Sir, I just want to be a salted fish

Chapter 26 Auntie comes to visit
"The boss is here, I'm fine. Sit down quickly and let us have a conversation."

Mother Yao put the medicine bowl on the spoon beside her, bowed and left.

"Mother, what happened today?" Ms. Liu said that she was tired from seeing guests and had rested. Her mother was also taking medicine. Duke Rong thought that it was all related to the person who came to the door today.

"Today, Madam Shangshu of the Ministry of Etiquette is here. Prince Qiao of Chengguo Palace has come to propose marriage to Xuan'er." Mrs. Tai couldn't help coughing as she spoke.

Duke Rong Guo quickly stood up and patted his wife on the back, "Mother, don't worry, my son will handle this matter."

The madam covered her mouth with a silk handkerchief and coughed twice, then continued: "Ahem, I have declined."

"Since mother has declined this marriage, why is she still so ill? But is there anything urgent that needs to be done?"

The madam coughed a few more times, beckoned her son to bring the medicine bowl over, and drank it all in one breath, and finally stopped coughing.

"Do you know why the Qiao family came to propose marriage today?"

Rong Guo Gong vaguely understood that it was his wife Liu who had sent the accurate letter to the Qiao family.

"Mother, we are not going to get married to the Qiao family. It is not a big deal if we refuse the marriage. Don't be too angry. It hurts your body and hurts your heart." Rong Guogong did not answer directly, but comforted his mother to calm down.

"Boss, you have tried your best to protect your wife for so many years. You are not tired, so I won't say anything. But this time, you pushed my granddaughter into the fire pit!"

After all, the prince is orthodox and has no major faults. It would be difficult for the second prince to get past him if he wants to take the throne.

When the time comes, will the Duke of Rongguo turn to the Cai family to help his granddaughter gain a foothold in the Qiao family, or will he continue to remain neutral regardless of his granddaughter's difficulties? How to choose?
"The legitimate daughter's marriage is a major matter in the palace, and she decided to do it on her own initiative. In the future, Brother Song will also get engaged when he becomes the heir apparent. Will he have to do whatever he wants according to her temper? In the future, will he have to go through the whole process? Is Rongguo's government looking for someone to make up for her?"

"Mother, it's your son's unfilial piety that makes you worry." Rong Guogong knelt down on his legs and confessed to his mother.

The madam looked at her eldest son, who was already thirty years old and had some gray hair on his temples, and felt pity in her heart.

"Boss, I don't care if you love your wife, but I can't let her make the decisions about my grandson and granddaughter."

Since ancient times, the most self-righteous loving mothers hurt others and themselves.

"Mom, I will tell Mrs. Liu carefully and ask her not to make her own decisions in the future."

His wife was too well protected by him, and he had no sense of the overall situation, so he had to pay for the sins he had done.

"Your wife is used to being aloof and has no self-awareness of her own rights. She cannot be left to manage this family alone in the future."

Mrs. Liu also knew that what Liu had done could be big or small. To directly deprive her of the housekeeper's rights would be too damaging to the face of Liu, the duchess of the country. If she wanted Liu to grow up, she had to have someone to compare her with.

"Then let the second and third younger siblings and the Liu family manage the house together." Rong Guogong was also decisive.

Madam Tai's tone softened, "Well, it just so happens that Qing'er and Yu'er can also help their mother learn to be a housekeeper."

Before dinner, Tang Bingyan and Tang Wenzhu came to Zhaoxia Courtyard.

"Sister, it's been several days since you came back from Qingliang Mountain, and you haven't even been to the main courtyard to see your mother or us." Tang Bingyan complained, hugging her eldest sister's slim waist.

"Don't we have dinner at Songheyuan every morning?"

"It's different, eldest sister!"

Tang Bingyan pouted.

"Okay, okay, sister, I'll come and see you when I have time." Tang Bingxuan pinched Tang Bingyan's plump little face. "It's time for dinner. Why didn't you have dinner with your mother in the main courtyard, but you came to my place?" Tang Jingxuan asked her sister and brother.

"Sister, mother is sick." Tang Wenzhu replied in a depressed mood.

sick? Could it be that after returning from the grandmother's house, you were too sick to get up to eat?
"Has anyone asked for a doctor?"

"Mother Shen said there is no need to see a doctor. Mother is just tired. She will be fine tomorrow after taking a rest." Tang Wenzhu was still unhappy.

Mother needs to digest the beating her grandmother gave her today, otherwise she will be more likely to make mistakes in the future.

How could it be so easy to be the mistress of the Duke's Mansion? This was partly due to my father's letting go. Otherwise, given my mother's temperament, I don't know how many things would go wrong.

Knowing people well, making good use of them, and delegating power appropriately is a kindness to the people under you, and you can relax yourself, so why not do it? Mother takes over too much, so she is even more tired.

"Okay, since you are here, come and have dinner with me." Tang Bingxuan pinched Tang Wenzhu's little face again, which was firmer than the flesh on Tang Bingyan's face.

"Zhidong, please bring the dinner. Let's make some pine nut corn chicken for the fourth young master and the fourth young lady so that they can eat."

"Thank you, eldest sister!" The two little ones became lively now.

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The next day, after greeting Mrs. Tang, Tang Bingxuan did not have breakfast with her. Instead, she went to the main courtyard to visit her mother.

Tang Bingxuan originally thought that her mother would be fine after digesting it overnight, but unexpectedly she was rejected and had to go back to her yard first.

"Xuan'er has gone back?"

Mrs. Liu had come to her senses after a night. She almost married her daughter to a family that might belong to the Second Prince's faction. She was afraid that it would be a dilemma for both the Duke of Rong and Xuan'er in the future.

I loved my daughter, and I also saw that Qiao Zhensheng was a good son, with a good family background, and the support of the Queen Mother, so I didn't think of anything else.

"The eldest lady asked about Madam's condition and found out that it was nothing serious, so she told you to have a good rest and come back to see you tomorrow." Mother Shen replied to Mrs. Liu.

"Xuan'er is interested. It's because I'm a bad mother and I don't have the face to see her." Mrs. Liu wiped her tears with a handkerchief in shame.

In the past ten years, Mrs. Liu has been working diligently as the head of the family. If she had any undecided matters, she would usually inform the wife, so no major mistakes were made.

Ever since she heard about the marriage contract proposed by the Jiang family, Mrs. Liu couldn't make up her mind. She just wanted to find a good family and settle it quickly. She didn't discuss it with the dowager or the Duke of the country, and made her own decision to have someone go to Qiao's house to deliver the letter. It was really It's easy to make mistakes when you're in a hurry.

"My madam, you didn't do it on purpose, so why are you always so sad and hurtful? You and the eldest lady are mother and daughter. Even if the eldest lady finds out, she won't blame you." Mother Shen looked at Mrs. Liu again. The flood of tears made me feel anxious and helpless.

"I understand everything you said, but I just can't get over this hurdle in my heart."

"Madam, instead of feeling sorry for yourself here, you should love the eldest lady more in the future." Mother Shen continued to advise.

When Mrs. Liu heard this, she wiped her eyes and stopped crying, "You're right, I have to love Xuan'er more in the future to make up for my mistake."

The master and servant were still discussing how to buy some hair, clothes, etc. for Tang Bingxuan, when a servant informed her that the uncle's wife was here.

The Liu family's aunt, Shangguanshi, and her son Liu Mingcheng came to visit her for the first time since they paid her birthday on March 25th.

(End of this chapter)