Chapter 166: Believe that Big Brother can be their Master
Two days later.
Wen Xingluo was sitting by the window, sorting through her newly made deerskin hand and knee guards. Cuicui came in and said, "Miss, Yu Pingping and Wen Rulei are living together now. I heard from the waiter at the inn that they're inseparable all day long!"
Chen Lezhi lay in a rocking chair covered with leather, his face covered with a book, and said lazily, "They are two people with similar tastes."
Cuicui secretly ate a stuffed plum. "I also heard that Wen Rulei's clothes are now all handed over to Yu Pingping for washing. Yu Pingping loves washing. Every morning she carries a basket of dirty clothes to the river to wash them. A kind-hearted woman took pity on her and wanted to help her share some of the burden, but she refused sternly, as if those dirty clothes were her beloved treasures that she would never allow other women to touch or defile!"
Wen Xingluo: “…”
Chen Lezhi laughed so hard that his stomach hurt. He sat up and said, "Ningning, it looks like we're going to attend your third brother's wedding!"
"His wedding banquet isn't important; my fourth brother's birthday is." Wen Xingluo put the hand guards and knee guards into the box. "I've already prepared the gifts. They're hand guards and knee guards I made myself. Lezhi, what are you going to give me?"
The day after tomorrow is Xie Shian’s birthday.
He felt that the palace had too many rules and was afraid that Xie Jing and Xie Guanlan would spoil his fun, so he specially booked a theater and invited his good brothers and some young men and women of the same age to the theater to have a drink and listen to music the next night.
"Give Xie Si a gift?" Chen Lezhi was reluctant. "I barely have enough money to spend, so how can I afford to give him a gift? Wait a minute, let me see what I have in my pocket."
She rummaged through her sleeve pockets and dumped everything inside onto the table.
Wen Xingluo looked over.
A small bronze dagger, a dirty black mask, half a leftover walnut, a ball of thin hemp rope, and a few pages of martial arts secrets that were once wrapped in meat patties and stained with oil.
Chen Lezhi took a look and put the most expensive bronze dagger back into his pocket. "There are only a few items on the table. Ningning, just pick one for Xie Si. Well, it's okay to pick more."
Wen Xingluo: “…”
Can't pick a single thing.
…
That night.
The sky was dark and snowy, but a house in the south of the city was brightly lit as if it were day.
Yu Pingping said, "This house is a bit small, but it has all the furniture, and the roof and courtyard are very clean. It is the best of all the houses we have seen today. Third Young Master, how about we buy this one?"
Her relationship with the Third Young Master has made rapid progress in the past two days.
To avoid unnecessary complications, they decided to buy a house today and get married tomorrow.
It doesn't matter if there are three matchmakers and six betrothals, as long as I hurry up and become his nominal wife, even if the Zhenbei Palace doesn't recognize me, I'll have to accept it!
Wen Rulei put his arm around her waist and said with a smile, "I'll do as you say."
He was also impatient to get married.
As long as he and Chen Pingping are married, the matter is settled, and the King of Hanzhong will have to recognize him as his son-in-law even if he doesn't want to!
After Yu Pingping bought the house, she leaned into Wen Rulei's arms and said softly, "From now on, I belong to the Third Young Master. You must treat me well. If Wen Xingluo and my sister bully me, you must stand up for me!"
"Don't worry." Wen Rulei patted her back with pity.
Yu Pingping recalled something and said, "Oh right, when I left the Zhenbei Palace the other day, I heard the servants there talking about Xie Shian's birthday the day after tomorrow, and that they were going to hold a banquet at the Pear Garden, and all the prominent young men and women in Rongcheng would be there. Husband, why don't we go and join in the fun?"
As she spoke, she curled the corners of her lips in triumph.
Wen Xingluo was just the stepdaughter of the royal family, yet she dared to kick her out on her own initiative.
Now that she has become her third sister-in-law, when she sees her attending the banquet with Mr. Xie San tomorrow, she will definitely be so scared that she won’t know what to do. She might even kneel down to apologize to her and beg her not to retaliate against her!
And there is Chen Lezhi.
She relied on the fact that she had saved her life and her status as a princess to bully her repeatedly. It was really despicable.
But she wants Chen Lezhi to know that she will not always be inferior to others!
So what if she is a merchant's daughter? She married a better man than a princess like her!
Wen Rulei also curled his lips, "Okay."
The jewel in the King of Hanzhong's palm is different from ordinary women. He actually wants to take him to attend Xie Shian's birthday party.
He didn't even dare to imagine what kind of wonderful expressions Wen Xingluo and Xie Shi'an would have when they saw him appear at the same time as Chen Pingping as the son-in-law of King Hanzhong!
In the past, it was Xie Shian who bullied him.
Now, he is the son-in-law of King Hanzhong, and his status and position are the same as Xie Shian. He finally doesn't have to fear the power of the Prince of Zhenbei's Mansion anymore!
He wanted to let Wen Xingluo see clearly that he was no less capable than Xie Shian!
The more they thought about it, the happier they became. They danced and laughed, and while preparing for their wedding tomorrow, they couldn't wait for Xie Shian's birthday party to start.
On the other side, the inn.
Wen Rufeng slammed the table fiercely and growled, "Xingluo entering the palace is one thing, but now even my third brother has suddenly disappeared! Does this family still look like a home?!"
Wen Ruyun shook her folding fan and said, "This is all Wen Xingluo's fault. If she hadn't interfered, how could Third Brother have mistakenly believed that Yue Yin was a jinx? I think if Wen Xingluo continues to act like a demon, our family will fall apart sooner or later."
Wen Yueyin held the hot tea and coughed a few times with difficulty, her eyes red with grievance. "It's all my fault for being weak and sickly. If I were as healthy as Xingluo, I would definitely go out and find my third brother to maintain the integrity and unity of this family."
Wen Rufeng held his forehead in pain, "Yue Yin, this is not your fault. This family has become what it is now because I, the eldest son, am too incompetent."
After a pause, as if he had come up with a good idea, he suddenly sat up straight again, "I am your eldest brother, the pillar of the Wen family. No matter what, I can't just watch this family fall apart. I'm the boss. Whether it's Xingluo or Rulei, they must return to our family."
Wen Yueyin and Wen Ruyun looked at each other.
Wen Yueyin probed, "But Xingluo is now the daughter of the royal family. It's hard for us to even see her on weekdays. And our third brother is nowhere to be found. How can we, eldest brother, be the master of them?"
Xu Miaomiao, who was sitting next to him, said in a loud voice, "Sister Yueyin, you don't trust your eldest brother enough. With your eldest brother's ability, as long as he wants, no matter where Wen Xingluo and Third Brother are, your eldest brother can be their boss!"
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