There is Room For the Poor Daughter

Just when the capital was surging due to the undercurrent of the war in the northern border, the Ningmen Mansion was not very calm.

At the beginning of April, Governor Guo's wife quietly arrived at Ningmen Mansion, and after tidying up the house, she was ready to entertain the officials of Ningmen Mansion on April 20th.

"The wedding date has been agreed, and it will be next year."

When Daohua came to Mrs. Yan's house, she happened to hear her mother talking about the marriage between the eldest brother and the second girl of the Han family. Seeing the beaming appearance of her grandmother and her mother, she couldn't help but laugh.

In any case, the bride's entrance is always expected and happy.

Madam Yan saw Daohua, smiled and beckoned her to sit beside her, took her hand and said happily, "You will have a sister-in-law next year, are you happy?"

Daohua was a little amused: "Grandma, what am I happy about? It's the big brother who should be happy."

Mrs. Li smiled and said, "Why, aren't you happy for your elder brother?"

Daohua said immediately: "Happy, happy, naturally happy."

Soon, Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Wu, and the other three girls in the family arrived.

As soon as Mr. Sun arrived, he said, "Sister-in-law, what are you calling us to come here for? Is there another family holding a banquet?"

Mrs. Li glanced at her, feeling a little tired.

The second brother and sister are too high-minded, they only stare at the girls from the fifth and sixth grade officials' families, but such people also have their own trade-offs. Although the Yan family has not yet separated, Wen Jie is also the nephew of the master and will not ignore him.

However, in the eyes of most people, the master has three sons under his knees, and the Yan family is a farmer, and their foundations are insufficient. Naturally, the family's resources must be able to support their sons, and there are not many people who can help their nephews.

This point, everyone knows in their hearts, marriage is a good thing for both sexes, others see no value in the second room, and there is no need for interest exchange, so naturally they will not agree to marriage.

But for these, the second siblings have no self-awareness at all.

Mrs. Li sighed in her heart. Now that the second brother is back, I hope he can wake up a bit. If Wen Jie is like the second brother and sister, Wen Jie may have to wait for the marriage to be settled.

"There is a banquet, from Governor Guo's house."

Saying that, he took the invitation from Pingtong and handed it to the old lady.

Daohua stretched her head out to look at it, and said in surprise: "Governor Guo rarely holds banquets, and even if they do, they only entertain male guests because there is no hostess in the backyard.

Mrs. Li took a sip of tea, and then said, "Governor Guo's wife brought Miss Guo here."

Daohua had already seen it on the invitation, and her expression was slightly stagnant.

Mrs Sun asked curiously, "It has been several years since Governor Guo came to Zhongzhou. Why did Mrs. Guo come here at this time?"

Mrs. Li shook her head: "Who knows."

Yan Yile suddenly interjected and asked, "Auntie, how old is Miss Guo?"

Mrs. Li paused: "It should be about the same age as the little prince."

Yan Yile glanced at Daohua and said with a smile, "Mrs. Guo brought Miss Guo to Zhongzhou, is it for the little prince?"

Mrs. Li's expression moved, and she thought, it is really possible that this is the case.

Yan Yile continued to laugh and said, "The little prince is so close to Governor Guo, I think this girl Guo must be very unusual in his heart." After speaking, he glanced at Daohua again.

"If you want to say that this little prince is really popular, a girl from the Jiang family came to Zhongzhou before, and once she arrived, she spread around that she and the little prince were childhood sweethearts. I wonder if the girl from the Guo family will spread the same remarks this time? "

Daohua glanced at Yan Yile lightly, but said nothing.

Mrs. Li looked at Yan Yile with some dissatisfaction: "Yile, I don't want to hear it again, if you can't do it, don't think about me taking you out as a guest in the future, lest you give your family calamity."

The smile on Yan Yile's face froze, and she pursed her lips in dissatisfaction. Looking at Yan Yihuan who was anxiously pulling her sleeve, she lowered her head and stopped talking.

Mrs Sun immediately apologized and said, "Sister-in-law, this child is quick-tempered and won't go out and talk nonsense."

Mrs. Li looked at Sun with disapproval: "Don't always make excuses for her when the child does something wrong. You are not helping her, but hurting her. In your own home, we are taking care of her, and you can marry her. At my mother-in-law's house?"

"The Jiang family is the mother's family of the queen mother and the queen, and the Guo family was born in the Dingguo Gongfu. Of these two families, which one can be provoked by our family? Can the girls of these two families be arranged at will? The lord is involved."

Mrs Sun's face turned serious: "What my sister-in-law said is that I will discipline Yile well in the future." After speaking, she quickly pushed Yan Yile with her hand, "Don't you hurry up and apologize to your aunt."

Yan Yile kept her head down.

Seeing her reluctance, Mrs. Li waved her hand: "There's no need to apologize to me, but Yile, you've spoken out more than once or twice. Now that you're older, you should know what to do and what to do."

Under Sun's urging again, Yan Yile said, "Auntie, I was wrong, and I won't do it again in the future."

Regarding the education of the niece in the next room, Mrs. Li has always been on point, and she has not continued to chase: "Remember what you said, you are not for me, but for yourself."

Saying that, he looked at the others in the room.

"I've already asked the people in the sewing room to make new clothes for you. Everyone, get ready. Come with me to the Guo family for the banquet in a few days."

After finishing talking, Mrs. Li went to handle the common affairs, and the others sat down for a while and then dispersed.

On the way back to the yard, Wang Man'er saw that her girl was silent, and couldn't help but said, "Girl, this servant thinks that you don't need to worry about that girl Guo, just like girl Jiang, who pesters the little prince so much, and the little prince doesn't care if you don't. her?"

Daohua stopped, turned her head and asked, "I look worried?"

Wang Man'er nodded and shook his head again: "Anyway, the servant girl doesn't seem very happy to see the girl."

Daohua was silent, and continued to walk forward: "I'm not unhappy." After speaking, she paused, "It's better to have a few more cousins, let's take a look at Henry Zhang's reaction."

Xiao Yeyang likes her, but is this like only for her, or for other girls too?

Guo Mansion.

After Guo Xueming had eaten with his parents, seeing that the two of them seemed to have something to say, he withdrew with a wink.

As soon as she left, Governor Guo couldn't help but praised with a smile: "Our Xue Ming is now more and more slim."

Mrs. Guo glanced at her husband with a smile: "In the eyes of a father, her daughter is naturally the best."

Governor Guo quit: "My family's Xue Ming is obviously the best. I think, I can compare all the noble girls from this Zhongzhou family."

Mrs. Guo's expression changed: "I don't think so, I heard that the girls from Dong Buzheng's family and this girl from the prefect's family of Ningmen Palace seem to be very outstanding."

Governor Guo smiled casually: "What's the use of being a good-looking woman? The most important thing is the ability to manage the family and treat others. Who can surpass our family's Xue Ming?"

Mrs. Guo smiled, and then sighed: "So what if your daughter is outstanding, it's not a difficult marriage now." When she thought of the Jiang family, she hated her teeth.

If it wasn't for the Jiang family's high-profile approach to marriage, and after they were rejected, they made the matter known to everyone, why would she take her daughter, who was already married, away from the capital to avoid the limelight, and even delayed seeing the marriage.

Governor Guo's face also became ugly: "The Jiang family is so domineering, just wait and see, there will always be a day when they fall from a height to the ground."

Mrs. Guo was startled: "What did the master know?"

Governor Guo has never liked to talk about external affairs in the inner house, so he directly said, "It's nothing, I heard that you are going to hold a banquet in a few days?"

Mrs. Guo nodded: "Since you are in Zhongzhou, you must get to know the officials here."

Governor Guo gave an "um", thought for a while, and said, "The Yan family and Ye Yang are relatively close, and you helped me solve the urgent problem of the theft of grain seeds before. When that time comes, you will be closer."

Mrs. Guo smiled and agreed, and then said: "My father told me something when I went out, and I was a little undecided."

Governor Guo: "What's the matter?"

Mrs. Guo: "Master, tell me first, is Ye Yang still like when he was a child all these years?"

There was a smile on Governor Guo's face: "Yeyang is so old now, how can he still be as naughty as he was when he was a child." Thinking of the frontier news he received two days ago, the smile on his face deepened.

That kid can do it, he ran to the frontier without making a sound, and made such a big contribution, which really surprised and pleased him.

Mrs. Guo glanced at her husband's face and smiled, "It seems that Ye Yang is getting better now?"

Governor Guo smiled and said, "It's not only better, but also very promising."

Mrs. Guo raised her eyebrows with some disbelief in her eyes, but when she thought of the popularity of the Liuli Factory in Kyoto, she smiled and said: "Yeyang built our first Liuli Factory in Daxia in Ningmen Mansion, which is indeed promising. But Sir, how is Liulichang's business?"

Governor Guo said with a smile: "That must be good. The supply of glaze is already in short supply."

Madam Guo hurriedly said, "Master, please talk about it specifically."

Governor Guo: "How do I know this?"

Mrs. Guo frowned: "Yeyang didn't tell you that?"

Governor Guo shook his head: "That kid is more and more able to hide things now, but Liulichang belongs to him. If he doesn't say it, I won't ask."

Mrs. Guo looked disapproving: "Master, this is not right. Ye Yang has a child in Zhongzhou alone, and you are an elder by his side. Don't you have to worry about him?"

Governor Guo smiled: "I don't care about that kid." Then he looked at Mrs. Guo, "What did my father tell you?

Mrs. Guo: "My father said, I want to tell Xue Ming to Ye Yang, sir, do you think this is okay?"

Governor Guo was silent, and after a while he said, "Yes, yes, but now Ye Yang has a big idea."

Before the words were finished, Mrs. Guo cut off the words and said a little displeased: "Why, our Xueming is not worthy of him? Can he still be happy?"

Governor Guo showed his approval, but added: "The two children are a perfect match, but who can tell the relationship clearly."

Mrs. Guo snorted: "Marriage matters, the words of the matchmaker ordered by the parents, although the master is not his parents, but he is also an elder, how can he not listen to you? I think back when he was bullied in the palace, Every time you stand up to help him, and for this, you have offended many people."

Governor Guo frowned, a little unhappy: "Protecting Ye Yang is my uncle's duty, what are you doing with these words?"

Mrs. Guo pursed her lips and endured the discomfort in her heart.

My master is good at everything, but he is kind to my sister-in-law and Ye Yang.

"Okay, I can't tell you about him." Mrs. Guo paused, "Didn't Ye Yang practice in your military camp? You called him over on the day of the banquet to show me. Speaking of which, I haven't seen him for many years. Let me see how he has become, whether he is worthy of my Xueming."

Governor Guo hesitated: "This."

Seeing her husband's hesitation, Mrs. Guo was suddenly unhappy: "It stands to reason that when my aunt came to Zhongzhou, Ye Yang should have come to see him, but it's been a while since I've been here, and I haven't seen him. The figure of me, now I invite the officials of the Ningmen mansion, and let him come to see me?"

Governor Guo had already thought about his words at this moment: "It's not impossible, it's just that I let him go into the deep mountains to practice two days ago, and he can't find anyone."

The nephew left in secret, obviously because he didn't want people to know his whereabouts, he had to cover him.

Mrs. Guo looked suspicious: "Really?"

Governor Guo nodded: "Really."

Mrs. Guo was silent for a while: "Well, let him come to see me when he comes back. It's hard to say about our Xueming marriage, but if Yeyang wasn't a good man, I wouldn't be willing to tell him about my daughter. "

Just then, the maid hurried in.

Mrs. Guo frowned and said displeasedly: "Although we have left the capital, the rules of the family can't be messed up. What's the way to be in a panic?"

The maid hurriedly knelt down to admit her mistake.

Madam Guo snorted before asking, "What's the matter?"

The maid hurriedly replied: "Master, Madam, the Queen Mother and the Emperor each sent a maid to take care of the little prince, and now they have entered the little prince's mansion in the city."

Hearing this, Mrs. Guo stood up with a snort, her face very bad.

Since rejecting the Jiang family's proposal, her daughter's marriage has been exceptionally unhappy. She has already retreated to Zhongzhou. She never imagined that the Queen Mother and the Jiang family would still be so hot on the chase.

"What a high-sounding queen mother! If she really wants to take care of Ye Yang, why didn't she send someone over when Ye Yang was young, but she had to wait until we came over, and she would treat others as fools?"

Mrs. Guo was so angry that she couldn't care about the rules.

Governor Guo also had an ugly expression on his face, but he kept his composure and was silent for a while, then said, "Don't be angry, madam, didn't the emperor also send a maid over here."

Mrs. Guo took a few deep breaths to calm down.

At the same time, the Yan House.

Daohua received the news one step earlier than the Guo family.

Xiao Yeyang's mansion was not far from the Rouge Shop. When the steward found out, he immediately sent someone over to tell her.

Daohua frowned: "The empress dowager and the emperor sent two maids here." After speaking, she looked at Wang Man'er, "Go and inquire more carefully."

Wang Man'er nodded and went out for about an hour before returning.

"Girl, I waited at the back door for a while, and then I found out from a concierge that I knew, not only two maids, but also four palace maids like flowers and jade came to the little prince's mansion, saying that the queen mother gave it to the little prince. ."

Daohua's brows are wrinkled, and she is very disgusted with this kind of behavior of rewarding women to others at every turn.

Wang Man'er looked at Daohua's face, and said again, "The two maids, one is called Jia Ma, an old man in the Queen Mother's Palace; the other is Zhen Ma, who serves the emperor."

Daohua couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Fake mama? Real mama?" He said, shaking his head speechlessly, "The emperor and the empress dowager are really strange enough, but"

Daohua squinted his eyes: "One is true and the other is false, the true and the false are opposite, why do you feel that there is a bit of Hengfeng's opposite meaning in it, does this mean that" the emperor and the queen dowager are at odds?

"First, the mother and daughter of the Guo family came, and now the real and false mothers have come. This time Xiao Yeyang has not returned, but the storm has started."