Chapter 192 The Fifth Young Master’s Dilemma
What is he here for?
The smile on Xiao Yan's face suddenly faded a little, but it was not so cold as to face him coldly.
Thinking that Zhou Xiaoyao might come with him, Xiao Yan put down the axe and stood up. He did not forget to pat the wood chips off his body and tugged at his clothes, looking quite ready for battle.
Although the third place winner is very handsome, he is not bad either.
Can't be compared.
In the end, only Songyan came in.
He was overthinking it.
However, Xiao Yan was still very polite, "What's the matter?"
As a result, he was polite to others, but they were not polite to him!
"It's none of your business!" Song Yan not only glared at him fiercely, but also glared at him as he walked past him, "Thief! A thief who stole people!"
Xiao Yan: "..."
He refused to admit that he was a thief.
But if you say that he cheated on someone...if it was Lu Qinniang, then he could barely fit the bill.
Now that you have it, don't worry.
"Songyan," Lu Qiniang pushed open the window and said enthusiastically, "Come in and talk. Why are you here? Didn't you go to see the prince's outing?"
"How could I possibly be interested in watching such a commotion?" Song Yan said with a mournful look on her face. She pulled out fifty taels of silver notes from her sleeve and placed them on the table. "Fifth Young Master asked me to return the notes. Oh, and this—"
He took out another ten taels and said, "I heard that Daya is engaged. This is what the Fifth Young Master asked me to bring to Daya. The Fifth Young Master said that she can buy whatever she likes and there is no need to give her any gifts."
"Fifty taels, sixty taels!" Lu Qiniang opened her eyes wide, her face serious and solemn, "Songyan, tell me honestly, where did this silver come from? The Fifth Young Master wouldn't have accepted money he shouldn't have, right? That won't do! It's not ours, we can't take a single penny. The Fifth Young Master is going to do great things in the future, and he can't be tarnished by this little bit of silver!"
People like Sun Shun, who have never been educated, will probably be like that for the rest of their lives. Lu Qin's mother won't think too much about it if he earns some small favors.
The main reason is that we don’t know each other that well.
But the Fifth Young Master is different. He will do great things in the future.
There are so many injustices in the world, and we have to wait for people like the Fifth Young Master to uphold justice.
The prerequisite for doing great things is that you have to keep your own bottom clean, otherwise you will be chased and beaten by others, right?
"You're overthinking it. How could the Fifth Young Master be that kind of person?" Song Yan said with a gloomy face, "You gave him these fifty taels of silver. He said he didn't need it anymore. Daya was preparing for her wedding and had a lot of expenses, so he asked me to return it quickly. The ten taels of silver was the salary the Fifth Young Master gave me..."
Alas, even if I take out these ten taels, I will still be short of money next month.
It's time to buy some cotton clothes.
"Why can't I use it? The clan leader did it without asking for money?" Lu Qinniang said with a click of the tongue, "It's really easier to get things done when you're an official. The clan leader also gave me face."
"No, the patriarch failed to do it and returned the banknote." Songyan said.
"Ah? Didn't you say before that the clan leader accepted the banknote and agreed?" Lu Qin's mother was dumbfounded.
The eldest lady doesn't like to meddle in the affairs of the fifth young master, so since the clan leader brought it up, isn't it just a good opportunity for her to go along with it?
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.
The problem is with the eldest lady.
"The eldest lady disagrees," Song Yan muttered. "I thought she really didn't bother to murder the Fifth Young Master, but it turns out he just wasn't in her eyes before. Now that he's become successful, she's blatantly jealous. She refuses to let him be adopted and even insists on marrying her pockmarked niece to him. Ugh!"
Songyan had been holding these words in his heart for several days, and now he poured them out all at once.
"Why is she like this? What has she done to the Fifth Young Master when he won the third place? How dare she hold him back now?"
The eldest lady relied on her generous dowry and acted arrogantly in the mansion every day.
In order to get some benefits, the people in the mansion were willing to flatter her.
But the Fifth Young Master didn’t get it!
All the Fifth Young Master had was two taels of silver given to him by the government every month, and this was often deducted by his servants, leaving him with very little.
The eldest lady might not have allowed the Fifth Young Master to be abused, but she also condoned it.
She has never done anything good for the Fifth Young Master. How can she have the nerve to hold this son hostage?
"She just can't stand seeing the Fifth Young Master doing well. And the idea of filial piety is about to crush him." Songyan was about to cry.
Why is the Fifth Young Master so miserable? He always has to be immersed in misery.
Family affection is weak, love is frustrated, and officialdom is lonely and miserable...
So miserable.
So when Song Yan saw this, or even just mentioned Xiao Yan, he felt so angry that his teeth itched.
The little thief who took advantage of the opportunity!
Regret is regret.
If he had known this earlier, he would not have lent money to Lu Qiniang to pay the head tax and asked the court to take Xiao Yan back!
At that time, he naively thought that there was no way that General Po Lu could be interested in Lu Qiniang, who weighed only 200 kilograms.
And finally, he really fell in love with her?!
Whenever Song Yan thought about it, he wanted to slap himself twice and then beat up Xiao Yan.
The little thief who steals hearts breaks into the house and has no shame!
Lu Qiniang frowned, "We can't do this."
"What else can I do? The First Lady doesn't do anything, but she's taking over the title of Fifth Young Master's mother," he said. "I hate her so much that I even thought about stabbing her to death and burying her with her! But if I did that, Fifth Young Master would have to go home and mourn for her for three years, and he'd even lose his official position."
What a desperate and powerless reality.
Songyan's tears flowed down.
"No, we have to think of a way." Lu Qiniang said, "We have to give people a way to survive."
"What can we think of?" Songyan was desperate.
I used to think simply, believing that as long as the Fifth Young Master achieved success, I would have a bright future.
Look now, how much better it is than before!
Why do parents not behave like human beings, and their children have to be bound and oppressed like slaves for their entire lives?
Is this fair?
"Songyan, don't cry. Let me think of a solution." Lu Qiniang said.
"What can you do? This is a family matter. Even the emperor can't force the eldest lady to agree to the adoption."
"The emperor is the emperor. He has to consider how others view him." Lu Qiniang said, "We should figure out our own affairs ourselves. There's no need to trouble the emperor."
The main thing is that the emperor has no time to take care of it.
"So what do you say we should do?"
"If soft tactics don't work, we have to use force," Lu Qiniang said, "we'll exploit the Madam's weakness."
"What's the Madam's weakness?"
"Sixth Young Master." Lu Qiniang seemed to have thought of something. Judging from her eyes, she seemed to be considering the feasibility.
The sixth son, Zhou Shijia, was born to the eldest lady and was a playboy.
However, the eldest lady relied on her family's wealth and said that her son was a playboy and that the dowry she left for him was enough for him to squander for several lifetimes, so she asked people to mind their business.
Zhou Shijia is a cockfighting errand boy, not doing his job properly.
"Kidnap the Sixth Young Master?" Song Yan suddenly became excited. "Did you ask your husband to do it?"
If this is accomplished, the Fifth Young Master can get rid of his stepmother.
If it fails, Xiao Yan will go to jail and the Fifth Young Master can get Lu Qiniang back.
Oh my, he is such a little genius.
Song Yan even wanted to give Xiao Yan a good look.
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