Chapter 89: Cancellation of Engagement, Ye Ting Xiao Le Blooms
Aunt Hua was afraid that the old lady would be angry, so she comforted her: "For my son's sake, don't be angry."
The old lady said gloomily, "How can I not be angry? I was the one who decided this marriage. Isn't it a slap in my face that the Yang family treated me like this?
Zhong Yuan was not very willing to marry Yang Yurong in the first place, and I was the one who kept pressuring him. I didn’t expect it to end like this. How can I still have face in the eldest brother’s family in the future?”
Aunt Hua also knew that the Yang family had gone too far, but now that the incident had happened, what could they do?
"After all, my brother has been by your side for several years, so he still has feelings for you. He didn't ask his parents for help with such a big matter, but came to you first, which shows how much trust he has in you."
Speaking of Ye Tingxiao, the old lady couldn't help but burst into tears: "Why is this child's life so miserable? He just got such a disease, and now he is abandoned by others. What will he do in the future?"
Aunt Hua didn't know how to persuade the old lady, so she just sighed with her.
Yang Yurong stayed in Prince Qi's mansion for a while, and was then sent back by Ouyang Qing. After all, their relationship was not legitimate.
When Yang Zheng saw his daughter coming back, the first thing he asked was, "Is this done?"
Yang Yurong nodded shyly: "The King of Qi has always been in love with my daughter, so whether it will be successful or not is just a matter of words. But what should the Pingyang Marquisate do? Can the marriage be cancelled smoothly? The King of Qi said that I will get married the day after tomorrow, but the person I will marry will be him."
When the prince heard the news, he felt that Ye Tingxiao's methods were really powerful. He didn't know how he did it. On weekdays, Yang Yurong seemed to be deeply in love with him. Was it all fake?
Is it just to cover up her affair with the King of Qi?
What kind of help would the King of Qi get by marrying Yang Zheng's daughter? The Minister of Rites is not the Minister of Revenue, so why waste a concubine's quota?
Is this true love?
I didn't realize that this elder brother had a romantic side. It would be a pity not to discuss such a good thing in the court. If he added fuel to the fire and ruined his reputation, how could he still dream of his position?
Thanks to the prince's manipulation, Ye Tingxiao became a poor guy who came back happily to get married, only to find that his girlfriend had been pried away by someone.
The common people in Kyoto were discussing this matter after dinner, and felt that the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion was really wronged. The Crown Prince's Consort, who had been engaged for many years, was pried away by the King of Qi.
Later, even when Yang Yurong spread the news that Ye Tingxiao was inhumane, no one believed it. They all thought that the Yang family was deliberately slandering the son of Marquis Pingyang.
Ye Yi also organized a group of people to throw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs in front of the Yang family's door, and cursed the Yang family for being ruthless and ungrateful.
Ye Tingxiao didn't care. As long as his goal was achieved, nothing else mattered.
Yang Zheng's wife brought some things to Pingyang Marquis' Mansion to cancel the engagement, but she didn't even see the old lady. The whole process was handled by the head of the household, Fang, and Nanny Hua.
The two of them didn't treat her well at all and looked at each other coldly. Mrs. Yang felt deeply guilty but didn't dare to say anything.
After handing over the items, I left quickly. I couldn't stay for even a minute.
The people in Pingyang Marquis' Mansion were not polite and quickly closed the door as soon as she left.
Ye Tingxiao's smile never stopped after he got the news. Ye Er felt that such a master was rare. Others would probably be mad to death if their engagement was cancelled, but he was so happy that he burst into laughter.
Miss Du is a good girl, but even if the engagement is cancelled, it is impossible to marry her. My master, what are you so happy about?
Ye Yi didn't think too much about it. He felt that it was good for his master not to marry Yang Yurong. She had an ambiguous relationship with Prince Qi. Even if he married her in the future, his master was often not in Kyoto, and there was no guarantee that the woman would fool around with others.
Breaking off the engagement early can actually prevent future troubles.
Things in Kyoto had been settled, and Ye Tingxiao didn't want to delay for even a day, so he said goodbye to the old lady and rushed to Liang County.
Before leaving, he followed the character given by the prince, deliberately wandered around the street, and left sadly.
Many people who saw him felt that his back looked lonely and desolate, and felt that he was extremely pitiful.
Although Yang Yurong married the King of Qi, she was not made a concubine but was only given the title of Liangdi.
In fact, the prince had instigated others to accuse the King of Qi of stealing the fiancée of the prince of Pingyang. The emperor was furious and felt even more ashamed.
This eldest son really disappointed him. Why should he lose his identity for a woman in public? But the thing has been done, and it is impossible to redeem it.
She reprimanded the Prince of Qi and the Minister of Rites Yang Zheng in court, making both of them lose face and unable to obtain the title of concubine.
Yang Yurong could only sit in a small sedan chair and was carried into the Prince of Qi's mansion through the side door, becoming a concubine in the mansion. Compared with the status of the Crown Prince's Consort in the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion, it was simply incomparable.
Yang Zheng was also unhappy. He originally thought that he could get the position of a concubine, but he didn't expect that he would be a concubine. It was really a loss of both the wife and the army.
Du Wanwan had no idea what happened in Kyoto or what happened to Ye Tingxiao.
When we arrived at the place on the first day, everyone was tired, so we had our meal and rested.
The next day, Du Wanwan started to tidy up the front shop, planning to open a clinic. After dinner, she asked everyone to sit down and prepare for a family meeting.
"Dad! Mom!" He took out the five hundred taels of silver that Ye Tingxiao had given him and handed them to them. "This is the money I earned. I'll leave it with you to use for family expenses."
Du Jiang was shocked when he saw the amount of the banknotes: "Wanwan! Just keep the money you earn for yourself. You don't have to give it to your parents."
Yao Meixian also said: "It's too much. My mother was scared when she took it. She has never seen so much money in her life."
"Dad! Mom! Listen to me." Du Wanwan pushed the banknotes in front of them again, "This money is our family's wealth.
I will slowly earn money to open the clinic, there is no rush. What is urgent is my three younger brothers at home, I must find a way out for them, they can’t just hang around at home all the time.”
Du Jiang and Yao Meixian looked at their three sons with an awkward look on their faces. They didn't know what to do with them, so they turned their gaze back and looked at their daughter eagerly.
They are fine if they have to put in the physical effort, but it is really difficult to use their brains.
Du Wanwan knew her parents didn't know how to solve the problem, so she asked directly: "Wenjun! Tell me! What do you want to do? Study? Practice martial arts?"
Du Wenjun shook his head: "I don't want to do either. I want to do some small business to support my family."
Du Wanwan didn't say anything, but turned to ask Du Wenguan and Du Wenhuo: "What about you? What do you want to do when you grow up?"
Du Wenhuo was more lively and answered immediately: "I want to be a general when I grow up."
"I want to be the prime minister." Du Wenguan said what was in his heart without showing any weakness.
"Okay, no matter what you want to do, you have to learn to read first." Du Wanwan assigned them a task, "In this way, I will ask your parents to send you to school for enlightenment. When you come back in the evening, you can teach your eldest brother what you have learned, and teach me as well."
"Send them to school?" Du Jiang's eyes lit up, but then he became worried, "Wanwan! What if they can't read?"
(End of this chapter)
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