Mrs. Jiang couldn't control her tears. She didn't care about her pregnant belly. She took two steps forward and held Tang Yuyao's hand hard.
"Yaoyao! Yaoyao!" She called Tang Yuyao's nickname repeatedly and stared at Tang Yuyao without blinking, with an almost greedy look.
Tang Yuyao looked calm and unmoved. Back then, Mrs. Jiang abandoned her husband and daughter and eloped with others. From that time on, she gave up on Mrs. Jiang and had no hope whatsoever. At first, she thought about what would happen if they met again, but when they met again... she just wanted to ask why, why she was so cruel, why she abandoned her father and abandoned her.
But after they really met again, she didn't want to ask anymore.
After all, this is her mother, the one who gave birth to her and raised her for thirteen years. If she lives well after remarrying, she should continue to live well.
It's just that Xiao Yunduo is her father's daughter and her sister. If she doesn't live well in the Lu family, then she has the responsibility to take her away.
Pulling out her hand with force, Tang Yuyao said: "Mrs. Lu, I must take Xiao Yunduo away. As for Mr. Lu, I need you to come up with a reason."
"Mrs. Lu?" Mrs. Jiang murmured in a low voice, with a look of disbelief on her face, "Yao Yao, I am mother, I am mother!"
As early as seven years ago, Tang Yao's mother had died.
Mrs. Jiang is now pregnant, and Tang Yuyao didn't want to say anything unlucky, so she just said, "You are Mrs. Lu, the mother of the child in your belly." Then she pulled Xiao Yunduo and said, "Mrs. Lu, take your leave. "
Jiang didn't want to, so she hurriedly held her and Xiao Yunduo in one hand: "Yao Yao, what are you doing? Where are you going? Xiao Yun Duo is my daughter, she must stay with me. And you..." After a moment of pause, Mrs. Jiang made up her mind: "You are my daughter too, you should stay too!"
Lu Zhongkai has always been kind to her and has always treated Xiao Yunduo as his biological daughter, so if she keeps Yaoyao, Lu Zhongkai will definitely agree.
Ms. Jiang had this confidence, so her tone became more determined: "Yes, you will stay with mother. By the way, Yaoyao, why did you come to the capital? Where is your father? And you are dressed like this. Are you married already?" Looking at Tang Yuyao, Mrs. Jiang finally remembered the meeting in Zhenbao Pavilion a month ago, "Yaoyao, have we met somewhere before...?"
Mrs. Jiang still has the nerve to mention her father!
She is Jiang's daughter, so she has no right to hate Jiang, but how can Jiang have the nerve to mention it if she is so sorry for her father?
Tang Yuyao was angry and sad, her eyes were red, and she said angrily: "Dad is gone! He was gone seven years ago!"
"How could it be?" Mrs. Jiang was obviously surprised. After the shock, she looked at Tang Yuyao with heartache, "Then where have you been these seven years? How did you get here alone?"
Tang Yuyao didn't expect Mrs. Jiang to look like this. She abandoned her and ran away with someone seven years ago. She didn't recognize her in Zhenbao Pavilion a month ago. Can't she just be a cruel person who doesn't love her daughter? Why did she show such concern for her daughter? She knew she was pretending, but she still felt uncomfortable.
Since you care about her, why should you abandon her?
If she hadn't met Zhao Ting in Chizhou City seven years ago, she would have never known...
Thinking of Zhao Ting, Tang Yuyao was stunned. When she touched her face, she found that she had shed tears at some point. After wiping it hard, she said in a calm tone: "Mrs. Lao Lu is worried. I have lived a good life in the past seven years. I have something to do now, so I will take Xiao Yunduo away. I don't dare to disturb Mrs. Lu anymore."
Tang Yuyao's attitude made Jiang very sad, but no matter what she said, Tang Yuyao couldn't listen. She felt sorry for Tang Yuyao and couldn't let go of Xiao Yunduo. She couldn't help but speak louder in her anxiety: "Where are you taking Xiao Yunduo? Don't leave!"
Tang Yuyao's face turned cold: "I am Xiao Yunduo's biological sister. I can take her wherever I want. Compared to you, I am more qualified to take her!"
Mrs. Jiang has indeed lived a good life these years, but in the dead of night, she is tortured by old events in her heart. Although Tang Yuyao didn't say anything too unpleasant, her words were more qualified and actually slapped her hard in the face. She murmured, speechless, but her face became even paler.
Tang Yuyao couldn't help but regretted, but Xiao Yunduo spoke before her: "Mom, you will have a little brother to accompany you soon, but my sister only has me, so I want to go with her. Don't miss me in the future, just Just treat your little brother as well as you treat me, and my sister and I will be fine."
"Little Yunduo..." Mrs. Jiang burst into tears.
Xiao Yunduo shook Tang Yuyao's hand and urged: "Sister, let's go!"
"Xiao Yunduo, where are you going?" A man's voice suddenly came from outside the door.
Tang Yuyao was startled. Apart from Lu Zhongkai, there should be no one else who could come in like this. Why did he come back at this time?
Sure enough, Mrs. Jiang immediately seemed to have found a backbone. Before Lu Zhongkai even entered the door, she had already rushed towards him crying: "Husband..."
Lu Zhongkai caught Jiang, but took Jiang to the side. Tang Yuyao noticed that there was a man behind him, but he was an acquaintance. Although she had only met him once, Tang Yuyao had never forgotten the chilling aura of King Cheng Zhao Jue, so she quickly lowered her head.
Zhao Jue didn't pay attention to her. The female family members in the house were crying. It was inconvenient for him to interfere with the Lu family's housework, so he waved to Lu Zhongkai and stayed in the courtyard.
Lu Zhongkai nodded gratefully, patted Ms. Jiang twice, and looked up at Tang Yuyao with a cold gaze.
However, Tang Yuyao lowered her head and did not notice, but found that Xiao Yunduo, who was holding her hand, suddenly trembled slightly.
Tang Yuyao held her sister's hand tightly, lowered her head and said nothing.
After all, Ms. Jiang was her and Xiao Yunduo's mother. Now that Lu Zhongkai was back, she had to give Mr. Jiang time to find an explanation.
"Xiao Yunduo is my daughter, she won't go anywhere." Lu Zhongkai's voice was cold, and he felt the choke of Jiang in his arms, and his voice softened, "However, since you are Xiao Yunduo's sister, if you are willing, You can also stay. I, Lu Zhongkai, can also afford to raise another daughter!"
Mrs. Jiang's heart was filled with happiness, and she could hear the pride in Lu Zhongkai's tone. Yes, Lu Zhongkai has such confidence since he started working with Cheng Wang!
"No need." Tang Yuyao refused, "I don't need to be raised by Mr. Lu, and neither does my sister." Tang Yuyao knew very well that Lu Zhongkai had no relationship with her. If she came to force her, she would not say anything unless Zhao Ting was taken out. If Xiao Yunduo is taken away, even she herself will not be able to leave well. But after leaving Prince An's Mansion, she did not plan to see Zhao Ting again in this life, nor did she plan to have anything to do with him anymore, so she only looked for Mrs. Jiang: "Mrs. Lu, if you still miss that little bit of affection from the past, why don't you still think about it?" I hope you can tell Mr. Lu to let my sister and I go!"
Mrs. Jiang looked embarrassed. She knew what Tang Yuyao meant, but how could she let go of Xiao Yunduo?
The eldest daughter now doesn't forgive her and has already complained about her. She has already lost one daughter, how can she lose another one.
What's more, she actually doesn't want her eldest daughter to leave. Old Tang is no longer here. The eldest daughter has no relatives, so she will get married. It's a good thing to have her as a wife of an official. She wanted to keep Tang Yuyao. Now that Lu Zhongkai had completely turned over, if the family had money in the future, Lu Zhongkai would also like her to subsidize the eldest daughter. It would be good for the eldest daughter to stay.
Jiang didn't say anything, but looked at Lu Zhongkai as if asking for help.
Lu Zhongkai couldn't see his wife's appearance, so he thought for a while and said, "Even if Xiao Yunduo is your sister, I have raised her for seven years and have already treated her as my own daughter. You can take her away as soon as you say, okay?" Have you considered my mood? And your mother, she is still pregnant now. Aren't you afraid of making her angry if you are angry with her like this? I don't think so. You are married now, right? You go back and talk to your family After discussion, if your family agrees with you to raise Xiao Yunduo, then you can come back. We will also spend two more days with Xiao Yunduo. Furthermore, tell me where you live. Even if Xiao Yunduo leaves with you, from now on Your mother and I miss her and always go to see her."
She is not married, and she has no plans to stay in the capital.
Lu Zhongkai's words were reasonable, but Tang Yuyao didn't know how to deal with it.
Lu Zhongkai was very talkative and said: "If you can't make up your mind at the moment, why not stay here for two days. Xiao Yunduo lives alone, and you and her can just think about it carefully."
Tang Yuyao knew that it would be impossible to break in with Xiao Yunduo, and even if she left first, she would have to come back again.
Therefore, he could only listen to Lu Zhongkai's words for the time being, and pulled Xiao Yunduo to lower his head and retreat into the west room.
Lu Zhongkai persuaded the people and reassured Mrs. Jiang, and then went out to talk to King Cheng.
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Prince An's Mansion was already in chaos. Qin Yuan ran in after Qian called out in the Treasure Pavilion. At first, he calmly asked people to search for him in the Treasure Pavilion. After he couldn't find anything, he became anxious and led him out of the mansion. The guards searched all over the street, but they kept finding the sun setting in the west and the night coming, and there was no trace of Tang Yuyao.
Today, Zhao Ting went to the palace to congratulate Concubine Li, but he cannot come back until Haishi!
Qin Yuan had no choice but to call the palace guards, some of them went to guard the city gate, and some of them continued to search on the streets.
Zhao Ting in the palace felt uneasy since entering the palace. He didn't think about Tang Yuyao. He only thought it was related to the reveal of the candidate for the marriage tonight. Although he was 90% sure that it was Lu Qinghe, Concubine Li was his biological mother after all, so he still had the last bit of extravagant hope.
Concubine Li is indeed a person who has been favored for twenty years. Her birthday is much grander than that of the Queen, and even compared to that of the Queen Mother, it is not much different.
But today, she couldn't smile at all. She couldn't see the beautiful palaces, the jewels, and the envious and jealous looks of countless women. The only thing she could see was the bright yellow imperial edict held by the eunuch in front of Emperor Xuan when the banquet was about to end!
