"Madam Qi wants to help you rekindle your relationship with the Yongning Marquisate?" Madam Qu's body froze, almost unable to believe what she heard.
This matter... What does Madam Qi think? The prince of Yongning Marquis is still engaged. Even if Miss Duan Er is not a good match, the two of them are still engaged.
"When we were handling the funeral for mother, Madam Qi came to pay tribute to mother, and she also happened to meet the wife of Marquis Yongning and the prince." Qu Moying said implicitly.
This matter was bound to be brought to the attention of grandmother, so Qu Moying specifically reminded Madam Qu first.
What happened on the day of the ritual
Mrs. Qu's brows were deeply furrowed. The biggest thing that happened that day was the matter of her eldest granddaughter. Other things were correspondingly trivial.
Qu Moying didn't say anything, and she didn't bother to ask.
"When you go today, is this what Madam Qi is going to tell you?" Madam Qu thought it was ridiculous. The prince of Yongning already had an engagement, so how could he dare to bring up such an idea with her
Is this really because no one wants his granddaughter
"It's about this matter. Madam Qi said she wanted to ask what I think." Qu Moying said softly.
Madam Qu breathed a sigh of relief: "Then was it inappropriate for you to tell Madam Qi about this?"
"I did say that, but Madam Qi thinks that this is not something I should be responsible for, so I have to talk to you about it." Qu Moying said.
These words made Madam Qu feel depressed, and she also had some complaints about Madam Qi. Since she acted like she was very kind to her own granddaughter, she should have let Ying say whatever she wanted and just treat Madam Qi as a caring elder. Why did she say such a thing again? It was inappropriate for Ying to speak like that. Then what did she do today
"No matter how good the Yongning Marquis's son is, we can never marry into his family again. This is too ridiculous." Madam Qu was silent for a moment and then reprimanded.
"But Madam Qi said... this is the best marriage I can find." Qu Moying tugged at the handkerchief in her hand and lowered her head.
Although she was not shy, she was still a young lady after all, so she had to express her embarrassment when appropriate.
Sure enough, when Mrs. Qu saw her expression, she knew that it was inappropriate to say these words to an unmarried girl. She took a deep breath and comforted her, "I know about this matter. You go back and rest first. If Mrs. Qi comes to talk about this matter, I will definitely refuse."
"Thank you, grandma." Qu Moying stood up and said goodbye to Madam Qu.
Watching Qu Moying leave, Madam Qu became worried: "What does Madam Qi mean? Why is she so determined to match the Yongning Marquis' son and Ying girl? They were not suitable in the first place, and the marriage was called off early. The Yongning Marquis' son is already engaged, so is he going to call it off again and continue the marriage with Ying girl? How can people scold Ying girl?"
If this happened to someone else, Madam Qu would have refused without hesitation, but this was Madam Qi. Not to mention the power of the Duke Qi's Mansion, just the kindness that the Duke Qi's Mansion has always shown to Ying girl, so Madam Qu had to speak more tactfully.
But this kind of thing is obviously absurd. Can't Madam Qi see it
If this really happened, Ying girl would have to bear a bad reputation. Besides, Xu Lipeng is not a good person either. How could Madam Qi think this was appropriate
"Maybe Madam Qi didn't know the inside story and thought that the Yongning Marquis's son and the fourth lady were
The breaking off of the engagement at that time was really an accident!" Seeing Mrs. Qu's worried look, Wu Ma Ma whispered to persuade her.
“But even if this is the case… can the water that has been poured out be collected again? Besides, the prince of Yongning Marquis is already engaged.” Madam Qu was extremely worried.
Given Madam Qi's status, position, and experience, she doesn't seem like someone who would do such a foolish thing. The men in the outer courtyard may not understand, but how could the women in the inner courtyard not understand
If this really happened, Ying Yatou would have to bear a lot of infamy. Even the series of events before could be said to be evidence that Ying Yatou is scheming. Xu Lipeng might be able to clear himself, but Ying Yatou's reputation would be ruined.
"Madam, don't be anxious. No matter what, you have to refuse this matter. That place... is not something you can just talk about casually." Wu Ma stretched out her hand and quietly pointed in a direction. That was the direction of the Prince of Yun's Mansion.
In my nanny's opinion, there is no possibility for the Qu Mansion and the Yongning Marquis Mansion to be together, and the Madam does not need to be embarrassed. She just needs to reject the marriage.
This sentence reminded Madam Qu, and her brows relaxed a little. This marriage was absolutely impossible.
What I need to think about now is how to tactfully reject Madam Qi’s “good intentions”.
On the one hand, she couldn't offend Madam Qi. Madam Qu's status was much lower than that of the Madam of Duke Qi's Mansion. Besides, Madam Qi also meant well.
Mrs. Qu was very worried about this and couldn't sleep well all night.
The next day, Madam Qu received a note from Duke Qi's Mansion, and Madam Qi took the initiative to visit.
Qu Moying went to the door on behalf of Madam Qu and welcomed Madam Qi in.
He did not meet the guests in Madam Qu's courtyard, but deliberately chose a flower hall not far from the gate to meet the guests.
Madam Qu was welcoming guests at the door of the flower hall and welcomed Madam Qi in.
After the host and the guest sat down, Madam Qi looked at Qu Moying with a smile but didn't say anything. Madam Qu understood what she meant and waved her hand: "Ying girl, go to the kitchen and see if there are any freshly made pastries that are easy to digest."
The two ladies are old and used to eat easily digestible pastries.
"Yes, grandma!" Qu Moying knew that the lady-in-waiting was trying to get her out of the way, so she turned sideways, bowed to each of the two ladies-in-waiting, and left.
Madam Qi took the teacup beside her and took a sip. She put it down with a smile and said directly, "Madam Qu, I came here today to discuss the marriage of your fourth daughter. Our Duke felt that he failed to take care of Madam Qu Er and failed to live up to his old friend's trust. He is particularly concerned about the affairs of the fourth daughter. If he has done anything wrong, please forgive me, Madam Qu."
The weight of these words was too great, and Mrs. Qu dared not respond, and kept saying that she dared not.
"I wonder if Miss Qu Si's marriage is ready now?" Mrs. Qi asked with a smile.
"For the time being... it has not been decided yet." Madam Qu Tai couldn't tell the truth, so she could only speak vaguely. This was difficult to respond to.
"Since you haven't decided yet, I do have a good marriage proposal. Our old Duke also thought it was a good one. I wanted to talk to Madam Qu about it." Madam Qi said again.
This was even more difficult to answer. Madam Qu didn't want to continue, but she had to answer: "Ying's marriage is actually... not that urgent."
"How can I not be anxious? Of the four young ladies in your house, only the fourth young lady is still in the boudoir. The fourth young lady has a pitiful life experience, and our old Duke has always felt guilty, so we have to help her.
This is a marriage, if I said anything wrong, please forgive me, Madam Qu." Madam Qi said.
"Ying is still young." Madam Qu tried to speak more tactfully.
"You can order it first. There has to be a place to go. If you go on like this, all the good ones in the capital will be picked up. We can't let Miss Qu be left with nothing to choose from!" Madam Qi said kindly.
"This matter... is really not urgent..." Madam Qu didn't know what to say. Before the matter between Ying girl and Prince Yun was made public, she would never dare to tell anyone about it.
But if she doesn't say it now, and everyone knows it in the future, Madam Qi will probably blame her family again. Madam Qu is not sure what Madam Qi's attitude is.
"Earlier, the Yongning Marquis' Mansion came to me and said that the second young lady of the Duan Mansion had forced them to cancel the engagement. After this period of time, the Yongning Marquis' Mansion felt that the second young lady Duan was not decent. The Yongning Marquis' wife also remembered the kindness of the second lady Qu and felt that it was wrong to cancel the engagement. At the beginning, the Yu family also interfered in it, which forced the two mansions to cancel the engagement."
Madam Qi sighed, as if she didn't notice Madam Qu's embarrassment, and continued speaking.
"The prince of Yongning... is not a good match for Ying, and he is currently engaged." Madam Qu finally had the opportunity to refuse, and said hurriedly.
"Madam Qu, don't worry. The prince of Yongning is preparing to cancel the engagement these days. There will be news in the next two days. It will be a good story to renew our relationship with your family then." Madam Qi shook her hand and said indifferently.
“The Prince of Yongning… looked down on Ying from the beginning and had an affair with Yu’s niece very early on. Ying didn’t want to marry him at that time. Even if the Prince of Yongning and the second Miss Duan hadn’t happened, our family would have proposed to cancel the engagement.” Madam Qu explained.
Madam Qu was implicitly indicating that the character of the Yongning Marquis' son was questionable. If the Yongning Marquis' Mansion had not resigned, the Qu Mansion would have also resigned.
"They are all trivial matters. The wife of the Marquis of Yongning and the prince also told me about this matter. They said that you fell into Yu's trap, which caused your family to misunderstand the matter with Miss Yu. In the end, you even had to let Miss Yu into the mansion. But now this matter is over, Yu's niece has been driven away, and the Marquis of Yongning has also promised to be wholeheartedly devoted to the fourth Miss Qu in the future."
Madam Qi said indifferently.
"It's easy to get a priceless treasure, but it's hard to find a lover. I think the Yongning Marquis's son is also wholeheartedly wanting to marry the fourth Miss Qu, and he really wants to make up for the regrets of the past. The two families are quite predestined, and this renewed relationship may be better than the original one. After this, the fourth Miss Qu will marry into the Yongning Marquis's mansion and become the wife of the Yongning Marquis's son. With the support of the Qu mansion, our old Duke will definitely support her if anything happens. I believe the Yongning Marquis's son will not dare to treat the fourth Miss Qu badly."
Madam Qi seemed very satisfied, and hinted in her words that with the Duke Qi's Mansion around, Xu Lipeng would never treat Qu Moying as badly as before.
Mrs. Qu wanted to say something, but she opened her mouth and didn't know where to start. It seemed that if she refused again, it would seem a bit ungrateful, now that things had come to this.
Even though she had done countless constructions at night, Mrs. Qu still didn't know how to answer at this time, and her brows were tightly furrowed with worry.
The curtain outside the back window moved silently. Qu Moying stood behind the window with cold eyes. Madam Qi completely suppressed her grandmother's words. Compared with Madam Qi, her grandmother was too weak...