Chapter 505: The Femme Fatale in the Double Life Story (4)
Lan Ying told the truth: "The young lady went to the Madam and the eldest young lady's place early this morning and has not yet had breakfast."
Xie Qinglan didn't say anything after listening to this, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Second Miss...has it always been like this?" Xie Qinglan asked after a long silence.
She couldn't even eat freely in the mansion, no wonder her face was so pale just now, no wonder she had always been in poor health in her previous life.
Lan Ying looked at him strangely: "Why do you ask this, Mr. Xie?"
Xie Qinglan drooped his eyelashes: "Nothing."
Lan Ying was puzzled, but soon her brows relaxed, as if she had thought of something. She muttered to herself, "It's normal for such a beautiful lady to be popular."
Not long after Xie Qinglan left, Su Yu came out of the study with red eyes and a bad look on her face.
Lan Ying's heart skipped a beat: "Miss."
Su Yu shook her head at her, her nails almost piercing her palms: "Let's talk about it when we get back."
Lan Ying took the cakes brought by the maid, feeling worried, and carefully supported Su Yu: "Miss, you haven't had a drop of water since this morning. Eat something before leaving."
Su Yu knew that she meant well and did not refuse.
After eating some pastries in the side room of the study, my troubled mood calmed down a little.
"My father wants me to marry Xie Qinglan." She said to Lan Ying word by word, with confusion in her eyes.
Lan Ying’s face turned pale.
She had just felt sorry for Xie Qinglan being a poor scholar, but before she could even finish a cup of tea, she found out that her young lady was going to marry that man.
"Xie Qinglan's father once saved my father, and the Yuhou Mansion was very kind to him. The two families have made an engagement." Su Yu recalled what she had just heard in the study, and tears fell down her cheeks. "So my father wanted me to marry Xie Qinglan."
Lan Ying also cried, feeling indignant: "Then why not let the eldest daughter marry over there?"
Su Yu's eyelashes trembled, and she seemed to be crying and laughing: "My elder sister is already engaged, how can she get married? Moreover, how can my father bear to let my elder sister get married?"
Even for the sake of the marquis's family's reputation, they would not marry their legitimate daughter to a poor scholar who had nothing.
Lan Ying wiped her tears: "What did the young lady say?"
Su Yu's big, bright eyes were covered with shadows: "My parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, what can I do with them?"
Fortunately, Su Yu was not a person who complained about everything. She whispered, "After all, the engagement has not been finalized yet. There will be a way."
This is the study room. Although the two of them were talking in secret from the servants, Su Yu's red eyes and the fact that she seemed to have been crying could not be hidden from the servants' eyes.
In the study, Yongchang Hou sighed: "I am sorry for her."
As he said this, he ordered the housekeeper to give Su Yu some gold and silver jewelry in her yard, and told the servants not to neglect it.
Two things happened in the mansion that night.
First, Nanny Tong, who served the lady, slipped on the moss by the lake, fell into the water and drowned.
Second, the eldest lady woke up.
While helping Su Yu dress, Lan Ying whispered in her ear, "It's done. Young lady, you don't know how ridiculous that evil servant's face was before she died. She begged me to let her go and even kowtowed to me and you to apologize."
Unfortunately, she pushed him into the water and drowned him.
Su Yu raised the corners of her mouth slightly and slowly held Lan Ying's hand: "Lan Ying, you are the only person I trust in this mansion. What should I do without you?"
Lan Ying's expression was firm: "Miss saved Lan Ying's life. Lan Ying will always be by Miss' side."
Su Yu held her hand tightly.
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After putting on her clothes and jewelry, Su Yu led Lan Ying out: "Let's go, my sister is awake, and as her younger sister, I should go see her."
Compared with the awakening of the eldest daughter, the death of a servant did not cause a sensation in the mansion, even though she was a servant of the lady.
Su Yu arrived not too early, and Marquis Yongchang and his wife were both there.
Before entering the yard, I heard a commotion inside.
"Mom, I don't want to marry into the Duke's Mansion. If you don't agree to me, I will die." Su Miaoer's crying voice was heard.
The servants were silent, lowered their heads and dared not speak.
Su Yu's eyes moved. As expected, the heroine was reborn.
Lan Ying just learned about Su Yu's engagement this morning. When she heard Su Miao'er's words, she was afraid that she would think too much: "Miss."
Su Yu shook her head: "Don't worry about me."
Su Yu walked in slowly, with sarcasm flashing in her eyes. Marquis Yongchang and his wife had carefully chosen a marriage for her, but she said she would not marry and she was really confident.
At the same time, I was also wondering why Su Miaoer suddenly mentioned her marriage when she woke up from falling into the water?
The Marquis's wife scolded him harshly: "What nonsense are you making!"
Su Miaoer wiped her tears and threw herself into the arms of the Marquis, crying, looking like she had been wronged: "Mother——"
When Su Miaoer learned that she was reborn and had not yet married, she was ecstatic. Perhaps she was hurt too deeply, and she would never marry into the Duke's Mansion again in her life.
Su Miaoer still remembered how painful it was when she had a miscarriage. She cried in the arms of the Marquis, "Anyway, I just don't want to marry the prince of the Duke of Xin!"
The Marquis’s wife scolded her: “Who do you want to marry if you don’t marry the prince?”
Su Miaoer bit her lip and thought of her previous life. When she was lying on the bed dying, she heard the news that Xie Qinglan was personally received by the emperor and awarded the title of lord. He was deeply trusted by the emperor and held great power. Even Su Yu was given an imperial decree.
On the other hand, the descendants of Duke Xin's Mansion are useless. Apart from having an empty title, they are not as good as Xie Qinglan in any way.
"I want to marry Xie Qinglan!" Su Miaoer said in a loud voice.
When Su Yu heard these words as soon as she came in, her eyes widened and she looked shocked.
Lan Ying was equally shocked. She and Su Yu looked at each other and saw disbelief in each other's eyes.
This time, without waiting for his wife to speak, the Marquis of Yongchang scolded her first: "Nonsense! You can't cancel the marriage just because you want to? Besides, Xie Qinglan has already made an engagement with your sister."
When Su Miaoer heard this, her expression changed immediately: "Dad, you are biased!"
Marquis Yongchang had an unpleasant look on his face, feeling quite depressed as if his kindness had been taken for granted.
"I just want to marry Xie Qinglan. If you are worried about having to explain to the Duke's Mansion, just let Su Yu marry him. I don't care about him anyway. I just want to marry Xie Qinglan!" Su Miaoer made an even more violent fuss.
Madam Hou was so angry that her heart ached: "I think your brain was damaged by the drowning!"
Don’t even think about giving such a good marriage to that concubine’s daughter.
Yongchang Hou said with a cold face: "Alright, stop talking nonsense, and don't mention this matter again."
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left.
Turning around and seeing Su Yu at the door, Marquis Yongchang's expression felt unnatural for a moment. When he saw Su Yu bowing, he nodded slightly and left quickly.
Su Yu's eyes flashed, and a plan emerged in her mind.
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