Chapter 72 072 Life Story It turns out that his life story is also quite tragic. …
In fact, when Xianyu heard Wang Yao talking about Liu Xianglian, she should have realized that someone had come from the Duke of Liguo's Mansion.
After all, the last time their family encountered Liu Xianglian on the waterway outside Jinling City, Xianyu's stepmother, Madam Liu, had already taken it upon herself to recognize Liu Xianglian as her nephew - she was such a trouble-averse person that she even wrote a letter to the Duke Liguo's Mansion in the capital for this purpose.
Although Liu was already a married lady in the Duke of Liguo's Mansion, she married a young talent like Wang Ziteng, so what she said was still very influential.
The Duke Liguo Mansion is now managed by Liu's second brother Liu Fang. Before Liu got married, the relationship between the two siblings was quite good. However, both Liu and Liu Fang actually have a better relationship with Liu Xianglian's father, who is her and Liu Fang's eldest brother.
Speaking of Liu Xianglian's father, he was also a very sad person.
This master of the Liu family was born in the Duke of Liguo's mansion. He was the eldest son and had first-class talent and appearance. He should have inherited the title smoothly.
As a result, he didn't know whether his life was too smooth or he was too confused to meet true love, but he actually fell in love with an actor - yes, according to the reliable information from System 003, Liu Xianglian was the son of the eldest son of the Duke of Liguo's mansion and a popular actress in a drama troupe.
This also seems to be one of the sources of his special theatrical talent.
After all, his biological father, the eldest son of the Duke of Liguo's Mansion, was also a senior amateur actor.
If not for this, the old man of the Liu family would not have fallen in love with the famous actor in the opera troupe and gave birth to a son, Liu Xianglian. In the end, he was expelled from the Duke Liguo's Mansion and died miserably in poverty and illness.
Unexpectedly, the famous actress, Liu Xianglian's biological mother, was also a strong-willed person. When she saw that Master Liu was gone, she committed suicide for love, leaving only Liu Xianglian, who was only five or six years old at the time, alone on the streets.
In fact, I heard that the famous actor at that time was still thinking about sending Liu Xianglian back to the Duke Liguo's Mansion for the sake of his son's future.
Although she was accused of "having an affair without a matchmaker", Liu Xianglian was still a descendant of the Liu family. Sending him back to the Duke Liguo's Mansion would definitely be better than wandering around with her outside.
She knelt outside the Duke of Liguo for three days and three nights, which was truly touching. However, the old Duke of Liguo was determined not to acknowledge the illegitimate child left by this disgraceful son and refused to give in.
In desperation, Mingjiaoer took Liu Xianglian away from the Duke Liguo's Mansion, and hanged herself as soon as she returned to their shabby thatched house, leaving Liu Xianglian alone to begin a life of wandering.
Liu Xianglian lived among the people in the market and had a very difficult life. He was picked up by a theatre troupe and spent a few days there. He was almost murdered. Later, Liu Fang could not bear it anymore and went against the wishes of his biological father, Duke Liguo, and took Liu Xianglian back. Only then did he finally grow up safely.
Therefore, Liu Xianglian possessed both the nobility of a young master of the Duke of Liguo's mansion and the romanticism of a famous actor in an opera troupe. He also had a bad temper. After all, he did not encounter much warmth in the first few years of his life.
He was quite good at fighting and kicking. If he didn't have some martial arts skills, with his stunning beauty, he would have fallen victim to many vicious attacks.
It's really an example of someone who is forced to grow fangs to protect himself.
Liu Xianglian's life experience was truly miserable.
But Liu Fang was actually a good uncle. From a very early time, he had taken care of his nephew Liu Xianglian in both overt and covert ways.
He even facilitated Liu Xianglian's return to the Duke Liguo's Mansion.
Unfortunately, the old man, Duke Liguo, had a bad temper and lived for a long time. As a result, Liu Xianglian's life in the Duke Liguo's mansion was not very easy.
Liu Xianglian was also a tough guy. He endured his humiliation for several years, and when he was eleven or twelve years old, he ran away from home.
This departure directly angered old man Li Guogong to death... Of course, it was because he had many underlying diseases before, but Liu Xianglian made him angry and his old diseases relapsed, so he just happened to die.
But Liu Xianglian could not avoid being accused of disobeying his elders and angering his grandfather to death, and he had to wander around.
Liu Fang was still very nice to him, but the nicer she was to him, the more he would think about the childish things he had done at that time.
In fact, it was not until Liu Xianglian grew up a little that he realized that since the old man, Duke Liguo, did not kick him out of the house, he was actually giving him a lot of face.
Otherwise, she would have been like he was that day when his mother took him to kneel at the gate of Duke Liguo's mansion, refusing to listen to any advice and refusing to let them enter the mansion.
Since he didn't ask to drive him away, it meant that he allowed Liu Xianglian to return to his ancestral home.
At that time, the old man of Duke Liguo was still the owner of Duke Liguo's mansion, and his opinion was very important. Without his consent, even if Liu Fang was willing, Liu Xianglian would not be able to enter the house directly - this truth is so simple, but Liu Xianglian did not understand it until a long time later.
Thinking back to the fact that although the old man was always fierce, he had never really beaten him, Liu Xianglian felt even more guilty.
Anger and self-blame intertwined to form an extremely complex force, which made Liu Xianglian have no courage to return to the Duke of Liguo's Mansion.
Fortunately, Liu Fang had already informed several aristocratic families in the capital and asked them to take better care of Liu Xianglian, which was a good thing.
It was at that time that Liu Xianglian got to know many young men of similar age from aristocratic families in the capital.
Including Feng Ziying and Wei Ruolan, they also met at that time.
But he didn't know Wang Yao, because Wang Yao was a little older than them and mainly played games for adults - that's right, the eldest brother of the Wang family liked to play with pretty young ladies, and had no interest in playing with pretty young men and brothers, so he had no interaction with Liu Xianglian.
Although there was such a connection, no matter what, Liu's behavior of insisting on recognizing the relationship was very embarrassing.
Fortunately, Mrs. Liu also has her own advantages, that is, as long as she doesn't feel embarrassed, then it's none of her business whether others are embarrassed or not.
This purely self-centered type is actually quite good, at least there won't be any internal friction.
Xianyu said that she was worthy of being her cheap mother. Her emotional stability was truly amazing and made her very envious.
Wang Yao, who happened to hear Xianyu's thoughts, also expressed his deep agreement with this, but he was somewhat hesitant about Liu Xianglian.
In fact, he was going to take the imperial examination to become an official in the future, and he did not intend to rely on his ancestors' influence, so it would be best if he could get help from his in-laws, but if not, it didn't seem to matter.
Of course, if it is delivered to your door voluntarily, you can still accept it.
Liu Fang of the Duke of Liguo's Mansion is his uncle, and he is a well-known good guy. If he takes the initiative to express his willingness to help, Wang Yao will certainly not refuse. Therefore, Wang Yao will also protect the Liu family.
But as for my cousin Liu Xianglian... it’s hard to describe him in a few words.
Wang Yao's attitude towards Liu Xianglian was unclear, but this did not prevent him from entertaining his cousin well.
Liu Xianglian was very happy at the banquet today. Not only did he call Wang Yao "cousin" repeatedly, he also drank several times more wine with him. It seemed that he treated Wang Yao as his own.
But the other person was not so happy.
This person is Feng Ziying.
He has the best relationship with Liu Xianglian.
He came to Wang Yao's place today. Although Wang Yao was the host, he did not expect to be outdone by Wang Yao.
But looking at this scene today, he felt a little sour in his heart. He didn’t know why, but seeing them being so intimate, he suddenly felt bad.
Xianyu didn't know about this, but Wang Yao knew it very well.
As a pure straight man, Wang Yao was quite unimpressed by this kind of "good brother" drama, so he took the opportunity of picking flowers to escape and take a breath.
Unexpectedly, he met Xianyu and Xiao Daiyu on the way, and all his depression immediately dissipated.
Let's not talk about Wang Yao and his family's banquet, and talk about the women's banquet. When the old lady of the Wang family saw Xianyu and Xiao Daiyu, she smiled and called them, "Come over and meet your aunt and cousin."
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