ebookland Chapter 267
Chapter 267
Lou Rongrong told Lan Yuqin what she had seen and heard today, and the latter was unsurprisingly very angry:
"I've seen someone like Wenxu before. I thought he would be Sirou's lover, but I didn't expect him to be such a hypocrite. It's really disgusting."
After scolding Wen Ruxu, Lan Yuqin couldn't help but worry for Song Sirou:
"Poor little sister Sirou, who lives in the back house, her father doesn't care about her, her biological mother has passed away, and the mistress doesn't like it, so she will definitely not promise her a good family. Besides, sister Sirou is quite talented, and she may not be willing to marry a layman , wasted a lifetime."
In this way, becoming a concubine like Wen Xu was Song Sirou's best choice, but in this way, wouldn't it mean repeating her mother's mistakes and making the tragedy happen again?
Lou Rongrong was silent for a moment, then said:
"I have some things that I want to let you do."
About half an hour later, Lan Yuqin came out of Lou Rongrong's room, her face no longer as cheerful and relaxed as before.
She asked someone to send a message to Master Lu who was still waiting for her at the cook, telling him not to wait for her to go back to learn cooking, and then went back to her room, took off the rough clothes she was wearing, and changed into the original ones, Then he hurried out of the house.
In the palace at this moment, Lou Rongrong was writing in front of the desk, while Chun Han, who was studying ink, said worriedly:
"Miss, do you want to inform His Highness first about this matter?"
Lou Rongrong kept writing without raising her head and said:
"No, firstly, I've made up my mind on this matter, even if others object to it, it's useless, secondly..."
Lou Rongrong picked up the pen, finished writing the last word, put down the pen, checked carefully, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Chun Han:
"Secondly, no matter what I want to do, my brother will never stop him. He will even find ways to clear the obstacles for me. I don't want to tell him that this matter may cause public outrage. If I have a choice, I don't want to implicate him."
Chun Han bowed his head and took the envelope, and said in response:
"Yes, Chun Han understands."
After Lou Rongrong finished writing the letter, she picked up the pen again, thought about it, wrote another letter, and handed it to Chun Han, saying:
"Send the first of these two letters to Jishan Mansion, and the latter... let's send it to Chen Mansion."
Chun Han responded and was about to retreat when Lou Rongrong suddenly stopped him again:
"Wait, send a letter to my hometown in Yangzhou. This matter is urgent. I'm afraid it won't work with the little money in our hands. A few years ago, I also handed over some of my property to Grandpa Hai to take care of it. Go reliably and bring back everything you can use.”
Chun Han looked up at her in surprise, but Lou Rongrong's expression was calm, it was obvious that she had expected it long ago, and it didn't look like she was going to get in there on a whim to make a fortune.
However, she didn't say anything, she just pursed her lips, bowed her head and backed away.
Lan Yuqin had been busy outside for three or four days. One day when Lou Rongrong came back from school, she saw Lan Yuqin standing in front of her room with a bundle in her arms, pacing back and forth anxiously in the room. .
Hearing the sound of footsteps behind her, Lan Yuqin turned around hastily, and seeing Lou Rongrong's return, her complexion cleared up a lot in an instant, and hurriedly went up to salute:
"Princess! Great! You are finally back!"
Lou Rongrong handed the things in her hands to Du Juan, and cleaned her hands in the copper basin held by Chunhan, and while wiping her hands with a handkerchief, she asked:
"Looking at your appearance, I think you should have investigated all the things I asked you to inquire about?"
Lan Yuqin followed Lou Rongrong, reporting with Lou Rongrong non-stop:
"I used the money you gave me to manage the inside and outside, and finally found out the whereabouts of more than a dozen sisters. Apart from the three sisters who were sent to the Taoist temple, there are four other sisters who have been married, but They are all concubines, except for one sister who has been married off, the other three sisters have not left the house by luck."
"The other six or seven sisters are in the same situation as Sirou. Although what they say is not satisfactory, they can barely survive. It's just that they can't decide their own marriage in the future. It's hard to say what situation they will end up in. The most difficult thing is Shuyao. .”
The movements of Lou Rongrong's hands paused slightly:
"Shen Shuyao, the concubine daughter of Yushi Zhongcheng, Mr. Shen's family?"
Lan Yuqin was taken aback for a moment, but she didn't expect that she still remembered, and said quickly:
"Exactly, she is usually the most respectful and cautious, and the most disciplined. No one knows that she secretly made a private appointment for life with a scholar who failed the provincial examination. The scholar's family was originally from a scholarly family. Being dilapidated and failing after repeated trials, she knew that her mistress would definitely not agree to her marrying her sweetheart, so... she eloped with that scholar in the middle of the night!"
In fact, it stands to reason that if she had had such courage long ago, she would have simply eloped with the scholar after experiencing the robbers that day. The Shen family would have treated this concubine girl as dead in the wilderness, and never mentioned it. That's all.
However, not everyone has the determination of Lan Yuqin, at least Shen Shuyao didn't have it back then.
However, after she returned home, she was bewitched by love again, desperate to fly into the flames, thinking that as long as the two people cherish each other and love each other, they will definitely be able to persevere, no matter how hard the day is, it's a pity...
"It's a pity that she is the only one who thinks this way."
Lou Rongrong took a sip of her tea, and before Lan Yuqin could speak, she guessed the ending:
"She thought that the scholar was close to her because he had feelings for her, but she never thought about it. In fact, the scholar had no real affection for her at all. He was just lonely in his heart and just happened to use her for entertainment. When she really escaped to find the scholar At that time, the scholar was afraid and didn't dare to elope with Yushi Zhongcheng's daughter seriously, so he had to keep her safe while sending someone to Shen's residence to report the letter."
Lan Yuqin looked at Lou Rongrong incredulously, and said in amazement:
"Exactly! That's right! The princess has sent someone to investigate, how is it so clear?"
Lou Rongrong put down the teacup, mockingly:
"You don't need to check, half of the dramas of young ladies and scholars in the world end like this, and the other half is that the scholar is greedy for the money and power of the young lady's family, and what he hopes is not that the young lady will give up everything and run away with him, but that she will be loved by her parents." If the noble girl can force her to die, and the parents have no choice but to agree to the marriage, he will be able to successfully climb a high branch and reach the sky in one step."
Lan Yuqin smiled bitterly and said:
"If things are really that simple, that's all. What's more troublesome is that after Shuyao was arrested, Mr. Shen was furious and ordered someone to break her legs. He didn't call a doctor for her and grounded her. In the room, no one is allowed to associate with her except to bring her food."
"It was only today that I managed to get in touch with her. I asked for a note in the morning and got the message from Shuyao at noon—"
With a sad face, she unfolded the crumpled note for Lou Rongrong to see, the handwriting on it was scrawled, it was obvious that the person who wrote the letter was extremely flustered:
"Sister Yuqin! Help me! I'm pregnant with Ye Lianzhang's child!"