Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 442

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Xiao Chenyu actually came back.

He has been very busy recently and has rarely come home, let alone in broad daylight. Qin Sui knew that something must have happened, so she quickly put down what she was doing and followed him into the inner room.

Xiao Chenyu hugged her and kissed her randomly before letting her go. He then caressed Qin Sui's hand reluctantly.

"Why did you come back at this time?" Qin Cui leaned against Xiao Chenyu, feeling a little lazy.

"The Queen Mother wrote an imperial decree this morning to grant Jiang Yue a marriage, but fortunately it was stopped. Now the imperial decree is on the emperor's desk, but this matter should not be delayed for too long. I want to go see the general, but I am afraid that the general will not see me, so I came back to ask you to go with me to the general and help me knock on the door of the general's mansion. Are you willing to go with me?"

Qin Sui rolled her eyes at him and couldn't help but sneer, "Who in the palace did you learn this set of flattery from? You actually used it on me."

"Alas, now that I'm following those people, I've learned some 'bad habits'. Don't blame me, madam. Don't blame me. Hahaha!" Xiao Chenyu was in a good mood and didn't feel anxious at all.

"The Emperor has withheld the Empress Dowager's decree. Do you want to ask the general to go to the palace to act as a matchmaker for the young prince?" Qin Sui hurriedly went to change her clothes and asked again.

Xiao Chenyu sat on a cabinet and said, "Well, the time has not come yet, so it is useless to ask the general to help."

Qin Sui asked: "Is the time ripe now?"

"It can't be said that the time is ripe, but it is urgent and we have to act." After Xiao Chenyu finished speaking, he looked at the ground and began to ponder.

Qin Sui looked back and knew that he was thinking about something, so she didn't disturb him and went around the screen to comb her hair.

Because time was tight, she didn't need to let her hair down and then comb it into a bun. She just chose a gold hairpin and a velvet flower to put on.

It was only the end of the Si hour when the two of them arrived at the general's residence. Someone had been sent before to report the news, so when Qin Sui and his wife arrived, there were already servants waiting outside the gate.

This was Xiao Chenyu's first time in the General's Mansion. He had something on his mind and didn't have much energy to pay attention to the surrounding environment.

Huo Jianguang was afraid of the heat, so he was sitting in the corridor outside the main room, fanning himself.

When she saw Xiao Chenyu, she looked him up and down. She saw that he had a handsome and strong appearance, a straight body, bright eyes, and looked like a responsible man. She couldn't help but nod slightly.

After the meeting, Xiao Chenyu told the whole story, but Huo Jianguang did not seem willing to get involved.

Qin Cui, who was standing by, begged him several times before Huo Jianguang agreed.

Someone else came to change clothes. Xiao Chenyu and Qin Cui were waiting in the main room. Soon, Huo Jianguang appeared in official uniform. His aura suddenly changed. He was so intimidating without even being angry that people dared not look at him directly.

"Let's go. If it's any later, I'm afraid we'll have to go to lunch. I don't want to eat the food in the palace."

Huo Jianguang’s general’s mansion was not far from the imperial palace, but it was already one quarter after noon when he entered the palace.

Qin Sui escorted them both to the outside of the palace and could not follow them in.

Huo Jianguang got off the carriage first. Xiao Chenyu reached out and held Qin Sui's hand, admonishing her, "You'd better stay at home these few days, and keep an eye on the children. Don't run out to play."

"Well, go ahead. I'm at home."

Xiao Chenyu squeezed Qin Su's hand and got off the carriage. Qin Su lifted the curtain and watched the two of them enter the palace. After Qing Gu got on the carriage, she told the driver to go back.

After returning home, Qin Sui first went to Su's room and checked that all the children were eating. She felt relieved and reminded her mother again to take good care of the children.

In fact, the one who can run around and is the most difficult to watch is Lu'er. This kid is too restless. He has climbed all the trees in the house. This huge house can no longer accommodate him as he always wants to run outside.

That night, Xiao Chenyu came back. When talking about what happened today, he said he didn't know anything either.

"The Ninth Prince, the old master of the Du family, two old ministers, and two clan members are all here. The Queen Mother and the Emperor are also inside. It is impossible for us to know what they said."

Xiao Chenyu hugged his wife contentedly and sighed: "However, the emperor has granted the marriage. The second girl of the Jiang family will marry the young prince as the princess next month. However, the young prince must marry the princess and concubine on the same day, and marry another concubine a month later."

Qin Sui was a little surprised: "How can we have a bridal chamber if we marry two brides at the same time in one day?"

"Of course, the princess has priority, but the status of the concubine who came in first is higher than that of the concubine who came in later."

Qin Sui's mind flashed through the young prince's body that was not even that of a man, and she felt a little worried about him. Three women, could he handle it?

Seeing Qin Sui's thoughts, Xiao Chenyu smiled and said, "He has more than three women. Think about it, he must have a female official to teach him about sex. Not just anyone can do it. Most of them are trustworthy people sent by the Queen Mother. This female official will also become a concubine in the future."

Qin Cui got a headache just thinking about that kind of scene.

"I don't care what other families do. Anyway, I will never allow you to take a concubine!" Finally, Qin Sui ended the busy day with this sentence.

Yaoxiang's child lived in Qin Sui's house. Yaoxiang didn't know what she was busy with and didn't send anyone to visit the child.

Qin Sui went to the house in person and found out that the one who gave the child away was the adopted elder brother who was going to get married, and now he wanted to drive the child out of the Ninth Prince's Mansion. However, the adopted child was also a family member, which meant he was also a royal relative, and it was not easy to send the child back. In the end, it was the Ninth Prince who stepped in to drive the person out.

But the other party actually spread the story that Yao Xiang framed him and drove him out in order to dominate the Ninth Prince's Palace.

It was also said that Yaoxiang was unwilling to give up the wealth and power of the Ninth Prince's Mansion, and that her marriage was an illusion just to confuse people.

In short, the rumors about Yao Xiang were very bad.

Yao Xiang's reputation was not good to begin with, but everyone was afraid of the Ninth Prince's Mansion, so they didn't dare to publicize it, but they just said a few words in private to satisfy their desire.

But now no one seems to be afraid. But in the end, it's all just hearsay when they talk about her taking people to Qifeng Mountain Villa to play. To be honest, no one knows the details and they can only guess.

But when something is told more often, it becomes as if one has seen it with one's own eyes, and both the person telling it and the person listening to it believe it without a doubt.

What worries Yao Xiang is not the rumors, but the fear that Lu Jiu will go back on his word and that Lu Jiu's parents will believe them. Besides, they are not all slander.

"In those years, I thought that this was how my life would be, so I gave up on myself. It's just that I can't get married, so I won't get married. It's not like I can't find a man."

However, Qin Sui couldn't tell how distressed she was.

"My godmother is an open-minded person. She may not believe the rumors outside." Qin Cui thought that her godmother was also oppressed and suffered by the rumors at the beginning. She could probably understand how difficult it was for Yaoxiang!
After all, Yaoxiang's message concerned her innocence, and Qin Shi couldn't guarantee that Mrs. Lu really didn't care about it.

Of course, what Qin Cui could be sure of was that Lu Jiu definitely didn't care.