Chapter 109 The legitimate daughter whose engagement was broken off 6
Chapter 109 The legitimate daughter whose engagement was broken off 6
In the hall of the Wei Mansion, Lord Wei asked the steward to hand the servant a purse of silver, and then said, "I don't know what to call it, these silver coins are a thank you gift, I want to thank you for saving my life on behalf of my daughter."
The servant took it without hesitation, shook it with his hand, and then replied with a smile, "My name is Wang Erhu, you are too polite, sir. It is my blessing to save Miss Wei. Now that Miss Wei's reputation has been damaged, I am willing to take responsibility for marrying her. Sir, you see, I have brought the matchmaker, as well as the betrothal gifts, hehe."
As he spoke, the matchmaker hurried forward and handed the few packages of shabby betrothal gifts to Lord Wei.
Lord Wei was almost angry to death. He had already politely given money to this ungrateful Wang Erhu, but he still wanted to marry his daughter. It was simply a pipe dream.
So Lord Wei gave a wink to the butler, and soon a group of thugs came in and surrounded Wang Erhu and several strong men.
Lord Wei originally wanted to kill Wang Erhu directly, but he didn't expect that the strong men next to him were very powerful. They protected Wang Erhu inside and couldn't hit him at all. The group of people were frozen in place, and then they heard the servants outside come to report that Chu Zisu was coming.
When Lord Wei heard this, he quickly asked his servants to bring Chu Zisu in. When Chu Zisu came in, he saw the servant who saved Wei Lanxue with several packages of things wrapped in red cloth, the matchmaker, and several strong men helping him.
He already knew what had happened from the maid sent by Wei Lanxue to report. Now, looking at the shameless Wang Erhu, murderous intent flashed in his eyes. This ruffian wanted to marry his Xue'er, he was simply courting death.
Chu Zisu asked his servants to give Wang Erhu a large sum of money, and then threatened him not to offend the royal family. Wang Erhu looked at the generous money and nodded in agreement, then left the Wei Mansion with the money.
Chu Zisu also announced to the public that he was the one who saved Wei Lanxue, and that Wang Erhu was the one who saved him.
His statement also indirectly confirmed his affair with Wei Lanxue, and the reputation of both of them became even worse, especially Wei Lanxue. She was an unmarried woman, and was regarded by everyone as the daughter of a fickle concubine. She was not presentable enough, and she had an affair with Chu Zisu and a servant. Her reputation was completely ruined.
After Wang Erhu and those strong men left the Wei Mansion, they quickly bought horses and left the city overnight. Then they divided the money they had cheated from Lord Wei and Chu Zisu and went their separate ways.
They were not in the same group, but they were able to work together to extort money. Of course, it was Si Ying's doing. She saw through the servant Wang Erhu's plan that day, but he would not be able to cause any trouble if he went alone. So Si Ying decided to help him. Not only could she help them get a huge sum of money, but she could also completely ruin Wei Lanxue's reputation.
In her previous life, she deliberately tricked the original owner and wanted to ruin her reputation. This time, Si Ying let her experience that feeling.
From then on, no daughter of a minister's family was willing to have contact with Wei Lanxue, whose reputation was ruined. They had brought her along because of Zhao Yushu, and now she was actually seducing her best sister's fiancé and plotting to slander him. She was so shameless.
As for the Princess of the Prince's Mansion, she was also furious after hearing about this. Especially after Chu Zisu came back from the Wei Mansion and actually told her that he wanted to cancel the marriage with the Zhao family and marry Wei Lanxue, she was even more disappointed and firmly disagreed.
Wei Lanxue's reputation in the capital has already been ruined. What's more, at such a young age, she has seduced men just like her mother who is not presentable. Who knows if she has had any affair with anyone else besides her own son? After all, there is a servant who comes to marry her. This Wei Lanxue is a vixen.
The Princess was adamantly against it, but Chu Zisu was resolute in his attitude. Finally, she had no choice but to agree, but she only agreed to let Wei Lanxue come in as a concubine.
The Princess of the County Prince said that Chu Zisu was already engaged to the Zhao family, and Wei Lanxue had completely lost her moral character, so it was already good enough that she agreed to let her marry in. Otherwise, it would be a dream for a lowly creature like her who seduced men to marry into the family of their royal family.
Chu Zisu knew that this was his mother's biggest concession, so he had no choice but to persuade Wei Lanxue.
Wei Lanxue originally thought that Chu Zisu would break off the engagement with the Zhao family, and then she would be able to marry into the Prince's Mansion and become his legal wife.
Unexpectedly, in the end, she would have to become a concubine. Her mother used to be a concubine, and she had been determined not to be a concubine since she was a child, but now she had to follow in her mother's footsteps.
But her reputation was already ruined, and no man was willing to marry her, so Chu Zisu became her only choice.
So, she had no choice but to compromise.
Wei Lanxue felt a little regretful, and when she heard that the Princess of the County came to visit Zhao Yushu in person, she regretted it even more.
She also hinted that Chu Zisu should go to the Zhao family directly to cancel the engagement, but the Chu Zisu now is not the same as he was in his previous life. His reputation is not good now, but the Zhao family did not blame their Prince's Mansion. If he goes to the Zhao family again to cancel the engagement and ruin the reputation of the Prince's Mansion, then his father, the Prince, will definitely break his legs, and even his future career will be affected.
In his previous life, his affair with Wei Lanxue had not been exposed, and if he suddenly broke off the engagement, people would only speculate whether the original owner had bad behavior. But in this life, he was in that state himself, and the Zhao family did not take the initiative to break off the engagement, which was already giving face to the Prince's Mansion. If he still dared to go, the people on the street would be able to drown him with their spit.
So even though Chu Zisu understood Wei Lanxue's hint, he still chose to pretend that he didn't understand. He felt that Wei Lanxue was so sensible that she would definitely understand his difficulties.
When Wei Lanxue comes into the house in the future, he will compensate her well and only love her. Even if Zhao Yushu marries into the house, he will still ignore her. His love only belongs to Xueer. He will let her down a little now, and he will love her well in the future.
Wei Lanxue had no idea of the true thoughts of Chu Zisu, who was holding her at the moment. She could only think that in the future, she would be like her mother and find an opportunity to kill Zhao Yushu so that she could become the legal wife.
On the other hand, the Princess of the County came with gifts and specifically came to see Si Ying. Naturally, this was to appease her and prevent her from breaking off the engagement at this critical juncture. The gifts she brought were also excellent.
Si Ying was very satisfied. She had not planned to cancel the engagement at this time. She wanted to keep the title of Chu Zisu's wife and make Wei Lanxue a concubine.
So since she could make some money at the same time, she was naturally happy to receive the Princess.
The Princess of the County was also very satisfied with the original owner's daughter-in-law. She had a good family background, good moral character, and most importantly, she was extremely simple-minded. She was easy to control and she was simply the most satisfactory candidate for a puppet daughter-in-law.
This was also the reason why in her previous life, after her eldest son broke off the engagement with the original owner, she wanted her second son to get engaged to the original owner. As a mother-in-law, she was most afraid that her daughter-in-law would come into the house and compete with her for the right to manage the household. She had controlled the Prince's Mansion for many years. If she were to give up the power again, she would have to look at her daughter-in-law's face when spending money in the future. She could never tolerate this.
That was why she tried her best to make the original owner her daughter-in-law, even if she was a young daughter-in-law. As long as she gave the housekeeper power to the original owner, she would still be the mistress of the house secretly, and she would gain a good reputation for loving her daughter-in-law and giving her power actively.
Now she saw that Si Ying was so obedient. She was very satisfied after she said a few words and the other party listened to her arrangements. If Si Ying had not yet reached the age of marriage, she would have wanted to marry Si Ying before Wei Lanxue got married.
The princess was secretly proud of herself, as she thought that the boy had grown up without a mother and no one to teach him, so he didn't have many thoughts and could be controlled by her.
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