Chapter 43: Marry Me If That’s the Case
"I have invited my mother. We'll talk about it after she comes." Qiao Ruoying didn't like to get involved in this kind of thing anyway. It was her father and grandmother's business how to punish her, so that they wouldn't blame her in the future for punishing her too harshly as their stepmother.
Moreover, they must be present at such a major event.
Seeing Shuxi, who knelt down after Mingyueshu, looking pale and trembling all over, Qiao Ruoying wondered, "Am I that scary?"
Shuxi replied, "Madam, you are not to be feared. It's just that I have an upset stomach today and I have diarrhea and feel uncomfortable."
"Rest aside."
"Thank you, ma'am."
Half a minute later, the old lady was helped over by Nanny Li.
Seeing Mingyueshu kneeling again, the old lady knew what was going on. "Tell me, what crime has he committed?"
"Mother/Grandmother/Old Lady." Everyone greeted her naturally.
Qiao Ruoying pointed at Shule and said, "Tell me, you followed your third girl, so you know best what she did."
Shule confessed everything: "Today the masters went to the farm to ride and hunt. The third lady excused herself from studying and returned to the house. Later, she tried to sneak out of the farm and return to the city. Shuxi was not feeling well, so I had to follow her."
"I tried to persuade her, but the Third Lady refused to listen and even said that if I continue to persuade her, she will not let me follow her."
"After leaving the farm, there happened to be a carriage transporting farm produce back to the mansion. The third young lady got on the carriage and got off when she arrived in the city."
"After coming down, the third lady went directly to the Qiao residence and sent me away. I don't know what she did with Master Qiao Jingchuan."
Tian Feng said at the right moment, "When the Lord sent me and Tian Yu to invite the Third Young Lady, she was hugging Mr. Qiao, and their words and actions were very intimate. She even said that she would never marry anyone but you, and would not change her mind under the punishment of the Second Master and Second Madam."
Aunt Su looked at Ming Yueshu in a daze, with her mouth slightly open, as if she found it unbelievable.
Tian Yu returned at this time and bowed to everyone. Then he said to Ming Zhao, "Sir, I have inquired clearly. It was the Third Young Lady who arrived at the Qiao Residence. The people in the Qiao Residence welcomed her in with smiles on their faces."
Ming Weishen was furious. He touched the teacup. The tea he had been given was still hot, so he took the one in front of Qiao Ruoying and threw it away.
Qiao Ruoying looked at him and said nothing.
With a "bang", the teacup fell to the ground and shattered. The half-hot tea splashed onto the faces and bodies of Mingyueshu and her daughter, and the fragments flew into Mingyueshu's arms.
Ming Yueshu was so frightened that she burst into tears before she could say anything.
"Ming Yueshu! You ran away without permission and even dared to go to a man's house, having an affair with him! Is this what you learned when you were studying at private school? Is this what I taught you?!"
"They say reading is the key to enlightenment, but you've disregarded your reputation and reputation, discarding all sense of propriety and honor. Your sisters at home still care about you! Where's your sense of shame?!"
"The relationship with Qiao Jingchuan has been completely broken up a long time ago, yet you're still trying to get involved with him, even hugging him. How disgraceful!"
"Do you want everyone in the capital to know that you are a shameless person who went to a man's house without a matchmaker or a betrothal?!"
"Father!" Ming Yueshu cried out to him, tears streaming down her face. "I just like him, why does everyone disagree?! What's wrong with him? He's well-educated, and he's always good to me. He's gentle and considerate, and he understands what I like and what I don't like."
"He has broken off his engagement with Sister Li and has no engagement. Why can't I go find him?"
"I just like him, what's wrong with that?!"
"You still say you're not at fault, right?!" Ming Weishen was so angry that he stood up. "You like him, but what about him? Has he dared to come to your house and ask about you even once in the past month?"
"If he really liked you and your good character, he should have called off the engagement long ago and asked you to marry him instead of having an affair with you without a matchmaker!"
"He never came to ask if you were okay, nor did he cancel the engagement early on. Instead, he hooked up with you even though he was already engaged to your cousin!"
"He's afraid he won't be able to hook up with you and get nothing out of it, so he's keeping his engagement with your cousin and playing both sides!"
"Don't you know why he's so gentle and attentive to you? He's after your status, to get close to your father, me! He's after the Duke of Anguo's mansion!"
"Impossible! He likes me!!" Ming Yueshu was stunned for a moment, then immediately refuted, shouting loudly as if to embolden herself, "Second and third brothers both went to warn him, how dare he come to my house? He's been running around every day for the past month trying to find out about me. He's lost a lot of weight and his body is covered in bruises!"
"Who gave you the courage to speak to me so loudly?" Ming Weishen glared at him.
"Alright," the old lady said at this moment, her voice cold and emotionless. "Why are you so angry? Since you are so sure of your love, and you are so deeply in love with me, and you are saying that you will marry me, then marry me."
Everyone present looked at the old lady in surprise, and Ming Yueshu's eyes widened.
The old lady looked at Ming Yueshu and said, "I'll give you a proper dowry and marry you off. This will fulfill the last bit of friendship you've had in the mansion for over a decade. But once you're married, you'll no longer be the daughter of the Duke of Anguo. Let's see how much he truly cares for you, even though there's no profit to be gained."
"No! Grandma! Don't!!" Ming Yueshu burst into tears after she came to her senses and looked at the old lady in disbelief.
"Mother..." Ming Weishen was also stunned.
"We should also allow her to hit her head against the wall and let her know if it hurts. Let her see, without the protection of the Anguo Mansion, whether the outside world is really as bright as she sees." The old lady glanced at Ming Weishen, then looked at Ming Yueshu indifferently, "Do you want to marry or not be the daughter of the Anguo Mansion?"
Otherwise, the more they tried to stop her, the more she would be reluctant to let go, and she would cry and hide to find him, and one day he would cause a big disaster and bring trouble to her family.
"I..." Ming Yueshu looked at the old lady and recalled the vows of love and sweet love she had made with Qiao Jingchuan in the past. She gritted her teeth and said, "Grandma, I will marry you!"
She kowtowed three times to the old lady and said, "Grandma, I'm sorry for all the hard work. I'm unfilial, but I really can't let you go. Whether it's good or bad, I'll bear it myself."
All the family members are loyal and righteous, but the grandmother has always been soft-hearted. Mingyueshu felt that her grandmother was just speaking in anger. If she really had something wrong, they would not ignore it.
She would wait until her grandmother calmed down and then go and comfort her.
Aunt Su came back to her senses from her shock and pulled Mingyueshu's arm, "Shu'er, no! Don't be stupid!"
The old lady glanced at her and she immediately fell silent.
"No regrets?"
“No regrets!”
Seeing her resolute and self-righteous expression, the old lady sneered in her heart and looked at Qiao Ruoying, "Find a date within six months to send her off to get married."
Oh, for a man, you can’t see your loved ones and the truth.
It seems that he was raised in luxury and has not suffered much.
"Yes, mother."
"Lanying, help me go back. I'm tired too." The old lady extended her hand to Nanny Li.
Upon hearing this, Nanny Li helped her out of the yard, and Qiao Ruoying asked the head maid to see her off.
Aunt Su looked at Qiao Ruoying eagerly, hoping she would say something.
Qiao Ruoying waved to the mother and daughter who were still kneeling, "Go back, don't say anything, go back to your own yard and wait to get married."
You have chosen the path, so you have to walk it on your knees. What else can you do?
She also saves herself the trouble of not having to choose a fiancé for her.
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