Maybe he can bring you fame and honor in the future!"
"Really?" The simple-minded Miss Xiao was a little skeptical. She was the concubine's daughter of the Xiao family and it was impossible for her to marry a man from a high-ranking family.
Han Yanqiu once promised her that if she married into the Yi family, Marquis Guanjun would marry her as a concubine.
Miss Xiao felt that being the concubine of Marquis Guanjun was more glorious than being the wife of some principal wives.
With a man as handsome as Marquis Guanjun, there would probably be many girls willing to fight for him even if he became his concubine!
But after what happened today, her dream of marrying into the Wan family as a concubine may never come true.
So, when she heard that Mrs. Han would take care of her after she married into the Han family, her crying became much quieter.
She didn't even think about the fact that Han Ming was a bastard who couldn't even read a few words, did nothing all day, and spent his days drinking and having sex, and flirting with the women in his family.
How could such a person earn fame? Is fame so easy to earn
Some scholars, even if they have a certain degree of talent, may not necessarily be able to earn fame and honor. How can a person who can't even read a single word earn fame and honor
The examination hall was run by his Han family, which was more or less the same.
Han Yanqiu was just using these words to deceive the silly girl Deng Xiao.
"It's true." Han's mother said in a very serious tone, "Miss Xiao, after you marry into the Han family, you will have the mistress of the house to protect you. This is actually more appropriate than marrying into the Yi family as a concubine!
So, kid, stop making a fuss, let's just get the marriage done quietly between our two families."
After listening for a while in the bamboo forest, Bai Chen and Chun Yue left quietly and returned to Miss Han Wu's residence.
Because the Fifth Lady's maid Lingxue, who arranged for Bai Chen to rest in the side room, is Chunyue's cousin.
I plan to rest there first and then go out at night.
After all, during the day, she didn't want some of her abilities to stand out too much and arouse other people's suspicion.
At this moment, the fifth girl had returned. When she saw Bai Chen, she was very surprised, "Miss Lin, you haven't left yet?"
"It's not that I don't want to leave, but the servants of the Han family won't let me go!" Bai Chen looked very weak, like a pitiful little boy, "Can you rest here for a while?"
"I see. Please come in and sit down first." The fifth girl said calmly.
After Bai Chen entered the yard, the Fifth Girl ignored him and seemed very cold.
But a few minutes later, Ling Xue brought over two sets of clothes.
"The Fifth Miss asked me to take Miss Lin out of the house, but I have to ask you to wear the clothes of a servant."
"Thank you. I really appreciate it."
This incident surprised Bai Chen. He never expected that he could get help from Miss Han Wu. He would remember this favor.
After the master and servant changed their clothes, they left Han's Mansion smoothly. When they left, they saw many servants and maids looking for them in the garden.
It seems like he wants to dig three feet into the ground.
On the way back to the Lin Mansion, Bai Chen kept thinking about Miss Han Wu, wondering why she would risk offending the mistress of the house to help him.
After thinking about it carefully, I realized that it was not because she was so kind, but because the relationship between her and Han Yanqiu was not as friendly as it seemed.
In the Han family, Han Yanqiu's father is the eldest son, and the fifth girl's father is the third son.
The eldest and the third brother have always had conflicts, and they even fought when they were competing for the position of crown prince.
Therefore, it is impossible for their children to have a good relationship.
The Fifth Girl probably knew that Han Yanqiu wanted to marry Marquis Guanjun, so she went against her and prevented the First House from becoming more powerful.
This resulted in the third room becoming increasingly weaker.
It was already 3 p.m. when Bai Chen and Chunyue returned to the Lin Mansion.
Lin Xuezhi is the eldest daughter of Marquis Lin and the eldest daughter of the Lin family. Although her biological mother passed away early, she still enjoys an important position in the Lin family because of the care of her grandmother.
In addition, her future husband was the Marquis of Guanjun, so even if she was in poor health and not loved by her own mother, the other sisters or servants still did not dare to neglect her.
Because she has always been protected by her grandmother, she has not suffered many setbacks in the Lin family.
My only worry is my poor health and I am worried that I will have difficulty having children in the future.
Even stepmother Wang was very polite to Lin Xuezhi on the surface, and other family members were also seemingly tolerable.
However, although the other brothers and sisters of the Lin family were polite to the eldest sister, they were relatively distant and did not have much affection for her.
Maybe it was because of her character flaws, she always seemed a little inferior and she couldn't play happily with other sisters.
A person’s biggest shortcoming is a lack of healthy body. In addition, she had no mother since childhood and lacked maternal love, which aggravated her inferiority complex.
Because of this, the other sisters had to be careful when she got along with them. Over time, they didn't want to play with her anymore.
As a result, the emotional aspect becomes very dull.
Later, when she was down and out, none of the sisters in the Lin family were willing to help her. Besides because they didn't want to be depended on by that scoundrel Han Ming, they also had no feelings for her.
Because Lin Xuezhi was the eldest daughter, the Lin family did not delay her training, and she was quite good at music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Her most outstanding skill is painting, which is extremely outstanding and at the level of a master.
In Lin Xuezhi's boudoir, there was a painting of Yi Chongxuan riding a horse majestically back to the capital.
The painting depicts Yi Chongxuan's heroic temperament and high-spirited spirit vividly.
This painting was drawn by Miss Lin Xuezhi herself.
After returning to the Lin Residence, Bai Chen stood in front of the painting, looked up at it, admired it, and was very envious of her skill.
In fact, she also has a halo around her.
She has a good family background, talent and beauty; these are her halos, and she is much more fortunate than girls from ordinary families.
Unfortunately, there is no scheming.
What Yi Chongxuan wants to marry is a woman who is scheming and capable of managing a household.
Therefore, it seems understandable that Lin Xuezhi, who looks delicate and dull, does not catch his eye. Matters of the heart cannot be forced.
If he had chosen to cancel the engagement and not marry a woman he didn't like, it wouldn't be unforgivable.
Or, if Lin Xuezhi had not fallen into the lake, she would not have died so miserably in the future if she had just been broken off from engagement, with the protection of her grandmother.
Several maids helped Bai Chen wash and change his clothes. Bai Chen closed his eyes and recalled Lin Xuezhi's tragic life.
Thinking about what to do next.
Just after she finished washing up, her grandmother's maid Lu Yin came to invite her and said that her grandmother wanted to see her.
I guess my grandmother already knows what happened in the Han family.
Bai Chen, accompanied by two maids, followed Lu Yin and walked all the way to her grandmother's Qingyou Pavilion.
The Lin family advocates low-key luxury, and the entire garden landscape looks quite low-key.
The trees in the garden are all precious species. As for flowers and plants, there are no peonies that symbolize wealth, but only elegant orchids and azaleas. The most colorful ones are a few camellias.
It looks simple and elegant, but it is exquisite and elegant everywhere.
There is the fragrance of flowers all along the way, but the fragrance is not strong, just right, making people feel comfortable both physically and mentally.
The Lin family has been a scholarly family for generations. My great-grandfather was a high-ranking official, and my late grandfather was also a Grand Secretary. Although my father's generation inherited the title, their actual power declined.
The marriage between the Lin family and the Yi family is beneficial to both parties.
Yi Chongxuan's family background is not as good as that of the Lin family, but the Yi family has produced a genius, Yi Chongxuan, so the Yi family is currently at its peak.
The two families, one civil and one military, have often cooperated in the court. After the marriage, they are completely on the united front.
In this way, you will have a better chance of winning when competing against other forces in the court.
Neither party wants to lose the other as an ally.
Therefore, although Yi Chongxuan did not want to marry Lin Xuezhi, he did not want to offend the Lin family.