The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 177 Princess Shu ([-])

Xiao Nan is not very familiar with this double relative, but only met a few times during holidays and monthly congratulations. There will be no more.

This is also a matter of no choice, although the two are relatively close relatives, but the usual intersection is too little, after all, Princess Shu, this noble daughter from the Cui family is already 30 years old - the two are not the same at all People of different age groups are even less likely to play together.

I think that when Cui Zhi got married, Xiao Nan was only six or seven years old. She was a spoiled little girl spoiled by her parents. She went to Li Yin and Cui Zhi's wedding as a background. Li yelled and went to play, it was impossible to have any chance to chat with the bride, even if there was, the two would not be able to chat together.

What to talk about?
One is an innocent and innocent little loli, and the other is a bride who is about to transform from a young girl into a wife. Such two people, even sisters, don't have much in common, right? !
When Xiao Nan married into Cui's family, Cui Zhi had just given birth to his youngest son and was recuperating in a weak body. The two only met once at the wedding. Afterwards, Cui Zhi became ill and went to the palace every month to congratulate her. During the day, Cui Zhi was often absent due to physical discomfort, which reduced the chances of the two meeting each other.

Even so, Xiao Nan had a good impression of this strange elder sister-in-law, and the princess A Niang often said that if there was no concubine Shu to persuade him, he would be even more absurd according to the manic temperament of the King of Shu.

A family with a good wife and husband will not suffer misfortune. This sentence has a more specific interpretation in the Shu Palace.

Sitting in Xi's car, Xiao Nan looked at the palace indiscriminately, and felt more and more that Cui Zhi, the elder sister-in-law, had a good way of managing the palace of an absurd prince. You can see that the mistress of this house is very competent.

Xiao Nan felt that it was not difficult to be a competent mistress, but what was difficult was that it was not easy for the mistress to stay in bed for several months and not be able to manage affairs, yet still maintain an orderly appearance at home.

Cui Zhi did it.

For this point, Xiao Nan admired her sincerely, and then thought of the second wife Liu Shi who is far away in Jinyang. Well, Liu Shi and Cui Zhi are also mothers and daughters with very different personalities:
Mrs. Liu has a straightforward and pungent personality, a bit like Wang Xifeng, and she likes to use thunderous means to manage the inner house, concubines, maidservants, concubines, sons and daughters, as long as they don't follow her rules, Liu will directly order the mother in charge to do it. , Slapping the mouth and hand-slapping are all small cases, and Liu Shi once made a big show of tattooing on the face of a very favored maidservant.Talking about convincing people with reasoning doesn't make any sense here.In her Liu's view, the inner house is her territory, as long as the man is the same, she is the master of her territory.

But Cui Zhi is different. She grew up with the old lady, she was very polite, courteous, and reasonable. For those who made mistakes or were disrespectful to her, she liked to quote scriptures and use a lot of principles to smash people. He was dizzy, and in the end taught him to the point of crying, feeling ashamed and indignant, oh no, he should have wished to apologise, and in the end he would look at Cui Zhi with incomparable admiration—God, I was really wrong, Princess, please stop reading.

After more than ten years of management, Cui Zhineng has completely sealed the residence of the absurd prince, which is definitely a skill.

Suddenly, Xiao Nan thought of one thing. The rumors about the King of Shu being absurd, irritable, hunting and disturbing the people were all caused by him from the outside.

Also, in today's ever-changing situation of seizing the heir, the only one who has not been involved in this matter is the King of Shu, and of course there are some minor princes who can basically be ignored.

Could it be... Could it be Cui Zhi——

Xiao Nan's heart beat faster, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, as if she had thought of something, her face suddenly became solemn.

Cui Wei, who was in the same car, also had a dignified face. She was Cui Zhi's half-sister, and she was the closest to Cui Zhi among the young ladies of the Cui family.

Moreover, when Cui Zhi sent a letter to her natal family, she also mentioned that she had been married for many years and missed the younger sisters in her family very much. When she was dying, she wanted to see these little sisters again.

Of course, this is only the superficial reason, and everyone can guess the deeper reason: Cui Zhi is dying, she wants to plan for her natal family and her three children.

This kind of situation is very common. The marriage of the nobles is not for the love of a pair of young children, but to unite the two families, develop relationships for the family, and strive for greater benefits.

Now the daughter who has been married for more than ten years is critically ill. In order to maintain the relationship between the two families, to ensure the interests of the children born to the daughter, or for other reasons, the family will probably make other daughters as substitutes and let the younger daughter marry the eldest son-in-law , Continue to maintain the relationship between the two families.

Cui Wei also knows a lot about this. You must know that she read too many novels in her previous life. Among them, many heroines started the stepmother mode, and finally won status, got a husband, and lived a prosperous life.

For example, her favorite Eleven Niang is very similar to her current situation: they are all concubine daughters who are not favored by their aunts, and they all have a sister who married into a wealthy family, and all of them will die without exception. , also marrying her brother-in-law as the successor for the position of the eldest son born by her sister...

It's just that the only difference is that Eleven Niang doesn't have a sweetheart, and she——

Li Lang?King of Shu?
Which one is her destined real son? !
Both Xiao Nan and Cui Wei looked pensive, only Cui Heng looked indifferent, as if he didn't know the real purpose of this trip, he only thought that he was here to visit his cousin who was seriously ill, as for marriage, marriage and so on, he had nothing to do with her The relationship between money and money.

The old lady sitting in the car behind was still spinning a string of Buddhist beads in her hands, and as the wheels creaked and turned, the beads on her fingers twitched one by one.

To be honest, the old lady also agrees with the eldest lady's plan. Although the king of Shu has a terrible reputation, he is still a prince, and his mother's family background is noble.If the eldest lady really went, the Cui family would have to marry another daughter.

It's just that the only bad thing is that King Shu's elder brother, King Wu, is too popular, and his virtuous name is even close to that of the prince. Isn't this courting death?

Wei Wang dared to challenge the crown prince, he has the confidence, both of them are the sons of the empress.

According to the patriarchal law, there has always been a descendant to establish a descendant, and no descendant to establish an elder.

Even if the crown prince is pulled down by everyone, he still has two younger brothers who are descended from the direct line.Besides, Changsun Guojiu's test was not easy. Under the empress' persuasion, Changsun Wuji resigned from all real posts and only took on the vacant post of Sikong, but the first-rank senior officials did not take charge of any political affairs.But after all, he is the most valued friend and brother-in-law of the sage, and the sage has to think about things that he strongly opposes.

The relationship between the king of Shu and the king of Wu is too close. Once something happens to the king of Wu, the king of Shu will definitely not be able to do anything good.

Another point is that if the Cui family continues to marry the royal family, the one who gets married must be a prostitute. However, there is only one prostitute daughter Cui Heng left in Rongkangtang, a direct branch of the Cui family, and Cui Heng, the old lady has already shown her a partner. , just waiting for the right opportunity.As for Cui Xuan, the old lady just ignored her.

Cui Wei?

Well, the status of the concubine's daughter is easy to say, if it is not possible, it will be recorded under the name of the second wife as the concubine's daughter.

But... the old lady paused for a moment as she twirled the beads, her brows slightly frowned, and she was talking. The child's temperament was too unstable, and he was tossing around restaurants and making paper. I heard that Cui Jiang was recently mobilized to join him The dish shop is doing business, and it is almost 1 minute that it refuses to be quiet.

The king of Shu is ridiculous enough, if he is given a restless wife... No, no, the old lady shook her head again and again.

The Cui family is willing to have another daughter for the sake of marriage, not for feud.If Cui Wei bewitched the King of Shu to do something wrong, the King of Shu was the son of a sage, and the sage would not do anything to him, but Cui Wei and her family would be remembered by the sage.

Cui Heng was reluctant, and Cui Wei was not suitable, so the old lady was in a dilemma.

A group of several people, each with different thoughts, in this weird atmosphere, Xiao Nan and a few young ladies entered the main hall of the palace together with the old lady.

In the dormitory, Cui Zhi received a report from the maid, and struggled to sit up from the big kang at the pot gate, and was about to get off the kang to meet her aunt, when the old lady stepped in and saw her haggard and sallow face , hurriedly walked a few steps to the side of the Kang, put the Buddhist beads on the wrist, stretched out his hand and pressed Cui Zhi back on the Kang, and complained repeatedly: "You child, when is it, and you are still telling us these vain rituals, come on!" Lie down a bit and rest well, that's the real thing."

Cui Zhi's body was indeed very weak. It was just that when she got up just now, she had gained some strength, and gold stars began to appear in front of her eyes. She coughed a few times, and smiled unsteadily, "I'm sorry, please ask my aunt , don't take offense to the eighth sibling and the three younger sisters. Cough, cough, cough..."

There was another heart-piercing cough, which made the old lady and others express worry and intolerance—Cui Zhi's remaining days were indeed numbered, and her brows were already pale.

"Lady, drink ginseng tea first and press it down,"

Beside the kang, a young woman in a pink skirt held a cup of tea with both hands respectfully, and persuaded in a low voice: "The old lady and the princess of Xiangcheng are not outsiders. If the lady is looser, they won't blame you. You Just take care of yourself."

Cui Zhi took the teacup, drank it in small sips, and suppressed her cough after a while.

Taking the wet handkerchief from the woman in pink again, Cui Zhi pressed the corner of her mouth, then smiled bitterly, and said, "I've lost my manners, don't blame my aunt."

Xiao Nan glanced at the woman in pink, her eyebrows and eyes were somewhat familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before.

Cui Zhi accidentally caught Xiao Nan's gaze, and said with a smile: "This is mallow, the maid I brought from Cui's house. Hehe, does the eighth younger sibling look familiar? Her cousin is in the younger sibling's yard The errand, the one whose original name is Mu Jin is."

PS: Xiuwen!
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