I fought back after reselling my engagement

In March, the Great Qi Dynasty finally drove the northern Qidan people out of Yunzhou. The over fifty-year-old Great Qi Emperor was overjoyed: the Dragon Boat Festival was the Queen's Thousand Years Day, and the whole country celebrated. Half a month in advance, the officials, merchants, and ordinary people in the imperial city were preparing for the grand festival.

The Zhen Mansion has been completely renovated, with clean windows and bright gold paint, and an air of joy everywhere. Even the purple locust trees in the back garden are particularly sweet and fragrant, as if the flowers are blooming with joy.

In the Listening Rain Pavilion in the backyard of the Zhen Mansion, a few bamboo poles were planted in the spring. The time is too short, and the branches and leaves are a little sparse now, but it is a different scene. After one or two months, the Xiang bamboo in the courtyard is deep and the branches and leaves are rustling; in summer, the lake is full of lotus leaves, and the red and white lotus flowers are picturesque; in autumn, the banana leaves catch the rain and the banana fragrance is fragrant; in midwinter, the red plums are proud of the snow, and the sparse shadows are slanted. Each season has its own scenery, which is very interesting.

Zhen Su has been feeling uneasy today. According to her memories from her previous life, the old steward from her maternal grandfather's Su Mansion will come to visit her today and bring with him a hot potato - a marriage proposal.

It is not easy to take on a hot potato. She cannot eat it. If she swallows it, she will be hurt, and if she takes it, she will also be hurt.

Zhen Su called out, "Chun Yan, get some ink and brush!"

Chunyan is her wet nurse. They are the same age, but Chunyan is three months older than her. The wet nurse is called Aunt Meng. Her husband died early. She is the most trusted and capable person around her. She and Chunyan grew up together and have a relationship like master and servant, like sisters.

In her previous life, she lived with Aunt Meng and Chunyan, mother and daughter, supporting each other throughout their lives, and spent the last eight years of her life together.

She couldn't keep the engagement, and she didn't dare to accept it, but this time, she would never let her stepmother Yu and her elder sister Zhen Zhen get away with it. Three years after her rebirth, she had already seen many things clearly. In her previous life, she was repeatedly plotted and persecuted by them, and she didn't want to repeat the path of her previous life in this life.

Zhen Su quickly wrote two letters, one to his second cousin from his uncle's family, and the other to his third cousin from his uncle's family.

Chunyan was the eldest maidservant beside her. She could read and write, but her handwriting was really bad. At this moment, she frowned and said, "Miss, there will be a grand dragon boat race on the Jing River during the Dragon Boat Festival. I heard that the Queen will also give out blessing bags. You are going to meet the two cousins ​​at this time, but I am afraid they will not come?"

The personalities of the three cousins: The eldest cousin is calm and steady, she was brought up as a clan wife, and lived up to the Su family's high hopes, marrying into the Fu family, a prestigious family in the imperial city, as a clan wife; the second cousin is the eldest daughter of the second uncle, she is quite spiritual in poetry, and is a famous talented woman in the capital, with a very cold and noble personality, but actually she is a person who loves to watch the fun. She will definitely not accept the appointment to meet in a teahouse on Dragon Boat Festival; the third cousin is warm and straightforward, she always smiles when she sees people, she is curious about everything, and she is a bold and careful person.

Zhen Su sealed the envelope with a drop of wax and said slowly, "So I added a sentence in the letter, 'Don't regret it if you don't keep the appointment.'"

If the second cousin heard this, she would definitely snort and show a hint of disdain in the corner of her eyes; but if the third cousin saw it, she would think: So there is a good thing, she will definitely accept the invitation.

Chunyan smiled and said, "Miss, the second cousin is not coming. In that case, you can just write to the third cousin."

Zhen Su said: "It is not the lack of wealth that is worrying, but the inequality. So the content of this letter is the same."

Chunyan thought about it, but couldn't figure out what good news it was. "Miss, what good news is it?"

Zhen Su did not answer, but asked, "Where did the nanny go?"

Chunyan replied, "Today, the madam sent capable maids and servants to deliver rice dumplings to old friends and in-laws, and asked my mother to go ahead and help run errands."

Zhen Su got up and went to the inner room, took out the money box, and pulled out two silver notes. He told Chunyan, "These ten-liang notes are for the old steward of the Su family. He is old and not in good health. Ask the nurse to take the money and visit the old steward in person. Ask him to buy whatever he likes to eat, but don't be stingy with the money. Also ask your mother to deliver these two letters to the two cousins ​​of the Su family."

What about the other one? The other one is worth twenty taels of silver.