Blessing of The Unwanted Affair Chapter 10

It doesn’t matter whether you get married a day earlier or later.

But she had promised Madam Xu before, and if she regretted it now, Madam Xu would definitely blame her mother. Although her mother became a good citizen, she was still someone's c0ncubine. She was still not favored. They had been back for so long, and her father had never come to Qianqiuyuan once. If the two sides really quarreled, Madam Xu would be the king of the mountain, the big tiger, and her mother would be the poor little white rabbit. When the tiger wants to bite the white rabbit to death, it would just bare its teeth.

Then she heard her mother complaining, "In a girl's life, the most honorable day is the day she becomes a bride. Even if her daughter is a woodcutter or a dung collector, she will get a phoenix coronet and a bridal robe when she gets married, with music and dance, and the whole family will pamper her. When you were born, you couldn't even have the third-day bathing ceremony, and now that you're getting married, she wants to take it away! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" As she spoke, she thought of the sad past, her face was covered with tears, her voice was choked and hoarse, and she couldn't breathe through her nose.

Lila quickly took out a gauze handkerchief and handed it to her mother.

Qin took it, covered her face with the silk and blew her nose.

Lila thought about it and realized that what her mother said made some sense. If she and Hazel got married on the same day, everyone would definitely revolve around Hazel, just like when they were born one after the other, who would care about her existence?

But what benefits will this bring to Madam Xu and Hazel?

She didn't believe the nonsense that there were only two good days in April.

She doesn't have to get married in April. Can't she get married in May, June, July or August?

She thought for a moment and agreed to go find Mrs. Xu to change the date.

Qin finally let it go, and turned around to hold the slave release document to her heart, rubbing it non-stop, with tears on her face, a smile, and constant mumbling, either saying sorry for her, or being pleased that she had grown up and knew how to be filial, and praising herself for making a wise decision to take her away from the Marquis' Mansion, otherwise she would have been trampled under Hazel's feet for the past fifteen years. It's no wonder that she was a little crazy with excitement after becoming a free person.

Lila also felt sad when he saw this.

It would be more appropriate for her to get married as soon as possible so that her mother can return to Luoyang Manor with peace of mind and no longer have to kowtow to Madam Xu.

After Qin calmed down a little, she hurriedly persuaded her to write a letter to Aunt Mei to tell her the good news, and asked Serena to take five taels of silver to go to the kitchen to add more dishes.

Serena trotted all the way there.

After a stick of incense had passed, Serena came back. As soon as she entered the room, Lila saw that her small garlic nose was wrinkled like a steamed bun.

Lila quickly put down the letter her mother wrote to Aunt Mei.

Ever since she gave up the credit for saving the young master, Serena has been upset and felt that she had suffered a great loss.

Although she had tried to persuade her several times with great principles, the girl still felt that Hazel and Madam Xu were shameless and had taken away the position of the Duke's wife that should have belonged to her. She would put on a sour face from time to time.

She asked Serena in a nice voice what happened.

Serena rolled her eyes at her, twisted her body, stamped her feet and said angrily: "I just went to the kitchen and asked for more dishes. The women in the kitchen said why we don't have any gratitude at all? We only care about ourselves. If we want to add more dishes, we should give them to the fourth lady and the lady first. I heard something wrong! After asking, I found out that it was the fourth lady who said that the girl grew up in the manor and no one in the capital knew about her. She was too pitiful, so she proposed to marry you on the same day, so that everyone in the capital would know that there was a fifth lady in the marquis's mansion. The lady thought that the fourth lady was friendly to her sisters and very sensible. She also said that the poor girl had suffered so much for so many years, and she wanted to make your marriage look better. Therefore, she was very kind and begged the old lady and the marquis to remove the c0ncubine from the official status. Well, I heard that this matter was spread all over the mansion when I came back. Everyone praised the fourth lady for her beauty and kindness, and the lady for her kindness and virtue. It was obviously them who were scoundrels..."

"Shut up!" Lila shouted hastily. Walls have ears. Of the four new maids in this courtyard, one came from each of the old lady Hazel's courtyard. Two came from Madam Xu's side, one was placed next to her and the other was placed next to her mother.

Serena had a loud voice. Who knows how the news got out. Since she had promised Madam Xu and Hazel not to tell anyone, she had to keep her word.

Qin suddenly slapped the table and stood up, stunned, and then suddenly sat down slowly like a deflated ball, muttering in a low voice: "So that's how it is... What a virtuous lady..."

Lila was puzzled, but she saw that her mother's eyes, which were always shrouded in a hint of sadness, were shining brightly, her face was pale, but her lips were bitten red, as if she had a lot to say but couldn't.

She hurriedly sent Serena away and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Stand guard at the door and don't let anyone eavesdrop on my private conversation with my aunt."

Serena, with a big mouth that could hold an oil bottle, walked out of the door with thumps and closed the door to the main room.

Lila then turned around and asked her mother what she meant.

Qin's face gradually turned red with anger, and she said, "I...how could I be so stupid! I actually thought she was a good person! It turns out...even if she did that dirty thing, she still had a way to earn a good reputation for herself! She didn't bully me enough, and she even asked her daughter to bully you in the same way! It's really...it's really too much."

Qin didn't know how to curse. She was so angry that her whole body was shaking, but she couldn't utter a single curse word.

Mrs. Xu stepped on the mother and daughter and put makeup on her face. This behavior made Lila so disgusted that she got goose bumps.

She reached out and touched her arm, but heard her mother say, "Back then, I only knew how to resent the Marquis every day. Now that I think about it... the Marquis is certainly hateful, I'm afraid she has something to do with it!"

It turned out that Qin wanted to hold a grand 100-day banquet for Lila to rival Hazel. The Marquis scolded Qin for being too ambitious and not knowing the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children.

Qin felt so wronged that she vented her doubts in anger. Can the legitimate child harm the illegitimate child? There was not even a midwife by her side when she gave birth. If the pregnancy was not good, there would be two deaths. This was clearly Madam Xu's deliberate instigation.

The Marquis said that Madam Xu had explained this matter long ago, that it was the midwife who drank too much. Who could have predicted that her mother would give birth on that day? It was just a coincidence. He also said that Madam Xu was kind-hearted and virtuous, and it was impossible for her to do such a thing. He also warned her mother not to be suspicious and gossip to slander Madam Xu's innocence.

Seeing that Marquis Jingyang was completely on Madam Xu's side and didn't care at all about the grievances suffered by her and her daughter, Qin was extremely sad and upset, so she asked him to leave in a fit of anger.

Marquis Jingyang, however, was a man who would respond to soft words but not hard ones. He said that this was the marquis's mansion and his territory, and that Qin should be the one to leave.

Qin was so angry that she went crazy and was about to leave in a huff, holding the brocade fish.

Marquis Jingyang refused to show weakness and ordered his men to prepare the car immediately.

The quarrel between the two of them had escalated to such an extent that naturally the whole palace knew about it.

Mrs. Xu then sent Mother Wang to see what was going on.

When Mother Wang heard that it was about the delivery, she dragged Qin to Guxiangtang and asked Madam Xu to personally explain and reconcile with Qin.

After Qin arrived at Guxiangtang, Madam Xu never let her meet the Marquis again, and tried to persuade them to do both.

Finally, Madam Xu told Qin that the Marquis was determined to send Qin away and she could not persuade him any more. She asked Qin to leave the house first and wait until the Marquis's anger subsided. Then she would persuade the Marquis to take her and her daughter back.

When Qin saw that Jingyang Hou was really angry, although she felt aggrieved and broken-hearted, she thought that Lila was still premature and was afraid that if she really grew up in the manor, she would not be able to find a good marriage and her life would be ruined, so she wanted to give in.

Madam Xu, however, assured Qin that Marquis Jingyang was only making a gamble and would be reluctant to give up after a few days.

Even if Lila really grew up in the manor, her stepmother would not ignore her and would definitely find a good marriage for Lila.

He coaxed Qin and Lila out of the house that night.

It has been fifteen years since I left.

Over the years, Qin never hated Madam Xu, the only person she hated was Marquis Jingyang.

After listening to this story, Lila felt that Mrs. Xu's so-called reconciliation was mostly just provoking trouble, but she also didn't think her mother hated the wrong person.

After all, if her father really wanted them to come back, he could just send someone to pick them up. Fifteen years of indifference had nothing to do with Madam Xu. Did Madam Xu tie her father up and not allow him to come? Now that they were back, didn't her father still ignore them? He just pretended that they didn't exist.

But Madam Xu and her daughter were really too much. They had clearly taken away her credit and got the marriage she had always dreamed of, but they still wanted to eat other people's food and scrape other people's pots, stepping on others to flatter themselves. Did they really think that they were so easy to bully? !

Lila was rarely angry. Her dark eyes were surprisingly bright, as if two small flames were burning in her pupils. She stood up and walked out: "I'll go ask who came up with this idea." She didn't even say anything green, fearing that she might say something wrong.

I didn't want to walk halfway when it started to drizzle and the autumn wind was blowing, making people feel a little cold.

She was in good health, so she didn't take it seriously. She picked a green banana leaf as big as a cattail leaf fan, put it on her head, and ran to Guxiangtang. But she saw no one at the door or in the yard. They probably went to avoid the rain. Just when she wanted to find someone to tell them, she heard laughter coming from the east corner.

Her heart skipped a beat, her eyes darted around, she tiptoed over, squatted under the window, held her breath, and listened attentively.

I heard a few people inside discussing the dowry issue.

There are three books and six ceremonies to get married. These six ceremonies are Nacai, Wenming, Naji, Nazheng, Asking for the date and welcoming the bride. Only after Nazheng is completed can the marriage contract be formally established. On this day, the man has to invite two female relatives to come with the matchmaker to present the betrothal gifts.

From the sound of it, it sounded like Madam Xu, Hazel, and Mother Wang.

They talked about who the Duke's Mansion would invite, how much betrothal gifts they would give, and discussed the date, then heard Hazel say: "Since my fifth sister and I are getting married on the same day, why don't we also pay the betrothal gift on the same day?"

Lila's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. Even if they were getting married on the same day, they didn't have to pay their betrothal gifts on the same day. Wasn't this deliberately asking people to compare the two of them? She didn't believe that Hazel didn't understand this.

"That would make her embarrassed to death. Who can the Duke's Mansion invite? Who can the Yongsheng Marquis' Mansion invite? Not to mention the gift list." Mother Wang smiled proudly.

Lila was speechless. Could it be that she was so embarrassed? What benefit would Wang Mama get? Why was she so proud?

"What's there to be embarrassed about? There's a huge difference between the Yongsheng Marquis' Mansion and the Jingguo Duke's Mansion. There's also a difference between her and me, being a legitimate daughter and a c0ncubine's daughter. Could it be that she, a c0ncubine's daughter, wants to suppress me, a legitimate daughter, in marriage?" Hazel's tone was full of disapproval.

Lila secretly took a deep breath. In Hazel's eyes, it was natural for her to be superior to him in everything. She would never consider whether doing so would hurt her. But why did Hazel want to get married on the same day? Just to make her shabby look more noble?

Unfortunately, then Madam Wang changed the subject again, saying that the young master was a man of both literary and martial talents, and that this time when he proposed marriage, he would definitely bring a pair of live geese to show his sincerity, etc. This flattery made Hazel and Madam Xu, mother and daughter, laugh.

Lila's legs were numb from squatting, her sleeves were all wet, and she felt a bit cold. She was about to stand up and quietly leave, but she suddenly heard Hazel say, "Mother, don't you think my proposal to get married on the same day is brilliant? There are weddings and funerals in the capital every day? No matter how lively it is, it will be forgotten in two days. But it's different this time. My c0ncubine's sister and I will get married on the same day. It will definitely make a sensation in the whole city, and everyone will want to see the novelty. I just want everyone in the world to know... I finally married into the Duke of Jingguo's mansion in a grand manner. Those who used to make fun of us, those who competed with us for the Duke of Jingguo's mansion... their faces will be swollen because of us. Just thinking about it makes me feel relieved."

Lila was so angry that her face gradually turned pale. It turned out that it was really Hazel's idea. She wanted to use her as a living monkey to play with her, attracting people from all over the capital to watch the fun, just to show off that she had a good marriage that was envied by all the ladies in the capital.

"I was worried that the Marquis would not agree. But when I told him that it was the fifth girl who agreed, he said that in that case, let her go." Mrs. Xu laughed.

"This is strange. I don't think the fifth girl is stupid, so why did she agree so immediately? It shows that the gods are blessing the fourth girl. They will make everything go as you wish." Then Mother Wang said flatteringly again.

"If she is not stupid, then there are no stupid people in this world!" Mrs. Xu snorted.

Lila felt as if someone had hit her chest hard, and a sharp pain spread in her chest. This Madam Xu was indeed a low-class person, hiding things from both sides. She told her that it was the Marquis' idea to get married on the same day, but she told the Marquis that it was her consent. When her mother left the mansion, Madam Xu must have been two-faced.

She looked around and saw a few white pebbles the size of sweet potatoes in the flowerbed. She reached out and picked up one, moved it lightly from under the window, stretched her waist and legs, stepped back a few steps, raised her hand and was about to hit it hard, but she heard a "creak" and someone opened the door of the ear room. The next moment, she heard an old woman shouting: "Hey, who is that? What are you doing?!"

Lila acted decisively and threw the stone hard. There was a loud bang and everyone in the room screamed.