Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 457

Mrs. Qin Si was in a very complicated mood. Ever since she started to target Qin Sui, her bad luck seemed to have been slowly coming.

Now it seems that all the things that went wrong or seemed to be good things later actually had Qin Shi’s shadow on them to a greater or lesser extent.

At first she hated her son and daughter-in-law for not being on the same page with her and insisting on associating with the Qin Sui and his wife. But now it seems that her son and daughter-in-law have better vision.

He looked at his daughter Qin Yao who was quietly standing beside him and sighed in his heart.

Forget it, forget it, I’m old now and I won’t care about so many things in the future.

"Your marriage will be decided by your brother and sister-in-law. I don't care. Just focus on worshipping Buddha in the future."

She wanted to say that it was to atone for her past sins, but in the end she couldn't say it.

Qin Yao looked at her mother strangely. Qin Yao was the only one who knew best how strong and stubborn her mother was.

At the beginning, Qin Yao liked Lu Jiu, even to the point of being crazy about him, but her mother disliked him because he was a playboy and unreliable. Although her mother married into a merchant family, she always wanted her children to break away from their merchant identities.

However, the husband chosen by her mother was not a good match, and she finally broke free from the cage of that marriage and got a moment of peace.

But Qin Shao and his wife always spoke of her marriage in a pitiful and lamenting tone in front of her mother, always saying that if she didn't get married, she would be disliked by her sister-in-law at home. Her mother gradually felt that it was not a good idea for Qin Yao to live in her parents' home. So, she didn't even mind that Jiang Zhong was a merchant, and decisively arranged a marriage for her.

The brother went to his mother to discuss canceling the marriage. His mother was furious. She cried and scolded his brother and his sister-in-law who was not present. She said some unpleasant things. Qin Yao did not want her brother, sister-in-law and mother to have a bad relationship, so she took the initiative to propose that she was willing to marry Jiang Zhong.

However, she never expected that her mother would suddenly say at this banquet that her marriage would be decided by her brother and sister-in-law.

But after Mrs. Qin Si said this, she stopped talking and didn't even look at Qin Yao. However, she didn't look unhappy, so Qin Yao felt happy.

At the banquet, many aristocratic families and nobles came to inquire about Xiao Hanyang's marriage. Xiao Chenyu and Qin Cui both said that this matter needed to be decided by Xiao Hanyang's parents, as they were only his second uncle and aunt, and it was not convenient for them to make the decision.

Of course, it is not easy to get out of this situation. Everyone can see clearly that the emperor wants to make important use of the uncle and nephew of the Xiao family. Who can predict what will happen in the future?
A lady who was not quite clear about the situation whispered to her sister-in-law beside her: "Didn't they say that Lord Xiao and the young master of the Du family were classmates and colleagues? Why didn't the Du family come today?"

"My aunt from my mother's family goes to the palace every month to meet the Empress Dowager and give her some gifts to please her. But..." The sister-in-law looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so she lowered her voice and said, "But this month, my aunt didn't even enter the palace. Her request to hand in a card was directly rejected, saying that the Empress Dowager didn't want to see anyone these days."

"What's the matter? Maybe the Queen Mother has something to do, or she is not feeling well so she doesn't want to see other women?"

"What do you know? My aunt and the Queen Mother were close friends when they were young. Even if the Queen Mother was ill and refused to see anyone else, she would definitely see my aunt. Moreover, she would let my aunt stay for a day or two to accompany her."

"Then what does this have to do with today's banquet? What does this have to do with the fact that no one from the Du family is coming?" The new sister-in-law asked foolishly. She had no idea why her sister-in-law was talking about all sorts of things in the palace.
"Well, I'd better tell you, lest you say something wrong and bring disaster to the family." The eldest sister-in-law originally intended not to say more here, but when she saw the new sister-in-law's ignorant and silly look, she thought it would be better to remind her. Besides, their seats were relatively far back, and no one paid attention to their conversation at all. If they lowered their voices, no one would hear what they said.

The Empress Dowager had no choice but to stop seeing her close friend of several decades.

If it was due to physical reasons, then it would definitely be a very serious matter, but Xiao Chenyu was a person walking around in the palace, how could he not know the truth?

The number one scholar has been in their family for such a long time, yet they chose to hold a banquet at this moment and the emperor even sent someone to deliver rewards, which shows that the emperor agreed to this.

Then again, if it wasn't for the Queen Mother's health reasons, then why didn't she meet with the foreign ministers?

Having said this, the eldest sister-in-law sighed to her younger sister-in-law who was looking at her confusedly and waiting to listen: "Forget it, you must follow me closely today and don't leave me for a moment. Also, you are not allowed to talk to others casually. Do you hear me?" The eldest sister-in-law is the eldest daughter-in-law and has assisted her mother-in-law in managing the household for many years. Naturally, she is somewhat majestic. Fortunately, although the younger sister-in-law is confused and innocent, she has a soft personality and nodded to show that she understood.

The eldest sister-in-law smiled. The mother-in-law said that the daughter-in-law did not need to be very smart, as long as she had a good personality. Now it seems that there is some truth in it.

A banquet, everyone has their own thoughts.

However, one thing is very clear: the Du family's foundation seems to be a little loose.

Before, everyone seemed to only know about the Queen Mother and the Du family, but recently the Emperor has suddenly become strong.

However, the Du family's foundation is not so easy to undermine, so this will be a protracted battle.

The lively banquet ended and the Xiao family became quiet again, but they could never return to their former peace.

Not to mention that the number of invitations Qin Cui received continued to rise, even Su Shi also received quite a few invitations.

Su still didn't dare to go out for social events, but she couldn't refuse the invitation from the Ninth Prince. Of course, she was reluctant to do so. Since she knew that she and the Ninth Prince were related, she had never met the Ninth Prince. She had too many questions in her mind that she wanted to ask him.

But now that they've met, what can she ask?

The Ninth Prince had lost a lot of weight, and his hair had turned white. He personally poured tea for Su, but did not mention his relationship with Su. Instead, he called her by her nickname, "Daya, have some tea!"

In an instant, Su's eyes were filled with tears, rolling down one by one.

How many years has it been since anyone called her Daya?
When the Su family is happy, they will call her Daya, most of the time they call her "hey", and when they are unhappy, they call her "little bitch" or something like that.

After getting married, she became Qin Sui Niang, and no one called her Daya anymore.

"Cry, and curse as much as you want. There's no one else in this room today, just the two of us. You can say whatever you want."

In the end, the words "father and daughter" were not spoken, Su understood, and slowly stopped crying.

He raised his head and looked at him carefully, regardless of the fact that he was a prince. He scanned his facial features, the wrinkles on his face, the curve of his mouth, and every strand of white hair on his head, and finally stopped at the prince's eyes that were no longer clear.

This was probably the first time that Su had looked someone in the eye so boldly. It seemed as if all the courage she had accumulated for half her life was used at this moment.

"I heard from Cilan that you have a portrait of my mother here. I wonder if you can show it to me? I can't even dream of what she looks like, but she died to protect me."

The Ninth Prince's beard trembled, and after a while he said, "When I die, everything I have will be given to you, including everything your mother has."

What this means is that Dieji’s things include more than just one portrait.

Su was just beginning to feel happy when she thought of the Ninth Prince's condition: "Your health? Didn't Doctor Zhang cure your illness?"

"It just lets me live a little longer." When the Ninth Prince saw that Su still cared about him, he felt relieved, as if he had no worries anymore.

(End of this chapter)