Her face was so serious, Mrs. Li thought to herself, didn't Concubine Li say anything to move Qian'er?
The two of them arrived at the mansion in relative silence and walked to the main hall.
"Madam and Qian'er are back." Prime Minister Li stood up and looked at the expressions of the two of them and saw nothing.
"Yes," Mrs. Li responded softly, "Concubine Li's embroidery skills are very good and she is also very gentle. I promise to make a pair of tiger-head shoes for the little princess."
Li Qian pursed her lips and waited for them to finish speaking before pouring tea for them respectively.
"Qian'er, you said you had something to say to me and your father when you returned home. What was it?" Mrs. Li picked up the tea and asked softly.
"Oh?" Prime Minister Li also looked at Li Qian with some curiosity.
The daughter looked serious, could things be going wrong?
"Father, mother, my daughter knows why you have been upset these days. My daughter has thought clearly. What the Cai family wants is just a daughter from the Li family, and they didn't name anyone, so just marry her."
After Li Qian finished speaking, Prime Minister Li and Mrs. Li were stunned.
They were really upset about breaking off the engagement, but they didn't tell their youngest daughter.
Unexpectedly, the youngest daughter had just entered the palace and actually offered to marry her. Concubine Li was really capable.
"Qian'er, do you know what you are talking about?" Prime Minister Li was the first to come back to his senses. Looking at his determined little daughter, he felt both relieved and complicated.
"My daughter knows," Li Qian nodded. "My daughter likes abacus and calculation, but doesn't like playing, chess, calligraphy and painting. It would be perfect to marry into the Cai family."
Then he looked at Mrs. Li, "My daughter believes in the person chosen by mother, and mother will not harm me."
My aunt died in childbirth when she was giving birth to her. It was my mother who brought her up and cared for her in every possible way.
Before, she had used a despicable heart to speculate on her mother's sincerity, but luckily she had some advice from Concubine Li.
Mrs. Li stood up and took her hand, with a complicated look on her face, "You should think about it carefully. Mom doesn't want you to regret it, which will only make you estranged from us."
After all, she was the one who brought her up. Li Jia had already made her sad enough. She didn't want this daughter to be divorced from her again.
"My daughter has already figured it out very clearly."
Prime Minister Li remembered what his daughter had just said and suddenly asked.
"Qian'er, you said you like to settle accounts and make plans. How come your father and your mother don't know that?"
Seeing that she didn't speak, Mrs. Li thought she was afraid of being scolded, and said with a smile: "Mom and your father are not people who don't know how to adapt. If you like this, mom can hire someone to teach you this, and then give you a shop first." Experience, experience.”
Li Qian almost cried with joy, nodded and hugged Mrs. Li.
"Thank you mom and dad."
...
Li Qian agreed to get married, and Mrs. Li went to Cai's house again.
When the Cai family heard Mrs. Li's arrival, they thought she was here to break off the engagement again, so they sighed and asked their servants to invite them in.
Mrs. Li took Li Qian through a short section of bluestone road to the main hall.
Mr. Cai and Mrs. Cai were both there, and they politely invited Mrs. Li to sit down.
"Is Mrs. Li here today to break off the engagement?" Mrs. Cai spoke first, looking at Li Qian next to her, wondering in her heart.
Li Qian lowered her head slightly and listened to the conversation of several people obediently.
"It's not that our Cai family doesn't want to break off the engagement. It's actually that all relatives and friends know that my son will get married this year. The most important thing for a businessman is integrity." Mr. Cai was a little embarrassed.
Mrs. Li chuckled lightly, "You misunderstood. I came here today to discuss marriage."
She pointed to Li Qian next to her, "This is the younger daughter Qian'er. When the marriage was decided, it was the daughter of the Li family, not who it was. If the betrothal is replaced by the younger daughter, the marriage can naturally continue."
The two looked at each other but said nothing.
Seeing what they were thinking, Mrs. Li smiled.
"My little daughter has grown up by my side since she was a child, so she is naturally wonderful. I cannot do anything to ruin the daughter I have raised and raised myself just to settle the engagement."
Being married to the Prime Minister's Mansion actually puts the Cai family in a league of their own.
Now that Li Qian was raised by Mrs. Li personally, she is naturally no worse than Li Jia.
Everyone in the capital knew the character of Prime Minister Li and his wife, and there were many who wanted to marry his daughter.
"In that case, Miss Li will be the daughter-in-law recognized by my Cai family from now on." Mrs. Cai stood up, took off the bracelet from her wrist and put it in Li Qian's hand.
"I..." Li Qian didn't accept it, and it didn't matter if she didn't.
Mr. Cai smiled heartily, "My mother gave this to my wife. Now it's passed on to you. You can accept it!"
I originally thought of giving it to Li Jia when she came over, but who knew such a change would happen.
"Thank you, Madam." Li Qian took the bracelet and sat with Madam Li for a while.
The few people chatted happily, and Li Qian would chat with her from time to time. She found that she was quite knowledgeable in settling accounts, and Mrs. Cai became even more satisfied with her daughter-in-law.
She only has one son, but it turns out that his son only knows how to study and has no interest in business. Now her daughter-in-law seems to be interested, which is a good thing.
Li Qian had never seen the young master of the Cai family, so she was actually a little curious.
Before standing up to leave, Mrs. Cai pulled Li Qian with some reluctance, "I think Qian'er is interested in settling accounts. I will teach you personally when you get married."
She travels around with her husband, is proficient in business and accounting, and is no problem teaching others.
"Mother..." Several people were talking when they heard a voice coming from outside the door.
After seeing other people in the room, he swallowed the rest of his words.
Li Qian looked at the young man at the door. He was wearing a light blue brocade robe, his hair was tied high, and his face was delicate and clean.
Not the nerd she imagined.
While Li Qian looked at Cai Ze, he was also looking at Li Qian.
Wearing a moon-white dress, with black hair hanging on her shoulders, Xiaojiabiyu's appearance and bright eyes make people fall in love with her.
Realizing that he had been looking too long and was being rude, Cai Ze hurriedly withdrew his gaze and bowed his hands in greeting, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his delicate face.
Seeing her son's reaction, Mrs. Cai covered her mouth and snickered, exchanging a look with her master.
...
When Mrs. Li and Li Qian went out and got on the carriage, Mrs. Li asked with a smile.
"What do Qian'er think of Mr. Cai?"
Li Qian held the handkerchief and nodded.
Cai Ze also faces this problem.
He knew that his original fiancée wanted to break off the engagement, and the marriage between the two families was at a stalemate.
Now it seems that a solution has been found.
Marriage has always been decided by the parents and the matchmaker, so naturally he has no choice.
But if the girl just now becomes his wife, he is extremely willing to do so.
"Why are you so stunned?" Mrs. Cai raised her hand and waved it in front of his eyes, "What do you think of Qian'er?"
Mr. Cai glanced at his son and said, "Look at him like that. He must be secretly having fun. He didn't even blink at Miss Li just now."
Mrs. Cai couldn't help but laugh out loud, "When you get married, you can watch whatever you want. Qian'er is a very satisfied girl and can help with business."
