Seeing Sheng Yunyou frowning, Qingdai immediately remembered her future son-in-law's identity, and said, "The relationship between our Tianchu Kingdom and that country has always been bad, and there are all kinds of small frictions every year. I heard that the harvest at our border this year is not good, and the land over there is not even as good as ours...
If we don't even have food to eat, we have to turn to our Tianchu Kingdom for help!"
Hearing this, Sheng Yunyou thought of Bo Rongxuan complaining that her brother had been leaving early and coming back late recently, and he hadn't seen her for nearly half a month.
Although Xu's family background is much inferior, it is a rare harmonious family.
Since childhood, my parents and brothers and sisters have eaten at the same table. Unlike other families where all the brothers and sisters are real brothers and sisters, they are not divided into different levels according to their degree of favor. They are real brothers and sisters who are close to each other and have a good relationship!
Xu only gave birth to two sons and one daughter, and she treasured each of them. Naturally, she did not discriminate between them, and she also continued her mother's family's custom of having the family eat together as much as possible.
After Sheng Yunyou's status was confirmed, Xu often invited her to the main courtyard for meals. On the first and fifteenth days of every month, several families would gather in the old lady's courtyard to eat with her.
Actually, at the beginning, Xu also wanted to bring the second and third wives to dine with the old lady, but Xiao Zhao was unwilling to serve her mother-in-law every day, and the old lady also thought it would be too noisy with too many people, so later on, they could only continue the life in the main courtyard with their own family.
It is true that I haven't seen Bo Jingyao recently. Even the little gadgets she occasionally asked people to send to her have stopped coming. It can be seen that he is really busy!
However, Bo Jingyao did not go to the border that year. Instead, after the New Year, when the snow was about to melt and preparations were being made for spring plowing, the enemy country coveted the fertile land of Tianchu and was overwhelmed by the supplies looted last year, so they wanted to come and seize the land of Tianchu!
After that, a five-year-long war began on the border.
"Those national affairs are not something we women can worry about. All we have to do is take care of ourselves!"
Although she said this, she still sighed, thinking that this was the official beginning of the plot!
Later, because of the war, the originally empty treasury was even more unable to make ends meet, and finally the emperor could only turn his attention to the big merchants and nobles.
Rather than saying that Bo Luoxiu was led astray by Xiao Zhao and the Zhao family, it would be more accurate to say that he fell into the trap of the emperor!
It was not until Bo Jingyao and the fifth prince who was secretly supported returned triumphantly that the emperor, who had been seriously ill but still strong for several years, quickly declined like a deflated ball.
When he was dying, he did a series of things. In the end, the crown prince who took the blame was stripped of his title of heir and imprisoned in the clan house. The other adult princes were also defeated and some died and some were disabled...
When the fifth prince finally ascended the throne, everyone realized that the late emperor had played a big game!
Unfortunately, the three kings and five marquises thought that all the major families had been weakened by the previous emperor's emptying of their assets without their knowledge, and they had no ability to compete with the new emperor!
Besides, the "unfavored" new emperor cannot be blamed for the "confused" things done by the previous emperor!
Everyone can only pretend to be ignorant while knowing the truth, and are forced to accept the news of their own downfall and complain about the injustice of the world!
Seeing her master getting worried, Qing Dai slapped her lips, rolled her eyes, and said, "Miss, what kind of clothes do you think we should bring when we go to the manor? Should we bring something nice or something convenient to walk around in?"
Sheng Yunyou looked at her helplessly, "Bring something to keep warm!"
Zi Luo chuckled and said angrily, "It must be much colder in Zhuangzi than in the city. Why don't you go and see if the young lady has enough winter clothes? You are still thinking about buying something nice and convenient to walk around?
Do you think the young lady is going to compete for beauty or to climb mountains and cut trees?"
Sheng Yunyou closed the book and stood up. "Who can I compete with for beauty in this manor? Am I going to go to the neighboring village, dress up in all my splendor, and stand there to compete with the village beauty for the crown?"
Qing Dai already had a picture in mind, and immediately showed a look of horror, "Miss, you can't go to those villages. If those villagers covet your beauty, my mediocre skills won't be able to protect them!"
"You have a brain like that. You don't even know that the young lady is joking with you!" Zi Luo reached out and poked Qing Dai's wooden head. She snorted and walked out. "I heard that someone from An Ping has come. I'll go see if there's any letter from the young lady!"
"Anping?" Sheng Yunyou frowned again when he thought of Madam Sheng's death.
"Let me change my clothes, I'm going to go see the old lady!"
In the plot, Bo Jingyao will leave for the border after the new year. The fake daughter is worried that something will happen to the hero at the border and she will have no one to rely on, so she makes a fuss and demands to consummate the marriage with the hero.
But she is only fourteen years old. In the eyes of the male protagonist, she is not only a sister but also a child. How could he bring himself to do that!
In the eyes of outsiders, her grandmother, Madam Sheng, had passed away less than half a year ago. No matter what her relationship with the Sheng family was, she, a child who was raised by Madam Sheng, should observe mourning for the old lady for a year!
However, her behavior was too cold and indifferent, which was one of the reasons why the Bo family became increasingly disliked her!
But this was not the case in the original owner's memory. After she fell into the water, the Bo family became increasingly dislikeful of her because of her brainless behavior. Although they tacitly acknowledged her identity as Bo Jingyao's woman, there was no direct statement that her wife was a concubine.
Bo Jingyao was originally a military officer, so it was normal for her to go to the battlefield and make achievements, but the bad thing was that people with ulterior motives kept saying false words in her ears.
She was a young girl who had never seen the world and didn't even have anyone to talk to in the Bo residence, so how could she tell the truth from the false!
Seeing that the atmosphere in the entire Bo family was not good during those days, she really thought that Bo Jingyao was going to die by leaving.
Thinking of what that person said, she thought that she had been labeled as a husband-killer before she even got married. Not only would she not become the young lady of the Bo family, but even the poor family would not choose her as a Jinshi. Maybe she would even be rejected by the Bo family and sent to the family temple...
As a woman without a married family and no status, she could not even enter the Bo family's ancestral tomb after her death. She could only be wrapped in a straw mat and become a small mound at the foot of an unknown mountain!
Thinking about the original owner made her feel scary, so she started making trouble again!
But she really didn't want to consummate her marriage with Bo Jingyao. She just wanted to marry Bo Jingyao and finalize her status. If Bo Jingyao really died in the battle, he still had a younger brother.
If she became Bo Jingyao's legitimate wife, the Bo family would naturally adopt a child from his younger brother to her, and she would not be driven to the family temple, left homeless and buried at the foot of the mountain wrapped in a straw mat!
It was not wrong for the original owner to plan for herself, and it was normal for her to have concerns in this regard. Unfortunately, she used the wrong approach and was not honest with the Bo family. In addition, there were villains who interfered, which led to all kinds of misunderstandings.
Although she finally got the status she wished for, it was only a humble concubine, and her subsequent treatment was much worse than when she was a cousin.
It was this gap, coupled with the despair of being isolated from the outside world and seeing no hope, that made her regard the real daughter and the elder brother of the Sheng family as her life-saving straws after the Bo family got into trouble. She chose to follow them without hesitation, and thus fell into an irretrievable situation.
Now the fake daughter has a new soul inside her shell. Although she is now the legitimate future daughter-in-law of the Bo family, she has no control over whether Bo Jingyao will escape or not. She doesn't want to be described as an ominous person at all!
Besides, she didn't know what kind of trap the Second Master had fallen into, and there was no way to guard against it!
Don’t say that helping the Bo family make money makes the fine insignificant. These traps are targeted and you won’t be able to escape until you lose everything!
The more you earn, the more likely you are to be targeted by the person above you, and the heavier the penalty you will be punished. No matter how hard you work, you are just making things easier for others!
Why are you working so hard? Working hard to make money for the dog emperor?!
You have to know that of the money the dog emperor got from such a noble family, less than one-third was sent to the front line to support the soldiers. Most of it was withheld by the dog emperor and hidden away as private money for his favorite son!
Sheng Yunlan sighed all the way. This was clearly a dead end. She had neither connections nor money. It was too difficult!
As for being honest with Bo Jingyao, she didn't think her life was too long. If she dared to talk nonsense, Bo Jingyao would treat her as a monster and burn her to death!
Don’t underestimate the importance people nowadays place on family and their awe of ghosts, gods and emperors!
It seems that she can only play dead and not make any big moves in the next few years. And Liu Binglun also needs to be careful. They have to develop slowly.
By the time he arrived at the old lady's yard, Sheng Yunyou had already calmed down.
She greeted the old lady with a smile and said a few more words of greeting, then changed the subject and sighed, "It's almost winter, and my grandmother used to get sick for a while at this time of year. Now I don't know if she is doing well.
I don’t know whether the marriage between the Sheng family and the Li family has been successful. My grandmother didn’t approve of the marriage before. If the Li family had made the decision without telling her…”
The old lady was so experienced that she could see through her little thoughts, but she still looked at her lovingly and said with a smile: "Your grandmother would be very happy to know your filial piety!
Don’t worry, good boy!
I and your uncle have already found someone nice to take care of your grandmother. If you miss her in the future, just write to her.
Don't worry, no one dares to steal the letter!"
"Really?" Sheng Yunlan was pleasantly surprised. "With my great aunt and uncle coming forward, Yun You can rest assured!"
She leaned her head on the old lady's shoulder and said coquettishly, "My cousin's mother is worried that Yun You will be bored at home in winter, so she asked Sister Xuan to accompany her to the farm to play for two days.
I heard there are hot springs there, how about my aunt stay with us for a few days?"
When there were outsiders around, she didn't tell them that they were going to burn charcoal, she just said they were going to play.
Xu would naturally report those things to the old lady, and it was not her turn as a junior to worry about them!
The old lady stroked her hair gently, smiled and shook her head, "It's cold, and I don't like to move. You and Xuan'er should play for two days and come back early. After all, it's a rural area and there are many inconveniences there.
If you feel bored at home, tell your great aunt and she will give you some money. You two sisters can go out for a walk quietly, buy yourself two flowers in your hair, and go to Yunhua Tower to listen to some music..."