The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 406: Mind (2)
The old lady Xu only smiled and nodded, and because of what happened to Xu Xian in the past two days, she couldn't sleep well day and night, and she had a tired and worried look on her face. He couldn't help asking: "Madam, is there something on your mind? Usually you are always a happy person like Buddha, why are you also worried?"

Mrs. Xu has always been a person who can't hold back things in her heart. After hearing this, she didn't hide it, and she didn't treat the eldest aunt of the Qi family as an outsider. Ten of them were told to the aunt of the Qi family.

"No... I've been busy looking for a matchmaker for the past two days, to see if there are any boys of the right age and motivated, so that I can settle the marriage first, and save time when I really enter the palace, just my granddaughter's temperament , how can there be any good life."

After hearing this, the aunt of the Qi family thought to herself, if it was a girl from an ordinary family, there would not be a few people who wanted to enter the palace with their heads sharpened!But Xu's family is different. Xu Si'an is now in the limelight in the court. With the glory earned by his hard-working military exploits, there is no need to send his own niece to the palace to consolidate his title.It was only natural for the old lady to be so reluctant to let Xu Xian enter the palace.

Thinking of this, the great aunt of the Qi family couldn't help sighing. She thought that the Qi family had such prosperity with flowers and brocades and fire cooking oil back then, but who knew that the good times would not last long, and they declined. Now only With their two weak girls and a pair of children who haven't grown up, their future is really uncertain.

"The old lady loves her granddaughter very much. If it's the other family's turn to do this kind of thing, I'm afraid I can't envy you! The second girl also told me what she saw in the palace on Qixi Festival that day, and she saw many officials. Daughter, those girls who are waiting in the boudoir, which one is not born with a beautiful country, just waiting for the emperor's favor, can be selected into the palace, and from then on can help the family a little bit."

Zhao Jing also felt that what the aunt of the Qi family said was reasonable, but the Marquis of Wu'an couldn't do such a thing of selling girls for glory, and Xu Xian's temperament was not suitable, so she couldn't join in the fun after all.

The aunt of the Qi family hadn't fully recovered, so she just sat in the mansion for a while, then got up to leave.After getting into the carriage, she leaned against the carriage and closed her eyes to rest. The expression on her face that had not yet recovered was a little dull. She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Qi Xinrui. A pair of dry eyes flickered slightly, and asked her Said: "Sister Rui, I heard that you also met the little emperor on Qixi Festival, what does he look like?"

Qi Xinrui didn't take it seriously when she heard this, raised her eyebrows slightly and thought about it, and replied: "The emperor is one year younger than me this year, but he is much taller than me. I didn't dare to take a closer look at what he looks like, just heard When he sent that Lu Xinyue off, he was quite majestic, not like a foolish little emperor."

The aunt of the Qi family closed her eyes slightly, with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, raised her head to look at Qi Xinrui and said, "Sister Rui, do you know why the people in the Hou Mansion don't let their second girl enter the palace?"

Qi Xinrui frowned and thought for a while, half understanding, then she just shook her head, and the aunt of the Qi family over there said: "Their Qi family has Lord Hou here now, so there is no need for a relationship in the harem, it is Xu Xian If you don't enter the palace, the wealth of the Hou Mansion will not be reduced by one or two points, but if Xu Xian enters the palace, the actions of the Hou Mansion will be restricted by the harem, so it is better not to enter the palace."

After she finished speaking, she paused, and continued after a long while: "Only those who expect their daughters to enter the palace to become favorite concubines would want to build up this relationship and gain a firm foothold in the court. So that the family's wealth can last for a few more generations, and at least it can be regarded as a relative of the emperor."

Qi Xinrui listened to her without blinking, and finally she raised her head again, looked at Qi Xinrui with some helplessness and said, "I'll tell you this, do you understand?"

At this moment, Qi Xinrui understood a little bit, she tore at the silk handkerchief with her fingertips gathered in her sleeves, bit her lip, raised her head and said, "Your elder sister, do you want me to enter the palace? "

The aunt of the Qi family felt a pain in her heart when she heard this sentence, and when she closed her eyes, tears fell from the corners of her eyes, she only held Qi Xinrui's hand and said, "I don't want to, it's just... our Qi family, can't we just let it go?" It was such a failure.”

"...If you enter the palace, Brother Bao will grow up in the future, and your aunt will be able to rely on him; moreover, the Hou Mansion is now worried and reluctant to let the second girl enter the palace. They are kind to you and me , if you can enter the palace for her, it can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the Hou family." After finishing this sentence, the aunt of the Qi family only took a breath, and then sighed: "Women live this life, but it is just Marry a man once, if you marry the wrong person like me, you might as well go to the palace, at least you can fight for your future!"

Although it was already autumn outside, the weather was still a bit hot, and the hot wind blew in from outside the curtain, drying the tears on their faces.Qi Xinrui lowered her head and thought for a long time, finally she just nodded and said: "Sister, you are right, I am willing to win this time!"

(End of this chapter)