Chapter 36: An abrupt end
Chapter 36
Ever since Lu Songli revealed her true identity, breaking up the marriage between the Xie and Lu families and then arranging the marriage between Xie and Zhao has become a hot potato. If most people were to come to this point, they would find an excuse to throw the hot potato away.
Nanny Rong Qiu understood the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager was stubborn and would never do that. The more difficult the task was, the more she wanted to accomplish it!
Coincidentally, Lu Songli also thought so. After all, she had truly experienced the Queen Mother's stubbornness.
After all, Nanny Rong Qiu was the Empress Dowager's maid who came with her as a dowry. The two of them had been together for decades and had a tacit understanding.
While the Empress Dowager was silent, Matron Rong Qiu spoke up, "Miss Lu Er, you should be more gentle. The Empress Dowager summoned you all to resolve the dispute between you, and her intentions are good."
"Now you see, you are infertile. This is an unchangeable fact. Miss Zhao, this is a life. As the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Miss Lu Er, why don't you give in a little?"
There's a MMP I don't know if I should say. Lu Songli didn't expect that the original owner's sacrifice to save Xie Zhan would become the reason why she was unworthy! He knew that the Queen Mother would not give up, but he didn't expect her to be so shameless.
Lu Songli gritted her teeth, but her face remained calm. "According to the Empress Dowager's wishes, how should I give in?"
"In fact, the best way to resolve the rumors between you is to have the Queen Mother grant marriages to Zhao Yutan, Xie Zhan, you, and Qin Sheng respectively. However, if you disagree, Zhao Yutan can be made a co-wife."
On the couch next to him, a tear slid down from the corner of Zhao Yutan's eye, seeped into the bedding, and disappeared.
Tsk, it seems that being a co-wife is unfair to Zhao Yutan, right?
"It just so happens that you can't have children. Xie Zhan is the eldest son and grandson of the Xie family's eldest branch. You can't let him be without a legitimate son, right?"
Lu Songli thought, if the original owner hadn't risked his life to save him, he would have lost his life, not to mention his legitimate son. No, the grass on the grave would have been three feet high.
"Two choices, it's up to you."
Giving two choices is really generous.
Lu Songli smiled again. Could the Queen Mother be so unreasonable? So wanton?
Seeing her fleeting smile, Qin Sheng couldn't bear to look away.
The smile on her face was very short-lived. The Empress Dowager saw it carefully and found it very annoying and displeased.
Lu Songli was about to express her opinion: she didn't want to choose either of them. At this point, she was willing to cancel the engagement with the Xie family for the sake of the Empress Dowager, but this matter required their two families to sit down and discuss it.
Lu Songli felt that her decision would definitely surprise everyone. They all thought that she would cling to Xie Zhan, her fiancé, but they were all wrong.
Everything she did was to turn the tide and regain the moral high ground, while Zhao Yutan's second suicide won him a lot of sympathy, and at the same time destroy the Zhao family's plan of fighting for survival. To this end, she even did not hesitate to expose her own weaknesses.
Zhao Yutan wants to marry Xie Zhan. Fine, she will help them. But don't think of marrying him with a clean record. You will have to bear the stigma of stealing someone else's fiancé for the rest of your life.
As for the Xie family, in order to cancel the engagement and also to satisfy the Empress Dowager, they should show enough sincerity. After all, only with enough sincerity will the Lu family agree, right? The Empress Dowager is also waiting for the result.
I think that when she said she was willing to cancel the engagement but asked both parents to sit down and discuss the matter, the Empress Dowager would be speechless.
At this time, a young eunuch with an anxious look came to the door.
When the Empress Dowager looked over, he was almost crying. The Empress Dowager's heart skipped a beat, and Nanny Rong Qiu walked out quickly.
Everyone present could see that the Empress Dowager was completely absent-minded after Nanny Congrong Qiu left. No one spoke anymore and the scene was very quiet for a while.
The sudden change left everyone at a loss.
Nanny Rong Qiu came back almost as soon as she went out. She walked back very fast, almost jogging in. As soon as she came back, she whispered a word or two into the empress dowager's ear.
Then the Empress Dowager stood up suddenly after hearing this.
Everyone present couldn't help but wonder what had happened.
The Empress Dowager: "Get up and go to the palace!"
Xie Zhan, Qin Sheng, Zhao Yutan, Lu Songli and the princesses were all stunned. What about them?
Before the Queen Mother left, when she passed by Lu Songli, she looked at Lu Songli deeply with a cold light in her eyes.
Nanny Rong Qiu knew that the Empress Dowager would not be in the mood to deal with the affairs of these young people at the moment. After pointing a few palace maids to follow the Empress Dowager, she said to Lu Songli and others, "Disperse, you all go back."
Such an anticlimactic ending? Lu Songli was a little amused.
The person who could not accept it the most was the unconscious Zhao Yutan.
Lu Songli felt a pang of regret. After laying the groundwork for so long, she thought she'd finally reap the rewards. Who could have imagined it would come to a screeching halt? Well, man proposes, God disposes. Fortune and misfortune are unpredictable. Compared to the Zhao family's devastating losses, her situation was nothing. Happiness comes with comparison, after all.
The princesses were also feeling very upset. This was a play that started well but ended badly! There was no conclusion, which was particularly distressing.
Lu Songli's heart moved. She didn't know whether her father was still with the emperor at this time. Thinking of this, she became a little worried again. Given the empress dowager's disgust for them, if she met her father in Yugan Palace, it would be bad for her father.
The attention of the several princes' wives quickly fell on the empress dowager. The empress dowager's reaction was so strong, and she immediately left the palace. I'm afraid that something must have happened to the emperor. The princes' wives were shocked when they thought about this.
If Lu Songli knew what they were thinking, she would definitely tell them that they were overthinking it. The Queen Mother's expression showed only anxiety and anger, but not worry. It was obvious that the problem was not with the Emperor's dragon body, but something else.
Qin Sheng's brows were tightly furrowed. The marriage disputes among the four families had been going on for a while. He thought there would be a result today, but when he thought that there was still no result today, he became annoyed.
Xie Zhan couldn't quite put his finger on what he was feeling right now. Was he regretful that the marriage didn't work out? Or was he relieved? Lu Songli's performance today had impressed everyone. He felt that the marriage between the Xie and Lu families didn't need to be canceled.
She possesses a kind of courage that not everyone dares to confront the Empress Dowager. Moreover, her courage is not mindless, but wise.
Despite the gap in their status, she had been mediating with them for so long. Although the final result did not continue due to an accident, he always felt that no matter what choice Lu Songli made in the end, she would not let him suffer any loss.
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