My Lord, can you do it?"
"Ah!" Lord Qi couldn't catch his breath, and said with trembling lips: "My daughter is not married yet!
The document can be issued, but if the officials in the capital knew about this, my daughter's marriage would be difficult."
Bao had no sympathy at all, she raised her lips and said, "Is that so! Qin reaped the fruits of her own actions, what does it have to do with us
If you can't even do this, how can you save her? If you want to stay alive, this is the lightest punishment.
It was her own fault that she brought trouble upon her own daughter.
Are you still going to blame the Tan family for being too ruthless and not letting her go
Then who let Xuan Er off again?"
Lord Qi was so embarrassed that his face turned purple. "Yes, sister-in-law is right. I will do as you say."
"Hmm!" Bao's expression eased a lot, and she looked at Lord Tan, "My husband, what do you think?"
"Hmm!" Lord Tan was very frugal with his words, and he agreed with this solution.
Lord Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This matter should be resolved just like that. As long as Meifeng's life could be saved, he felt that status was actually secondary.
How could he understand how important status is to women
Being demoted from a legitimate wife to a concubine was more unacceptable than killing her with a knife.
Women are so serious.
What's more, the young ladies of big families have always looked down on concubines. In their eyes, concubines are just like cats and dogs.
"I heard that Qin was planning to swallow up my sister's dowry. Is this true?"
Bao's question brought Lord Qi back to his senses.
"This, this." Lord Qi hesitated, his old face too ashamed to face anyone.
Not only did his wife want to swallow up the late wife's dowry, he himself was also very jealous of that wealth!
The late madam is gone, and her son is also gone. Her dowry should legitimately belong to the Marquis's Mansion.
But he could never say this.
The literati and nobles do not care about money and wealth. This is the hypocrisy of the literati.
As long as you appear to be a little obsessed with money, you will inevitably be criticized.
"She is so shallow. I'm afraid she harmed Xuan Ge'er like that because she has been coveting my sister's dowry for a long time!"
Bao pouted with disdain, "Qin used to have such a good reputation! She was a model of a royal wife in the capital, perfect. Everyone praised her and wanted to learn from her.
It is said that she is multi-talented and virtuous, and treats the late wife's son better than her own son.
It turns out to be a typical sweet on the outside but bitter on the inside!
It's been hard working acting for so many years.
Tsk tsk, women like this are the best at it.
She managed to coax the man around, and he even knelt down for her, abandoning his dignity.
Lord Qi felt even more ashamed, his old face turned red and blue, but he could not refute a word and could only lower his head and remain silent.
Everyone knows that the mistress of the Duke of Nanguo's Mansion is eloquent and has no rivals in the world with her sharp tongue.
Anyone who offends her may have a hard time in the future. She will scold you every time she sees you, and you have to avoid her every time you see her in the future.
Just now, when Lord Qi saw Tan Mingrui coming with his wife, he was already complaining in his heart.
If I were only dealing with Tan Mingrui, I would let him beat me up severely and then let him beg for mercy, and maybe the matter would have just passed.
But with the Duchess's wife around, this matter is not so easy to handle.
"Oh, by the way, let me tell you one more thing. Manager Lin, Lin Guotian, he didn't fall ill suddenly, but was poisoned." Then Bao said another fierce sentence.
"He, he was also poisoned?" Lord Qi couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand. Why do such things happen one after another
Now, when he hears the word "poison", he trembles all over.
"Manager Lin is such a capable person! He is only about 40 years old now, but he suddenly fell ill. He went home to recuperate for a few days, but his condition became worse and worse, and the cause of the disease has not been found.
It was not until a few days ago, due to rumors in the capital, that poisoning was considered.
As a result, a poison doctor was called in to take a look, and it turned out that the patient was indeed poisoned.
You should know best who drugged him.
At that time, Xuan Ge'er was still alive, and she started to do it. "
"This, this matter!" Lord Qi was speechless again and rubbed his scalp in pain.
Although he seemed to have forgiven Qin, it did not mean that he had no grudges in his heart.
These days, he has been pretending nothing happened, but in fact he feels like there is a stone blocking his heart.
Xuan'er had suffered so much in the past ten years! He couldn't get any wind, couldn't go out, and even had difficulty walking.
And at that time, the lady seemed to really love Xuan'er.
Performed every day for ten years.
Thinking about these scenes, he always felt uncomfortable.
If we were to unravel the mystery further, perhaps the servants who had taken care of Xuan'er would also be implicated.
The servants who disappeared from Xuan'er's side over the years are probably no longer around.
If you think about it carefully, he will find the women around him terrifying.
But he deceived himself into believing that she was actually kind-hearted.
It was only because he occasionally showed his longing for his deceased wife that made her feel unbalanced and she did such a terrible thing.
Fortunately, Xuan'er is a god from heaven, and he was originally here to experience the calamity.
He deserved this.
Thinking this way, I will feel better.
It seemed impossible for him to let go of his twenty years of feelings for his wife in a short period of time.
"Didn't you marry a wife for Xuan'er? Why not call her over to recognize her as a relative?" Bao continued.
Lord Qi finally came to his senses and said, "That child is just a country girl who knows nothing.
We married her that day just to bring good luck, and the reason why the Qi family kept her was just because she could observe mourning for Xuan Er, and it was also a way to keep some memories."
"Leave some thoughts
Perhaps this is also for the sake of Qin's own good reputation!
If I hadn't said a few words to her when I met her on the way to the temple that day, would she have thought of finding a wife for Xuan Ge'er?"
"Is there such a thing?" Marquis Qi pursed his lips. She didn't say anything about this.
In just a few breaths, he figured out the reason.
I think that the matter of getting married for good fortune was not a fortune-telling by the monks in the temple, but the result of Bao's anger.
"My plan is to adopt a child for Xuan'er." Lord Qi gritted his teeth and said, "In this way, Xuan'er will have a descendant, and Mingqiu will have a grandson.
Originally, this matter had been put on the agenda, but due to some recent changes in the Marquis' Mansion, it was put on hold."
"Oh?" Lord Tan seemed a little surprised.
"I had this plan long ago. Xuan'er is my child. If he's gone, wouldn't I, as a father, feel heartbroken
I had that thought when Xuan's daughter-in-law first came in."
In order to prevent the Tan family from causing more trouble to the Qi family in the future, Lord Qi worked really hard and tried his best to please and please the family.
Hearing this, Lord Tan and Mrs. Bao looked better. In the absence of a biological son, an adopted child could also be considered a descendant.
"Is that so? Then we must meet again.
Even if she is just a country girl, she is Xuan Ge'er's wife, right? Call her here." Bao ordered.