Chapter 173 Courtiers
"Mrs. Xiao is really not a big deal."
After hearing Mrs. Xiao's words, Meng Jiao didn't feel very angry. She just felt a little funny and helpless.
I don’t know how this rich lady said this idea.
"I thought Mrs. Xiao had a wide range of knowledge and should know the best of the same family. I saw that Mrs. Xiao was still talking with the family just now. Why? In just a blink of an eye, Mrs. Xiao felt that her precious son was worthy of me, the third-rank lady?"
Meng Jiao spoke without any mercy. Mrs. Xiao suddenly changed color, but when she bumped into Meng Jiao's eyes, she stopped.
She just looked at the light on her back, but now she realized that there was a layer of frost in Meng Jiao's eyes.
"Young lady is unwilling to say this? In fact, in other words, the third-rank lady may not have such a good value. After all, the emperor has granted you a escort lady and a third-rank imperial edict, which is not really accorded to you as a third-rank imperial edict lady. Besides, your Meng family has no descendants and Meng Zhongting's official position is not high, so it is not considered a mansion for the rich family. My Yun family is backed by the empress dowager and belongs to the royal relatives. Does the young lady think that my son is not noble in his status?"
Mrs. Xiao really looked down on the Meng family. If it were said that when Xue Wan, a noble lady from the family, was still a wife in the Meng family, she would naturally be full of confidence by relying on the Xue family, the nobleman of the country behind the Meng family.
But that's just the past.
After Xue Wan's death, Meng Zhongting married Liu Qingqing, a small family. Some time ago, I heard that he had married another maid, and the Meng family's family was ruined.
In this way, the Yun family is much more noble than the Meng family.
"What the wife said is a bit reasonable. Just by his identity, I can only be considered sufficient for your second son of the Yun family. But... Mrs. I am afraid that the nobles will forget things too much. If I marry your second son of the Yun family, at most, I will be the second young lady of the Yun family and will not be able to take charge of the Yun family in the future. However, if I marry Shen Shuai, I am the Shen family's Mingmaster who is married to the door and in charge of the entire Shen family's inner house. Shen Shuai is a second-rank frontier official. His wife is noble, and at least I can become a real third-rank madam. Compared with this, the wife still thinks that your second son is a hot commodity?"
One is the general's wife and the other is the young lady in the inner house. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is noble.
Meng Jiao looked at Mrs. Xiao, who was struggling to get on the verge of being on the verge of death, and did not give her any chance to breathe.
"Besides, if I marry Shen Shuai, the general who serves on the battlefield will be in his own words. I am the only mistress of the Shen family. If I marry into the Yun family, let alone whether the second son of the Yun family will take a concubine in the future. At present, madam, aren't you still thinking about our sisters entering the mansion together, wanting to give my cousin the identity of a lady flat?"
Meng Jiao smiled with a smile on her lips, but her eyes were cold and thorough.
"Mrs. Xiao thinks how precious her son is, and how noble I can marry? And how noble the Yun family is, should all women marry in?"
"You! You really don't want to give me a toast and punish me! My century-old family of Yun's family is not your turn to be a yellow-haired girl like you! My Feng'er is outstanding in his talent, and it's not your turn to point fingers here! Since the little lady is not sincere, then your cousin's marriage will be given up!"
Mrs. Xiao finally couldn't hold back her emotions. Meng Jiao's words were so heartbroken that she couldn't bear it anymore.
Moreover, Meng Jiao's words were reasonable and made her unable to refute them.
The more this happens, she becomes more and more frustrated.
"I'm afraid if this matter is really ruined, it's hard for Mrs. Xiao to explain to the Empress Dowager."
Meng Jiao's words were made lightly, and Mrs. Xiao was in a rage, as if a basin of cold water was poured on her head.
She looked at Meng Jiao suspiciously, trying to see a clue from Meng Jiao's expression, but found that it was futile.
"What do you mean?"
"Mrs. I should know the best in my heart. The Queen Mother agreed to this marriage. I won't point out the reason. After all, it's not good to everyone. If the Queen Mother agrees, will the Madam really dare to mess up the matter?"
Mrs. Xiao looked shaking and wanted to refute, but found that there was nothing to say.
As the saying goes, hitting a snake and hitting a seven-inch. Meng Jiao grabbed the reason why the empress dowager agreed to this matter, which was equivalent to grabbing the seven-inch of the Yun family.
Although she was so sure that the Empress Dowager agreed to this unfamiliar marriage, Mrs. Xiao really didn't dare to underestimate Meng Jiao.
The two of them had a stalemate for a while, but Mrs. Xiao was at a disadvantage.
"I'm not good at it, please sit down, my little lady."
Meng Jiao smiled after hearing this, and saw Mrs. Xiao sitting helplessly, then she let out a sigh of relief and followed her and sat next to her.
"Now, Mrs. Xiao wants to talk to me, should this marriage be settled at when?"
Mrs. Xiao sighed, nodded, and raised her hand to attract the people who were serving her.
After the sudden change just now, the people below also met Feng Zhuanzhu. Now they came up to serve Meng Jiao and were respectful, for fear of angering the future general's wife.
"I agree to this matter, but there are some rules that cannot be changed by me. I hope the young lady can prepare in advance."
"Madam, but it's okay."
"I am a great family in the Yun family. The young lady's cousin is indeed not worthy of the position of the wife of the wife. The queen mother agreed to the young lady as a matchmaker, so I can only agree to this matter. However, according to the rules, the betrothal gift of sixty-four units should be converted into thirty-two units. What should the young lady agree with?"
Mrs. Xiao was dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law.
However, when the Empress Dowager said that they still had to rely on this younger brother and sister, they naturally could not say anything.
But if they wanted them to use the betrothal gift to welcome a little girl, let alone others, she, the mistress of the family, would never agree.
"Mrs. I have a good plan. However, when my wife uses 32 betrothal gifts to marry my cousin, wouldn't she tell the people of the world that the Yun family married a young lady of a noble family who came in? What will the people of the world discuss about the Yun family, Mrs. Xiao, then, you have to think clearly."
After hearing Meng Jiao's words, Mrs. Xiao suddenly realized that her thinking was really bad.
It did humiliate Liu Shaoyue, but it also had an extremely adverse impact on the Yun family's future reputation and status.
When the young lady of the Yun family came in, it seemed that she must be glorious.
"It's still the little lady who has thought it through carefully. Since that's the case, I will prepare eighty-eight gifts and prepare to welcome the bride at that time."
The emperor guards the country's gates, and the king dies in the country.
Chapter completed!