Calmness and indignation: 64

  The old lady still had a smiling face, "The meaning of the wife is very simple. Since the cousin has 100,000 dowry, why worry about not finding a good family? However, these are all the wife's household chores, and the wife should not interfere. Let's wait for the wife to handle the cousin's marriage before we discuss our marriage again." The old lady emphasized the 100,000 dowry very much. She didn't look at her husband's expression and led him away with a proud tone.

  As the lady of the house, she respectfully performed the standard courtesy and said with a smile: "Madam, I bid you farewell." Then, she also gave a slight bow to Xiang Yunhan, turned around elegantly and followed Old Lady Xiang out of the main gate of the Xiang residence.

  The voice behind her, calling out to Yun Han, seemed not to have reached her ears. She walked at a pace that was neither hurried nor slow, until the footsteps behind her grew louder. Only then did she slowly turn around and smile faintly at Yun Han, saying: "Please wait, sir. I know how to proceed."

  Yun Han stared blankly at Ruo Qing's beautiful smile, the May sunlight was slightly scorching, shining on Ruo Qing's delicate and pale complexion, as if a layer of rouge-like glow had been added, so beautiful, so intoxicating, but in her eyes, two clusters of flames that made him tremble with fear were jumping...

  "Qing sister..." bowed her hands to Yun Han and softly asked: "Are you angry?"

  "No."

  "No, you do." Xiang Yun Han plucked up the courage to take a step forward, as if he had smelled the fragrance of the seed powder flower on his body. "Doesn't Qing sister agree with me taking Biao Mei as my concubine?"

  "Sir, you're speaking nonsense. It's a matter of course for men to have three wives and four concubines. As a humble woman from a secluded chamber, how dare I oppose it? Sir, it's your freedom to take whoever as your concubine, which has nothing to do with me."

  Yun Han frowned, "I know you're angry with me. But, my cousin is all alone and has no one to rely on in the capital, I'm her only relative. As her older male cousin, it's my responsibility to take care of her. Qing Mei, I know you have a kind heart, so you wouldn't really be willing to let a poor girl ruin her future because of filial piety, would you?"

  The young lady's eyebrows didn't move as she said, "Young master seems to make sense too."

  Yun Han's face lit up with joy, "Qing agreed? Then..."

  She said calmly, "It's just that this kind of thing can't be taken lightly. As it stands now, it's clear that you have a fondness for beauty and a dislike for the mundane. I'll say something here that might not be suitable, but this is something that should be discussed behind closed doors among your own family members. So, you're asking the wrong person." Then, disregarding Xiang Yunhan's shocked expression, Ru Qing's beautiful eyes lost their anger, and she looked at him with a calm and collected gaze, as if pitying his weakness. However, thinking about having to face this kind of husband in the future, she knew that her days would never be peaceful, so she suppressed her own thoughts and smiled faintly at the person in front of her before turning around and leaving.

  ……

  The afternoon sun was somewhat scorching, and the wide and flat streets were almost deserted. The Fang family's carriage drove along the street, making a dull thudding sound.

  She sat numbly on the cushion made of ice-silk bamboo mat, her fingernails almost clawed out with blood, yet she didn't feel any pain. She simply stared blankly at the pale green official kiln cover bowl in front of her, which slightly emitted a sound as it swayed with the carriage's jolts.

  The old lady's face was also ashen, and she didn't say a word. She looked at Ruoxi with pity, sighed slightly, and rubbed her chest - she herself was also frustrated, and couldn't think of any comforting words for Ruoxi either.

  Back at the Fang manor, He Shi and Lin Shi were already waiting in the Songhe Hall of Old Lady. They saw the grandfather and grandson enter the hall with expressionless faces and then sat down stiffly, like wooden stakes. He Shi knew that things had gone wrong.

  As soon as she saw her, Rumei's face turned pale and her chest heaved greatly. She was secretly delighted, but still pretended to be angry on the surface. "What's going on? Tell me quickly! Is it the Xiang family bullying you? Tell me quickly, I'll go report to my mother right away and scold them at their doorstep."

  He silently pulled open the door and asked: "Old lady, is it true that the Zhen family is so arrogant?"

  The old lady sat on the kang, and Xia Lin's family placed a thick and sturdy pillow behind her. She closed her eyes slightly and remained silent for quite some time before murmuring: "It turns out that niece still has 100,000 yuan in dowry."

  Wooden words, like beauty, are not understood. The loud voice said: "What's the ten million dowry? Does that cousin have a ten million dowry?" Alas, it really makes people uncomfortable. So far, Li has prepared her dowry, but in total, it's only about 20,000 dowry at most.

  He and Lin looked at each other, and finally He said: "What the old lady means is that the Zhao family intends to welcome that cousin into their home for a dowry of 100,000?"

  A loud slap, the old lady's palm hit the tea table in front of her, angrily saying: "Isn't it true, talking about filial piety, lonely and helpless, putting it bluntly, isn't it just wanting to swallow the 100,000 dowry alone?" After a pause, she slightly relieved her anger and said with hatred: "If I let that dowry be given to someone else for nothing, I might even feel heartbroken. The idea of the Zhang family is really good."

  Lin said stupidly: "This is unreasonable? For that 100,000 dowry, the Xiang family doesn't want to save face?"

  He also nodded, a dowry of one million, she was moved, but for the sake of face, it's not possible to say it out loud, right?

  The old lady sneered: "They certainly won't say it out loud. But, someone thinks that with a thick dowry, they can straighten their waist and call the shots at our house."

  He was silent for a moment, his heart racing with anxiety. "Is it really so? The Xiang family and this cousin are also too shameless."

  The old lady hated: "Not only is it shameless, but also shameless and skinless, disgusting to the point of being unable to swallow."

  Digression

  Everyone wants to see Fang's family back down on the marriage, but it's worth mentioning that if Fang's family is going to back down just because they want to take in a poor, weak and helpless niece, this would be unreasonable in the eyes of ancient aristocratic men who consider taking concubines as a matter of course. They will also be labeled as jealous and narrow-minded, so even if the niece is a piece of rotten bone, Fang's family cannot back down on the marriage for this reason. However, Fang's family will adopt other means to control the arbitrary dominance of the Xiang family, but whether they can succeed, everyone understands that things in life are unpredictable~

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