Wushuang sat in the middle, facing her parents and brothers and sisters-in-law who surrounded her, she remained calm.
"Tell me clearly, whose child is this? Did something happen when you went to the temple?"
"No, if something happened to you in the temple, the maids would definitely not tell us." Ling Xiu looked at her daughter angrily and said, "Tell me clearly, what happened?"
Zhu Yunfeng and Zhu Weiyi, two grown men, also looked at her. Zhu Yunfeng said earnestly, "Wushuang, those sweet words men say are all fake. Don't believe them."
"If that man uses sweet words to coax you into not telling your parents, then he is definitely not a good person."
"Wushuang, as a man, I can tell you that men are just that kind of stinky..."
Wushuang was pleased to see that everyone cared so much about her. Instead of blaming her, they turned their attention to the man who made her pregnant.
Wushuang said, "Dad and Mom, I don't want to get married."
"What?"
When they suddenly heard her say this, neither Zhu Yunfeng nor Ling Xiu, nor Zhu Weiyi and Yang Yiran, understood what she meant.
"Mom and Dad, I don't want to get married, so I found a man to have children." Wushuang said calmly.
"What did you say? If you don't want to get married, then don't get married. Why do you have to have this child?" Ling Xiu said angrily. "If you don't want to get married, you can just tell mother. Why do you have to use this method?"
"If you want to marry into my family, I can help you find a suitable one."
Wushuang raised an eyebrow, "Mom, a son-in-law is not necessarily a good thing."
"My parents both want me to marry a poor student, so that when they graduate from high school one day, their daughter can become an official's wife."
"But Dad and Mom, how can you guarantee that he will treat his daughter well after he becomes successful?"
"Even if he won't divorce his wife after all his hardships, what if he becomes successful in the future and marries someone equal to him, or takes in a concubine and favors her over his wife?"
"What if he spends my money and supports other women, and has many illegitimate children, all of whom are raised with my money?"
"He might even put on an act outside, pretending to be deeply in love with me and not despise me even if he becomes rich, but behind closed doors he abuses me."
"Mom, I'm just a merchant girl. What if that man really graduates from high school and becomes an official? If he really bullies me, can I defeat him?"
"Since ancient times, the people have not fought against the officials. Our Zhu family is just a merchant family. If the officials want to bully us, can we win?" Wushuang looked at her parents and her brother and sister-in-law seriously and asked.
Ling Xiu certainly knew this, but she did not have the same desire as Zhu Yunfeng for her daughter to marry into a family of officials and change her social status.
For her, it is important to find a husband who is of equal status and good to her daughter.
Although Zhu Yunfeng loves his daughter very much, his idea of changing his family's status is more important.
He also believed that if a poor student married his daughter, he would definitely treat his daughter well because of the wealth of the Zhu family and the fact that he, as her father-in-law, could make money.
"Dad, have you forgotten all the lessons from ancient times? For example, the scholar who won the third place in the imperial examination in the previous dynasty didn't even marry a merchant's daughter, but a peasant girl."
"The peasant girl worked so hard to support him and allow him to study for the imperial examinations. Finally, after he passed the imperial examination and ranked third in the imperial examinations, he quickly married the princess and demoted his wife to a concubine."
"Even so, countless people praised him for his loyalty and righteousness. Even after he became rich, he didn't abandon this peasant girl. He even made her his concubine, allowing her to enjoy wealth and glory in the future..."
"Dad, do you want your daughter to be like this?" Wushuang looked at Zhu Yunfeng steadily and asked.
Zhu Yunfeng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Of course Dad doesn't want you to live like this."
"But... you will eventually get married..." Zhu Yunfeng said as he looked at his beautiful daughter.
Why did he insist on marrying his daughter to a high school student? Wasn't it because he felt that his family couldn't protect such a beautiful daughter?
If those powerful people saw his daughter's appearance, would they do anything to get her?
"Wushuang, Daddy isn't forcing you to get married, but... you have to know that our family can't protect you at all..."
Of course he was very proud and pleased to have a daughter who was so beautiful, but he did not have the confidence that he could protect her forever.
"If the current emperor was not only eight years old, Dad would have sent you to the palace." Zhu Yunfeng sighed.
Wushuang: “…”
"Father, you thought about sending your daughter to the palace, but why didn't you consider that if you insisted on marrying your daughter to a poor scholar, you might not be able to protect her?"
"Before those students pass the imperial examinations, if my daughter is noticed by some powerful person, she will be doomed." Wushuang said helplessly.
"What should we do now? You're pregnant." Zhu Yunfeng looked at his daughter's belly and said, "You still don't want to tell your parents who that man is?"
Wushuang smiled and said, "I don't know who he is either."
Of course she knew that it was the Regent of Dayan, Chu Yunyi, but this was something that only she and the system knew. Chu Yunyi had not revealed his identity, so she certainly did not know his identity on the surface.
"I met that young man when I went to the temple to burn incense and pray for marriage. He was injured at the time, so I brought him back to the temple."
"A month ago, my daughter met him again..." Wushuang told her his plans and goals, of course omitting some details.
Zhu Yunfeng and Ling Xiu were extremely distressed.
"Do we really want to find that man and let Wushuang marry him?" Zhu Weiyi frowned and asked his parents.
"Why marry? Wushuang is pregnant now, so let's give birth to the child. With our Zhu family's ability, can we not afford to support her and the child?"
"Even if I have to raise Wushuang for the rest of his life, I will accept it." Ling Xiu slammed the table and said.
It doesn't matter that her daughter is not good at business. She is still young and can earn enough money for her daughter to squander for the rest of her life before she is too old to walk.
Zhu Yunfeng: "That's right. Could it be that your father can no longer support your sister?"
"With your words, I feel relieved." Zhu Weiyi looked at his sister and said, "Wushuang, don't worry. Big brother will also take care of you."
Yang Yiran held his son in his arms and said to Wushuang, "Don't worry, Wushuang, your sister-in-law also supports your brother."
Yang Yiran didn't think there was anything wrong with raising her sister-in-law and her children at home. She had a good impression of this beautiful sister-in-law, and she was also satisfied to be able to see this face for the rest of her life.
Yang Yiran also has a high talent for business.
When Ling Xiu was choosing a wife for her son, she specifically picked someone who had a talent for business, was very courageous, and had a good personality.
After all, she and Zhu Yunfeng work side by side in the business world, and the couple are invincible as a team.
She also wanted her son to have a powerful "comrade-in-arms", so although Yang Yiran looks gentle on the outside, she is actually a decisive and ruthless woman when doing business.
She really liked her delicate and gentle sister-in-law, and it was not difficult for Yang Yiran to support her for the rest of her life.