No matter what the various forces in the capital thought of Yin Wuyan's role as a matchmaker for Qiu Huaixin, as soon as the news spread in Qianzhong Mansion, many marriageable men turned red with jealousy.
When Jiao Lianyu heard the news, he was stunned and dropped the tea cup in his hand. Looking at his robe soaked with tea, there was a haze of jealousy in his eyes. This world is really unfair.
"Is it burnt?" Aunt Huang stood up eagerly. She looked at her son who lowered his head and said nothing, but she knew what he was thinking. She couldn't help but said: "My son has reached the age of getting married, but my wife is only focused on her.
As for the eldest son, he didn’t mention my son’s marriage at all. The lady in charge of any family would act like this without fear of losing the master’s face if the news spreads.”
Jiao Lianyu raised her head, with an unconcealed sarcasm on her pale and sickly face, "Now that my eldest brother has divorced Mrs. Chen, even if the wife chooses someone else and she won't fall in love with me, my father still needs to be involved in the marriage."
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As the sister-in-law of Mrs. Chen, she sent someone to assassinate her brother-in-law. How could a woman from the back house have such courage? In Jiao Lianyu's opinion, Jiao Lianping must have known about it, but his eldest brother was the most cunning and hid behind the scenes to enjoy the benefits.
Moreover, this is the Jiao Mansion. How can every move in the mansion be hidden from Mrs. Jiao, the head wife? In the final analysis, the mother and son of the house just let it go and wanted to kill themselves through Mrs. Chen's hands, but they were blessed with great fortune.
As soon as she heard this, Aunt Huang's face also changed. She no longer had the gentleness she had shown in front of Magistrate Jiao, and her delicately made-up face showed a ferocious look, "It's a shame that the master is partial, and a little girl like Zhan Feiyu interfered.
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This matter is what makes Aunt Huang feel most unjust. Since that bitch of the Chen family dares to send people to kill Lian Yu, why should the master compensate Lian Yu well after the incident is exposed?
Furthermore, Mrs. Chen is Jiao Lianping’s wife. If he knew in advance, he would be a beast who killed his own brother. If he didn’t know, a man would not even know the movements of the person next to him. The saints say that cultivating one’s morality, harmonizing one’s family, ruling the country, and bringing peace to the world.
, Jiao Lianping is so incompetent, he will not be qualified to inherit the Jiao Mansion in the future.
But Aunt Huang did not expect that Magistrate Jiao did not take out his anger on Jiao Lianping because of Chen. Even after the Forbidden Dragon Guards took Chen away, Magistrate Jiao personally went to the Chen family and got rid of Chen's first wife on behalf of the eldest son.
The Chen family also knew that they were in the wrong, so they only sent a housekeeper to carry away Chen's dowry. They only said to the outside world that Chen had violated the seven-out rule and asked to resign. This statement also saved Jiao Lianping's face.
"Does my son have a girl he likes?" Not wanting to think about those unhappy things, Aunt Huang looked at Jiao Lianyu expectantly. She was just a humble aunt. She couldn't go out on weekdays, and she didn't even know the daughter of a wealthy family.
Lian Yu has a reputation for talent, not to mention that everyone wants Lian Yu to be the son-in-law who rides on the dragon.
Jiao Lianyu began to learn to plan for himself when he was four years old. After he was ten years old, he began to look for a suitable wife. His status as a concubine could not be changed. If he could not rely on his mother-in-law, he could only rely on his in-law's family to marry a good wife.
With the support of the wife's family, her future official career will definitely be much smoother.
But Jiao Lianyu has been searching for several years but has not found a suitable candidate. The Qiu family only has one girl, Qiu Jingyuan. If it were before, Jiao Lianyu would have had some ideas, but now the three members of the Qiu family are traitors, and they were engaged to Qiu Jingyuan just to get a token.
Among the remaining official families in Qianzhong Mansion, Jiao Lianyu didn't like any of them, but Jiao Lianyu would not consider any concubine or a girl from a branch. Although he was a concubine, he was the son of a prefect, and he had a great reputation.
Her status is definitely worthy of being a legitimate daughter.
However, several families had legitimate daughters, but they were either very different in age or had average reputations. Jiao Lianyu relied on her superiority and was unwilling to wrong herself in marriage affairs.
Furthermore, scholars value their reputation and cannot easily divorce their wives once they marry. If they marry a faceless girl or someone as stupid as a pig, wouldn’t they be marrying a burden?
Now that the delay has reached this age, there is still no suitable candidate in the Central Guizhou Prefecture. Jiao Lianyu has already planned to establish a career first and then start a family. In the future, he will go to the capital to participate in the imperial examination and the palace examination. As long as he enters the top three, he will not have to worry about a good marriage.
"The eldest girl of the Qin family and the third girl of the Xu family were quite good at the beginning, but it was a pity that they were all destroyed in the hands of Qiu Jingyuan." Aunt Huang became angry again when she talked about this.
These two girls are not only from good backgrounds, but they are also famous talented girls in central Guizhou, and their looks are also very good. Even Aunt Huang knows that they can be married off if they are willing.
But who would have thought that Qiu Jingyuan was extremely jealous and ruthless at such a young age. Just because the girls from the Qin family and the Xu family were outstanding, Qiu Jingyuan asked Qiu Feng, her cousin, to do something secretly. When the former of the two girls was offering incense,
He met a flower-picking thief who lost his reputation. The latter was splashed with hot soup at a banquet and his face was ruined.
Before Qiu Jingyuan's accident happened in the third room, she had harmed many rich ladies in Qianzhong mansion. This also caused the girls from big families to stay away from home, and they all had a reputation of mediocre qualifications, and they were all settled early.
When I got married, I was afraid that I would be harmed by Qiu Jingyuan.
This also resulted in Jiao Lianyu not having a suitable wife now, so when he knew that Qiu Huaixin might marry the fifth girl of the Gu family, Jiao Lianyu was so envious and jealous that he dropped the tea cup.
Jiao Lianyu was already upset and listened to her aunt's talk, which made Jiao Lianyu even more upset. However, she had become accustomed to pretending over the years, so no matter how bored she was, she still acted like a filial son.
"Don't worry, aunt. My father has the final say in my marriage. I need to be more careful in the back house. No matter how much my wife hates me, she can't reach out to the front yard. I'm worried that she will use this to tease my aunt."
Aunt Huang's eyes darkened. No matter how favored she was, she was just a concubine. Even though the master doted on him, he respected his wife as his first wife and left everything in the house to her to take care of.
In the past, Mrs. Jiao was too lazy to pay attention to Aunt Huang, so Aunt Huang lived comfortably in the back house. After all, with the favor of Magistrate Jiao and a successful son like Jiao Lianyu, Aunt Huang did not need Mrs. Jiao to do anything wrong in the mansion.
But since Magistrate Jiao whipped Jiao Lianping because of Jiao Lianyu, and almost disfigured his face, Mrs. Jiao was also angry. Although she didn't make any fuss with Magistrate Jiao, the rules in the mansion suddenly changed, and Aunt Huang suffered everywhere.
It was extremely frustrating to be restrained.
But when she was between the beds, she complained insinuatingly to Magistrate Jiao, but Magistrate Jiao finally scolded her severely and told her to abide by the rules of the concubine's room and not to offend the madam. This really made Aunt Huang very angry, but she was so angry.
Every move of the lady was in compliance with the rules, and no one would say anything even if word got out.
After seeing off Aunt Huang, Jiao Lianyu asked someone to collect the broken pieces of the teacup on the ground and said, "Serve tea."
After a while, when he saw the boy serving the tea, Jiao Lianyu's expression suddenly changed, and then he became calm again. He picked up the tea cup and took a few sips to cover it up. He lowered his voice and said, "What's the matter with you here?"
"Second Young Master, don't worry. No one is eavesdropping outside." He still lowered his head. At first glance, he really looked like a servant. The visitor continued: "The Wu family wants to destroy the third Young Master Qiu and the fifth Young Master Gu.
The second young master will only need to add fuel to the flames for the girl's marriage."
Hearing this, Jiao Lianyu was not surprised at all. So what if they were brothers? In the face of power and interests, there are no fathers and sons, no brothers. Either you die or I live.
The mood that had been depressed for a long time finally eased. Jiao Lianyu smiled sinisterly, picked up the tea cup again and sipped the tea leisurely, "The Wu family is guarding against Qiu Huaixin, but although Qiu Huaixin is not smart enough, he is not a fool. The Wu family only wants to plot against him.
It’s not easy to be afraid.”
Jiao Lianyu's eyes flickered strangely. If he could use this to seize the Wu family, wouldn't he have another boost?
The young man raised his eyes and glanced at the hypocritical Jiao Lianyu, and continued with a wooden face: "Second Young Master, don't worry, the Wu family will definitely be able to make arrangements flawlessly. Second Young Master only needs to act according to the situation to ensure that the Wu family will not make a mistake."
Jiao Lianyu thought for a long time and tapped the table with one hand, "If the Qiu brothers turned against each other, wouldn't it be better for the old man?"
Qiu Huaixin is just a playboy now and has no power to fight against his eldest brother Qiu Bingde. But if he marries the fifth girl of the Gu family and has this powerful in-law family, and Qiu Huaixin really becomes ambitious to seize the title of head of the family, then he will definitely fight Qiu Bingde.
Qihu is evenly matched, so the old man can make a profit.
"Second Young Master, you only need to obey the orders. Don't ask any questions." The young man didn't give Jiao Lianyu any face. He dropped the words coldly and turned around to leave the study.
In the room, Jiao Lianping clenched his fists angrily, and a vicious and vicious light burst out from his eyes. One day, he would definitely make these people kneel on the ground and beg for mercy!