was so particular, she naturally didn't dare to talk too much, so she took the gift box from the old woman and followed inside.

Only then did the husband and wife lift their feet and cross the threshold of the inner hall, and they heard Mrs. Li say coldly:

"Come on! Bring Mrs. Xue in!"

Liu's feet went limp, and she fell down holding the gift box.
(End of this chapter)