Song Luan hissed, opened her mouth and explained, "No, no, no, mother, I'm still doing well."
Except for the days when the poison penetrated into her bones and she was lying in bed in excruciating pain, the original owner lived a good life until her death. Zhao Nanyu never treated her badly in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Aunt Lin's face was almost written with the words "I don't believe it". Song Luan's words not only failed to comfort her, but made things worse.
She had disagreed with her daughter's marriage to Zhao Nanyu in the first place, but unfortunately she had no say in the matter, as once the master made the decision, there was no room for turning back. Aunt Lin's family was a big merchant in Jiangnan. She was wealthy and had lived a life of fine clothes and delicacies since childhood. Later, she was betrothed to Song Luan's father, Song Lian, and she did not marry down from her parents' family.
Song Lian was a high-ranking official in the imperial court, and it was already very good for a daughter of a merchant to marry into his family. Song Lian treated her quite well over the years, treating his children equally and doting on them all. Aunt Lin was not short of money. The most common things in the house were gold, silver and jewelry. She had always believed that money and power were good things since she was a child, and she taught all these ideas to Song Luan.
She herself is not a bad person, but half of the credit for Song Luan's spoiled and snobbish character goes to her. She treats this precious daughter like the apple of her eye, and is reluctant to dote on her, never scolding her. Even if Song Luan really makes a mistake, she can turn right into wrong and say it is someone else's fault.
You can scold anyone except her daughter. Anyone can be wrong, but her daughter cannot be wrong.
So even when Song Luan and Zhao Nanyu were caught having an affair, Aunt Lin firmly believed that it was Zhao Nanyu who seduced her daughter. He must have coveted Alua's beauty, but it was impossible for him to marry Alua with his own conditions, so he used this vicious plan.
Who is Zhao Nanyu? Everyone in the capital knows this. His mother was a prostitute. If Mr. Zhao San had not had few offspring, it would not be certain whether this illegitimate son could return to the Zhao family.
Although he passed the imperial examination, this person was not favored by the emperor. All the other successful candidates in the imperial examination were doing better than him. His academic achievement was really worthless.
Zhao Nanyu slowly loosened his fingers that were clamped on Song Luan's waist. He seemed to know that Aunt Lin didn't like him very much. He smiled at her good-temperedly and said, "I'll take my brother back to my room to sleep first."
Aunt Lin was eager for him to leave, so she nodded and said "hmm".
In previous years, Shi Ge'er also went back to the Song family with the couple. Sometimes Zhao Nanyu was called over by his father-in-law to talk, so he had no time to take care of Shi Ge'er. Song Luan was a person who was impatient to take care of children, so she locked Shi Ge'er in her boudoir before she got married, threw some small toys to him, and would not let him go out.
Zhao Nanyu would always pick up Shi Ge'er, who looked aggrieved and about to cry, from her room, so he was quite familiar with her room and could find it at least without anyone leading the way.
After he left, Song Luan breathed a sigh of relief, so that he wouldn't have to hear the bad things her mother said again and hold a grudge against her family.
Aunt Lin pulled Song Luan into her room and looked at her with tears in her eyes. "Aluan, you must have suffered a lot in the Zhao family. You even wronged yourself."
When has her daughter ever spoken properly? ? She just said so humbly that she was doing fine. It must have been because of the coercion and inducement of that man Zhao Nanyu.
Aunt Lin wiped her tears, opened the cabinet, took out a small box, and opened the box. Inside, it was shining with gold and filled with gold, silver and jewelry.
Song Luan, who came from a village and had never seen the world, swallowed his saliva and said, "This..."
Aunt Lin spoke before her, "You can secretly take some back and use it however you want. I have nothing else but money. You can spend it without feeling reluctant or afraid of Zhao Nanyu. At worst, we can just divorce him and find someone better."
The customs of the dynasty were open-minded, and divorce and remarriage were not uncommon. But given her notorious reputation, it's hard to say what kind of person she would marry. More importantly, Zhao Nanyu's vengeful character would never let her live happily.
Song Luan had to maintain her previous spoiled image in front of her mother, "Mom, I'm not afraid of him! If he really dares to treat me harshly, I will be the first one to make trouble for him."
She felt uneasy when she said this. She only dared to brag to her mother when Zhao Nanyu was not around.
Aunt Lin thought about it and felt that what she said made sense. Ah-luan had never lost a fight or quarrel since she was a child, and Zhao Nanyu would not dare to look at her in disdain. However, she was still afraid that her daughter would be wronged, so she took out a handful of jewelry from the box and stuffed it into her arms, "Take all of these. My Ah-luan is so beautiful, she should dress up beautifully!"
Song Luan quietly put away all the jewelry, smiling, "Mom is still the best to me." She paused for a moment and added, "Men are all dogs."
Aunt Lin was very pleased and touched her face. "Do you want to eat anything? I will make it for you myself."
"I want to drink lotus seed soup."
"Okay, okay, I'll do it for you in a moment."
Song Luan felt that the original owner's mother truly doted on her daughter, giving her all the good things she could and almost granting her every request.
She was feeling very complicated now, because Aunt Lin's final outcome was not good. After her daughter was burned to death, she was so devastated that she fell ill and died of excessive grief.
Aunt Lin looked at her from left to right but was still not satisfied with her plain dress, so she inserted two more gold hairpins into her hair and put a piece of fine jade on her wrist before she stopped.
“That’s what makes it beautiful.”
"Thank you, mother."
After Aunt Lin had talked enough with her, she remembered to go to the kitchen to cook lotus seed soup for her. As soon as she left, Song Luan's tense back relaxed a little. She was really afraid that she would be exposed in front of Aunt Lin. In front of the male protagonist, the original owner's savage and vicious personality could collapse like a wild horse, because she had to save her life, but she couldn't do that in front of other people.
It's not difficult to play a proud and willful young lady. Her performance just now was acceptable.
As soon as Aunt Lin left, Song Luan planned to go back to her room to see Shi Ge'er and Zhao Nanyu. She knew in her heart that Zhao Nanyu would definitely remember her mother's sarcastic words, and she would probably be blamed for it.
Song Luan had finally gained some favor from Zhao Nanyu, and she didn't want to see it ruined.
However, Song Luan was completely unfamiliar with the Song Mansion, and she happened to be a directionally challenged person. After walking around aimlessly for a while, she still couldn't tell the direction. She finally saw a figure in front of her, and just as she was about to call him to ask for directions, the person turned around by himself.
He was a very young man, dressed in a blue shirt, handsome and soft-looking. When he saw Song Luan, his eyes lit up and he ran straight towards her, his face full of joy, and he called out affectionately, "A Luan."
Song Luan frowned and took a few steps back, wondering who this is? ! The tone of voice sounded like that of the original owner's old lover.
Not good, not good, she wants to run away.
Without giving her any time to react, the man grabbed her wrist and said, "Aluan, I...I knew you still liked me."
Song Luan: “???”
The man in front of her seemed to have a lot to say to her. He hesitated for several times before finally speaking: "If I hadn't received your letter before, I wouldn't know that you were having such a hard time. Ah Luan, wait until I convince my parents, and then you can follow me, okay?"
Song Luan looked as if she had been struck by lightning. After searching for a long time, she finally found her voice and said, "I'm married..."
Hearing this, the man held her wrist even tighter, his eyes filled with resentment, "Divorce him, don't you hate him?! You told me before we got married that you didn't want to marry him. If my parents hadn't disagreed, I should have been the one to marry you."
After he said that, Song Luan guessed who he was. It should be He Run, the young master of the He family who had been engaged to the original owner.
He Run's father is the emperor's uncle, his aunt is the current queen, his mother is a princess, and he has two older brothers, none of whom are easy to mess with. But his powerful family raised a naive boy like him.
The original owner only needed to use a little trick to be able to be bewitched. Back then, He Run had to cry and make a fuss to get their engagement. Unfortunately, after the incident between Song Luan and Zhao Nanyu came out, the marriage was called off.
Song Luan’s head hurts now. What is going on? ! !
She pulled her wrist out and said in a gentle voice, "Mr. He, just forget about the past. I'm living a good life now, so don't..."
He Run believed that she was wronged and didn't dare to tell him, so he interrupted her immediately, "Don't lie to me, I won't let you stay in the Zhao family's hellhole forever. You clearly wrote in the letter that you still love me."
He Run looked very hurt. He continued, "I wrote back to you a few days ago. You should understand that I have never forgotten you in these four years."
Song Luan was confused. She had never received the letter. She really didn't want to be involved with other men. "Mr. He, I have a husband and a son, but I am not a good man. You will definitely meet a better woman in the future."
He Run was about to cry, his eyes were red, and his hands tightly grasped her fair wrists, "I don't mind, A Luan, we love each other, and you didn't want to give yourself to Zhao Nanyu. I don't blame you, let's start over, okay?"
Song Luan became furious after hearing this. Why didn't this young master listen no matter how much he tried to persuade her?
She still couldn't get her wrist free, so she resorted to hard tactics. Song Luan raised her chin, looked arrogant, and said contemptuously, "Do you think I like you? According to what you said, there are so many men I like that my hands are not enough to count them all. As long as there are rich and powerful men in the capital, I like them all. I just like your family background, not necessarily you."
After Song Luan finished speaking, the man hiding behind the pillar laughed silently. At the same time, his hostility slowly surged up from the depths of his heart.
Zhao Nanyu raised the corners of his lips silently. He didn't hide for long, and he didn't hear much of what they said, but the last two sentences happened to fall into his ears.
So that’s how it is. Anyone can do it as long as they have money and power.
Yes, money and power are indeed good things.
With these, he could make sure Song Luan couldn't even leave the house for the rest of her life.
Zhao Nanyu's dark eyes stared at He Run's hand that was holding her, and a ruthless murderous intent rose in her scarlet eye sockets.
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