"The first is to reinstate your father...not to reinstate the official, but to be at least a fourth-grade official, and the other is to ask the emperor to confer me a royal title." Ms. Qiu still felt a little guilty, so after saying these two conditions , immediately explained, "We require these two conditions, and they are all for your consideration."
"Think about it, among the matchmakers invited by the Guangling Palace, which one is not reputable? If I don't have a job, how can I still speak in front of them?"
"And your father."
"Based on the lintel of the Guangling Prince's Mansion, when you and Mr. Xie got married, the people who greeted you and sent you off were all respectable people, right? If your father was not an official, whose face would be the one who would lose?"
"After you marry into the Guangling Prince's Palace, you will have to be in contact with these prestigious people all the time. I have seen the faces of these powerful and aristocratic families. Without a royal title or official status, you just married into the Guangling Prince's Palace as a poor person. They will definitely point fingers behind your back. In front of you, they will inevitably make some explicit and implicit remarks."
"I know you don't care what others say, but you don't care. What about King Guangling, Princess Guangling, and Mr. Xie? Don't they care either?"
"Other families are marrying well-matched girls, but they are the only ones marrying people like you. At first, they may not care, but when they are talked about and compared to me every year, there will always be a time when they care. "
"Are you done?" Chen Anning asked.
"I know you are impatient to listen, but I have almost finished what I need to say." Mrs. Qiu stood up consciously, "And your grandmother and your father have already discussed this matter, so I just came over to tell you. .”
"You don't need to come forward to do this. We can just talk to Princess Guangling when she comes home one day."
"You don't have to worry that Princess Guangling will be unhappy because of this. When the time comes, we can just say it's our request. If she wants to ask you, just say you don't know."
I have been in contact with this family for several months.
Chen Anning knew very well how many things were in their minds.
The betrothal gift list that Princess Guangling brought yesterday was so generous that they had never imagined.
If no one instructs them, with their shallow eyesight, it is impossible for them to suddenly go back on their word.
Thinking back to the poisoning of Mrs. Chen and Chen Fanghai, Chen Anning had a vague idea in his mind.
Seeing the clear calculation written on Qiu's face, Chen Anning asked casually: "Whose idea was this?"
"Don't worry about who came up with the idea," Qiu said, fearing that she would stop her, so she walked out. "Anyway, this matter is settled."
"I don't want to care, I just want to remind you," Chen Anning looked at her back and said slowly, "Don't steal the chicken but lose the rice instead."
"You don't need to remind us, we have already made plans." Qiu didn't even look back.
They should all have discussed it. If Princess Guangling disagrees, they will delay her from getting married to Mr. Xie to see who can outlast the other!
Anyway, if it takes a long time, it will only be the Guangling Palace that will be embarrassed, not them.
They were not afraid that the Guangling Palace would dare to cancel the engagement despite the holy decree of marriage.
"With the Holy Purpose of Marriage, the Guangling Palace does not dare to break off the engagement casually," knowing what they were relying on, Chen Anning said straight to the point, "But if the Guangling Palace brings your conditions to the emperor, my mother will think that... Who will the emperor favor?"
Qiu quickly stopped. She had indeed not thought about this problem, but... "Aren't they afraid of being embarrassed when they make trouble in front of the emperor?"
Chen Anning laughed sarcastically, "For my father to be promoted to the fourth rank, and for the emperor to confer you a royal title, doesn't it all require the emperor's nod? My mother thinks that it is not a shame for the majestic Guangling Prince's Palace to be manipulated by the Chen family. ?"
Mrs. Qiu sighed and returned to her carefree nature, "Anyway, if they don't agree to these two conditions, we won't accept their betrothal gift!"
"It's understandable that mother wants to gain some benefits from this marriage." Chen Anning was afraid that she would not understand if he spoke too quickly, so he deliberately slowed down his tone and said in a persuasive manner, "But first, you have to use the right method."
"For example, you can discuss the pros and cons with the Guangling Palace, but you cannot use threats or inducements. My mother also said that all powerful families value face. In my opinion, coercion and inducements are tantamount to trampling on their dignity. Most of them will not Will agree."
"It's just...the premise of talking about the pros and cons is that the conditions proposed are not excessive."
"Has mother ever considered changing other conditions?" Chen Anning asked calmly, "For example, only letting my father be reinstated."
Mrs. Qiu refused without thinking, "No! No matter how high the official position is, he will only be a supervisory censor under the eighth rank."
Chen Anning said: "So, mother must meet those two conditions?"
Qiu gritted his teeth and said, "Yes."
After thinking about it, Chen Anning said, "Then there is only one way."
Mrs. Qiu came back and asked, "What's the solution?"
"There is no way for the Guangling Palace to refuse!" Chen Anning said.
Qiu asked again: "What is that method?"
Chen Anning said slowly and calmly, "My mother is now making a condition to the Guangling Palace. If the Guangling Palace is in a hurry, they can go to the emperor to cancel the marriage. Once the marriage is canceled, let alone the two conditions, there will be a pile of betrothal gifts. Chen I can’t even hope to get a home again. This shouldn’t be the result my mother wants, right?”
Qiu replied: "Of course."
"Then how can we get the Guangling Palace to agree to the conditions without withdrawing from the engagement?" Chen Anning asked. Mrs. Qiu urged her to speak quickly. Chen Anning smiled and said, "The answer is simple, the deal is done!"
"Please cooperate well with the Guangling Prince's process of recruiting three media outlets and six."
"When Master Xie and I are consummated and become the real wife of Mr. Xie, you will wait for an opportunity to propose those two conditions to Prince Guangling's Mansion."
Qiu asked: "You are already married to Mr. Xie, will they still agree?"
"Mom, think about it carefully," Chen Anning seduced her, "Master Xie and I have already consummated our marriage. The Guangling Palace cannot go to the Emperor to cancel the marriage, right?"
"When the time comes, if they don't agree to those two conditions, you will go to the gate of Prince Guangling's Mansion and make a lot of noise every day."
"What is the lintel of Guangling Prince's Mansion?"
"Can they afford to throw this guy away?"
Qiu said sarcastically: "We can't afford to lose this person by making a big noise in front of the Guangling Prince's Mansion."
Chen Anning looked at her, "I can't afford to lose my reputation as a human being, a fourth-grade official, or a royal decree. Which one does mother want?"
Of course, the fourth-grade official and imperial edict are important! Qiu said emotionally: "I can't make the decision. I have to go back and discuss it with your father."
Chen Anning nodded, "Go ahead, mother, as long as you remember, losing face for a while, you can get a royal title and climb the big tree of Guangling Palace, no matter how you calculate it, it is a very profitable thing!"
"Okay, I understand." Qiu walked briskly.
Chen Anning looked at her back, a cold light flashed across her eyes quickly.
After raising her head and drinking all the tea in the cup, she got up and went back to the back room to change her clothes.
After that, he quietly stayed on top of an old tree outside Changfuyuan.
After about half a cup of tea.
Qiu appeared at the gate of Changfuyuan.
