0p0 Chapter 890 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (2)
Chapter 890 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (2)
Chapter 890 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (XII)
The ancestral hall was solemn and cold. When the wind blew in, Song Qingting couldn't help shivering as she looked at the tablets on the wall.
As someone who can live again, how could she not believe in ghosts and gods?
The candlelight in the ancestral hall was burning day and night. She couldn't help but wonder if some ancestor was watching her.
"Grandfather, your unworthy descendant Song Qingting will be staying here for a few days. I'm sorry to bother you. Please forgive Ting'er. Ting'er will pray for you."
After kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, she comforted herself that after she married into the Seventh Prince's mansion, the Crown Prince would die suddenly in two or three years. After several princes fought each other and finally forced the emperor to abdicate, all the princes who had strength left would die, and only the Seventh Prince would be left to take advantage of the situation. By then, she would be the Queen!
Song Qingting thought of the queen's lofty position and became more determined. In this life, the queen belongs to her, Song Qingting!
Whenever she was so hungry that she could not kneel steadily or hold a pen in the ancestral hall, Song Qingting would use the position of queen to motivate herself.
In the main courtyard.
Bao, the wet nurse, paced back and forth, crying, "Madam, what can we do? How can the second young lady endure this hardship? Please persuade the master."
"I would have tried to persuade her earlier! This awful daughter is really driving me crazy! She should just kneel in the ancestral hall to wake up."
"Oh, my dear wife, why are you and the young lady so angry? If she gets sick, aren't you the one who's sad?"
Song Chen's anger had not yet subsided, and she said fiercely, "She deserves it! She humiliated herself! Get out of here."
The wet nurse had no choice but to withdraw. Song Chen's nails dug into her flesh. With just one word from the master, her daughter's dowry was reduced by 30%!
The original wife, Shen, came from what is now the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion. The Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion was originally the Cheng'en Duke's Mansion, and Shen's grandfather was the old Cheng'en Duke. When Shen married, her family was still the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion, and the Marquis was her father. At that time, the daughters of the Marquis' Mansion had generous dowries.
Even though the Marquis Cheng'en Mansion was downgraded to Earl Cheng'en Mansion because Shen's brother inherited the title, it must be said that the Marquis Cheng'en Mansion is well-off.
Shen's mother was still alive, so it was impossible for her to ignore her grandson and granddaughter. The two siblings would go to the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion during the holidays.
The eldest son himself said that when the eldest daughter gets married, he will give all of her mother's dowry to her younger sister. Now he has to give away part of Ting'er's dowry. When the two sisters get married, even if he gives all his private property to Ting'er, it will not be as much as Song Qingli!
Song Chen would compare herself with the original wife, Shen. In terms of family background, her grandfather was a fifth-rank official, her father was a third-rank official, and her brother was a fifth-rank official; Shen's grandfather was a duke, her father was a marquis, and her brother was an earl.
After getting married, Shen gave birth to a son and a daughter, and she gave birth to a daughter.
Whether in terms of family background or reputation, she could not compare to Shen. Many of the ladies in the upper class were Shen's close friends, a circle she could not fit into before she got married.
In short, Song Chen felt that she just lived a little longer than the original wife, but she couldn't compare in other aspects, so she wanted her daughter to live longer than Song Qingli.
It just so happens that her daughter has never been as good as Song Qingli since she was a child. She finally managed to help her daughter win in marriage, but her daughter acted stupidly again.
When Song Chen thought about her daughter marrying into the prince's mansion, smiling at banquets, but crying in front of her when she returned to her parents' home, she couldn't bear the blow.
But she also received a visiting card from the Cheng En Marquis's mansion. It was the wife of the Cheng En Marquis who wanted to come and see her niece tomorrow. Looking at the visiting card, she sneered. She had just fallen into the water in the afternoon, and the visiting card came in the evening. Was he afraid that she would bully Song Qingli?
She thought about her daughter's actions. Okay, her daughter did have bad intentions, so it was understandable that she should be blamed for what her daughter did.
Song Chen began to have a headache, and even thought that if Ting'er had been more clever in doing her evil deeds and had quietly killed Song Qingli, perhaps there would not have been any conflict between her and her daughter.
She rubbed her forehead, wondering why it had come to this. She and her stepdaughter, Song Qingli, had no grudge against each other. Hadn't things been peaceful before? When they had gone to the Prime Minister to make trouble, Song Qingli hadn't joined in the commotion. Instead, she had finally compromised, agreeing to marry into the royal family and fulfill her sister's wish.
"Someone, take the visiting card to the young lady and let her decide for herself."
Mrs. Song Chen lit the lamp but couldn't sleep. How could she stop her daughter?
How about letting my daughter meet the Marquis of Annan? The Marquis of Annan is much more handsome than the Seventh Prince. After three years of expeditions and the experience of border crossings, he looks even more heroic. Last time, she saw his back from afar outside the master's study. Even his back was extraordinary, not to mention his face. Maybe when my daughter sees him, she will cry and shout that she wants to marry into the Marquis's mansion.
Song Chen made up her mind that she must try her best to change her daughter's mind!