Chapter 230 Compromise

"Mom, do you really have to force me like this?"

Xu Qingshan said this in a hoarse voice. He really didn't understand why his mother was unwilling to accept Gu Yuanniang. Was it because of her family background? But Liu Hong's family background was not as good as theirs. Why could Liu Hong accept it but Gu Yuanniang couldn't?

"The child has really grown up and is now disobedient. Do you really want to see me die here before you are satisfied?"

Mrs. Zhang sat on the bed, questioning Xu Qingshan, not giving the man any chance to refute.

Xu Qingshan was silent for a long time, his eyes empty like a puppet, he nodded and said: "I will marry you, I will marry you!"

"Who to marry?" Even though Mrs. Zhang already knew what Xu Qingshan meant, she still asked without giving up.

"I am willing to marry my cousin." After Xu Qingshan said this coldly, he turned and left.

The moment he pushed the door open, Gu Yuanniang was standing in front of the door with tears in her eyes. She had heard everything that had just happened between the two of them.

Xu Qingshan wanted to speak, but in the end he couldn't say anything and passed Gu Yuanniang by.

Liu Hong, who was standing at the door, raised the corner of her mouth proudly, smiled deferentially at Gu Yuanniang, then changed her expression to one of pity and grievance, and hurriedly walked into the house.

"Aunt, why are you doing this? As long as my cousin is willing, I would be willing even if it means being a concubine." Liu Hong said as she wiped the unnecessary tears from her face. Her pitiful appearance made Mrs. Zhang feel distressed.

Holding Liu Hong in her arms, Madam Zhang comforted her and said, "Don't worry, Hong'er. I know my son best. Look, he has agreed today."

Xu Miaomiao wrote the prescription, handed it to Xu Qingshan and said, "Have you really thought it through?"

There was such a loud noise upstairs just now that the girls downstairs must have heard a word or two, so they continued to ask Xu Qingshan.

Xu Qingshan smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly, took the prescription handed over by Xu Miaomiao, and said, "Thank you for troubling Madam Xu these days. After I leave, Liu Niang will be in your care."

"Don't bother."

Xu Miaomiao listened to Xu Qingshan's words with an unprecedentedly cold tone: "Sixth Mother, she is originally a member of my Xu family. Even if you didn't ask me to, I would naturally take good care of her."

After saying that, he turned his back, unwilling to face Xu Qingshan.

Xu Qingshan knew that he had annoyed Xu Miaomiao, so he could only bow to Xu Miaomiao and walk out.

Now, Xu Qingshan finally agreed to marry Liu Hong, so Madam Zhang was naturally very happy about it.

As soon as he woke up, he shouted to the coachman to go home so that he could choose an auspicious day for Xu Qingshan and Liu Hong to get married.

Gu Yuanniang looked at the carriage going further and further away and tilted her head unconsciously. The pain in her heart was hard to describe. Her eyes were already sore from crying that she couldn't shed another tear.

Song Weiwei couldn't say anything to comfort him. After all, it was difficult to have both filial piety and righteousness. If he really abandoned his mother and only pursued his own happiness, Xu Qingshan and Gu Yuan's mother would surely look down on him.

"Sixth Mother, don't be too sad." Xu Miaomiao looked at her absent-minded expression, put her hand on her shoulder, and spoke.

Reaching out her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, Gu Yuanniang said calmly: "Miao Miao, I don't blame him at all. Although the result was not good, we had those good memories, and that's enough. If I have to blame someone, it's that we are not destined to be together in this life."

Gu Yuanniang turned and left until the carriage disappeared.

Seeing this, Song Weiwei and Xu Miaomiao were not able to follow. At this moment, Gu Yuanniang also needed to calm down for some time.

They thought the matter had just passed. For the past three to five days, Gu Yuanniang had been acting like normal, which made Xu Miaomiao and Song Weiwei feel that she had really let it go.

However, when the Xu family's invitation was delivered to the department store, Xu Miaomiao still saw the numb expression on Gu Yuanniang's face.

Song Weiwei took the invitation and chased after the servant and threw it over: "Who wants to attend your wedding banquet?"

Gu Yuanniang shook her head and picked up the invitation: "I will go. I, Gu Yuanniang, can take it and put it down. I sincerely hope Qingshan can find a suitable person."

As she spoke, a smile appeared on Gu Yuanniang's face, and she looked so calm.

"Sixth Mother..." Song Weiwei called her with some heartache, but was ignored by Gu Yuanniang.

"This matter has only been over for a few days, but the Xu family is in such a hurry to hold the wedding. Are they afraid that our Sixth Lady will pester him?"

After Gu Yue Niang left, Song Weiwei shouted in dissatisfaction at the entrance of the department store.

Seeing this, Xu Miaomiao immediately stopped them: "Okay, now the Xu family has nothing to do with us anymore, so let's not say these things anymore in the future. Let's save some face for them and ourselves, so that the two families can meet in the future without making the relationship so awkward."

Song Weiwei lowered her head and said "oh", then turned back to busy herself with other things.

Since Gu Yuanniang was going to attend the Xu family's banquet, Xu Miaomiao naturally had to be polite to them. She specially picked out two presentable items in the mansion and asked Gu Yuanniang to send them to the Xu family.

Gu Yuanniang looked at the priceless jade, said thank you to Xu Miaomiao, then turned around and got on the carriage.

Although the Xu family was not a wealthy family, there were countless people attending the wedding banquet. No one noticed Gu Yuanniang at first, but when the gift she brought was taken out, no one could ignore her anymore.

Everyone was talking about which family's daughter would actually attend a banquet for a poor family like the Xu family.

Gu Yuanniang pretended not to hear, found a seat in a corner, and sat quietly waiting for their wedding to begin.

"Madam Gu, my wife would like to invite you to the backyard for a gathering."

Just as Gu Yuanniang was staring at the red silk all over the sky in a daze, a maid came to her.

Although the Xu family was poor, they still had two or three maids.

When she heard her say "Madam", Gu Yuanniang thought she was Madam Zhang and followed her without thinking. But it was not until the maid led her into a red tent and stared at the girl in a bright red dress on the bed that Gu Yuanniang realized that the "Madam" she was talking about was actually Liu Hong.

Liu Hong took off the last bead on her hair and put it on the hairpin. She stood up and looked at Gu Yuanniang and said, "Sister Gu, do you think I look good today?"

"I don't have a sister, and I have never acknowledged you, so you don't have to call me Sister Gu."

Hearing what Gu Yuanniang said, Liu Hong curled her lips unhappily: "We almost shared the same husband. You should be worthy of my calling you sister."

Gu Yuanniang had no intention of playing any sisterly circus with her, so she got straight to the point and said, "I don't know why Madam Liu asked me to come here."

(End of this chapter)