"Okay." Su Bao removed the haze and smiled again.

After returning home, Qi's parents and Qi's mother did not find any abnormality, and Qi Surong thought it was over.

Unexpectedly, the next day, a matchmaker from the Qi family came, bringing the Cao family's concubine documents and some dowry gifts, and threatened to take the eldest daughter of the Qi family, Qi Surong, as a concubine.

Taking a concubine is different from marrying a wife. You don't need a clear matchmaker to marry, or even a matchmaker. You only need to sign a contract to carry people in the door.

There are two kinds of concubines in Weiguo, one is good concubines and the other is cheap concubines. A concubine was born innocent, and although her children were not eligible to inherit the family business, they were not short of the usual food and drink expenses and had the right to education. In the future, if you can become a talent and get a name, you can set up a new portal; the concubine has a low status and can be bought and sold at will, and her children will be born with the same status.

Qi's father's concubines were all low-ranking, and after leaving Qi's mansion, most of them fled far away. Father Qi has their contract in hand. If he has the heart, he can report to the officials to arrest them, but he obviously doesn't care.

Cao Xiang wanted to take Qi Surong as his concubine, no matter how arrogant he was, he would not dare to treat her as a cheap concubine.

However, his move was meant to be insulting to the Qi family. Although the Qi family lost their favor, they were still a famous family after all.

This is not the case with the Cao family. They do not have a deep background in the capital, and they can only be regarded as third-rate upstarts. Cao Xiang's father is only a small order, and the reason why he is classified as a new noble is also due to the light of the court officials. The Cao family is related by marriage to Wu Run, a court official.

It is conceivable that Cao Xiang's desire to take Qi Surong as his concubine made Qi's father angry. He mentioned the matchmaker on the spot and threw her out of the house.

"If you want to take my Qi family's daughter as a concubine, let the Cao family's child take the head in exchange." Qi's father shouted angrily.

After all, the name of General Qi's bravery was not fake, and the Cao family would never dare to appear in front of him. But as a result, Qi Surong's reputation was inevitably damaged. Even if the Cao family took a concubine, it was funny, but Miss Qi's family was also taken lightly. The famous lady in the past is now only a concubine who is a concubine.

In the boudoir of Liu Qian'er in the Taiwei's mansion.

"Hahahaha... It's really funny that someone wants to take Qi Surong as a concubine." Luo Yanyi was overjoyed.

"The son of Cao Xiang's small order, also wants to climb and break the flowers of the high mountains?" Liu Qian'er tapped her lips with rouge, and said lightly, "Courage is commendable, we should help him."

"What are you going to do?"

The corner of Liu Qian'er's slightly raised mouth brought out a smile.

Soon, the news that Cao Xiang wanted to take Qi Surong into the house spread like wildfire.

Whether it is the dignitaries in the DPRK or the common people in the market, all are discussing this matter.

There are those who laugh, there are those who watch the drama, there are those who sigh, and there are those who are cold-eyed bystanders. But most people still feel that the Cao family is too rambunctious and does not know the depth.

Who knows, one day later, the wind of rumors will change.

Someone said: "Now the Qi family's situation is desolate, and the situation is precarious. It is understandable to marry off the daughter."

"Miss Qi sacrificed her ego to save her family, which is a righteous act."

"Although the Cao family is not prominent, it is also an official family, and has an in-law relationship with Lord Wu. Although she is a concubine, she will not be wronged."

"Qi's family has the name of an aristocratic family, but not the reality of an aristocratic family. Now they are just ordinary people. Why can't the Qi family's daughter be a concubine?"

"If she's not a concubine, who else in the capital would dare to marry her?"

...

The discussion gradually changed from sympathy for the Qi family to supporting Miss Qi's concubine, and even calling the move "righteousness", which brought a lot of solidarity to the Cao family and put the Qi family under great pressure.

"Let's get married." Gu Jinyun said in front of Qi Surong again.

Qi Surong embroidered attentively, and the needle and thread were flexibly shuttled, without the slightest panic.

Seeing her calm like water, Gu Jinyun understood that she was not annoyed by the rumors, this kind of temperament was really rare.

He sat beside him, staring at her silently.

After a while, Qi Surong closed the needle and completed a cedar picture. As the so-called "correcting a thousand-year-old posture, Ang Xiao still dances with greenery", the embroidery work is very good, and it can be called a masterpiece.

"Send it to me." Gu Jinyun said.

"No, it's already booked."

"When will you embroider one for me?"

Qi Surong pondered for a while and said, "Let's wait until this turmoil subsides."

"Marry me, that's it."

Qi Surong looked at him: "If I marry you at this time, it means that I will be defeated without fighting. This is not only about my reputation, but also the reputation of my Qi family. How can I escape?"

"What are you going to do?"

Qi Surong looked out the window and said calmly, "The name of the family is not just a talk. Cao Xiang wants to take me as a concubine, but he can't pay the price."

Cao Xiang had someone to support him, and he had enough confidence. He sent people to Qi's house every three days to make trouble. At first, he was a little cautious, but later he became more and more reckless. They didn't dare to enter Qi's house, they just shouted outside.

On this day, the closed door of Qi's family suddenly opened, and Qi Surong walked out slowly, dressed in white and covering her face with tulle.

"The young master of the Cao family has no blessings to accept the love of the young lady, so she gave a poem as a gift to express her ambition." She handed a letter to Gu Yufeng next to her, and asked him to send the letter to the academy.

Gu Yufeng smiled slightly, and hurried towards the academy with the letter in hand.

Seeing this, everyone around them followed suit.

At this time, Cao Xiang was talking with his classmates about taking a concubine in the academy, and he looked confident and proud, as if Miss Qi's family was already in his pocket.

The book boy came to report, Miss Qi has a letter.

"Oh? Does she have a poem to give?" Cao Xiang was very interested and couldn't wait to say, "Get it quickly."

Shutong Wei: "The person who delivered the letter asked you to pick it up in person. If you don't go, he will directly publish the letter outside the hospital for everyone to read."

"Let this young master pick it up in person?" Cao Xiang hummed, "It's just a concubine, how can she have such a big air? If she's not afraid of publicity, then let it be public. I'd like to see what a little woman can do. What an amazing poem."