Chapter 44: Resignation
"The father called his daughter late at night to withdraw the complaint, right?" Zhihua received the news as early as Master Li stepped into the study of Yanshan Courtyard, and naturally knew why her father asked her to come over, and she got straight to the point.
"Uh......" Lu Zhenyuan didn't expect his daughter to be so direct, and all the words that he had planned to say a piece of concern first were held back in his stomach, and he didn't know how to interface for a while.
"If the father wants his daughter to withdraw the complaint, I don't care what conditions you and Master Li make, but I only make one request to the father."
Facing such a direct eldest daughter, Lu Zhenyuan was a little unaccustomed to it, and cleared his throat unnaturally, and then said: "If you have any requirements, just say it." ”
"My daughter wants to quit the Zhang family." Zhihua's face was calm.
"What did you say?" Lu Zhenyuan was taken aback. Zhang Xiang, the future son-in-law, he has always been very satisfied, today's daughter suffered this catastrophe, although the root cause is in this family affair, but he never thought about quitting his family, and he never imagined that his daughter would take the initiative to give up such an excellent fiancé.
"Have you ever heard of that childe's name? After taking the initiative to quit his family, where can you find a better husband than him? You are young and thoughtful, and your father can understand your anger for a while, so go back, and don't mention this matter again! ”
"Father, I have made up my mind. If you don't agree, I won't withdraw this complaint under any circumstances, and if the father is sure to bypass the intervention of the eldest princess's mansion and make a decision for his daughter, he can be his daughter and say nothing. However, I would like to remind my father that I have already passed on this matter to my uncle, and before you make any decisions, think about how your uncle will react when he comes to the door in the future. ”
"You!" Lu Zhenyuan didn't expect his daughter to dare to threaten him, and he was about to take the case and teach this rebellious girl a lesson, but thinking back on what she said just now, she had to be patient. With a roll of his eyes, Lu Zhenyuan planned to persuade his daughter from another angle.
"You also know that the root cause of today's incident is that Miss Li has a wrong idea, and she is trying to use the means to harm you to replace you in marrying Zhang Gongzi. Don't you have a trace of hatred for her in your heart? Think about it, if you really quit your marriage with Gongzi Zhang, he turned his head and went to Li's house to propose marriage, wouldn't it be like Miss Li's intention? ”
The father was right, and the daughter was deeply ashamed when she heard it. The father can rest assured that his daughter will never follow Miss Li's intentions, and will definitely pursue the matter to the end and will never withdraw the lawsuit! Zhihua nodded again and again, with a teachable attitude.
Lu Zhenyuan was angry, and seeing that his daughter had a good attitude, he still held back his impatience and continued to persuade: "As the saying goes, you have to be forgiving and forgiving, I am an official in the same dynasty as Lord Li, this matter is really not too stiff, you can ask his family for some property as compensation, this situation should be withdrawn." Now that Miss Li is notorious, she has also learned the lesson she deserves. ”
"But father, if it weren't for Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and the county lord's people today, the one with a bad reputation would be a daughter. The father asked his daughter to ask the Li family for money, but he dared to ask the father if he felt that his daughter's reputation could be made up for by those things? If the daughter really acted according to what her father said, wouldn't the rumors that Mrs. Zhang said earlier that her daughter forgot her righteousness for profit be directly confirmed? How will the father let his daughter gain a foothold in Beijing in the future? ”
Lu Zhenyuan couldn't answer this series of questions at all, so he could only persuade repeatedly: "You should also understand your father's embarrassment in officialdom." In officialdom, one more friend is one less enemy. ”
Zhihua didn't bother to continue arguing with him, and said strongly: "If the father wants his daughter to understand your difficulties as an official, then I implore the father to also understand that my daughter doesn't want to marry a non-human." In this family matter, you refuse to withdraw now, your daughter will never withdraw the paper, and her daughter promised that after Li Yuxue is investigated, she will ask her uncle to come forward to preside over the withdrawal of relatives. Anyway, in any case, this family business, my daughter is retired! The father still thinks about it carefully, whether to quit his relatives directly now, and sell it to the Li and Zhang families at the same time, or to continue to offend the Zhang family after watching his daughter offend the Li family in the future. At this point, my daughter said goodbye. With that, he turned and walked away.
Lu Zhenyuan looked at his daughter's back angrily and was speechless for a long time. It seems that he didn't really know his eldest daughter until today.
After a night of careful consideration, Lu Zhenyuan sadly found that he had no choice but to compromise his daughter's disobedience and began to prepare for the resignation.
After the news that the Lu family returned all the Zhang family's application gifts and released the news with great fanfare, Miss Lu was grateful for her former friend and decided to withdraw from her relatives to become an adult. Yesterday, everyone was still speculating about what the Lu family would do next, and some people guessed that the eldest lady of the Li family would be sued to the end, so that this vicious rival in love could no longer turn over; There are also those who know Miss Lu who say that she is dignified and virtuous, and in the end she must still be ruthless, open up to her former friends, and show mercy to her subordinates; There is also the master of house fighting, put himself in the shoes of Miss Lu, and came to an astonishing conclusion, Miss Lu will definitely make a virtuous and generous gesture first and forgive Li Yuxue, and Li Yuxue's current situation, except for the son of the Zhang family, can no longer marry, can only give enough benefits to lower her profile, just to be able to enter the Zhang family as a concubine. At that time, Miss Lu accepted the benefits of the Li family openly and agreed to Miss Li to enter the door, and then in the inner house, the housewife wanted to deal with a concubine, so it was not easy to catch? In this way, Miss Lu not only gained a good reputation, but also received practical benefits, and she could torture her rivals at will, killing three birds with one stone, how cost-effective it was.
Among all kinds of speculations, there is no such situation that Miss Lu will choose to withdraw from her relatives and become a perfect rival. This unexpected plot not only made the audience addicted to watching it and imagining it, but also made her rival Miss Li Yuxue feel aggrieved after receiving the news. Miss Li tried her best to set up a poison plan, just to fight for the son of the Zhang family, who would think that not only would the plan fail and lead to prison, but the opponent would also treat the treasure she had fought hard for as a rag, and throw it away, how could this situation not make Li Yuxue vomit blood? Although he knew that the Lu family's withdrawal was really good news for him, but in his heart, why did he always feel that it was not a taste?
On the Zhang family's side, when the Lu family retired from the dowry, Mrs. Zhang was taking care of her beloved son Zhang Xiang, who was covered and broke a leg yesterday.
After the next person came in to report, Mrs. Zhang was so angry that she smashed the Chinese medicine bowl on the spot: "How can this be reasonable, this Lu family is really too deceitful!" "Of course, Mrs. Zhang has heard about this incident in Beijing yesterday. When she first heard the news, she felt nothing but pride. Her son is so attractive that two young ladies are vying to marry into their Zhang family, how can Mrs. Zhang not be proud? Just when she was thinking about how to make her future daughter-in-law spit out the shop in her hand by taking advantage of this incident, she unexpectedly received a thunderbolt from the sky that her son's leg was broken. Mrs. Zhang didn't sleep all night, thinking about who did this to her son, and before she could figure out the clue, she received the news of the Lu family's resignation early in the morning, how could she not be furious.
Zhang Xiang, who was lying on the bed, was happy.
Yesterday, he went to visit the prison in Yamen and met his lover who was trapped in the plot but still had no regrets. Zhang Xiang's heart was full of pity, and the little bit of Qi Nian who hugged left and right in the past had long been wiped out by the guilt of Li Yuxue in his heart, and he was no longer visible. He became more and more determined to marry Yuxue as his wife, and only felt that this was the only way to live up to the other party's affection. Although Zhang Xiang is dedicated to learning, he is not a nerd who does not understand the world, he also knows the current situation, and it is impossible to want the eldest lady of the Lu family to be reduced to a flat wife. Now that Miss Lu took the initiative to withdraw from his family, the problems that plagued him were solved, and Zhang Xiang only felt relaxed and unspeakably happy.
Therefore, he waved his hand to send people away, and confided in his mother: "Mother, the child knows that you feel sorry for me, but now that the Lu family has withdrawn, the child can't ask for it." You have long said that the eldest lady of the Lu family forgets her righteousness when she sees profit, and even has to worry about the rent of a few shops with her fiancé's family, do you say that such a daughter-in-law will honor you when she marries in the future? Now Yuxue is infatuated with children, she is willing to do anything for children, and her family background, you also know it, there is no need for the Lu family to be bad. Isn't such a daughter-in-law more suitable for children, you say? ”
Her son's words made Mrs. Zhang ponder. After weighing the pros and cons, she nodded: "Your mother's mind knows." It's not a pity that the Lu family will retire if they retire. But what about the eldest lady of the Li family...... You can take care of your body with peace of mind, and your mother knows this matter, so you don't have to worry about it. ”
Zhang Xiang was made to lift his heart again by his mother's ominous words: "Mother, what do you want to do?" Yuxue's current situation, who else can she marry besides the child? You can't push her to her death. If she died, there was no point in the child living. He was now lying in bed, unable to move, and if his mother made any decisions behind his back, he would not be able to change them, so he had to repeat the words, for fear that his mother would make a claim.
Mrs. Zhang was really frightened by her son's words: "You son of a, what kind of bastard are you talking about!" For a woman looking for death and life, do you still want to have a face? I'm your mother, will I hurt you? Don't worry, since I know your intentions, as long as her family agrees to the conditions I proposed, you will marry Miss Li as you wish. "Miss Lu, she can't handle it, to deal with this Miss Li, who is already ruined and not married to her own son, isn't she still handy? Mrs. Zhang had a smile on her face.
Zhang Xiang is no longer making trouble. Money is something outside the body, as long as her mother is willing to agree to Yuxue to marry in, her family will never be reluctant to give up this property, so this family business is a foregone conclusion in Zhang Xiang's heart.
In this way, one party has the intention to fulfill, and the other party can't ask for it, and the matter of the Lu and Zhang families retreating from their relatives is surprisingly harmonious. After receiving the Geng post returned by the Zhang family, Zhihua did not break her word, and immediately instructed Bai Lan to prepare the carriage and prepare to go to the eldest princess's mansion in person.