Chapter 48
Xie Mansion
Early in the morning, after Xie Mingtang, Mrs. Xie and Xie Zhan had breakfast, they moved to the meeting hall, drinking tea and digesting food while waiting for the arrival of the Lu family.
There are two people sitting in the side hall next door. They are Prince Gong and Lu Desheng's immediate boss, the Censorship Doctor Zhou Chengzhong of the Censorship Station. These two people were specially invited by the Xie family. As intermediaries, they would serve as witnesses after the discussions between the two families were completed.
Fortunately, this time the Lu family did not let go of the Xie family's pigeons like yesterday. At the right time, Lu Desheng and his wife arrived at the Xie family.
The steward of the Xie family welcomed the two into the meeting hall.
Xie Zhan found out that only two elders, Lu Desheng and Lu, were coming to the Lu family. Lu Songli was not here. He couldn't tell what he felt in his heart. Was he feeling lost? It was as if others had turned around and left, but he was still staying where he was.
After Lu Desheng and Mr. Jiang sat down at the guest table, and after the Xie family's servants served tea, Lu Desheng looked around and found that only their two families were there, and asked, "Are we just the two families? Don't we need to invite someone in between? "
Xie Mingtang answered with a smile, "Brother Lu really wanted to go with me. We have already invited the couple, and they are drinking tea next door."
Lu Desheng rolled his eyes, it was shameless to still call him brothers at this time!
"Who are you inviting?" he asked casually.
"Prince Gong and the imperial censor Zhou Chengzhong."
Okay, these two are old acquaintances. Lu Desheng nodded. In fact, he didn't care who the Xie family invited. Anyway, after today's discussion, they were settled and there would be no more entanglements in the future.
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Xie Mingtang glanced at his wife and signaled that she could start.
Mrs. Xie's expression was a little stiff. It was only in these two days that Mrs. Xie found out that her husband and son had hidden such a big thing from her! Lu Songli was unable to conceive an heir because she was injured while saving her son? No wonder the father-in-law had his own way and had to arrange a marriage with the Lu family for his son. You must know that she did not agree to sacrifice her son's life for this. Everything makes sense now.
When she first learned about this, she was very angry. After all, she is the head matron of the Xie family and the biological mother of her son. They actually concealed such an important thing from her! The reason Xie Mingtang gave was that he was afraid that if she found out, her face would show up when facing the Lu family. Faced with such an explanation, although she was dissatisfied, Mrs. Xie knew that if she had known that Lu Songli was infertile, she would have been picky when she saw her.
Thinking of the superiority she had shown in front of Lu Songli, her future daughter-in-law, over the years, her face became stiff.
Mrs. Xie was thinking about how to speak, but Lu Desheng and Jiang were too lazy to make excuses with them and went straight to the point.
"Let's stop talking. You must also know the purpose of our visit. Now all you Xie family needs to do is return the engagement token and Geng Tie. From now on, our two families have nothing to do with each other."
Xie Mingtang considered it and said, "As for the marriage between Miss Lu Er and A Zhan, our Xie family has always been full of expectations, and our Xie family has also been looking forward to Miss Lu Er's marriage. However, God did not fulfill their wishes, and the two People are destined but not destined. Now the Queen Mother has granted marriage to the two of them respectively. The emperor's order cannot be violated. Our two families have no choice but to return the Gengtie and the engagement token, and then get married separately."
The Xie family's attitude was very low.
Mrs. Jiang snorted, the Xie family said that she was as innocent as a white lotus. If it weren't for the Xie family's ambiguous attitude and intentional connivance, why would the Zhao family be so tormented like a moth to a flame? If the Jiang family had been to future generations, they would know that the Xie family's behavior was the behavior of a scumbag. He did not take the initiative, refused, or was irresponsible. When people pass among the flowers, not a single leaf touches them. It's disgusting, but you can't find anything to do with him.
The Xie family changed the topic, "But we, the Xie family, are deeply grateful to the second lady of the Lu family for saving A Zhan back then. We beg the Lu family to give us a chance to allow our Xie family to make up for it."
While talking, Xie Mingtang pushed the box on the table over. The box was slightly opened, and it could be seen that there was a stack of banknotes inside. The denominations are all one thousand taels, and the thick stack looks like it contains about twenty or thirty thousand, which is equivalent to half the dowry of a wealthy family's legitimate daughter when she gets married. The Xie family is indeed generous!
"Here are 30,000 taels of silver notes. It is a gift from our Xie family. I ask you two to accept it on your behalf."
The Xie family has never left any room for criticism in this regard. This money can be regarded as Xie Zhan's life-saving money. How could the Xie family give him less? Giving less is a mockery of Xie Zhan's worthlessness.
"I hope that although our two families are not destined to become in-laws, we can get together and have a good time together."
Lu Desheng pushed the wooden box back.
His move made Mrs. Xie's face change slightly, thinking that they looked down on the money and wanted to take advantage of it.
Xie Mingtang was surprised. Did the Lu family refuse? Such a large amount of money.
Xie Zhan also raised his eyes and looked over.
"We don't want the banknote! If the Xie family is really sincere, just convert it into food and give it to us." Lu Desheng made the request directly.
Thirty thousand taels of food? ! Xie Mingtang and Xie Zhan, father and son, looked at each other, and then Xie Mingtang asked Lu Desheng, "Why do you need so much food?"
Lu Desheng's eyes flashed. The Xie family didn't say they didn't have any, they just asked them what they wanted so much food for.
However, Xie Zhan's eyes flashed and he hurriedly added, "We don't have that much food." The current price of one stone of food fluctuates between four and six silver coins. Thirty thousand taels of grain worth 60,000 to 70,000 dan, right?
Lu Desheng didn't believe it. His daughter had been reading books in his study recently, deliberately collecting information about the Xie family. There must be a basis for her request.
Lu Desheng gestured to get up, "It doesn't matter. If you want to give it, you can give it to me. If you don't want to, let it go." It's okay to talk about compensation. They only accept this kind of compensation, and don't talk about other things. For example, they don't accept this banknote.
As soon as Xie Zhan spoke out, Xie Mingtang also reacted.
The Xie family father and son looked at each other. The Lu family's request was either because they were sure that the Xie family had so much food, or because they were sure that they had the channels to raise food. No matter which one it was, Xie Zhan's heart suddenly jumped. When did the Lu family Do you know the Xie family so well?
Can't give it! The father and son conveyed this thought to each other in their eyes.
"I wonder what Uncle Lu wants so much food for?"
"Build a tent to give porridge, help victims and refugees, and do good deeds for my daughter. I hope that one day she will be cured by a doctor, so that she can have a son and a half when she gets married." Lu Desheng said very bachelorly. .
These words are a bit poignant, and the reason is well chosen, making it impossible to refute. Under the premise that Emperor Kangcheng strongly believed in Buddhism and Taoism about cause and effect, the Xie family could not say that doing good deeds was useless.
What the Xie family meant was, "Can't you just take the money and buy it yourself?"
Xie Zhan thought more. The Queen Mother had just granted marriage to the Qin and Lu families. It was hard not to think that the Lu family's request was to raise food and grass for the Qin family. The thought of this makes people sour. You just got married, are you so impatient to think about your in-laws?
Jiang stood up and said, "Forget it, since you Xie family are not sincere, what's the point of continuing to talk? Master, go back."
Xie Zhan said quickly, "Aunt Lu, our Xie family is very sincere in compensating Miss Lu Er, but your request is too embarrassing. Our Xie family really can't do it. Otherwise, why don't you change it to a simpler one?"
Lu Desheng was extremely displeased. His daughter was right. With tens of thousands of stones of food, the Xie family would not let go no matter what. And he had never expected that the Xie family had stored so much food!
Jiang quickly changed the request, "Okay, let's change it to a simple one. We want your Xie family to own one hundred hectares of land in Changshi Village, Longcheng, Liaoxi County."
