Chapter 454 The heroic scholar and his neighbor, the pretty widow (bushi)

Chapter 454 The heroic scholar and his neighbor, the pretty widow (bushi)

The heroic scholar and his neighbor, the handsome widow (bushi)

Not long after Lance entered the courtyard, Marquis Zhennan hurried over, followed by a maid.

"This maidservant, Fuqin, was originally you. She was a pretty capable maidservant beside my wife. Unfortunately, she passed away early and there are not many female relatives in the mansion. However, she is proficient in playing the zither, chess, calligraphy and painting, and can accompany you to study well."

He spoke frankly in front of Fuqin, but he was unaware that Fuqin looked at him in surprise, then quickly lowered her head to hide the hatred that flashed across her eyes.

Lance pretended not to know and took over the conversation.

"Thank you for your trouble, my Lord. Lance is very grateful."

When Marquis Zhennan saw that he looked even more imposing now that he had lost the demeanor he had in front of Sikou Hong, he felt a little hesitant.

He waved his hand, played the piano, and the boy left and closed the door.

Marquis Zhennan took a step forward, his tone anxious but tentative.

"Lance, my son," he said in a difficult tone, "Did your mother really go? Did she ever mention me to you before she left? Do you and she have any resentment towards me?"

Without waiting for Lance to answer, he muttered to himself again.

"She must be blaming me. At the beginning, I had a deep love for her, but at that time, I was just the most insignificant one among my father's many sons. If I hadn't worked hard to win the position of the crown prince, I'm afraid I would have long ago..."

"I have told her before that as long as she agrees, I can arrange for her to give birth to you in my concubine's house. When I am settled and can make the decision, I will marry her and give you and your son a legitimate status."

His tone seemed so affectionate, and Lance cooperated with the natural expression of emotion, but deep down in his heart he was indifferent with a hint of contempt.

Is it really the same as what Marquis Zhennan said?

No.

The most important reason why he chose this shell was that although this shell was the illegitimate son of Marquis Zhennan, it was just a past event of Marquis Zhennan when he was young and romantic.

The so-called deep love was nothing more than a rich boy falling in love with a prostitute and spending a fortune on her. He used sweet words to deceive her into having her body, but when his fiancée, who was engaged to him from a wealthy family, found out, he had to reluctantly break up with her.

Although the prostitute was redeemed at that time, she had always been dependent on the Marquis of Zhennan and had no income.

After his affair was discovered, the courtesan was shocked to find that he had been deceived by this man.

All those things like there is no engagement, we will be together for life, and I will marry her after settling down for a day or two, are lies.

It was just a lie to deceive her.

At this time, Qingguan had already figured it out. After all, the Marquis of Zhennan's fiancée even took her to see the woman that the Marquis of Zhennan kept in the backyard at that time.

There are actually seven or eight beautiful girls. It is not like what the Marquis of Zhennan said when he coaxed her, "There is no concubine or other woman in the house. My body and mind are all clean and left to you, Alan."

The prostitute A Lan had come to her senses by now. She had originally planned to break up with the Marquis of Zhennan, but unfortunately she discovered that she was pregnant.

This made A Lan hesitate.

She was a prostitute who had no ability to survive except playing the piano well. Moreover, she was pregnant and penniless. She wanted to find a job to support her family, but she was afraid that no one would be willing to take her in.

In desperation, she could only choose to find the Marquis of Zhennan - she wanted a severance pay, not much, twenty or thirty taels would be enough for her to spend for a year or two.

"Your mother is a noble person with a hot temper. I gave her a large sum of money to let her settle down and give birth to a child, but she disagreed. In the end, she just took you away and left. She has not been seen for many years. It was not until today that I learned that she had worked so hard to raise you alone."

The Marquis of Zhennan's voice was choked, as if it was true.

Lance just watched him act coldly, with a hint of sadness appearing on his face at the right time.

None of these words are true, they are all hypocritical lies.

That day, the prostitute went to the house to ask the Marquis of Zhennan to give her a severance pay, but was misunderstood as a woman who was clinging to him and couldn't be gotten rid of. Not only did the Marquis of Zhennan refuse to pay a penny, but after hearing that his fiancée had approached A Lan, he wanted to sever all ties with her.

He described A'lan as a prostitute in a red-building who had fallen into prostitution, and made A'lan, whom he had once flattered and coaxed into his heart, sound worthless.

How could A Lan have imagined that such hurtful words would come out of this man's mouth?

She was so shocked at the time that she stumbled out of the Zhennan Marquis Mansion, leaving behind a lock of hair tied with a red rope, and then fell ill.

She should have gone at that time, but Lance, who was bound to the previous host at that time, felt a little regretful and secretly helped her.

A-Lan finally gave birth to a son, and named him Lance.

Lan is a homophone of Lan, and since Lan has no surname, he used his own name as the child's surname.

And this, it means death, shows that A Lan was already dead at that time and didn't want to recall the past.

Later, because of the sadness, Alan passed away early when he was two years old, raising little Lance.

Everything that happened is recorded clearly in Lance's database.

In this way, the Marquis of Zhennan, who was deeply in love and regretful, seemed particularly ridiculous.

"...Alas, this was all because I had no control over it."

After saying this, Marquis Zhennan paused and looked at Lance with a guilty look on his face.

"I am sorry to your mother. Now I have to ask you to conceal your identity before I can bring you back to the palace. The truth is that I have made many enemies in the court. If such a big handle is caught by political enemies, I am afraid that I can't save your life, and I will not be able to make you participate in the imperial examination."

He pounded his chest with a look of heartache, "If it is really because of me that you are in trouble like A-Lan, wouldn't it make me, as a father, too useless? So even though I want you back, I can only let you and I accompany each other in this way for the time being. Do you blame me?"

The sadness on Lance's face was even greater, his drooped brows were lonely, and his voice was low with a hint of lamentation.

"I know that it is not easy for the Marquis, so I will not blame him. If I cause the Marquis to get into trouble, I will feel uneasy. I will follow your instructions."

After he said that, he seemed to hesitate slightly.

"And if it is so dangerous to bring me back to the mansion, why don't you just let me go? And my brother, I see that he doesn't like me. If that's the case, why should you..."

"Oh, my son, that's wrong."

Seeing that he was so sensible, Marquis Zhennan felt a strange sense of satisfaction - Sikou Hong was often treated by the wife of his noble marquis's family, the Yue family, who had a higher status, and after a long time, she never took his words seriously.

Now that he knew Lance cared about him so much, he actually felt a sense of accomplishment as a father.

As soon as he was in a good mood, he let the cat out of the bag.

"Don't pay any attention to him. He has only been making trouble with me these days because of the marriage. It's just a marriage. Can I harm him?"

"You don't have to pay attention to him. Hong'er is not targeting you. He just had a rift with me because he didn't like the arranged marriage. When he understands how much benefit this marriage will bring to the Marquis's Mansion, he will naturally stop acting like this."

A fierce look immediately flashed in Lance's eyes.