However, the matter of marriage is not all decided by the man, even if it is a concubine.

If the Marquis Mansion of Wenxin is just an ordinary family of wealthy merchants, Prince Gong's Mansion will arrange it as it wants, but this premise is not valid, because after Zhao Qing compromised, Xue Da still had to ask for the meaning of the Hou Mansion.

Although An Ruoxian is not pleasant, in the end, she will hold the face of the Hou Mansion, no matter how much the old lady wants to sweep her out immediately, she has to endure it.

After a deep sigh, the old lady said, "Although it is a concubine, is it too concise?" There is not even a small sedan chair to pick up people. ”

The implication is that it won't be so light-hearted, let you pick people up.

"This ......," Xue Da concluded.

To be honest, he didn't take An Ruoxian seriously, he came to pick up people on the orders of the prince, and he came directly with the prince without any preparation. In addition, An Ruoxian provoked public anger in the Hou Mansion's fox fake tiger power, he thought that the Hou Mansion would happily let An Ruoxian go, but he didn't want to make a mistake.

For a while, Xue Da didn't know what to do. Although the Marquis Wenxin Mansion is not a noble family, but in the end, there is a title in his body, and he is not good at all, and he does not give face at all.

This is in line with Zhao Qing's intentions, he said: "In this case, I will go back to the palace to prepare, and come back another day to pick up Ruoxian to pass the mansion." ”

An Ruolan raised her eyebrows slightly, she also felt that this was very good, she didn't want An Ruoxian to come out of the confinement room today.

Xue Da frowned and said, "My subordinates don't dare to go against the will of the prince, but the prince has ordered that Miss An Shi will be taken into the palace today." ”

There was no committal beak in his tone, which could be regarded as a statement for the Hou Mansion to see. Thinking that if the Hou Mansion knew each other, don't ask for so much.

How could the old lady not understand that Xue Da was taking advantage of this demonstration, and her face couldn't help but sink.

An Ruolan also frowned.

The old lady said: "It's better to compromise." The prince will go back to prepare now, and come back to pick up Ruoxian in the afternoon, so it will not be against the will of the prince. ”

There was no better way than that, Xue Da compromised and said, "The old lady understands the righteousness. ”

The old lady sneered in her heart.

An Ruolan looked at Xue Da carefully, and the more she looked at him, the more she felt that he was a little familiar, and a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind. She smiled at Xue and asked, "I haven't asked for this gentleman's name yet." ”

Xue Da was stunned, a trace of vigilance rose in his heart, and replied: "My surname is Xue." I don't know what the county lord has to say? ”

He hadn't mentioned his surname since he entered the door, in order to avoid suspicion from the people of the Marquis of Wenxin's mansion, but he didn't want to be mentioned at this juncture.

An Ruolan said secretly.

She remembered that An Ruoxian's biological mother's aunt's brother was working under King Gong. I saw that this middle-aged gentleman and An Wen both had a bit of imagination. She had a guess, but she didn't want to be a guess. It is said that nephews are like uncles, which is true.

Smiling, she said: "I don't dare to advise, but I see that Mr. is a man of great wisdom, and I admire it very much." ”

Xue Da couldn't help but stiffen, and said with a sneer: "The county lord has won the award." ”

He couldn't guess the little girl's thoughts.

Zhao Qing also saw something strange. I didn't want to stay any longer, so I got up and said, "Don't bother the old lady." Leave. ”

The old lady asked the chief steward to send the two out.

Out of the gate of the Hou Mansion, Zhao Qing said: "The county lord of Chenshuang is indeed very smart, I think it is very good to have such a sister." ”

Xue Dadao: "The county lord of Chenshuang is indeed smart, but he is still young and vigorous, although he is brave, he is not wise and steady. The subordinates thought that she didn't have to do this today, the situation of the Weiguo Mansion was worse than that of the Wenxin Marquis Mansion, and she was undoubtedly on fire like this. ”

"However, the truth is, she didn't make me feel embarrassed to defend the country." Zhao Qing raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said in a brisk tone: "My father once taught me that in order to achieve the goal, I can do whatever it takes, but people must be affectionate and righteous, if Chenshuang doesn't show up today, I won't let her go so lightly." The reason why she punished Ruoxian was also for her relatives, but she showed a bit of true temperament. ”

"That's what the prince said." Xue Da bowed.

"But I like smart sisters, but I don't like smart wives." Zhao Qing said again.

Xue Da didn't say anything, and said in his heart: "I can see it, otherwise you won't fall in love with my niece who has a hole in her brain." ”

The master and servant hurried back to King Gong's mansion without mentioning it.

In the Hou Mansion, An Ruolan helped the old lady back to Yirong Yuan, and the grandparents and grandchildren talked while walking.

The old lady asked, "How did you remember to ask the gentleman's surname?" ”

"Just curious." An Ruolan smiled, "I just saw that gentleman's appearance was somewhat similar to his third cousin Wenjun, so I asked this question, but I didn't expect that gentleman was also surnamed Xue, but he had the same surname as Ruoxian's biological mother and aunt." ”

The careless words caused the old lady to be vigilant. After thinking about it secretly, the old lady said: "Don't mention this matter to anyone for the time being, wait for me to ask your fifth uncle." ”

An Ruolan nodded. She just reminded her grandmother, so naturally she wouldn't talk too much.

Since she promised to let the palace come to pick up people in the afternoon, she naturally couldn't lock An Ruoxian in the confinement room anymore, and the old lady asked Mama Song to bring people to Songhe Hall, and she wanted to lecture herself.

Because she didn't take the medicine, An Ruoxian's swollen face has not disappeared yet, and seeing the hatred in her eyes, the old lady looked slightly cold, and said, "It seems that you haven't reflected at all." ”

An Ruoxian snorted coldly and turned her head, and asked instead of answering: "What about An Ruolan?" ”

She thought that the old lady was forced by Zhao Qing's pressure to let her out, so she didn't plan to bow her head.

This wasn't the first time she'd been locked up in a confinement cell, because after the initial fear, she was left with a grudge that couldn't be dissolved.

She has changed her mind, she is willing to be a concubine for Zhao Qing, and she wants to borrow Zhao Qing's hand to take revenge!

The old lady also did not answer, and said: "Prince Gong's Mansion will send someone to pick you up into the palace in the afternoon, and you will go back to pick up the palace in a while, even if you are a concubine, you can't lose the face of the Hou Mansion." ”

"What?! How so?! An Ruoxian was shocked, "I don't agree!" ”

"I'm sorry for you!" The old lady's face was cold, "Why do you think you can stand here?" If it weren't for the fear of offending Prince Gong's Mansion, I wouldn't forgive you for the sin of disrespecting your mother-in-law! ”

An Ruoxian bit her lower lip resentfully, and asked again: "What about An Ruolan, did she use any means?" ”

The old lady looked at her coldly: "No matter how disrespectful you are, you don't know the rules, I don't mind teaching you the etiquette before you leave the house, and the wound on your face won't heal for a while." ”

An Ruoxian's face turned pale with fright, and she quickly shut up. She didn't want to be slapped again.

The old lady continued: "I don't expect you to bring happiness to the Hou Mansion, as long as you don't use your stupidity and arrogance to bring disaster to the Hou Mansion. The rules and etiquette should be learned, otherwise it is you who will suffer when you go to the palace, the rules of the royal family are more onerous than ordinary families, don't wait until you make a mistake to complain. ”

An Ruoxian pursed the corners of her lips and didn't speak, and she didn't listen to this, she thought that with Zhaoqing's feelings for her, her life in the palace would never be more difficult than in the Hou Mansion.

The old lady saw that she couldn't listen to half of her words, so she stopped wasting her lips and asked her to go back to the room to clean up.

Around the time of the unitary hour, the people sent by Prince Gong's Mansion carried a small sedan chair and several boxes of dowry gifts from the corner gate on the west side into the Hou Mansion.

It was Mama Xiao and Xue Da who came to pick up people, Zhao Qing wanted to come in person, but was stopped by King Gong, so he had to let Xue Da come with Mama Xiao.

An Ruoxian wore an ordinary red hijab like this, wore the wedding dress prepared by Chuangyun and got on the sedan chair, sat in the bumpy sedan chair, and did not even have a person to marry, and went out of the house alone. She cried so hard that the hatred in her heart became stronger. (To be continued......)