"This is not what I want to do, it's..." Lian Jialiang paused for a moment to react, "Auntie, don't ask, the thing didn't get done, I didn't get the benefits I deserved, and I was Daddy was imprisoned and knelt in the ancestral hall for two days, I'm already irritable enough, please don't bother me!"
"I'm just asking if you need me to intercede for you at your father's side. If I don't know the whole story, what if the two of us end up being self-defeating..."
Mrs. Zhang was also very aggrieved. She was worried outside and tried to find ways to plead for him, but he didn't even tell her the truth!
Lian Jialiang said impatiently: "You don't understand even if I tell you, I know it well."
At first it was just that he had a lust for Song Xiaolan, but he didn’t expect that Song Xiaolan would come to him that day in the teahouse and ask him to help take her to the Li family’s banquet. Wei Xiang, the head of the official department who was traveling with him, asked him, and he just said casually. , unexpectedly was assigned a task to help Song Xiaolan marry into Prince Cheng's Mansion.
He didn't know why Wei Xiang assigned him this task, but he promised to find him a job in the capital after he accomplished this task. With his status, it was easy for him to work as a civilian in the City Patrol Department.
It was originally a matter of smooth flow, but now it's better. The cooked duck has flown away. He has been locked in the ancestral hall for two days and has not been able to go out. He doesn't know what is going on outside.
Seeing the impatience on his face, Mrs. Zhang closed her mouth angrily.
"I'm going to inquire about the situation in the main courtyard again. There are still a few buns in the food box. You put them away and hide them. Who knows when I can come in and deliver food to you next time. When your father comes back, I will go and intercede for you. ."
Zhang turned back three times, feeling sorry for Lian Jialiang, but he lowered his head and did not look at her, as if he was thinking about something.
The Qin family sent someone to send a message to Lian Fangyu, asking him to return home as soon as possible.
Lian Fangyu guessed that it was Lian Xiao's little thing and delayed his return until dark.
"I'm busy with official duties today and I really can't get away..."
Being a concubine is just a matter of being carried in a sedan from the back door. There is no need for a dowry or a ceremony. His original intention is to hide it until the day of marriage. Even if the Qin family objects, there is nothing he can do. Raw rice and cooked rice are good for everyone. good.
He gave many instructions not to let others know before the matter was completed, especially Mrs. Qin. Mrs. Liu made a good promise at night, but forgot about it when she got up in the morning?
He glanced at Mrs. Liu disapprovingly. Mrs. Liu looked very bad. She fainted twice at Qin's place, but was brought back by Lian Suisui's injection each time.
She didn't dare to contradict Mrs. Qin, she didn't dare to contradict Lian Suisui, and she didn't dare to teach Lian Xiaoxiao a lesson. She sat on the chair without eating or drinking, and naturally she looked bad.
Now he was glared at by Lian Fangyu again, and tears of grievance fell from his eyes.
"What's going on here?"
He asked knowingly.
Mrs. Qin originally wanted to save some face for him, but now she saw him and didn't want to say anything.
Lian Xiaoxiao knelt down.
"Father, my daughter would rather never marry than be a concubine to King Yun. Please be considerate of me."
At this moment, she didn't know where she got the courage to stand up on her own.
Without looking up, she guessed that Lian Fangyu must be angry.
"Marriage is a major matter. Your parents have ordered the matchmaker to marry you. If you obey, I can discuss with your mother and give you more dowry."
Lian Xiaoxiao lay on the ground without getting up.
"Father, my daughter does not want a dowry. She does not want to get married. If her father feels that her reputation is not good, her daughter can become a nun!"
Lian Fangyu was really angry this time.
"You have to marry even if you don't want to. King Yun personally proposed to take you into the palace as a concubine. Do you think that as a father, you have the right to say no?"
Lian Xiaoxiao Bubu said: "But my daughter is not perfect. If she gets married..."
"Don't worry about this. My father is worried that the prince will be dissatisfied. I have already expressed my anger with the prince beforehand. He said that you were married before and are now a widow at home. The prince does not mind."
After even taking this into consideration, Lian Xiao's body went limp, without any support, he collapsed on the ground.
Liu's face seemed to have regained some luster.
"Why don't you thank me soon? You should cherish the blessing of such a wonderful marriage..."
Lian Xiaoxiao couldn't hear anything, and it felt like the sky was falling at this moment.
Lian Fangyu said the same thing without looking at Qin's expression.
"I'm just thinking about it. In her situation, it's hard to marry a good family. It's better to find another way. It's rare that Prince Yun will like her. Marrying into Prince Yun's palace is the best destination for her!"
"I didn't inform Madam because I couldn't bear to have Madam tired. Jialiang's wedding is approaching and there are too many things to take care of..."
It's hard to fault his explanation.
Ms. Qin gave a wry smile, this was the husband she had chosen over thousands of times...
Even if she has all kinds of means, she has no place to use them in this back house!
"Sui Sui, please send Xiaoxiao back to rest first."
"Mommy, send Aunt Liu back..."
"Everyone, stand down!"
After hearing the report from his servants that Lian Fangyu was back, Zhang applied makeup and powder and planned to cut off the beard, but saw Lian Fangyu going straight to the main courtyard. She didn't go in, but watched from the outside. After a while, all the servants in the yard were kicked out.
She waited for a while longer, and sure enough, she saw Lian Fangyu coming out of Qin's courtyard with a sinister look on his face, his face so gloomy that it seemed like he could drip ink!
"The way to exploit the enemy is never the right way. Rather than opportunistically taking advantage of others, it is better for a husband to ask for orders and go out to practice."
Qin's words echoed in Lian Fangyu's mind. Was she implying that his career was all dependent on the Qin family?
He admitted that his smooth official career in the early days was indeed related to the Qin family. However, later on, the Qin family's contributions became more and more important, and the boundary between them and him became more and more obvious. It was difficult for him to go further. He had In times of difficulty, the Qin family did not reach out to him...
He doesn't use the Qin family and thinks of his own solution. Why should he be criticized?
"Master, I see you are sweating on your forehead. Go have a cup of tea in my concubine's yard!"
"Madam, the master has gone to Xilinyuan."
Mrs. Qin drove all the servants out and was alone in the room. Some of the tea in the cup spilled out. It was deliberately spilled by Lian Fangyu when he put it down.
Is he unable to pretend anymore?
She sat motionless on the main seat. Aunt Fang was worried about her and couldn't help but persuade her, "I know you feel uncomfortable, but men like gentle and petty people, so don't make yourself angry. "
She didn't persuade Qin to put down her dignity. She knew Qin's arrogance and knew how to speak to please Lian Fangyu. There were obviously so many ways to make Lian Fangyu change his mind, but she didn't use any of them and watched Lian Fangyu helplessly. Fangyu was pushed further and further away.
"My wife is all for the good of the master, but the master is obsessed with the authorities and won't let him try it out on his own. How can he realize it!"
After all, Grandma Fang has been through this before, "It's just like raising a child. You have to restrict this and that from a young age. If you don't let him fall on his own, he will never know the pain."
After a long time, Mrs. Qin sighed.
"Everyone has his own destiny, and no one else can force it."
It's not that she doesn't care about Lian Xiao's marriage, it's that she wants to choose a suitable one. She originally thought that she was still young and it wouldn't be too late to wait a year or two to get married, but she didn't expect that it would be like this...
"Are you talking about yourself or Miss Fourth?"
Aunt Fang heard the meaning behind her words, "What happened in the past is in the past, and people have to look forward. In two years, the third lady will be a little girl again, and then you can rest assured."
A mother's only wish is for her children to be happy. At least Lian Suisui doesn't have anything to worry about so far, so she can regard it as bitter first and then sweeter.
