Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

Mrs. Hanshan looked at Wang Jingye's back for a long time, then turned around and said, "I think the emperor's nephew is becoming more and more like Mr. Wang."

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "You haven't met my brother yet. The Emperor looks like my brother when he was a child. My cousin is more active, while my brother is calm and steady."

Grand Secretary Hanshan said: "The Emperor's temper is not..."

She wanted to say something but she was not calm and stopped halfway through. No mother wants others to say bad things about her son.

"I came here to ask about Luo Zizhen's younger sister. She's thirteen years old now and has the same father as him. I'm afraid the Zhou family might arrange a marriage for her, so I came to ask about it."

The Queen Mother asked, "Whose family do you like?"

Hanshan said, "She is really different from Luo Zi. If she were to marry into a wealthy family, marrying a legitimate child would be impossible. I also despise the attitude of those from small families. After all, she is of Zhou family blood, so I can't just leave her alone. I heard that Madam Xiaojie's youngest son is quite knowledgeable."

Queen Mother Wang interrupted her directly, "Don't even think about it. Madam Xiaojie is good, but her son's surname is He after all. The He family is too small and has a lot of problems. Besides, she is younger than the Zhou family..."

After hearing what the empress dowager said so straightforwardly and knowing the age of Madam Xiaojie's son, Mrs. Hanshan stopped insisting.

"Forget it then. Which one do you think is suitable, sister-in-law?"

Queen Mother Wang got a headache when she heard her call her sister-in-law. Logically speaking, the eldest sister and Zhou Xinan had already divorced, so she could stop caring about the Zhou family's affairs. Wasn't it for Luo Yulan?

"As long as you're not marrying into someone's family to make enemies, you can just hold a flower show and bring it up, see if anyone's interested, and then find someone to talk to about it."

Hanshan said, "I held a flower show a while ago, but there weren't many suitable families. Of the few that were, the threshold was too high. I was thinking that if my sister-in-law agreed with Madam Xiaojie's family, I would ask Madam Qiu San to propose. She's been quite familiar with Madam Xiaojie lately."

At this she laughed again.

"Mrs. Qiu has been having a lot of trouble lately. Her Third Master has caused her trouble again. The concubine she kicked out before gave birth to a son and brought him home. I heard that he looks just like the Third Master. You don't need to check to know that he is his child."

The Queen Mother said slowly, "Have Mrs. Qiu San's eldest son and daughter been engaged?"

Mrs. Hanshan said, "Her eldest son is engaged to the Cao family, and the in-laws are just the ones in charge. However, the eldest granddaughter of the Cao family is the eldest daughter-in-law of Madam Xiaojie, and her daughter is not engaged yet."

She stopped here. Did the Queen Mother mean the illegitimate son of the Qiu family?

To be honest, she looked down on Mr. Qiu's family. Although she got along well with Mrs. Qiu, Mr. Qiu was a piece of shit.

The Queen Mother understood what the Queen Mother was thinking and thought to herself, you are picky about others, but they are picky about the Zhou family.

What does the Zhou family have? The term "son-in-law's family" is a mockery, not to mention that Zhou Xinan is no longer a son-in-law. He is a concubine's daughter and has a disappointing father. Although her former mother was a mistress, she also liked women, but she just happened to like her father's concubine.

For most people, it is a mess and unacceptable thing.

That's why no one is eager to marry him, and since he is a concubine's son, there is no benefit.

Mrs. Hanshan didn't think so before. She always measured things based on her own status. Luo Zizhen grew up by her side, and because of Luo Yuzhen, she was not satisfied with Luo Zizhen's marriage to Princess Qing'an.

But when it came to Luo Zizheng's sister's turn, no family was willing to come forward. Fortunately, they knew that marriage was not about making enemies, so they did not use her status to force any family to propose marriage, and they even went to ask the empress dowager.

She was also dissatisfied with what the Queen Mother said about the Qiu family's illegitimate son, but she did not refute it. She would ask Luo Yuzhen when she got back.

After the Queen Mother waited for Hanshan to leave, she sneered.

The royal daughter is arrogant because of her bloodline and doesn't take anyone seriously. As for the Zhou family's mess, if the Qiu family is willing, it's because Mr. Qiu San is not good enough and can't find a suitable in-law.

Just as Queen Mother Wang thought, Mrs. Qiu was worried about the marriage of her own eldest son and daughter, so how could she care about her illegitimate children?

The eldest son is destined for the Cao family, and the next is the eldest daughter, who is also thirteen years old this year. But at this time, such an incident happened with the Third Master. Don't even think about marrying someone of equal status. Who doesn't look up to marry a daughter?

Mrs. Qiu was so angry that she put on a smile in front of outsiders and cried at home, not wanting her daughter to see it.

She felt that the Qiu family's ancestral tomb must have been improperly buried, otherwise the Qiu family's ancestors were quite famous, but later they fell into poverty, and the next three generations had only one son, and the remaining Third Master Qiu was still such a thing.

Mrs. Qiu San was going to Shuangfeng Temple to burn incense and ask a high monk to predict her daughter's marriage.

The next day, she didn't call anyone, but took two maids to Shuangfeng Temple, kowtowed devoutly, and donated a sum of silver.

As she was about to draw a lot, she saw a pair of grandparents and grandchildren coming out of the lot drawing area. She made way for them, and the old woman said to her in surprise, "It's the Third Madam."

Mrs. Qiu San took a look and didn't recognize him.

This pair of grandparents and grandchildren are Old Lady He and He Shanqiao. Today is He Shanqiao's day off, so Old Lady He is waiting for him at the gate of the academy, saying that she will take him to Shuangfeng Temple to burn incense, and then go to Hejiazhuangzi to visit He Wenyan.

Old Mrs. He also wanted to draw a lot to predict her grandson's marriage. She drew a very good lot and was happy, thinking that maybe the marriage with the Xue family would really be successful.

As she walked out, she saw a woman whom she had met at her niece's house, but she had never spoken to her.

She greeted Mrs. Qiu and saw the look of unfamiliarity, so she explained: "My husband's surname is He, and Mrs. Xiaojie calls me Auntie. I met Mrs. Qiu once at my cousin's wife's place."

Mrs. Qiu San immediately laughed and said, "So it's the old lady of the He family. I'm so sorry."

She looked at the young man who followed the old lady of the He family. What a dignified and upright young man he was, about sixteen or seventeen years old. He was wearing a headscarf, so he was obviously a scholar.

Old Mrs. He introduced: "This is my grandson. He is currently studying at Donglin Academy. He passed the imperial examination and became a scholar two years ago."

Her grandson is her pride and she is always proud when she mentions him.

He Shanqiao stepped forward and greeted politely. Mrs. Qiu San became interested, as she seemed to have heard that there was an old lady in the He family who came from the ancestral home and had been living with Madam Xiaojie.

That means he's a good person.

Mrs. He said hello and left with her grandson.

Mrs. Qiu San thought that before taking the money, she should go to the farm to see Madam Xiaojie and ask her about it indirectly.

Mo Chenxi happened to be at the farm. When she saw Mrs. Qiu San coming to find her, she looked quite anxious and wondered what was going on.

When she asked He Shanqiao, she said, "He hasn't gotten engaged yet, but I heard from my aunt that she wants to wait until he passes the imperial examination before getting engaged. She wanted to go last year, but she had a stomachache before the exam and didn't go."

Mrs. Qiu San asked, "So he's quite well-educated?"

Mo Chenxi nodded, "That's right. My eldest son said that if he had gone down last year, a young scholar would not have been able to escape."