"It's not self-defeating, it's just the best reason."
Xue Ru saw Tang Ning's frown and said in a soft voice: "Sister, I will not look down on myself, but I also understand that it is almost impossible for me to marry into a wealthy family."
"Family differences are not so easy to smooth over. Mrs. Cui asked me to marry her son, just because my sister loves me. Governor Xiao also loves Wu Jiwu and protected me a little. She looked at me and said so much I'm good and praised everywhere, but if I didn't live in Jiuyun Lane and didn't have my sister, she wouldn't look down on me."
The little girl held Tang Ning's hand and was very sober.
"The Cui family is very considerate of me for being able to propose marriage to me. No matter what reason I use to refuse, I will inevitably lose face to them."
"If it was Cui Lin or someone else from the Cui family who raised this matter, I wouldn't need to say anything more to them. It would be none of my business to lose face. But Mrs. Cui is different. She just gave the iron ore to my sister, and she also She lowered her attitude to show friendship to my sister, and I saw that she seemed to have broken up with the Cui family and wanted to be on good terms with her."
Tang Ning glanced at the brocade box at her hand: "Those people in the Cui family do seem to have a rift with her."
When they went to the Cui family, although the servants treated Mrs. Cui with respect, they met several younger members of the Cui family with cold eyes. The most important thing in a family like the Cui family is rules. It is a big mistake to be disrespectful to the elders, unless you belong to the clan. If the people in power don't like it, then the people below will see to the wind and steer the ship.
Xue Ru whispered: "I heard from Sister Qian that on the day Cui Lin was imprisoned, Mrs. Cui and the old man of the Cui family had a quarrel in front of the palace gate. The quarrel was quite serious at the time. Later, we secretly My pawn shop received some things from Mrs. Cui, including jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and all of them were turned into cash, and all they wanted was gold."
Tang Ning was immediately surprised: "You mean, she was used as a dowry?"
Xue Ru nodded: "They are all dead lies."
Tang Ning raised her eyebrows when she heard this. She had heard from her brother that Mrs. Cui's natal family was extremely wealthy and was no less wealthy than the Cui family. When she first married into the Cui family, it was a marriage between the two clans, so the dowry was naturally extremely rich, and she had a rich family. Because the eldest daughter-in-law of the Cui family has plenty of money, it is absolutely impossible for her to sell her dowry under ordinary circumstances.
Can she need a large amount of cash and still only need gold...
The more than 200,000 taels of gold that the Cui family "compensated" to my brother was actually collected by Mrs. Cui?
Tang Ning was a little hard to explain. These aristocratic families were said to be high-ranking nobles with profound backgrounds, and they always followed the rules when it came to maintaining their status, but why did everyone look so ugly?
Back then, the old lady of the Lu family was worried about what her grandfather left her and tried every means to coax her out of her. Now the Cui family is so mean to their eldest daughter-in-law's dowry. They are simply inferior to ordinary people. Even ordinary farmers know that it is shameless to touch a woman's dowry. Shame on them, they are so thick-skinned.
The carriage swayed slightly as it moved forward, and a cold wind blew the curtain onto Tang Ning's face. Xue Ru stretched out her hand to press the curtain foot.
"I'm afraid the Cui family doesn't even know about Mrs. Cui's delivery of iron ore today. She wants to marry me just to be able to stake some more chips for them and her son, so that she can exchange for sister and Governor Xiao to help them and their son take power. Cui family.”
"I know that Governor Xiao is not afraid of people from the aristocratic family, but since someone is showing favor, it is better to have one less enemy than to have enemies everywhere. So even if I don't want to marry into the Cui family, I can't disgrace her. Anyway, Sister Qin told me If you are weak, it is best not to have sex with a man before you are eighteen, and you should wait until later to bring up marriage."
"Then what if she doesn't mind?" Tang Ning looked at her.
"I'll marry you if you don't mind!"
Xue Ru said it matter-of-factly: "The Cui family is one of the eight aristocratic families with a strong family background. Although it is embarrassing for Cui Lin to fool around with the Xuan Qin family, he is not my husband. What does an old man who has lost most of his life care about his romantic affairs?" ?”
"If Mrs. Cui doesn't even mind that I can't give birth to a child, and is willing to let me continue to go to school and take charge of the household, where can I find such a mother-in-law? If I can take power as soon as possible after joining the Cui family, maybe in the future I can also give the Cui family to my sister as a congratulatory gift."
This was a truly aristocratic family, and she would not suffer any disadvantages if she married into it as a concubine.
Moreover, my sister will be more than ten thousand people in the future. Although Governor Xiao is good to her, they also have Rongsheng Academy and the Gu family, but if there is another powerful family to support my sister, there is the Cui family's mistress. , those old guys in the court and the royal family who value family background will not murmur.
Xue Ru's eyes lit up and her heart suddenly moved: "Why didn't I think of this just now? Sister, why don't we go back and tell Mrs. Cui that I still need treatment..."
"boom!"
Tang Ning tapped Xue Ru on the forehead with her finger.
Xue Ru suddenly said "ouch".
Tang Ning glared at her angrily: "Put away the messy things in your heart. Who wants you to use your marriage as a bargaining chip? I am so unbearable in your eyes, using my own sister's Marriage in exchange for benefits?"
"Of course not!" Xue Ru quickly tilted her head and rubbed her shoulder: "My sister loves me the most. I want to help my sister and marry a good family..."
Seeing Tang Ning raise her hand, she quickly covered her head:
"No, no, I want to marry a good family and help my sister by the way."
The little girl murmured in a low voice: "Sister, I also know that I have lived a hard life in the past, and naturally I don't want to live like the past in the future. It would be great if I could marry into one of those wealthy families, where I would have no worries about food and clothing, and a horde of servants. Someone will give me a look..."
Tang Ning looked at her furry head leaning on her shoulder and listened to her mumbling nonsense words, as if she really envied those wealthy lives and coveted high status. She couldn't help but feel sour in her heart and put her hand on her face. .
"do not talk."
"Sister..." Xue Ru raised her head.
Tang Ning whispered: "Sister, I love you because you are worth it. I won't trade your marriage for anything."
"Aru, I just hope that you can be happy and live freely according to your own wishes. If you meet the person you like and think you can marry him, I will get you married in a glorious way. But if you don't have such a person, If someone makes you happy, you don’t have to force yourself. Even if I don’t marry my sister, I can still support you.”
She lived a miserable life in her last life, and Xue Ru was miserable too.
She was petty and loved since she was a child, but she fell into the sea of misery because she was blind and misunderstood. However, Aru had been soaked in the bitter soup all her life. From the time she was born to the time of her death, she did not even taste the taste of sugar. Pass.
Tang Ning will always remember the steamed buns that the skinny little Xue Ru secretly sent to her in those miserable times that never saw the light of day. She remembers that she was shivering from the cold, and her thin wrists broke when she folded them, but she still tried her best to smile, timidly. Saying "Sister, you have to live well".
