So what if I traveled through time? I'll continue to roll in another place
Chapter 3: Mr. Zhou's little calculations on his children's marriage
Lord and Madam Zhou agreed that Xiao Yueshan should continue to look for Zhou Yao. The funeral had not yet begun because it was interrupted by the original owner hitting the pillar, and the funeral was not considered complete. Now Madam Zhou ordered the steward in the mansion to remove all the hangings, and everything seemed to be back to normal.
Xiao Yueshan, under the pretext of recuperating from his wounds, still hid in the room to talk to Shutong in private. "Shutong, do you know who the current emperor is?" Xiao Yueshan asked while eating snacks, "Ah? Why did the young lady suddenly want to ask this? How can a little maid like me know all this?" Shutong looked confused. "Uh, this... or, do you know what the emperor's surname is?" Xiao Yueshan really didn't know how to ask the question to get the answer he wanted. "The current emperor's surname is Chu." After answering this sentence, the little maid knelt on the ground.
"Hey, hey, hey, you get up first, sit down, I won't ask these questions." There really has never been an emperor with the surname Chu in history. Looking at the decoration and clothing of this house, Xiao Yueshan thought it was the Ming Dynasty, but she didn't expect it to be a fiction. The few words she knew were not reliable. Last time, she was troubled by her second sister-in-law, and she hadn't started to ask about her husband's family. Xiao Yueshan felt that time was running out, and she had to quickly understand the closeness of the inner house. Finding Zhou Yao was one thing, and gaining a foothold in the inner house was also urgent.
"Let's talk about the Madam, and the brothers and sisters-in-law at home. I didn't even recognize my second sister-in-law when she came to my house yesterday. It would be rude if I went out to meet people." Xiao Yueshan helped Shutong sit on the chair beside her and poured her a cup of tea. "I'd better stand and answer," Shutong stood up respectfully. "No, you're too far away. It's not good if people hear you. Just say it, it's okay." Xiao Yueshan pulled the little maid back to the chair, and Shutong no longer refused. She sat down and immediately began to introduce the situation in the mansion.
"Mr. Zhou's name is Qitai. He is currently the fifth-rank Tongzhi of Yangzhou Prefecture, in charge of grain supervision and river engineering. Madam's maiden name is Ji. Her grandfather, the old man, was an official in the Ministry of Justice, and he only has this one legitimate granddaughter. The master's wife has three sons. The eldest son Zhou Han and the second son Zhou Xuan have both passed the imperial examination and are preparing to take the exam again next year. The eldest son's wife, Chu, nicknamed Jingyun, was born into the royal family and is a daughter of the clan leader and the daughter of the lieutenant of the state. However, her father and brother have not yet become officials, so they have only inherited the title. Now the eldest son's wife is pregnant and does not go out much; the second son's wife, Xu, nicknamed Duanmin, is the daughter of the sixth-rank prefect of Linzhou, the same year as the master. The wife is still the head of the family. The wife is dignified and fair, and the family used to be peaceful and harmonious."
Shu Tong looked at Xiao Yueshan, wondering if she was satisfied with his introduction. "Second sister-in-law is from an official family and has a wealthy family. Why do you speak so jealously?" Xiao Yueshan thought that Shu Tong should not make irresponsible remarks about the master's family, so it would be better for him to go straight to the point. "Linzhou is prosperous, and the second young master's wife is the only daughter of Lord Xu. It is inevitable that she is spoiled." Shu Tong paused, looked at Xiao Yueshan awkwardly, and said with difficulty: "In addition, among the three young masters, only the third young master has passed the imperial examination and been appointed as an official. The master's wife also thinks highly of him. I heard from the attendant beside the third young master that the third young master was quite talented when he was young. At the age of seven, he studied the Spring and Autumn Annals and was able to write articles. Lord Xu and Lord Zhou were good friends. They originally wanted to marry the second young master to the third young master, but the third young master was favored by Lord Xiao when he was studying at the Imperial College. He had not arranged a matchmaker with the Xu family, so Lord Zhou arranged a marriage with the Xiao family."
Uh, Xiao Yueshan complained silently in his heart, this move by Old Zhou was really not authentic, although the Zhou and Xu families were old friends, but Xiao Zheng was the director of the Imperial College and was in the capital, with students, information and connections, which was not comparable to that of a prefect of Linzhou. If he only had a good son, he must marry into a good family. In this case, the friendship between classmates could naturally be put aside.
"I feel that the Second Young Master's wife doesn't have any feelings for the Third Young Master," Shu Tong was afraid that his amnesiac daughter would misunderstand. Seeing that the young lady didn't remember anything and was still crying for her son-in-law, it would be bad if she started a quarrel. "You two didn't know each other before, and there was no friendship. It's just that in the past, apart from the adults, the Third Young Master was the head of the family, and outsiders only knew that Master Xiao Zhou was the Third Young Master," Shu Tong swallowed awkwardly. "Young Madam, you and the Third Young Master are very affectionate, and you usually don't want to give in, so naturally the Second Young Master's wife is a little unhappy."
Xiao Yueshan nodded. She could fully understand the principle that things will be affected when they are not equal. Chu Jingyun was born noble but in name only. Other sisters-in-law could not compare with her. Xu Duanmin was about the same age as the original owner. They were both newly married and had no children yet. They were not blindly comparing. The Xu family was rich. The Xiao family thought that they were from the capital and probably relied on their husbands to gain power. The original owner did not give much face to this young sister-in-law. The two must have some conflicts.
If it was just some emotional conflicts, Xiao Yueshan thought it was easy to solve, as she used to do this. She was just afraid that in this world, there would be some strange settings for widows... She didn't want to commit suicide for love or guard a grave.
After another three or five days of leisure, Xiao Yueshan's head wound had basically healed, so Madam Zhou sent someone to invite her to the front hall to have dinner and chat.
Finally able to move out of the small room, Xiao Yueshan felt unprecedented freedom. These few days, she was almost bored to death. She wanted to go out for a walk, but Shutong said that the doctor told her to rest and not to move around; she wanted to read a book to test her education level, or recognize a few words, but Shutong said that she was injured and reading too hard would hurt her eyes, so he didn't allow her to read; she wanted to listen to Shutong talk about the management of the inner house's expenses and how much her dowry was, but Shutong said that it was a waste of time to calculate the accounts, and it was not worth the few days, and it was more important to recover from the injury.
After enduring these few days, Xiao Yueshan missed the days of moving bricks in the office very much. After a while of nostalgia, he found it funny that he was really a nuclear-powered donkey. He couldn't even enjoy a few days of happiness and now wanted to go to work pulling a mill.
As she was thinking, she arrived at the front hall. The decoration was as simple and elegant as ever. Mrs. Zhou, the daughter of a high-ranking official, really had good taste.
When he saw Lord Zhou and his wife in the hall, Xiao Yueshan realized that he had been wasting several days. He forgot to ask Shu Tong how to greet, accept tea and respond. He didn't know any etiquette. Now that he was in the hall, he had to improvise.
Fortunately, the eldest young master's wife, Chu Jingyun, had just arrived in the hall. She was already pregnant, and the doctor took her pulse and said it must be a boy. She was in a very good mood, and her already quiet temperament was even more motherly.
Chu Jingyun was inconvenient, so she half bowed to Lord Zhou and his wife. Xiao Yueshan followed suit and also bowed, but cleverly she bent her legs more and bent her body lower than Chu Jingyun, as she felt that this would appear more respectful.
"I wish my father and mother well," said Chu Jingyun.
"Greetings to father and mother." Xiao Yueshan also followed suit.
"Everything is fine, everything is fine. Jingyun and Yueshan, get up quickly. There are new fruits from the south today. Let's have a taste of them." Mrs. Zhou said with a smile.
"How are my sisters-in-law?" Xiao Yueshan also bowed to Chu Jingyun. The more courtesy you give, the less blame you will feel, a respectable person in the workplace thinks.
"Please stand up, third sister-in-law." Chu Jingyun gave a false support and sat down with Xiao Yueshan on the carved chair on the right side of Madam Zhou.
Xiao Yueshan carefully sat in the third seat, leaving the second sister-in-law's seat vacant. Mrs. Zhou's eyes lit up to see her like this. Normally, the third daughter-in-law was naive, and her son spoiled her to death. Although she could follow the good upbringing of her mother's family and observe all the etiquette, she never thought of others. Unexpectedly, her temperament became better after losing her memory.
But when she thought that her third daughter-in-law lost her memory and became sensible because she lost this favor, she felt bad.
She had not wanted to announce the early death of her third son so soon. Of her three sons, only this one was particularly promising. He passed the imperial examination and was appointed an official at an early age. He was also appointed as a supervisory censor. Although he was only a seventh-rank official, which was not a high rank, he was in charge of supervising officials, inspecting counties, and correcting criminal cases. His authority was very wide, and his ability was also considered to have caught the attention of the court.
Among the children of her mother's family and her husband's family, this son is the most capable of success. He is also married to the Xiao family of the Imperial College, so he has a bright future. Upon learning that the third son is missing, even the Ji family in the capital sent a letter asking someone to find him, which shows how important this third son is in the family's heart.
But Lord Pan's words were so convincing that they had to accept their son's early death. Now they announced to the public that their son and daughter-in-law were in love and that a real person or god had appeared in their daughter-in-law's dream, saying that their son still had a chance of survival, so they could go look for him again.
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