Chapter 2 Breaking off the Engagement
Xiao Jiuyue stepped forward, looking down at her condescendingly and said, "Second Aunt, you might as well ask your natal family for help. After all, they are Jiaen's maternal grandparents."
"I..." Second Aunt Xiao had so much to say. Her family treated her like the plague, shutting the door on her and refusing to see her, let alone plead for mercy. She simply sat on the ground and cried, "Jia En is still so young. If she doesn't come back after traveling thousands of miles, I'll be sending her off..."
Second Aunt Xiao cried so hard that she almost choked.
"We have lost everything at home. In three days, we will be asked to leave Shengjing. Where can we go?" Aunt Xiao sobbed, and her words also reflected the voice of everyone.
Old Master Xiao saved the women, and His Majesty showed mercy and allowed them to leave Shengjing after five days. Now two days have passed, where can they go?
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became as silent as death.
After leaving Shengjing, they were no longer the high-ranking Shangshu family, but the relatives of criminals. Where would they live? What would they eat? Would they still have anyone to serve them like they did now?
And the children, if they can't pass the imperial examination and enter the court, what future do they have? Merchants? Craftsmen? Or peasants?
Girls are even more horrible. The man they marry is either a street rogue, a peasant, or a concubine of a merchant. Without the support of her family, she is bullied by her husband's family, and finally...
And they have no money on them, so how can they make a living? Do they have to show up in public to make a living?
The more they thought about it, the more depressed they felt. Second Aunt Xiao's cries rang out again: "My life is so miserable! I don't even have a place to stay in the future."
"The world is so vast, where can't we find a place to stay?" Xiao Jiuyue felt a headache when she heard her cry. She said, "If crying could help, then I would cry a river to ensure the safe return of Grandfather, Daddy, and the others."
Second Aunt Xiao was embarrassed by her shouting, and coupled with the current special situation, her usual manners were gone. She said sarcastically, "Xiao Jiuyue, don't be so careless. You can marry into the Marquis' Mansion and continue to be your prince's consort, living a glorious life, but what about us? What should we do?"
"Oh no, someone is coming from the Yongchang Marquis Mansion." Mother Jiang walked over in a panic.
Second Aunt Xiao looked at Xiao Jiuyue mockingly and said, "The Yongchang Marquis' Mansion is here to pick you up."
Before Xiao Jiuyue could say anything, she felt a darkness in front of her.
"Sister-in-law, if I were you, I would hold on to Jiuyue tightly and marry into the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion with her." Aunt Xiao said sarcastically. She sighed and said self-deprecatingly, "You don't have to be like us, not even knowing whether we can survive tomorrow."
"You're talking nonsense." Su retorted with red eyes, her lips trembling with anger and her eyes red and swollen from crying.
Xiao Jiuyue looked at the beautiful woman made of water, and found that she was just like the original owner in his memory, crying and pitiful.
"Who told you I'm leaving?" She stepped forward, blocking the way in front of the beautiful woman, looked at Second Aunt Xiao coldly, and said, "I'm going to withdraw from this marriage."
break off an engagement?
"No, Jiuyue, this marriage cannot be cancelled." The grandmother, who had been silent until then, spoke up, tightening her grip on Xiao Jiuyue's hand. She said anxiously, "Your grandfather saved the life of the Yongchang Marquis, and this marriage was also begged for by his family. As long as we don't give in, the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion will never dare to mention canceling the engagement!"
"Yuer, this marriage cannot be cancelled." Su also twisted her handkerchief excitedly and looked at her worriedly.
With the protection of the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion, Yue'er's life may be difficult, but she can avoid the suffering of wandering with them.
Xiao Jiuyue returned her hand, shaking her grandmother's hand. Her gaze swept across the worried Meiren mother, and she chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Marrying as the daughter of a traitor, even if I retain my status as the Crown Prince's Consort, what good will that do? The wife of the Marquis of Yongchang doesn't like me to begin with. If they then try to marry a daughter-in-law without a mother's family, how can I possibly live a good life?"
Old Madam Xiao and the beauty's mother both fell silent. The backyard was a secretive place. If the mother-in-law really wanted to abuse her daughter-in-law, then even if Yue'er married into the mansion willingly, could the mansion really protect her from the wind and rain?
"Besides, I'm a member of the Xiao family. How could I leave when the Xiao family is in trouble?" Xiao Jiuyue's words gradually became firm: "I will stand by the Xiao family."
As soon as she finished speaking, the crying in the room stopped and it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Aunt Xiao looked at her blankly. If it were her, she would definitely grab this marriage tightly and say some nice words. After she entered the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, who would care about her parents' life or death?
Aunt Xiao was silent. No wonder the Third Master kept praising Jiuyue.
"Yue, my Yue'er." The beautiful mother held Xiao Jiuyue's hand and almost fainted from crying.
"Go, invite the Marquis' wife in. I, an old woman, will meet her and see how she dares to ask to cancel the engagement." Old Madam Xiao sat up straight. Yue'er was loyal and righteous. As her grandmother, she could not bear to watch Yue'er suffer with them. She would spare as many as possible.
As for Yue'er's worries, she would protect her granddaughter even at the cost of her reputation.
"Old Madam." Mother Jiang looked at Old Madam Xiao with an embarrassed look on her face, and replied hesitantly, "It's not the Marquis's wife who came."
"That's the eldest wife, Xin?" Old Madam Xiao frowned and snorted coldly, "Since when has the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion fallen into the hands of a concubine's eldest son's wife?"
"The one coming from the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion is..." Mother Jiang's face darkened and she closed her eyes. "Mother Gui, who is by the Marquis's wife's side."
Madam Xiao covered her chest angrily and pounded the bed angrily: "This is too much! This is too much!"
"Grandma, you've just recovered, please don't get angry." Xiao Jiuyue hurriedly supported Old Madam Xiao, patted her back, and said, "Grandma, it's not worth it to get angry over someone who's not worth it."
Old Madam Xiao took a deep breath and listened to her granddaughter's comforting voice. She turned around and looked at Xiao Jiuyue. If it were anyone else, encountering such a disaster and being humiliated by their future husband's family, they would probably commit suicide, but Xiao Jiuyue was still comforting her.
"Mother Jiang, go tell Mother Gui that if the Marquis's Mansion wants to cancel the engagement, then let the Marquis's wife come in person. Otherwise, I will never cancel this marriage." Xiao Jiuyue's light-hearted words made Mother Jiang's heart tremble. She usually saw that the eldest lady did not behave particularly well, but this incident made her stand out.
"You ungrateful, ungrateful bastard." Old Madam Xiao clutched her chest, furious, her words barely comprehension. "You've completely forgotten how much we begged you to marry Yue'er off to the Song family! Now you've turned your back on us when something goes wrong."
Xiao Jiuyue decisively changed the subject and said, "Grandma, let's go back to the old house in Hongdu in three days."
"Old house?" Old Madam Xiao looked at Xiao Jiuyue with confusion. Even though the old house in Hongdu was renovated every year, she had not been back for so many years that she could hardly remember what it looked like.
"Let's go back to the old house in Hongdu." Xiao Jiuyue replied without hesitation: "Hongdu is not far from Shengjing, it only takes half a month to get there. Although the old house is old, it can be lived in without any cleaning. It is our roots, and no one can drive us away."
"Yeah." Old Madam Xiao nodded. She had two ideas, one was the manor around Shengjing, and the other was the old house in Hongdu.
"Right now, the journey is long, and we are all old, weak, women and children. How are we supposed to get to the old house in Hongdu?" Old Madam Xiao looked at her granddaughter, intending to test her.
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