161, betrothed(1/2)
Mrs. Liu suddenly laughed as she listened to Mrs. Changping Hou's words. Mrs. Changping Hou took a look and was a little confused.
The matchmaker Hua scratched her head and looked at Mrs. Liu with confusion, "Mrs. Liu, how many Lord Mu in Kyoto City are wrong? Is there another Lord Mu of the same name and surname?"
Mrs. Changping Hou subconsciously thrust her eyelids.
"There is only one Mu Heng in the entire Kyoto City. He serves as the Minister of State. He is young and promising. He is also the eldest princess." Mrs. Liu's smile deepened. He reached out and picked up the teacup to moisten his throat. Then he lowered his voice. He looked at Mrs. Liu, "Although my son is the son of a county magistrate, he is the eldest son after all, and he can marry Miss Wen. Since Mrs. Hou looked down on him, it would be better to say it directly. Why should he drag innocent people into the water and pull Lord Mu to do something?"
Mrs. Changping Hou soon heard the wrong words and frowned, "What does Mrs. Liu mean?"
Before Mrs. Liu could speak, the matchmaker Hua said, "It's true that I happened to meet someone at the door just now, claiming to be Mu Heng. The young man is indeed handsome and has extraordinary talent. I was curious and came forward to inquire about it."
"What did Lord Mu say?" Wen Rufeng asked.
The matchmaker of Hua said, "I originally wanted to tell a marriage for Lord Mu. Lord Mu said that he had not married yet and had not decided on a marriage. He also said that the war is at the moment and he is unwilling to get married, so he doesn't have to worry about it. Not only that, he also generously gave me a silver."
Fearing that others would not believe it, the matchmaker Hua took out a ingot of silver and held it in his palm. Mrs. Liu nodded, "If it weren't for Mrs. Hou's mention, I would have thought there were two Lord Mu in Kyoto City."
Mrs. Changping Hou's face suddenly sank.
Wen Rufeng's face also looked ugly. He really didn't expect Mu Heng to deny it directly, and he said it well the moment ago.
"It's not a big deal to Lord Mu. I saw Lord Mu is easy to talk to. After saying a few more words, Lord Mu is not an unreasonable person. He pays attention to coming first and then coming, Mrs. Hou, do you think?"
Looking at Mrs. Liu's smiling face, Mrs. Changping Hou blocked her throat in one breath, unable to vomit or swallow, and she was full of breath.
"Bang!"
Something suddenly broke on the other end of the screen. Mrs. Liu looked along her gaze and could only vaguely see a hazy shadow. She guessed in her heart that it must be Wen Qiyan.
"Madam, I am all ignorant and I broke the vase in a flash." A maid came out to take the blame, and Mrs. Changping Hou had a cold face, "What a irritable look like, drag it out and kneel down!"
The little maid dared not refute, so she bowed down obediently.
Mrs. Liu closed her eyes and thought that she didn't know that this play was for her to watch. She smiled coldly, "Mrs. Hou calmed down. It's just an ignorant maid. It's not worth it to be angry."
Mrs. Changping Hou pursed and said nothing.
Wen Rufeng glanced at Master Liu and then at Mrs. Liu, and was also holding her breath in her heart.
"If you make a family rule, you will be punished if you make a mistake." Mrs. Changping held her breath. If she said that she was quite satisfied with Mu Heng the moment before, she would be a little disappointed at this moment.
"Madam Hou, look at what happened today..." Mrs. Liu pressed step by step, smiling, and holding a betrothal gift list in her hand.
"The man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried. This is an excellent marriage. Mrs. Hou and Mrs. Liu are gentle in nature and will definitely not treat Miss Wen badly in the future." Hua Miao said all the good things on the side, hoping that Mrs. Changping would nod immediately.
Mrs. Changping Hou glanced at Madam Li, and Madam Li immediately said, "Madam, a few officials came up to the village just now, saying that there was an extremely important matter waiting for Madam to discuss. Now people are waiting in the side hall."
"Everyone, I'll go there first. Let's discuss this later." Mrs. Changping Hou lost her patience and stood up and left, too lazy to even talk about perfunctory.
Partial Hall
"Mother, my daughter won't marry." Wen Qiyan's mood was still very happy at the last moment, and the next moment she was immediately sent to hell. She looked at Master Liu and didn't want to look at him again. It was too ordinary. She could not compare to the handsome Mu Heng, and she couldn't even compare to a finger.
Mrs. Changping Hou sighed, "The person has already come to the house. Lord Mu said that again. Isn't this a force to force me?"
Wen Qi's legs were soft and kneeled under the knees of Mrs. Changping Hou. "My daughter would rather cut her hair and sit in the sister-in-law, begging her mother to help her!"
"Sister Yan!" Mrs. Changping Hou was angry. If Wen Qiyan hadn't insisted on being with Mu Heng, she could have chosen a good young man from a noble family during this period. There was nothing wrong with the two of them being a match. But just now, Mu Heng's name was mentioned, which made people laugh. She was so embarrassed that she had no place to put her old face, and she wanted to find a crack in the ground and quickly get in.
"What should be fought for, my mother has already fought for you. Don't let your mother down!" Mrs. Changping Hou said in a deep voice.
The Liu family came to Changping Hou Mansion in a swagger and brought betrothal gifts. How many people saw it when they passed by? The wife of Changping Hou really couldn't afford to lose that person.
"There are three sisters and four sisters..."
"Mother." Wen Rufeng interrupted Wen Qiyan's words, "The third sister and the fourth sister are both gentle and elegant. If the Liu family insists on being born, they will adopt one of them to the mother's knees. That eldest son Liu is indeed not a good person and cannot be worthy of his sister."
If Master Liu could show off his skills, Wen Rufeng would admit it. But no matter how he looked, he was always a person who could not stand on the table. It was no wonder that Wen Qiyan was unwilling to marry.
"I'm afraid the Liu family may not be willing to nod." Mrs. Changping Hou didn't care about remembering a concubine's daughter, even if she gave some dowry subsidies.
Wen Qiyan bit her lip, "Mother, if the Liu family insists on marrying her daughter this time, her daughter will marry her."
After hearing what Wen Qiyan said, Mrs. Changping Hou nodded immediately, "Okay, I'll go there now, Madam Li, go and bring the third and fourth girls here!"
"yes."
Waiting for Miss Wen San and Miss Wen Si to arrive, Mrs. Changping Hou went to the front hall again with a grudge, and a smile appeared on her face.
"Madam Liu has been waiting for a long time, Madam Li, look at the tea!"
"yes!"
Mrs. Liu's eyes turned and glanced at Miss Wen San and Miss Wen Si. The two quiet girls, who looked good, knew that they must be from the house when they were dressed up. Mrs. Liu's face was a little dark.
"Madam Hou, who are these two?"
Mrs. Changping smiled and pointed at the two of them, "These are the third and fourth girls in the mansion. Look, which one do you like?"
Mrs. Liu pretended to be puzzled, "How do I remember that Miss Wen is the second lady in the house, and there is only one brother on it. I wonder where the third lady and the fourth lady came from?"
Mrs. Changping Hou thought she could fool her, but she didn't expect that Mrs. Liu asked directly by calling her name, but she was not vague at all.
"It was my aunt from the mansion."
"So, both the third and fourth ladies are illegitimate?" Mrs. Liu raised her eyebrows, her smile immediately restrained, and she shook her head at the matchmaker Hua, "Forget it, it's the Liu family that cannot reach the Marquis' Mansion. The legitimate descendant who came to the door to marry was actually sent by the illegitimate descendant. Although the Liu family is not a famous noble family, it is also a Qingliu family. Mrs. Marquis, you look down on the Liu family and say it directly, why insult the Liu family!"
"What is Mrs. Liu saying? Although these three girls and four girls were born by my aunt, they are all legitimate children raised by me. Since Mrs. Liu is going to make trouble and ruin the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion, then make trouble. The Marquis' Mansion will accompany you to the end!"
Mrs. Changping Hou had a cold face and gave Mrs. Liu a lot of face again and again. She also wanted to come and wanted to eat swan meat. She was thinking about the eldest daughter and didn't give her any color. She really thought that the Changping Hou's Mansion was a soft persimmon and could be controlled at will!
Mrs. Liu was stunned.
"The situation outside is in chaos, and the Marquis's Mansion doesn't have so much spare time to get involved. My Marquis still has to be ready. Mrs. Liu, please send it away not far away!"
After hearing what Mrs. Hou said, Mrs. Liu was not a good person to provoke. "Okay, okay, I don't believe that there is no law at the foot of the emperor. We can't afford to provoke him because the Marquis's mansion is high and the power is important. Matchmaker, let's go to the yamen and find the county master to judge!"
When the matchmaker Hua saw that the two of them were having a big fuss, she was stunned. "If you have any words to say, why bother to go outside? People will be laughed at. It's better to sit down and have a good chat."
Mrs. Changping's Marquis looked tense and glared at Mrs. Liu with anger. Mrs. Liu raised her chin, "The Marquis' Mansion promised first, and she was perfunctory to the Liu family again and again. As the saying goes, "If you don't fight for steamed buns and try to make an excuse, this matter must be investigated to the end. The Marquis' Mansion does not admit the account. My Liu family does not have to marry Jin Gui's legitimate descendants of the Marquis' Mansion. As long as the Marquis's house stands at the door of the Liu family to compensate, admit that the Marquis' Mansion is a person who has no faith. From now on, my Liu family and the Marquis' Mansion will have no relationship!"
"You!" Mrs. Changping Hou was so angry that she gritted her teeth in anger, wishing she could tear her Mrs. Liu alive. How could she meet such a rascal rogue!
"Madam Hou, the Liu family really wants to marry Miss Wen. Look..." Hua Matchmaker looked nervous and didn't dare to say in depth, saying that she couldn't afford to offend Mrs. Changping.
Mrs. Changping covered her head tightly. If she asked Changping Hou to go to Liu's mansion to apologize, it would be trampling on the dignity of the Hou's mansion. What face would the Marquis mansion have in the future to establish itself in Kyoto City? What face would Changping Hou lead the army to fight?
"Mother!"
Wen Qiyan stepped into the hall with one foot, with a cold face, and her voice was calm, "Since the Liu family must have a daughter, my daughter is willing to marry."
"Sister Yan?"
Wen Qiyan held her hands tightly, forcing herself to look at Mrs. Liu, bent her knees slightly, and soon stood behind Mrs. Changping Hou again.
Mrs. Changping Hou laughed in anger, "It's not impossible for the Liu family to marry the eldest daughter of the Hou family. My daughter is the one who is married. The Liu family wants to accept me."
Mrs. Liu nodded, "As long as I can guarantee the inheritance of the Liu family's descendants, I can respond to Mrs. Hou."
Look, they are not stupid at all, for fear that Mrs. Changping Hou would make any excessive requests. Mrs. Changping Hou sneered, "First, after my daughter gets married, there is no need to kowtow to pay her respects every day, and serve her parents-in-law. Every day on the 15th day of the lunar month, second, if Mrs. Liu fails to pass the imperial examination and cannot be ranked in the imperial examination, the Liu family will not force my daughter to nod and agree to take a concubine on the grounds of her offspring. Third, after marrying into the Liu family, no one in the Liu family in my daughter's yard can interfere, and she will decide alone."
After proposing these four points, the matchmaker's face changed. How could she marry a wife? It was clearly a matter of marrying an ancestor and going back to support her.
If you can't get it, you have to be careful and serve it. I don't know what you can do when you marry it?
Mrs. Liu's face also became dark. This was clearly slandering the Liu family and not taking the Liu family seriously.
"There's another one!"
"Madam Hou, there are only three things. The Liu family agrees with these three things!" Mrs. Liu hurriedly interrupted the Changping Marquis' Mansion, for fear of asking for something else that should not be said.
Mrs. Changping Hou glanced at Madam Li, and Madam Li immediately went to prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Seeing this, Madam Liu's face became tighter again.
"It's no basis for saying it, why would Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Liu make a note?"
Since the marriage has been broken up, the wife of Changping Hou did not expect any of the Liu family. With the Changping Hou Mansion to support Wen Qiyan, she was afraid that the Liu family would be unable to make a comeback!
Mrs. Liu held back her breath and wrote a letter, then placed the betrothal gift list in her hand and the Geng letter from Mr. Liu on the table.
Mrs. Changping Hou sighed and asked someone to take out Wen Qiyan's Geng Tie. She carefully cursed her daughter for more than ten years, but was suddenly taken away by someone by a low-ranking method. Mrs. Changping Hou felt really uncomfortable.
Wen Qiyan watched her Geng Tie being taken away, her heart was like a needle, and she could no longer hold it back and turned her head and left the main hall.
Miss Wen San and Miss Wen Si looked at each other, lowered their heads, and did not dare to say a word, allowing their mother to arrange it.
Mrs. Liu was satisfied with Geng Tie and the matchmaker about to leave, but before leaving, she said, "Ms. Wen is not young anymore. I think that February 18th next year will be a good day. Why not just set it on this day and the two families will get the wedding."
"It's already the end of September, and I'm getting married in less than half a year?" Mrs. Changping raised her voice, "No, I'm too anxious. Let's talk about it after the imperial examination of Grand Master Liu. It will be delayed. Mr. Liu's review of his homework."
Mrs. Liu wanted to say something, but looking at Mrs. Changping Hou's angry look, she was still a little restrained and dared not provoke her easily anymore.
After all, the imperial examination will be held in May, and it is not a short time for these three months. The two families are in-laws, so there is no need to make a fuss about this.
"Since I'll listen to my in-laws."
Mrs. Changping Hou was very unhappy when she called out to her in-laws and asked Madam Li to send the person out. Madam Liu didn't care and took the matchmaker away quickly.
After a while, Madam Li came back and handed it to Mrs. Changping Hou with a cup of tea. "Madam calms down, it's not worth it to be angry."
"The Liu family is obviously a scoundrel, and Mrs. Liu is not a good person to get along with. Sister Yan might have to suffer a lot when she married."
This marriage was not chosen by Mrs. Changping. Mrs. Liu is not a good man. The Marquis's Mansion has always been led by the Liu family and is forced to do nothing. If she had known that today would have been, she would have decided on Wen Qiyan's marriage early in the morning. How could it be that way?
Madam Li glanced at Mrs. Changping, and hesitated for a while, but couldn't help but speak, "Madam, I have something I don't know if I should say."
To be continued...