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Chapter 579: The exiled female prisoner with two bodies (14)
"Then let's get on the boat. The scenery on the boat is more beautiful." The senior brother said to Wen Shi Nong gently with admiration in his eyes.
"Okay." Wen Shi Nong no longer worried about the vague feeling in her heart.
But when she got on the boat and looked at the rippling waves, she was startled and suddenly remembered why that figure looked familiar. Wasn't it very similar to Gong Liangsubai's figure?
But Gong Liang Sibai had not been heard from since his family was confiscated and he was exiled. How could he appear here openly? Wasn't he afraid of being caught? You know, his wanted order has not been revoked until now, and it is still posted on the city walls.
Wen Shi Nong was a little panicked. If that person was really Gong Liang Si Bai, was he here to find me? Would he feel resentful when he saw me hanging out with these people? Was he leaving in order to come find me sometime?
The more she thought about it, the more panicked she became, and she almost couldn't even respond when the person next to her spoke to her.
But she is the heroine after all, and she has self-control and scheming. After panicking for a while, she quickly calmed down and convinced herself that it was definitely not Gong Liang Sibai, but just someone who looked similar to him.
After all, if it was really Gong Liang Su Bai, how could he dare to return to the capital? Wouldn't that be a trap? If it was him, he should have fled to a place far away from the capital, so the person she saw was definitely not Gong Liang Su Bai.
After Wen Shi Nong thought about it, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that the man could not be Gong Liang Subai. However, when she thought of Gong Liang Subai, she felt very lucky. She thought it was her luck that he did not marry her. Otherwise, she would be like his wife and be exiled with the Gong Liang family. She could not endure so much hardship. If she did not go and divorced the Gong Liang family, her reputation would be ruined. How could she marry her ideal husband in the future?
On the day Gong Liang's family was exiled, she secretly went out of the city to see. She saw the servants of Prince Lu's Mansion holding a small amount of silver and declaring on behalf of Prince Lu's Mansion that they would sever ties with Gong Liang's newly married wife. When Wen Shi Nong saw the desperate and painful look in that lady's eyes, she couldn't help but feel sympathy. She felt that Prince Lu's Mansion was so cold-blooded that they could just say no to their own daughter. In fact, Prince Lu's Mansion was powerful and could have asked Gong Liang's family to write a divorce letter and let that lady return to her parents' home, but they chose to abandon their daughter.
After seeing a figure similar to Gong Liang Sibai's, Wen Shi Nong felt uneasy during the lake cruise that day and returned early.
Her father was the director of the Imperial College, a minor official of the seventh rank in the capital. However, because he worked in the Imperial College, he had some reputation and was relatively respected. Whenever he went out, people would call him "Sir."
As his daughter, Wen Shi Nong was naturally looked up to by others, especially in a place like the Imperial College which was full of male students. As the daughter of a teacher, she seemed particularly outstanding and dazzling. After all, she was a bright spot among the green, and she had always been the one who was sought after.
Gongliang Subai fell in love with her when he was studying at the Imperial College. At that time, she thought that the two of them would have a good ending, but she didn't expect that the old lady Gongliang didn't like her at all and forced her son to marry the granddaughter of Prince Lu.
Gong Liangshubai was young, handsome, high-spirited, and from a good family. How could Wen Shi Nong not like him? Until now, she dared not deny that she still had him in her heart.
"Shi Nong, what are you thinking about? Mother is talking to you!" Mrs. Wen asked with a frown as she looked at her absent-minded daughter.
"Ah? Mom, what did you tell me?" Wen Shi Nong finally came back to her senses after hearing her mother's loud questioning.
Madam Wen tapped her forehead and said, "I'm asking you, which of those gentlemen you just mentioned do you like? You're not young anymore, you're already seventeen. Other girls your age are already mothers, but you're still unengaged. Your mother is so worried, but you don't care at all..."
Wen Shi Nong was actually anxious. Although she was very popular among the students and those men were willing to marry her, their families did not agree. The fundamental reason was that her family background was not prominent. Her father was just a seventh-rank official with no real power. There were few people in her family and no one to help her. She was also an only child and had no brothers or sisters. She was alone and could not do anything. Even if there were families that did not despise her family background, they would be concerned about this, fearing that she would inherit her mother's shortcoming of having difficulty in giving birth.
"Mom, I don't understand them. You can handle it yourself." Wen Shi Nong frowned and said with a worried face.
Mrs. Wen was immediately disappointed with her and glared at her: "Are you still thinking about Gong Liang Si Bai?"
"No, I didn't!" Wen Shi Nong immediately blurted out and denied it.
But when Mrs. Wen saw her trying to hide her true intentions, how could she not know that she was right?
She sighed and advised, "My daughter, Gong Liang's family has been exiled, and Gong Liang Subai has been stranded for a long time. Just forget about him, right? And even if Gong Liang's family is fine, he has already married a wife, and it is impossible for him to be with you. Why are you still thinking about him?"
Wen Shi Nong had no choice but to explain: "Mom, I really don't miss him. I just feel that the people you just mentioned to me are not as good as he was back then, and I am a little unwilling to accept it."
Madam Wen heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. As long as her daughter didn't refuse to marry because of Gong Liangshibai, then it would be fine. However, "Shi Nong, although the family backgrounds of those young masters are not as good as the Gong Liang family, they are not much worse. For example, the second young master of the Qian Yushi family is also a young talent. He passed the imperial examination at a young age. He will definitely have a bright future in the future. Moreover, he is in love with you. He is the best choice..."
"There is also the youngest grandson of Duke Chen. Although he is not the eldest grandson, I heard that Duke Chen values him very much. There is also Prince Wang. Although his family has lost its title, they have abundant property and they don't have any parents. If you marry him, you can immediately be the head of the family and it would be great..."
Mrs. Wen talked endlessly about the advantages of several candidates for son-in-law, hoping that Wen Shinong would be interested in one of them.
Wen Shi Nong knew all the young men that Madam Wen mentioned. It seemed that everyone was good, but also that everyone was not good enough, so she hesitated: "Mom, I don't know which one to choose."
"You don't know? Then your mother and father will help you choose one?" Mrs. Wen asked.
Wen Shi Nong nodded: "Okay, it doesn't matter who I marry. But mother, you'd better choose someone who is more handsome for me." She added with a blushing face.
"Okay, mother will find you a handsome one!" Mrs. Wen joked with a smile when she saw her daughter blushing.
So without Gong Liangshibai knowing, his former sweetheart was about to marry another man.
(End of this chapter)