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Chapter 585: The exiled female prisoner with two bodies (20)
However, the next day, before the Princess of Prince Lu had time to leave the mansion for Gongliang Mansion, she saw the ten taels of silver sent by Lan Shichu. The servant who delivered the silver also diligently conveyed Lan Shichu's words: At the beginning, Prince Lu's Mansion gave her ten taels of silver as a breakup fee, and now she also reciprocated by giving her ten taels of silver. If everyone accepted the breakup fee from each other, it meant that the engagement was really broken off, and there was no relationship from now on. I hope some people will not forget it.
When Prince Lu heard these words from his subordinates, he was so angry that his head was about to smoke. He didn't expect Lan Shichu to be so ruthless and actually slap Prince Lu in the face. He was also so arrogant and didn't give any face to his mother's family at all.
Because the servant sent by Lan Shichu spoke at the gate of Prince Lu's mansion, other people outside the gate heard this and immediately talked about it, saying that Prince Lu's mansion was afraid of being implicated by the exile of their granddaughter and daughter's husband's family, so they actually severed relations with their granddaughter and daughter and refused to recognize the poor girl! Prince Lu's mansion was really heartless.
Of course, some people also said that Lan Shichu, as a daughter, was too hot-tempered. Her family had their reasons for breaking off relations with her. After all, the entire Lu family couldn't be implicated by a daughter who married out, right? So it was understandable that they broke off relations with her. It was wrong for Lan Shichu not to understand them. After all, there are no parents who are not good in the world...
When Prince Lu found out that Lan Shichu had exposed the matter, he was furious but helpless. In the end, he told Chen not to look for Lan Shichu anymore, because she had already lost face and it was obviously impossible for her to forgive them.
Lan Shichu didn't know that her clever tricks had stopped an uninvited guest and avoided some trouble. At this moment, she was being pulled over by Gong Liang Yuzhu to complain with a helpless look on her face. She said that her mother had hired a very strict nanny to teach her, and her daily etiquette classes were very painful. Asking her to learn etiquette rules was no less than sending a scholar to the battlefield.
Lan Shichu was amused by her and asked, "You really don't want to learn?"
"Of course. That nanny had a stern face and wanted to make the spacing of my steps exactly the same. I also had to keep my back straight when walking. It was more tiring than hunting. I really couldn't stand it, Aunt. Why don't you talk to my mother? I don't want to take this kind of class anymore." Yuzhu described herself pitifully as being in great pain.
Lan Shichu smiled and nodded, refusing: "No, I will not interfere with your mother's education of you, and you really should learn some etiquette and rules. After all, you are not in exile now, but in the capital, and you often have to meet young ladies from other families. If you don't learn the etiquette and rules well, then the reputation of the Gongliang family will be bad.
But these rules and etiquette are not difficult, right? Could it be harder than when I taught you how to hunt?"
"Of course it's harder than hunting. I'm good at hunting, but I don't like to walk on tiptoe like a turtle all day long." Yuzhu said unhappily with a pout.
"Then you should learn it quickly. Otherwise, the longer you procrastinate, the more suffering you will suffer. It's better to finish it all at once. You can't skip classes anyway." Lan Shichu said kindly.
"Alas, in fact, returning to the capital is not as fun as before." Gong Liang Yuzhu's heart has been played wild, and it cannot be brought back. Her mother still wants her to become a well-behaved lady again, but that is harder than climbing to the sky.
Lan Shichu didn't want to hear her complain about these things, so he drove her away so that she wouldn't disturb his leisure time. Anyway, she just needed to be a salted fish now, and her family had no other requirements of her, probably because they felt they owed her.
When Gong Liang Sibai returned to the main room, he saw Lan Shichu sleeping on the Luohan bed with a few bunches of grapes and peaches on the small table.
For fear of waking her up, Gong Liang Sibai stopped at the door and couldn't help but look at Lan Shichu.
She did not look very decent at this moment, with one leg curled up and the other stretched out. Her skirt was lifted up a little, revealing the white petticoat underneath. Her top was thin and close-fitting because she wore it indoors, which showed off her curves and made her slim and beautiful figure look more charming.
Gong Liangsubai seemed to remember only at this time that his wife was actually a young woman in her prime, lively and unique, not a symbolic and boring object.
He had other lovers before, but unfortunately after his family experienced a catastrophe, he no longer had any romantic feelings. When he saw his former lover, he could not feel any affection or excitement, as if all the passion in him had disappeared.
Now he saw Lan Shichu, the woman who he felt was a stranger but who gave birth to a child for him and raised the child alone with great difficulty. She was actually his wife, his first wife who had been exiled with his family and suffered a lot. Even if he did not like her, he felt grateful and guilty. He was determined not to let her down.
Gong Liang took a quick look at Lan Shichu's fair and beautiful face, then turned around and left quietly.
Lan Shichu turned over impatiently, thinking that she should tell Gong Liang Sibai not to come in and out of her place casually, because it would cause her great inconvenience, and she did not want to share her main courtyard with him.
There is no love in the first place, so why force it together? Even if he feels guilty and wants to "compensate" me, it depends on whether I want to do it or not.
As expected, Lan Shichu later found Gong Liangsubai and told him not to find another place to rest and not to enter and leave his room casually. When Gong Liangsubai heard her words, the expression on his face was very complicated, but Lan Shichu was not interested in exploring how complicated his mood was. Wouldn't it be better for everyone to live their lives with respect to each other?
Gong Liang returned to his study room in a depressed mood. He had never thought that one day he would be forbidden to enter the main room by his wife. She was obviously his legitimate wife, so where could he not go? Was it because she had no feelings for me at all that she had made such a clear distinction between us?
Gong Liang sighed. In fact, he had brought trouble upon himself. He married her unwillingly and left home on the second day of their wedding. After that, he was unable to help her with her pregnancy, childbirth, and raising the child. It was no wonder that she treated him like this now...
Afterwards, Lan Shichu really had her own courtyard, a place that Gong Liang Sibai would not easily step into. Even if he wanted to discuss something with her, he would find her in the study.
So Lan Shichu was very satisfied, thinking that Gong Liang Sibai was not a dictatorial, overbearing man. He would not be self-indulgent towards her, and he acted with propriety and did not cross the line, which was good.
(End of this chapter)