Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 169

Young girls who are in their prime, last November at the Ministry of War Shangshu Mansion to celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Liu Shi, the Minister of the Ministry of War. It is less than a year now, and three of them have married as wives.For the remaining few, it is estimated that the happy event is approaching.

Because of the presence of elders, the young people became more reserved and whispered to each other.Murong Ruyu married Qi Yunshen, one of the four handsome men in the capital, and now she is Mrs. Qi. She has a special affection for Ling Yuxuan's wife, who is also one of the four handsome men, and she took the initiative to go to Xiao Wenqing's side and chat with Xiao Wenqing in a low voice.

"Wen Qing, my family decided to hold a Chrysanthemum and Crab Banquet in October, you must come." Murong Ruyu said.

"Okay, I'll go if you invite me." Xiao Wenqing nodded and smiled.When she gets acquainted with the young ladies in the capital again, she will hold a party to reciprocate the gift.

Everyone was talking in Cai Jiayu's boudoir. Mrs. Cai walked in, and said to Mrs. Prime Minister and Mrs. Cai, "Mother, mother-in-law, the ceremony of Jiayu's farewell to the ancestors is about to begin." In the farewell to ancestors ceremony, the father burns incense in front of the ancestor tablet and prays that the ancestor will have a daughter to marry today. The bride kneels to listen to the father's prayer and accept the blessings of the father and the ancestors.

Cai Jiayu in full attire stood up and walked to Mrs. Cai, her eyes were moist and there were tears in her eyes.Although her husband's family is also in the capital, after she got married, she belonged to someone else's family.

"Let's go." Mrs. Cai said with a sob, trying not to let herself cry.The only biological daughter is married, and her evening scene is the same as that of her mother, the Prime Minister's wife. Although there are children in front of her, they are not born by herself, and she is not close to herself.Maybe she was wrong. After her own son died, she should have hugged a concubine in front of her to raise her when she was still young, so as to cultivate the relationship between mother and child. Now, is it still too late?

Mrs. Cai said loudly, "Jiayu's marriage is a great event. Why are you sad? Jiayu, come, grandma will take you to the front hall to worship your ancestors." She walked out of the room first with a cane.

When the bride bids farewell to her ancestors, outsiders can only stand outside the main room and watch.Xiao Wenqing mingled with the female relatives and quietly looked around.They came early, and there were less than [-] female guests and not many male guests who came to Cai's house.After scanning quickly, Xiao Wenqing didn't see the person she wanted to see, and felt a little disappointed, but she also thought that the person she wanted to see would not come so early, and might not come to Cai's mansion.

After lunch, the female guests chatted and drank tea in Cai's back house or went to the garden to play.After getting her mother-in-law's consent, Xiao Wenqing went for a walk and chat in the garden with the ladies she was familiar with.Three quarters later, the number of female guests entering the garden suddenly increased. Xiao Wenqing knew that all the guests invited by the woman had come to Cai's mansion.

Xiao Wenqing and a group of people were sitting idle in the water pavilion, admiring the lake view, and saw a young woman in green walking towards them from afar.

Mrs. He, it's her. Did she come with Mrs. He and Mrs. He?The second Mrs. He was born in the Cui family and had her own handkerchief. She didn't need to be led by Mrs. He to enter the circle of noble ladies in the capital like Mrs. He who married into the capital, so she sometimes walked alone.

"Twelve Aunts." Miss Cui San and Miss Cui Liu in the water pavilion got up and took two steps, and said softly to the young woman in green who was approaching.

The Cui family is the largest aristocratic family in Gyeonggi, and the twelfth aunt Cui Lingshan is the daughter of the collateral line, who married the second son of He Changqing, a household doctor.Her husband is now a member of the household department of the fifth rank, Wailang, who is reused by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and will definitely be a minister of Conglong in the future.

Cui Lingshan had twins, who happened to be born on the same day as the Crown Princess.The Crown Princess, who gave birth to her little grandson for the third time, wanted a daughter very much. When she heard that Cui Lingshan had given birth to a baby girl who represented auspiciousness, she gave the baby girl the name and gift that she had originally prepared for her daughter. .He Ergongzi's family was favored by the crown prince and his wife. Others felt that the concubine of the He family was better than the eldest son, and they were all discussing whether the second son He would separate and set up a separate family while his parents were still alive.

When Second Lady He saw Miss Cui San and Miss Cui Liu, Cui Lingshan said with a smile on her face: "Third Miss and Six Miss, they look like you two from a distance, so I'll come over to have a look, and it really is you." She is the daughter of a collateral line , Noble than the girls of the direct line.

"This is..." She turned her eyes to Xiao Wenqing, and her face suddenly showed shock.

The former little dowry maid is now the third-rank Gaoming wife, and she can hardly recognize her.The young lady in front of her has a delicate and beautiful face, a dignified and calm temperament, the big pink pearl on the thumb on the wishful cloud bun is radiant, the scarlet gold hairpin is exquisite and gorgeous, and a silk dress is tailored to fit.It has changed a lot.When Xiao Wenqing entered the circle of aristocratic ladies in the capital, she was raising a baby at home and missed it.Later I heard from others that I was very surprised. No wonder Chunxi's name of Xiao Wenqing when she was a maid looks different from other maids.

"Twelve Aunts, this is the wife of Master Ling Tongzhi, the Commander of the Dragon Scale Guard, and the fourth wife of the Prime Minister's Mansion." Miss Cui San introduced.They already knew that Xiao Wenqing had once been the dowry maid of Mrs. He's family.How will the second wife of the He family feel when she meets Xiao Wenqing now?

"Fourth Madam Ling." The second Madam He straightened her face, bowed her knees respectfully to Xiao Wenqing and saluted Wanfu.

Speaking of which, she was also wronged. Although her husband was as talented as her father thought she was, and he was promoted through his own efforts, but according to the requirements of the wives of the past dynasties, she, the official wife of the fifth-rank official, could not be granted the title because Husband and son-in-law are concubine sons, "If the aunt is alive, the concubine is not granted; the mother respects the wife and is inferior, the biological mother is not conferred, and the regular wife is not conferred."If she wanted her wife to become an imperial wife based on her husband's dignity, she had to survive until one of her aunts and aunts died.She is also the daughter of the collateral lineage, her elder sister, Cui Sulan, the third young wife of the prime minister's mansion, is lucky, her concubine died within a few years of her marriage, and now she is an upright fifth-rank madam.

(End of this chapter)