I fought back after reselling my engagement

Chunyan said, "Miss, the Madam and the eldest daughter have returned home, so we should go back early."

Zhen Su bowed, "Princess Fanghua, Miss Zhou, I have to go home, take care!"

Zhou Yiqing said: "Why don't you join my calligraphy and painting club?"

Zhen Su looked embarrassed. For a girl, being extremely talented was not a good thing. Instead, it was better to have average talent and appearance.

When they came, Chunyan hired a carriage, and the carriage in the mansion was led by the wife. They were going to leave at the same time. The wife was concentrating on taking care of the girl she had married and had never paid attention to Zhen Su.

As soon as Zhen Su left, everyone dispersed.

In Princess Fanghua's carriage, the maid whispered, "The mistress of the Zhen Mansion was a concubine before. Half a year after Miss Zhen's mother passed away, she became the main wife.

Miss Zhen's grandparents were afraid that she would be treated poorly, so they took her to the Su family.

Two years ago, Lord Su Jingzhai was transferred from the Ministry of Rites to serve as the governor of Hunan Province. He thought that Miss Zhen was getting older and if he took her to the post, she might miss her marriage. Before leaving, he arranged a marriage for Miss Zhen and gave Lord Zhen some instructions before leaving Beijing.

Princess Fanghua snorted, "How many good concubines are there when they are promoted to the first wife? It's against the rules to have children before the first wife. If it were in our Wang family, she would have been drugged and sold off long ago."

That was because her mother was the eldest princess, and the prince consort was not allowed to take concubines. Moreover, the eldest princess had given birth to a pair of children for the Wang family, so she had fulfilled her duties as a wife, and he was not allowed to take concubines or have anything to do with other women.

The princess used this method to get rid of several concubines. She was a concubine before, but she dared to get pregnant. How could she save her face if she didn't take medicine?

"Ms. Zhen's grandmother was not his original wife. After Mr. Su's first wife, Mrs. Xie, passed away, his family chose a new girl as his successor. Miss Zhen's two grandmothers were cousins, both of them legitimate daughters.

Lord Su's favorite was his second wife, Xie. Xie was not only beautiful, but also gentle and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. After the two got married, they were deeply in love. Lord Su was afraid of hurting his wife's feelings, so he didn't even take a concubine.

Miss Zhen's grandmother had two daughters and one son. The two daughters were the elders, and there was also a young uncle. This young uncle was quite a successor to Lord Su, and was also very proficient in poetry and songs. However, he did not like being an official. When he passed the imperial examination, he refused to take the imperial examination no matter what Lord Su said. It was said that Lord Su loved his youngest son and Miss Zhen's mother the most. For this reason, Lord Su loved Miss Zhen the most among his grandchildren.

The maid had learned these things from Chunyan while in the carriage. Chunyan felt that these were things that many families in the capital knew about and had not concealed them.

Princess Fanghua asked, "Doesn't Zhen Er have any brothers or sisters who share the same mother?"

The maid was silent for a while, and before she could speak, the middle-aged man driving the carriage said, "Princess, I have heard about this. It is said that in the early years, Miss Zhen's mother was tricked by the concubine and could no longer have children. That is why she is the only daughter, and she was allowed to have children one after another by her cousin who was a childhood sweetheart of Master Zhen."

Princess Fanghua said, "This is really new. The concubine was plotting. I'm afraid the real culprit behind this is the second wife. She would do anything to become the first wife. She gave birth to a daughter who is older than Zhen Er, and then gave birth to more daughters one after another. It would be strange if there were no ghosts."

The maid did not interrupt again and waited until the princess asked her questions before answering.

Princess Fanghua asked, "You're engaged. Whose son is he?"

The maid shook her head. "Chunyan heard it from her mother. It was because Old Master Su was worried that the marriage was arranged. It was said that when she reached the age of marriage, the man's family came to propose marriage. Even Chunyan and her mother didn't know who he was."

Princess Fanghua tilted her head and said, "I won't tell you now. First, this marriage is very good. Second, is there any reason why it is inconvenient to tell you in advance? Is it because the other party is in mourning?"

She really guessed it right. The reason she didn't say anything was that the marriage was too good. She was afraid that if it came out early, people from the two branches of the Su family would make a fuss and ruin the good marriage.

*

In the Zhen Mansion, Zhen Su was like a person wandering outside the Zhen family. Their family of five was happy and often forgot about her.

The master and servant returned to Tingyu Pavilion through the side door.

Aunt Meng greeted her at the gate and took the painting. "Young lady, it is a taboo for a girl's calligraphy and painting to be circulated, otherwise it will cause trouble. This time, I asked Chunyan to take a few paintings with her because they are for a girl in the boudoir."

Princess Fanghua, the granddaughter of Grand Secretary Zhou and the daughter of Princess Dekang, is a noble lady in the capital. Even a family like the Zhen family cannot even reach her on tiptoe. Aunt Meng is happy to see the girl make a few good friends, who knows when she can use them. Because of her friends, the lady cannot be too harsh on the girl.

The girl has been living in either the Zhen family or the Su family since she was a child. Her only friends at the beginning were a few cousins ​​from the Su family. But no matter how sincere the girl was, they were always on guard because she was the daughter of the old lady behind the house.

On the second day, Princess Fanghua, posing as Zhen Su's close friend, sent her maid to deliver gifts, including a set of exquisite jewelry from the palace's Internal Affairs Department, half a pound of tribute tea, and four pieces of new cloth.

On the third day, Zhou Yiqing, the governor of Grand Secretary Zhou's residence, sent a maid to present a painting by Grand Secretary Zhou and two boxes of rouge and powder that Zhen Su had prepared himself.

Sisters Zhen Zhen and Zhen Zhu were sitting in the Moon-Viewing Pavilion. Yesterday, Princess Fanghua came to deliver something, and today it was Zhou Yiqing again.

Zhen Zhu said: "Big sister, she is recruiting people just like her mother, why don't I go check it out."

Zhen Zhen said in a low voice, "Wait and see. If you ruin my good fortune, I won't forgive you."

"Her grandfather has good intentions, and she deserves a good marriage." Zhen Zhu had long known her mother and sister's plans, but until now, she still didn't know who the family was that she was engaged to be with.

Their mother, Yu, took the opportunity to get the news from Zhen Yuan that Old Master Su had arranged for his precious granddaughter to marry Rong Wei, the son of Marquis Leda. When Yu heard about it, she found it unbelievable, because with their family background, they really could not get such a good marriage.

Yu had been eyeing this marriage for a long time, thinking that when the time came, she would arrange a marriage for her eldest daughter before outsiders found out. The eldest daughter's marriage had been discussed for a while three years ago, but after she heard about this marriage, the discussion of her eldest daughter's marriage was not discussed.

On the tenth day of May, Zhou Yiqing sent an invitation to Zhen Su, inviting her to come to Zhou's house on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to attend a flower-viewing party, saying that he wanted to see the gardenias and pomegranates in his home and share them with her friends.

The note was delivered to the maid at the gate. When Zhen Zhu saw it, she was so jealous that she gritted her teeth and took it directly back to the Moon-Viewing Pavilion.

Zhen Zhen spat lightly, "You are so short-sighted. Instead of being jealous of her, you should just follow her. You will know all her friends."

Zhen Zhu said in distress, "If I want to follow her, can she take me with her? She and I didn't grow up together. She only has eyes for the cousin from the Su family. She won't care about me at all. She won't even let me into Tingyu Pavilion."