"What? There is such a thing?"
When Liu Hong returned home from the county government, he was surprised when he heard his wife Xu talking about meeting the prefect's wife while having a wedding banquet in Huaicheng. The prefect's wife asked her about Xiao Fuyuan.
"What did she tell you? Please tell me in detail." Liu Hong said seriously.
The last time the prefect wrote to him asking about the rumors about Xiao Fukuoka, he only wrote about the rumors. It was not entirely selfish, but he vaguely felt that the prefect had other intentions for Xiao Fukuoka.
Generally speaking, Liu Hong was a good county magistrate who was diligent and caring for the people. He did not have any desire for revenge because the Lao Bai family rejected his intention to hire Xiao Fuyuan as his daughter-in-law. On the contrary, he felt that a child as young as Xiao Fuyuan would fall into the eyes of the prefect. It will bring trouble to the Bai family.
It's better to keep a low profile.
"...She inquired so much, and I finally understood. She wanted me to be a middleman, and she wanted to be a matchmaker for the only son of the Shen family." Mrs. Xu honestly told the whole story of the prefect's wife's intentions.
"You agreed?" Liu Hong asked with a frown.
"The master would really doubt me. Am I that stupid? Last time, because I wanted to take Xiao Yuanbao as my Liu family's concubine, I caused a lot of trouble in Lao Bai's family and offended Mrs. Zhongjing Houfu. Who knew? I pretended not to understand what Mrs. Hou's intentions were, and she would never use her man's official position to coerce me in public," Mrs. Xu said.
"You did the right thing this time." Liu Hong nodded slightly.
Mrs. Xu rolled her eyes at Liu Hong and said, "Master, don't think that I am so bad. Wasn't the stupid thing I did to the little girl of the Bai family because I was planning for your stupid son? Our family and the Bai family can't get married. I am not so narrow-minded as to harm a little girl. Besides, I also know that you have been commended by the superiors for the iron ore and the promotion of swallows and millets. This is not all because of Xiao Yuanbao. I also know that you are I won't use Xiao Yuanbao as a bargaining chip to curry favor with the prefect's wife after being praised for a year. Is she worthy?"
Liu Hong chuckled lightly and said, "Madam, this is the best thing to think about."
"And sir, the prefect's wife is not as good as me. I really want Xiao Yuanbao to marry Shu'er in the future. Our Shu'er is a bit stupid, but he is not ugly and strong. I After asking around, the wife of the magistrate wanted to protect Xiao Yuanbao's matchmaker from the Shen family. She heard that the son was very weak and kept taking medicine every day and could not even step out of the second door. What was her idea? Could it be that she knew about Xiao Yuanbao? Xiao Yuanbao is very happy with the reputation of Yuanbao Funu." Mrs. Xu told Liu Hong the gossip she had learned during the dinner, and then added, "The young master is the same age as Xiao Yuanbao, and Feng is weak. It falls down as soon as you blow it. I think with a body like this, let alone Xiao Yuanbao, I'm afraid he won't live to be an adult."
Liu Hong was silent for a long time, and suddenly said as if he remembered something: "The Shen Mansion you are talking about must be Shen Junshan's home. After Shen Junshan passed away unexpectedly, under the care of Mrs. Ru, the Shen Mansion not only did not collapse Instead, he became the richest businessman in Huaicheng... But what my husband doesn't understand is that no matter how rich the Shen family is, they are just businessmen. What is the identity of the prefect's wife, and how can she be driven to help the son of the Shen family maintain a match? "
This question made Xu stunned, but she didn't think much about it.
"Our prefect's wife is quite snobbish. Maybe the Shen family will give her a lot of benefits." Mrs. Xu said, adding another conjecture, "Money can make the world go round, and I think Xiao Yuanbao is just a person." A peasant girl can do it with just a few clicks of her fingers. A little girl can be exchanged for a large sum of money, so this business is a good deal."
Isn't it because Xu herself felt that Lao Bai's family was of low status, so she looked down upon her and wanted Xiao Fuyuan to be Liu Shu's concubine. Therefore, Mrs. Xu analyzed the prefect's wife's psychology in a clear and logical way.
Thinking of the fact that during the banquet, the prefect's wife was aloof, even more powerful than the last time at the old Bai family, the Zhongjing Houfu's wife was like usual. She turned her face upward and glanced at people with the corners of her eyes, not even looking at them at first. Originally, Mr. Xu had no intention of getting close to her, but this time she pulled Mr. Xu and kept talking.
Mrs. Xu thought she had changed her gender, but she didn't expect that she wanted to use her as a middleman to target Xiao Fuyuan.
She won't do it!
Anyway, offending the magistrate's wife is not as serious as offending the Zhongjing Houfu's wife.
"The benefits are benefits. I think it's far more than that. Besides, Xiao Yuanbao is already the owner of the village. It was given by the emperor himself, so the prefect's wife will know about it." Liu Hong said, but he couldn't think of what it was specifically.
"What should we do? Master, we have to tell the Lao Bai family about this." Mrs. Xu said.
Mrs. Xu was still worried. After telling her what happened in the future, it had nothing to do with her. If she didn't tell what happened and dragged her into it, she would think that she and the prefect's wife were in the same group.
"Madam, you are right. I will send someone to tell Lao Bai's family right away." Liu Hong called a boy at home and asked him to go to Shenshu Village to deliver a message to Lao Bai's family.
The Lao Bai family received the message from Mr. Liu Hong just in the evening when Xiao Fuyuan was leaving school.
The people of the Lao Bai family were not too panicked. Sooner or later, Xiao Fuyuan's reputation would spread to Huaicheng. There was no point in panicking. It was better to deal with it calmly.
"Even if it means being a matchmaker, the parents of both men and women must agree. My sister-in-law is the owner of the village and is personally appointed by the emperor. The prefect's wife will not care about this." Xie Chuntao has been in trouble ever since she became a housekeeper. More and more calm.
Zhen nodded.
"That's right, and who is our aunt or the empress dowager?" Eugene Gui said, "Who dares to bully my aunt's family!"
Mrs. Zhen glanced at her, and Eugene Gui shut up in aggrieved manner.
She has never seen a relative of the royal family being bullied to such an extent.
However, Lao Bai's family just pretends that they don't have such thick legs.
"Mom, is the prefect as powerful as General Meng? If they try to rob my sister, I will ask General Meng to come forward." Bai Zhaomei said.
"Lao Wu, remember, General Meng is a great hero. You learned your skills from him. You are not allowed to use General Meng's name to cause trouble." Zhen said to Lao Wu of the Bai family very seriously.
"I will fight with anyone who dares to mess with my sister." Bai Dazhuang flexed his muscles.
Xiao Fuyuan saw everyone acting like they were facing a formidable enemy, so he pretended to be unintentional and said, "It's okay, I'm lucky."
The whole family looked at Xiao Fuyuan's big ignorant eyes and couldn't help but sigh. Even if you are lucky, they don't want you to go through such a humiliating thing.
"Okay, the prefect's wife just mentioned it to Mrs. Liu. I don't know the details yet. Even if our family is a farmer, we are not easy to bully." Old Mrs. Bai said.
"Mom is right." Bai Banban said, "We are not easy to mess with."
Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Zhen, the white board, looked at each other, with deep worries in their eyes. Only the three of them knew about the turmoil in the Shen family's hearts.
Could it be that Xiao Fuyuan, a real bloodline of the Shen family, couldn't get around the Shen family?
