The beauty of the lady

Chapter 96 Rest assured (2)
"Qishan, how old is Meier?" Princess Qi didn't care about Sun Shi's expression, anyway, even if she hated Sun Shi, Sun Shi didn't dare to say anything, and she still had to salute herself when they met.

"It will be Jiji next year." Mrs. Zhao said with a smile.

"Did you talk about marriage?" She was purely curious, after all, her son was only 11 years old this year, so she couldn't wait for this girl.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao shook her head with a chuckle: "Not yet, it's only fine if Meier looks right."

If someone else said such a thing, Wu Pinru might retort a few words, but facing Zhao Qishan, she could only nod her head. After all, she knew very well about what happened to her back then.

So Mrs. Sun is really ruthless. To put it bluntly, he is a selfish person. As long as it is beneficial to him, even his own daughter can give up.

More than ten years ago, when she heard that Qishan was going to marry into Prince Zhong's Mansion, she was very anxious. When she arrived at the Hou's Mansion, she got the news that Qishan was seriously ill and it was contagious, and no one was allowed to visit her. Within two days, the Hou Mansion announced to the outside world that the young miss Zhao Qishan had died.

For Wu Pinru at that time, it was like the sky falling.

After all, she is his only friend, in the real sense.

"That's fine, I think the girl is an assertive person, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Yeah, I really don't need to worry about it. I don't know who I look like. I have a lot of ideas. Everything inside and outside the house can be done properly. Her father and I just have nothing to do all day long. I really don't know that this girl After we get married, what should we do." Speaking of her daughter, Zhao's words obviously increased.

Wu Pinru watched Zhou Mei sitting obediently next to Xiao Shi and picking out the apricot core. After picking it up, he put it on a white jade porcelain plate and handed it to Xiao Shi. In exchange for Xiao Shi's happy smile, he couldn't help but love it too. Incredible.

"Don't underestimate yourself, Mei'er can be promising, after all, it's because of your teaching."

"I don't know how to run a shop, and her father doesn't have the talent." Mrs. Zhao is a very self-aware person, and enjoys life happily.

"Could it be that your shop is run by sister Mei?" She still knew this friend, even if she hadn't seen her for more than ten years, there might be changes, but in her heart she was still the talented Zhao Qishan.

"Yeah, it's always been. Her father is just playing tricks." Zhao didn't know what it was like. If she was a daughter, she would know how to make money in business. If other piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are not good, she can complain a few words, but her His chess skills are superb, his calligraphy is also good, his piano skills and painting skills are very rough, it is already very good to be proficient in both, and his embroidery skills are even more outstanding...

Thinking of this, she turned her head and asked Zhou Mei who was picking almonds: "Sister Mei, did you send the birthday gift to your uncle and grandfather?"

"Send it, mother, don't worry."

It was a pair of double-sided Sichuan embroidery of eight steeds. At first, it was ready to be embroidered and then decorated, and placed in the study. Who knew that it happened to meet my uncle’s birthday, so I just brought it here. The embroidery frame is still in good use. It was made of huanghuali wood, and a well-known engraver in the capital was also asked to carve a thriving group case on the embroidery frame. At that time, I was almost reluctant to send it out.

Speaking of which, in the study room, the old man and a few friends were discussing around the screen, and naturally they were not aimed at the embroidery workers.

"Oh, Jing Heng, your screen is really nice, who gave it to you? It cost a lot of money."

"I think it will cost thirty to forty thousand at least." It is more than two meters long and one and a half meters high, and both sides are lifelike. Its shape and charm show the excellence of its embroidery.

"The names of the eight steeds, one is Jedi, the other is Feather Turning, the third is Flying into the Sky, the fourth is Absolute Shadow, the fifth is Yuhui, the sixth is Chaoguang, the seventh is Mist Rising, and the eighth is Wing Wing." Hu Xu read the embroidered words next to it, "The well-deserved picture of the Eight Horses."

"Brother, who gave you this?" Prime Minister Chi Xiangrui's eyes lit up.

The wrinkles on the old Duke's smiling face stretched out, "It was my niece, a girl from her family who embroidered it. It is said that she learned it from a female official of the Shangyi Bureau who was released from the palace when the first emperor was released."

"Niece? From the old sister-in-law's side?"

"Jingyue's daughter." The old man's smile became a bit more astringent, "Zhao Xingyu's eldest daughter."

He was about to make his niece public in the sun, and slapped Zhao Xingyu fiercely in order to comfort his sister's spirit in heaven. Why would a bad guy live a long life, and his sister would be a beauty.

"Jing Heng, didn't the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Chengbei pass away more than ten years ago?" He is a veteran of the three dynasties, and he is still very clear about that part of the past. However, he chose to retreat after all. Chi Xiangrui admired this kind of Duke Anguo's mansion who maintained his true self in the face of supreme dignity, so even though he had already stood at the forefront of the court, he still had a relationship with Anguo, who was gradually losing ground. The government maintains a very close relationship.

The few people present are all very close friends with the old man, most of them have been friends since they were young. Maybe even if they have been a little weak in these years, they have never tripped or messed with you behind your back.

"When the late emperor was in power, he oppressed the family that was inherited from the founding of our country, all for the purpose of establishing the prestige of the empress dowager's Chen family. For the benefit of the Hou Mansion, marry my niece into the Zhong Wang Mansion."

"It's really true that a tiger's poison does not eat its child." This is the first time Chi Xiangrui knows the inside story.

"Prince Zhong's Mansion... My daughter was almost not sent in back then, but I had no choice but to let her marry far away. After so many years, it is difficult to see each other." When Uncle Yinglie talked about King Zhong, he was also full of resentment.

"That's right, the loyal king is a good match, so he ran away with the nanny."

"What does Jing Heng mean? Let your niece return to the Beihou Mansion?"

"Of course not, not to mention her married daughter, even if she has no family, there is no need for Shan'er to exist in Chengbei Hou's Mansion. Could it be that our Duke's Mansion can't keep a niece?"

There was a long period of silence in the study. Everyone has their own difficulties. The officialdom is dangerous. How deep is the water? The closer you are to the peak of power, the more you can feel it.

"Okay, Jing Heng, let your little girl embroider a screen for me too, be more generous, and I'll put it in the study." Chi Xiangrui changed the topic to a more relaxed one.

"Get ready for the money, my little granddaughter is about to get married, how can I have so much time for you to work on?"

"Okay, I'll give you 1000 taels, no more old men will be gone, our family is poor."

(End of this chapter)