Chapter 233: My Mother Promised the Marriage
"Little sister, it's not easy for you and him to be together for so many years. I hope you can love each other and live your whole life." Shangguan Lan gave sincere blessings.
"Brother, as long as he doesn't let me down, I will follow him with peace of mind." Yun Wansheng said calmly with a faint smile.
"I believe he won't let you down. After all, not every normal man can do what he does, willing to bear the stigma of his own flaws just to give you a name."
"In this matter, what he did really surprised me, and that's one of the reasons why I accepted him."
"Little sister, I wonder why you agreed to his proposal this time?" Shangguan Lan asked curiously.
"Well! Of course he promised to be nice to me." Yun Wansheng smiled awkwardly.
How could she tell outsiders about the man kneeling down to her, not even her elder brother? It would be so embarrassing for him as the regent.
While the brother and sister were chatting here, Mu Xingci returned home and went straight to find his mother.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the room, he saw his second brother Mu Xinghan was there too.
"Brother is back?" Mu Xinghan stood up and called out.
"Well! Why are you here with mother too?" Mu Xingci asked casually.
Mu Xinghan was about to reply, but Wu spoke first: "Why else could he do that? It's because of that wonton stew girl."
"Oh? Did mother agree to my second brother's request?" Mu Xingci glanced at Mu Xinghan, who had a smile on his face, and knew the result in his heart.
"I don't want to agree. If I don't agree, this brat will not go home again. Forget it, as long as the woman is sensible, let her come in!" Wu said helplessly.
"Mom, don't worry, Qin Ning will definitely be a good daughter-in-law." Mu Xinghan smiled happily.
"I hope so! Hey? Xingci, do you have something to talk to me about?" Mrs. Wu asked her eldest son.
"Mom! It's just right. There will be double happiness in our family today. I have also found a daughter-in-law for you." Mu Xingci smiled and sat beside her.
When he said this, Wu and Mu Xinghan were both stunned, and then looked surprised.
"Brother! You...you are going to get married too?" Mu Xinghan said in surprise and joy.
"Um!"
"Xingci! Tell me quickly which girl she is so that I can propose marriage to you." No one was happier than Mrs. Wu.
This son with a hidden illness was a huge headache for her. She was afraid that he would live his whole life alone.
"Mom, her name is Yun Wansheng, and she is Shangguan Lan's sister." Mu Xingci said without hiding anything.
Wu was slightly startled when she heard this: "Isn't Shangguan Lan's sister the widow who is destined to bring bad luck to her husband?"
"It's her!"
"No! She just nearly killed the Duke. I won't let you marry such an unlucky woman." Wu flatly objected.
Mu Xingci was not in a hurry, but looked at Mu Xinghan: "Second brother, go back to your yard first."
"Brother, your statement is crystal clear! Why should I avoid it?" Mu Xinghan did not move.
"I have my reasons for asking you to stay away." Mu Xingci's tone was filled with a hint of coercion.
When Mu Xinghan saw his serious expression, he walked away timidly.
As soon as he left, Mu Xingci asked Qi Yi to guard the door and not let anyone disturb him.
Seeing him being so cautious, Wu asked curiously, "Xingci, what do you mean?"
"Mom! To be honest, Yun Wansheng and I met a few years ago in Lizhou City. She was my mistress at that time.
Later, when the wedding date was approaching, I was afraid that Lin Yao would be angry because I had other women, so I gave her some silver and sent her away.
But after she left, she did not get married, but started a small business elsewhere to make a living. In order to make it easier for her to travel and work, she pretended to be married to avoid unnecessary trouble.
This time she came to the capital to attend her brother's wedding, but unexpectedly she was favored by the Duke's Mansion. She was afraid of offending others if she refused, so she explained to the Duke that she was a husband-killer, hoping that he would give up.
But Tian Jinfeng didn't believe her and forced her to get engaged, which made her cry every day and she didn't want to marry into the Duke's Mansion.
When I learned about this from her elder brother, I felt very sorry for her. After all, she had been with me for a while.
So, I took advantage of this hunting opportunity to have someone release a big bear to injure Tian Jinfeng, hoping to scare him into breaking off the engagement.
Fortunately, the Duke was frightened and broke off the engagement with Yun Wansheng.
Seeing that she had been alone for so many years and had never married, and that she had taken care of me for a period of time before, I thought that my body was like this, and it would be okay to marry her to keep me company.
"Mom, I don't think you want me to end up alone, right? I hope you can agree to our marriage." Mu Xingci told his mother what he had prepared.
Mrs. Wu listened to him carefully. She really didn't expect things to be like this. After all the fuss, Yun Wansheng was still her son's ex-woman.
"Xingci, is it true that Yun Wansheng has never been married?"
"No, when I sent her away, she had already fallen deeply in love with me, but she also knew that I couldn't take her back to the capital with my status, so she had no choice but to leave with great pain.
I also didn't expect that she would be determined to never get married and live a lonely life, so in the past few years, I have been the only man she has had.
Now that she knows I have a hidden illness, she is still willing to come back to take care of me. This makes me feel very sorry for her.
"Mother, please let me marry her! I will never find such a good girl again in my life." Mu Xingci pretended to be sad.
Mrs. Wu looked at her self-blaming and sad son, with deep thought in her eyes. After a moment, she looked at Mu Xingci with some concern.
"But her reputation as a jinx has spread throughout the capital. If we try to clear her identity, people will inevitably suspect that you're trying to win her back and are the one who's causing trouble and hurting the Duke. That would be very detrimental to your reputation."
"Mom! I've thought of this too. We don't need to clarify her identity. You can just tell others that a fortune teller told me that my fate is flawed and I can marry a woman with bad luck.
It just so happens that Yun Wansheng's fate matches mine, so we can be a destined couple. This will shut those people up."
Upon hearing this, Wu smiled and said, "It seems that you have already prepared everything and just explained it to mother, right?"
"Mom is really amazing. Nothing escapes your eyes." Mu Xingci said flatteringly.
"Don't give me that! Oh! Since you've already thought of everything, then just do whatever you want! I can't just watch you die alone, can I?"
Mrs. Wu did not interfere too much in this marriage. It was her son's fault that he was disabled. Now that there was a woman who was willing to marry him without any disgust, she, as a mother, should burn incense to express her gratitude.
"Thank you for your help, mother." Mu Xingci smiled and bowed to express his gratitude, then said, "Mother, you only need to keep what I just told you to yourself. Don't mention it to anyone else, not even to your family members. The fewer people who know about this, the safer it is." Mu Xingci reminded.
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