Chapter 30: Raging Waves
As the old lady spoke, she carefully observed her grandson's expression.
When Nanny Li came back from the Lin Mansion this time, she felt a little regretful. She had previously thought that the Lin Mansion was a good place, and that Lord Lin was extremely strict with rules in both his words and deeds. She had not found anything wrong in the six months they had been together.
But who could have known that what had happened in the Lin Mansion over the past month was so shocking.
A student of Lin Zhi's school held Lin Yingxue's hand in front of everyone, and in front of her grandson? Such audacity was truly breathtaking.
But this wasn't the end of it. A few days later, this daring thief actually came to provoke her again? Did he really think that there was no one in her Wu'an Marquis Mansion?
If it weren't for his grandson stopping her, she would have gone to the palace to report Lin. How could he be qualified for the position of Minister of Rites if he taught his students like this? If he bullied her grandson like this, she would make him pay for it.
And there is Li Ma and her group today.
The old lady of the Marquis of Wu'an frowned, "I really didn't expect that she would be such a person? She wanted to beat a slave to death in public, and her methods were so cruel and despicable."
If she married her grandson, wouldn't she beat all the servants in his yard to death? Wouldn't her grandson be branded a murderer?
This is absolutely unacceptable. How can her grandson, a gentle and kind person, bear such a crime?
The old lady seemed to have made up her mind. "Chuan'er, why don't we cancel this marriage? I'll find you another one. This time, I, your grandmother, will look at you with open eyes."
Ji Chenchuan raised his eyebrows.
Don’t want this marriage anymore?
How can this be possible? At worst, we can just change someone else. Doesn’t the Lin family have another daughter?
Unfortunately, he couldn't say it directly.
I could only say, "Grandma, I want to ask why our Wu'an Marquis Mansion would marry into the Lin Mansion?"
As he spoke, he poured new tea and placed it in the old lady's palm, warming her with the temperature of the tea.
There is a huge difference between their two mansions.
The Wu'an Marquis Mansion was conquered by his ancestors, that is, his great-grandfather's generation. By his generation, it had gone through five generations, so it can be said that it has a deep foundation.
On the other hand, Lord Lin Zuo was just a man from a county, and he had only been in the capital for twenty years. How could he be compared with his century-old marquisate?
Logically, there was no intersection between the two families, let alone such a big thing as arranging a marriage.
When the old lady heard this, she sighed and her eyes became distant.
This is what should be said, but the Wu'an Marquis Mansion has not always been smooth sailing, and has also been plotted against and persecuted by others.
It was during the period of persecution that they were rescued by Lin's people.
At that time, the people of the Ji family fled to Yangcheng, Jizhou with their families. One of the women was about to give birth and was in great danger. She happened to meet a member of the Lin family who was also giving birth. They kindly led the person in, and the two women gave birth together.
"You know, we, the Ji family, would never do such an ungrateful thing, even if we were in dire straits. But at that time, our Ji family really didn't have any gold or silver, so we could only make a promise to form a friendly relationship between the two mansions."
Unfortunately, the situation at the Ji Mansion at that time did not allow them to stay any longer, so they had to hastily get up and leave Yangcheng. It was not until the Lin Mansion appeared again that they realized they had met their benefactor.
Thinking of this, the old lady's heart suddenly felt weak.
"Chuan'er, don't you think grandma is too selfish? Back then, you didn't even think about looking for the Lin family, but now that you've become this situation, you're so anxious to marry into the Lin family?"
Wouldn't that be too cold, too aloof? Wouldn't that be too ungrateful?
If the Ji family really wanted to form this marriage, why didn't they send a better descendant? And why didn't they recognize the Lin family before? Even sending a large gift of gold and silver to thank them for saving their lives would be fine, but now?
Ji Chenchuan smiled.
He said, "Grandmother, the incident happened to our great-grandfather back then. We have no idea what happened back then. However, I do know one thing. I heard that the woman who gave birth had an extremely precious mutton-fat jade pendant on her body. It was a family heirloom passed down from her family. But after she gave birth, the jade pendant disappeared."
this?
The old lady couldn't believe it when she heard this.
In other words, the Lin family back then did not rescue the Ji family entirely out of kindness, but rather gave them a family heirloom jade pendant as a gift, and only allowed them to enter because they were tempted by the money.
Moreover, this was later proven. The Lin family was just an ordinary family in Yangcheng, but after the birth of their son, they could suddenly afford a three-story courtyard house, which originally only had two rooms. From then on, the Lin family gradually lived a good life.
Getting rich suddenly is never a sudden thing.
The old lady gently polished the teacup, and the warmth from the cup passed through her palm, soothing her momentary chill.
She had never thought that things could be like this?
"But no matter what, under those circumstances, our Ji Mansion does owe the Lin family a favor. We cannot deny it."
No matter whether it was bought with money or something else, this favor was owed after all. If the woman had not given birth properly, there might have been two deaths.
Ji Chenchuan shook his head slightly, he disagreed with this statement.
"Since you have accepted my family's money, then naturally you have to do errands for us. This is a transaction, and it is fair. It can only be done under the consent of both parties. Therefore, the moment the jade pendant is handed over, our Ji Mansion does not owe the Lin family anything."
"As for why our ancestor made such a promise, from my analysis, perhaps the Lin family saw that our Ji Mansion was not ordinary, so they had the intention of clinging to us."
"Our ancestors weren't stupid either. They would never agree to anything like that now. We can only talk about it in terms of our grandchildren's marriage in the future."
In this way, not only can the matter be settled, but who can say for sure about the marriages of future generations in the future?
Seeing his grandmother stunned on the ground again, Ji Chenchuan smiled and gently put the frosty white rabbit fur cloak on her.
Then he continued, "Think about it again. Why did the people of our Ji Mansion keep silent about the marriage with the Lin Mansion after we gained power? Could it be that we are really the kind of ungrateful people? Or did our ancestors already have some considerations and deliberately not mention it? Or, in other words, the reason why the Lin family didn't mention it is because our ancestors secretly blocked it?"
The people in the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion are definitely not ungrateful rats. If it weren't for the obvious calculations of some people, they would be able to meet their demands to some extent, but only in terms of money. As for wanting to do something else by relying on the power of the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion, that is absolutely impossible.
When the old lady heard this, she was filled with turmoil. She never thought that a small marriage could lead to so many horrifying things.
Could it be that she was really old and her mind was no longer working? She couldn't even see such a thing?
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