Chapter 52: Make her a concubine and then sell her!
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Murong Yan'er was secretly happy.
He thought his method of forcing marriage had worked and Jiang couldn't resist it!
After all, the Marquis' Mansion was in the wrong this time. Even if they took the case to the government office, they would not be in the right. What's more, the Jiang family had no shame, but the Marquis still had to save face.
However, she lifted her veil and looked up.
However, it was not the main gate of the mansion that was opened, but a corner gate on the side.
The person who came out was not Shen Yutang, nor even Jiang.
Nanny Lin was holding a bucket of water in her hand. Amidst everyone's puzzled gazes, she strode towards the wedding sedan and poured the entire bucket of water over it!
"ah--"
Murong Yan'er was caught off guard and subconsciously raised her hand to block it, but she was still splashed all over, dripping like a drowned chicken!
The matchmaker following the sedan had never seen such a scene and was stunned for a moment.
He was stunned for a moment before coming to his senses and said in panic.
"Oh my... W-What are you doing?!"
I’ve only seen brides step over fire basins when entering the house before, but I’ve never heard of the custom of splashing water!
Xing'er held a big broom in both hands and walked out behind Nanny Lin. After Nanny Lin finished pouring water, she kept hitting the matchmaker and the sedan chair!
The matchmaker was so frightened that she took several steps back and almost fell to the ground!
Xing'er leaned on the broom with one hand and put the other on her waist.
"Madam said there's something dirty outside the Marquis's mansion, and she told me to come out and clean it up! If you have any sense, get out of here!"
The matchmaker took a lot of money from Liu, so how could she just leave like that? She immediately asked back.
"The one who wants to marry the Third Miss is the Crown Prince... If you chase her away, aren't you afraid that the Crown Prince will blame you?!"
Nanny Lin sneered.
"The prince is in a difficult situation now, he can barely protect himself, how can he care about others!"
The matchmaker paused when she heard this and couldn't help but turn her head to look into the sedan chair.
"Miss Third, this..."
Murong Yan'er had already prepared herself for being harassed by Jiang, and she also knew that she would not be able to please her no matter what.
All she can do now is to seize Shen Yutang's weakness!
"Cough, cough, cough."
Holding the matchmaker's hand, Murong Yan'er came out of the sedan chair coughing. She looked so disheveled and frail that people couldn't help but feel a bit of pity and sympathy for her.
"Brother Yutang promised to marry me, so he definitely wouldn't abandon me or leave me alone... I know the Marquis's wife doesn't like me, but Brother Yutang and I have been childhood sweethearts and have long been in love. If it weren't for my sister's scheme to snatch my marriage away, how could I have ended up in this situation?
Now, you can call me stupid or foolish, but as long as Brother Yutang doesn't come out, I will stay here.
Could it be that Madam Hou will keep Brother Yutang hostage for the rest of his life and not let him go out? Ahem…"
After hearing her words, even though the onlookers didn't quite understand the twists and turns, they were inevitably moved by her sincere feelings.
Everyone showed sympathy and couldn't help but stand up for her.
"The Marquis' wife is too arbitrary. How could she hold the groom hostage on the wedding day? Such behavior will surely resent the Crown Prince!"
"Although marriage is a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words...how many women in the world can be as loyal as she is, willing to die in glory rather than live in disgrace? The Marquis's wife really shouldn't have kept her out!"
"Alas, another poor couple separated by fate!"
…
Behind the gate of the Marquis' Mansion.
Jiang Wanning heard every word of what everyone was saying.
Baojuan was even more indignant after hearing this!
"This Third Miss Murong is such a scoundrel! She won't leave even if we chase her away! The Young Master has truly lost his mind and wants to marry her off to the family... If she does marry into the family, how can there ever be peace in the Marquisate?!"
Jiang Wanning also felt that Murong Yan'er was too good at causing trouble.
It's like an indestructible cockroach.
No wonder she is the long-lived female supporting character in the original novel who lives from the first chapter to the last. She and the blind and heartless male protagonist Shen Yutang are a perfect match made in heaven!
Sometimes she even suspected that Murong Yan'er was the author's favorite heroine. She could usually succeed in any scheme she came up with to harm others, and she could even torture Murong Qing to death.
On the contrary, Murong Qing, although he was forced to have a happy ending in the end, lived his whole life like an unlucky person whose luck was taken away.
It seems that the heroine in a sad novel deserves to suffer!
No, she couldn't stand this.
She wants to take back Qingqing's luck!
“Squeak—”
Just as everyone was talking and discussing outside the Marquis' Mansion, the tightly closed door suddenly opened.
Jiang Wanning stepped over the high threshold and walked out.
Seeing this, everyone fell silent.
However, he didn't dare to talk too loudly in front of Jiang Wanning - after all, Jiang's reputation was notorious, and if he accidentally angered her, he would really be beaten to death!
Murong Yan'er couldn't help but curl her lips slightly when she saw this. She knew that Jiang would definitely be restless.
The matchmaker hurried forward to support her.
"Miss Third, the door is open! I'll help you in!"
"Um."
Murong Yan'er nodded and was about to walk towards the gate of the Marquis' Mansion.
But before he could even reach the gate, Baojuan raised her hand to stop him.
"Stop! You can't enter through the main gate! Madam said, our mansion doesn't lack a Crown Prince's wife, but we lack a concubine to bring her foot washing water!"
Murong Yan'er paused and retorted.
"But Brother Yutang clearly promised me that he would marry me as a co-wife. Since I'm a co-wife, I should naturally go through the main gate."
Jiang Wanning sneered lightly and didn't take it seriously.
"That's his promise, not mine. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can go and argue with him! Anyway, here you can only enter the house through the side door, or... you can crawl in through the dog hole next to the side door, that's also possible."
Jiang Wanning lowered his voice for the second half of the sentence so that only Murong Yan'er could hear it.
Murong Yan'er's face turned pale immediately. Even though she knew that Jiang was deliberately humiliating her, her voice still trembled with anger.
"you……"
Jiang Wanning glanced at her with disdain, waved his hand lightly, and ordered someone to close the door of the mansion.
Then he looked at Murong Yan'er and said.
"I'll count to ten... Either you go in through the side door yourself, or get in the sedan chair and get back! Don't say I didn't give you this chance."
Murong Yan'er clenched her fingers under her sleeves and glared at her hatefully.
I know that Jiang is deliberately trying to embarrass me!
However, Shen Yutang had not shown up for a long time. If she did not seize this opportunity to enter the mansion, she might not be able to enter. It would be better for her to enter the mansion first.
As long as she becomes pregnant with the Shen family's blood, he will abort the child in Murong Qing's belly and make her unable to have children again.
Even if she is a concubine, she will be promoted to the main wife sooner or later.
With this in mind, Murong Yan'er exchanged a glance with Matchmaker, and the two turned around and walked towards the side door of the Marquis' Mansion.
Unexpectedly, he had only taken two steps.
Then I heard Jiang Wanning ask casually from behind me.
"Madam Lin, they say concubines are good at buying and selling... How much is this concubine worth outside? How much silver can she fetch?"
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