Chapter 431: Hatred
After getting angry, Mrs. Zhu slowly calmed down.
"She is a prostitute. Even if your elder brother keeps her, she can only be a concubine at best."
"That's right. All the young masters of aristocratic families have had concubines early on. Our brother Xuan just has his first woman. What's the big deal?" said Madam Zhu.
"Since the breakthrough point for this marriage lies with Lord Tang, when the eldest brother comes back, ask him to come see me. I want him to personally discuss this marriage with the person who is really in charge of the Tang family."
"Mother, do you want the master to ask Lord Tang to propose marriage?"
"That's right." Madam Zhu said, "Women are short-sighted. From what you said, the lady of the Tang family loves this biological daughter like a treasure. If we talk to her, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to make it. But it's different if we talk to a man. A man named Tang can become the top scholar, so he must be smart. Using a stepsister to marry into our family will be beneficial to his career. As long as his brain is not broken, he will not refuse this marriage. If he agrees, Madam Tang will have to agree even if she doesn't agree. After all, her current status as a wife of an official family is given by this stepson. If she offends this stepson, she will be nothing."
The Zhu family was in a state of panic, but the Tang family was overjoyed.
Tang Luwu told Qin Huiyin and Li Taohua the new news and said happily, "That Mr. Zhu blatantly brought that prostitute back to the Zhu Mansion. From now on, the Zhu family will finally stop bothering us."
"That's good." Li Taohua said, "It can be regarded as a relief for me. The people of the Zhu family sent people to lobby me all the time, and I was almost annoyed. They thought I cared about the disfigured Zhu family member. Yes, I cared, but this was only one of the reasons. The biggest reason was that no matter how you look at it, he was not worthy of my Yinyin! What's the use of the Zhu family's good family background? Can Yinyin take this into the coffin?"
In the afternoon, Chen Yu returned to the Tang family first and said that Tang Yichen would come back tonight to have dinner and have a small gathering with everyone, and asked everyone in the family not to go out.
Qin Huiyin heard that Tang Yichen was coming back and notified everyone in advance that they would have a small gathering, so she didn't go to find Song Ruize. After all, Song Ruize was injured, and she was still worried about him.
When Tang Yichen came back, he saw Qin Huiyin playing with a kitten. The kitten was so cute and delicate. He heard from the attendant next to him that it was the one that Master Li gave to Miss Xia, so he paid more attention to it.
"Go to the pet store and see if you can find this kind of cat and buy one for the eldest lady and the second lady respectively." Tang Yichen said, "The lady has a master, so there is no need to worry about her being bored."
If he really gave a pet to Li Taohua, Tang Dafu would make trouble for him. Tang Dafu was even more clingy than dogs and cats, and would never let anyone clingy be around Li Taohua.
"Yes." Chen Yu responded.
"Brother is back." Tang Luwu was the first to discover Tang Yichen's existence.
Qin Huiyin picked up Xiami and walked towards Tang Yichen. She grabbed Xiami's paw and greeted Tang Yichen: "Look who this is? This is Lord Tang, wearing an official uniform, like a god descending from heaven!"
Tang Yichen laughed, stroked Xiami's hair, and said, "Don't learn from this slick-talking girl, who attracts peach blossoms everywhere and then ignores them and waits for us to clean up the mess for her."
Qin Huiyin cried out that she was wronged and covered Xiami's ears: "I don't want to listen, this is a bad review."
Tang Yichen pinched her cheek: "Heh, little liar."
Qin Huiyin stared with her big eyes: "Nonsense, I didn't, don't wrongly accuse me. Mom, my brother bullied me!"
Tang Yichen: “…”
Tang Luwu said beside him: "Dad and Mom are waiting anxiously, let's go eat!"
The brothers and sisters entered the lobby and saw Tang Dafu peeling grapes for Li Taohua.
"Madam, I see a few newcomers here today." Tang Dafu said, "Those new guards are not very useful. How about replacing them with some experienced ones?"
"How come they have no experience?" Li Taohua said unhappily, "Because they are young, you say they have no experience. I personally selected these guards, and they are all trained."
"It's precisely because you picked them yourself that I'm worried." Tang Dafu muttered, "I heard that when you were selecting the guards today, you were fascinated by their bare-chested boxing, sword-fighting, and wall-climbing skills."
The Tang family brothers and sisters: "..."
Tang Dafu was no longer a jealous person, but a jealous jar. He kept an eye on the unstable factors around Li Taohua at all times, and would start to make trouble if he was worried about them.
But it doesn’t matter, Li Taohua can deal with him anyway.
"Brother Chen, you specifically asked us to wait for you at home for the reunion dinner. Is there something important you want to say?" Li Taohua pushed away Tang Dafu's head and asked Tang Yichen.
Tang Yichen washed his hands first, sat down in his seat, and said, "Let's talk while we eat."
The Tang family does not have a rule of not talking while eating or sleeping. They always talked about things while eating, and it is still the same now. After all, this is the most relaxing time and the best time to talk about things.
"Minister Zhu came to me today and mentioned Yinyin's marriage. It seemed that if I married my sister to his eldest son, he would guarantee me a successful career and allow me to enter the cabinet within three years."
"You are so young and you can enter the cabinet. The other party is really brave to make a promise. My Yinyin is quite valuable. She can actually help you get promoted several levels in three years." Li Taohua sneered.
"Yinyin is a treasure, one of a kind in the world, so of course it's worth the price." Tang Yichen said, "If I don't agree, the Zhu family will hold a grudge against our Tang family. In the future, let alone promotion, it will be extremely difficult for us to stay in the capital."
Tang Luwu looked at Tang Yichen worriedly.
One was that she was worried that Tang Yichen would encounter difficulties in his career, and the other was that she was worried that he would really agree to this marriage.
If he agreed, there would definitely be problems with the relationship between his father and mother.
Tang Dafu looked at Li Taohua nervously. Once Li Taohua got angry, he would be ready to kill her for the sake of justice.
"Brother Chen is always smart. He should know how to do this business so as not to lose money." Li Taohua smiled, "What's your answer?"
"I said... my girl will only marry a man who can be with her for the rest of her life. He doesn't need to be very good-looking, nor does he need to have a high family background, but he can't have a maid, a concubine, a mistress, or any confidantes. If he can't make such a promise, even if he is a royal family, my girl won't dare to marry him."
"Brother, is this what you said?" Qin Huiyin was surprised, "Aren't you afraid of being bullied?"
"If I refuse politely, he won't hold a grudge against me?"
Qin Huiyin shook her head: "That can't be possible. The Zhu family has offered this olive branch of marriage several times in a row, and our family has always refused. This has already made them lose face, and they have long been itching with hatred in their hearts."
"In that case, it doesn't matter how you refuse. It's a refusal anyway. My meaning is so clear, I believe they won't cause trouble for themselves again." Tang Yichen said.
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