bestfiction Chapter 431 Holding a grudge
Chapter 431 Holding a grudge
After getting angry, Mrs. Zhu slowly calmed down.
"She's a brothel girl. Even if your eldest brother keeps her, she can only be a concubine at best."
"That's right. All the young masters of aristocratic families have had concubines at an early age. Our brother Xuan just got his first woman. What's the big deal?" said Madam Zhu.
"Since the breakthrough point for this marriage lies with Lord Tang, when the eldest brother comes back, have him come to see me. I want him to personally discuss this marriage with the person who is truly in charge of the Tang family."
"Mother means that Master should ask Lord Tang to propose marriage?"
"That's right," said Old Madam Zhu. "Women are short-sighted. From what you said, the Madam of the Tang family loves her biological daughter like a treasure. If we were to talk to her, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to negotiate. But it's different if we talk to a man. A man named Tang can become the top scholar, so he must be smart. Using a stepsister to marry into our family will benefit his career. As long as he's not mentally damaged, there's no way he would refuse this marriage. If he agrees, Madam Tang will have to agree even if she doesn't agree. After all, her current status as an official's wife was given to her by this stepson. If she offends this stepson, she will be nothing."
The Zhu family was in a state of panic, while the Tang family was overjoyed.
Tang Luwu told Qin Huiyin and Li Taohua the new news and said happily, "That Mr. Zhu blatantly brought that courtesan back to the Zhu Mansion. Finally, the Zhu family will stop bothering us from now on."
"That's good," Li Taohua said. "It finally puts an end to my worries. I'm fed up with the Zhu family sending people to lobby me all the time. They think I'm concerned about the disfigured Zhu. Yes, I am, but that's only one reason. The biggest reason is that no matter how you look at it, he's not worthy of my Yinyin! What's the point of the Zhu family's good family background? Can I take that to my grave?"
In the afternoon, Chen Yu returned to the Tang family first and said that Tang Yichen would come back tonight to have dinner and have a small gathering with everyone, so he asked everyone in the family not to go out.
Qin Huiyin heard that Tang Yichen was coming back and had informed everyone in advance that they would have a small gathering, so she did not go to find Song Ruize. After all, Song Ruize was injured, and she was still very worried.
When Tang Yichen came back, he saw Qin Huiyin playing with a kitten. The kitten looked cute and delicate. The attendant next to him said that it was the one that Master Li gave to Miss Xia, so he paid more attention to it.
"Go look for this kind of cat in the pet store and buy one for the eldest lady and the second lady." Tang Yichen said, "The lady has a master at her place, so there's no need to worry about her getting bored."
If he really gave Li Taohua a pet, Tang Dafu would find trouble with him. Tang Dafu was even more clingy than dogs and cats, and would never let Li Taohua have other clingy people around.
"Yes." Chen Yu responded.
"Brother is back." Tang Luwu was the first to discover Tang Yichen's existence.
Qin Huiyin picked up Xiami and walked towards Tang Yichen. She grabbed Xiami's paw and greeted Tang Yichen, "Look who this is? This is Lord Tang, dressed in his official uniform, looking like a god descended from heaven!"
Tang Yichen laughed, stroked Xiami's fur, and said, "Don't learn from this slick-talking girl. She's always trying to attract attention, then ignores everyone and waits for us to clean up the mess she's made."
Qin Huiyin cried out in injustice, covering Xiami's ears: "I won't listen, I won't listen, this is a malicious review."
Tang Yichen pinched her cheek: "Oh, little liar."
Qin Huiyin stared with a pair of big eyes: "Nonsense, I didn't, don't wrongly accuse me. Mom, my eldest brother bullied me!"
Tang Yichen: “…”
Tang Luwu said beside him, "Dad and Mom are waiting anxiously, let's go eat!"
The brothers and sisters entered the lobby and saw Tang Dafu peeling grapes for Li Taohua.
"Madam, I see there are a few newcomers here today," Tang Dafu said. "Those new guards aren't very good at what they do. How about replacing them with some experienced ones?"
"How can they be inexperienced?" Li Taohua said unhappily, "Because they are young, you say they are inexperienced. I personally selected these guards, and they are all trained warriors."
"It's precisely because you picked them yourself that I'm worried," Tang Dafu muttered. "I heard that when you were selecting the guards today, you were fascinated by them practicing boxing, swordplay, and wall-climbing with their bare chests."
The Tang family brothers and sisters: "..."
Tang Dafu was no longer just a jealous person, but a jealous jar. He kept an eye on the unstable factors around Li Taohua at all times, and would start to make trouble if he was worried.
But it doesn’t matter, Li Taohua can deal with him anyway.
"Brother Chen, you specifically asked us to wait for you at home for the reunion dinner. Is there something important you want to say?" Li Taohua pushed away Tang Dafu's head and asked Tang Yichen.
Tang Yichen washed his hands first, sat down in his seat, and said, "Let's talk while we eat."
The Tang family didn't have a rule about not talking while eating or sleeping. They always talked about things during meals, and they still did. After all, this was the most relaxing time, and the best time to talk.
"Minister Zhu came to see me today and mentioned Yinyin's marriage again. I heard that if I marry my sister to his eldest son, he would guarantee me a successful career and a place in the cabinet within three years."
"You are so young and you can enter the cabinet. The other party is really brave to make a promise. My Yinyin is quite valuable. She can actually help you get promoted several levels in three years." Li Taohua sneered.
"Yinyin is a treasure, one of a kind in the world, and of course it's worth the price." Tang Yichen said, "If I don't agree, the Zhu family will bear a grudge against our Tang family. From now on, let alone promotion, it will be extremely difficult for me to stay in the capital."
Tang Luwu looked at Tang Yichen worriedly.
One is that she is worried that Tang Yichen will encounter difficulties in his career, and the other is that she is worried that he will really agree to this marriage.
If he agreed, there would definitely be problems in the relationship between his father and mother.
Tang Dafu looked at Li Taohua nervously. Once Li Taohua got angry, he was ready to kill her for the sake of justice.
"Brother Chen is always smart. He should know how to make this deal so as not to lose money." Li Taohua smiled wryly. "So what's your response?"
"I say... my daughter will only marry a man who can be her lifelong companion. He doesn't need to be particularly handsome or have a high family background, but he can't have a concubine, a mistress, or any confidantes. If he can't keep this promise, even if he's a royal, my daughter wouldn't dare marry him."
"Brother, is that what you said?" Qin Huiyin was surprised. "Aren't you afraid of being bullied?"
"If I refuse politely, he won't hold a grudge against me?"
Qin Huiyin shook her head. "That can't be possible. The Zhu family has offered this olive branch of marriage several times in a row, and our family has always refused. This has already made them lose face, and they are already gnashing with hatred in their hearts."
"In that case, it doesn't matter how we refuse. It's a refusal anyway. My meaning is so clear, I believe they won't cause trouble for themselves again." Tang Yichen said.