"Are the people discussing the marriage my second uncle and Mr. Yang San? Or did they invite an official mediator?"
It is true that some official media came to our door a few days ago, and they did go to Yinghe Courtyard, but according to the information that Jinbao learned, the official media was not proposing marriage for Geng Xingbing, and it had nothing to do with the Yang family. The person they were proposing to marry was just now. Geng Xingshui, who has recently become acquainted.
The most well-informed person in Ningdu City was either the Yaman or the matchmaker. The matchmaker knew the identity of Geng Xingshui very clearly, and then came to her door to find a suitable match for her.
The so-called well-matched means that the other party is also a concubine, but there is no title in the family. The grandfather became an official in the fourth rank position, and the father is a juren. Apart from the eldest son, his father only has this bastard, a total of two His son has a rich family fortune.
According to the official media, the other party is about the same age as Geng Xingshui and has good looks. He is currently studying. Because he has not known his family for a short time and has never studied before, his foundation is weak. However, the master said that he is quite spiritual. Although he has not studied for a long time, It's short, but you can go out and try the county test next year. There is still a high chance of being selected as a scholar.
If what the matchmaker said is true, this is nothing less than a good marriage for Geng Xingshui.
But Yao refused without leaving any room.
"We have invited the official media, but it is not the official media's turn yet. According to the information we have learned, the marriage between the two families is now being discussed between Mr. Yang San and the second master of the uncle's house. Zhu Jian I also saw with my own eyes once that Master Yang San and the Second Master of Bofu entered the teahouse together. He followed them in. Although he did not hear all the content of their conversation clearly, from the fragments, he could hear that they were discussing two families. marriage."
"Does Second Aunt know about this?"
Of course, Geng Xingshuang was not asking Zhan Pei. They were just inquiring about news from outside the uncle's house, so they naturally didn't know anything about Yao's situation.
She was just a little suspicious. Her daughter was about to get married, but her second aunt was so indifferent. It would be fair to say that she was a concubine, but Geng Xingbing was her biological child.
"You go on."
"The second master seems to have not given up his position as a doctor in the Ministry of War. He has been with Mr. Liu from Taichang Temple three times recently, and even invited him to dinner and drinks, and even..."
Zhan Pei hesitated for a moment, then said: "We even went to Xunxiang Tower together."
Geng Xingshuang is not the kind of wealthy lady who has been locked up in her boudoir without knowing the outside world. She naturally knows where Xunxiang Tower is, and her face did not change after hearing these three words.
Zhan Pei was slightly relieved and continued: "Only for the last time, that is, last night, when the second master and Mr. Liu came out of Xunxiang Building, they seemed to be having an unpleasant quarrel. We asked a maid in the building to inquire about their conversation. The general content of the story is that Mr. Liu is a relative of Mr. Liu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and has a good relationship with the second young master of Mr. Liu’s family. He has been building a bridge between the second master and Mr. Liu. The girl knew about this. Before The second master didn't succeed, so the second master Liu would naturally not speak up for him in front of Shilang Liu. Now the clan relative Mr. Liu suggested that the second master should use the original method."
"The original method? Let Yu Ya Po find a woman that Mr. Liu Second is interested in to be his concubine?"
This should be the first thing her second uncle thought of.
Unexpectedly, Zhan Pei shook his head, "No, I want the second master's new daughter to be a concubine for the second master Liu."
"Geng Xingshui?"
Yes, Geng Xingshui is now the lady of the uncle's house. She is beautiful and her status is not as good as that of her legitimate daughter, but for Mr. Liu who already has a concubine in the house, being a concubine with him is definitely enough.
"You said that my second uncle had a falling out with Mr. Liu, a relative of the clan. Could it be that he didn't agree?"
Geng Xingshuang felt a little unbelievable. It was unbelievable that someone like Geng Cheng, who was crazy about being promoted, would put Geng Xingshui's life before promotion.
Zhan Pei nodded, "I heard from the little maid that the second master not only refused, but also said that no matter what happens in the future, the third girl cannot be involved."
Geng Xingshuang felt that the world was magical.
"Is it because he is worried that his concubine will affect his reputation? It will be detrimental to his future career?"
This is the only reasonable reason Geng Xingshuang can think of.
But soon, Geng Xingshuang knew that the reason he thought of was not the real reason.
Because although Geng Cheng refused to give Geng Xingshui to Liu Ergong as his concubine, he replaced her with Geng Xingyu.
Neither Geng Xingshui, Geng Xingyu nor Aunt Peng knew what he had done. As for whether Yao and Geng Xingbing knew about it, Geng Xingshuang was a little unsure.
Just when Geng Xingshuang was thinking about whether to remind Geng Xingyu, after all, although Geng Xingyu often quarreled with Geng Xingchen before, he did not do anything detrimental to himself.
What Geng Cheng did was not only puzzling, but also made people feel chills running down their spines.
But without Geng Xingshuang reminding her, Aunt Peng knew.
Geng Xingshuang didn't know how Aunt Peng knew about it. She only knew that after Aunt Peng learned about it, she immediately took the most effective method she could.
She knelt down directly in front of the steps of the main house and begged Yao.
Not only did she ask Yao, but she also asked Geng Xingshui as her original choice, but Geng Cheng refused, and finally spoke out loud about Geng Xingyu filling the hole.
Yao really didn't know about this. When Aunt Peng said this, Geng Cheng was in the main room. In front of Geng Cheng, she begged Yao to make the decision for Geng Xingyu and not let her be a concubine for Mr. Liu Er. , this behavior is both brave and dangerous.
It is equivalent to completely cutting off her own escape route. Regardless of whether Yao helps her or not, at least Geng Cheng will not have a good look on her in the future. From now on, she will either rely on Yao or fend for herself, and may even harm her son Geng Shumin. s future.
"Aunt Peng will risk anything for the fifth sister!"
Geng Xingchen sighed. After she learned that what happened in Yinghe Courtyard, she immediately came to see Geng Xingshuang. Her mother, Jiang, came with her. As soon as she entered Qingcui Courtyard, she went directly to Ruan's house. inside.
"My dad has been a bit nagging lately. He's been with his uncle a lot these days. Is it the same for my uncle? He just went to see his uncle again."
Geng Xingchen asked.
"Why are you so nagging?"
Geng Xingshuang didn't find anything special about her father.
"I just always like to count the days and always ask how many days are left until the Dragon Boat Festival? I have never found that my father likes to celebrate the festival that much."
"Maybe Third Uncle wants to eat rice dumplings. Let's make some rice dumplings then. I just want to give some to the shop assistants."
Buy some more mooncakes, give each person some reward money, and you can spend the first festival happily since the shop opened.
Of course, as this is the first festival since the shop opened, garment makers and embroiderers are already making Wudu clothes, Wudu purses, sachets, handkerchiefs and even headdresses.
For this reason, Geng Xingshuang specially drew many pictures of the Five Poisons for the embroiderer to embroider on clothes and accessories. The pictures of the Five Poisons she drew were different from those of others. Some of them were fake and real, and some were naive and cute. They were unique and just like Even those embroiderers who were used to embroidery were amazed when they saw it.
"My dad likes to eat rice dumplings?"
Geng Xingchen was a little skeptical, "Why didn't I know?"
However, the two of them soon stopped caring about what was going on with their third uncle (father), because according to Jinbao's report, Madam Uncle called both Geng Cheng, Yao and Aunt Peng.
Later, he called Geng Xingshui and Geng Xingyu over, and Geng Xingbing followed him to the main courtyard.
