Chapter 307： Be as virtuous as her mother

Chapter 307 Like her mother

After all the guests had left, Yuan Jiaqi and Qiao Mai looked at every table stupidly, all of them were empty.

You are really welcome, the food is clean.

People are clearing the table, and the whole family has their own rest. Marrying a daughter-in-law is really tiring and not easy.

Mrs. Wang saw the banquet at Qiao's house, and followed the old lady back to Penglai Pavilion.

"Mother, when Zihan gets married, can the banquet be the same as Qiao's?"

"You have to talk to Qiao girl about this, she provided the ingredients for the kitchen,"

"OK, I'll go find her"

Qiao Mai was drinking tea and resting, when she heard Mrs. Wang calling her from the yard, Yuan Jiaqi asked her with his eyes.

"Call her in, you don't have to hide, just listen"

He went out to welcome Mrs. Wang into the house, and she came and sat opposite Qiao Mai.

"I came here to discuss something with you."

"Say it"

"On the day of Zihan's wedding, can you borrow your cook so that you can provide me with the ingredients like today?"

"Yes, I can provide you with both the ingredients and the cook,"

"thank you"

"Consider it as a gift from our Qiao family, can you?"

"How much money did you spend on today's banquet?"

"One hundred thousand taels of silver is only a lot more than the ingredients."

Madam Wang took a deep breath, "Then I will thank you for Zihan."

"You're welcome."

Mrs. Wang left, Yuan Jiaqi sent her to the gate of the courtyard, and when she came back, she saw Qiao Mai with a gloomy face.

"What's wrong?"

"I'll just say that Jiaru can do whatever she likes, dare to behave like her mother"

"Just now she asked the price of today's ingredients, what does that mean?"

"Hmph, you don't think she wants to give me money, but to inquire about the price and see how important my gift is."

"I didn't expect this Mrs. Wang to be so small-minded"

"It looks very atmospheric."

"I heard that her natal family is also an important minister in the court. I wonder who it is?"

"I don't know, and I don't want to know, whoever I love, I'm no more than a first-rank official. I'm not afraid even if I get a title or king. The reason why I give her face is entirely for the sake of the old man and the old lady."

"Oh~"

After completing another task, Qiao Mai's mood became more relaxed. The hearts of the two daughters-in-law are all in Qiao's house.

This made Qiao Mai very gratified. They all regarded this place as their own home, and the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law used to be best friends, but now they are sisters-in-law, and they get along very well.

Isn't it just after offering tea and acknowledging relatives, Mrs. Mu handed over the power of managing the family.

"Mother, I'm heavy now, and it's a bit difficult to run the house. It just happened that Qingling came in, so I'll leave it to her. If there's anything I don't understand, I can teach her."

"You two can figure it out, whoever is in charge of the house will do, just take care of the family affairs."

Just like that, the new daughter-in-law started running the house the next day after she entered the house. After the Xiao family heard about this, they all said that the daughter-in-law was married to the right family.

On the day of returning home, the home-return gift prepared by the mother-in-law Qiao Mai was also the same as the gift from the eldest daughter-in-law when she returned home, and it was truly equal.

This became a good story in the capital. The old emperor sighed when he heard about it, and Yu Bao asked puzzledly.

"Your Majesty, why are you sighing?"

"I went to the Qiao family's wedding that day, but I didn't see that Mrs. Qiao."

"She looks very ordinary, but she is a little better than other women."

"Which point?"

"White, very white, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as icy muscle and bone"

"Well, one white covers three ugliness. How can the important minister I like marry a woman who is worthless."

"Hey, I heard that Mrs. Yuan is submissive under Mrs. Qiao's control, and never gets close to any woman."

"Well, I know this, otherwise my Princess Yihe had to marry him, and he would rather die than marry, just because of this woman, indeed the imperial husband has the right way."

"Speaking of this, the servant finds it very strange"

"What's up?"

"When the princess came back from the north, she seemed to have completely forgotten Master Yuan. She agreed to the marriage you arranged, and got married obediently. This is not the character of a princess."

"I asked, and she said she couldn't remember anything, it's good if she can't remember, so as not to miss someone else's husband, and let the world see my jokes"

Yu Bao lowered his head and said nothing, his eyes flickered, as if he was planning something.

It has been more than two years since I came to the capital. Many people in the capital wanted to give their daughters to the Yuan family as concubines.

Why scold? If Haosheng told them, these people would not listen.

Only when they scold, they will get angry, and they will tear themselves apart with him, so that no one will send women away. Yuan Jiaqi doesn't care about the royal family, any rich family, or any huge family, anyway, he will scold him as long as he sends a woman.

Scolding others for uneasiness and good intentions, sending a woman is to make him and his wife at odds, to make him a betrayer, and to keep his house safe.

Cursed to such an extent, who would dare? In the past two years, he has almost scolded him all over.

Many people went to the palace to file complaints in private. When the emperor heard about this, he wanted to reward the Yuan family with a few maids, but he stopped thinking about it.

He also scolded those who complained back. Of course, the courtiers he valued must be protected. It’s not a problem not to accept women.

So in the past two years, Qiao's family has been very quiet.

Some people saw that they couldn't send it to the Yuan family, so they wanted to give it to Brother Fengyun. There was an unobtrusive one, who wanted to send his daughter to be a concubine just a few days after Xiao Qingling entered the house.

Immediately, she was scolded by Qiao Mai, Mrs. Mu, and Mrs. Xiao. The three women had a scene, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were pinching their waists, standing at the gate of Jixiang Garden, like three tigresses, going out in the capital all the time. named.

Jixiangyuan is like a fortress of iron and steel. Many people envy it and cannot enter it.

Yuan Jiaqi also posted a notice at the door of his house, advising those in the capital not to stuff women into their house, or they will go to the Yamen to tell them to spare them.

When Mu Shi and Xiao Shi are alone together, they are often thankful that they have a good mother-in-law.

Never let them go to pay their respects, discuss things at home, and always speak to them in a soft voice.

If you have good things, you should think about your daughter-in-law first, and you will not disagree with their requests as long as they are reasonable.

Chuan'er and Zihan were assigned to the Imperial Academy, one was a sixth-rank official and the other was a deputy sixth-rank official, which was slightly stronger than the original Yuan family.

In June, the rainy season in the south has arrived, but living in Jixiangyuan is very refreshing.

The rain clears up as it falls, and the ground is always clean. Mrs. Wang is used to living here, so she doesn't want to go back.

She took a fancy to the second daughter of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites, but they asked a matchmaker to match Chuan Er, because this Mrs. Wang has been angry for a long time.

"Although my husband is a fourth-rank official, even if he doesn't want to go back to Beijing, otherwise he would have already been a first-rank official. Why do you think people are inferior."

Actually, it’s not that she is underestimated. In ancient times, the emphasis was on being well-matched. Both the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Officials were first-rank officials.

But Mrs. Wang had a high heart, so she wanted to find a daughter-in-law from a high family. She picked and chose the Qian family, that is, the mayor Qian's family, who was also the daughter of the prostitute. The highest official position of the Qian family in the capital was the second rank.

Miss Qian is very good-looking, and she has just turned sixteen, with more than enough gametes.

Fortunately, the Qian family did not dislike Zihan, and both parties had met each other and were very satisfied with each other, so Mrs. Wang wrote a letter to Wang Zongsheng, asking him to come to Beijing as soon as possible.

In mid-June, a matchmaker went to Qian's house to propose marriage. At the end of the month, Wang Zongsheng took his wife and son to Qian's house to make an engagement.

In July, Wang Zongsheng took his wife and son to live in Bichunyuan. The betrothal gift cannot be paid out of Jixiangyuan.

No matter how good the relationship is, this is someone else's family, and there is no reason to hire someone else.

Even Wang Zongsheng understands the truth, but this Mrs. Wang is not happy. It is really too face-saving to marry a daughter-in-law in Jixiangyuan. Mrs. Wang really wants face.

(end of this chapter)