Sweet Beauty Chapter 51: Unbearable

Due to her unique upbringing experience, Mrs. Zhou's personality is very paranoid, but she has her own thoughts in her actions, and she is not reckless in her actions. She also thought carefully about seeing Mrs. Bai.

Since she talked with her son Ling Xiu'an that day, she has been thinking hard about how to solve Weijia's identity, and then she can marry her into the government's mansion without suspicion, and let the second child of the Bai family recognize her as a woman. The safest.

She knows that her husband Ling Guogong's temperament is not a very safe way to solve his worries. It is impossible for him to agree to let Weijia enter the door.

Let the Bai family recognize Weijia, that is, even if Weijia's identity is exposed in the future, their state government will be able to put all the responsibility on the Bai family through operations. The way is deceived by the Bai family...

So the second child of the Bai family refused, and the Zhou family thought about going to see Mrs. Bai and finding a breakthrough from her. It is rumored that the second child of the Bai family is very filial...

These days, she has sent people to investigate the situation of the Bai family, and has received reports from the servants one after another. Now she knows that the Bai family is just an empty shell. The imperial examination failed, poverty declined, the Baifu economy was very embarrassed, the old lady Bai was increasingly dissatisfied with the second room and so on.

The first and third rooms of the Bai family are the biological children of Mrs. Bai. The woman's selfishness is very clear to the Zhou family. Even Mrs. Bai may have considered the second Mrs. Bai as a parent and child, but they are born day after day, year after year. The contrast between the situation and future of the son and the adopted son is probably almost wiped out.

As long as she offers benefits to the first and third rooms of the Bai family and provokes them again, I am not afraid that the old lady of the Bai family will not be tempted.

However, she was not in a hurry to see Mrs. Bai, but first tested Ling Guogong with her words.

Ms. Zhou knew what the Bai family was worried about, but she was timid for fear that Wei Jia's special identity would be revealed, so she didn't want to take risks. She thought that if her husband could promise Wei Jia and her son Ling Xiu'an's marriage, so Wei Jia was in the The Bai family is just a passing scene, and they can climb up to their country's palace as their in-laws, so presumably the Bai family's concerns can be reduced a lot.

Ling Guogong listened to his wife's test, his eyes swept up and down Zhou Shi's face, and then he said blankly: "Madam, Your Majesty has ordered the Ministry of Rites to start the preliminary selection of women, and all the officials above the fifth rank have not yet engaged. And unmarried daughters are free to report to the Ministry of Rites, which will then sort them out and send them to the palace to be handed over to the Empress Dowager, the Empress and Concubine Xiang for the primary election.”

"On this occasion, it's normal for the Bai family to have concerns. Let's wait a bit longer. As for Xiu'an's marriage, since he has no intention of Miss Zhou, he should not bring it up again. "

Rong Wei Jiaming took the surname of her adoptive father, Zhou's collateral family, surnamed Zhou, so Duke Ling and others generally called her Miss Zhou.

Ling Guogong wanted to say something after seeing the change in his wife's face. He didn't want to listen to her nagging, so he grabbed it and said coldly, "Madam, Your Majesty can't say that he will establish a reserve in the next few years. My Ling family has established military power after the dynasty. He has been gradually reduced, and his popularity and grace are not as good as before. If the future one is the fifth son of King Kang, that's all, he has always been close to the empress, and Xiu An was his companion..."

"But if it is the one from the Shu Palace, he has always been close to the Queen's family and our Duke Ling's Palace. My Ling family's title is not hereditary, so whether Xiu'an can smoothly ascend to the title will be a problem, the Ling family is afraid that it will be It's going to fall, so Xiu'an's marriage is especially important."

With the strength of the man in the Shu Palace, the possibility of wanting to marry his daughter Xueni to him is very low, that is, his wife and daughter think that they will do whatever they want with the Queen's will.

Ling Guogong already had other plans in his heart. He felt that instead of worrying about doing things that were not feasible, he might as well find another way. When the dust settled, if he really was the superior, he would let his son marry his sister Chengyi. County Head...

Although that person is a county magistrate, she is actually a concubine. I heard that she has been remarried twice in Shu, and it is difficult to get married. Her son is the heir of the prince's government, so it will not be too difficult to ask for marriage...

Thinking of this, Ling Guogong glanced at his wife. He really has long hair and short knowledge. He looks so smart on weekdays, but he spends the whole day in these old feelings and old grudges.

I was raised by Concubine Zhou of the former dynasty since I was a child, and my mind was crooked. After the establishment of the new dynasty, I married myself because of the Hua family. The cruelty, thinking that with the protection of Queen Hua, no fire can burn him...

When Mrs. Zhou heard these words from Ling Guogong, she was surprised and even more unbelievable. She pulled the corner of her mouth and sneered: "Master Guo, why did you suddenly have such thoughts? The fifth son of King Kang is the direct grandson of the Empress Dowager. , Your Majesty and the Empress have always loved the Fifth Young Master the most, no matter what the round, the position will not be the one from the Shu Palace!"

"It's also that Ni'er has some thoughts on the man in the Shu Palace, and the concubine has observed that he has behaved more seriously this year. After all, he is the son of the Shu Palace, and it was His Majesty and the Empress Dowager who watched him grow up. In the future, the future will not be too bad, so I reluctantly agreed with Ni'er and him, this time, I was thinking of asking the empress to give Ni'er and him a marriage."

"But why did you think of that position? Not to mention that he has always been inferior to Fifth Young Master in terms of knowledge, and it is absolutely impossible for the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager..."

Actually, the Zhou family didn't have so many concerns about marrying Rong Weijia to her son, because she didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at all, and the dynasties changed. She was a lady who lived in the palace of the old dynasty In the new dynasty, she was still the lady of the country who often came out of the court.

She also knows that His Majesty hates the royal family of the previous dynasty. She can use her own identity and her relationship with Queen Hua. As long as the arrangements are properly arranged, who will deliberately reveal the identity of a woman in Weijia, but she is the daughter of a princess, not a The straight forward princess...

In addition, His Majesty is very old, and the Zhou family has determined that the next emperor must be the fifth son of King Kang. The grievances and grievances of a generation have almost disappeared, and the fifth son is not so hostile to the royal family of the previous dynasty. Even if Weijia's identity is exposed, it will not be a big deal...

Ling Guogong looked at his wife's stubborn and self-righteous expression, but he didn't have the desire to communicate any more if he wanted to say anything.

He calmed down, restrained the irritability in his heart, and said directly: "I don't care about this matter. In short, Xiu An has no intention of Miss Zhou, ma'am, don't force Xiu An to marry her because of those old things. It has delayed Xiu'an's future and ruined the future of our Duke Ling's residence."

"In those days you took the risk to adopt her and let her grow up in splendid clothes and good food. You have already done your best. After the draft is over, let the Bai family recognize her, and I will work again to let the second child of the Bai family go out. , and then help her choose a large family to marry in the local area, and it is really good for her to be so safe and secure."

After hearing this, Mr. Zhou's face changed again and again.

She, she is not without brains. Of course, she also knows that it is the most stable and best to let Weijia marry into a big family. She originally planned to do so, but... It's just that Weijia has treated her son these years. She sees infatuation in her eyes, and she can't bear it... Now it's even more real as a husband and wife...

But she didn't dare to tell Ling Guogong about this, because she said it, with what she knew about Ling Guogong's character, I was afraid that Wei Jia could only be a concubine!

This matter, she can only plan step by step...

But since the grandfather of the country said that he would take a while to see the trend of the draft, and thought that her daughter Xueni would have to prepare for these days, she just let go of her eagerness and thought about thinking about the plan first. Well, after waiting for a while, I will only make an appointment with the old lady of the Bai family when I go to the temple to offer incense at the end of the month.

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Ling Guogong's wife, Mrs. Zhou, planned to meet the old lady of the Bai family at the end of the month, but at the beginning of the month, the Bai family was already turbulent, and there was a lot of right and wrong.

At the beginning of July, there was a big incident in the Wei family of Mrs. Bai's mother, but it was Mrs. Bai's elder brother, Mr. Wei, who was first bewitched to share money with others, but was cheated by his accomplices and lost a big money. This money was collected by Mr. Wei himself from various channels, and there was also part of the private money of his wife and his mother, Mrs. Wei.

After this incident, Mr. Wei was extremely depressed, but he didn't dare to say a word, and then he was bewitched to go to the casino to block it, and he lost tens of thousands of taels of money because he didn't know what was going on.

The Wei family had no foundation. Three generations ago, they started as ordinary butchers. Mrs. Bai's father, Mrs. Wei, was drafted into the army when he was young. After the establishment, he served as a commander of the sixth grade in the commanding department of the Wucheng Military and Horse Command.

At that time, the Bai family entered the capital and had no foundation. The new dynasty was established, and it was still very chaotic. In urgent need of shelter, they took over the marriage with the Wei family, who had an official status. It was also a helpless move.

However, the Wei family lacks background. Mrs. Bai's grandmother and mother both came from a well-known family who had never read a book. Her husband was fighting outside the army, and most of them dote on their sons. Several of Mrs. Bai's brothers were all literary If you don't succeed, you can't do anything, and you have nothing to do all day, thinking about speculation. After Mrs. Wei passed away, the Wei family did not fall.

Let's say that Mr. Wei lost money in the casino, and the people in the casino forced the Wei family to ask for debts. Kankan pays off the money.

Because of this incident, Mrs. Wei was frightened, distressed, and annoyed with the tens of thousands of taels of money, and then fell ill all of a sudden. Naturally, the Wei family can hide such a shameful thing. When you get the money, you won't publicize it outside. The Bai family doesn't know the specific situation. Only Mrs. Bai San heard that her mother was ill and hurried back to her parents' house to see her mother.

Old Mrs. Wei is already ill, and her appearance, which was well maintained, has aged by more than ten years. She dragged the third Mrs. Bai to tears, and only scared the third Mrs. Bai. What's wrong with this?

Old Mrs. Wei already only knows how to cry, and she can't speak properly.

Mrs. Wei, with her swollen eyes, pinched her head to the end, and told the third lady Bai everything, and finally cried and told Wei Shi that this family had no other assets besides this ancestral house, and begged her sister to take care of it. Think of a way to set up the marriage of her son Wei Zehan and Bai Jingshu, otherwise the Wei family will be completely defeated, and I am afraid that even this last ancestral house will have to be sold...

And the Wei family is defeated, and the life of Mrs. Bai in the Bai family will not be easy.

Now only Bai Jingshu can save the Wei family by marrying in.

Firstly, everyone knows that the Chen family is rich, and Bai Jingshu's dowry must be a huge fortune. Second, the second master Bai is an official, and he has always loved Jingshu's daughter. I think if Jingshu can marry into the Wei family , Master Bai Er will not stand idly by the children of the Wei family, even if they can donate some official jobs, it would be good, otherwise the children of the Wei family will not be successful if they are not successful, and now they have even copied the family background and sold it. Go drink the northwest wind?

Mrs. Bai was really angry and anxious when she heard it. How could she not be in a hurry when her parents' family arrived at this stage of the field?

The Bai family prides itself on being a scholarly family, and they don't have much money, but they still pay attention to all of them.

If her family was really defeated, no matter how much she flattered the old lady, her life would not be easy.

Remembering the cold, arrogant and self-righteous look of my sister-in-law, she felt a sigh of relief in her chest.

No, the family must not let the family know about her family's affairs, let alone watch her family fail.

But the nephew wants to marry Bai Jingshu, now it's easier said than done!

Mrs. Bai described as haggard, and returned to the Bai mansion uneasy. She felt all kinds of suffering, but she became more filial to Mrs. Bai, thinking about how to find a breakthrough.

Let's say Jingshu has been living in Zhuangzi since she returned to Beijing. Even before and after she attended the banquet at the Shu Palace, she never went back to Bai's house, let alone greeted Mrs. Bai, Mrs. Bai, not to mention Mrs. Bai, Mrs. Bai. He hates Jingshu so much that he doesn't want to see her at all, and also thinks that Jingshu and Baifu are separated from each other, and this granddaughter was raised for nothing, or a white-eyed wolf.

In the past six months, Chen has raised a child in the middle of Shu and has not returned to Beijing, except that he privately sent money to Bai Er to make expenses (Bai Er received the money from his wife this time, and did not tell the Bai mansion at all. I mentioned it), and even the slightest bit of money, boxing, filial piety, silver, etc., were not sent to Beijing.

In the past six months, Mrs. Bai's housekeeper has lost a lot of white hair. The estate of the Duke of Bai's family is pitifully small, and the income from the idea is not enough for the expenses of the houses in the house. First, the old man Bai spent a lot of money on his birthday. Seeing that the money in the father-in-law was exhausted, Mrs. Bai really had nothing to do.

In recent years, the property that Mrs. Chen brought back by Mrs. Bai has saved a lot of money, but those are all in Mrs. Bai's private house, and they have never bought any public property.

Because of lack of money, Bai Jingyu, the eldest daughter of the original Second Master Bai, was married at the end of the year, and the dowry that the public servant should have purchased, Mrs. Bai, could not have the money to turn around, and it has been delayed.

On this day, Mrs. Bai drank two mouthfuls of bird's nest porridge, and she frowned and pushed the bowl. When she thought that the bird's nest was not good, Mrs. Bai could only bite the bullet and explain: "Mother, In the past, the bird's nests used by you and the old man were all high-quality official bird's nests sent by the second younger brother and sister from Shu, but the bird's nest brought back by the second uncle has long been used up, even the ones that were saved at home have been used up, and now we can only go to If you buy it in the market, the appearance will naturally be much worse..."

The more silver I use, the less the quality of the bird's nest I buy. I'm afraid that after a while, I won't be able to buy it at this level.

Mrs. Bai is also using this way to euphemistically tell the old lady Bai that the family has no money.

In the past few months, there is no money in the public, and the expenses of each room have only been slightly reduced, which has attracted a lot of complaints. The old man and the old lady are the big spenders, but they have not been reduced at all.

Old Mrs. Bai's face was as black as the bottom of a pot when she heard this, and her chest was hurting with anger.

In fact, it was the temperament and living standard of Mrs. Bai who were used to the supply of Chen's over the years. Before Chen's marriage, the Bai family had been in decline for many years, and there were no hard times. Everyone lived a simple life. , where is the life like a big family in brocade clothes and jade food.

It's just that I'm used to living like this, and now Mrs. Bai can't live a hard life again.

Old Mrs. Bai stared at Mrs. Bai, before gritted her teeth for a while, "Bring me the account book of Gongzhong!"

Although she was Mrs. Bai's housekeeper in the past, the financial power was controlled by Mrs. Bai. Mrs. Bai would show the ledger to Mrs. Bai every once in a while. Not very good, I neglected a lot in this matter.

This Mrs. Bai has been prepared for a long time. She wished that the old lady could take a look at it, take care of it, reduce expenses, ask the second room for money, she is not good at doing these things. of.

After a while, Mrs. Bai's maid came over with the ledger. After reading a few of them, Mrs. Bai turned blue with anger, her face was sinking like ink, and she felt a pain in her forehead.

Mrs. Bai didn't dare to come out. Old Madam Bai threw away the account book and stared at her eldest daughter-in-law, biting her teeth tightly. She wanted to lose her temper but couldn't say anything. After a long time, she just waved her hand to let her go. go down.

Mrs. Bai left, Mrs. Bai's eyes flickered, and she stepped forward to caress the old lady's chest and winked to let the maidservant back down, and she persuaded softly : "Mother, don't be angry. You are angry with your body because of such things. Isn't it because we are unfilial as children? These things, you still have to take care of your body, mother, to take charge of the overall situation. "

Old Mrs. Bai was so angry that she didn't want to speak at all, and Wei Shi continued in a low voice: "Mother, it's just from the perspective of my daughter-in-law, these two sisters-in-law are really getting more and more outrageous. I don't care about you anymore."

"Mother, my daughter-in-law thinks she is the second uncle, it seems..."

Speaking of this, Weiss gave the old lady a careful look, and saw that although she had a sullen face, she seemed to have listened to her words in order to lose her temper.

She continued, "Mother, look at my daughter-in-law, the second uncle's family seems to have a sense of renunciation, not to mention that Sister Shu shows no respect and filial piety to you, and does not go to the White House before or after the banquet of the King of Shu, daughter-in-law. I also heard that the mama you sent to her was placed under house arrest in the village that day, and you asked her to take Sister Yan to the banquet, and she just thought it was nothing..."

"Since the second sister-in-law is pregnant, she has no filial piety to you and your father. She is the second uncle, and she also has less love for her nephews and nieces. My daughter-in-law is afraid that if the second sister-in-law gives birth to a son, the second uncle will only stand On her side, if, if Sister Shu married Gaomen again, wouldn't she be unable to control her anymore?"

Old Mrs. Bai suddenly turned to look at her little daughter-in-law, her eyes were fierce, she only startled Wei Wei, and she was suffocated.

Old Mrs. Bai stared at Weiss for a while before she asked sullenly, "Why, what do you have in mind?"

Wei Shi's heart suddenly burst, but now, she is really forced to do nothing, so she can only bite the bullet and say: "Mother, daughter-in-law feels that the second sister-in-law has suddenly changed from the past to being virtuous and filial. The appearance of her is just because she is pregnant. It can be seen that the virtuous and filial piety of the past is all pretended. If Sister Shu remarries into a high school, she will have more confidence. Isn't it necessary for our whole family to look at her face? And... And there's another word from my daughter-in-law, I don't know if I should say it or not..."

Old Madam Bai's face was ugly, her eyes were as cold as ice, she snorted coldly, and said sarcastically: "You have already said this, what else is there to say? Come on, tell me what you have. plan?"

Wei Shi gritted his teeth and said, "Mother, since Sister Shu is in conflict with you and is blessed with good luck, if she gets married, will it hurt your fortune? Daughter-in-law looks at it, Sister Shu. It's like this, it's like attracting people's blessings, but it's because she came back that our family is getting more and more difficult, and your health is getting worse every day?"

Old Mrs. Bai's heart jumped when she heard this, and her face was really ugly. This sentence is really a heavy hammer, even if she knew it might just be a provocation, but Mrs. Bai has been tortured by illness for a long time, and she is old He is also extremely afraid of death, and hearing such words is like a heavy hammer blow to the heart, it is impossible not to be affected.

Seeing that his words had achieved the effect, Wei Shi pressed down his heartbeat and continued to whisper: "Mother, this girl is really a monster, my nephew, since the last time I saw her, she I was so fascinated by her that I had to die at home. My mother and sister-in-law felt sorry for their grandson and son, and asked me if I could promise Jing Shu to my nephew. I originally thought that Sister Shu was too evil to marry back to her mother's family. Proper..."

"But now I think, mother, why don't you marry Sister Shu to my mother's house, so I can handle it in the future. I'm not afraid that her luck will be too good for you, and second sister-in-law has always used this daughter as her lifeblood. , I am not afraid that she will not be filial to your mother in the future."

Old Mrs. Bai looked at Wei Shi coldly. She was brought up with a temper. She was just cold and selfish to others, but her brain was not broken. The little daughter-in-law said so much, but it was just for her selfishness. Needless to say, Wechs' remarks did hit her soft underbelly.

She can't stand the eccentricity of the second room, she can't stand the second son and the Chen family being so white-eyed, she only cares if she is promoted to the office, and she doesn't care whether the White House lives or dies, and she can't stand the growing development of the second room. Her direct descendants want to Seeing their eyes and living by giving away something from their fingers, I can't bear that Jingshu's evildoer has robbed him of his blessings and stepped on his own health and entered a high door...