"Relatives?" Minglan had doubts. The person who could know Xiao Qin was naturally not Hua Lan, but Ru Lan. Could it be Mrs. Wang? There shouldn't be much communication between them, right?
"Xiao Tao, just tell her that it's inconvenient to have guests at home today," Minglan ordered.
"Yes, madam."
After Xiaotao left, Yu Yanran frowned slightly: "Don't you go and have a look? What if it's your mother?"
Minglan shook her head gently: "If it is really the mother, just say that the mother is here and ask me to come over. Why do you need to say that she is a relative? It is probably some kind of relative that cannot be beaten. My stepmother, the Marquis, is really
He really has the appearance of a Bodhisattva. No matter what he does, he will try to persuade others to do something better, but he will not show any signs of himself."
Yu Yanran originally had some sympathy for Xiao Qin, but under the influence of her best friend Minglan, she also realized that Xiao Qin had two faces.
In the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, Xiao Qin was chatting with the two wives from the fourth and fifth bedrooms and Aunt Kang, and the servants came to report.
Xiao Qin put down the tea cup and wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief: "Since there are guests at Minglan, forget it, let's eat first."
The fourth wife said angrily: "Sister-in-law, I'm not telling you, your daughter-in-law is getting more and more arrogant. Even if there are guests and her mother-in-law calls her, she should always come over, not to mention her parents are here.
.”
The eldest wife of the fifth house remembered what her husband had said, and just echoed it perfunctorily, and stopped interfering.
But Aunt Kang felt that she had lost face and said sharply: "This Minglan is too ignorant. Her guests are just juniors. The elders asked her to come, but she didn't even show her face and didn't know that my sister was at home.
How was it brought up?"
Xiao Qin secretly laughed in her heart, this is what she wanted, but on the surface she sighed: "Oh, forget it, after all, I am not a serious mother-in-law, and I don't have any face in Erlang's house. I originally wanted to invite her
Let’s chat a few words to relieve boredom, and don’t have to annoy others anymore.”
The eldest wife of the fourth house hated the iron and said: "Sister-in-law, you are so easy to talk to. This junior is riding on you. How can you, the wife of the Hou Mansion, get the prestige from now on?"
As soon as Aunt Kang saw that she had the opportunity to show off, she stood up and said, "Humph, this Minglan has only been married for two years and is so domineering. Madam is so generous, but I have to discipline this girl on my sister's behalf."
With that said, he walked in the direction of Chengyuan. Ningyuan Hou's Mansion was separated from Chengyuan by a wall, so it wasn't that far away.
Xiao Qin was secretly happy, but said: "Hurry up, stop Aunt Kang before you stop her, or you will hurt your harmony."
Seeing the excitement, the fourth wife immediately followed her and blocked the chasing servants.
The eldest lady of the fifth house did not get up, but sat there quietly drinking tea.
Xiao Qin was a little surprised, but it was difficult to show it, so she could only pretend to be worried and looked in the direction of Chengyuan.
As soon as Aunt Kang entered Chengyuan, she put on airs and cursed all the way, which made the servants stop.
Minglan was sitting with Yu Yanran drinking tea and chatting, watching Sister Lan and Brother Ming chasing each other and playing in the yard, enjoying the leisure time.
While the two were chatting and laughing, they suddenly heard someone screaming and cursing. They were about to send someone out to check on the situation, but saw Aunt Kang barging in menacingly.
Yu Yanran quickly asked her servants to pull Sister Lan and Brother Ming to her side, and at the same time asked in a low voice: "Isn't this Mrs. Wang's sister? Why did you provoke her?"
Minglan came to her senses and said, "Is she the relative the person from the Ningyuan Hou Mansion mentioned just now?"
As soon as Aunt Kang entered the courtyard, she said in a sinister tone: "Huh, Minglan, you are really promising. When you marry into a high family, you no longer take your parents' parents seriously. When I asked you to come to the house to talk about it, you were put off. Okay."
What a big rack.”
Minglan first saluted Aunt Kang, and then said: "What did Aunt Kang say? Didn't I send someone to reply? There are guests at home who really can't leave. I hope Aunt Kang can forgive me."
"Excuse me? You put it lightly, but you are so disrespectful. I don't know how my sister brought you up." Aunt Kang snorted coldly.
Minglan's eyes became sharp after hearing this, and she stared at Aunt Kang and said, "Auntie, are you saying that the daughter of Sheng Mansion is uneducated? In this case, Minglan will have to tell the difference."
"If my aunt is an elder of the Sheng family, Minglan will naturally be more respectful. But after all, my aunt is an elder of the Kang family, and she is a relative of Minglan. There are distinguished guests at home today, and it is not convenient to go, so my aunt came to see me.
Is this a sign of good manners when someone yells at someone in the house?"
Aunt Kang was so angry that her eyes were bleeding. The fourth wife didn't expect Minglan to confront Aunt Kang head-on, and she couldn't help but shrink her neck.
"You, you are brave! You are such a disrespectful thing..."
Yu Yanran was used to seeing her best friend being pointed at and scolded, so she shouted: "That's enough!"
"Kang Wang, you don't even look at what kind of place this is, I can't tolerate your presumption!"
Aunt Kang was also used to being arrogant. When her father was alive, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was generally held concurrently by the ministers of various ministries in the Song Dynasty. Each ministry was actually controlled by the left minister. Since the left was respected in ancient times, the left minister was by default more senior than the right minister.
At the upper half level, in theory, Mr. Wang is in charge of the appointment of civil servants all over the world.
Aunt Xiaokang grew up being held in the palm of her hand. She was surrounded by people who fawned over her, and she developed a competitive character from an early age.
However, after Aunt Kang got married, due to the death of Mrs. Wang, the situation of the Wang family took a turn for the worse. Her husband's family, the Kang family, also got worse and worse, and was reduced to the point where she had to sell her dowry to survive.
Normally, it would be fine for Aunt Kang to be angry at others, but today she was scolded like this by a junior, how could she bear it.
"Mrs. Jinghaihou is so majestic. I'm here to teach this junior a lesson, and it's not your turn to intervene!"
Yu Yanran stood up and walked to Aunt Kang and said coldly: "Ms. Kang, do you know who you are talking to."
"Humph, but even a young generation dares to..." Aunt Kang was about to retort.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Yu Yanran suddenly shouted: "Bold! I am the second-grade imperial wife of the current dynasty. For the sake of Minglan, I have already forgiven you for the crime of disrespect. Now you
You still dare to bark wildly here, but do you want to disregard the laws of the imperial court?"
Over the years, Yu Yanran had been handling the affairs of the Marquis of Jinghai Mansion, and she often attended gatherings with the families of the top nobles in Bianjing. She had moved her energy to nourish her body, and her explosive momentum immediately overpowered Aunt Kang.
Sister Lan suddenly shouted from the side: "Why don't you salute quickly!"
Aunt Kang and the fourth wife felt aggrieved, but according to the court regulations, they ladies were indeed required to salute the high-ranking Madam Gaoming, not to mention that Yu Yanran was still a second-grade Gaoming.
Aunt Kang's eyes turned red, but she could only bow to Yu Yanran in a polite manner.
The eldest wife of the fourth room was even more depressed. She just came to watch the fun, but she was forced to salute a junior. She felt bad when she thought about it. Only then did she realize that the eldest wife of the fifth room did not come with her.
Yu Yanran's original momentum collapsed instantly after Sister Lan shouted out her voice. She glared at her daughter fiercely and said impatiently: "You guys, please stand down."
Aunt Kang can't kill anyone with her fierce eyes now, otherwise she can tear both Yu Yanran and Minglan into pieces.
The eldest wife of the fourth room cursed secretly and ran away with everyone. It was really embarrassing.
On the way back, the eldest wife of the fourth room vented her anger on Aunt Kang and said in a nonchalant manner: "Huh, if you don't have the ability to control the younger generation, don't act like a big boss, and I will be implicated too."
Aunt Kang held the handkerchief in her hand and almost smashed it to pieces. She was too embarrassed to see Xiao Qin, so she could only get on the carriage and go home in despair.
After returning home, Aunt Kang saw her husband still looking carefree and carefree. She suddenly became furious and cursed vehemently.
"You loser, I will be unlucky for eight lifetimes if I marry you!"
Lord Kang was scolded inexplicably, and became angry. He pointed at Aunt Kang and cursed: "Shut up, you loser. After I married you, my Kang family started to go downhill. If it weren't for you,
For the sake of giving birth to a son, I would have divorced you long ago with a divorce letter."
Aunt Kang was furious: "The reason why our family is in decline is because you are incompetent. What does it have to do with me? If you were to make progress, I already have my life in my body. How could I still be angry with a junior? I'll know it all day long.
Romantic, endless pursuit of a little wife, if you have the ability, don’t use my dowry to fill the family’s shortfall!”
These words pierced Mr. Kang's lungs. Mr. Kang became angry and slapped Aunt Kang on the face: "Bitch, if you dare to say even one more word, I will report that you are insane and will be punished."
You are thrown into inner prison."
Aunt Kang was so angry that she was shaking all over, but she didn't dare to behave any more. She knew that her husband had already planned this, and she could not be divorced, let alone go to jail.
"Minglan, Yu Yanran, you all wait for me!" Aunt Kang covered her face and looked out the window with cold eyes.
In Chengyuan, Qin Hao came to pick up Yu Yanran and the children after get off work, and heard Minglan talk about today's events.
"Oh, what a loss, what a loss." Qin Hao looked like he had suffered a huge loss.
Yu Yanran and Minglan both looked at him in confusion.
Qin Hao winked at Yu Yanran and said jokingly: "Isn't it a big loss if I didn't see the madam show off her power?"
Minglan covered her mouth and chuckled when she heard this. Yu Yanran shyly slapped Qin Hao: "My husband is laughing at me."
Sister Lan threw herself into Qin Hao's arms and whispered, "Dad, I saw it. Can I tell you about it?"
"I saw it too." Brother Ming had become familiar with Qin Hao now and began to pester Qin Hao.
Qin Hao picked up one of them with one hand: "Let's go home. Can you tell daddy?"
"Okay." The two little guys happily lay on Qin Hao and clapped their hands.
Minglan felt envious, and Yu Yanran also said goodbye to her, and the family returned to Jinghaihou Mansion.
In the next half month, Qin Hao basically stayed at home with his wife and children, except for going to the Privy Council to have a massage. Sometimes Yu Yanran would also drive him to Jade and Qingmei to spend the night.
One day half a month later, the Qin Liu family suddenly sent someone to invite Qin Hao to the Dongchang Hou Mansion. Qin Hao originally thought something had happened at home, so he rushed over.
As a result, Xiao Qin was there, and Aunt Kang was also here, followed by a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, who looked quite handsome.
Qin Hao couldn't help but feel wary. It wasn't that he was being serious, it was mainly that Xiao Qin and Aunt Kang, two notoriously poisonous women, suddenly got together, obviously holding back evil.
Sure enough, Mrs. Qin Liu said to Qin Hao: "This is the eldest lady of the Kang family, and this is the concubine of the Kang family. I think she is quite good, but our family has few heirs..."
Qin Hao understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. He wanted to take a concubine for him.
In fact, it is no wonder that Qin Liu is impatient. Although Qin Hao already has a legitimate son, there is only one after all, and Qingmei and Feicui have never been pregnant. If Qin Hao only has such a son, who will inherit the title in the future?
When it comes to family inheritance, Mrs. Qin Liu naturally has to take it to heart. In fact, she has always felt that her son's concubines are too few. Looking at the Bianjing nobles, no matter how poor they are, they still have seven or eight concubines. How can they be like her son?
Just two concubines.
Qin Hao refused directly: "Mom, Sheng Changbai and I are close friends, Yanran and Minglan are as close as sisters, and Aunt Kang is Mrs. Wang's biological sister. With such a relationship, if we take a daughter of the Kang family as a concubine, what will happen in the future?
How does the relationship between our two families work out?"
Mrs. Qin Liu was a little embarrassed for a moment. She really didn't expect this just now. She just thought that the concubine of the Kang family was sweet and well-behaved.
Aunt Kang became anxious when she heard this: "Master Hou, in fact our Kang family and Sheng family are two separate families, and Zhao'er is just a concubine, so it won't be a problem."
Qin Hao shook his head when he heard this: "My surname is Kang even if I am a commoner. This is absolutely unacceptable."
Before Aunt Kang could speak, Mrs. Qin Liu smiled and said, "It was just a joke at first. Let's not take it seriously, so as not to ruin the reputation of the girl's family. Sister-in-law, don't you think so?"
Xiao Qin still looked the same and replied with a smile: "My brother and sister are right, it's just a joke."
In Aunt Kang's heart, ten thousand grass and mud horses are galloping past. That's not what you said when you came!
As for Kang Zhaoer's fame and reputation, it's a joke. In her opinion, a cheap maid born from a concubine has no reputation to speak of. In her eyes, it's nothing more than goods, and they only have value if they can be sold at a good price.
Aunt Kang became extremely jealous when she thought that Yu Yanran was already a second-grade imperial concubine at such a young age. She originally thought that giving her a concubine would help her establish a relationship with the Marquis of Jinghai, but she didn't expect that Qin Hao actually looked down upon her at all.
"Useless things!"
After leaving the Dongchang Hou Mansion and on the carriage, Aunt Kang twisted Kang Zhaoer's arm so hard that the pain made Kang Zhaoer shed tears.
Aunt Kang scolded: "Don't pretend to be weak here. I was just like a piece of wood in front of the Marquis. I'm a cheap servant. The lives of your mother and brother are in my hands. If you dare to disobey me again, you will be killed."
See how I deal with you!"
Kang Zhaoer shivered and wiped his tears.
Returning to Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, Xiao Qin comforted Aunt Kang: "Well, my nephew is good at everything, but he is too decent. I'm afraid this matter won't work. But don't worry, Zhao'er was born with such beauty.
It’s not difficult to find a good family.”
Aunt Kang was still a little unwilling to give up: "Madam, this Marquis of Qin holds two titles. If he has no heirs, wouldn't this title be advantageous to outsiders? My Zhao'er is not only beautiful, but you can see from this figure that he is also easy to have children."
..."
Xiao Qin interrupted directly: "Ms. Kang, how many noble children have you seen who can become the second-rank officials of the imperial court at such an age? He is very independent in doing things, and others cannot easily change the things he decides.
.”
Aunt Kang could only look at the ocean and lament that she had no chance of such wealth.
"Since the Marquis of Jinghai's Mansion cannot be entered, why not let Zhao'er enter my Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion." Xiao Qin said with a smile.
Aunt Kang's heart moved. Gu Tingye was also a popular figure in the official family, and his family fortune was quite rich. It was indeed a good choice.
"Just keep an eye on that side."
Xiao Qin leaned into Aunt Kang's ear and whispered: "This matter needs some planning..."
On the other hand, Qin Hao returned to Jinghaihou Mansion and told Yu Yanran the situation without hiding anything.
Yu Yanran was furious. She wasn't angry with the Qin Liu family, it was about the inheritance of the clan, but she didn't mind if Qin Hao married a few more concubines.
She was angry with Aunt Kang. They had a conflict just a few days ago. Now, by giving Qin Hao her concubine's daughter as a concubine, wasn't it an obvious way to cause trouble for her?
Qin Hao comforted: "Okay, it's not worth it for an outsider, but you'd better remind Minglan that this Kang Wang family is not a fuel-efficient lamp."
"Hey, how come Minglan has so many relatives?" Yu Yanran hurriedly went to Chengyuan.
After hearing what Yu Yanran said, Minglan couldn't help but secretly gasped: "Isn't this Aunt Kang too mean? She actually let the daughter of the concubine become a concubine. Doesn't the Kang family lose their face?"
Yu Yanran complained: "What's the point? She even gave a daughter from a concubine to King Anyang as a concubine."
"What? Isn't Prince Anyang over seventy?" Minglan looked at Yu Yanran in shock.
Yu Yanran said: "You can't be wrong. Last time I asked someone to investigate Kang Wang's family. She was unscrupulous in doing things. She even loaned money outside and forced people to die."
Usury is actually usury. In ancient times, usury was so high that it scared people to death. The annual interest rate of 300% was considered a reasonable price. The word usury is also very vivid. Money comes in faster than money is printed. Ordinary people borrowed usury.
If you can't get enough at all, you can only sell your land, your children, and your daughters.
Although according to the laws of the Song Dynasty, usury was not illegal, among the group of noble officials, this was an act that undermined morality and would be looked down upon.
Sure enough, within a few days, Minglan was invited to dinner by Xiao Qin again. Kang Wang was also at the table. After a while of extreme pulling, Minglan was about to escape.
Aunt Kang took the opportunity to get angry: "You said you wanted Zhao'er to be Gu Hou's concubine, and now you're going back on your word. How will Zhao'er find her husband's family again in the future? I don't care, I'll stay here with you. You can watch it yourself."
Do it!”
Minglan suddenly felt nauseous and quickly covered her mouth and ran to the yard to retching.
Danjue reacted immediately and said with surprise and joy: "Please call the doctor!"
Soon the doctor came. After checking the pulse, he cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, Mrs. Gu Hou, you are very happy."
The jealousy in Xiao Qin's eyes could no longer be contained, and her teeth were gritting loudly.
"How could she have a child? It must be a girl. That's right, she can't get a boy in one fell swoop! I still have a chance, I still have a chance!"
