The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 255 Matchmaking (Part [-])

For many married ladies, apart from hunting on horseback and socializing with gossip, they are also very keen on one thing—matchmaking.

Especially those royal princesses who are married, for whatever reason, they like to introduce their in-laws' nieces and grand-nieces to their natal nephews and grand-nephews.

For example, the concubine Jin, who was married last year, was married to Princess An's natal nephew and grand-nephew through her uncle and grandmother as a matchmaker.

Princess Changle is also a princess, and she is no exception to be a matchmaker.

It's just that the eldest princess didn't introduce the little lady from her in-law's family to her natal family, but helped her daughter's little lady from her in-law's family to marry her.

On this day, the spring was bright and beautiful, and the eldest princess came to Rongshou Hall.

This is the second time the eldest princess has come to this yard since Uncle Cui adopted the Rongshou Hall. The first time was to attend Xiao Changsheng's hundred-day banquet. Tuanzi, the eldest princess put all her thoughts on her cute little grandson, and didn't say much to the old lady.

Today is different, the eldest princess is here to visit the old lady.

Xiao Nan got the news a long time ago, and ran to the gate to meet Princess Aniang in person. After the mother and daughter made out, Xiao Nan took the Eldest Princess's arm and sent her to the main hall.

The old lady also came out to greet her, and after greeting each other with the eldest princess, she invited the eldest princess to sit in the main seat, while she knelt and sat at the head. Xiao Nan did not take a seat, but directed the servant girl to make tea soup, prepare cakes, and fruits.

Several servant girls went back and forth several times before bringing the refreshments and other things prepared by Xiao Nan to the couch of the eldest princess and the old lady.

The old lady was old and smart, seeing that Xiao Nan refused to sit with her, after the servant girl served tea, she hurriedly led the maidservant out of the hall together, she guessed that the eldest princess came to find her specially this time.She winked at Qiu's mother, and Qiu's mother understood, and sent the little maid in the hall to the verandah outside the door.

After a while, only the eldest princess, the old lady, and their personal servants were left in the main hall.

When the eldest princess saw her, she didn't say anything. She picked up the teacup and took a few sips, then said to the old lady with a smile, "I wanted to come and see the old lady for a long time, but the two little demon stars at home were just being mischievous. I can't live without people, so I can't go out for a long time, and I can't even go to the apricot garden to enjoy the spring on the Shangsi Festival. I hope my in-laws are not to blame. My in-laws are doing well these days, and my wayward daughter has caused you a lot of trouble, right?!"

The old lady hurriedly straightened up, and said with a smile: "I am just an idle old woman, thank you princess for caring about me. Speaking of Qiao Mu, I really want to thank the princess very much. It is you who taught your daughter well, raised Qiao Mu so well, and is so virtuous and virtuous. Virtue, knowledgeable and reasonable. It’s not an old man boasting, who in Beijing doesn’t know Qiao Mu’s virtuous name?!”

What the old lady said was really not a lie to please the eldest princess.

In the past, when Xiao Nan first married into Cui's family, because she didn't know how to restrain her temper, her reputation in Beijing was not particularly good, and there were even rumors that she was a shrew and a vicious woman.But after Xiao Nan's hard work in the past two years, all the mistresses of the aristocratic families in the capital are full of praise when they mention this Xiangcheng Princess.

Think about it, Xiao Nan urges his husband to study and take the imperial examination, and helps him choose officials to enter the official career.When the husband mistakenly made a bad friend and was led astray, and his reputation was almost ruined by a cheap woman, Xiao Nan stood firmly by his side again, insisting on turning the husband's romantic account into a criminal case of his being framed. It saved her husband's reputation...Turned the well-known flirtatious dandy in the capital into a practical and capable 'judge'.

In addition, Xiao Nan has been married to the Cui family for three years, but she has already given birth to a son and a daughter, and raised the children to be fat, healthy and healthy.

Xiao Nan has become a real husband and son, what kind of mother-in-law doesn't like such a daughter-in-law?
There are already many mistresses in Beijing, especially those who have immature children and grandchildren at home, and they have begun to focus on Cui Lingxi, who is only one and a half years old. Sex and ability are not far behind.

In fact, if Xiao Nan still has a younger sister, it is estimated that the threshold of the eldest princess will be stepped down.

Hearing these rumors, the eldest princess never closed her mouth—laughing!
Who said she Li Lizhi can't teach her daughter?Who said Princess Li's upbringing was poor?

Even the mistresses of the aristocratic families who despised the royal princess for being unruly at first began to learn from the eldest princess.

Now hearing the old lady praise her daughter again, the eldest princess felt even happier, but she still said modestly: "That's because the old lady can teach people, and she is generous and loving, pampering the trees..."

Speaking of which, the Eldest Princess changed the topic, and used this topic to introduce the topic, "Speaking of the old lady's ability to take care of people, I think of one thing."

The old lady knew that Xirou was coming, so she pretended not to know and asked: "What's the matter? Please tell me, princess?"

The eldest princess said: "That's right, my family's Shiro has also reached the age of marriage. He is honest, gentle and modest. He was the governor of Xiangzhou two years ago. He is good at government and hardworking. He is praised by the local people. He is the most progressive person." Erlang. The only bad thing is that Shiro is too honest, so Concubine Wei wants to find a tough, stable and prudent lady for him."

The eldest princess put it more euphemistically. In fact, Li Shen and Li Xiaoshi are weak-tempered and timid. The reason why he has a good reputation for "good governance" is because he dare not act recklessly and break the law like other brothers. discipline.

Li Shen is the son of Concubine Wei Gui, the concubine is very worried about this weak child - now she and the saint are here, no one dares to bully his son; but if they are dead, who will protect this timid child? !

After much deliberation, Concubine Wei decided to adopt the traditional method to find a reliable in-law family for her son and a capable and strong daughter-in-law.

But on second thought, Concubine Wei Gui was afraid that her daughter-in-law would bully her son if she was too tough, and make her son the second house mistress.

It just so happened that the eldest princess was entrusted by Xiao Nan to help Cui Heng find a "rich" husband, and the two parties got together.

The eldest princess told about Cui Heng's various performances when she was helping Xiao Nan's housekeeper, and Concubine Wei's eyes lit up when she heard it: capable, steady and well-known, this is exactly the daughter-in-law she is looking for.

Especially the eldest princess's sentence, "Siniang is quite like her cousin Xianshu Princess", touched Wei Guifei even more - no one in the capital knows the virtuous name of Shu Princess Cui, she is a virtuous daughter-in-law praised by even saints.

Very good, that's her!
Therefore, Concubine Wei solemnly entrusted the eldest princess to be a matchmaker to marry Cui's daughter for her son.

"...I see that your fourth wife is very stable. I don't know if she was married before?"

The eldest princess babbled a lot, and finally said the main point.

When the eldest princess introduced Li Shen in a long speech, the old lady evaluated the feasibility of this marriage in her mind.

Well, Li Shen was granted the title of King of Ji, a rank of a county king, with a food seal of a thousand households, although he is not as high as the previous brothers, but his strength is that he is cowardly and will not cause trouble.

It's not bad to marry such a prince and enjoy wealth and honor for a lifetime.

And the old lady knew very well that this marriage should be Xiao Nan, oh no, more precisely, it was chosen according to Cui Heng's request.Now that the owner and the man are willing, it would be unreasonable for her, an old woman, to object.

After thinking about it, the old lady smiled and said, "As far as I know, there shouldn't be any. However, Si Niang's parents are both present, so she still needs to discuss with them about her marriage."

The Eldest Princess knew that what the old lady said was just a show, so she didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "That is to say, I can receive a gift of thanking the matchmaker?"

The old lady said: "The old man will order someone to tell Sanlang (referring to Cui Hong) and his wife. If they have no objection, they will definitely send the eldest princess a generous gift in the future."

In other words, the marriage was agreed in disguise, but it still had to go through the motions. After all, Cui Heng was Cui Hong's daughter, and her marriage needed Cui Hong's nod.

The eldest princess was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "Okay, then I will wait for the good news from the old lady."

The next day, the Eldest Princess received the good news from the Cui family and got an accurate reply. The Eldest Princess entered the palace that day and informed Concubine Wei Gui of the Cui family's intentions.

Concubine Wei Gui was very concerned about her son, and ordered someone to find the saint that night.

When the sage heard that Juro's marriage was made by his beauties, he immediately agreed to it. Then he heard that the future in-laws were Cui's family, and he was even more satisfied. With a swipe of his pen, he read out the marriage edict the next day. .

After receiving the imperial decree, the entire Cui family was very happy, especially the third wife, Xiao Lu, who was so happy that she could not close her mouth from ear to ear. Even the daughter-in-law, who is usually the most unattractive, rarely lost her temper.

Mrs. Wu is nine months pregnant with a huge belly. She looks coldly at her mother-in-law who is going crazy with joy, and "Cousin Lu" who is closely following her mother-in-law and pretends to be a filial daughter-in-law. Wu Shi really couldn't laugh at the two of them.

After having fun for a while, under the 'reminder' of her niece, Xiao Lu finally noticed Wu's cold face. She couldn't help but stop smiling, and scolded: "What's wrong with you? Your sister has a happy event, don't you tell me?" What do you want to do with such a cold face after saying congratulatory words? Don’t you want your sister to marry well? Hmph, she’s still a pro-sister-in-law. I can't even feed my children!"

The two children who died successively were the greatest pain in Wu's life, but now that her mother-in-law has exposed it fiercely, Wu only feels that the bottom of her heart is bloody, if it is not for the sliver of reason left in her mind, she would like to slap the child in front of her. The woman slapped twice.

"Why don't you speak? Am I wrong? Hmph, I was born without good luck. I was really blind at the time, but I married you in. After three years, I never gave birth to a man and a woman for my son. I really wronged my family—— "

With her caring niece and daughter as a comparison, Xiao Lu's dislike of Wu's became more and more distasteful. If it wasn't for Mr. Lang's pressure, she really wanted to divorce this useless daughter-in-law.

Seeing this, Cui Heng hurried over to smooth things over, she grabbed Xiao Lu and said: "Mother, Concubine Wei also gave me some pearls and fabrics, I don't know much about these, why don't you go and see for me? "

As soon as he heard that there was a good gift from the palace, Little Lu's attention was shifted instantly, and he immediately took Cousin Lu to check the gifts.

After watching the two leave, Cui Heng stretched out his hand to hold Mrs. Wu, and said apologetically, "Sister-in-law, Auntie has always been straightforward, and she is a person who has nothing to say. .”

A cold light flashed in Wu's cold eyes, she gently pushed Cui Heng's hand away, and said lightly: "I know, everyone (mother-in-law) is an elder, I know what to do, Si Niang doesn't have to worry."

When she gives birth to her son safely, she will settle all accounts properly. The daughter of the Wu family is not so easy to bully.

PS: Hey, make up yesterday's!

PPS: Well, I don’t know why, when I wrote about Xiao Nan dealing with Bai Shi, I actually remembered the incident of "Little Dragon Girl" back then. I have to say that Ms. Lin is really smart.

(End of this chapter)