Seeing his mother getting angry and speaking more and more outrageously, His Highness Prince Yu couldn't help coughing lightly, "Why should mother care about this little girl?"
Before he finished speaking, Concubine Gu's eyebrows stood up, as if she was aroused. Apparently, Concubine Gu thought her son had fallen in love with Lord Rongde County, so she spoke for her.
"Mother, she is just an empty-handed county magistrate who has lost her power. If she offends you, I will kill her directly." The understatement of her words could not hide the deep murderous intention.
Looking at her son's nonchalant face, Concubine Gu also shuddered in her heart for a moment.
What made Concubine Gu even more horrified was that before they left Baojing Tower and returned to the palace, they heard the news that Mr. Rongde County had fallen into the water and was about to run out of breath. Concubine Gu subconsciously felt that it was her son who did it, but His Highness Prince Yu's face did not change at all, as if it was an honor for Rongde County Lord to die in his hands.
"Mom, look, a mere gentleman from Rongde County will never stop us again."
After saying these words, His Highness Prince Yu Shi Shi Ran walked away as if he had just trampled an ant to death.
In the mansion of Princess Ruyang. The eldest princess of Ruyang hugged her dying daughter Rongde County Lord and cried until she almost fainted. The medical officer of the mansion said tremblingly, "Eldest Princess, I'm afraid the county king may die."
"Yan'er, who is this black-hearted person who harmed you like this? Now you call me a white-haired person to send a black-haired person." As she spoke, the eldest princess of Ruyang became hoarse and fierce again, "If you tell me, , who did it? Even if I fight for the honorable status of the eldest princess, I still want him to pay for you with his life. "
"Yan'er, Yan'er, my miserable daughter."
The piercing cry of the eldest princess Ruyang echoed in the eldest princess's mansion. The servants in the palace were all silent after hearing this, fearing that the master would get angry at them if he was unhappy and ask them to accompany the county king.
"Ahem."
Chi Weiyan, the king of Rongde County, who was in the arms of Princess Ruyang, suddenly coughed, and then spit out a large mouthful of water. Her face was still pale, but her eyes were open.
Mr. Rongde County's eyes were very blank, as if he didn't understand why he was here at all.
The eldest princess Ruyang was extremely surprised. She hugged her daughter who was almost lost and found her, and cried bitterly, "Good girl, my mother knows that you are filial, and she will not be willing to leave her alone."
Hearing this, the girl in her arms stiffly raised her hand to admire Princess Ruyang's back. Her voice was a little hoarse due to choking on the water, "Don't worry, mother, I'm not doing well."
The eldest princess of Ruyang cried with joy and hired a maid medical officer to take good care of her daughter. She did not leave until she saw her daughter sleeping peacefully.
However, Mr. Rongde County, who was nestled in the quilt, wrapped the quilt tightly tightly in an attempt to give himself a sense of security. Because, she still remembers that as soon as she walked in, she was struggling in the cold water with floating consciousness. In a trance, she seemed to see a bossy man looking at her with disdain and then leaving ruthlessly.
Where did she travel through time? Today's Chi Weiyan, that is, Zhang Yan only feels that there are dangers around her, but the concern in the eyes of the woman who just hugged her does not seem to be fake. It seems that she is the only person she can trust and rely on now.
Shortly after the Dragon Boat Festival, the Lu family received a letter from Lu Bingxi. The letter described the scenery along the way in detail, especially praising Wang Jian, the leader of the mission.
Mrs. Li sighed sadly at the letter that she had missed a good son-in-law. Ever since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went on a personal expedition, not a day went by that Li did not regret. Even though the old patriarch Lu Zhi swore that His Royal Highness would win this battle, Li still felt that the battlefield was dangerous.
"Hey..." Ms. Li let out a long sigh, causing Lu Bingzhen, who was sitting next to her, to ask curiously, "Why is mother sighing? It's a good thing that my brother sent a letter back."
Li stroked her daughter's hair lovingly, "Of course it's a good thing that your brother sent a letter back, but when I saw Wang Jia Qi Lang's name, I felt pity. My daughter, if you get engaged to Wang Jia Qi Lang, it will definitely be a smooth and loving relationship. The rest of your life. Even if the seventh son of the Wang family changes his mind one day, you can always choose the people to serve according to your own wishes. But now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is on an expedition in person, and life or death is unpredictable. How could I not feel it is a pity? "
Lu Bingzhen's face turned red when she heard her mother's words. She pretended to be calm and said, "Mom, please stop teasing me." Ms. Li sighed and looked at her daughter. She felt sorry for more than just this matter.
Among the sisters in the boudoir who made good friends with Mrs. Li back then, there was one who was as smart and perceptive as A Rui and had a broad vision. Unfortunately, she was entrusted to someone else. She died of illness less than ten years after marrying into her husband's family with strict rules. . When Mrs. Li went to see her off for the last time, she knew that she was forced to die by the rules of the feast.
Women who are too smart often lose their lives early in the hopeless back home life.
Mrs. Li looks at Lu Bingzhen now as she looked at this good friend back then. In particular, Ah Rui will marry into the East Palace in less than a year and become the future crown princess. In the future, she will become the empress of the world.
The rules in the palace are even more stringent than those in my friend's husband's family. How could Ms. Li not be worried about this? She was worried every day that her daughter would die within the deep palace walls.
But now that the matter was a foregone conclusion, Mrs. Li didn't want to say it out and make her daughter worry, so she dropped the topic with a smile and turned to the fifth lady's marriage.
Ever since Mrs. Li knew what the Fifth Lady said to the prince, she had lost her last bit of patience with the Fifth Lady, and even regretted persuading her husband when the old patriarch Lu Zhi first proposed to send her away to marry far away.
Mrs. Li always felt that if she had married off the fifth lady at that time, perhaps these things would not have happened later, and she would not have to worry about the disharmony between her daughter and her husband after her marriage.
In the past few days, Mrs. Li said she was taking care of the fifth lady's marriage, but in fact she had never been to the fifth lady's Shen Tan Courtyard in person. She was really bored with her niece and no longer wanted to even pretend. Therefore, these days, the person who travels to and from the main Shentan Courtyard is Li's confidant maid Manao.
Just as she was talking, Agate opened the curtain and walked in and said, "Madam, Ninth Lady." She seemed to be hesitant, not sure whether she should say this in front of Ninth Lady who had not yet left the cabinet.
Mrs. Li saw her concerns and wanted to let her daughter know something, so she motioned to Agate to speak directly.
"Madam, Ninth Lady. These days, Fifth Lady has been acting peacefully. Except when she first learned the news, she cried and made a fuss in the house and smashed a lot of things. However, a few days ago, Fifth Lady asked We asked for her dowry list, and after reading it, we cried every day and complained about the misfortune of our lives. Not only did we have to marry a young master of the Dou family who had no foundation, but even the dowry was withheld. "
Lu Bingzhen was still a little confused after hearing this, and wanted to see if the fifth sister's dowry list was really missing. She didn't know why the fifth sister said that her dowry was small, but even if she was not a family member, she knew that the dowry of the Fan Yang Lu family had always been fixed, and the extra money would depend on whether the elders were willing to make up for it.
Mr. Li could not do such a thing as withholding dowry from a married woman.
"Of course her dowry is less," Ms. Li sneered. "When her mother remarried, she took away all her dowry in a car. The fourth uncle's little salary and money when he was an official abroad and the money he received from the public school were all gone." The pocket money he got is not enough for him to spend extravagantly. They have not left any property in their fourth house, so now they are still counting on me and Lang Jun to support her. "
"Back then, Lang Jun and I were close friends. Every time my fourth uncle wrote to me, I would always give him some extra money. Over time, their family really took this matter for granted."
Man Nao also felt that Wu Niangzi's words were unreasonable, but she had to wait for Li's instructions after all. After Li finished speaking, she managed to calm down, "Man Nao, go to Yuanshan Hall and tell the stewards of Yuanshan Hall exactly what the Fifth Lady said, and ask them to report this matter to the old patriarch. If the old patriarch said If you want to add it, then add it to her. In short, it all depends on what the old patriarch wants."
Agate took the order and left. Li thought that the issue of the fifth lady's dowry would end there. After all, anyone with eyes can clearly see Lu Zhi's dislike of Madam Lu Wu.
But who would have thought that Mrs. Lu suddenly came to her senses after learning about Mrs. Lu's engagement, and her behavior was no different from ordinary people. It was Mrs. Lu who took the initiative and used all her private money to supplement Mrs. Lu's dowry.
Madam Lu seemed to be holding her breath and wanted Madam Lu Wu and Madam Lu Jiu to fight in the ring. Her savings over the years were not trivial. After adding her private money to the fifth lady's dowry, the fifth lady's dowry was even 10% higher than the dowry of the ninth lady who was going to be the crown prince.
This put Lu Bingzhen in an extremely embarrassing situation.
After Lu Qi and Li learned about it, the emotions that preceded anger were actually incredible. They really couldn't understand Mrs. Lu's thoughts. If the elder's bowl of water is unfair, it will not force brothers and sisters in the family to have discord in the future. After that, Lu Qi and his wife were absolutely furious, because this was simply telling everyone that the future princess was not liked by her grandmother, and it was also a slap in the face of the future princess.
Perhaps for the sake of the face of the future crown princess, or perhaps because he felt that his wife's approach was unsafe, the final outcome was that Lu Zhi allocated a large area of fertile land and lakes from his account to Lu Bingzhen as her dowry. This can be regarded as barely maintaining a semblance of peace.
However, after this incident, Lu Zhi was completely disappointed with Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Lu Wu, thinking that they had not considered the family's face at all. For this reason, Lu Zhi even wrote a letter to General Dou Jiangning, asking him to control Lady Lu more after her marriage.
