Chapter 18 As long as it's Miss Song
Song Kaishan and Ding waited for two days, but Song Zhimin was not brought back.
Instead, they received a message from someone sent by the King of Zhao that Song Zhimian would not be able to come out for the time being.
Another thing is that Wu, the military advisor, has returned to the capital and went to the Ministry of War today to report on his duties.
Someone has already been sent to say that they will send someone tomorrow to exchange the marriage certificate, and they will try to get married before going to the north again.
"My lord, what do we do now?!"
"That brat isn't here. The Wu family will send someone to exchange the betrothal papers tomorrow. Are we still going to exchange them or not?" Ding grabbed Song Kaishan's sleeve, her eyes filled with anxiety.
Song Kaishan never expected things to turn out this way.
He originally thought that the Imperial Concubine could make Song Zhimin wish she were dead with just one word.
Who would have thought that after waiting for two days, Song Zhimin still hadn't been brought back after being beaten with a cane.
Tomorrow, General Wu will send someone to exchange the betrothal gifts. Now that that damned girl is in the palace, the betrothal gifts definitely can't be exchanged.
"It's alright. When Wu Cang arrives tomorrow, we can just tell the truth."
General Wu will be back for at least a month this time. We'll find another opportunity to get that brat out of the palace.
"After all, I am the Marquis of Zhongyong. If I speak properly with General Wu, I can still gain some face," Song Kaishan said in a deep voice.
Ding nodded.
That's all we can do for now!
I hope this matter won't offend General Wu, nor will it affect my son Song Yaoqing in the north.
...
The next day, Wu, the military officer, personally visited the door with the matchmaker.
What Song Kaishan and Ding Shi didn't expect was that after listening to Song Kaishan's words, Wu Canji didn't give Song Kaishan any face.
"Lord Zhongyong, what do you mean by this!"
You were the one who was so eager to get married back then, saying that as soon as I returned to the capital to report on my duties, I would immediately exchange the betrothal gifts and prepare for the wedding.
Now, I've brought people to exchange the birth charts, and you're saying your eldest daughter has entered the palace to become a lady-in-waiting.
"Are you trying to play with a roughneck like me?" Wu, the military officer, looked displeased.
Song Kaishan quickly shook his head.
"General Wu, look at what you're saying. You are a general who fought on the battlefield in the north, and you are highly regarded by General Shen."
How could we possibly play games with you!
That girl... she did indeed go to the palace to be selected as a female official.
But I reckon I definitely won't be selected; at most, I'll be sent back in a month or two.
"Look..." Song Kaishan also looked embarrassed.
General Wu chuckled twice.
"What a coincidence! Just two days before I was to go to the capital, you sent me a message saying that this year's auspicious days are all good."
And then, I'm back, and your young lady has entered the palace.
Is it that your young lady looks down on a roughneck like me, or that your noble family looks down on common soldiers like us?
Fortunately, before I came back, I said a few good words for your son to General Shen.
"Looking at it now, it's really been wasted!" General Wu sneered.
Song Kaishan, Ding Shi...
"General Wu, please calm down. I have already spoken with the Prince, and the Prince has also spoken with the Imperial Concubine in the palace."
They'll definitely let that girl out.
"Good things come to those who wait!" Song Kaishan quickly lowered his voice.
Wu, the military advisor, didn't say anything, but simply drank the tea in his hand in one gulp.
He originally wanted to say that since that was the case, then they shouldn't get married.
But it was at this moment that he saw Song Zhiqing peeking in through the window.
He squinted his eyes and then suddenly chuckled twice.
"The way you're saying this, Marquis Zhongyong, makes it sound like I'm an unreasonable person."
Although when he returned, everyone from the general to the soldiers below knew that he had come back to get married.
However, there are reasons for this, and I am not incapable of making an exception.
The eldest daughter of the Song family has entered the palace; there's no way around it.
No matter how dissatisfied I, Wu Jiande, am, I cannot compete with the palace for people!
"That just means I'm not meant to be with Miss Song!" General Wu said slowly.
Song Kaishan and Ding seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
It seems there's room for compromise...
But then Wu, the military advisor, changed the subject.
"Since the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion has entered the palace and is no longer in the mansion, she cannot arrange her own marriage."
The eldest young lady is not here, and the second young lady is the same.
As long as she is a young lady from the Song family, it will be fine.
Anyway, all outsiders know is that I'm going to marry the daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyong, or the daughter of the Song family. Who cares which one she is!
"Lord Zhongyong, don't you think so?" Wu, the military advisor, looked at Song Kaishan with a smile.
Song Kaishan was dumbfounded.
Ding shook her head frantically.
"Impossible! No way! Absolutely not! That's my own daughter, how could I..."
Wu, the military officer, immediately darkened his expression.
"Why not? What did the Marquis of Zhongyong say when he wanted to marry me?"
His eldest daughter was both beautiful and talented, and was highly valued by him. She was a pampered young lady raised in the mansion.
What? Even someone as noble as the young lady is willing to give herself to me?
You, a concubine who was promoted to the position of wife, are giving your daughter to me as a loss?
In the end, it's because your household looks down on a roughneck like me, isn't it?
Marquis Zhongyong, I will not make things difficult for you.
I'll leave my birth chart with you. If you agree, please send your second daughter's birth chart before 9 PM tonight.
The wedding date can then be set.
Our two families can even become related by marriage; you will still be my father-in-law, and your wife will be my mother-in-law.
Loyal and Brave Marquis, I await your good news.
Goodbye!
After saying this, Wu, the military officer, got up and left.
Before Song Kaishan and Ding Shi in the flower hall could react, they saw the matchmaker brought by Wu Canjiang place a marriage contract on the table.
"My lord, we're waiting for your good news!" the matchmaker said with a smile before quickly following Wu, the adjutant.
"This... Lord Marquis, what does he mean? Does he intend to force me into marriage?" Ding asked, her hands trembling.
Song Kaishan didn't expect that Wu Canjun wouldn't give him any face at all.
He looked at the betrothal letter on the table with a bit of disbelief.
"Father, Mother, I don't want to marry that man! I don't want to! You have to save me, you will save me, right?" Song Zhijing, who was already terrified, also ran in at this moment.
That man was terrifying. He was a big, burly man with a full beard and a face full of fat. The way he looked at her was as if he wanted to strip her clothes off...
He had two knife scars on his face. You wouldn't even want to sleep with someone like that; just looking at him would be terrifying.
Song Zhiqing could only shake her head desperately.
This man wants to marry Song Zhimian, not her!
"My lord, what should we do? Should we let Qing'er escape? Or should we have her pretend to be sick?"
If that doesn't work, send them to some place in the countryside...
This man surnamed Wu... I can't marry him! He's killed four wives already!" Ding was already crying.
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