Tu Lihuan nodded.
"I'm going to change my clothes first."
The maid smiled and said, "Okay!"
After a while, Tu Lihuan came out with a changed set of clothes.
He looked like a handsome and sunny boy with elegant demeanor, as if he was not the same person as the cruel boy who had just beaten someone.
On the way to the main courtyard, Tu Lihuan asked the head maid about today's banquet.
The head maid did not hide anything and told angrily about how Shi Qingluo had embarrassed the lady one after another today.
This made Tu Lihuan, who was originally smiling, look a little gloomy.
He narrowed his eyes, "Shi Qingluo actually dared to bully my mother, how arrogant."
If someone dares to bully his mother by relying on his status, then he will naturally help his mother to retaliate.
After entering the main hall, the gloomy look on Tu Lihuan's face disappeared.
"Mom, do you have something to ask me?"
Madam Tu gave him a glare and said, "Can't I come to you if nothing happens?"
Tu Lihuan walked over and sat down with a smile, "Of course."
Then he said a lot of things, which made Mrs. Butcher, who was originally in a bad mood, smile.
After chatting for a while, Mrs. Butcher got down to business.
She asked: "Your father said before that he wanted you to marry into the Xiao family. You knew that, right?"
Tu Lihuan nodded, "I know. Father said that he wanted to leave a way out for our family."
Mrs. Tu asked again: "What do you think?"
Tu Lihuan said without hesitation: "I know my father's considerations very well, so I don't object."
"Before, I didn't care about marrying Xiao Baili. Even if I did, it was for the sake of the family."
Then he changed the subject and said with a bit of coldness: "But now I really want to marry her."
Mrs. Tu was stunned. At first, she thought her son was upset because he had seen Xiao Baili before, and she felt a little unhappy.
But seeing that he had a bit of a sneer on his face, it didn't look like he liked her and wanted to marry her.
So I couldn't help but ask: "Why is this?"
Tu Lihuan did not hide it, "On the way here just now, I heard that Shi Qingluo was very disrespectful to mother today and even mocked the apricot blossom wine that mother brewed as inferior."
"That's really too much."
"I can't swallow this anger as a mother."
"I heard that Shi Qingluo treats Xiao Baili, her sister-in-law, very well, and they have a very good relationship."
"So I want to marry Xiao Baili into the family. We can do whatever we want to her. We don't need to pay attention to her normally. We can deliberately ignore her and ridicule her, so that she feels inferior and sad, and cries every day alone in the yard."
"You don't have to punish her in public, and you don't have to be nice to her every day. Just use filial piety to make her serve you as her mother-in-law, and let her suffer in her heart."
"No one can say such things."
He knew that his mother would always put on a show. If Xiao Baili married into the family, she would not let Xiao Baili have an easy life, but she would not let outsiders know either.
On the contrary, it will make outsiders think that she, as a mother-in-law, is very good to her daughter-in-law.
He added: "If she doesn't live well, Shi Qingluo will naturally be worried and feel bad." "When the time comes, in order for her sister-in-law to live well, she will have to be humble and submissive to you."
"You can then make up for the humiliation you suffered today."
To him, his mother is the most important person and no one can bully her.
What he is best at is playing with people's hearts. If he wants to take revenge on Shi Qingluo, he can start with her sister-in-law.
It would also satisfy his father.
When Mrs. Butcher heard what her youngest son said, she did not think there was anything wrong with it. Instead, she felt warmed to the heart.
She narrowed her eyes and said, "I originally looked down on Xiao Baili's identity. Even if her mother married King Yi, it couldn't change her origin as a peasant girl, and she also had a mother who was disgraced by being exiled."
"If your father hadn't made up his mind to have you marry Xiao Baili, I don't think she would be worthy of being your concubine."
"It's just that your father had a plan. I was originally against it and wanted the second son, the waste, to marry Xiao Baili."
She was talking about the bastard who was deliberately raised by her to be timid and cowardly.
"But your father also told me that marrying Xiao Baili was to leave a way out for the Tu family, and only the eldest son could marry her."
"Plus what you just said is right."
She snorted coldly: "When Xiao Baili marries into our family, she will be at our mercy."
"With her here, let's see how Shi Qingluo can still act arrogantly in front of me."
She whispered, "If Prince Jin can accomplish great things, our Tu family will have the merit of following the king. In the future, when Xiao Baili dies of illness, you can marry a daughter of a well-matched family in the capital as your step-wife."
"That's what your father meant."
If Prince Jin were defeated and the Tu family were doomed, the youngest son should be able to save his life by marrying Xiao Baili, thus leaving a bloodline for the Tu family.
She posted the message to invite Xiao Baili together this time, and she also wanted to meet him today.
She is pretty and her manners are no worse than those of the ladies in North City.
But because of Shi Qingluo, she just couldn't like him.
If she were to marry him, she would feel uncomfortable.
But the Tu family does have considerable risks in betting on Prince Jin, so they have to use Xiao Baili to leave a way out for the family.
The only thing left is for the younger son to suffer.
So her initial plan today was just to quietly lead Shi Qingluo into a state of embarrassment and shame, and then pretend to help him out.
In the end, even though Shi Qingluo lost face, he still had to remember her favor, so the marriage could go smoothly.
She could also explain to Ruan Songling, killing two birds with one stone.
But no matter how much they planned, they never expected that Shi Qingluo was not the ignorant village woman as they had imagined. Instead, she used Madam Zhu as an example to scare the monkeys and establish her authority.
He saw through her intentions and slapped her in the face repeatedly, making her lose face.
As a result, all her plans were ruined.
Tu Lihuan didn't think there was anything wrong with what his mother said.
If Prince Jin took that position, their family would become a first-class family in the entire Daliang.
By then King Yi will be a prisoner, and Xiao Baili will no longer be of any use to him. The best option would be for him to die of illness and marry a useful woman from aristocratic family.
He smiled and said filially, "I'll listen to my mother."
The smile in Mrs. Tu's eyes became even more intense. What made her most proud was that she had given birth to two good sons.
Then her face turned a little unhappy, "It's just that Shi Qingluo and I didn't get along well today. Although we didn't have a falling out, we both had a bad impression of each other."
"In this case, will the Xiao family still marry Xiao Baili to you?"
Tu Lihuan was not worried, "I will use my sincerity to impress Xiao Baili."
He curled his lips confidently and said, "As long as Xiao Baili insists on marrying me, I believe Shi Qingluo will have no choice."
Mrs. Tu was also very confident about her youngest son, "That's right."
She chuckled and nodded, "She's just a peasant girl. My son wants to marry her. It's her blessing. How could she refuse..."
She knew that her son had a good reputation in North City, and many young ladies from aristocratic families wanted to marry him, and there were many young ladies who liked him openly or secretly.
So it’s easy to coax a peasant girl.
(End of this chapter)
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