I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 547

"Miss Zhan." The second housekeeper hurried in from the outside. Even though this is the other courtyard of the Qiu family, the second housekeeper still saluted Zhan Feiyu first, then saluted Mrs. Qiu and said: "Ma'am, Miss Jingyuan is here."

If only Qiu Jingyuan had come, the second butler's face would not be so ugly, and all the female family members who wanted to come to the third room would have come.

Mrs. Qiu nodded, and said to Zhan Feiyu with her expression unchanged: "It seems that I have caused trouble for Miss Zhan again."

"Ma'am, you are serious." Zhan Feiyu said with a nonchalant smile. It is normal for Qiu Jingyuan to come and stop her when she receives the news. Compared to Xiang Changshou, Jiao Lianyu is indeed her best choice at the moment.

The Jiao family is a family of officials and eunuchs, and respects rules and laws. Now that she is married, Qiu Jingyuan's status as the first wife is stable, and her status will be even stronger when she gives birth to a child in the future.

But if Qiu Jingyuan married into a merchant's family, once Xiang Changshou recovers, maybe the Xiang family will dislike her status as the daughter of a criminal minister. Who knows what tricks they will use to make Qiu Jingyuan, the official wife, die of illness so as to make room for other women .

Mrs. Jiao picked up her teacup and took a sip of tea slowly. Gao's matchmaker is here. The Geng Tie has been exchanged, and the token has been returned. Whether it's Qiu Jingyuan's troubles or Jiao Lianyu's troubles, the marriage has already been withdrawn.

Aunt Jiao glanced at the calm and composed Mrs. Jiao, it seems that this marriage has nothing to do with Jing Zhen.

As for what was tricky in it, Aunt Jiao glanced at the superior Mrs. Qiu calmly. Maybe the Qiu family knew the inside story, so they asked Mrs. Qiu to come forward to withdraw the marriage.

After a long while, a group of people hurried in from the door, rushing too fast, a group of female relatives were sweating profusely and looked extremely embarrassed.

As soon as I entered the door, I was greeted by the coolness, which made the women in the third room let out a sigh of relief, and then looked at the tea and fresh fruits on the table, and suddenly felt slurred.

Sanfang is down and out now, one penny is broken into two pennies to make money, three meals a day can be enough to eat, and the summer melons and fruits are the cheapest, either sour or smashed or insects and ants Even the inferior melons and fruits that have been gnawed will be eaten by the children of the family. The adults can save as much as they can.

"Ladies, please sit down and have some tea." The servant girl brought in the tea.

Dou Shi and Xu Shi were not polite at this meeting, they picked up the teacup and drank half of it in one breath. The faint scent of jasmine spread in the mouth and neutralized the astringent taste of green tea, which is most suitable for drinking in summer.

Back then, even if Sanfang hadn't been ruined, the tea they drank was nothing more than that. Now a yellow-haired girl lives in the other courtyard of the Qiu family, and she treats guests with good tea that is at least ten taels a catty, but they can only drink five taels of silver now. Crude tea for ten cents a catty.

Thinking of this, Dou and the others glanced at Zhan Feiyu complicatedly, and couldn't help looking at Mrs. Qiu, with a bit of resentment in their eyes. They were obviously the Qiu family, but now they couldn't even compare to a little girl.

Although Zhan Feiyu is currently the owner of the other courtyard, she is young after all. Mrs. Qiu waited for a while, seeing that the Dou family had rested, and then said: "Although the third bedroom is a side branch, it is still the Qiu family. My master is the head of this generation of the Qiu family, so it stands to reason that the marriage of the third family should only be decided by you, but now that the third family is in a special situation, the master and I will take care of it more and more."

Mrs. Qiu's words are a combination of kindness and power. If the third room recognizes Mr. Qiu's identity as the head of the family, then it would be reasonable for Mr. Qiu to withdraw from the Jiao family's marriage.

But if Sanfang thinks that Mr. Qiu has no right to do this, it means that Sanfang has separated from the direct branch of the Qiu family, and it will not be easy for Sanfang to gain a foothold in Qianzhong Road in An Ansheng. Without the direct branch Asylum, the enemies of Sanfang have already driven them, the female relatives, to a dead end.

"Sister-in-law, what you said..." Dou stammered, unable to refute.

When Sanfang was not defeated, Mrs. Dou didn't dare to confront Mrs. Qiu, the cousin.

Mrs. Qiu looked at Mrs. Dou, whose dress was washed white and only had two silver hairpins on her head. What the man committed outside finally dragged down the family members. Mrs. Dou is also a pitiful one.

"Jingyuan is young, and Jiji is still two years away. There is no need to make a hasty marriage. If there is a suitable one in the future, I will pay attention to Jingyuan." After all, Madam Qiu took a step back and embraced Qiu Jingyuan's marriage. to himself.

Although she is the daughter of a guilty minister, her surname is Qiu after all, and she has a bit of a ruthless temper. When the time comes, she can find a foster mother to break her temper, and marry a husband of similar family status.

Dou's face couldn't help showing joy. At the beginning, she thought about asking Mrs. Qiu to help find a suitable marriage for Jingyuan. Now she has only such a child, but Mrs. Qiu didn't accept the post, and Mrs. Dou visited several times without seeing her. When it came to Mrs. Qiu's face, I gave up. I didn't expect a turnaround.

The three Xu's sisters-in-law who were sitting at the bottom had ugly expressions on their faces. The family was so poor that they couldn't help it. If Jingyuan had married Xiang Changshou back then, they would have received at least 5000 taels of silver.

But what if there is a suitable marriage after waiting for a few years?The cheap one is Qiu Jingyuan, a damn girl, what benefits can they get?
Besides, how should we survive the past few years?Is it true that the whole family eats bran and swallow vegetables, and besides, the children in the family also need to study. Where does this bunch of money come from?
The two sisters-in-law have always followed Xu's lead. After all, the husbands of the three of them are all adopted, and now they are all in jail, and the three of them are even more twisted together.

After a little deliberation, Xu's still round face showed a look of embarrassment, and even pressed the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and his voice was choked up, "Sister-in-law, it's not that our third wife doesn't know what's good or bad, but as the saying goes, good girls don't marry second." .”

"We watched Jingyuan grow up, just like our own daughters. There has been a lot of rumors about Jingyuan's marriage. If the marriage is divorced, coupled with the current situation of our third bedroom, it will be forced to death. Jing Yuanna."

Xu's eyes looked sadly at Qiu Jingyuan who lowered her head, as if after going back today, the white-haired person would give her black hair.

Mrs. Ma on the side also echoed: "There are two unmarried girls in the third room. The marriage has been withdrawn. I am afraid that the three little girls in the third room will have no way to survive. Mrs. Jiao, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda , as long as you can, give our girl a way to survive."

Mrs. Ma was already sick, and she was about to pass out from crying. Fearing that Mrs. Jiao would not agree, Mrs. Ma stood up tremblingly and knelt down in front of Mrs. Jiao, begging sadly, "Madam, please!" You."

Mrs. Ma started, and the remaining two sisters-in-law also began to cry, and even Mrs. Dou's eyes were red. She went from a family to a ruined house overnight, and only the female family members of the third house were left to support her. The tears were three points The acting is full of sincerity.

Qiu Jingyuan raised her head blankly. When she came to see Zhan Feiyu in the other courtyard, she was just down and out, but she was pale, her eyes were sunken, her eyes were bloodshot, and her lips were dry and cracked. With an arrogant and domineering arrogance, the whole person looks weak and pitiful.

"Mother?" Qiu Jingyuan yelled, seeing Dou's tears streaming down her face, she looked at Mrs. Jiao with tears in her eyes, her voice hoarse as if she was crying blood, "The two families have already exchanged Geng Tie and keepsake, if Ma'am If I insist on retiring, I, a weak woman, can't force it, so I can only use my humble life to leave a way for my sisters at home!"

At the same time as the voice fell, Qiu Jingyuan suddenly took out a pair of embroidery scissors from her sleeve, and stabbed her chest with the sharp end, which was death rather than resignation.

Mrs. Jiao and Aunt Jiao both let out a cry of surprise, but unfortunately Qiu Jingyuan was standing opposite them, and it was too late to stop them.

The official media reporter Gao Shi also stood up in shock. Her reaction was quick, but she was separated by a table and chair after all.

Seeing that Qiu Jingyuan was about to splatter blood on the spot as soon as she lowered the scissors, He Nuan, who was standing behind Zhan Feiyu, raised her hand.

Everyone in the room could only hear Qiu Jingyuan yelling in pain, and with the sound of the teacup falling to the ground, her hand holding the embroidery scissors was knocked out of the way, and after this delay, He Nuan flew forward and snatched the scissors away.

(End of this chapter)