Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 452

After a while, someone came saying that it was the girl from Zuihonglou.

She should know the girl who sang well in Zuihonglou, but she didn't want to meet her because it would easily bring up the unpleasant past. But even so, Qin Sui felt very uncomfortable.

"It seems like it's a good thing that Sun Donghai was sent away early." Qin Sui whispered to Liu: "He is staying at your house temporarily, but he even went past you to invite singers to come to your house. It's obvious that he is confused."

Liu sighed: "It's just a pity for sister Qin Shao. Alas, I can't say the right and wrong of the previous generation, but..."

What Qin Sui liked about Liu was that she was kind-hearted and knew right from wrong. The two of them changed the subject and talked for a while. Then someone came to report that Xiao Chenyu had called Qin Sui home.

"Have you finished drinking outside?" Liu also stood up and asked.

"Oh, I'm afraid it won't be over in a short while. Two of Sun's classmates and friends are here, and the kitchen has prepared a banquet for them. I'm afraid it will last until dinner time."

"I'll go and take a look." Liu wanted to hide here in peace and quiet, so Qin Yaozu didn't let anyone disturb her. He ordered the kitchen to prepare food. If Xiao Chenyu hadn't been leaving, Liu wouldn't have known that someone else had come.

Qin Sui and Xiao Chenyu said goodbye and left. Seeing that Xiao Chenyu was blushing but not drunk, Qin Sui smiled and joked, "It's so hard to get a beautiful lady to sing here, why are you willing to leave?"

"You must have known that they are the girls from Zuihonglou. I know you must be feeling uncomfortable, but it would not be good for me to leave suddenly, so I sat for a while. Then someone else came, so I left on the pretext of feeling dizzy."

"Are they willing to let you go?" Qin Cui asked with a smile.

"I didn't want to go at first, but I was determined to go, who could stop me?" Xiao Chenyu grabbed Qin Sui's hand and rubbed it slowly: "If you want to go, how can you not go? Those who can't leave are just finding excuses not to leave."

Halfway through the journey, Xiao Chenyu was stopped by his former classmates and dragged to attend a poetry reading.

As soon as Qin Su returned home, Li Siniang followed her and handed her a letter.

"A letter from Princess Jiang?" Qin Sui asked as soon as she saw the words on the envelope.

"Yes, the other party originally intended to hand it to Madam personally, but when the letter was delivered, you and the Second Master had just left, so he gave it to me and repeatedly told me to pass it on to you."

After reading the letter, Qin Sui handed it to Li Siniang and said, "Take a look at it, and then burn it!"

Li Siniang took the letter but did not read it. Instead, she said to Qing Gu, "Qing Gu, take them out first!"

Qinggu nodded and called the maids and old women in the room to leave. She also left, but sat at the door doing needlework, also to be on guard against anyone approaching.

"Princess Jiang said that she is having a hard time in the palace and she wants Marquis Jianyong's full support. But is this a bit difficult?" After reading the letter, Li Siniang said to Qin Sui while burning the letter paper.

The young prince was favored, but he had no real power at all. Moreover, the emperor was present in person on his wedding day, which showed that the young prince and the emperor had a very close relationship. Invisibly, this created some unspeakable estrangement between him and the Du family.

Although the emperor is not as obedient as before, he still cannot shake the power of the Du family.

Marquis Jianyong naturally favors his eldest daughter, that is to say, he favors the Du family.

"Jiang Yue's intention is actually very simple. She wants me to help Marquis Jianyong and Huaye fall out so that they can only support her. Of course, to put it bluntly, she is supporting the emperor instead of the queen mother and the Du family."

"After all, they are father and daughter, and Marquis Jianyong loves Princess Huaye the most. This may be difficult." Li Siniang expressed deep concern.

"It's not difficult, it's just a different approach." Qin Cui said calmly.

Princess Huaye has been sleeping uneasily lately, always having nightmares and waking up in the middle of the night.

The maid Duo'er was the most considerate. As long as Du Ziren didn't come to stay overnight, she would sleep on the pedal with her clothes on. "Second Madam, Madam, wake up, wake up!"

Duo'er woke up Huaye who was having a nightmare. Huaye found that he was sweating all over. "What time is it?"

"It's only the twilight hour, grandma, get up, change into dry clothes and sleep for a while!"

When they were changing clothes, Duo'er saw that Huaye had lost a lot of weight again, and couldn't help but persuade her: "Grandma, why don't you tell Madam to ask the doctor to check your pulse? What will happen to you if you continue like this?"

"No, I can't let anyone know about my nightmares. Otherwise, they will laugh to death."

Duo'er understood Huaye's thoughts: others would definitely laugh at her, thinking that she had done too many bad things and that was why she couldn't sleep well at night.

Or they could just say that she was too jealous and couldn't live without men, and she would feel uncomfortable as long as Du Ziren didn't come.

Perhaps the most direct statement is that she deliberately schemed to compete for favor with the concubine.

She was not like Yaoxiang, who ignored worldly views and married a businessman, and even took her dowry with her to Dancheng. Now everyone talked about Yaoxiang as a topic of conversation after dinner, and they enjoyed it and despised her.

Huaye's pride would not allow her to lower her noble head, and she did not want to become the subject of other people's gossip or jokes.

After changing her clothes, Huaye lay down again. Duoer sat on a low stool beside the bed, fanning her gently and talking to her.

"Whose house is he staying in tonight?" Hua Ye finally couldn't help but ask where Du Ziren was staying overnight.

Duo'er looked at Huaye's face and could not see any emotion, but she still said respectfully, "In Aunt Liu's room."

"The new one? She looks so delicate and weak, like a sickly beauty who would fall down at the slightest gust of wind. Can she withstand Du Ziren's torture?"

Duo'er didn't dare to respond to this. The first reason why she could win Huaye's favor was that she knew her limits.

"Tomorrow morning, call Aunt Liu over to set the rules. If I can't sleep well, she won't have an easy time either." The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Huaye was unwilling to put himself in a difficult position.

Duo'er bit her lip, as if she wanted to persuade her with some words, but when Huaye saw that she didn't answer, he gave her a cold and fierce look, which scared Duo'er so much that she quickly agreed.

Then, Duo'er said softly, "Grandma, the incense in the incense burner is burning out. I will go add some more calming incense. Grandma, please sleep a little longer!"

He waved his hand: "Well, go ahead!"

After saying that, she closed her eyes.

Soon, a faint fragrance came, and Huaye soon fell into a deep sleep. This time, he no longer dreamed.

After she fell asleep, Duoer lay down on the pedal, staring at the moonlight coming in from the window. After a while, he slowly closed his eyes, but a tear rolled down from the corner of his eye.
Du Ziren got up early to pay his respects to his mother. As soon as his mother got up, he said a few words outside and went to the outer courtyard to have breakfast with his grandfather.

Aunt Liu had only been in the mansion for three days. She was the daughter of a small family, but she was a little naive and innocent. She had no idea about the rules of the Du family. How could she know that she needed to go to the mistress to set rules?
So, when she saw Du Ziren off, she took off her coat and went back to sleep.

Duo'er sent a little maid over and asked Aunt Liu to pay her respects to grandma. The maid brought by Aunt Liu blocked the door and said a few disrespectful words.

Anyway, what Duo'er heard from the little maid was Aunt Liu's arrogance. Duo'er embellished the words and conveyed them to Princess Huaye.

Huaye was originally trying to vent her anger by punishing Aunt Liu, so how could she give up after hearing this? She couldn't help but scold, "Well, it's already so late, and she still dares to sleep. Is she showing off that she was tired from serving the master last night?"