Fragrance Returned

Dong Youcheng pouted and asked, "Did you also compare yourself to Chengcheng?"

Little Shota is already two years old, very smart and sly.

His words made everyone laugh.

Mrs. Mi quickly hugged him and said, "In the eyes of grandma, Cheng'er is the first, and your Aunt Xiang is the second."

Xiao Zhengtai pursed her lips and smiled, and stretched out her arms for Xun Xiang to hug.

"Auntie, give me a hug."

Xunxiang picked him up, patted his little fat butt, and said with a smile, "It's aunt, isn't it too much?"

This child looks more like Mrs. Dong, and Xunxiang feels more intimate with him as soon as she sees him.

I wonder how Mrs. Dong is doing in person, and whether Daddy Dong has begun to conquer the new continent...

Mrs. Mi has two biological sons and two daughters, as well as two concubines. Except for Mi Honglan and her concubine Mi Hongxia, the others are all married to wives.

The house is lively and the atmosphere is good.

Mrs. Mi asked Xun Xiang when no one was around, "Do you know when Master Mingyuan and he will return to Beijing? He will be twelve years old this year, and the Marquis and I are thinking very hard."

Xun Xiang shook his head, "They didn't say anything when they left, and there was no contact after they left. Even my maternal grandfather didn't know."

The next day Mi Hongmian and her son went to Ding Mansion, and Xunxiang invited Mi Honglan, Mi Hongxia, Xue Tian, ​​and Ding Zhen to play in Ding Mansion.

The weather is getting colder and colder. Feifei should have flown back long ago, but for some reason he has not returned yet in early winter.

Xunxiang was very anxious and had already sent Jin'er and two guards to Beiquan Village to see if Feifei had appeared in his hometown.

On October 13th, the Duke of Wei went to Tao Mansion to deliver the betrothal gift. Xunxiang and sisters Mi Honglan, Gao Mingzhu, Zhang Ziyan, and Xue Tian made an appointment to go to Tao Mansion to watch the ceremony.

Tao Jing blushed and sat cross-legged on the couch, while several girls made fun of her.

Xunxiang just giggled and didn't tell any jokes.

She hoped that Qiu Wangzhi could get along well with such a good girl, and the two of them could live a happy life together.

Tao Jing's eldest brother's son was ten years old. He took his sister to the front yard to watch the excitement, and then ran over with a smile to report the news.

"Second aunt, Uncle Qiu personally came to deliver the betrothal. He is only slightly lame. He will definitely be fine on the wedding day and become a majestic groom..."

It made everyone happy.

After Qiu Wangzhi and others finished lunch at Tao's house, the girls went to the front yard to see the betrothal gifts.

The betrothal gift was laid out in the entire courtyard. The betrothal gift plus various gift boxes and food totaled 25,000 taels of silver.

This amount is as much as his original wife's betrothal gift, which shows that the Qiu family attaches great importance to Tao Jing.

One of them, the head and face of which is inlaid with red gold silk and precious stones, is particularly eye-catching. There are a total of twelve kinds of jewelry such as picky, distracted, full crown, hairpin, sideburns, etc., inlaid with various gems such as cat's eye, ruby, emerald, etc. They are not small.

This set of jewelry alone costs no less than 6,000 taels of silver, but the Qiu family only priced this set of jewelry at 800 taels.

There are other pieces of jewelry with similarly low prices, but they are not as exaggerated as that set.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is to prevent the betrothal gift from exceeding the original wife, and the betrothal gift is strictly controlled within 25,000 taels.

The Tao family was very satisfied. Mrs. Tao, in particular, was so happy that she never closed her mouth the whole day.

Xun Xiang also felt that Mrs. Qiu and Qiu Wangzhi were sincere to Tao Jing.

Money cannot represent feelings, but it can represent sincerity.

At the end of the next day, Manager Tang came to report, "Princess, the sister of the Duke of Wei has come to the fourth grade study. She told the servant that she wanted to see the princess for something."

Xunxiang hasn't seen Mrs. Qiu and Qiu Yuhan for a long time.

She asked, "She's the only one?"

Manager Tang said, "She has only one master and several servants."

Thinking of the old lady's misunderstanding of her, Xunxiang didn't want to see the little girl. But thinking of her previous attachment to him, Xunxiang reluctantly went.

She had an intuition that the stepmother was about to come over, and the little girl was a little scared and went to complain to herself.

The sky was filled with dark clouds and rain and snow, which made Xunxiang feel inexplicably depressed.

Arriving at a private room on the third floor, the little girl sat in it, with Mother Shi and a few girls standing beside her.

The little girl's eyes were red and she cried when she saw it.

She stood up, bent her knees and saluted, "Cousin."

Xunxiang pretended not to notice her sadness, made a gesture and said with a smile, "Han'er has grown taller."

Pull her to sit down.

Qiu Yuhan looked at the servants and said, "You guys go down, I have something to tell my cousin."

Mother Shi smiled helplessly and went out first, followed by the other girls from the Qiu Mansion.

Yuhuan looked at Xunxiang, Xunxiang nodded, and they also retreated.

Tears overflowed from Qiu Yuhan's eyes again. She looked up at Xunxiang and said, "I don't know who to tell about this. After thinking about it for a long time, I had to tell my cousin."

Xunxiang asked softly, "What's the matter?"

Qiu Yuhan sniffed and said softly, "This morning, my grandmother and aunt came to see me. They were very unhappy. They said that my mother was the original wife, and the betrothal gift my father gave to Aunt Tao far exceeded my mother. This It's against the rules and disrespectful to my mother.

"The Tao girl treated me like this before I even entered the house. I will be even more offended in the future. They asked me to tell my great-grandmother and father that my mother is the first wife and this is the step-mother. The difference in betrothal gift must be made up. My mother is not here If you don’t, please provide me with it as a dowry.”

After saying that, he lowered his head and wiped his tears with a handkerchief.

This child is not yet seven years old. To be able to say these words so smoothly must have been taught by an adult several times and even allowed her to memorize them.

Xun Xiang frowned. That family is unreasonable and understandable that they are unhappy and should go directly to an adult for comment. I dare not go to the adults, but I come to instigate children.

If a child is silly and really makes trouble, wouldn't it cause displeasure to adults and aggravate the conflict between the child and the elders?

Xunxiang asked, "What do you think?"

Qiu Yuhan murmured, "I don't want to say it. My father and great-grandmother will be unhappy if I tell you. My father is very good, and my great-grandmother is also good. They won't treat me badly."

Xun Xiang smiled and said, "Han'er is the smartest child. I also think your father and great-grandmother will not treat you badly, let alone do anything to harm you."

There was a smile on Qiu Yuhan's face with wet tears, "Aunt Cousin, do you think I did the right thing?"

Xun Xiang smiled and nodded, and then said in a persuasive manner, "Some words have different meanings depending on how you say them. For example, if you don't know how to deal with today's matter, you can also talk to your father about it.

"I'm not asking for a betrothal gift, I'm just talking about the troubles in my heart. Your father will definitely not be unhappy."

Xunxiang always felt that Qiu Wangzhi felt sorry for her daughter. If her daughter had something she couldn't figure out, she would definitely communicate with her.

Logically speaking, Xunxiang shouldn't talk too much about other people's housework. But Tao Jing and Qiu Wangzhi are both good people, and Xunxiang doesn't want their family to be uneasy.

Qiu Yuhan nodded thoughtfully and whispered, "My grandmother asked me to pay attention to my stepmother. She said that this stepmother is evil-minded and that she should be on guard against her in the future. If she is not good to me, she should tell her grandmother and father and send someone Tell her and her grandfather that the eldest daughter born from the original wife must not be deceived by the second wife..." (End of Chapter)