Chapter 194 Proposal
Huang Fuxiang's eyes were crooked, but there was no smile in them. She was secretly thinking about his intentions. Huang Fuxiang didn't like this brother. She always felt that the family's resources were all leaning towards him, and she got too little.
Huang Fuxiang was just about to find an excuse to tactfully refuse, but Huang Ruixiang spoke first, "Brother, you have fulfilled my wishes. I won't disagree with your request, will I?"
Huang Fuxiang was silent. Seeing Princess Pingning looking at her in surprise, Huang Fuxiang smiled even more brilliantly, "Of course I will agree to it, brother."
"Then my brother has thanked my sister here." Huang Ruixiang bowed as he spoke. When several ladies saw this, they all praised the good relationship between the brother and sister.
Huang Fuxiang saw that Princess Pingning also smiled, so she ignored Huang Ruixiang's request.
Unexpectedly, Huang Ruixiang spoke again, "I still have to be a humble man. That maid is good at taking care of flowers and plants. In order to prevent my sister from going back, my sister should give me the maid's indenture. My sister is here to play cards with the princess, so please don't bother to get it for me personally. Please ask the maid next to my sister to accompany me to get it."
After saying that, he bowed again. Huang Fuxiang did not respond, and he did not stand up. Huang Fuxiang clenched his back teeth and nodded to the big maid behind him. Huang Ruixiang stood up.
Huang Ruixiang took the little maid's indenture from the big maid and took the little maid to his own yard. The big maid looked at the two people leaving with envy in her eyes. Then she remembered what the man promised her. After a while, she would be able to escape from this devil's cave, and she felt at ease again.
When Huang Fuxiang found out that Huang Ruixiang had taken away her most satisfying "toy to vent her anger", she was furious. There was nothing she could do. Seeing the maid standing there, she pinched her arm. The maid said nothing, lowered her head, hiding the hatred in her eyes. Be patient, just be patient for a while... As
soon
as Molan set foot in the territory of Bianjing City, he was surrounded by the maids sent by the Sheng family, separating him from Liang Han.
A maid said politely to Liang Han with a fake smile, "Young Master Liang has been away from home for many days. His family must miss him very much. Young Master Liang should go home quickly."
After that, several other unfamiliar maids urged Molan to get on the carriage. Molan turned around with a veil on her head, and only had time to look at Liang Han again.
Liang Han wanted to catch up, but the nanny stepped forward and stopped him, whispering, "Young Master, you should know that the fourth lady should be at Daxiangguo Temple now. In the afternoon, our Sheng family will go to Daxiangguo Temple to pick her up. Young Master, for the sake of our fourth lady, you should go home first."
Liang Han looked at the carriage going away, knowing that what the nanny said was the best for Molan, so he stopped pestering her, got on another carriage, and returned to the Earl's Mansion.
In the afternoon, Sheng Hong ordered someone to bring Molan back home from Daxiangguo Temple. Rulan and Minglan greeted her in the front hall. When Molan saw the two, she burst into tears and ran over to hug them.
Minglan looked at Molan, who was so thin that she looked like she could be blown away by a gust of wind. She felt distressed, but she was angry at her for leaving home alone without saying a word. She wanted to leave her alone for a while, but when she saw Molan rushing over and hugging her, Minglan's heart softened and she cried while hugging Molan.
Ruolan pretended to be aloof and pouted, unwilling to hug Molan back, but the tears in her eyes had already revealed her feelings. Minglan saw that she was stubborn, so she took her bracelet and hugged Molan. Ruolan glared at Minglan, but she could no longer restrain herself and hugged Molan tightly.
When the elders of Sheng Hong came over, the three girls were already crying.
Sheng Hong coughed, and Molan didn't wait for him to say anything. She pushed her two sisters away and knelt on the ground with a thud. Everyone was stunned with shock, and Sheng Hong's "Do you know you are wrong?" got stuck in his throat.
Then, Molan admitted her mistake with a sincere attitude, and asked to kneel in the ancestral hall for a month. Molan looked at Sheng Hong with admiration and tears in her eyes, full of trust and guilt. She apologized to Sheng Hong, "Daddy, I am wrong!" Sheng Hong looked at Molan's eyes and listened to Molan calling him daddy. He was in a trance for a while. How long has it been since Molan was so close to her father? Obviously, when she was a child, she was the daughter who loved to pester him the most.
Sheng Hong's nose felt sore and he couldn't help crying. He felt embarrassed to cry in front of his daughters, so he wiped away his tears with his sleeves.
But the more he wiped away his tears, the more they couldn't be wiped away. Sheng Hong simply ignored it and helped Molan up. He choked and said, "You don't have to kneel for a month, but you were reckless this time and dared to go out with a man outside. Fortunately, you knew to cover up, but if I don't punish you, I'm afraid you won't remember it. You should kneel in the ancestral hall for three days and copy a few more scriptures to calm your mind!"
Molan agreed to everything, "You're not here. The matter of Daxiangguo Temple was kept secret from your two brothers. You just said that you wanted to meditate in the ancestral hall, but don't let it slip. "Said Sheng Hong, and then looked at the other two daughters, "You too."
Several people agreed, and Sheng Hong said, "You are tired from the journey, you should have a good rest today, and kneel in the ancestral hall tomorrow."
After Sheng Hong gave his instructions, he glanced at Wang Ruofu and Mingxi, and slipped away with an excuse.
Wang Ruofu and Mingxi looked at each other, thinking of Sheng Hong's furious look before they saw Molan just now, and said that he must punish her severely, but when Molan cried, he, as a father, felt distressed, and the punishment was so light, perhaps because he was guilty, so he did not dare to look at the two of them, and fled.
Seeing that Molan was safe and sound, Mingxi was relieved. She asked a few questions with Wang Ruofu and then went back, so that the sisters could talk more and untie each other's knots. After all, they had been like this since they were young. When
Liang Han returned home, he ran straight to Madam Wu's yard as soon as he got off the carriage.
When he saw Madam Wu, he knelt down straight with a thump like Molan. Madam Wu didn't even have time to take a good look at this young son who hadn't returned home for a long time, and was stunned by Liang Han's series of words.
"Mother, please go to the Sheng family to ask for Molan's hand in marriage!" After saying this, he kowtowed heavily. When he raised his head again, his forehead was already red. Before Madam Wu could react, she heard Liang Han say again, "I know that mother thinks I am not as ambitious as my elder brother. After returning from this travel, my son has made up his mind that I must pass the imperial examination this year and take the imperial examination next year. Mother, my son is not talking nonsense this time. I will do my best. I
hope you will agree to it." What could Madam Wu say? She had been hoping for her youngest son to succeed for many years. She had given up hope, but unexpectedly, there was light at the end of the tunnel. Liang Han would naturally agree to it. She had originally asked to marry Molan as her daughter-in-law. It didn't matter if it was sooner or later. As long as the Sheng family agreed, Madam Wu would make their wedding a grand occasion.
Madam Wu was very fond of the day, so she decided to propose marriage and hurriedly prepared. After checking the almanac, she found that the next day was a good day. Madam Wu asked Princess Pingning to be a matchmaker to propose marriage to the Sheng family on behalf of Liang Han. With the two of them traveling together, Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu declined slightly, put on enough posture, and then agreed.