It seemed like she had done something wrong, but it was clear that she had good intentions.
Zhao Lanyin didn't often interact with outsiders, so that day she heard him say, "You have to get drunk to appreciate the lanterns, so you may not be able to join us next year."
She suddenly felt pity for the talented person in her heart, and heard Linzhen say that he was only one or two years older than her, but he had to bear the burden of the family. His mother was still seriously ill and relied on decoction to survive day by day.
Zhao Lanyin felt that she was not too hard-working. Growing up in the Zhao family, she was never short of food or clothing, and she had a master who taught her how to read and write. Even if she heard a few cold words from her mother, the servants would try to stop them, so as not to She suffered a loss.
Compared with him, she really lived a life like a fairy.
Not long after, Mr. Bolu Zhao Zhenxuan compiled a letter and sent it to Zhao Mansion.
After Zhao Qingyun finished reading, he said, "Even if dad doesn't say this, I won't agree."
Then he asked someone to prepare some clean clothes and ten taels of silver.
Sun Qingchen came back in the evening and didn't know what was going on. He reported it to his mother, opened the letter and looked at it together.
The letter said: "Please come over and study, and I will settle down with five taels of silver."
Sun Qingchen didn't know about the engagement contract many years ago until his mother told him about the engagement contract that his grandfather and Mr. Zhao Zhenxuan, who was also in the court, made unintentionally. He thought it was just a joke, but he didn't expect that now the Zhao family He actually sent someone to deliver the letter.
The person who delivered the letter was outside. Sun Qingchen took a few glances and recognized that it was the servant of Zhao Linzhen's house, and was shocked.
There was also a bit of indescribable joy, but before he could sit down, he was filled with disappointment. How could his family background be worthy of her.
Mother said, "I asked just now. The eldest girl of the Zhao family is only fourteen years old, and the younger one has just turned thirteen, and is not yet old enough to get married."
Sun Qingchen thought for a moment and immediately changed his clothes.
"Don't let grandma know about this, otherwise she will have to worry about it again." He said before leaving.
Mother nodded, "She is sleeping soundly, so I don't dare to call her."
Come to Zhao Mansion with the servants of Zhao Mansion.
After Zhao Qingyun heard the news, he came out of the hall and asked people to set up food and drinks.
At his father's suggestion, Zhao Linzhen reluctantly saluted, but thought in his heart, "Such a person wants to marry my sister. A toad wants to eat swan meat."
He was indignant in his heart when Zhao Qingyun saw him and ordered him to be sent to study in the back garden.
But he turned around and went back to his mother's place. When he saw his two sisters talking to his mother, he came up and talked too much.
When Sun Qingchen came to the inner house, he didn't look much. On the one hand, he was afraid of breaking the rules, and on the other hand, he was full of worries.
Zhao Qingyun's first wife passed away long ago, and now his step-wife Xu is in charge. He heard about these things from Zhao Linzhen.
Before he said a few words, Zhao Qingyun asked him to wait and come back after a while. Sun Qingchen shook his head and said, "If you have something important to do, please talk to me some other time."
"Let's make a deal today. I'll come back as soon as I go. I have a terrible headache." The jade beads in Zhao Qingyun's hand spun loudly.
Seeing the master enter the room, Mrs. Xu asked, "Master, his face is full of sorrow. What's the problem?"
When Zhao Qingyun saw her asking questions, he told the old story.
Mrs. Xu was unhappy when she heard this, "Even if we fulfill our promise, we shouldn't let Lan Rui go. Lan is the eldest sister."
He speculated in his heart: "If Lan Yin is removed, half of the family property will be given to Lan Ruo in the future."
Thinking about it, I felt a lot more relaxed.
It is expected that Zhao Qingyun said, "No child will marry Sun Qingchen."
"Why?"
"Father said that Lan Yin's marriage must be decided by him. As for Lan Ruo, you will definitely refuse, so I will not marry either of my daughters to him."
"Since the master has made up his mind, why did you call him here?"
"This is my father's order. I heard that people from the Sun family are in Li'er. I searched several times and finally found them. Let us settle them properly, but we cannot send the girls from the Zhao family to their home. They will definitely suffer if they go there. .”
Mrs. Xu said: "I don't understand what I do!"
Zhao Qingyun asked: "Why do you see it?"
"I heard that this poor guy's family sells wine all day long. He can't even support his mother. How can he have any ambitions? I think he is so poor that he has no place to stand. It is really an insult to the family to give him money to support him. In my opinion, , Not only do we have to cancel the engagement, but we should also give him more money. My father wants us to pay to help him not to marry someone else, so why should we be good guys? This matter has nothing to do with us in the first place."
"But what if the boy from the Sun family refuses to let go? I just saw him take out the marriage certificate with my own eyes. The Sun family has not thrown it away after so many years. It shows that they are relying on us."
Mrs. Xu laughed angrily, "If not, why not beat him up and drive him out of the house?"
When Zhao Qingyun heard this, he thought about it but had no idea.
After a few steps, he turned around and came into the hall, but there was no sign of Sun Qingchen. He only saw a cancellation of engagement letter on the table. He picked it up and read it.
Sun Qingchen, the person who broke off the engagement: Because my grandfather and his fellow villager Zhao Zhenxuan had promised to get married many years ago, his grandfather passed away unexpectedly. Unfortunately, his father also died later. The family business withered and he made a living by selling wine and helping students. The family is poor and cannot marry a man and a woman, which delays the youth of the daughter of the Zhao family. From this day forward, no matter how much Lord Zhao Qingyun assigns his daughter to a high-ranking family, the surname Sun will not interfere, and the kudzu vine will be cut off forever. This is my own choice and I have no regrets. I am afraid that I will have nothing to show for my future, so I have signed a document to break off the engagement. I hope that the Zhao girl will find another husband and spend this life together in peace and happiness.
There was also a torn-off marriage certificate on the table, with half of the paper missing. Zhao Qingyun didn't care, as long as he got the divorce certificate. The boy from the Sun family did a good deed by not insisting on it.
Just as he was smiling happily, he heard the gardener report: "The second lady hanged herself in the room."
Zhao Qingyun was shocked when he heard the report, so he followed the servant outside his daughter's room.
From a distance, I heard Mrs. Xu crying through the door and window, "My son, open your eyes and look at your poor mother. If Ah Ruo can't wake up, what should my mother do?"
After waiting for two hours, the family was anxious outside the door. The doctor went in to perform acupuncture, diagnosis and treatment, and did not leave until dawn.
Lan Ruo was so angry that she woke up and said, "No one in the family is angry with me. It's really my daughter who has suffered a huge injustice."
When Zhao Qingyun and Xu heard this, they hurriedly asked her what happened and that she wanted to die.
Lan Ruo cried and said, "Yesterday Sun Qingchen came to the house... I saw that there was no one waiting for him, so I went up to him and saluted him, and asked him if he wanted to call Linzhen to come and talk, but he actually wanted to... He refused because of adultery , and he wants to kill me and silence me. This is a matter of human life, Lan Ruo dare not hide it."
Zhao Qingyun was so angry that he blushed, "I asked him how he gave me the divorce document so easily. It turns out he did something bad and ran away with oil on his feet!"
Lan Yin was puzzled on the side, "What kind of annulment letter?"
Mrs. Xu bitterly told the marriage contract again. Now, the whole family knew that the Zhao family had a marriage contract with the Sun family. According to the agreement, Lan Yin or Lan Ruo should marry him.
Lan Ruo was still crying, "Please give me justice from my father and mother..."
Lan Yin didn't believe a word of what she said, "There is a blue sky above your head, and a god three feet above the ground. Why did you frame him for nothing?"
(End of chapter)