Chapter 96 The Marquis's Commoner Wife 6
These words struck a nerve with Ning's father. He had three sons before finally having a daughter like Ning Yan. Although the family was not well-off, they doted on her and gave her all the best food and clothing. Otherwise, they wouldn't have raised her so well that the Marquis of Zhennan would have taken a liking to her at first sight.
The usually honest and kind-hearted Mr. Ning rarely refuted Han Yongjin's words, "How could that be? Yan Yan is our Ning family's treasure, she will never be water spilled out."
"Even though you are a marquis, if you do anything to wrong my daughter, my whole family will not let it go."
Lord Han pushed the house deed forward again.
Ning's father: ...
In the end, Ning's father accepted the house deed.
At noon, the young couple had a delicious farm-style meal at the Ning family's house. Han Yongjin had endured all kinds of hardships on the battlefield, and had even eaten wild vegetables when the imperial court's food supplies were insufficient, so he naturally didn't mind and ate very happily. After the meal, the couple returned to the capital.
However, this time Han Yongjin refused to ride a horse no matter what. He followed Ning Yan into the carriage and even sent the two maids away.
He plopped down next to Ning Yan, and Ning Yan quickly tried to move away, wanting to get as far away from this stinky man as possible, but Han Yongjin would immediately sit down next to her again.
Ning Yan remained pressed tightly against the carriage, with nowhere left to retreat.
Han Yongjin, who had been keeping a cold expression, suddenly burst out laughing upon seeing this, and with a swift movement, lifted Ning Yan and placed her on his lap.
"My wife, please don't be angry with your husband. I didn't sleep a wink last night. Look at my dark circles. Please have some pity on your husband."
Ning Yan: "The Marquis will soon be welcoming a new bride into the manor. The new bride will naturally take care of him. Why should I interfere?"
Han Yongjin couldn't resist, so he leaned over and kissed the person in his arms whose words were not what they truly meant.
Ning Yan tried her best to refuse, but she couldn't push him away at all, and in the end she was kissed until she went limp in the man's arms.
"Madam, do you know that I fell in love with you at first sight the moment I first met you, and I can no longer think of anyone else?"
"I didn't intend to hide the fact that I was marrying a concubine from you, but I couldn't just tell you right after the wedding, would that be so disappointing? I didn't expect Mother to bring it up. If I had known, I would have just told you directly to avoid any misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? It's just that you want to take another wife."
She's the daughter of a high-ranking official of the third rank. If she becomes his concubine, wouldn't I, a country girl from the countryside, only have the fate of being bullied?
"If I had known this would happen, I should have listened to my sister-in-law and married a man of similar social standing. At least then I wouldn't have to worry about him having multiple wives and concubines!"
The thought that the woman in his arms was about to marry someone else made Han Yongjin's heart ache. "Even if I have three wives and four concubines, I won't touch them. Yanyan, believe me, I won't do anything to betray you."
Ning Yan turned her head away, not even glancing at the Marquis of Zhennan. "Men's words are deceitful. I know you're just saying that to flatter me."
Han Yongjin almost swore an oath to Ning Yan, and he talked until his mouth was dry on the way back to Beijing before he finally managed to make Ning Yan happy.
The moment Ning Yan smiled, Han Yongjin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He would have to be careful in the future and never anger this little devil, because she was just too hard to coax.
After the couple returned home, the old lady sent someone to tell them to go to Shou'an Hall.
Upon returning from their trip, they were on their way to pay their respects to the old lady in her courtyard, so the two changed their clothes and went there.
Actually, Ning Yan knew what her good mother-in-law was going to say without even thinking.
Before I left home this morning, I heard that the old lady's family was coming to visit today. Not to mention that they chose the day of her homecoming to come, it was purely to disgust people.
Their purpose in coming was even more disgusting: Chu Yingying was in a hurry to get in.
Sure enough, as soon as the two finished their greetings, the old lady spoke up, "Your uncle came today. He said that the 28th of this month is an auspicious day, and he hopes that your wedding with your cousin will be held as soon as possible."
After saying that, she glanced at Ning Yan and asked, "Daughter-in-law, you don't disagree, do you?"
Ning Yan started to feel sad again. She looked at the man with a wronged expression, and tears even welled up in her eyes. When her eyes met the man's, she immediately looked away, lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law will listen to mother-in-law and husband."
What could she possibly disagree with? It's not like she's the one marrying the woman!
Han Yongjin was furious with his mother. He had barely managed to appease her in the afternoon, and now she was bringing up the matter of him getting married again. What a wonderful mother she was!
He felt even more sorry for his wife, and blamed himself. If he had known this would happen, he should have argued his case and never married another woman.
"Mother, you can decide what to do about my cousin entering the household. However, I will not take her as a secondary wife. If she is willing to enter the household, she should obediently become a concubine."
The old lady nearly coughed up blood. "You, you're really going to drive me crazy!"
"Mother, I really want to know, is your family more important, or is my future more important?"
The current emperor is the legitimate son of the late emperor. Because the late emperor favored the Imperial Noble Consort, the current emperor and the Empress Dowager have suffered a lot of mistreatment. Now the emperor only has the empress in his harem, and his two children are both born to the empress.
Although the Emperor did not require all officials to refrain from taking concubines, do you think he would still value me if someone dared to take a concubine as his second wife?
If Mother feels it doesn't matter if she angers the Emperor, then her son wouldn't mind marrying his cousin as a concubine. At worst, the son could simply resign his official post, and life would still go on as usual.
The old lady immediately became docile; no matter how good her family was, it couldn't affect her life.
Moreover, if the son were to resign from his official post, the Marquis's mansion would surely decline again very quickly. How could that be allowed?
She had had enough of being looked down upon and ignored over the past ten years, and she never wanted to go through that again.
"Then, I'll invite your aunt to our house tomorrow."
Having said what needed to be said, Han Yongjin didn't linger any longer and took Ning Yan back to the main courtyard.
He was genuinely afraid that Ning Yan would hold a grudge against him and prevent him from going back to his room.
To show how heartbroken she was, Ning Yan didn't say a word on the way back. Once inside, she sat blankly in a chair, not even glancing at the man.
Han Yongjin, a military general, had never dealt with women before, and genuinely didn't know how to coax people.
After circling Ning Yan twice, he finally gritted his teeth, picked her up, and carried her into the inner room.
"My lord, what are you doing?"
“My wife, I’ve figured it out. Aren’t you just afraid that I’ll fall in love with someone else?”
"If you keep draining me dry every day, then even if I want to, I won't be able to. Wouldn't that put your mind at ease?"
Ning Yan immediately accused him: "What, you still have a heart?"
Alright, so everything you said today was a lie!
You still like your cousin. I... I'll never talk to you again. Put me down.
Han Yongjin was sweating profusely: "No, no, I have neither the will nor the strength. I don't like anyone but Yan'er."
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