Chapter 414 It Is an Ability to Deal with Lovers at Ho and Outside
It was not a business that could be undertaken in a day to figure out whether Chu Yitong was suitable for being Jiang Yadan’s step-wife. After Mada Zhuang asked soone to handle it, her attention shifted to the pair of Ling Zui and Zhuang Man.
So, it was only natural that Qiu Yelan received instructions from her mother-in-law. “I’ll send soone to invite your aunt to bring Man’er over for a visit. When I talk to your aunt, you should call Man’er to your house and sound her out about her thoughts!”
“Rest assured, mother. I’ll find out what Man’er is thinking!” Qiu Yelan took the order with a smile.
Qiu Yelan told the whole story, and after that, Zhuang Man burst out laughing, bending down on a pillow, “My aunt has been away for so many years that she actually thinks that marrying to Ling Zui is sothing good for . If the thing goes out, everyone in the court will say I’ve offended her! If we were not blood relations or I didn’t know that my aunt loved like her own daughter, I’d suspect that my aunt has actually hated for a long ti!”
Qiu Yelan took the cherry in her fingers and ate calmly, “You don’t agree, do you?”
This was expected.
However, instead of answering imdiately, Zhuang Man pondered for a mont before she mused, “Didn’t you just ask about my feeling? Who knows what Ling Zui thinks? Many people in Jing City ridicule him, though, when it cos to status, he does have choices among the daughter of noble families. I don’t want to refuse at the mont and hear that he actually does not like ! Anyway, he is the one who has saved my eighteenth sister. There is no need to make him lose face, right?”
Qiu Yelan had been down this road before. How could she not know the aning of Zhuang Man’s words? Although she didn’t think Ling Zui was as good as Mada Zhuang thought, she didn’t resent it either and even approved of him sowhat. Qiu Yelan was surprised to realize it, “I’m surprised that you think he is not bad, do you?”
“What are you talking about?” Zhuang Man glanced at her, “It is okay for others to say that. But how can you say that? He treats you all right!”
“You brute!” said Qiu Yelan, torn between annoyance and a desire to laugh, “Of course I think he is good. I am thinking about that for the sake of you, aren’t I? You know what goes on in his backyard! Not to ntion the fact that he’s got as many mistresses out there as my brother!”
Zhuang Man calmly arranged the cherries into a pattern, “Do you think those mistresses can put through?”
“Of course not.” With that, it could be said that Zhuang Man almost agreed to this marriage. So, Qiu Yelan could not help but be curious, “I don’t think you would be bothered by those mistresses. Yet, why would you like Ling Zui? It’s not like you have never seen him before, but I didn’t hear you say that!”
“Calamity is the touchstone of man!” Zhuang Man had always been close to Qiu Yelan. And since the two were alone in the inner room, there was nothing she couldn’t say. Zhuang Man set her mouth in a line, “After this thing that my eighteenth sister and Xing travelled north… I think he is good. Moreover, he is not bad-tempered.”
Qiu Yelan thought for a mont and said severely, “This is a lifelong matter. You’d better think it through!” It was not that she didn’t appreciate Ling Zui’s care and support over the years. But marriage, which was a matter of two parties living their lives, couldn’t last long with a temporal emotion.
As the Zhuang Family took the advantage of being in-laws of the fourth branch of the Jiang Family, it seed hard for Princess Royal Maode to ignore them. But they couldn’t have Ling Zui eating out of his hand and doing whatever they want. After all, Ling Zui had supported Jiang Qizheng amid her difficulties. And his great friend Qiu Jinglan was soone that Marquess Qin was trying to pull on to his side!
This kind of marriage, which was an even match, could only be lived up to by genuine love.
As Zhuang Man saw how solemnly Qiu Yelan spoke, she hesitated for a mont and then nodded and explained, “At first, I thought he was the sa as my eighth cousin. Moreover, two years ago, after hearing Xing talk about beating him up, I felt that he was more gutless than my eighth cousin! But then I learned that despite so many mistresses in his backyard and outside, he never had any baseborn children!”
“That is because Princess Royal Maode has been watching out for him!” said Qiu Yelan warningly, “If my mother-in-law had been in Jing City all the ti, I don’t think my eighth brother would have had so many baseborn children who were born before An!” In that case, An wouldn’t have been so young and he might have been a few years older and had several younger siblings. After all, Mada Zhuang was so supportive of her daughters-in-law.
Zhuang Man said, “Do you think I don’t know that this is due to Princess Royal Maode’s strict discipline? But what about his mistresses outside? Princess Royal Maode has been keeping an eye on those. But as you have said, there are so many mistresses. Can Princess Royal Maode handle all of them? Moreover, it’s not like those people don’t know who he is. Would they not be interested in having a child for the sake of the position or sothing else?”
“So?”
“So, while he has been fooling around, he knows what he is doing.” Zhuang Man lowered her voice, “In this respect, my eighth cousin is far beneath him. Besides, think, so many mistresses outside are trying to use a child as a bargaining chip while none of them have succeeded. So, you can see that he is not completely incompetent!”
Qiu Yelan put her hand to her forehead and thought to herself, “Well, it is indeed an ability to deal with the lovers at ho and outside.”
“But he does not do well in both the pen and the sword. I’m not looking down on him while it is the truth. You have been one tough cookie. When a woman gets married, her decency first depends on her husband. I’m sure there will be many people who will say that to you in the future. Do you think you can stand it?”
Zhuang Man was dismissive, “Is it difficult for him to be an official?”
Of course, it was not difficult. Princess Royal Maode and her husband were afraid that Ling Zui would be dragged down by the battle between the two Empress Dowager before. And they sent him to the south to gain experience. Didn’t they easily give him an official position? And After hearing that the battle between the two Empress Dowager ca to an end, didn’t Ling Zui just pick up and co back?
“Among those who take official positions, so work hard and busily while so pick and choose with ease… I don’t know why the forr is qualified to mock the latter, okay?” Zhuang Man threw up her hands and said innocently.
Qiu Yelan, defeated by her logic, sighed, “Well, I see what you an. Later I’ll tell my mother-in-law all about it!”
After sending off Zhuang Man and her mother, Mada Zhuang and Qiu Yelan hurriedly ca together for a eting that day.
The two were busy with the sa thing today. Qiu Yelan had asked about Zhuang Man’s thoughts. And Mada Zhuang recomnded Ling Zui to her sister-in-law Mada Wen as a son-in-law. The results, however, were very different.
Zhuang Man surprisingly agreed and Mada Wen naturally declined.
That was why Madam Zhuang exclaid when she saw Qiu Yelan. “Ling Zui is such a good boy. When it cos to won, just like Yadan, why would he not be able to control himself? Otherwise, he and Man’er should have been good together, shouldn’t they?”
Qiu Yelan once again lanted the mystical bond between Ling Zui and Mada Zhuang. Given Mada Zhuang’s enthusiasm for this marriage, Mada Wen must have told her the real about Ling Zui lest she thought her sister-in-law of her maiden family was blind and ignorant of good people!
As such, Mada Zhuang thought Ling Zui was nice except for this flaw. Ling Zui seed to be her biological son rather than her surrogate son!
After the emotion, the problem ca. If Zhuang Man had also refused, Qiu Yelan would have given a perfunctory word. “There are many other wonderful n in Jing City. Cousin Man is such a great girl that we can take our ti to choose for her!”
However, now, she couldn’t say that. Qiu Yelan thought for a mont before saying, “Man’er doesn’t think so.”
“Oh?” Mada Zhuang said in amazent.
“She thinks that…” Qiu Yelan repeated what Zhuang Man said as it was and then said, “Anyway, Man’er is the one who is going to marry. I don’t know what to do either. Mother, please make a decision!”
This was a life-long decision for the two of them. One was her great friend and the other was her surrogate brother that was almost the sa as her biological brother. So, Qiu Yelan could not make a decision.
“Tell you what…” Mada Zhuang pondered for a mont, “We have agreed before to have Mrs. Chang pay respects to Princess Royal Maode. Let’s wait for the news from there and discuss it when it cos!”
As both the marriage of her eldest son and the marriage of her surrogate son did not go well, Mada Zhuang was rather bored. She decided to think about the follow-up when the thought of Princess Royal Maode was brought to her. So, Mada Zhuang changed the subject, “Today, the servants ca to report that my fourteenth daughter-in-law ca back from outside with red eyes. It seed that she had cried hard. Even though she had put on powder, she couldn’t hide it. What do you think the reason is?”
Qiu Yelan asked in surprise, “What is the reason for this?” She thought to herself, “He Shuijin has been tough and composed. What kind of news can make her forget herself?”
“I’m also wondering about that! So, I sent soone to figure it out. It turns out that she had quietly summoned a doctor under the pretext of checking her accounts,” said Mada Zhuang. “Is there sothing physically wrong with her? If that’s the case, it’s a pity for her at such a young age! And if sothing were to happen to her, there wouldn’t be another capable housekeeper in the family!”
Mada Zhuang had not gotten along with Mada He earlier before she went to Beijiang. Naturally, she did not have a good impression of the third branch either. However, He Shuijin was an exception. It was because Mada Tao, Qiu Yelan, and Jiang Yashuang all did not have a low opinion of her.
Mada Zhuang had t her a few tis since she returned. He Shuijin, who was neither humble nor arrogant and showed appropriate respect to her, had made Mada Zhuang feel that this junior was very extraordinary and she was very impressed with her. At the mont Mada Zhuang was afraid that she was suffering from so bad illness and thus she took pity on her.
With these words, Qiu Yelan’s face slightly changed, “She asked for a doctor… And she cried hard… Could it be that she had suffered miscarriage plotted by He and was affected by it?”
That was quite possible!
It had been two years since He Shuijin had miscarriage. As usual, she had kept Jiang Yaheng under tight control over the past two years. Apart from Jiang Yaheng’s occasional cheating, there was no mistress in the backyard. If the couple were healthy, He Shuijin would have gotten pregnant! But there had been no news so far. Could it be that she was no longer able to have a baby, or was it hard for her to have one?
“What a great feud! I really don’t know how He Shuijin plans to get back at Mada He?” Qiu Yelan sighed in her heart, “In this generation, an infertile woman, no matter how capable or powerful she is, is nothing. It is just because Mada He’s son is He Shuijin’s husband. Or, given He Shuijin is the type of person who will not stop revenging her enemies until she dies, it is hard to say what will happen to the whole third branch!”
Mada Zhuang noticed her abnormality and was about to ask about it when Mrs. Chang knocked on the door outside. She reported in a soft voice, “Mada, the nineteenth young mada! the fourteenth young mada has sent sothing over. And she says she has sothing to discuss with you!”
Mada Zhuang and Qiu Yelan looked at each other in confusion. And Mada Zhuang said thoughtfully, “Perhaps it has sothing to do with her going to see the doctor… However, if there is really sothing wrong with her health, why does she co to us?”
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