"It was Yue'e who told me about this." Gao glanced in the direction of Cheng Yue'e.
"It's been a few years now. If it weren't for what happened yesterday, I really couldn't remember who she was for a while."
The more Wei Yunlan listened, the more confused she felt. "Mom, sister-in-law, please stop keeping me in suspense. What is going on? Why have I never heard of this before?"
"Mom, let me talk to Yunlan."
Cheng Yue'e put down the things in her hands, sighed softly, and said: "I also heard this by chance when I went back to my mother's home. My sister-in-law's family has some contacts with Madam Liang's family. Madam Liang wanted to marry Liang Qiuyi to my sister-in-law's brother."
Wei Yunlan felt that something was a little strange.
It was the first time she heard that Liang Qiuyi had discussed marriage with such a family.
As the saying goes, rich families marry their daughters off, while poor families marry their daughters-in-law. Although my eldest sister-in-law's family was a prominent family in Luozhou, they had no roots in the capital. After Uncle Cheng came to the capital, he only got a fifth-rank idle position.
The eldest lady of the Cheng family, or the sister-in-law in the eldest sister-in-law's words, has a much inferior family background than the Cheng family. Her father is just an editor in the Hanlin Academy and does not even need to attend the morning court.
No matter what, the Liang family's second branch has the support of Madam Liang, the "big Buddha". Logically speaking, they would never fall in love with such a family...
"That's exactly the reason. My sister-in-law's family was overwhelmed by this good thing and almost accepted it on the spot. But my sister-in-law is a thoughtful person. Although she is not very nice to me, she is very dedicated to her family... She always felt that there was something fishy about this matter, so she sent people to make inquiries from various sources."
Cheng Yue'e shook her head with a sigh, "Look, after asking around, I found out something went wrong."
It turned out that the reason why Mrs. Liang was so anxious to arrange a marriage for Liang Qiuyi was because of a scandal.
Just as Wei Yunlan had learned earlier, Liang Qiuyi had initially met the second son of the Marquis of Jinyang, Chen Feng's half-brother, and had already reached the stage of discussing marriage.
However, one time, Liang Qiuyi's carriage encountered robbers on the way back from burning incense, and she was rescued by Shen Feng who happened to be returning to the city from the suburbs of Beijing.
I don't know how Chen Feng, who looked so helpless, managed to save Liang Qiuyi.
In short, Liang Qiuyi later went on a hunger strike in the mansion to protest the marriage, saying that she did not want to marry the illegitimate son of Marquis Jinyang, and that she would marry the Crown Prince Chen Feng. Even if she could not be the principal wife, she could be a concubine!
With things coming to this, Liang Qiuyi naturally cannot be married into the Marquis's Mansion. Otherwise, the discord between husband and wife would be a small matter. If Liang Qiuyi really loses her mind and does something immoral, it would not only harm her, but all the unmarried children of the Liang family would be implicated.
But they had already reached the stage of discussing the marriage, and there had to be a reason for suddenly changing their mind. Mrs. Liang had no choice but to use the excuse that Liang Qiuyi had suddenly fallen ill to cancel the marriage.
For this reason, it was impossible for Mrs. Liang to marry Liang Qiuyi off to a higher position. She could only look for a suitable candidate from a family whose family background was comparable to that of the Liang family's second branch, or slightly inferior.
That's how Cheng Yue'e's sister-in-law's younger brother was chosen...
"I didn't expect it to be like this." This was the first time Wei Yunlan heard of this matter.
Now she finally understood where Liang Qiuyi's inexplicable malice towards her came from.
But Liang Qiuyi really hated the wrong person.
She and Shen Feng were just a couple for show, without any real affection at all.
I have been subjected to this hatred for no reason. It is really an unprovoked disaster!
"Originally, I didn't let your sister-in-law tell you about this."
If Liang Qiuyi hadn't deliberately targeted her, Gao Shi wouldn't even have remembered that she existed at first. "What happened back then wasn't a big deal. Madam Liang had a daughter of her own, so it was impossible for her to let the second wife's daughter be someone else's concubine and ruin her daughter's marriage. You had just gotten married at that time, and I was afraid that telling you about this would make you feel bad, so I kept it to myself and never mentioned it."
Who would have thought that Liang Qiuyi still remembers what happened today?
I don't know what's so good about such a heartless person and such an ungrateful person...
Thinking of this, Gao sighed in her heart.
I never imagined that the marriage itself would be the worst thing even without anyone else interfering.
“If we had known that Chen Feng and Jinyang Marquis’s family were of such character, my parents would never have agreed to this marriage.”
"Lan'er, your father and I are sorry for you. We made you waste these years in the Marquis' Mansion..."
"How can I blame you?" Wei Yunlan never blamed his family for this marriage.
The separation between men and women in the Yong Dynasty was far less strict than in previous dynasties. Generally speaking, when it came to the stage of marriage negotiation and engagement, unmarried couples were encouraged to spend more time together.
She and Chen Feng did not marry blindly, they had met three or four times before the marriage.
Chen Feng had a good-looking appearance. Although he lacked some heroic spirit, he was still graceful and elegant.
When they first met, she did not dislike Shen Feng, nor did she reject the marriage arranged by her parents.
Even because her family had done favors for the Marquis's Mansion, Lady Qin of Marquis of Jinyang had said many times that she would treat her as her own daughter and let her live as comfortably in the Marquis' Mansion as in her own home after marriage. She foolishly believed it and had some expectations for life in the Marquis' Mansion after marriage.
She had never imagined at that time that Shen Feng would meet the "love" of his life just before his wedding.
In order to keep the promise between them, he did not stay in the main room on the wedding day, and thereafter he seldom returned home, instead he stayed in Xiping Lane every night.
She was so stupid that she actually believed Qin's words that most mistresses of noble families were like this. For fear that her parents and brother and sister-in-law would worry about her, she suppressed the cold treatment she received in the Marquis' Mansion and did not mention it.
To be specific, she could not blame her parents for wasting time in the Marquis of Jinyang's Mansion. If anyone should be blamed, it should be herself. She was too stubborn in that life and insisted on enduring the suffering alone.
Chen Feng should be blamed more, as he had clearly changed his mind and thought he had met the love of his life, so he wanted to make a promise.
But he was unwilling to give up his power and position, bear the stigma, break off the engagement and marry his true love.
What's more, it was not until the Wei family lost power and Xue Linglong's brother was rewarded with a treasure and given a title by the emperor that they dared to marry Xue Linglong...
This guy is truly a complete coward.
Liang Qiuyi is really blind to fall in love with such an irresponsible wimp!
Seeing that her mother was about to bring up the past again, Wei Yunlan hurriedly said, "Mom, now that I have finally escaped from the sea of suffering, I will not mention those annoying people in the future."
Hearing her use the four words "escape from the sea of suffering" to describe the past, Gao was stunned at first, then her solemn expression suddenly relaxed and a smile broke out at the corners of her mouth.
"Well, my son is still free and easy!"
"Lan'er, I'm so happy that you think this way."
Wei Yunlan was stunned. It turned out that her mother and family had always tried to avoid mentioning the words "Jinyang Marquis Mansion" in order to carefully protect her feelings.
Seeing the smile on her mother's lips, Wei Yunlan said with relief, "Don't worry, all that happened in the past is over. I won't torture myself because of their mistakes."
“We look forward.”
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