Sheng Chong Concubine

Chapter 261 Purple wood smoked light, behind the glitz (4)
Before entering the gate, a maid in a goose-yellow blouse sprinkled with flowers and an emerald green horse-face skirt ran out of it.This person Qiu Mingyue recognized, was one of the maids brought into the mansion by the matchmaker last time, named Ling Cui.

When Ling Cui saw her, her eyes lit up, and she immediately ran in.

"Fifth Miss, you're finally here." She almost cried with joy, kneeling in front of Qiu Mingyue, looking at her beggingly.

"Fifth Miss, go and see Miss, Miss, she..."

Qiu Mingyue realized the seriousness of the matter and pulled her up to walk inside.

"Tell me, what happened?"

Ling Cui said: "The second lady came here just now, and the young lady sent us all out. The servants don't know what the second lady said to the young lady. I faintly heard that the young lady seemed to have a dispute with the second lady. What did the second lady say, you don't want to?" You have to say something like that if you want to. And the young lady kept crying in a suppressed way. Later, the second lady left, and the servant girl walked in, but the young lady kicked her out."

Qiu Mingyue frowned and walked in.

"I told you to go out, didn't you hear?"

Qiu Mingzhu, who has always been gentle, yelled at the door, with tears and resentment faintly in her voice.

Qiu Mingyue stopped, and Ling Cui hurriedly said to the inside: "Miss, it's Wu..."

Qiu Mingyue reached out her hand to stop her from continuing, waved her to serve outside, and lifted the curtain to walk in.

Qiu Mingzhu sat on a couch inlaid with mother-of-pearl and red sandalwood roses, covered her face with her sleeves, and suppressed crying.Vanilla stood by the side to comfort her, she raised her eyes and saw Qiu Mingyue walking in, her eyes lit up.

"Fifth Miss?"

Qiu Mingzhu paused and turned around.At that moment, Qiu Mingyue's heart froze.

Qiu Mingzhu was wearing a long dress with a purple gauze lining on the floor, her temples were a little disheveled, her face was pale, and there were tears in her eyes. It was obvious that she had been crying for a long time, and her makeup was stained by tears.Soft and weak, pear blossoms bring rain.Like a purple golden orchid standing and swaying in the wind, it arouses pity.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Qiu Mingyue would not have believed it anyway. Is this the confident and calm Qiu Mingzhu?

"Fourth sister?"

This call of fourth sister made Qiu Mingzhu's tears that had been stopped burst out once again.

Qiu Mingyue walked over a few steps, "Fourth Sister, what's the matter with you?" She sat down, patted Qiu Mingzhu's back, asked her, but looked at Xiang Cao.

Vanilla suppressed it for a long time, but now seeing Qiu Mingyue, she kept telling everything.

"The second lady came just now and said that she had promised a marriage to the young lady."

"Marriage?" Qiu Mingyue frowned, "Who is the other party?" She knew that Qiu Mingzhu had a crush on Xue Yuhua, and it was normal not to want to marry someone else.But it's not necessary to cry so sadly.There is only one explanation. The second wife may choose someone for her, which may not be easy.

Xiang Cao took a look at Qiu Mingzhu, saw that she didn't stop her, and said, "Young Master Zhongshu's servant, Ye Shangxian."

"Zhongshu Shilang's Mansion?" Zhongshu Shilang is a fourth-rank official. Although he can't compare with Qiufu, he can be regarded as a Zanying family anyway.You know, the second master is only third rank.The son of Zhongshu's servant married Qiu Mingzhu, so he was well-matched.But why did Qiu Mingzhu cry so sadly?
Xiang Cao seemed to see her doubts, and said again: "Then Ye Shangxian is a bastard."

Qiu Mingyue frowned, although Qiu Mingzhu is also a concubine, but the second master's rank is higher than Zhongshu's servant.It is inappropriate for her to marry a concubine.No wonder she was so wronged.But based on what I know about Qiu Mingzhu, she shouldn't be such a vain person who cares about her family status.

At this moment, Qiu Mingzhu wiped away her tears, her voice hoarse after crying.

"It doesn't matter if you are a bastard, I am not destined to be rich and honored. To be able to marry into an official family as the main wife is not in vain. But..." When she said this, she began to tremble a little bit uncontrollably, with tears in her eyes There was also resentment in his eyes.

"The last time my grandmother asked my mother to discuss marriage for me, I secretly let people pay attention. After knowing the candidate in my mother's mind, I asked Xiang Cao to inquire about the person of the other party. I don't want to be rich or powerful. Married as you wish. I hope that my husband will be upright and treat me sincerely in the future. But who knows... who knows that Ye Shangxian is actually a prodigal son who is as rich as gold and jade. "

Qiu Mingyue's frown deepened, and she looked at Xiang Cao.

"How to say?"

Xiang Cao immediately said: "Miss Wu, you don't know something. That Ye Shangxian is the third in the family, and he has two older brothers. He is the same as the young lady. His biological mother died young and he was fostered under Mrs. Ye's knees. Ruthless, he was too arrogant and indulgent to him since he was a child, and he doted on him extremely in front of Master Ye. He was giving him what he wanted, but he was actually flattering and killing him. Under Mrs. Ye's deliberate teaching, he can do nothing but eat, drink, whore and gamble. Not to mention studying to get fame, I am afraid that he has not even finished the four books. Since he was 13 years old, Mrs. Ye gave him two housemaids. Relying on Mrs. Ye's favor, he became more and more rampant, and just reached the weak crown In the past year, there were quite a few aunts in the house, not to mention housemaids, there were countless of them."

Vanilla was angry when she said this, "Also, I heard that he recently doted on an aunt, who was his former personal maid, and she seems to be pregnant."

"absurd."

Qiu Mingyue scolded angrily, "I let my concubine become pregnant before the main wife got married, wouldn't it be a blow to my Qiu family's face?"

Qiu Mingyue was rarely so angry, she looked at Qiu Mingzhu who was crying in her arms, and softened her voice to comfort her.

"Fourth Sister, why didn't you tell Second Uncle? Second Uncle won't agree to let you marry such a person whose morals are corrupt and disrespectful."

Qiu Mingzhu shook her head on her shoulder, "How do I tell Dad? If my mother asks me, how did I, a boudoir girl, know about other people's furniture? My mother just told me about this today, but I have already investigated everything about him. Chu. Could it be that he behaved indiscriminately and violated morals? At that time, I will be even more speechless."

This is a problem.

Xiang Cao anxiously said from the side: "Miss Wu, you must help our miss, if she really marries that Ye Shangxian, her life will be ruined. Doesn't this mean that it's an insult to the young lady? How can the young lady hold her head high in the Ye family in the future."

Qiu Mingyue patted Qiu Mingzhu's shoulder and said, "Don't panic. The second aunt is just giving you a vaccination. I don't think she has told grandma about it. Grandma will definitely not agree to this marriage. Four Don't worry, sister."

Qiu Mingzhu cried and shook her head, "It's useless. Although Ye Shangxian's conduct is bad, few people in the outside world know about it. And his little concubine's pregnancy, even Mrs. Ye may be kept in the dark. It is purely a coincidence that she was able to inquire about these things. Mrs. Ye is a shrewd woman. She deliberately conceals it. How can outsiders get a peek into the inside story? Besides, this is her family background. When grandma asks, she can say whatever she wants. What can I do?"

(End of this chapter)