The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 367 Adding makeup

Du Jinyang wanted to break off the engagement, but when he was in the northwest, he and his father met Shi Mingwu and Shi Mingmo.

Apart from the fact that Shi Mingmo is not a real man, his two brothers are truly outstanding men with handsome appearances.

His father praised him highly, thinking that as a brother, Shi Mingchen was not much worse than him.

What's more, the second branch of the Shi family is abolished and has no successor. The eldest branch only has Shi Mingwu left, who can't support the family alone. Shi Mingkui of the third branch is a eunuch, and Shi Mingmo is infertile. So Shi Mingchen will definitely achieve great things in the future.

Without waiting to go to Beijing to find out more about Shi Mingchen's background, he agreed to the marriage.

Du Jinyang stayed alone in the capital. He wanted to write a letter home to stop it and ask his father to reconsider, but it was too late.

The Xie family, a merchant, was so anxious to break off the engagement with the Shi family that it was only with the help of the imperial decree that the marriage between the Shi and Xie families was reunited.

In order to cancel the engagement, the Ge family caused a huge uproar in the city and even broke one of Shi Minghui's legs, thus becoming mortal enemies with the Shi family!

While others were racking their brains to cancel the engagement, the Du family was rushing to get married.

It was already the day of engagement, and it was too late for Du Jinyang to cancel the engagement at the engagement banquet.

Therefore, Du Jinyang kept fake smiling the whole day, and his smile was uglier than crying.

Shi Mingchen was the protagonist today, but he also had a fake smile and looked absent-minded.

How could he possibly laugh when his great aunt had just passed away last night?

Moreover, for some reason, the image of Xie Qingdai wearing monk's robes and holding flowers in her bare hands kept lingering in his mind.

He still felt guilty and resentful about Xie Qingdai's breaking off the engagement.

He was filled with guilt because he had let Xie Qingdai down in two lifetimes.

He was feeling resentful because Xie Qingdai had been his wife in two lives, and in this life, she would eventually marry someone else.

Just thinking about it makes me feel green on my head.

Then I thought again, if Xie Qingdai remarried in this life, wouldn't she feel that she was cuckolding her husband in this life?

Thinking about all these things, the two sides successfully got engaged despite the somewhat awkward atmosphere.

After the engagement banquet, when it was getting dark, Shi Mingchen came to Guanju Courtyard.

Shi Yao did not attend his banquet today, and asked with a fake smile: "Seventh brother, why did you come to see me?"

Shi Mingchen ordered the maids to bring the food boxes over and said, "You didn't come to the lunch banquet, so I specially left a few dishes for you. Is Aunt Ji out of the house?"

Shi Yao didn't ask anyone to set out another set of bowls and chopsticks. She ate by herself and tasted the dishes that Shi Mingchen brought. She smiled and said, "It's inconvenient for my mother to be at home. The old lady will send someone to pick her up tomorrow. You are thoughtful. These dishes are not bad."

Shi Mingchen was not hungry at all, but seeing Shi Yao eating happily, he swallowed his saliva, sat down next to Shi Yao, and asked, "Are you ready?"

"We've been preparing for several months. We're ready. Don't worry, Seventh Brother."

"Are you scared?"

Shi Yao pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes were gentle, but her tone was sharp: "I am not afraid of the Shi family, so why should I be afraid of the Xie family? I am more than happy to escape from the wolf's den, and my sisters-in-law are also more than happy to do so."

Shi Mingchen's heart twitched: "You... now there is no one in the Shi family who can threaten you."

Shi Yao looked at him and smiled without saying anything.

This look is like looking at a fool.

The Duke of Zhenguo is not dead yet. Before she died, Zheng said she wanted to kill her. It is true that Shi Mingzhu is the concubine of the Fourth Prince, but after tomorrow she will be a concubine and will have a seat in front of Concubine Ning.

In the end, any man in the Duke's Mansion might want to kill her.

Only the old duke suppressed the idea of ​​killing her. His children and grandchildren did not dare to act rashly for the sake of the old duke and the old lady. Otherwise, the grass on her grave would have been two meters high.

Shi Mingchen lowered his head silently, not daring to look her in the eye.

Seeing that he was unwilling to leave, Shi Yao was not a mean person. Besides, Shi Mingchen would carry her to get married tomorrow, so she generously asked the maids to bring a set of bowls and chopsticks to Shi Mingchen.

Shi Mingchen's cold heart felt a little comforted, and he said softly: "When I have a position and power, I will protect you."

Shi Yao pursed her lips tightly to prevent herself from spitting out the rice.

After swallowing the food in her mouth, she asked with amusement, "What about your Zhuzhu? She is the prince's concubine, and I am the wife of a merchant. If she wants to embarrass me, which side will you stand on?"

Shi Mingchen choked and took two sips of tea before swallowing it. "Well, you guys are from different circles. Why would Zhuzhu embarrass you? She...she's probably too busy to take care of herself."

Lin Zhiwu had offended Zhuzhu before. Now one of them is the prince's principal wife, and the other is the prince's concubine. The conflict between them is getting deeper and deeper, and the two will have fights in the harem in the future.

At the moment, Zhuzhu has the support of the Fourth Prince, while Lin Zhiwu has the support of Concubine Ning, and it is difficult to tell who is better.

In this case, Zhuzhu probably doesn't have the time to make things difficult for Shiyao.

Shi Yao said calmly: "She is busy with her own affairs, but as long as she acts like a spoiled child to the Fourth Prince, my life will be miserable. Come on, you are the only child of the third generation of the Duke's Mansion, and you are a man who can make great achievements. How can you understand my fear? Eat!"

Her expression that said "Don't affect my appetite" made Shi Mingchen shut his mouth.

After the meal, Shi Mingchen solemnly handed over a brocade box: "This is what the master ordered me to bring, and it also contains the madam's thoughts. Father is not convenient to come, and I am afraid that if he came, he would not welcome you. He called me to drink the other day and cried for a while, saying that he couldn't bear to leave you and was sorry for you, and asked me not to tell you."

Shi Yao took the brocade box, which contained a pair of jade bracelets with excellent water content, and several large silver notes, each worth one thousand and two taels of silver, for a total of six.

She nodded and accepted it with peace of mind: "I'll take it, just as a payment for all these years of child support."

Shi Mingchen: “…”

This is six thousand taels!

This was the largest sum of money he had ever touched since he was born!

Shi Yao casually handed it to the maid for safekeeping.

Her wealth had previously reached 20,000 taels. She donated 8,000 taels to flood relief and another 10,000 taels to help the displaced.

Six thousand taels, no big deal.

Shi Mingchen went out reluctantly. Shi Yao received the silver and was in a good mood, so she sent him off as a token of her gratitude.

When they reached the gate of Guanju Courtyard, Shi Mingchen turned around, looking like he was about to cry: "Shi Yao, after you get married, will you still go back to your parents' home?"

Will she be like my sisters-in-law, running away and never coming back?

Although he and Shi Yao often quarreled and fought with each other, and the two siblings were mostly at odds with each other when they met, they finally developed some true feelings for each other.

It was Shi Yao who enlightened him and helped him to see his position in this family.

Shi Yao had no attachment to the person who bullied her, and said ambiguously: "It depends on the attitude of my husband's family. If you miss me, you can visit Xie's family often."

Shi Mingchen immediately held back the two tears that were in his eyes.

He will never go to the Xie family in his life.

After Shi Mingchen left, people from each branch of the Shi family came one after another to add to the makeup.

Fu Nanjun and Le Anning from the eldest house gave jewelry and added one thousand taels each.

The second wife came from the Shen family, and also gave jewelry and two thousand taels, probably for her two sons.

The lady came with a cane, held Shi Yao's hand, sat on her bed, looked her up and down, and her eyes could not help but turn red when she thought of her granddaughter marrying into a merchant family of low status.