Chapter 91: Blood Oath
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This winter, three things happened in the capital that made people talk about endlessly.
First, Shen Guogong, who is nearly twenty-five years old but has never been married, is about to marry, and his fiancΓ©e is the daughter of a certain family.
The second is the wife of the Marquis of Rongning, who died of illness.
The third is that Rongninghou wanted to marry his niece, that is, the sixth lady of Rongninghou's mansion, into the Jiangnan giant Jia Jin's family, but Miss Wang Liu's would rather die than obey and rushed into Jinxiang Houfu as a concubine.
In the cold of winter, people like to get together for a drink to warm up, by the way, to talk about recent anecdotes, and the secrets of dignitaries are their favorites.
So these things quickly spread throughout the capital like wings, and became everyone's after-dinner conversation.
There are many people who say it, and some specious things are also spread.
For example, how Shen Guogong met the young lady in the Imperial Garden, how the two fell in love at first sight, and how Shen Guogong asked the Queen Mother to give a marriage...... Another example is about Wang Taijun's death, some people say that she died of illness, some people say that she was angry with Rongninghou, and some people say that she was angry with Miss Wang Liu......
In short, there are different opinions, and the people of the capital finally don't have to worry about this winter being too boring.
On the day of Wang Taijun's funeral, the gate of the Marquis Rongning's mansion was opened, and the long funeral procession came out in a mourning and crying, and the white paper money fluttered like snowflakes.
In the onlookers of passers-by, the funeral that winds like a long dragon slowly enters East Street.
A plainly dressed woman stood quietly in the middle of the road, and passers-by on both sides of the street pointed at her and whispered.
"This can't be the sixth lady of the Wang family, right?"
"It must be her! Otherwise, who else would be standing here? She is obviously waiting for Wang Taijun's funeral! β
"Phew! What a shame! I think Wang Taijun was angry with her! The serious Miss Hou Mansion actually went to be a concubine for others, tsk......"
"Didn't you say that Wang Taijun was angry with Marquis Rongning? I heard that it was because Marquis Rong Ning wanted to marry Miss Wang Liu to the Jin family! β
"The Jin family? The Jin family, one of the four giants? β
"Not really!"
"Shhhh This marriage has always been the words of the matchmaker of her parents, no matter how poor the Jin family is, she is also a rich man who is famous, even if she really doesn't want to marry, she doesn't have to run to Jinxiang Hou as a concubine! Isn't this self-willingness? β
"Yes! I can't see that she is a soft and weak little girl, and her face is so thick-skinned, tsk......"
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Wang Manqing stood motionless, deaf to these words of sympathy or abuse, goose feather-like snowflakes fell on the top of her head and shoulders, there was no trace of blood on her pale face, and the whole person seemed to have been mixed with the vast white world.
Wang Taijun's funeral finally came over.
The person leading the way in front of the team found Wang Manqing, and the team stopped far away.
Rong Ninghou, who was wearing filial piety clothes, walked out, he stared at Wang Manqing with a gloomy face.
"Shameless unscrupulous girl! You still have the face in front of us! β
Wang Manqing's gaze lingered on Wang Taijun's coffin for a moment, and then fell indifferently on Rong Ninghou, she only glanced at him, and immediately turned away in disgust, as if she saw something disgusting to her.
This attitude of complete contempt made Rong Ninghou angry, he pointed at Wang Manqing and was about to scold, but a person next to him whispered in his ear: "Hou Ye is angry, you can't be angry in the public, there is a ** share." Since Miss Sixth has appeared, why don't you bring her back to the house, and don't let her make trouble here, otherwise our Rongning Marquis Mansion will really become the laughing stock of the entire capital! β
Rong Ninghou's mind was clear, yes, why was he dizzy, how could he let the people on the street see their Wang family's jokes?
He immediately put on a distressed look, and said loudly: "Man Qing, why are you so confused, even if you are not satisfied with the marriage arranged by your uncle, you should not practice yourself!" What is the identity of Jin Xianghou, how can you live in his house innocently! Uncle can't watch you ruin yourself! Come on, take Miss Six back home! β
"Yes!" The guards behind him immediately ran towards Wang Manqing.
"Who dares to touch me!" Wang Manqing suddenly pulled out a shiny dagger from his arms, raised it in his hand and waved it twice.
The guard paused and looked back at Rong Ninghou.
Rong Ninghou's face turned pale, and he shouted angrily: "Today is the day of the old lady's funeral, do you still want to use the knife in front of her old man's coffin?" No girl! I can't let you go wild here! He shouted at the guards, "What are you doing in a daze! Why don't you bring her back to my house! Don't be embarrassed here! β
"Shame on you?" Wang Manqing seemed to have heard a big joke, her expression became sarcastic, she raised her face and laughed, but tears flowed down her cheeks.
"I, Wang Manqing, lost my father at the age of five!" She said loudly with tears in her eyes, "Daddy touched my head and said to me before he died, Manqing, don't be afraid, Dad is gone, you still have your mother, as well as your grandmother and uncle, they will take good care of you." The second uncle will become the Marquis of Rong Ning in the future, he will not let you be looked down upon and bullied because you don't have a father, he will protect you! β
"Second, uncle, father!" She shouted word by word, "Do you remember what you promised me when you knelt in front of my father's bed?" β
Rong Ninghou's face changed greatly.
"Heh, you must have forgotten it a long time ago, how could you still remember...... But I remember, I remember it clearly! Wang Manqing stared at him deadly, with an unforgettable pain in her eyes, "You knelt in front of my father's bed, held his hand and said, brother, don't worry, with me, I will definitely take care of my sister-in-law and Manqing, Manqing is my own daughter, I will watch her grow up for you, and then find a good husband for her, and marry in a beautiful way!" β
"But what about the result?" She roared, her eyes turned red, and the green tendons of her hand holding the dagger were exposed, "If you treat me like this, aren't you afraid that my father will come to you to settle accounts when you dream back at midnight!?" β
"Enough!" Rong Ninghou interrupted her rudely, "What nonsense! It's all nonsense! He yelled angrily, "I didn't force you to marry with a knife!" didn't force you to run to be a concubine! It's because you don't know how to be honest and are willing to be cheap, who can blame you? β
His fingertips trembled and pointed at Wang Manqing: "Arrest her for me!" Gagged her! My Wang family doesn't have such a shameless daughter! β
He jumped to his feet in anger, but the guards hesitated.
Wang Manqing's words just now were too lethal, and Rong Ninghou's reaction was very suspicious, and now the passers-by on both sides of the street were pointing at them with suspicion on their faces.
In the midst of everyone's discussions, Wang Manqing, who had been holding the dagger and had not moved, suddenly smiled lightly, "I'm shameless...... Am I shameless? She lifted her chin and gritted her teeth, "I'd rather be a concubine for Jinxiang Hou than be your royal family!" I'm disgusting! β
She knelt down towards Wang Taijun's coffin and shouted: "Grandmother, Manqing is unfilial and has failed you for all these years of upbringing!" β
After saying that, he kowtowed three times meticulously, then stood up, reached out and grabbed the blade, and slashed hard.
Blood poured out of her fingers and dripped onto the snow, soaking in a bright red color.
Suddenly, her resolute voice sounded in the quiet street: "I, Wang Manqing, hereby swear a blood oath, and from now on, I will break off with the Marquis of Rongning!" β
The hoarse and loud oath echoed throughout the street, and without hesitation, she threw down the blood-stained dagger and turned away, her firm steps left a deep mark on the snow, her hands were still bleeding, but she didn't seem to feel any pain at all, just walked forward step by step.
How can this be...... Outrageous...... How unreasonable! β
Rong Ninghou seemed to have been slapped in the face, his chest rose and fell violently, and he shouted at the guards who were stunned in place with red eyes: "Are you all blind or deaf? Don't catch her yet! β
Only then did the guards come back to their senses and hurriedly ran towards Wang Manqing.
"Can't let them pass!"
The crowd of onlookers suddenly shouted loudly, and some people ran out to block the middle of the road, and then passers-by on both sides rushed over as if they had been woken up, blocking the street tightly.
"Bold! You people don't get out of the way! β
The guards scolded in shock.
It's a pity that their voices are completely drowned out by the noisy shouting of the crowd.
The street that was still orderly just now instantly turned into a pot of porridge.
Rong Ninghou watched Wang Manqing's figure disappear into the snow.
In the upstairs box of a restaurant not far from East Street, Ge Yi sat on a chair by the window and drank tea.
Outside the window, there was snow flying all over the sky, and Wang Manqing's thin figure was gradually moving away on the white snow.
"Miss Wang Liu's reputation has been ruined if she makes such a fuss......" Lu Xiao stood behind Ge Yi and said in a low voice, a trace of pity flashing in his eyes.
Ge Yi drank his tea noncommittally and asked softly, "Has the letter been delivered?" β
Lu Xiao hurriedly suppressed his expression and said respectfully: "Don't worry, you have already sent it to Kwai Yuan." β
"Did you take it?"
"As soon as I said it was about Miss Wang Liu, Rong Liu accepted it without hesitation. It seems that Li Guan really cares about Miss Wang Liu. β
Ge Yi smiled with satisfaction and ordered: "Send someone to follow Wang Manqing, don't let her find a short-sighted, otherwise this chess will not be able to be played." β
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