Chapter 351 Devoted
Xia Daohua glanced at Wang Silang with a smile, then strode into Songtao Garden, feeling as familiar as if she had returned home.
Wang Silang was a little angry and a little scared. When Xia Daohua looked at him, he could not help but take two steps back. Seeing Xia Daohua walking forward, he did not dare to follow her. Instead, he pretended to be calm and returned to the surrounding of his troops.
Xia Jinhua stamped her feet twice. She couldn't help but complain that Xia Daohua was even more shameless than the city gate towers in Kyoto. At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder if this Xia Daohua in front of her was her cousin...
Seeing Xia Daohua walking further and further away, she didn't have time to think and hurriedly followed.
In fact, the Xia family was not treated too harshly.
Although they were half-coerced and half-intimidated, and were dragged out of their beds in the middle of the night... and since they were escorted here, they could not leave. But the environment here is not bad, the food and drink are also acceptable, and there are beddings for sleeping. The only inconvenience is that they cannot leave freely.
The Xia family stayed very quiet, even the children were well behaved and didn't make any noise.
Mrs. Zhou, the old lady of the Xia family, was sitting cross-legged on the kang, nodding her head. She seemed to be very sleepy, but didn't want to sleep. When they heard the footsteps, everyone looked over and saw Xia Daohua and Xia Jinhua who was following closely behind her.
"Daohua, why are you here too?!"
Zhou didn't seem to be sleepy anymore. There were tears in the corners of her eyes. She stood up hastily. Because she stood up too quickly, or maybe because she had been sitting cross-legged for too long, her feet were numb and she staggered when she stood up.
Xia Daohua hurried forward to support her:
"Grandma, don't be afraid, I'm fine. Prince Wang said he wants to take Sister Jinhua as his concubine, and he invited you here to discuss the marriage. How is your discussion going?"
The Xia family members looked at each other in bewilderment. Zhou asked, "Jinhua, didn't you say last time that Prince Wang had good intentions and wanted to discuss business with Daohua's master? How come he wants to take you as a concubine now?"
Although the Xia family were just common people, they had their own principles. They never allowed their daughters to become concubines.
Xia Jinhua naturally knew this family rule.
Her face turned red, then pale, then pale, then red again, and finally she said angrily:
"Do you know what happened on the day the city was captured? If it weren't for Prince Wang, I would have become a skeleton now! Since Prince Wang saved my life, let alone making me his concubine, even if he wanted me to be his mistress, I should have readily agreed to do it and repay his kindness!"
Her words blurred out everything that had happened, and she also omitted the fact that she had more than a thousand bandits under her command. The Xia family didn't know the inside story, and they immediately felt a little pity and guilt for her:
"Jinhua, it's because my brother is useless that you suffer."
"Jinhua, that wealthy family is not easy to deal with. Can't we talk to Prince Wang and find another way to repay him?"
"Yes, Jinhua, we are a small family, how can we support you? If you are wronged in that big house, even if your brother passes the imperial examination and becomes an official in the future, he may not be able to help you. It is better for you to find a family of equal status as soon as possible and live a down-to-earth life."
The Xia family members all talked about Xia Jinhua's concern, but Xia Daohua just looked at her with a half-smile and did not expose her lies. Xia Jinhua became more and more annoyed:
"After the city was captured, I had been in the hands of the enemy for several days. In the end, Prince Wang bought me out! He said he wanted to discuss marriage with you and let me be his concubine. In fact, Prince Wang is a good person! Otherwise, he would have asked me to be a slave, and I would not have refused!"
Everyone in the Xia family was silent.
Xia Daohua narrowed her eyes. It seemed that Jinhua was determined to follow Wang Silang and was even willing to put herself in the position of a slave!
(End of this chapter)
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