With her father and brother banished, and her engagement to the marquisate broken, everyone eagerly awaited to see Xiao Jiuyue become a laughingstock.
Facing her frail grandmother, her beauti...
Chapter 467 Dad Will Not Marry Again
"She... wants to see Daddy?" Xiao Yurong said uncertainly, "Maybe she's having a hard time."
Fan had just said the same thing. Xiao Yurong looked at the clothes Fan was wearing, which were old clothes from a few years ago, and her thin appearance, so she must have not been living well.
Xiao Jiuyue shook her head and took a sip of tea. "No, she did it for your marriage."
"My marriage?" Xiao Yurong's face changed again and again. "Could it be that the Chen family has a son who is about my age?" This speculation made her face pale, without a trace of blood. She muttered to herself, "I am her biological son!"
She had asked someone to inquire about the Chen family before. They were the owners of a horse farm. They had some money from the farm, but their character was not good, and their children were even more...
"Sister, thank you!" Xiao Yurong stood up and bowed solemnly to Xiao Jiuyue. If Xiao Jiuyue hadn't sent someone to pay attention, she would have really fallen into Fan's trap.
"We're family, no need to be polite." Xiao Jiuyue chuckled, watching her anxiously leave, and reminded her, "The position of Second Uncle's wife is vacant. You can ask Second Uncle what he thinks."
Xiao Yurong's lips moved. She walked to Xiao Jiuyue and sat down. "Sister, what do you think of Aunt Lan?"
Xiao Jiuyue raised her eyebrows: "It seems that you like it very much, Aunt Lan?"
"Auntie Lan is a very nice woman." Xiao Yurong has grown up and she can tell who is nice to her and who is trying to plot against her.
"Aren't you afraid that what Fan said will come true? After she becomes the legal wife, she will only protect Jiachen regardless of you and Jiaen?" Xiao Jiuyue put down the tea and repeated the cursing words that Fan had just said.
Xiao Yurong paused and shook her head. "Sister, if Aunt Lan becomes like this, even if she's a newly married second wife, who knows if she'll only protect her own children?"
"You need to ask Second Uncle about this." Xiao Jiuyue reminded him, "You also need Grandmother's approval."
After saying that, Xiao Yurong left in a hurry.
"Miss, it's not necessary to make a concubine the legal wife." Lian Xin immediately understood what Xiao Jiuyue meant, and she agreed.
Xiao Jiuyue picked up a piece of chestnut crisp and put it in her mouth. She liked the rich chestnut flavor very much. She said, "Everything depends on human effort." In the past three years, Shang Lan's character and Shang Shang's character were both trustworthy. For someone who can help someone in times of need, what's wrong with making a concubine the first wife?
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"Lan'er, what's wrong with your face? Who hit you?" Second Master Xiao had just come back from outside. Since the Xiao family returned to Shengjing, the affairs of Fengchunlou were taken over by Second Master Xiao and Third Master Xiao. When Second Master Xiao came back from the restaurant just after finishing his work, he saw that Shang Lan's face was swollen.
"It's okay, I knocked my head accidentally. Second Master, are you hungry? I made chicken soup for you." Shang Lan spoke softly. The second house has no wife now. Although Shang Lan is just a concubine, no one in the Xiao family dares to treat her with disrespect.
"How could you have knocked yourself out like five slap marks?" Master Xiao looked at her face and asked, "Who hit you? Mother? Impossible, mother isn't that kind of person..."
Mr. Xiao Er was almost guessing the whole mansion's fault. As soon as Xiao Yurong entered the room, he said, "It was Fan who beat her."
Fan?
Mr. Xiao Er almost didn't react who it was for a long time.
"She wanted to hit me, but Auntie blocked the slap for me." Xiao Yurong looked at the red and swollen slap marks on Shang Lan's face and became even more worried. She complained to Master Xiao, "Dad, I never want to recognize Fan as my mother again."
With red eyes, Xiao Yurong complained and told what had just happened, from Fan's initial pleading to her pleading being unsuccessful and her pointing at her nose and scolding her, to the fact that it was her sister Xiao Jiuyue who stepped in in the end.
"This Fan is getting more and more outrageous! Do you really think that I dare not do anything to her?" Master Xiao had a gloomy face. After staying in Lingnan for three years, Master Xiao was no longer the Master Xiao who only knew how to eat and wait for death.
When Fan first appeared, Mr. Xiao was shocked when he saw the thin Fan. But soon, thinking that Fan wanted to divorce and didn't even care about Yurong's life or death, Mr. Xiao's heart became cruel.
Mr. Xiao warned Fan not to come to the Xiao family again.
"Lan'er, I will seek justice for you in this matter." Mr. Xiao said, and asked someone to bring a handkerchief to apply to her face.
"Dad, I really have to thank Auntie for this." Xiao Yurong thanked Shang Lan and then followed Master Xiao out. When they reached Master Xiao's study, Xiao Yurong said, "Dad, do you know why Fan came to see me?"
"Aren't I still asking you for money?" Mr. Xiao frowned. In the past, he felt a little guilty towards Mrs. Fan because he wanted to marry Shang Lan. But since he knew that something happened to the Xiao family, Mrs. Fan wanted to divorce and even didn't care about her daughter's life or death. Mr. Xiao only felt disgust towards Mrs. Fan.
"No, she wants me to marry into the Chen family and become her daughter-in-law." Since they were the only two in the study, Xiao Yurong had no intention of hiding anything. She said, "Dad, she wants a closer relationship, but I don't want that."
"What?" Master Xiao was stunned when he heard this. He slammed the table, and the things on the table shook and made a clanging sound. His eyes bulged. If Fan was right in front of him, Master Xiao would have wanted to eat her alive!
Although Yurong is not like Xiao Jiuyue, who has a father who is the Marquis of Cheng'en and a brother who is the prince, she still has the Xiao family!
With the support of the Xiao family, although Yurong was delayed for a few years, it is not difficult for her to find a good marriage!
Mrs. Fan is trying to humiliate her daughter!
"No, this Fan is out of her mind." Master Xiao was so angry that he was pacing around the room. He consoled her, "Don't worry, Yurong. Your grandmother, your eldest aunt, and your third aunt will take care of your marriage. They will definitely not let you suffer any loss!"
"From now on, don't ever see Mrs. Fan again." Second Master Xiao warned. He looked at Xiao Yurong and patted his chest to assure her, "As for the mistress Mrs. Fan mentioned, don't worry, Dad won't marry again. He'll just take care of you guys."
With a son, a daughter, and Lan'er as well, Mr. Xiao had no intention of marrying a second wife. He said, "You and Jia'en will always be my children. If you have anything to say, tell me. I will always stand by you."
"Dad." Xiao Yurong looked at Master Xiao Er with emotion. Even though she guessed what her father was thinking, he never mentioned the intention of making Shang Lan his wife.
Xiao Yurong took the initiative to say: "Dad, since you don't plan to go, how can our second house be without a mistress? I think the concubine is good."
Mr. Xiao was stunned.
Xiao Yurong continued, "I have no objection to you making my aunt your wife."
"Yurong." Master Xiao had indeed had this thought, but considering Xiao Yurong and Xiao Jiaen, Master Xiao never mentioned it. Anyway, it didn't matter if he lived with his concubine and didn't marry a wife.
"Dad, the Second House cannot be without a mistress. Otherwise, who will greet the guests in the future?" After Xiao Yurong said this, the entanglement in her heart disappeared completely. She said, "Dad, if you are worried about Jia En, I will go and talk to her."