Red apricots make spring

Chapter 164 The Showdown Is Not Easy
Wen Rou looked at Lu Ce's figure going away, and then touched the undiminished heat on his face with his backhand. He couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, and he didn't dare to guess what he was thinking when he made such a move.Because what she has to face is reality, whether she likes Lu Ce or Lu Ce has a good impression of her, as long as she is still the concubine bestowed by Lu Ce, under the oppression of the imperial power, they are powerless to change anything.

She slowly sat down on the moss-covered stone by the pool, watching the fish in the pool wagging their tails and playing with each other.The cotton-like white clouds were reflected in the water, and it was hard to tell what color it was. Just like she had been in ancient times for a long time, she had to forget the relatively free and equal life in modern times. Here, imperial power is supreme.

I don't know how long I sat there, Rourou saw Xiaohuan and Wen Gang walking from the other side of the pool to the gazebo to learn piano, and after a while, the sound of ding ding dong dong sounded across the surface of the pool, full of joy .Listening to the piano is listening to the state of mind. Hearing such a cheerful sound of the piano at this time, the gentleness is really unbearable, and he doesn't want to disturb them, so he just quietly stood up, walked through a secluded passage, and turned back to the room.

From the gazebo, Xiaohuan saw a figure on the other side flashing, but when she looked closely, she was gentle. Seeing that Pei Jingxuan, Wen Gang and the others didn't pay attention, they just focused on the piano, then lifted their skirts, turned around the pool and rushed up.

"elder sister--"

As soon as Rourou entered the room, Xiaohuan followed in behind.

"Why are you here? Aren't you learning the piano?" Wen Rou turned around in surprise.

Xiaohuan didn't answer, just stared at her face carefully, lowered her eyes tenderly, and she said: "Just now I saw you across the pool, so I followed. Is there something on your mind? My emotions these two days Not looking too good."

Of course I have something on my mind, but I don't know how to express it.Rourou only forced a smile and said: "There are things, but it's a long story. After dinner, you bring my mother and Wen Gang, and I'll tell you more about it."

In the spare time after dinner and before going to bed, Xiaohuan brought Mother Wen and Wen Gang into the room along with Wen Rou, sent all the maids away, and closed the door again, Wen Wen hesitated for a while before saying: "During this time, you Get ready, after two months, we have to leave here."

The faces of the three of them changed a bit when they heard the words, not knowing what Ruan Rou meant.

Mother Wen hurriedly asked: "What are you talking about? You are all married to Young Master Lu. When you leave here, where are you going? "

Rou Rou lowered her head, not wanting them to see the expression on her face, she just said: "The Holy Majesty is going to promise Princess Anning to Lu Ce, the decree may come down at some point, I want to leave before then."

"What! The princess is going to marry?" The news was too shocking. Wen Gang's first reaction was to rush out the door, arrest Lu Ce and beat him up, and ask him why he wanted to betray his heart, but after thinking about it, he became depressed again. Just because Ruan Wen married him as a concubine at the beginning, a son of an eunuch like Lu Ce would marry a regular wife sooner or later, even if he didn't marry a princess, he would have to marry a daughter of another official family.What's more, how could these wealthy families not have three wives and four concubines?Even if Lu Ce wants to take another concubine, he has no position to question him, so he can only say depressedly: "My sister shouldn't have married him back then, it's better to marry Brother Ye!"

"What good does Ye Yu have besides working harder?" Mother Wen disapproved in her heart, "If Rou'er takes a fancy to him, it's not marrying him, but marrying him."

Mother Wen's words were really unpleasant. Before Rou Wen and Xiao Huan could say anything, Wen Gang hurriedly defended Ye Yu: "Brother Ye is a nice person, and my sister won't be bullied if she's with him!"

"Good people are all over the street, so what's the use?" Mother Wen said persistently: "Marrying a man is just trying to dress and eat! Isn't your father a good man? It's good for me in conscience, but he just doesn't have the ability and Going early, he closed his eyes and fell silent, leaving you siblings to be supported by me. I am a woman, how can I be capable of this? If it was outdated, I wouldn't have sold your sister back then... ..." At this point, even the daughter secretly blamed her and stopped kissing her!Mother Wen couldn't help sobbing a little when she touched on her own sadness as she talked.

"Mother, that's different!" Seeing tears in her eyes, Wen Gang became anxious for a moment, so he said angrily, "Okay, let's not talk about Brother Ye, but what good does my sister get from marrying Lu Ce? Now It's not about to be sent out now!"

"This——" Mother Wen immediately put her sadness behind her when she heard it, and said anxiously, "Even if the princess is going to marry, you are a concubine, and it doesn't hinder her. How can you leave?" If so? Could it be that Lu Ce is going to divorce you? Mother... Mother, please go to him and beg for mercy!"

"Mother, come back." Rourou was so disturbed by this quarrel that she couldn't laugh or cry. Fortunately, she had estimated in advance that there would be a lot of talk when she had a showdown with her family, so it was not surprising. Say something, and listen to me."

Ruan Rou is still very authoritative when she speaks at home. Since she opened her mouth, Mother Wen and Wen Gang looked at each other and said nothing. They just listened to her patiently. Only Xiaohuan had never spoken from the beginning to the end. Without making a sound, he reached for the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea for everyone.

"I didn't want to marry Lu Ce at the beginning, and he didn't necessarily want to accept me. It was the Holy Majesty's will. There is no other way but to do it." Wen Rou lowered her eyes, fiddled with the teacup in front of her twice, and the corners of her lips emerged With a self-deprecating smile, she said, "Now that the princess wants to marry, that's also the will of the Holy One, and we can't go against it. It's just that I don't want to be so passive this time. Mom——"

Having said that, Rourou turned her eyes to Mother Wen and continued, "It's not that Lu Ce wants to divorce me, but I want to leave. I've already discussed it with him. You don't have to go to him again. If you have any questions, just ask me." gone."

Mother Wen was even more surprised when she heard her say this. She couldn't understand what Ruan Wen was thinking in her heart, but she knew that once she made up her mind, eight horses would not be able to pull her back. She hurriedly said, "Lu Ce will marry him." Princess, you are your concubine, why did you leave?"

"Mother!" Wen Gang knew this question, and said aside: "If you are offered a princess' concubine, you can't take a concubine! Even if my sister doesn't leave, Lu Ce will divorce her!" He was so angry that he didn't call Lu Ce anymore. Brother-in-law, just call him by his first name.

"She is a concubine bestowed by the Holy Spirit. What's the matter with her extraordinary status?" Mother Wen still couldn't understand.

"Regardless of whether it was bestowed by the Holy One, the princess would never hope that the concubine she married would have other concubines beside her, would she?" Rourou said, feeling a little sorry for the scapegoat Princess Anning in her heart, but as long as she was persuaded After leaving his family and leaving here, it doesn't matter whether Lu Ce marries the princess or not in the future, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue: "I heard that Princess An Ning is the most favored by the Holy One, and she has a very arrogant temper. If she doesn't like Seeing me, do you think His Majesty will protect her, the princess, or me? At that time, I will inevitably issue an imperial edict to expel me from the Lu family, and I will suffer a humiliation. It is better to leave early."

What she said was made up to be reasonable. In fact, if Lu Ce favored the princess, the development of the matter probably would not have escaped her guess, so after she said it, everyone else fell silent.Mother Wen and Xiaohuan are women themselves, and they know better that as long as they are women, they don't want to see their husbands taking concubines unless they have no choice. What's more, the other party is a noble princess, how can they bear it?At that time, if Ruan Wen is dismissed by the Holy Order, her reputation will be even worse if it spreads out, she might as well leave on her own initiative!
Even though she understood, Mother Wen still felt unwilling, and muttered in a low voice, "Maybe... Maybe it won't reach that point...Maybe this princess is so generous..."

"Auntie, this is just a fluke." Xiaohuan said with a worried face: "If the princess can't tolerate people, even if the Holy Majesty doesn't decree to expel my sister from the Lu family, her life will not be easy in the future."

Mother Wen thought about it, and it was indeed the case. Although she herself was born in the market, she had heard many rumors on the street that the old women in the family could not tolerate others and raped their concubines to death. Taking her life as a gamble, she had no choice but to stand up and sighed: "Okay, I'll pack up my things right now, and we'll leave later."

"Mother—" Rourou pulled her back, dumbfounded, and said, "Don't be in such a hurry, I haven't finished talking yet!"

"What else do you want to say?" Mother Wen clapped her hands suddenly and said, "That's right! Anyway, you two fell in love with each other. Did Lu Ce arrange your future life for you? How much money will I give you to choose someone else to marry? Son! This is related to your future life, don't be shy to speak up!"

What is this all about!Gentle rubbed her temples with a headache, and showed a wry smile.

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There are many things to do during the Chinese New Year, and all the manuscripts have been used up. Recently, I have been writing unhappily, and there are too many words to update. I really can’t save the manuscripts. Every day’s updates are written on the spot.

Here, I would like to say hello to you guys. If there is no update for a day, it is probably either because I am in a daze after uploading and forgot to release it automatically, or there is a power outage. It is estimated that the latter is more likely, because of the former, I will reissue it...

Please, please forgive me, because the newly moved community does not have enough facilities. There was a period of time years ago when my old power was cut off, and I had to save manuscripts to deal with it.

Please pray, don't cut off the power, this is the thing I hate the most.
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