A concubine enters the mansion? Reborn, three matchmakers and six engagements to marry the Prime Min

Madam Su's smile froze on her face and she glanced at Madam Yuan. She seemed to be asking, "The two young ladies don't eat peanuts and walnuts, how come you don't know?"

Nanny Yuan was also wronged. The old lady didn't care about these things, so naturally she didn't know about them.

The old lady felt a little embarrassed, so she smiled awkwardly and ordered someone to remove the peanut and walnut juice and serve milk tea instead.

Su Chengye was a little unhappy and spoke in a teaching tone.

"You cannot refuse a gift from an elder. You should drink what your grandmother prepared for you, even if it is poison."

This statement also shows the attitude of a younger generation. The old lady certainly cannot really feed poison to her granddaughter.

Su Shunci tilted her head, with a bit of girlish innocence.

"My daughter doesn't believe it, how about father give it a try? Let grandmother bring father a bowl of poison, and father drink it, then I will believe what father says."

Su Chengye: ...

Su Qingyu lowered her head and tried to hold back her laughter. The fourth sister could say this, after all, she was still young and could pretend to be ignorant of the world. But if it were her, she would not be able to pretend.

Su Shunci blinked her big eyes twice under her thick eyelashes, still waiting for Su Chengye's reply.

Seeing this, the old lady quickly changed the subject and asked Su Chengye, "How has Aunt Zeng been these past two days? You must be careful with what you eat and drink. The baby is due in four months, so make sure nothing goes wrong."

Su Chengye leaned forward and replied, "She hasn't been sleeping well these past few days. The doctor said she was too worried. I wonder if she has something on her mind. I asked her, and she kept saying that nothing was wrong, she was just a little nervous because she was about to give birth."

Su Qingyu lowered her head and smiled faintly. Now that Taoist Yuan had been captured, how could she not be overly worried?

Wen Zhu sent Taoist Yuan to Shuntian Prefecture two days ago, and he is expected to be sentenced to several years. Also, Boss Zhou, who had an affair with Gu Ruoyun before and knew Su Chengye's background, was actually sent to Shuntian Prefecture as well.

Both of them were convicted of real crimes and sentenced by the governor of Shuntian Prefecture.

When the old lady heard that Aunt Zeng had trouble eating and sleeping, she immediately said worriedly, "Is it because the food cooked in the kitchen is not to her liking? She just asks the servants to make whatever she wants to eat."

After that, he sighed again and said to Su Qingyu: "The doctor has checked it, Aunt Zeng is pregnant with a boy."

"Now the Su family's title depends on this baby in her belly."

"He is also your brother. From now on, you, as his elder sister, must come back to visit him often."

"You are still young and don't understand many things. If a woman wants to avoid being bullied by her husband's family, her natal family is also the key. If she has a good relationship with her natal brother and has the support of others, her husband's family will also look up to her."

Su Qingyu disagreed with this statement. No matter whether it was a man or a woman, in the final analysis, a blacksmith must be strong himself.

Besides, what does what's in Aunt Zeng's belly have to do with her?

The grandmother wanted to adopt a bastard as her grandson, she would not just adopt a brother casually.

Su Qingyu thought of her third brother Su Yuanyi and suddenly said, "Mrs. Zeng's baby hasn't been born yet. We don't know whether it's a boy or a girl, or what kind of personality it has."

"It's Yuan Yi from my third uncle's family. He is not only well-educated, but also loyal, filial and upright."

The old lady snorted when she heard this, "How can the third branch inherit the title? Although Su Yuanyi also has the surname Su, he is an outsider. He is nothing like the one in Aunt Zeng's belly, who is from the same family as you two."

"I don't know what happened to our family in the past year. Accidents happened one after another, and our descendants died. You two sisters should come back more often when you have time. After all, the Su family is your root."

"Our Su family should also interact more with the Shen family and the Song family."

This was the old lady's purpose today. Once Su Xiangling died, the relationship between the Su family and the prince would be severed. The prince was generous enough not to retaliate against the Su family.

In addition, the two families have dwindled in number, so even if the child in Aunt Zeng's belly can support the Su family in the future, it will be twenty years later.

In the next twenty years, it is unclear whether the Su family can keep their title.

So the old lady set her sights on Su Qingyu and Su Shunci. She once disliked these two granddaughters, but now they are the ones she wants to rely on the most.

One of them is the daughter-in-law of the Shen family, and the other is the adopted daughter of the Song family. If the family gets closer to them, it means getting closer to the Shen and Song families.

Moreover, she watched from the sidelines, and it was very likely that Su Shunci would marry into a wealthy family. The Su family could also thrive in Beijing with these in-laws.

Knowing that her two granddaughters had become more powerful, the old lady did not dare to give strong orders and could only speak in a negotiating tone.

Su Qingyu twitched her lips twice, thinking that her grandmother was really snobbish. Her second uncle and second aunt had just sent their son away and lost their daughter, but instead of comforting them, she was still thinking about how to get closer to the Shen and Song families.

Faced with the old lady's preaching, the two sisters did not respond and just said a few perfunctory words.

Su Qingyu did not mention Su Yuanyi again, not wanting to bring unnecessary trouble to her uncle and aunt. It was too early to say some things now, and everything depended on the war situation in the northern border.

Seeing the old lady repeating the same words over and over again, Su Qingyu lost her patience.

"If Grandmother has nothing else to do, we will take our leave first. There are a lot of things at home waiting for my decision, and Fourth Sister's shop has a lot of customers."

The old lady smiled and told them to get busy, and even packed two boxes of snacks for them.

Su Qingyu looked at the box of snacks and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It turned out to be the snacks made in the palace on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. They should have been sent back by Su Xiangling yesterday.

I don’t know whether my grandmother thought the ones from the palace were better and gave them to them specially, or whether she thought the snacks were unlucky and didn’t dare to eat them herself.

The two couldn't refuse, so they asked the maid beside them to take it.

After leaving Songhe Hall, the two sisters walked towards the outer courtyard.

Su Shunci wanted to speak several times, but swallowed it back.

When they reached the garden, Su Qingyu suddenly spoke up, "If you don't tell me, we'll be at the door soon. Tell me, what's wrong?"

"You've really grown up and become more thoughtful. You have to think carefully before talking to me?" Su Qingyu said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Su Shunci then spoke up, "Big sister mentioned Third Brother today. Do you intend to let Third Brother inherit the title?"

"If the third brother inherits the title, what will happen if the eldest brother returns to his ancestral home?"

Su Qingyu suddenly realized that the little girl was worried that her brother would come back and lose his title.

She held Su Shunci's arm and said teasingly in a long tone, "Brother loves you well, you know how to think about him."

Su Shunci smiled awkwardly. People have different degrees of closeness and distance in their relationships. Although she is close to her uncle and aunt, she is not as close as her own brother.

Su Qingyu said softly: "If my brother returns to the capital in triumph this time, he may be awarded a title based on his military exploits."

"If that's the case, the Su family's title will remain vacant. Although I just said it casually today, it's also a reminder to grandma in advance."

Su Shunci was delighted when she heard this. "Big sister, are you saying that my brother doesn't have to inherit the Su family's title, but can earn it himself?"

If that were the case, it would be a great joy.

Su Qingyu whispered, "It depends on how great your brother's military achievements are. Right now, nothing is known."

Su Shunci, however, was delighted and said, "Brother will surely return to Beijing with victory in battle."

However, things did not go as smoothly as Su Shunci had imagined. Until February, the only news coming back from the northern border was news of defeats.

Not only in the northern border, but even Song Hongshen in Liaodong suffered successive defeats.

After the death of Zhenbei Hou, the news was kept secret. However, the Liao people seemed to have guessed that something had happened to the commander of the central army, and they launched several attacks with unusual ferocity.

For a time, the court was in a state of panic. For several days, the emperor kept several ministers in the cabinet to discuss countermeasures.