Chapter 2 Her child died young, but he would have another child
"Isn't it?" Lu Changqing said with disgust, "Don't worry, after taking over the two rooms, I will naturally be in Miaoyan's room on the first and fifteenth days of the month. But when she is not feeling well, I will still come to the second room to see you, Yuaner and Yaoer. You should be content!"
Fang Qianxue recalled the scene she had just seen in her mind. She would pounce on and beat Xu Miaoyan, and then be confined by Lu Changqing. Soon Lu Changqing told everyone that Fang Qianxue had gone mad because of jealousy and hatred.
No, she also has a pair of children to protect. They cannot be confined to their homes, let alone driven crazy.
So she held back.
"Husband, have you forgotten the promise you made in front of our grandfather?" She really hated that woman who looked weak but had a heart as vicious as a snake, but she hated Lu Changqing even more for breaking his promise.
It was obvious that he knelt in front of my grandfather, promised never to take a concubine, to be good to only me, and begged my grandfather to marry me.
The words are still ringing in my ears, but my heart is no longer with you.
"I didn't break my promise, and I didn't take a concubine." Thinking of what happened in the past, Lu Changqing's handsome face flushed, "Miao Yan will be your sister-in-law in the future. You must show respect to her when you see her. Remember to let Yuan'er and Yao'er follow the rules as well."
Fang Qianxue supported the maid and slowly sat back in the chair: "Since my husband has made his decision, what are you and Miss Xu still doing here? Please do as you please."
Although the matter of consolidating two branches of the family was heard occasionally, it mostly happened in remote areas. This place was in the capital city, right under the feet of the emperor. If Lu Changqing really wanted to do this, it would be a devastating blow to the upright image he had built up over the years.
"Miaoyan, let's go!" Lu Changqing frowned, supported Xu Miaoyan and walked away angrily.
After about an incense stick of time, the maid Suiqiong ran in and said happily, "Don't be sad, Madam. Tonight, Miss Xu will stay at the old lady's Songshengju, and the second master will stay in the study. They are not staying together."
"I'm afraid Miss Xu won't agree." Fang Qianxue held her forehead with one hand and stroked the Sanskrit hairpin in her hand with the other.
She had worn this hairpin since she was three years old, and only now did she recall some vague memories of before that time.
When she was a child, she could understand the language of the swallows on the beam, so she told her parents. Her grandfather Fang Qingshi asked a monk to tell her fortune. The monk said that she was born to be a phoenix girl, but the Fang family would encounter a catastrophe within 20 years. If the phoenix girl showed her potential too early, she would be killed.
Her grandfather, Master Fang, asked a senior monk to make this golden hairpin with Sanskrit characters on it and told her to wear it all the time. Since then, Fang Qianxue has never heard any strange sound again.
"How did Madam know?" Sui Qiong wiped the sweat from her forehead. "I heard that our Second Master is too eager to marry someone, and that Miss Xu doesn't want to marry him. That's right, Second Master is already thirty years old this year, how old is Miss Xu?"
Fang Qianxue sneered.
In this world, a man in his forties can still marry a girl of fifteen or sixteen. Isn’t my eldest brother Lu Changli already in his thirties?
Lu Changli was an inspector. When he was inspecting Jiangning, he got the help of Xu Miaoyan and made great contribution by reporting the case of Prince Yong's rebellion. After a few interactions, the two of them got engaged secretly, but Lu Changli suddenly died of illness.
Speaking of which, the engagement between Lu Changli and Xu Miaoyan was never made public, and neither of the elders of the two families knew about it.
"Madam, why don't you go talk to Miss Xu and give her some money to send her away." Cuishuang brought her a cup of calming tea.
"Send her away?" Fang Qianxue shook her head. "If she really wanted to leave, she wouldn't have followed the Second Master back."
According to the original plot, she did just that.
After hearing the maid say that Xu Miaoyan was unwilling, Fang Qianxue really thought that she was unwilling to marry into the Lu family, so she found Xu Miaoyan and wanted to send her away with three thousand taels of silver. As a result, she turned around and went to Lu Changqing to complain aggrievedly.
Because of this incident, Lu Changqing despised Fang Qianxue even more.
"What should we do?" Cui Shuang was worried about her young lady. "Madam, are you going to just watch that woman come in and suppress you?"
"She can't get in as long as I'm here." Fang Qianxue wrapped the gold hairpin in a handkerchief and put it in her dressing table.
She has always been a person who would rather die than live in disgrace. After five years of marriage, since Lu Changqing has given up on her, she will give up as well.
"Are Yuan'er and Yao'er asleep?"
"Don't worry, Madam. The young master and the young lady are asleep and didn't hear what you and the second master said just now." Cui Shuang sighed softly.
Fang Qianxue felt relieved and took a deep breath: "Please take care and don't let outsiders get close to the two children in the next few days. I will take them away when I find a way."
In the original book, her only two children were disabled and died young, but Lu Changqing and Xu Miaoyan would have children again. Fang Qianxue felt very uncomfortable when she thought of this.
It's so unfair.
"Ah?" Sui Qiong was surprised, "Madam wants to take the young master and young lady away? How can this be possible?"
If the Fang family were still there, Madam could return to her parents' home if she was wronged, but now the Fang family is gone!
"Keep your voice down. I have my own plans."
Lu Changqing will soon go crazy trying to please that woman. If she doesn't leave, is she waiting for him to raise the knife against the two children?
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