Value peace

Chapter 55 Two Marriages
Gu Xiyan and Duanniang were standing in the dusty and cobweb-covered lobby on the first floor of Dicui Pavilion to discuss this matter.

"Is there any news from Nanny Tian?"

"She doesn't seem to have heard anything." Duanniang shook her head and said, "What did Madam tell you to go?"

"I didn't say anything, I just paid my respects to the eldest princess." Gu Xiyan was a little worried, "Why did the Jiang family suddenly send someone to propose marriage?"

Duanniang had another idea: "If it's Young Master Jiang Jiu, I think it's not bad, even better than Young Master Mei. After all, the family has a strong foundation..."

"Auntie, you are confused!" Gu Xiyan said in a deep voice, "If you don't say anything else, you can know how their family's family style is based on the fact that Master Fang is not afraid to marry a twelve-bedroom concubine. When Hongshang was in Hongshang, Jinxin also said that Jiang’s family was a frequent visitor to the sewing team, and she stopped doing needlework since she entered Jiang’s mansion. I ordered two skirts from Hongshang, and it cost [-] A few taels is what an ordinary family spends for two or three years, and this shows how extravagant the Jiang family is. Such a family cannot marry."

Duanniang is also a sensible person, she said with a shy face: "Girl, I, I will go to Jinxin to inquire..."

Gu Xiyan had a headache, and sighed: "Since the Jiang family invited the eldest princess to protect the matchmaker, Jin Xin probably won't be able to ask anything."

"Then what should I do!" Duanniang became anxious, "Master will definitely agree to this marriage."

But why?He changed his mind overnight, and even invited the eldest princess to protect the media in person...

Gu Xiyan frowned, looking very distressed: "Aunt Duan, I can't take the initiative to ask you something. Why don't you go to your mother's place and pretend you don't know about it, saying that we met yesterday by chance. When it comes to Jinxin, she wants to propose a marriage to me, and you think it is very suitable. Tell her about Mr. Mei, test her tone, and see what she says. If she tells you about Mr. Jiang , you can take this opportunity to find out whose idea it was that the Jiang family came to propose marriage, how did she reply to the Jiang family, and what did they discuss in detail..."

Duanniang nodded: "That's all for now. I'll go and come back quickly, the girl is waiting for news here!" After speaking, she got up and walked out the door.

"Wait a minute!" Gu Xiyan stopped Duanniang just as she stepped on the door of Dicui Pavilion.

Duanniang withdrew her feet and turned back to stand at the door waiting for her orders.

Gu Xiyan lowered her head in deep thought and didn't speak for a while.

Duanniang called out "girl" suspiciously.

After a while, Gu Xiyan finally said sadly: "Jinxin, you should go there. Buy some novelty things, a few aunts walk around there, they have a crowded population, maybe you can find out something ...In short, no matter what kind of news it is, it doesn't matter if it's from the east or the west. Sit for a while and listen carefully. Take Mo Ju with you. She is young, and it doesn't matter if she wanders around in the inner mansion. Let her also put her ears up and listen carefully, especially the nuns in charge of each room..."

Duan Niang answered "Yes" and said, "Miss, do you have any other orders?"

Gu Xiyan thought for a while, and said: "Madam is probably not very clear about the affairs of the Liu family, please ask Deacon Ding, he is a clever person..."

Duanniang showed a troubled expression.

Gu Xiyan said helplessly: "Auntie, there are serious and serious things. We can't get over this hurdle, so what kind of enmity is there to talk about..."

Duanniang reluctantly nodded, agreeing with Gu Xiyan's statement.

Gu Xiyan asked her to call Xinghong again, and said, "I have something to tell her."

After Duanniang left, Gu Xiyan stood quietly in the room alone for a long time in a daze.

Xinghong came hand in hand with Whelan.

Gu Xiyan frowned quickly and then recovered her sweet and indifferent expression. She smiled and said, "Whelan came just in time. I was just asking Xinghong to help me find a book about law by Xizhao. , and worried that she might not be able to handle it well, with your help, I can rest assured."

Huilan wondered: "What do you want Xi to do with the book of the law!"

Gu Xiyan said casually: "I have something I want to check. I don't know if there is such a book in Aunt Cui's study. If there is, I should borrow it from you to have a look."

Huilan smiled and said, "Then Xinghong and I will go find it together. My aunt reads more poetry and songs on weekdays, but I really didn't pay attention to it. I don't know if there are such books to borrow."

"Then I will trouble you!" Gu Xiyan said with a smile.

Huilan humbled herself, and then went to Qinglianju, Cui Baogu's original study, with Xinghong.

After a while, the two each brought a large stack of books, and packed up the old desks and chairs on the first floor of Dicui Pavilion and used them as desks and chairs for Gu Xiyan. Cuige passed away.

At the middle of the day, Duan Niang returned to Dicui Pavilion with a troubled face: "It's still on guard outside, it's inconvenient to go out, I sat with Madam for a while, and checked Madam's tone according to your order. As Liu Er said, the eldest princess is here to protect the matchmaker for the nine sons of the Jiang family, and the one who invited the eldest princess to come forward is Jiang Lao Hou Ye. He also said that as long as the Gu family agrees to the marriage, we don't have to care about the dowry, and the Jiang family will take care of it... Listen to Madam Tone, I am very willing, just wait for the master to come back and decide on this marriage."

Gu Xiyan, who originally had no hope of getting married, has no bad feelings towards Mei Qin or Jiang Xinglin, the key is which family is easier to escape after marriage.

Gu Xiyan felt a severe headache.

Duanniang looked at her face and cautiously comforted her: "Girl, this is not bad... If the Mei family is sincere, they should have invited someone to propose a marriage, but now..." There was a sense of temptation in the words.

Gu Xiyan didn't know what was going on in her heart, so she could only smile wryly: "It's getting late, let's go back to Wuyuan and have dinner!"

Duanniang saw that although Gu Xiyan showed helplessness on her face, her tone was still calm, and her hanging heart finally fell down.

She responded and got up to clear the table for Gu Xiyan.

Gu Xiyan said: "Don't accept it, I will come over to read the book in the afternoon."

Duan Niang stopped her hands as she said, and asked casually with a smile: "What are you looking at, Miss?"

"Prepare for a rainy day." Gu Xiyan was full of helplessness, "Read some books on the law, and see if I get divorced or divorced one day, can I take away my natal family's dowry..."

"Girl..." Duan Niang was stunned by Gu Xiyan's words, "How could this be, your marriage has not been settled yet, this is simply..."

Gu Xiyan sighed again, and pulled Duanniang out of the door of Dicui Pavilion: "Isn't this just in case..."

After lunch, Gu Xiyan took a nap, and then went to Dicui Pavilion to read a book. Huilan and Mo Ju waited on the side. The two were fine, and cleaned out the first floor of Dicui Pavilion. Go to the second floor to clean.At that time, Gu Xiyan was already dizzy and upset by those densely packed clauses, so she stopped them and said, "That's it, the upstairs is covered with wooden boards, it's so noisy..."

Whelan cleverly pulled Mo Ju to go out, and said, "Miss, please stay indoors and read a book. Mo Ju and I will wait outside. Please tell me what you want."

Gu Xiyan waved them away impatiently.

She read the book for a while, and there were insects and birds singing in the woods outside the house from time to time. Normally, Gu Xiyan might open the window to watch it for a while, but today, it disturbed her.Thinking that she couldn't correctly judge the current situation because of the lack of news, a surge of anger burst out, burning her internal organs as if dripping with oil, she couldn't help but slapped the table fiercely, scolding Said: "Damn, hate, too hateful!"

But what's the use of losing your temper?
Like a punctured balloon again, she slumped down on the table with a slumped expression.

With a helpless sigh, Duan Niang ran in in a panic: "Girl, girl, what's wrong?"

Gu Xiyan's impatience that had just been suppressed suddenly rose again, she sat up, suppressed her anger, and whispered softly: "Don't worry, don't worry, the sky is falling and a tall man is holding it up. Speak slowly."

Duan Niang took a breath, and said: "It's over, that Zuo Xiaoyu actually invited Mrs Lei's wife, Minister of the Ministry of War, to propose marriage..."

Gu Xiyan was completely stunned.

Thinking of Zuo Xiaoyu's numb eyes, she shuddered: "No, it's impossible..."

"Really, girl, it's true." Duanniang burst into tears, "Ma'am, I don't know what to do. She said that Zuo Xiaoyu is the emperor's favorite minister, and she saved the life of the empress dowager a few years ago." ... Both parties are not easy to offend, and they have no idea, so please ask me to discuss it..."

Gu Xiyan pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Since both sides are not easy to be punished, you can tell your wife and let her send you to Jiang's house to meet Jin Xin, so that you can send a private message to the Jiang family. Go. You also just take this opportunity to inquire about Jiang's house. As for that Zuo Xiaoyu, I will never marry him anyway. He is full of murderous aura, so he is too difficult to get along with..." Actual The reason is that Gu Xiyan felt that if she really married Zuo Xiaoyu, it would not be so easy for her to reconcile or be divorced. After all, he is a mature man with a lot of experience, unlike Mei Qin or Jiang Xinglin So easy to be moved by something...

Duanniang also thought that Zuo Xiaoyu was not a good person, and cried: "If I knew this, I might as well go to participate in the selection of concubines..."

"Why are you still talking about those things now?" Gu Xiyan frowned, "That Zuo Xiaoyu looks to be in his 30s, he should have married a wife..."

Duanniang choked up and said, "Yes, Mrs. Lei said that his third wife, Jixian, just passed away. He has five sons and six daughters. The eldest son is one year older than the girl, and the second wife is a concubine..."

Gu Xiyan didn't know what to say.She pondered: "Do you look at the horoscope when you get married here?"

"What?" Duanniang asked puzzled.

"It just depends on whether the birth dates of the two people are compatible!" Gu Xiyan said a little anxiously.

"Oh," Duanniang seemed to have just come to her senses, "it has to be correct."

"That's good." Gu Xiyan said with a gloomy face, "Give me the money to break that horoscope-reading mouth open, and say that Zuo Xiaoyu will kill his wife..."

"Ah!" Duanniang opened her mouth even wider, "This, this is not very good..."

Gu Xiyan was really speechless to Duanniang, she jumped up and said: "I don't care if he is okay, I have to take care of me now..."

Duanniang twitched a bit: "But we only have 200 taels of silver left..."

"Then pawn all those jewelry..."

"The girl is going to get married soon, those jewelry are carefully selected by the wife, even if you have money, you can't buy them... I don't know if the master will help the girl prepare the dowry, the girl can't really ask the Jiang family to pay for it Let's buy a dowry, how can I be a man at my in-law's house? I heard that Mr. Jiang Jiu has 35 uncle's brothers in his generation..."

"Then you go to Tuoniang's place. She has been in charge of the account for five or six years. If there is no 1 taels of silver, there should be [-] taels of silver. Take it all out. I don't want the child to be caught by the wolf."

Duanniang's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "I see! Then I'll go." After speaking, she left in a hurry.

Gu Xiyan's face was livid with anger, as soon as Duan Niang walked away, she threw the table over with her back.

(End of this chapter)