The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Xie Qingdai found that she had no way to explain rebirth. She had a feeling that she couldn't just tell anyone about rebirth. She could only say with tears in her eyes:

"I have my own sources of information. Grandfather, father, please believe me! The Shi family's ambitions are obvious! If they gain power, the new emperor will be wary of them. If they lose power, the new emperor will retaliate against them.

If I were a wife of the Shi family, our Xie family would be tied to the same boat with the Shi family. But we are not a good match with the Shi family. We have a lot of money but little power. In front of the wolf-like Shi family, we are just a fat sheep!

To pull the prince down from his horse, I don't know how many steps must be taken. Every step requires money to pave the way. Grandfather, a little bit of rice is a favor, a big bit of rice is a grudge. The Shi family has already owed us a favor, how can they be willing to lose face and owe us another one? How can they, the rich and powerful, bend down to us merchants?

When they owed me a favor for the first time, they offered me the marriage of a grandson to repay me. What about the next time? What will they do when they have nothing to repay or don’t want to repay me at all? They will force me to make a mistake, use me as a breakthrough point, and force the Xie family to admit their mistakes and offer the money with both hands! "

Mr. Xie's hands, which were on the desk, slowly clenched into fists.

He understood what Xie Qingdai meant, and Xie Jianwei also understood it.

If the Shi family wants to help Shi Mingzhu ascend the throne of queen, they must dethrone the crown prince. Where does the money spent in the process come from?

It came from the fat sheep and golden chicken of the Xie family.

Mr. Xie sat in silence for a moment, then slowly asked, "Qingdai, how do you want to cancel the engagement?"

Xie Qingdai was stunned. She didn't expect her grandfather to accept her words so quickly. She said hurriedly, "He is suffering from a serious disease."

Mr. Xie shook his head: "Not appropriate. If they are determined to marry you, even if you are sick, they can still find a way to carry you to marry them."

"Then I will shave my head and become a monk! I will return to secular life after a few years."

"You..." Mr. Xie lowered his head, and the grandfather and grandson looked at each other in shock, "Are you really unwilling to marry into the Shi family?

Not to mention that there has been no news about the marriage between the daughter of the Shi family and the fourth prince. Even if there is, when you get married, it will be too late to do something to stop it - it is not easy to make a marriage, but isn't it easy to ruin a marriage?

The Shi family is a noble family, a wealthy and powerful family. The threshold of their house is higher than ours. If you miss it, not only will you miss the Shi family, but it may also be difficult to find a family of equal status to ours. "

"Grandfather, I have made up my mind. For the sake of the Xie family and myself, my granddaughter cannot marry into the Shi family." Xie Qingdai asked curiously, "Grandfather, why did you believe me so easily?"

Although Mr. Xie was still testing her, she knew her grandfather's temper. Since he asked this, there was an 80% chance that he would allow her to break off the engagement.

Because she was too happy, she couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes, which actually fell and slid down her cheeks to her chin.

Mr. Xie smiled and handed her a handkerchief: "Wipe it off. You look so happy that you are crying for joy."

Xie Qingdai lowered her head in embarrassment, wiped her face, then raised her head and faced her grandfather and father again.

This time, Xie Jianwei helped her up and glared at her secretly, blaming her for not informing him as a father and then trying to scare the old man.

Old Master Xie smiled and said, "You have always been steady and will never lie to your elders. Since you said that the daughter of the Shi family is going to marry the fourth prince, then she must marry him.

Look at this. It's a letter your brother sent back from the capital. It arrived a few days ago. Because he has always been unreliable, he said whatever he wanted, so you just thought he was talking nonsense.

"I've been thinking about it for the past few days and it seems to be not right. I took it out today and was going to discuss it with your father, but then I heard that you wanted to cancel the engagement. It seems that you and your brother have the same idea."

He handed the letter that was lying upside down on the desk to Xie Qingdai.

Xie Qingdai read through the entire article at a glance and was very surprised.

What was written in the letter was completely different from what she knew in her previous life.

In the previous life, there was no such thing as Shi Yao reporting to the government and Shi Minghui beating Tian Zhi to death.

Why is it different from the previous life?

Could it be that Shi Mingwei, that loser, was reborn like her? As soon as he was reborn, he plotted to murder his concubine's sister, and ended up ruining Shi Minghui's reputation?

Shi Yao actually injured the criminal with a dagger?

Shi Yao actually came to Beijing this winter?

The more Xie Qingdai looked, the more she felt that there was something wrong with Shi Yao and Shi Mingwei, but Shi Minghui's ruthlessness in killing was just as great as in his previous life.

She never thought that she could be God's only favorite.

If she can be reborn, then others can too.

At least one of Shi Yao and Shi Mingwei was reborn.

Think about Shi Mingzhu, who was closely protected by the eight brothers of the Shi family. Perhaps Shi Mingwei was not reborn, but Shi Mingzhu was the one who was reborn. Shi Mingzhu instigated the three brothers Shi Minghui to murder Shi Yao.

The Shi family seemed to be in even more chaos than in her previous life, and she didn't want to get involved in this muddy water, lest she fail to catch any fish and end up drowning in it.

Xie Qingdai read the letter carefully again, wrote down all the contents in the letter, and then returned the letter to Mr. Xie: "No wonder grandfather allowed me to break off the engagement."

"You are determined to give up even the son-in-law of the Shi family. How can grandfather doubt you?" Old Master Xie sighed, "This Shi Mingchen really doesn't look like a good match. Among brothers, he has no opinion of his own and is easily led by others. He doesn't respect your brother very much. I think he doesn't think highly of our Xie family.

In the next two days, you should continue to check the accounts and be more diligent. On the day of the account submission, you should fall ill and make sure to let your relatives and friends who visit you during the New Year know that you are "sick."

"Yes, grandfather!" Xie Qingdai answered happily, and two tears suddenly fell from her eyes.

My grandfather and father value both profit and affection.

She knew that they broke off the engagement not only because she didn't want to get married, but also for the future of the Xie family.

But no matter whether there are gains and losses involved, it is a good result for her.

After she calmed down, Xie Jianwei pointed at her sleeves and asked, "What's hidden in your sleeves? It's heavy."

Xie Qingdai hurriedly tightened her sleeves and smiled awkwardly, "I was in a hurry when I came out, so I didn't comb my hair properly, so I put the jeweled ivory comb that my grandfather gave me in my pocket."

"Why are you so nervous, kid? Your grandfather and I are here to take care of everything." Xie Jianwei scolded.

Mr. Xie smiled and said, "I thought you had brought a pair of scissors with you. If we don't agree to your decision to break off the engagement, or don't believe your reasons for breaking off the engagement, you will cut your hair to show your determination."

Xie Qingdai's legs went weak and she almost collapsed to the ground.

She turned around hurriedly: "Grandfather and father are talking, I'll go check the accounts."

Xie Jianwei reminded him worriedly: "Don't be so impatient. Don't drop the ivory comb. It will be hard to find an identical one if it breaks."

"Know!"

So, on the day before New Year's Eve, everyone in the Xie family knew that the second young lady Xie had fallen ill due to exhaustion from reconciling accounts for several days.

Also falling ill on the same day was Zheng, the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo in the capital.

When Zheng got up early, she felt stars in her eyes and her head was dizzy. She cried out inwardly, fearing that an evil wind had entered her body and she had caught a cold.

Because he was used to being strong and had children to take care of, he struggled to get up, but he fell to the ground and rolled twice before he stopped while holding onto the table leg.

The maids and servants in the room were so frightened that they were in chaos.