jdhmnovel Chapter 648: The Sister Who Married in Place of Others 3
Chapter 648: The Sister Who Married in Place of Others 3
Concubine Lan in the palace also heard about it, and immediately suspected that the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion was trying to pass off a concubine's daughter as a legitimate daughter, but she did not expect such a thing to happen.
Immediately, the news spread that Luo Chen came back to attend the wedding of his elder sister Guo Yueqing and Qian Fugui, but died in an accident.
She also sent someone pretending to be an elder sister to calm Guo Yueqing's emotions and confirm the fact that Guo Yueqing was going to marry Qian Fugui.
When Guo Yueqing received the gift sent by Concubine Lan to appease her, she collapsed instantly and ran to find Li Rumei.
"Mom, what should I do? I don't want to marry that cancer, even if I die. Mom, please think of a solution."
Li Rumei was also extremely anxious at this time, as her spoiled daughter was still unmarried at the age of seventeen.
He wanted her to marry into the royal family, but now she has been snatched away by a useless cancer. How can she bear it?
"Yuer, wait a minute. I'll go find your uncle and ask him to think of a solution." Li Rumei immediately asked someone to prepare a carriage and go to the general's mansion.
General Li has retired for the past two years and has been idle at home. His son took the imperial examination and passed it last year, and is now a minor official in the Hanlin Academy.
There is really no need to offend the emperor's favorite concubine for the sake of his niece, and Concubine Lan already has a prince.
In the past, there was a concubine's daughter in the Earl's Mansion who was able to marry off as a legitimate daughter.
But who would have known that the concubine's daughter was so unlucky that she died before she even returned home.
At this time, General Li also blamed his sister for being jealous. She was just a girl and she should be kept at home and fed.
Why drive people to the village? They suddenly disappear when they are needed.
Li Rumei cried and begged her brother for help, but General Li really had no choice. If this concubine's daughter died outside the city, he could find a maid to replace her.
But now he died in the city, in public, hit to death by the horses of soldiers who came to deliver battle reports. Now not only the people in the city knew about it.
Even the emperor and all the civil and military officials in the court knew about it. How could it be concealed?
Li Rumei went back in despair. Her brother couldn't help her, so there was really no hope for her daughter. She had married into the uncle's house in the first place.
It was because Guo Yan was weak and easy to control, and the Earl's Mansion only had the title and money but no power. After she married into the family, her mother-in-law did not dare to bully her.
Once she gives birth to a son and raises him well, she will have a good life in the future.
Now that her brother couldn't help, her husband was even less able to help. He went home with a sad face. When Guo Yueqing saw her mother coming back like this, she immediately made a big fuss.
She was extremely desperate. She wanted to be a dignified woman in the future. How could she lose this chance like this?
At this time, Guo Yan was not at home, but went to the palace. After all, his daughter died at the hands of officials and soldiers, so the royal family had to find him to solve the problem. After he went there, the emperor comforted him.
He rewarded Luo Chen with one hundred taels of silver for holding a funeral, and then the officer who hit him was beaten with twenty sticks. The matter was considered over.
Guo Yan returned home with one hundred taels of silver and Luo Chen's "corpse". After all, the emperor had ordered him to give money for the funeral, so he had to make it look decent.
We can't pretend to obey but actually disobey. There are so many people in the capital watching us.
Because she was an unmarried concubine's daughter and was not eligible to hold a funeral in the hall, a mourning hall was set up and the coffin was placed in the courtyard where Aunt Fang lived before her death.
Let the servants kowtow and pay homage, and wait for the burial seven days later.
Not many people came to pay their respects, just a few relatives sent their younger generations to express their condolences symbolically, and then there was the Qian family.
They came to pay their respects in the capacity of Guo Yueqing's future in-laws, and then Concubine Lan from the palace sent servants to deliver some offerings.
Then the wedding date was moved to within two months, because Luo Chen came back to attend his sister's wedding, and the accident happened, so that Luo Chen could die in peace.
Let her, as the elder sister, get married quickly so that Luo Chen can leave with peace of mind.
Guo Yueqing refused to marry, but Guo Yan did not dare to disobey her order and agreed immediately.
After the eunuch left, Guo Yueqing immediately ran out and said, "Dad, how could you marry your daughter to such a man? I won't marry you, I won't marry you."
Guo Yan sighed and said, "The emperor has already told my father, and Concubine Lan has also told everyone that you want to marry into the Qian family, so you won't marry into the Qian family.
No one will dare to marry you in the future. Marrying you will be equivalent to offending Concubine Lan and the Fourth Prince. Besides, Concubine Lan is pregnant with another baby.
Our family has no one in the court, so there is really no other way."
"I don't care. I won't marry anyway. I won't marry. Father, with my daughter's appearance and character, it is more than enough for her to enter the palace and become a concubine. My daughter may be more favored than Concubine Lan.
By that time, Dad, you will be the father-in-law of the emperor, and maybe you can make even greater progress. Dad, I am the only daughter you have left. Are you willing to just watch me become useless?
My eldest and second brothers got married not long ago and they don’t have a daughter yet. Besides, even if they did, it would take them more than ten years to raise a child.
It will take another ten or thirty years to get results. Dad, can you wait that long?" Guo Yueqing tried her best to prove her role.
Guo Yan naturally understood this truth, but the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. If he disobeyed the order now, there would be no need to wait.
Besides, it’s hard to say what kind of future my daughter will have if she is sent to the palace.
So Guo Yan would naturally not disobey his daughter's order just because of these vague words.
"Alright, there's no turning back on this matter, just accept your fate. Imperial Concubine Lan's family sincerely wants to marry you.
I will definitely not treat you harshly, so you can prepare to get married with peace of mind."
Li Rumei immediately retorted: "What do you mean by sincerely seeking marriage? Qian Fugui is a cancer with all five poisons.
At such a young age, the family already has four illegitimate sons. My daughter is only seventeen years old, and she is going to be a mother to four children who are three or four years old. Is this called a sincere marriage proposal?
If he is not sincere, then does he want my daughter to be his concubine? "
Guo Yueqing shook her head desperately: "No, I won't get married, Dad, no, we have other options, our family doesn't have any other daughters.
But as for the other girls in the tribe, if they were asked to get married, that group of people in the tribe are poor and no good family would be willing to marry them.
If they want to marry, they can only marry into a poor family and never be able to rise above their status in their lifetime. Being the younger brother of Concubine Chaolan is the best choice for them.
They will definitely be happy with it, we just need to give them some dowry, what do you think, Dad?"
Guo Yan frowned and looked at his daughter. He had never realized over the years that his daughter was such a person.
He said in a cold voice: "Okay, Concubine Lan has revealed your name, and everyone in the city knows that you are going to marry into the Qian family, so change someone quietly.
Do you want to disobey my order? Stop thinking about those nonsense. Go back and stay quiet now. Don't come out and hang around for no reason."