The Lady's Code for Raising Her Husband

"Yes, I only have your ex-brother-in-law in my heart. What do I miss about the Xie sisters?" Ye Yuxiao admitted openly and without any shyness.

Gu Ruyan couldn't amuse her at all, and was quite bored, so he had to get back to the topic: "They have been in the capital for a few years, and they are the most hypocritical people. They are afraid of tripping when they take a few steps, and they are afraid of catching cold when the wind blows. We three sisters I have been quarreling with them all the time, but you have forgotten all about it."

"How old were we then?" Ye Yuxiao asked.

Gu Ruyan clasped her fingers and said, "Nine years old? Ten years old?"

Does she still remember the fights she had when she was in single digits? Ye Yuxiao was speechless for a moment: "You'd better go back quickly."

"Cousin, you're driving me away again." Gu Ruyan pursed her lips in aggrieved tone and said, "The mother of the eldest daughter of the Xie family is Xianyu. Do you still remember this?"

Xianyu? Ye Yuxiao finally became interested: "What is the relationship between her mother and the queen?"

Finally not being disliked, Gu Ruyan happily leaned toward her and said, "Miss Xie's mother's maiden name is Xian Yu You. Her great-grandfather and the queen's great-grandfather are cousins. , but their branch has moved to the south of the Yangtze River since my great-grandfather’s time. The Xianyu family in the south of the Yangtze River is weak and cannot compare with the Xianyu family in the capital. The Xianyu family in the capital looks down on them and rarely has contact with them. "

Ye Yuxiao understood and slapped her on the forehead: "This is considered a branch of the clan. Even if Miss Xie's mother's surname is also Xianyu, what's there to say?"

"I haven't finished speaking yet!" Gu Ruyan covered her head and shouted, "Cousin, you really forgot everything."

"Okay, okay, you say it, keep talking, I'll listen." Ye Yuxiao fumbled around and took out a box of melon seeds, eating them very skillfully.

Gu Ruyan drank tea to moisten her throat, and continued: "The Xianyu family in Jiangnan is inconspicuous enough, and Xianyuyou is the concubine of their family, with an even lower status, but she is lucky enough to let the eldest son of the Xie family, Xie Huai fell in love with her. Regardless of the opposition from his family, Xie Huai insisted on marrying her and becoming his wife."

"When the Xianyu family in the capital saw Xianyuyou climbing up to the Xie family in the south of the Yangtze River, they thought of the Xianyu family in the south of the Yangtze River and began to talk to them about their relatives. When Xianyuyou was in the capital with her husband, she often asked the queen to summon her to the palace to reward her with gifts. Appreciating the West."

"What do you mean, the Jiangnan Xie family is so powerful that even the queen wants to win over them?" Ye Yuxiao asked while chewing melon seeds.

"That's right, the Xie family has gone through four dynasties and is truly a century-old family. His family has produced five prime ministers, two queens, and countless descendants have become officials in the dynasty. Miss Xie's grandfather has served as an official to the chief minister of the cabinet. After his death, the emperor personally gave him the posthumous title "Wenxiang". Miss Xie's father was the top scholar in three subjects. He became a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy at a young age and had a bright future. Unfortunately, he died young. Otherwise, he will definitely be in the cabinet.”

Ye Yuxiao thought about it carefully and said, "The two most capable people in the Xie family are no longer alive. So wouldn't the power of the Xie family now be less than before?"

"Yes." Gu Ruyan nodded, "Since Miss Xie's grandfather and father passed away one after another, the Xie family is not as big as before. Miss Xie has a biological uncle, the father of Miss Xie, named Xie Han. Xie Han Compared with Xie Huai, he was far behind. He couldn't even pass the formal imperial examination, so he just took the path of shadow and became a foreign minister. However, the direct descendants of the Xie family were not prosperous. When Xie Huai died, Xie Han was like him. He is the only male in his generation. Therefore, he is the current head of the Xie family. He is a man of great authority and authority in the Xie family."

Gu Ruyan said and sighed: "After Xie Huai's death, Xian Yuyou and a son and a daughter were left in the Xie family. The daughter is Miss Xie, her maiden name is Xie Qingling. The son is a posthumous child and is only six years old this year. age."

"Xie Han is an arrogant and selfish person. He is so crooked at the top and the bottom. The whole second house is not a good person. They all bully Xian Yuyou's orphans and widowed mother. I'm sorry for Miss Xie, I don't know how she got here in the past few years."

Ye Yuxiao couldn't help but laugh: "You just said that Miss Xie was hypocritical. She often quarreled with us in the past, but now you sympathize with her again? It shows that you are still kind-hearted."

"It's just hypocrisy. She never harmed me. Now that she's not living her life as she wanted, of course I sympathize with her." Gu Ruyan said naturally.

There is some truth to that. Ye Yuxiao finished eating the last melon seed and clapped her hands: "This time, the guests are not only Miss Xie, but also Miss Xie?"

"Yes." Gu Ruyan nodded, "Second Miss Xie is Xie Han's daughter, her name is Xie Ziyan. When she was in the capital, she was wilted and bad. Now in the past few years, her father has gained power in the family again. I don't know. Has your temper changed?"

Ye Yuxiao took a few sips of tea, sorted out the gossip he had just heard, and asked: "This time, the only people who brought Miss Xie and Miss Xie to Beijing were their grandmothers? They are old and young. What are you doing in the capital?"

"They came to see each other." Gu Ruyan said, "Miss Xie's mother was worried about her youngest son, and Miss Xie's mother wanted to be the head of the family, so they couldn't leave, so the old feudal lord Feng took them to the capital. ”

Are they here for a blind date? Ye Yuxiao quickly asked: "Who are you looking at?"

"Miss Xie is here to see my eldest brother. As for Miss Xie, I don't know." Gu Ruyan replied.

"Brother wants to see his wife?" Ye Yuxiao was surprised, "What about Xue Fanling?"

The two had an argument when they were in Liangtong County, but she knew that they were not done yet.

"What can we do? She is not suitable for eldest brother, and the elders will not agree." Gu Ruyan said calmly.

"What's inappropriate? Because Xue Fanling's background is too low? Her family background is too ordinary?" Ye Yuxiao didn't believe it, "There's no one in our family who pays attention to this."

If Prince Pingnan paid attention to these things, he wouldn't have let Gu Ruyan go after Tan Shizhao.

Gu Ruyan said in a low voice: "Cousin, the reason why we don't have to pay attention to these things is because someone has taken care of it for us."

Ye Yuxiao understood instantly and fell silent.

Gu Ruyan turned the bracelet on her wrist and rubbed the mark on the inside. It was the crest of their Gu family: "The eldest brother is the eldest son and the one who will inherit the title in the future. His wife is not only his daughter-in-law, but also his future equal." Princess Nan, the patriarchal wife of the Gu family. The woman he wants to marry must be worthy of these statuses regardless of appearance, family background, character, ability, and bearing. And Xue Fanling, cousin, with all due respect, she is not suitable. Elders No matter how reasonable he is, he will not be allowed to mess around in this matter."

Ye Yuxiao had nothing to say, so he could only ask: "Then what does the eldest cousin think?"

Gu Ruyan shook his head: "When the elders invited Miss Xie to come to Beijing, my eldest brother was still in Liangtong County. I guess he just learned the news just like you."

After Gu Ruyan finished speaking, he asked Ye Yuxiao: "Cousin, what's going on with eldest brother and Xue Fanling? They have made a private life-long commitment. If you are not a Qing, you will not marry, and if you are not a Qing, you will not marry."