Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 729 This Night

That night, people in several mansions in the capital city were talking about the first Duke of Liang and his descendants, Princess Fu'an and Lord Zhou Huan.

When mentioning the latter two, we cannot help but mention that the only heir of Princess Fu'an, the niece adopted by Lord Zhou Huan, has a younger brother who is engaged to the daughter of the Qi family.

Even the Qi Mansion, which was full of gossip, was no exception. When the Third Master Qi and his wife returned home, it was already late and all the families were still gathered in Old Madam Qi's courtyard.

To be precise, Mr. Qi and Mrs. Qi lived in the main courtyard, but after they were over fifty years old, Mr. Qi rarely lived here.

Tonight, the old man from the Qi family came out from his Jingsi Courtyard and chatted with his sons in the study in the main courtyard while waiting for his third son to return.

There are so many grandchildren born to both legitimate and illegitimate sons that, except for the marriage of the eldest grandson and granddaughter, Mr. Qi has not been involved in the marriages of his grandchildren for many years.

During the chat, Mr. Qi, who had been deceived by Mr. Qi Sanye's excellent secret keeping, did not want to admit that he had secretly interfered in his granddaughter Hui Jie'er's marriage.

But he just doesn't admit it?

The illegitimate sons present did not dare to say openly that their father was partial to them, but the legitimate sons had a natural advantage. How could they not "recall" on the spot how partial their parents were to their third brother?

My family knows their own affairs.

If they didn't know before why their third brother (third elder brother), the youngest son, was sent to Jiangnan to learn skills when he was young, how could they not know it now?

The third brother's (third elder brother's) previous "merit of following the dragon" might have been God's will, but at that time even the Duke of Liang's Mansion was in trouble, and then the third brother (third elder brother) was sent away immediately afterwards. It would have been impossible for him to be sent far away from home so that he could escape without considering how to protect the third brother (third elder brother) in case of trouble at home.

Now, my father has become a grandfather. Apart from the marriage of my eldest brother's eldest son and daughter, only my third brother's (third elder brother's) daughter can enjoy the same treatment.

As for Hui Jie'er's dowry, did her father openly add a portion to it, and secretly prepare a dowry for his third brother's (third elder brother's) legitimate daughter?

Among the brothers, only the third brother is powerful and influential now. It's a pity that the girls in the mansion are not as loved by their grandparents as Huijie'er, and even their marriages are carefully selected by their grandparents themselves.

Even Mr. Qi was so angry that he laughed at the temptations of his legitimate sons.

So what if he is partial to Hui Jie'er? All the sons present here have several legitimate and illegitimate daughters, but San'er only has one and he is targeting her.

Just as he was about to reprimand his sons, especially the eldest son, before he could finish his words, he heard the chief servant outside announcing that the third master and his wife had returned home.

At this moment, not to mention his illegitimate sons, even his eldest son didn't dare to let him continue speaking. Old Master Qi pointed at his sons with a helpless look.

"What a bear!"

Do you think I am not afraid of you three brothers?
"Your father is the only one who spoils you two sons. Are you worried that one day your father will kick you and split up the family and no one will care about you anymore—"

"Father, be careful with your words." Uncle Qi's face changed, and he hurried to help Old Man Qi who stood up, "We brothers are just joking, how can you take it seriously?"

"Yes, father. Brothers fight together to save the tiger, and fathers and sons fight together in battle. We have no bad intentions. Hahahaha, we are just jealous of how much you love Third Brother."

"Look at the youngest brother, Dad, you heard what the youngest brother said. If we brothers want to do it for real, the youngest brother and we are not born from the same mother, what can we do——"

"Shut up!"

This stupid son!

Old Master Qi was impressed by his eldest son, who was so stupid that he couldn't even compare to him. He was even more grateful that he had made up his mind to obey his father's order and send his youngest son to become a disciple. "Dad, I'm back."

"Come in quickly." When Old Master Qi heard the voice of Third Master Qi outside calling him affectionately even though he hadn't come in yet, he didn't even bother to glare at Haodaer and quickly responded.

Uncle Qi was just feeling annoyed about his quick words, but Uncle Qi San came to him in a timely manner, and he felt relieved. He smiled apologetically at his half-brother who was present.

The several people outside, whether they were legitimate sons or illegitimate sons, all knew the temperament of their eldest brother, but they did not think much about it. In the eldest brother's heart, children were not close if they were not born of the same mother.

They believed that the brothers in the Qi family were still very united. If there was any discord, it was just between their wives. It was not like in most families where there was discord and often jokes were made.

"Eldest brother, second brother...sixth brother." Master Qi San stepped into the study, took over the task of supporting his father from his eldest brother, and greeted everyone one by one as he walked in.

He was also a mischievous person, and he knew exactly what the reason why the brothers in the mansion gathered in the study at this moment was to find out.

As he greeted several brothers, each of them could not help but ask whether Zhou and Gu's families had been settled, whether their family would invite their in-laws to visit first or wait until they were settled and so on. However, he did not give an answer and only said that his daughter had been wronged.

Why?

If his father hadn't wanted to form an alliance with the Zhou family, and if his daughter hadn't just happened to be the right person, there would be no need for his daughter to help her grandfather fulfill his wish.

With these words, apart from Old Master Qi who had no way to express his grievances, the other uncles Qi were either coaxed or had to follow suit, and Third Master Qi was secretly happy.

——His daughter Hui’s dowry has increased again.

Unlike the cunning Master Qi San, his wife was honest when she stepped into the upper room. She was very happy to mention this marriage in front of her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law.

When she replied to Old Lady Qi about meeting her future son-in-law, she did not hold back at all in praising how handsome her son-in-law was.

When she asked her sister-in-law about her future mother-in-law, she was full of praise for how sensible her mother-in-law was, and she said on the spot that she would wait for her daughter Hui Jie'er to come in and take over as the housekeeper.

In short, although her son-in-law came from a humble background and had not achieved much fame, he was young and promising, his parents were sensible, and his brothers and sisters were harmonious and loving.

Even if they have lived in Qinghe Village for a long time, they are still a very good family. What's more, their in-laws have already intended to purchase a house in the inner city before making a decision in the near future. They are indeed a good family.

When Old Lady Qi heard this, she just wanted to interrupt her daughter-in-law's bragging, but the several daughters-in-law, both legitimate and illegitimate, stopped her sister-in-law and refused to go back to their respective courtyards.

"...That's right. If my in-laws were to arrange it as they have decided, it would be easy to arrange for our Hui's dowry and dowry house, but what if the dowry is too little?

The daughter-in-law listened to what Mrs. Zhou said. In addition to the betrothal gifts that Mrs. Zhou carefully prepared for the eldest son, their Zhou family also bought a lot of good things for the fourth young master of the Zhou family.

Sister-in-law, you are the head lady of our Qi Mansion, you can’t be biased because our son-in-law is not the Zhou family’s biological son. Madam Zhou really treats her nephew as her own son…”

Listen!

I told you not to go to rest early!

Now, as the eldest sister-in-law, you dare to tell your third brother's wife to add the dowry according to the custom, or say that the marriage of daughters from other branches has nothing to do with your eldest branch. Are you afraid of offending the Zhou family?

Madam Qi smiled wryly, "It's still a long time before our sister Hui gets married, and we, as aunts and sisters-in-law, will always do our part to show our love for her, don't you think so, second brother and sister-in-law?"