The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous

It was already evening, and the heat on the ground hadn't dissipated, and the bearers were all sweating. Wang Xifeng in the sedan chair also fanned her face with a handkerchief. The fragrant sweat evaporated, making her face even more gorgeous. After entering the gate of Wang's house, Wang Xifeng got off the sedan chair, changed into homely clothes, and immediately led Ping'er to see Mrs. Wang Ziteng.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng sent the monthly money for this month. When she saw Wang Xifeng came back, she asked her to sit down beside her, "What do you think of the Chu family?"

"It's getting worse and worse, and the creases on their wives still have iron marks." Wang Xifeng stepped forward and rubbed Mrs. Wang Ziteng's shoulders, "Madam, I promise them that his son will go to the Beijing camp." Be a petty officer."

"En." Mrs. Wang Ziteng sat in front of the window to enjoy the cool air, and didn't take this trivial matter to heart.

"Ma'am, the Chu family is going to the Xu family for a wedding, and there is a shortage of congratulatory gifts." Wang Xifeng said cautiously again.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng didn't care about Lin Ruhai's behavior, she only felt that no matter how bad the Jia family was, they could withstand this small storm, and thought that if Wang Xifeng married into other provinces, someone would definitely criticize her as an aunt for being unkind; Jia Lian has millions of spare cash in his hands, and he is young and easy to handle, so he is the most suitable candidate for Wang Xifeng at the moment.He was also willing to help her, so he said: "Not only the congratulatory gift, but also the clothes and appearance of the Chu family, we must prepare."

"Auntie loves me after all." Wang Xifeng smiled brightly.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng just smiled, and let Wang Xifeng pick out the congratulatory gifts and several pieces of satin and neat clothes from head to toe, and sent them to the Chu family. Seeing that Chu Ruhui was beautiful and knew how to advance and retreat, she told Wang Ziteng at night.

Wang Ziteng first felt that the Chu family was run-down, and refused to agree.

His wife said: "There is a saying that marry high and marry low. As long as the girl has good character and good looks, what is there to be poor? Besides, the brothers and sisters of Feng girl took the initiative to recognize each other. Now some people say that we are with The relatives on Feng's mother's side are no longer in contact. Now that Brother Ren is married to a daughter of the Chu family, it is also possible to ask Feng and Ren to go back and forth with their relatives on their mother's side. What's more, the Chu family is no longer Poor, he is also from a well-known scholarly family and a family of officials and eunuchs, so this is a good match. Besides, if we marry Feng girl well, who would think that our uncle and aunt are not authentic?" Wang Ren did nothing and ruined their long-term family business. Well, if you find a daughter from another family, how can the Chu family be easy to get rid of, and you will have to ask them to pay a lot of compensation.

Wang Ziteng pondered that Wang Ren was two years older than Jia Lian and Jia Zhu in the Jia family, but now he only knows about wandering in the flowers, drinking and messing around, so he said: "That's all right, anyway, it's hard to find a good character for him. But girl Feng is a girl, as long as she is born well, any man can be worthy of her. Tell him to get married early, calm down his temper, and accept an errand in a serious manner."

While the husband and wife were chatting, they hurriedly settled on the marriage between Wang Ren and Chu Ruhui.

After Wang Xifeng heard about it, although she disliked that Chu Ruhui's family was poor and unsuitable, Wang Ren saw Chu Ruhui from a distance, thought about Chu Ruhui's appearance, and was satisfied with the marriage in his heart, so even though Wang Xifeng was dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do. be opposed to.

On the day when the third master of the Xu family got married, Wang Xifeng got up early in the morning to dress up carefully in front of the window, and asked the still idle Wang Ren to send her to Chu's house, and saw that Mrs. Chu and Chu Ruhui had already dressed up with the things sent by the Wang family. After getting on, he and Chu Ruhui got on the same emerald-covered and beaded sedan chair with a smile, and followed Mrs. Chu to Xu Shangshu's house.

There was a lot of traffic in front of Xu's house, and two boys in front of the door were holding a dustpan to scatter snacks, and children from all over the neighborhood gathered around the dustpan to grab snacks.

The Xu family saw the Chu family's post, and it took a long time to remember that the Chu family was the in-laws of a deceased old lady of the Xu family. On the big day, they saw the Chu family prepare generous gifts and came to the door, so they also invited their sedan chair into the yard.

Wang Xifeng and Chu Ruhui followed Mrs. Chu and went to see the Xu family's house secretly. Even if they saw the Xu family's large mansion with their eyes, they only slandered the Xu family in their hearts that they were inferior to their Wang family. The daughter-in-law entered the side hall, and saw the old lady of the Xu family, dressed beamingly, sitting on the first big beech couch, with four or five old ladies with white hair and chicken skin and rich faces sitting beside them, sitting on the left and right. There are seven or eight noble ladies, and there are more than a dozen delicate and pretty girls sitting on both sides of the lady's subordinates.

Wang Xifeng looked around, and immediately saw Mrs. Li, who had fine lines at the corners of her eyes when she smiled, and Li Wanting, who was sitting among a group of women in a pomegranate red dress, who was very outstanding. Seeing that Li Wanting's skin was snow-like, and her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, she immediately fell in love with her. He compared himself with her again, and when Mrs. Xu spoke to Mrs. Chu, he hurriedly collected his thoughts.

"I haven't seen my in-laws for a long time, and I still miss you a while ago." Mrs. Xu didn't know why Mrs. Chu came over, but the visitor was a guest, so she just kept her mouth polite and looked at the two girls following Mrs. Chu Each has its own strengths, and said with a smile: "The dark red and light white two sisters behind you really compare to those girls in our family."

Mrs. Chu was a little timid, because she had been a widow for so many years and hadn't come to this rich and noble place. She smiled and said: "This is my family's Ruhui, and this is my in-law's girl Xifeng." Then she called Wang Xifeng and Chu Ruhui again. Kowtow to Mrs. Xu.

When Mrs. Li heard the word Xifeng, she recognized Wang Xifeng and wondered what she was doing here.Just wondering, Wang Xifeng saw Mrs. Xu, and came to pay homage to her.

"Hello, Mrs. Li, does Mrs. Li still remember me?" Wang Xifeng smiled happily.

Mrs. Li nodded, and asked with a smile, "Is your aunt okay?"

"Auntie is well, and Auntie also greets Mrs. Li." Wang Xifeng watched from the corner of her eyes that the relatives of the Xu family and the Li family were all gathered together, and said, "My aunt is stupid. She talked nonsense about the second master of the Jia family when she was in Jinling." I have already made a marriage arrangement, please don't take Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li's faults to heart."

"The second master of the Jia family? What's the reason for this?" A white-haired old lady sitting next to Mrs. Xu asked with a smile.

Mrs. Li did not suspect him, and said with a smile: "What your aunt did has nothing to do with you. Go and sit down." Then she said to the old lady who asked the question: "It's Jinling's bastard, aunt Madam doesn't care."

Of course, the "bastard talk" in Jinling cannot be separated from the Jia family's affairs, so the old lady really didn't ask.

"...Sister-in-law is okay if she doesn't mind, but it would be a pity to force Sister Ting to break up with Brother Lian because of a few words from Aunt Wang's family. She was sweating profusely. If Chu Ruhui had not already made an appointment with Wang Ren, she would definitely not speak for Wang Xifeng.

Mrs. Li was taken aback, she never expected that Mrs. Chu would ask this question face to face, what is the meaning of the word "broken"?Does it mean that Li Wanting and Jia Lian had a private relationship and then their Li family beat each other?

Li Wanting's eyes became hot, and she was immediately ashamed and embarrassed, and she didn't know how to speak.

"You want to join me with my fourth brother?" Suddenly, someone from the group of girls from the Xu family spoke.

Mrs. Chu blushed instantly, pretending to be stupid and not speaking.

Hearing that tender voice, Wang Xifeng thought she was a very small girl. She looked over quietly and saw a girl sitting upright next to Li Wanting. She saw that the girl had just entered the age of cardamom, her face was like the morning glow, her eyes were like autumn water, and the corners of her mouth With a smile on her face, Li Wanting, who was dressed in a green shirt and had two lively black eyes, seemed to be set off by green leaves, looked more elegant and elegant.Because of where the girl was sitting, he guessed that she was a girl from the Xu family, so he didn't pay attention to the sarcasm on her face. He only felt that if the Li family was really engaged to Jia Lian, it would be a quarrel and an admission. Li Wanting and Jia Lian agreed in private.

"Little girl, what are you talking about? They handed you a firecracker, so you order it?" Mrs. Xu cursed lightly.

Yuan, the wife of the governor of Jiangsu, and Mrs. Li's sister-in-law are very close personal friends. They have fallen in love with Li Wanting two years ago. Because Xu Yuheng refused to submit, they have dragged on until now and have not yet settled on a marriage. At this time, she is sitting on the head of Mrs. Li Seeing that Mrs. Chu's words made Mrs. Li, Li Wanting's mother and daughter do not know how to answer, and knew that if she, a wife, said something, it would only make the situation more difficult to clean up and darker, so she turned her eyes to her daughter.

With the support of her mother, the Xu family girl jingled the bells tied on the two strings of silver bracelets on her snow-white wrists, got up in two or three steps, walked to the old lady Xu, and squeezed into the old lady Xu's chair coquettishly. He said, tugging on the old lady Xu's sleeve and said coquettishly: "Old lady, they are not upset that even the crooked faction has found the wrong person. Don't tell me that if I don't say a word, let sister Wanting be wronged in vain?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Go back to your room." Mrs. Xu scolded, and urged the girl to leave quickly, but she put her hand on her back and scratched the bridge of her nose with her hand. The wrong person can say that! Thanks to you, you will grow into a big girl!"

After all, I breathed a sigh of relief, only a thick-skinned kid like Xu Qingheng could say such a thing, and for their elders, no matter what they said, it seemed too self-deprecating.

A room full of old ladies, wives and grandmas heard that they had found the wrong person, and immediately realized that Xu Qingheng, the daughter of the governor of Jiangsu, probably had a relationship with the second master of Jia's family, so they couldn't help guessing that Mrs. Chu and the young lady of the Wang family wanted revenge. , but took revenge on the wrong person; Xu Qingheng is still young and has been raised by Mrs. Xu's side, and he will definitely not have a private relationship with the second master of the Jia family. In this way, what Mrs. Chu said just now is not only finding the wrong person but also finding the wrong person. The reason for crooked people.As a result, even the original politeness was lost by two points, and everyone looked alienated and refused to talk to Mrs. Li, mother and daughter and Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng was the most surprised, he couldn't get back to his senses for a long time, looked again and again that Xu Qingheng was childish, not tall enough, and his eyebrows were not yet opened, he was not comparable to Li Wanting who hired her gracefully, with a frown and a smile that moved people's hearts, unconsciously clenching her fist slightly, Holding the bright red Kou Dan with ten fingers in his palm, he reluctantly sat down with Mrs. Chu at Xu's house, and left without wanting to be left out.

She was sitting in the sedan chair, and the peony flowers on her front were wet with tears. In the past, she only thought that Jia Lian was greedy for flowers and lustful, and she fell in love with Li Wanting's beauty, so she refused to accept the marriage with the Wang family according to the previous agreement. Now she understands Jia Lian was looking at something, but it was something he didn't have and couldn't get it even if he tried his best. He took a deep breath and went straight back to Wang's house. He was afraid that Mrs. Wang Ziteng would see the traces and presumed that he was uncomfortable. I didn't go to Dusk Dingsheng, I couldn't swallow this breath after thinking about it, I was afraid to tell Mrs. Wang Ziteng, so that Mrs. Wang Ziteng looked down on her in my heart, and I hurt myself behind closed doors for a day, and after a day, I went to Wang Ren In the courtyard, seeing that it was rare for Wang Ren to stay at home honestly because he was going to marry a wife, he sat down in the open room of his room and said, "brother, please go and inquire for me and see if the second brother Jia Jialian is really married to the Xu family. Engaged."

Seeing that Wang Xifeng was not dressed as brightly as before, Wang Ren couldn't help slandering her for making a big fuss, and said with a smile, "Why is my sister so confused? Brother Lian has a double filial piety. Besides, their old lady and wife promised us before, if If they dare to make another engagement, I will ask our master and wife to fight against their house."

Wang Xifeng sneered and said: "Brother is confused. Engagement in this filial piety period is just unlucky, but it doesn't violate any laws. Besides, if it is violated, they are not afraid of others. Look, Brother Rong is gone. How many days has grandma stayed at home honestly?"

Wang Rendao: "Since this is the case, there is no need to inquire. Let's go directly to their Jia family to discuss. Marriage is always the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. The words of the ancestors of the Jia family are more effective than the orders of the parents. Even if another person is appointed outside, you must be my wife and the other one will be my concubine! Otherwise, it is unfilial to disobey the words of the old ancestors. Since Jia Lian is known as a filial son by the world, how can he disobey the words of the ancestors of the Jia family? reason?"

Wang Xifeng clasped her two red crisp hands tightly, feeling that what Wang Ren said was reasonable, and thinking over and over again, she felt that Jia's mother liked her, so she didn't like her. I wish she could help Jia Zheng's first room after entering the door, so she nodded and said to Wang Ren: "My brother can say these things, but I can't. Besides, with the current momentum of Lian's second brother, he said it in the past without evidence. The old lady and aunt did not dare to admit it, so why don't you talk to the two uncles, you took the letter from the old aunt to argue with Jia's family, and then invited Brother Zhen from Ningguo Mansion to go with him, Brother Zhen is going to take these Everything is in their eyes. The witnesses and evidences have come, and they dare not deny this marriage. I just stay at home and wait for your news."

Wang Ren's face was full of calculations, and he was determined to win: "Hmph, even if my sister's marriage fails this time, Brother Lian is afraid that the Xu family will lose face, so he will take tens of thousands of taels of silver to relieve the disaster. When the time comes..."

"Brother!" Wang Xifeng immediately glared at Wang Ren, feeling a chill in her heart, she just felt that she didn't have a good father, and the remaining elder brother might not be reliable, and instead of relying on Wang Ren for future affairs, it would be better to rely on a stranger she had never met.

Wang Ren also didn't expect that he would express his true thoughts in a moment of complacency, and with a smirk, he immediately went to find Wang Ziteng and Wang Zisheng to discuss.