Chapter 20 Beware of Traitors

Hua Wanyong was quite careful in her work, not only did she write the names of the sons and daughters of the young ladies, but she also went over the family history as well. There were many familiar names in there that had been seen in the original novel, and some unfamiliar names that should belong to the later nouveau riche.

“Where is the flower guard?”

“Eating tea in Mr. Yun’s room.”

Eating what tea? Definitely chatting about gossip.

Zhao Su sat down, thinking that Xiaolan had just talked about Aunt Ning, and was about to go and invite her, when Xiao Ju came in and said that Aunt Ning was here.

Auntie Ning is as exquisite as ever, and the jade comb on her left sideburns has a special flavor. As soon as she arrived, she stretched out her arm to encircle Zhao Su in her arms, “My goodness, why did you go to the palace for such a long time? Did the Empress Dowager say anything?”

Zhao Su was forced to make a sound in her armpit: “Auntie is over worried, the Empress Dowager is very good to me ……”

Just when she was wondering if she should set someone aside, Aunt Ning’s arm loosened on its own, “What’s that smell on you?”

“Oh,” Zhao Su sat up straight, “I just came back from outside and haven’t had time to change my clothes. Auntie and sit down, I’ll go and come.”

“That’s not busy.” Aunt Ning pulled her to sit down, “I have something to ask you.” Saying that, she dismissed everyone and then said, “I heard that you promised your father to renew your marriage yesterday in order to ask for protection for Mistress Yun and Guardian Hua?”

“Yes,” Zhao Su said, “Isn’t that his freedom?”

Aunt Ning looked over, “Who taught you that?”

“No one taught me.” Zhao Su thought it was strange, “Auntie thinks that someone has to teach me this kind of thing?”

Aunt Ning froze, “Then how can you think that? Didn’t I tell you? If your father renews his marriage, you’ll have a hard time. The Marquis House has such a big family business, such a high status, and the people outside come in as Mrs. Marquis Qingyun, with a higher status than all of your aunts and uncles, and your father is so busy, so if you are bullied at that time, no one will be able to stand up for you, so what can you do?”

Zhao Su said, “You have a point. I’ll make sure to ask him to polish his eyes and find a woman with a good character who can be relied on.”

Aunt Ning’s face suddenly turned ugly, “Why do you have to let him renew his marriage?”

“Because he has the will to do so! It’s not like he’s hurting the world by renewing his marriage, there’s no need to stop him. Mother has passed away for so many years, father has been celibate for so many years, it’s really not like the Marquis House to not have a mistress, as long as the person is reliable and they are interested in each other, isn’t that a good thing? What do you think, Auntie?”

Auntie Ning was in a daze for half a day, her eyes full of incredulity: “Aren’t you afraid that you’ll have a younger sibling to divide up the family’s assets? In the past, those stepmothers coveted the dowry of the original pair of things you have not heard much, your mother left so much dowry, in case it was stolen by someone how to do?!”

“Don’t I still have a brother? Where is it someone else’s turn to scheme away? I’m also fifteen years old, and yesterday when I saw my father so anxious to come into the palace to save me, I reflected all night and felt that I was indeed unintelligent in the past, and that since he has been celibate for so long, and since he has the idea of renewing his marriage, I should still support him.

“Auntie’s heart aches for mother’s feelings I know, but father is also my biological father, I also don’t want to see him stay alone, I hope you can understand as well.”

“But you weren’t saying this the other day,” Aunt Ning said, her voice unconsciously rising, “You said you wouldn’t budge on this matter, and your father didn’t even bring it up yesterday, but it was you who took the initiative to say it- -You are very different these two days, no, is different since the return to the palace, could it be that the Empress Dowager has authorized you to what?”

Zhao Su wondered, “This is our family matter, what could the Empress Dowager have authorized me to do?”

Aunt Ning pursed her lips and sized her up, her eyebrows and eyes still filled with suspicion.

Zhao Su wasn’t afraid of her looking. But after a while realized that she is still looking, which makes people can’t be calm: “Is it possible that there are flowers on my face?”

“No flowers.” Aunt Ning jerked her silk, “Just look at you like this, how do you not look like a person who is going to marry.”

“Who wants to marry?”

Aunt Ning looked askance, “Didn’t your father promise you a marriage years ago? That Xu family young master ……”

“Stop!”

Zhao Su stumped up, “A marriage? Mine?”

“It’s yours. Could it still be mine?” Aunt Ning tilted her head and looked at her as she stood up, “Didn’t he betroth you to Xu Chong, the eldest son of Zhen Guo’s General Xu Shi Shi, in the month of Lunar New Year last year? Now it’s all about Wen Ding, don’t tell me you’ve forgotten all about it.”

Zhao Su was dumbfounded!

She was maternally single for twenty-four years before crossing the border, and after crossing the border she actually had a fiancé without even being matched?

“What kind of family is this Xu family? Is Mr. Xu good-looking? What about his character?”

Had he been single for too long?

Hearing that she had picked up a fiancé for nothing, she actually had something to look forward to? ……

But on second thought, she was a bit puzzled: “But you all said that I got into trouble yesterday and it was all over the city, however, from yesterday to today, no one from the Xu family came to the Marquis’ residence to inquire about the marquis, if there is really a marriage contract, and something like this happened, is it reasonable for their family not to come to take a look at it? Besides, my reputation is so bad, I’ve only just reached maturity, how could someone come to ask for my hand in marriage?”

It’s not a joke, is it?

Don’t ever let her have empty joy.

“No matter how much trouble you get into, you’re still the eldest miss of the Marquis of Qingyun, and their Xu family is only a second-ranked military general, how can they compare to our hereditary noble status? It is their good fortune to be able to marry you. How can you be so presumptuous?” Aunt Ning educated her, “Of course their family had a visitor, they just didn’t tell you. Mrs. Xu even sent a bird’s nest, saying she wanted to give you a shock.”

Zhao Su was slightly relieved, although she said that she had never imagined a blind marriage, but since it had become a fact, she at least had to learn about it first, not to mention that a second grade military general was indeed not a minor official.

“Then how does he look?”

Face control can’t accept the bad features, and Zhao Su didn’t even find out the impression of the negotiated marriage from his memory, this Mr. Xu naturally hasn’t seen it either.

“Xu Gongzi is handsome and dashing, and can write and will fight, can be said to be one in a hundred Langjun, but unfortunately ……”

“Unfortunately what?”

Aunt Ning looked at her worriedly, “I recently heard a piece of news, and I don’t know if it’s correct or not.”

“You tell me!”

“The Xu family’s rank is not as good as the Marquis, at least the Xu family couple is quite good at what they do, it’s just that this Xu Gongzi is very unintelligent, she doesn’t have her eye on you, and is even ashamed to have a fiancée who is so good-natured and stupid as you, and doesn’t even want to mention you on a regular basis, and I heard that on the contrary, he is associating closely with his own childhood friend’s cousin.

“And the reason why the Xu family won’t let him marry this cousin is because this cousin’s family is not good, and her father is just a businessman.

“The way I see them, they’re very worried that when you marry over, it’s quite possible that they’ll find some kind of name to take this cousin girl into their room at that time. Although you are of noble birth, you will not be able to do anything about it after marriage. And your father to give you promised a such a family, also do not know is subject to who is flirting with!”

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