The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 144 Marquis Zhao's tongue shines like a lotus flower

"I don't agree!"

Mrs. Tai was still sitting on the couch, but her upper body was straight, and she glared at Zhao Yunting with her chin raised: "Xue Rou is my grandniece, she is my natal family, and I should make the decision of her marriage at the very least. Why arrange a marriage for her!" She couldn't believe that her son couldn't see that Zeng Xuerou was prepared by her for her eldest grandson.Well, now, in order to please Ning, even her family members are eager to send it out quickly, and want her to agree, it's just a dream!

On the way to Rongshou Hall, Zhao Yunting had already prepared his speech, looked straight at Mrs. Tai and said, "Mother, if you don't speak up, my son has no intention of arranging marriage for Xuerou. Chengyuan's daughter-in-law went to pilgrimage, and she was taken by Mrs. Li. The son thought about it, Yunyang uncle's three sons are better than the other, and they will become great things in the future. In-laws like the Li family will have someone to take care of them in the future, so they won't be isolated and helpless. Mother, although the son is highly valued by the emperor, the Zhao family's foundation must still be weak. If something happens to the son...so the son begs the mother to be careful Consider it."

His eyes were calm, without the slightest guilt, Madam Tai looked at him for a moment, her mind was a little shaken: "You really think so?"

Zhao Yunting said frankly: "My son will do anything that is beneficial to the Zhao family."

Mrs. Tai did not doubt this.

Her body was not so straight anymore, and she murmured to herself: "It's fine, why did the Li family fall in love with Xuerou? Didn't the two girls from the Guo family's Lin family also go for the last pilgrimage? Guo Baozhu didn't say anything, The Lin family is now considered an official lady, and she can be honored by our family, why didn't the Li family choose her?"

Zhao Yunting smiled and said: "Mother, Mrs. Li wants to choose a stable and dignified daughter-in-law for her grandson. It is not suitable for Baozhu to be playful and active. Firstly, that girl Azhu is young, and secondly, she is born there. We have relatives in our family, and they are not as dignified and generous as Xuerou, Mrs. Li is not stupid, of course she is more satisfied with Xuerou, if you were to choose, you would choose Xuerou, right?"

In the past six months, his mother has been ill twice. If he could, he would do everything possible to hide it from his mother, and he didn't want her to guess the truth. He was afraid that his mother would get too angry and fall ill again.

The flattery hit the right place, and the corners of Mrs. Tai's mouth curled up, seeing that he didn't look so unpleasant anymore, but she tensed up again soon, and asked in a low voice: "Isn't it Lin who got this up?" Wang Zhu She couldn't find out what was going on in Xuanli, but whenever Mrs. Lin went out, she couldn't hide it if she wanted to. She wondered what Mrs. Lin was doing at Uncle Yunyang's mansion two days ago, because of Zeng Xuerou's marriage.

Zhao Yunting didn't lie, he rubbed his forehead with some headaches, and said softly: "Mother, Cheng Yuan has been more polite to this cousin Xuerou, it is reasonable for Mrs Lin to think too much, this time Mrs. Li asked her about Xuerou. Of course, she is happy to see it come true. If Uncle Yunyang's family status is poor, I will definitely not condone her small thoughts, but Uncle Yunyang's mansion is about to be reused by the emperor. It is indeed good for Xuerou to marry, so I will I acquiesced. Marrying to be the wife of the house is better than being Chengyuan's concubine, isn't it?"

"Who said that Xuerou is going to be Chengyuan's concubine?" Mrs. Tai immediately retorted sharply, "A village girl should be the housewife, but a decent official lady should be the concubine. What's the reason?"

Zhao Yunting was startled, and then his face changed drastically, he got up and said: "Mother wants Cheng Yuan to divorce Lin?"

Mrs. Tai curled her lips and muttered in a low voice: "She turned our grandparents against each other, shouldn't we divorce her?"

"Mother is really confused!" Zhao Yunting moved the chair and sat in front of Mrs. Tai, and reasoned with her in a deep voice: "Mother, in fact, I was not particularly satisfied with Mrs. Lin at first, but Chengyuan recognized her, you know Chengyuan Temper, I don't want to quarrel with him and make father and son disagree and cause jokes in the government and the public, so I just let him. But now it's different, Lin has won the attention of Princess Jing, which is beneficial to our Houfu. Even if my mother doesn't like her, she will You can't make up her mind anymore!"

Mrs. Tai glared at him: "Don't think I'm foolish, Princess Jing clearly values ​​Cancan, what does it have to do with Lin?"

Zhao Yunting really had nothing to do with his mother, and said with a headache: "At the beginning, Princess Jing was pregnant, and it was Lin who gave a lantern to Princess Jing. Later, Princess Jing gave birth to the eldest grandson of the emperor. Before Cancan was born, Princess Jing invited Lin The family has entered the mansion, mother, who do you think the princess values? If something happens to the Lin family, even if the princess still likes Cancan, for the sake of reputation, you say she will give Cancan's stepmother a good look?" With such a simple reason, how could the mother say Don't understand?
Mrs. Tai was stunned, and it took a long time to come back to her senses. Thinking of her previous idea of ​​driving away Lin and raising Cancan herself, she couldn't hold back her old face.

Zhao Yunting didn't come here to see his mother's embarrassment, so he hit the rails while it was hot: "Fortunately, there is nothing wrong with Mrs. Lin, mother, let's marry Xuerou happily, so that Xuerou will be well, and Chengyuan will also accept your love when he comes back. Our family How nice is the child and amiable?"

"Who cares about his love?" Mrs. Tai said sarcastically, "I almost put a sword on my neck last time. I have long lost my relationship with his grandparents. Even if I agreed to this marriage, it was because of Xuerou Well, it has nothing to do with him!"

Zhao Yunting apologized and said no more.

The son will go to court tomorrow, Mrs. Tai looked at the night outside the window, and said calmly: "Xuerou is getting older, I have to ask her about this matter, if she disagrees, I can't help it." The marriage is over, Mrs. Lin Without a heart disease, she didn't benefit at all, so why?

Zhao Yunting looked at her with a solemn expression: "Mother, the Li family has many sons, all of whom are young and promising. If Uncle Yunyang can make meritorious service in Yunnan this time, the title of the Li family can even be raised to a higher level. Such a good in-law, if Xuerou is headstrong, and asked her mother to persuade her for the sake of the Zhao family. Now that the battle situation in Yunnan is unknown, many families are waiting and watching. Once Uncle Yunyang becomes famous, the marriage may not be our turn."

Mrs. Tai couldn't help singing against him: "If Uncle Yunyang is defeated..."

"Mother be careful!" Zhao Yunting stood up abruptly, his eyes turned cold: "Chengyuan is also in Yunnan, if mother really doesn't like Zhao's family, she didn't say that tonight like a son!" Angrily left.

Mrs. Tai knew that she had made a slip of the tongue, so she didn't lose her temper at his back as usual. She sat awkwardly for a while, leaned on the pillow and thought about it carefully, her expression changed slightly as she thought about it, and she called Yingchun in: "Let the cousin come in tomorrow morning." Miss, come here earlier, I have something to ask her." Of course, the girl from her Zeng family is better than others, but it's too coincidental that the grand-niece is spotted as soon as she goes out this time, so maybe it's the grand-niece In my own small mind, I deliberately please Mrs. Li, right?
It is hard to say whether the eldest grandson will live or die in the south, and it is very possible for the grandniece to seek another marriage.

Mrs. Tai grasped the Buddhist beads in her hand tightly. If her grandniece really dared to use her favor for her own personal gain, she would not do what she wished.

It was early in the summer, and the next day Mrs. Tai just woke up when she heard laughter from outside, Zeng Xuerou had already come.

Mrs. Tai is in a better mood. This grandniece is still very obedient.

After washing up, she asked Yingchun to call Zeng Xuerou in, and no one was left in the room to wait on her.

"Did my aunt sleep well last night?" Zeng Xuerou walked up to Mrs. Tai with a smile, looked carefully at her eyes, and boasted: "You look so good, you are getting more energetic every day."

Mrs. Tai held her hand and let her sit beside her, and said with a smile: "When people have happy events, they feel refreshed. I heard your cousin talk about a happy event last night. When I feel happy, of course I feel refreshed."

Zeng Xuerou's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly urged her to speak out.

Mrs. Tai stared at her closely: "The Li family of Uncle Yunyang proposed marriage to you on behalf of the second son of the eldest son. Do you think this is a happy event?"

Zeng Xuerou was dumbfounded, but when she came back to her senses, her expression suddenly changed, she quickly got up and knelt down in front of Mrs. Tai, and begged anxiously: "Grandmother, don't scare Xuerou, no, didn't you agree to let me marry my cousin? ,how……"

"Get up, why don't you kneel down." Mrs. Tai pulled him up, and said unhurriedly: "Looking at you like this, are you unwilling? I thought you thought it was hopeless to marry your cousin. Well, I want to marry into the Li family, otherwise why would the good-looking Li family fall in love with you? It’s not that my aunt doesn’t favor you, but in terms of appearance, Guo Baozhu and Lin Zhu are no worse than you.”

It's okay if she doesn't say it. When she said that, Zeng Xuerou seemed to have been greatly wronged, and she fell on her lap and began to cry: "My aunt blamed me wrong! Xuerou was only a cousin on the other day. Brother Shang Ping Anxiang, I had to go to please my cousin. I didn’t expect to learn from Guo Baozhu on the way that Mrs. Li intended to choose a granddaughter-in-law between her and Lin Zhu. Later, when the carriage was halfway, Li Jiaerlang I don’t know why they stopped on the road, Guo Baozhu and Lin Zhu took a peek and found that Li Erlang was ugly, so they teased me together and pushed me to the car window..."

Mrs. Tai frowned: "Is there such a thing? Why didn't you tell me that day?"

Zeng Xuerou raised her head with red eyes, lacking in confidence: "I was looked at by the outsider, and I lost face to my aunt. I was afraid that my aunt would be angry, so I didn't dare to say it..." Then she knelt down again, "Grandma, I beg you to make the decision for Xuerou, don't agree to this marriage, okay? My cousin and Li Erlang are at odds, I'd rather be my cousin's concubine than..."

"Shut up!" Mrs. Tai interrupted her angrily, "You are a girl from my Zeng family, even if you can't get married, you won't be a concubine for others! You go back first, let me think about it. Your cousin doesn't know when Come back, and you are not too young, your grandmother entrusted you to me to take care of you before returning to Liaodong, if the Li family Erlang is only a little poor in appearance, he will be a good husband-in-law."

"Grandmother..." Zeng Xuerou stared at her in disbelief.

Mrs. Tai rushed away impatiently: "Don't worry, I will find out for you." If Li Erlang is as bad as his grandniece said, she will believe her once.

Zeng Xuerou knelt in a daze, took a while to get up, and left in a daze.

Mrs. Tai immediately sent someone to inquire about Li Zonghua.

Before noon, the servants found out clearly, and reported to Yingchun for her to answer.

Mrs. Tai heard Yingchun praise Li Zonghua for being young and promising, her heart tightened, and she asked, "How is he doing?"

"It's Zhou Zheng." Yingchun recalled what her mother-in-law said, and answered like this.

Mrs. Tai was dissatisfied with such an ambiguous answer: "How does it compare with the uncle?"

Thinking of Grandpa, Yingchun's face was a little hot, and she lowered her head and said: "Of course there is no comparison with Grandpa, I heard that it is above average at most."

Mrs. Tai's heart fell.The little girls have shallow eyelids and like to judge people by their appearance. They are used to seeing outstanding men like their eldest grandson, and when they look at ordinary men, they feel ugly even if they are not ugly.It seems that Zeng Xuerou didn't play tricks with her, but she thought too much.

After taking reassurance, Mrs. Tai agreed to this marriage that was beneficial to the Zhao family, and of course she couldn't help comforting her niece and granddaughter.

After listening to the hypocrisy for half an hour in Rongshoutang, and finally returned to her yard, Zeng Xuerou shut herself in the room, covering her face with a quilt and secretly laughing.After waiting for so long, she finally waited for her day to come out.

After both sides settled the matter, Li Zonghua and Zeng Xuerou's marriage was quickly finalized and they got married at the end of September.

Ah Ju got busy all of a sudden, because Zeng Xuerou was going to get married in the Hou Mansion, and she had to make all the preparations for the wedding banquet.

(End of this chapter)