Chapter 176 Abnormality
Chapter 176 Abnormality
Hearing the sound of porcelain breaking behind her, Xie Lan knew it was the old lady who broke it, but her heart was not moved at all. She was not the original owner, and she had no feelings for the Xie family, no expectations, and naturally she would not be sad or disappointed.
This was the first time that Aunt Rong saw the true faces of the Xie family. While she despised them, she also felt a little sympathy for Xie Lan.
She originally wanted to let the little maidservant scare Old Madam Xie, but unexpectedly she broke her hand accidentally.
At that time, she was a little worried that Old Lady Xie would cause trouble, or even take the opportunity to blackmail Pingnan Marquis Mansion. Unexpectedly, when Miss Xie returned to the mansion, the old lady not only returned the banknotes, but also paid a hundred taels of silver.
Although Aunt Rong didn't know why Madam Xie had such a big change, she could see that she seemed to be quite afraid of her granddaughter Xie Lan.
He glanced at Xie Lan quietly and saw that her face looked calm. He couldn't help but look at her with admiration.
Apart from anything else, Miss Xie's character is unmatched by any ordinary girl.
Although they had not been together for a long time, Aunt Rong had already seen that Xie Lan was no ordinary person. She was no longer as arrogant as before and brought her to the wife of Marquis Pingnan with a respectful attitude.
Cui Shi was unhappy that Xie Lan had waited so long for her to come. But thinking that she still had to rely on her to solve her son's problem, she could only swallow her anger and invite her to take a seat, and then ordered the maid to serve tea and snacks.
Xie Lan said calmly, "Madam, don't bother. I'm not thirsty. Let me tell you about your son's condition first."
Seeing that she took the initiative to ask for information as soon as she arrived, Cui's dissatisfaction dissipated a little, and he quickly talked about his son's situation.
Xue Changqing, the son of Pingnan Marquis, was born smart, sensible and lovable. Cui always loved him as if he were her lifeblood. But Pingnan Marquis felt that she doted on her son too much, but he advised her several times, but Cui didn't take his words to heart.
When Xue Changqing was five years old, he was bedridden for half a year due to a minor cold. He saw imperial physicians many times but there was not much improvement.
Pingnan Hou was afraid that if he continued like this, his only legitimate son would be spoiled, so he ignored Cui's opposition and brought Xue Changqing to the military camp to educate him personally.
Originally, Cui was worried that her son, who was too young, would not be able to endure the hardships of military training, but she did not expect the result to be what she had expected.
In just one month, Xue Changqing not only recovered from his illness, but he even grew taller.
Although I'm not fat, my body is much stronger than before.
What Cui didn't expect the most was that Xue Changqing not only did not find the training in the military camp hard, but fell in love with the training, and even determined to become a great general like his father.
The battlefield was dangerous, and Cui had only one legitimate son, so she would never let him take the risk.
But no matter how she persuaded him, Xue Changqing insisted on staying in the military camp.
Cui did not want her son to take up military service, but Pingnan Hou strongly supported him.
Cui couldn't persuade the father and son, so she finally agreed.
In this way, under the dedicated training of Marquis Pingnan, Xue Changqing quickly grew into a talented person with both civil and military talents. He even fought on the battlefield with Marquis Pingnan at a young age and accumulated a lot of military merits.
Not only did everyone praise him, but even the emperor rewarded him many times.
Seeing how outstanding her son was, Lady Pingnan Hou was naturally proud.
If there was any dissatisfaction, it was that Xue Changqing was reluctant to get married.
It’s not that there are no girls who like him, on the contrary, there are many girls in Kyoto who admire him, but Xue Changqing’s standards are too high and he doesn’t like any of those girls.
Cui put a lot of thought into this. She selected all the girls of appropriate age in Kyoto and asked painters to paint their portraits for her son to choose from.
In the end, Xue Changqing didn't like any of them. No matter which lady it was, he could find a lot of faults with her.
Although Cui felt that her son was too picky, on the other hand, she also felt that it was normal for him to be a little picky since he was so outstanding.
Moreover, she did not want to force her son to marry a girl he did not like. The boy was not like the girl, so it was okay for him to get married later.
Cui originally thought that at worst she could continue to slowly select, and if that didn't work, she would ask the emperor to marry a princess to her son as the Crown Princess.
Unexpectedly, half a year ago, when Xue Changqing was on his way out of Beijing for business, he encountered a rainstorm. While taking shelter in a dilapidated temple, he ran into a girl who was also taking shelter in the temple.
Originally this would not have been a big deal, but unfortunately, when Xue Changqing saw the girl, she was changing her wet clothes.
Although he accidentally ruined the girl's reputation, there were only Xue Changqing and the girl in the dilapidated temple at that time. As long as the two of them didn't tell anyone about it, no one would know about it.
Xue Changqing has seen life and death on the battlefield, and his hands are stained with blood countless times, so he is naturally not a soft-hearted person.
According to his personality, if he encountered such a thing, he would use silver to compensate the girl's reputation and send her away.
However, unexpectedly, Xue Changqing did not do so. Instead, he took the girl back home.
Since her son, who had never been interested in women, brought a girl back for the first time, Cui naturally had to ask about it.
Originally, she thought that the girl was very beautiful, which was why Xue Changqing was moved to bring her back. However, when she met the girl, Cui found that she was only pretty and she was an orphan.
Cui thought that since her son had ruined the girl's reputation and brought her back home, she would be kept in the mansion and raised.
In the future, I will try my best to help her find a marriage, and give her a dowry when she gets married, which will be considered as the best way to repay her.
Unexpectedly, Xue Changqing once again did something that Cui did not expect.
The night he brought the girl back, he slept with her quietly.
Cui was very dissatisfied when she learned about this. Xue Changqing was of noble status, and the girl was ordinary-looking and an orphan, so she was not worthy of his status at all.
But now that things have come to this, I can only accept it.
Ever since Xue Changqing came of age, Cui was worried that he would get bored and wanted to arrange for him to have several maids as his concubines. However, Xue Changqing thought those maids were not pretty enough and was unwilling to accept them.
Now that my son has adopted the orphan girl, I don't have to worry about him being depressed. At worst, he can keep her as a concubine.
However, ever since Xue Changqing lost his virginity, he couldn't stop himself. He stopped practicing martial arts and stopped going to the military camp. He stayed in the mansion every day making love with the orphan girl.
At first, Cui thought that it was her son's first time meeting a woman, and that he would inevitably become addicted to her. But after a while, when the novelty wore off, he would be fine.
But two months passed, and Xue Changqing not only did not get tired of the girl, but he still hung out with her day and night.
As a result, Cui was naturally worried that her son would ruin his health and his future, so she tried to dissuade him in every way.
But Xue Changqing promised in person that he would change for the better, and when he returned to the yard, he pulled the girl to bed again.
Cui finally got angry, thinking that the orphan girl was so good in bed that she seduced her son, so she specially selected a few beautiful maids to send to her.
Unexpectedly, Xue Changqing did not accept any of them, but instead said that he wanted to marry the orphan girl to the prince's wife.
How could Cui agree to marry such an outstanding son, who had been chosen for several years, to an orphan girl with no talent or beauty?
But her strong opposition only resulted in her son crying, making a scene, and then threatening to hang himself...
(End of this chapter)