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More than half a month had passed since the one-month deadline, and all the agreement between him and her and the explanation he said he would give had become empty.
He thought he had the right to choose his wife like his grandfather, but in the end he found out that it was empty. The reason why his grandfather and father could choose was because their parents were more open-minded.
In his marriage, the person in charge was Yao.
Yao's desire for power is far greater than that of Patriarch Su.
Over the past few decades, the Yao family has become more flamboyant.
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In late September, dozens of pots of autumn chrysanthemums that bloomed in the cold were placed in the backyard of the Hunan Provincial Governor's Mansion. Some were golden, some were snow-white, and there were also a few purple ones. They were graceful and blooming in the wind.
Zhen Su painted a picture of chrysanthemums, "Autumn Chrysanthemums", and wrote a poem on the side: "The flower blooms not among hundreds of flowers, but stands alone by the sparse fence, and its interest is endless. It would rather die with fragrance on the branch, than be blown away by the north wind."
Not far away, Su Qilang and Su Balang were gathered on both sides of Cui, talking excitedly:
Su Balang said, "Mother, my sister went into the kitchen yesterday and made chrysanthemum cakes and sent us chrysanthemum tea. Father said, 'Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, I can see the southern mountains leisurely', but it was too little. He only sent a plate to the study, and I only ate two pieces before it was gone."
Cui smiled and said, "Balang likes to eat it. There are still four left on the plate in my room. I will ask the maid to bring it to you later."
Su Qillang knew that his younger brother was doing this on purpose to please their mother.
Seeing that Cui fell ill because of Su Qiniang's tragic death, Zhen Su wanted to reveal the truth and secretly looked for her grandfather.
Su Jingzhai was not at all surprised.
"Grandfather guessed it a long time ago?"
"The Supervisory Guard's style of doing things is that those who join the guard must cut off their family ties, but anyone who is a Supervisory Guard has no family or relatives."
Lord Fox Envoy has already expressed his intention to take a liking to Su Qinniang. If he was interested in her, why would he let Su Qinniang die tragically? That person was not Su Qinniang at all.
Su Jingzhai took the butler to check it out under the pretext of restraint. It was found that the disguise cream could only work for two days. Even if used on a corpse, it would return to its original state after two days.
He went to check on the third day, and after a look, he found that the person was indeed not Su Qiniang, so he immediately ordered the housekeeper to seal the coffin, and the reason was ready, "to prevent the family from seeing it and getting upset!"
"Grandfather, you really won't tell my uncle and aunt?"
"It's better to have less trouble than more. Once she joins the Supervisory Guard, she is no longer a member of the Su family. Everyone in the Supervisory Guard has countless enemies..."
It is better not to know than to know.
Cui was a sensible person, and she valued her son more.
Although I feel guilty, I will leave eventually.
The descendants of Su Shao had an additional rule because of Su Qinnan's experience: girls in the family would rather be illiterate than go to other girls' schools or private schools.
Su Qilang looked at the figure in the pavilion and said, "Mom, my sister is really pitiful. She probably doesn't know that Brother Mo has married in Jiangnan."
"Brother Mo wants to marry someone else, and he made a promise before he left. I haven't dared to look for my sister recently, for fear that she would ask about Brother Mo..."
Cui felt that things were not going well at home. First, Su Qinnan met with such a tragic incident, and then Su Zhen's marriage encountered obstacles. Su Zhen and Su Mo were such a good match, but Su Mo's elders looked down on Su Zhen.
Su Zhen put down his pen and looked up to see the mother and her two children walking towards the Moon Cave Gate. "Aunt, seventh brother, eighth brother..."
Su Balang seemed to have been hurt. "Sister, my father asked me to write a hundred characters yesterday. I haven't finished yet. I'm going back to the study to practice calligraphy."
Su Qilang was also afraid that if he let the cat out of the bag, it would cause a big incident. His brother had warned him not to tell anyone about it. "Sister, you stay with mother and talk. I'll go back to the study to study."
She just called out, and the two little ones were very busy and ran away in a flash, running faster than rabbits.
Su Zhen whispered, "They seem to be... avoiding me?"
The obvious thing was still discovered.
Chunmei looked calm.
Xia Yang stood in front of a stone table on one side, staring at the chrysanthemum painting and the poem, mumbling: "I would rather die with fragrance on the branch, than be blown away by the north wind."
This is a kind of integrity, which is to rather die with honor than live in disgrace.
Here you go again. You are not just a military guard. When you see calligraphy, paintings, and poems, you are as obsessed with them as a literati.
Chunmei couldn't help laughing: "Miss Xia Yang looks more and more like someone from a scholarly family."
Miss Xia Yang...
She knew clearly that he was a man, but she changed into women's clothes just to stay with her master.
Xia Yang took a glance.
Su Zhen went to meet Cui and asked in a warm voice, "Aunt, did you try the chrysanthemum tea and chrysanthemum cakes yesterday?"
"Hachiro said the chrysanthemum cakes were delicious, but he only ate two."
"There were only four portions in total. One portion went to my room, one plate went to my grandmother's, one plate went to my uncle and aunt, and one was shared by Wulang and Qilang. Their portion only had two pieces."
Cui smiled and said, "Tell Aunt Cui the idea. I'll ask the farm to send some more chrysanthemums. It's rare that Balang likes to eat chrysanthemum cakes."
After Su Qinnan passed away, Qilang and Balang became more sensible and studied hard. The two brothers could also encourage each other. Su Wulang was going to take part in the children's examination this year and was preparing to take part in the provincial examination next year.
In the past, Su Jingzhai took up his post in Yueyang Prefecture and moved Su Shao's family's household registration to Yueyang Prefecture.
Firstly, the chances of passing the Tongshi and Xiangshi in Yueyang Prefecture are higher than in the capital. There are too many nobles in the capital. Even the aristocratic families in the capital will deliberately move their children's household registration back to their ancestral hometowns, and then return to the capital to take part in the metropolitan examination after passing the Xiangshi.
Even if they failed the imperial examination, as the imperial examination system was not yet sound, 30% of them could still become officials through their family connections.
Cui asked, "Has Xie Liulang's merchant ship reached the Ryukyu Kingdom?"
"It takes two months to get from Yueyang to Ryukyu Kingdom. This time he will also go to Fuso Kingdom."
"Pearls from the Ryukyu Kingdom. Fuso is even further away. I wonder if there are any rare items there?"
"You'll know when he comes back. If he gets something good, he'll put it in our department store."
"Department Store?" Cui thought it was a good name. "It sounds good. Department Store means a store with a wide variety of goods. If I open another grocery store, I will name it Department Store."
Department store is the name of a modern shopping mall.
She just said it casually and Cui praised her repeatedly.
"It's September now. I've called the manager and embroiderer of Yunyifang to come over. Everyone in the mansion needs new gifts. Winter coats and fur coats for the servants are all ready. The servants of Tingyuxuan are also getting some. When the manager arrives soon, ask your servants to come over to measure their sizes."
Cui didn't dare to mention Su Mo's matter.
Su Qiniang died tragically in an accident, which took half her life and she was ill for more than half a month. Her son and husband took turns to accompany her and comfort her. If Su Zhen knew that Su Mo married someone else, it would be like her beloved met with an accident, which would be a big blow.
Su Zhen said, "Aunt, I want to go to Baixian Manor early tomorrow morning. Last time, the carpenters were developing a new loom. Someone from the manor came yesterday and told me that there has been some progress on the loom."
Cui said, "Be careful when you go out."
"Yes, aunt."