Zhou's idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
Before she could figure out how to get Qi Zheng to see Xin'er, the two aunts of the Pan family had already arrived.
It was the eldest aunt and the third aunt who came. The third uncle had left the capital two days ago because of other important matters.
The arrival of the two aunts made Shen Ziqiao the happiest. In Pan's house, these two aunts treated her as their own daughter, and she felt very happy that they could come to send her to marry.
"Eldest aunt, third aunt, it's great that you can come." Shen Ziqiao hugged the arms of the first aunt and third aunt coquettishly, "It would be even better if grandma could come too."
"The old lady wants to come, but your uncles disagree. The old lady is not feeling well recently, so she needs to take a good rest." The eldest aunt said with a smile, looking at Shen Ziqiao lovingly, "The old lady said, you are a lucky person." My child, there are so many people in this world, how many of them can get the marriage gift from the emperor, they should live a good life."
Shen Ziqiao's eyes were slightly wet, she nodded her head vigorously, her grandmother had always hoped that she could marry into Dongyue, so that the Pan family would take care of her, and there was no need to worry that she would follow in the footsteps of the Pan family in the future.
"Okay, okay, let's go to say hello to Mrs. Shen first, and then talk to Jiaojiao." The third aunt said with a smile, although they have a lot to say to Jiaojiao, but now is not the time.
Lady Meng, who was leading the way, turned her head when she heard the words, and said with a smile, "I thought you two would arrive in two days, but I didn't expect you to arrive in the capital today. People have already sent people to go back to the old master and the young master. They You should come back too."
The eldest aunt said, "There's no need to bother. Uncle and Brother Kai are busy if they have something to do."
Shen Ziqiao took the hand of the eldest aunt, "You and the third aunt are distinguished guests. No matter how busy the elder brother is, he still has to come to pay his respects to you. Father has asked to disarm and return to the field. Now I don't know which general's house to play chess with."
A group of people surrounded the two aunts and came to De'an Courtyard. Mrs. Shen knew the news, she had already changed her clothes and waited in the hall. Recently, Mrs. Shen spent most of her time on the bed, and she spent less and less time waking up. More and more time to sleep.
Mrs. Zhou was standing next to the old lady, serving her to take medicine.
There is a strong bitter smell of medicine in the room.
Shen Ziqiao glanced at Mrs. Zhou indifferently. She has never had a particularly intuitive impression of this second aunt, and they have never fought against each other. Although Zhou shi had soft words for her in his heart and liked to be greedy for petty gains, he did not do anything that Shen Ziqiao could not tolerate.
But Shen Ziqiao was very unhappy today.
As the current mistress of the Shen family, she knew that the Pan family's aunt would arrive in the capital in the next two days. Not only did she not ask someone to clean up the guest room, but she also used the excuse of taking care of the old lady all day, even if Shen Ziqiao wanted to ask her to arrange something. They were all pushed back and forth.
She didn't even show her face today. It seems that they intend to snub the Pan family.
Is it because the emperor gave her a marriage, Zhou thought she was the one who snatched Qi Zheng away
Mrs. Shen didn't know if it was because she was tired, but she didn't say anything sarcastic to the two aunts of the Pan family. I think that when the old lady of the Pan family left the capital, the old lady also said a lot of mocking words.
Mrs. Zhou originally thought that the old lady must show her face to the people of the Pan family. Because of Mrs. Pan, Mrs. Shen was very disgusted with the people of the Pan family. But this time she supported Aunt Pan's family and said a few words in a neutral manner, and then asked Shen Ziqiao to ask the two aunts to rest first.
"The two aunts need to rest well. Jiaojiao's marriage is less than a month away, and you need to make good arrangements for it." Zhou couldn't control her sour tone. The marriage was robbed abruptly, and she felt sore in her heart.
The eldest aunt smiled and said, "That's natural. Jiaojiao's mother passed away early. As aunts, we regard her as our own daughter. If we don't plan for her, who can plan for her?"
Who would think that her second aunt would only take advantage of her niece, but she would not see her niece having a good life.
Mrs. Zhou forced a smile, and said to Shen Ziqiao, "An Guogong's mansion is no better than ours. They are a strict family with rules, and you need to learn some rules."
Shen Ziqiao smiled sweetly, "Don't worry, Second Aunt, I will definitely not embarrass the Shen family."
Without waiting for Mrs. Zhou to say that grapes are sour because she can't eat grapes, Shen Ziqiao bid farewell to Mrs. Shen, took the two aunts and left the De'an Courtyard, and came to her Qiao Xin Courtyard.
"What's the matter with your second aunt? Even if we come to help you take care of it, as your second aunt, she can't stand idly by. What I just said didn't sound right to me, Jiaojiao, but what happened?" Three The aunt pulled Shen Ziqiao to ask, she was afraid that Shen Ziqiao would be wronged at the Shen family and dare not speak up.
Shen Ziqiao then told the two aunts that the Zhou family wanted to marry Shen Zixin to Qi Zheng, and it happened that the emperor ordered the marriage, "... I thought it was already a firm marriage, but I didn't expect that there would be a marriage, so I thought it was my father. I begged the emperor to grant me a marriage because of my military merits, and I also sympathized with Qi Zheng who married someone."
The eldest aunt snorted, "Don't say that you and Qi Zheng have already fallen in love with each other, so what if you rely on military merit? If she is jealous, she will let her man make military merit and ask the emperor to marry her. Her daughter is a treasure. Is someone else's daughter a grass?"
"That's right, Jiaojiao, don't pay attention to her." The third aunt said, "In the future, when she finds out how sincerely Qi Zheng treats you, she just waits to slap her in the face."
Shen Ziqiao laughed, "I don't care what she thinks."
After a while, Shen Xiao and his son came back, and they met the two aunts in Qiao Xin Yuan.
The eldest aunt and the third aunt hadn't seen Shen Zikai for more than ten years, seeing him so handsome, they couldn't help but be filled with emotion. If Mrs. Pan was alive, they would be so gratified to see such a lovely pair of children.
Shen Xiao and his aunt talked about Shen Ziqiao's marriage, because time was running out, and there were many trivial matters that needed to be sorted out carefully. As for the arrangement of Shen Ziqiao's dowry, it took two or three days to sort it out.
"Uncle, don't worry, we will leave everything to us." The eldest aunt said with a smile, they will definitely take care of everything properly.
Now Shen Ziqiao is no longer dissatisfied with Shen Xiao, she is very touched, Shen Xiao actually loves her daughter very much.
The next day, the first aunt took Mrs. Meng to recount the dowry that Pan's left behind, and the third aunt took Lin's mother to prepare the return gift when the Qi family came to collect the levy.
Mrs. Zhou has been watching with cold eyes, not knowing what she is busy with every day.
I don't know if she knew that Shen Ziqiao didn't have a mother to take care of her, and the empress sent two female officials to help.
The people who came were Ning Xi and Xiao Yu.
They used to be the concubine's confidantes. Since the concubine died of illness, they lived with the little emperor's grandson in the queen's palace.
Ning Xi was straightforward and neat. With her help, many things became easier for the two aunts immediately.
Xiao Yu came to teach Shen Ziqiao how to dress up.
"... The empress said, look at you, you know that you don't usually use rouge. The so-called people rely on clothes. Although you look good, you can't make up for the passing years. Look, this is what the empress asked me to bring. Your rouge is used by ladies in the palace." Xiao Yu said, and handed a small package to Shen Ziqiao.
Shen Ziqiao hurriedly said, "Thank you, Empress, for the reward."
Xiaoyu looked at her with a smile, "Jiaojiao, I knew that you must be a lucky person. The princess also said before that you have a pure heart, and God will not treat you badly."
"But God has treated the Crown Princess badly." Shen Ziqiao sighed, the Crown Princess is actually a very good person.
"This is fate..." Xiao Yu's eyes were full of grief, but she quickly laughed, "The Empress also said, we are not allowed to talk about sad things, let me tell you happy things, Your Highness, see you later Soon to be married."
Shen Ziqiao's heart trembled, and she hurriedly asked, "Which girl is so lucky?"
"It's not confirmed yet, but it's probably close to ten." Xiao Yu said, but there was a slight sense of loss in his eyes, "I don't know what kind of person Miss Beitang is."
"Beitang Zhenjing?" Shen Ziqiao's eyes lit up. Could it be that Beitang Zhenjing will still marry the prince in this life? Without Sheng Peiyin fighting with her, she should be able to live a warm life with the prince.
She remembered that Beitang Zhenjing seemed to like the little emperor's grandson very much.
"I think it should be." Xiao Yu said, the imperial decree should be issued in these two days.
Shen Ziqiao nodded slightly, but her mind remembered the scene she saw in the woods that day, and hoped that Sheng Peiyin would stop coming out to harm others.
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The next day, the Qi family arrived at the Shen family with the dowry on time at an auspicious time, which is the so-called Na Zheng.
The Qi family had prepared a complete collection of gold, silver, pearl and emerald jewellery, silk, satin and silk clothes decorated with python carvings, sheep wine, and fruit products, a total of eighty-eight units. Take the wedding cakes and distribute them to those neighbors.
There are still eight days to get married, and Shen Ziqiao's calm and calm mood suddenly became tense.
She hadn't seen Qi Zheng for several days, she wondered what he was doing now, would he start to get nervous like her
Thinking of his handsome face that was confident and calm no matter what happened, Shen Ziqiao sighed, how could he be nervous...
The Shen family has been busy for the past two days, probably the most leisurely ones are Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Zhou.
Mrs. Zhou originally thought that without her own help, Shen Ziqiao's marriage would be in chaos. Unexpectedly, the two aunts of the Pan family managed it well, and the empress even sent someone to help. Mrs. Zhou was going crazy with jealousy.
All this should have belonged to her daughter.
Shen Zixin was different from Zhou's resentment, ever since she found out that the emperor bestowed the marriage, she has been quietly staying in the house, reading and writing, embroidering and playing the piano, as if isolated from the world.
She doesn't envy others, she thinks she is the best.