Honglian, who was kneeling on the side, heard this and pretended to be aggrieved. She sobbed twice and looked at the people on the stage.
Gu Yuanniang was speechless for a moment after hearing this. Now she finally understood that the blame must be put on her. This person just wanted to confuse right and wrong and insisted on keeping Honglian.
"Then I wonder what should I do with this red lotus, sister?"
"Since she didn't do anything wrong, she should stay in your house safely." The man on the side spoke first.
The woman next to him nodded in agreement when she heard this: "But she is my niece after all. She was sent to your house to be a maid because her parents were exiled, so it's not good to let her be too conspicuous. Now that the emperor has granted amnesty, her parents have also been granted amnesty, so it's better to let her be Qingshan's concubine. It won't lower her status, nor will it be considered as injustice to Qingshan."
After the woman finished speaking, Madam Zhang was about to refute, but was caught by the woman and continued, "Besides, I heard that Gu Yuanniang doesn't plan to have another child. Although you are collateral blood, the Xu family still has descendants. It would be better to let her add a child to the Xu family, and then adopt the child under Gu Yuanniang's name. Isn't it the best of both worlds!"
Madam Zhang, hearing this, could only compromise and bow to the woman in front of her, saying softly, "Sister, you are right. I will definitely do as you ask."
"Mother, I want to take a concubine, but you must have asked for my consent." Xu Qingshan's voice suddenly rang out, and he was seen walking towards the hall with big strides.
Mrs. Zhang looked at him, her eyebrows twitched, she became a little nervous, and signaled with her eyes that he should leave quickly.
Xu Qingshan did not pretend not to see it. He immediately ran towards Gu Yuanniang, took her hand, touched it tenderly and said, "You are not wronged by my not coming, right?"
Gu Yuanniang shook her head with tears in her eyes and sobbed twice in grievance.
Seeing this, Xu Qingshan slowly raised his head and looked at the two people on the platform: "Hello, aunt."
The woman nodded slightly at Xu Qingshan, looked at him and said, "Since Qingshan is here, why not take Honglian into your house as a concubine to add to your bloodline."
Xu Qingshan frowned upon seeing this, took Gu Yuanniang's hand, and said, "I will only marry Liu Niang in this life."
Gu Yuanniang was startled by this sudden confession and held Xu Qingshan's hand tightly.
"presumptuous!"
When the woman heard what Xu Qingshan said, she stood up and slapped the table leg in dissatisfaction, then pointed at Xu Qingshan and said, "After all, you are also a member of our Xu family. If you disobey your aunt's order, how come all the books you have read for decades have been wasted?"
Xu Qingshan laughed when he heard this, and said mercilessly to the two people in front of him, "At the beginning, my uncle and aunt disliked Honglian's mother, and my father was exiled because he was afraid of getting into trouble. But in order to protect Honglian, he forced her into my house to be a maid. Now the emperor has pardoned you, and you want to accept the kindness of Honglian's parents, so you forced her into my house to be a concubine. But she committed such a serious crime today, and I will definitely send her to the government."
"Are you crazy?" the woman looked at Xu Qingshan and said in surprise.
Xu Qingshan nodded: "I don't know if I'm crazy or not, but my uncle and aunt are probably crazy, right? I didn't want you to bring Honglian into our family at the beginning, but you forced my mother to accept her, and now you want to use this trick again. In order to make Honglian my concubine, I tell you it's wishful thinking."
"Xu Qingshan, you are just a collateral bloodline of the Xu family. How dare you disobey my orders? I think you don't want to stay in this capital anymore, right?"
Xu Qingshan remained calm as he looked at the person in front of him and said, "What Xu family's wealth and splendor? Have you ever seen our side branch? When they need us, they immediately come to our door and order us around, forcing us to accept Honglian. Do you still want to threaten me now? I tell you, my mother is weak in character and naturally dares not disobey you, but I am different. This is under the feet of the emperor, and I don't believe you can do anything else."
"You!" The woman was quite angry and stood up immediately.
The man next to him looked at Xu Qingshan and actually laughed: "I didn't expect you to have some integrity. You are worthy of being a member of my Xu family."
The woman at the side heard this, glared at the man, and said unhappily: "Why are you still praising him? Now he is disobeying my order."
"My lady, don't worry." The man smiled slightly, looked at the person in front of him and said, "Qingshan, you are also a good child. I won't hide it from you. Do you know why you can be a teacher in the capital?"
"You didn't pass the exam because of your stuttering, but you still have some knowledge. You can teach children how to speak. Why can't you be a teacher?"
"Do you really think it's that simple?"
The man looked at him with a smile in his eyes as he spoke: "The Xu family is a noble family, many people are watching in the court, and my son has even reached the fourth rank. Although you are just a branch that has been connected to the Xu family for seven or eight times, you are still the blood of our Xu family. I will help you if I can. If you really fall out with us today, do you think you can still be a teacher? Do you still have a foothold in the capital? Don't let it be that you finally marry Lu Gu Yuanniang and still have to eat her soft rice."
Before Xu Qingshan could speak, Madam Zhang turned around angrily and looked at the two people in front of her, saying, "My son became a teacher because he has the ability. What does it have to do with you? I have always tolerated you, but who let you bully me more? I tell you, you can humiliate me, but don't even think about talking about my son. My son knows more than you do. You two are officials, but it's because of the Xu family. What qualifications do you have to talk about us now? We have never relied on you and the power of the Xu family. What else do you want now?"
"So, in the final analysis, you really want to break up with us." The woman said calmly.
Madam Zhang stood up, waved the handkerchief in her hand, stood up straight and looked outside, and said with a firm expression: "So what?"
"In this case, I will take back the surname Xu."
When Xu Miaomiao heard this, she burst into laughter. Seeing how happy she was, everyone couldn't help but cast their eyes on her.
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