"Father?" Shen Feng's eyes became more and more surprised.
He just understood from Xue Linglong what it meant to send someone to Duke Liu's mansion.
Now when I hear my parents mention this, I find it ridiculous. "Linglong is pregnant. The baby in her belly is your grandson!"
"Feng'er." Marquis Jinyang said with a righteous look on his face, "You are in good health. Even if you miss this child, you will have other children in the future. If you only give up one child, you can keep the title of Marquis Jinyang's mansion... Don't you understand which is more important?"
“Besides, it’s not certain that anything will happen to this child and Xue.”
"Yes, Feng'er." Qin also nodded and advised: "The Liuguogong Mansion is a respectable family. Recently, there have been guests coming to pay their respects. They will not make things too difficult for Xue in public. It's just a formality to express our Jinyanghou Mansion's apology."
"Then why don't you go to the mourning hall to kowtow to them and express your apology?" A sharp female voice suddenly sounded in the front hall.
Qin and Marquis Jinyang looked out in surprise, and saw Xue Linglong, with a slightly bulging belly, striding into the hall.
"You...how did you get here? Who let you out?" Qin asked harshly.
With a glance, he saw Shen Feng lowering his head guiltily.
It is obvious who released Xue Linglong from Qifengyuan.
Qin glared at her son with a look of dismay, "Feng'er, you are so confused!"
After saying that, he quickly raised his voice and said, "Someone, send Xue back to Qifeng Courtyard!"
"Let's see who dares." Xue Linglong raised her hand suddenly, and everyone saw that she had a dagger hidden in her sleeve.
Qin immediately pulled Marquis Jinyang back a step, looking at the dagger vigilantly, and signaled with her eyes to the servants around her to quickly capture Xue Linglong.
Xue Linglong shook the dagger in her hand, and seeing that there were still servants who dared to approach her, she pointed the tip of the knife at her slightly bulging belly.
Qin thought she wanted to use the dagger to scare them, but she didn't expect her to point the dagger at her stomach. She immediately said in horror: "You are crazy!"
Chen Feng was even more shocked. He wanted to step forward to snatch the dagger from Xue Linglong's hand, but he was afraid that the sword had no eyes and that the dagger, which looked extremely sharp, would accidentally cut him.
He could only stand by and helplessly advised: "Linglong, what are you doing? Be careful not to hurt yourself, put the dagger down quickly."
"Let's talk it over. Dad and Mom don't really want you to suffer in Duke Liu's mansion. Everything is just a temporary measure..."
"A stopgap measure?" Xue Linglong's eyes were full of sarcasm. She spat at Qin's face, "What a stopgap measure!"
Such vulgar gestures and language shocked the father and son, Marquis Jinyang and Chen Feng, so much that they stood still.
Qin's face suddenly turned red and she was extremely angry.
She rarely abandoned her noble lady manners and pointed at Xue Linglong's nose and scolded, "How vulgar!"
"How could our Jinyang Marquis Mansion marry a woman like you?"
"Then why don't you ask your eldest son?" Xue Linglong smiled more sarcastically, and her disdainful eyes swept over Qin, Marquis Jinyang and Shen Feng in front of her one by one.
"Didn't you all want to marry me and replace Wei Yunlan, whose family was confiscated and exiled?"
Marquis Jinyang looked away awkwardly.
Qin gritted her teeth in hatred. If she had known this would happen, she would never have only considered the immediate benefits and agreed to let Xue Linglong in.
God knows that Xue Linglong could cause so many troubles after she entered the house, and her brother from her natal family who was granted a title was just a title in name only, but in reality it was just a flash in the pan. After that, the emperor never thought of him again, and he could not provide any help to the Marquis' Mansion.
Marquis Jinyang and Qin both avoided Xue Linglong's aggressive gaze.
Chen Feng came forward, but didn't dare to get too close. He stood one step away and explained hurriedly, "Linglong, how can you say that? You also know that I promised you that we would be together for the rest of our lives. Wei Yunlan and I are just a couple in name only. My heart has always been with you..."
Xue Linglong felt a pang in her heart.
The heart that had originally become hardened suddenly softened after hearing the words "a lifetime together as a couple".
But when his eyes met that face, which was twice as fat as the one that had made the vow of "together for life", his face suddenly hardened again.
People change.
Hearts will change too.
Even if he didn't change, what use was there in having someone so cowardly that he couldn't even snatch the dagger from her hand?
Xue Linglong had a rare opportunity. She should have shined in this backward era and possessed supreme status and power. Do I really want to waste my whole life on this useless and cowardly man?
Take off the filter of love.
The man in front of her was good for nothing in her eyes.
Under Xue Linglong's cold gaze, Chen Feng shut up awkwardly.
Marquis Jinyang frowned, looking at his increasingly puzzled daughter-in-law, and asked in a deep voice, "Ms. Xue, what is your purpose?"
After all, he has been working in the court for half his life.
Although he has no real power, the Marquis of Jinyang has been influenced by his surroundings and is much more cunning than Qin and Chen Feng, the mother and son.
He didn't believe that Xue Linglong ran out of Qifengyuan just to go crazy in front of them.
There must be another purpose.
Since his daughter-in-law can come up with so many novel ideas, she must be someone who is not a simple person.
"My Lord is a wise man." Xue Linglong toned down her voice and lowered the dagger that was pointed at her stomach to her side.
"You want me to go to Duke Liu's mansion and kowtow and apologize at the funeral hall of the young master of the Liu family, I can go."
Qin and Marquis Jinyang's eyes fell on Xue Linglong's face at the same time.
As if they wanted to see through her expressionless face and see her true thoughts, they didn't believe that Xue Linglong would be so kind.
Only Chen Feng would foolishly believe that Xue Linglong did this for the Marquis of Jinyang Mansion. He was so moved that his eyes turned red and he said, "Linglong, don't worry. My parents and I will remember what you have done for the Marquis' Mansion. The promise I made to you will never change. When the child in your belly is born, if it is a son, he will be the future prince. If it is a daughter, she will be my most beloved and cherished eldest daughter. No one can surpass her."
Xue Linglong was too lazy to pay attention to Shen Feng.
No matter how sincerely he spoke, he didn't even glance at him.
He just looked at Marquis Jinyang and Qin seriously and said, "But I have a condition."
Here we come!
Marquis Jinyang and Qin had an expression of "as expected" on their faces.
A look of surprise appeared in Shen Feng's eyes again.
Then, Xue Linglong said in a cold voice, as if she was negotiating a deal: "I will go to Duke Liu's mansion to calm down his anger and keep the title of Marquis of Jinyang. In exchange, you will give me the deeds of my shops, the deeds of the people in the shops, and the deeds of the servants in my courtyard. In addition, give me another 10,000 taels of silver."
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