Liu Lanzhi left Jiao's house and returned to her parents' home.

Mother Liu was surprised when she saw Laneige coming back, and asked, "Laneige, why did you go back to your parents' house alone?"

Liu Lanzhi took out the letter of resignation written to her by Jiao Zhongqing, ashamed.

After listening to Laneige's explanation, Mother Liu was very sad, "I started to teach you to weave at the age of thirteen, you can cut clothes at the age of fourteen, you can play the gong at the age of fifteen, you know etiquette at the age of sixteen, and you will be married at the age of seventeen. ”

Liu Lanzhi took the letter of resignation and returned to her parents' house, but it spread in two or three days.

On the twelfth day of Liu Lanzhi's return to her parents' home, the county order sent a matchmaker to the door.

According to the matchmaker, it turned out that there was a third son in the county order's family, who was elegant and beautiful, unparalleled in the world, only eighteen or nineteen years old, very eloquent, had seen Liu Lanzhi before, and was impressed by Lanzhi's beauty, but because Lanzhi was already the daughter-in-law of the Jiao family, he broke off his thoughts, and never thought that Lanzhi was retired back to his parents' house, and now he is alone, and the third son of the county order has the heart to marry again, so he begged the county order's father to let the matchmaker come to Liu's house to propose.

Mother Liu was very satisfied with this family business, and persuaded her daughter: "The third son of the county order family is very good, you can agree to this family business." ”

Liu Lanzhi said she was unwilling.

Mother Liu continued to persuade: "You are the one who was divorced and returned to your mother's house, and now the county commander wants to marry you as his wife, this is a blessing, why are you not satisfied?"

Liu Lanzhi cried to her mother: "When Lanzhi returned to her parents' house, Jiao Zhongqing made a vow in front of me that she would never be separated in this life, and now it is against her feelings, I am afraid that it is inappropriate to do so, and I beg my mother to refuse the matchmaker, and don't mention this kind of thing when I marry in the future." ”

Liu's mother felt sorry for her daughter, so she rejected the matchmaker, "Laneige is the daughter of our poor family, she was divorced and returned to her parents' house not long after she got married, and she can no longer be the wife of an official, how can she be worthy of the third son of the county master? ”

Two days after the matchmaker of the county order left, Taishou sent the county to propose.

It turned out that there was a fifth son in the Taishou family, who was handsome and delicate, and had not yet married.

The fifth prince once heard Liu Lanzhi play the gonghou, and was impressed by the music, and introduced Liu Lanzhi as a bosom friend.

Now I heard that Liu Lanzhi was retired to her parents' house, so she begged her father to be too protective and let the matchmaker come to her parents.

Jun Cheng became this matchmaker, and after coming to Liu's house, he said directly to Liu's mother: "The fifth son of my family wants to marry your Miss Lanzhi, so he sent me to your house to talk about matchmaking." ”

With Liu Lanzhi's words before, Liu's mother refused the matchmaker and said: "My daughter has vowed before that she will not marry twice in this life, how dare I mention remarriage to her, old woman?"

Laneige's own brother was extremely angry when he heard that Taishou Gongzi's marriage proposal was rejected.

Not long after Jun Cheng left, Laneige's brother found Laneige and asked, "Sister, what are you going to do? The last time you got married, you married a small official, and if you marry a noble son this time, you will marry a noble son, and the difference between good and bad luck is like heaven and earth, if you marry the fifth son of Taishou, it is enough to make you prosperous and rich for life, if you don't marry such a noble son, what are you going to do in the future?

My brother's tone was not good, Laneige sent someone under the fence, and replied in a sad tone: "The truth is indeed like what my brother said, I got married last time, but I didn't expect to be divorced halfway back to my mother's house, and live here with my brother, how to deal with it, completely according to my brother's meaning, how dare I make my own decisions, although I have made an oath with Jiao Zhongqing, but thinking of Jiao's mother-in-law, I have expected that I and Jiao Zhongqing will never have the opportunity to meet, since my brother wants me to marry the fifth son of Taishou, then I agreed to this family business." ”

Laneige's brother tells him about Laneige's decision.

Jun Cheng returned to Taishou's Mansion and reported to Taishou: "The fifth prince has a very close relationship with Miss Liu, and the matchmaker is very successful. ”

Taishou was very happy, and the fifth prince was even more happy, and immediately began to check the wedding calendar, and then looked at the wedding book.

The fifth prince was in a hurry to marry Liu Lanzhi and return home, and set the wedding date within a month.

Jun Cheng came to Liu's house to discuss the marriage date, "The thirtieth day of this month is a good day, the year, the month and the day, the sexagenary branches are all suitable, it is very auspicious, today is already twenty-seven, our Taishou and the fifth prince mean to set the wedding date on the thirtieth day, what is the opinion of the Liu Mansion?"

Laneige's brother set a wedding date for Laneige, "Everything is according to the meaning of Taishoufu." ”

The wedding date was set, and the Taishou Mansion began to prepare for the wedding.

The boat with the dowry is painted with auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes, and flags embroidered with dragons are hung at the four corners, gently fluttering in the wind.

The golden chariot, the white jade inlaid wheels, the green horse walking slowly, and the saddle with the colorful Ying hanging around and the gold ornaments carved underneath.

The bride price sent was three million, all of which were worn with cyan silk threads, all kinds of silk satin, three hundred horses, delicacies from all over the world, and four or five hundred followers, who came to Liu's mansion from the gate of Lujiang Mansion lively.

The expensive dowry was sent to Liu's mansion, and Liu's mother persuaded her daughter: "Laneige, the person who guards the mansion too much, will come to pick up your relatives tomorrow, why haven't you prepared your wedding dress?"

Liu Lanzhi was silent, covering her mouth with a handkerchief and crying, tears flowing down her cheeks like a beaded curtain.

Laneige tearfully makes a wedding dress.

Jiao Zhongqing, who was hundreds of miles away, heard that Laneige was going to marry the son of Taishou, so he asked for leave and rushed back overnight.

Jiao Zhongqing came to Liu's house to see Laneige, but was blocked by Laneige's brother and scolded him.

Jiao Zhongqing knew that he was at the wrong and was reluctant to leave at the door.

Laneige heard Jiao Zhongqing arguing with his brother and rushed out the door.

Laneige cried to Jiao Zhongqing: "Since you left, too many things have happened, my mother and brother have promised me to others, what can you do when you come back now?"

Jiao Zhongqing said to Laneige angrily: "Congratulations on marrying a better family, my rock is square and solid, and I can always guard here for thousands of years, and Pu Wei is flexible for a while, it can only be between morning and evening, you will become rich day by day, I will keep my vow to die alone alone." ”

Liu Lanzhi was angry and heartbroken, "I didn't expect you to say such a thing, we are also persecuted, you are like this, I am like this, since we can't be together in life, let us stay together under the underworld, I will not break today's oath." ”

The next day, the welcoming team of Taishou Mansion came to Liu's Mansion.

Liu Lanzhi was wearing a wedding dress and muttered to herself: "My life is not today, and my soul will remain for a long time." ”

Liu Lanzhi committed suicide by throwing herself into the water.