Sure enough, within an hour, Mrs. Liu came to Luo Jinyan with a smile on her face, but the next moment her smile faded, and immediately turned into sadness.
"Jinyan, it's not that my aunt is cruel. The Liu family can't raise half a million taels of silver at all. Your uncle's official career is not mentioned, but your cousin is still young. He is innocent. If something about your uncle destroys you Cousin’s official career might as well just take my aunt’s life.”
Mrs. Liu asked Luo Jinyan's expression while she was talking, and saw that she looked serious and didn't intend to speak, so she annoyed Luo Jinyan, scolded her for being uninterested, and simply spoke directly.
"Jin Yan, there is only one way to save your uncle right now."
Luo Jinyan took a deep breath and raised her eyes pretending not to know, "What can I do?"
Mrs. Liu sighed, "You also know that there are not many people in Quanzhou City who can talk to each other. The Luo family came from Lincheng, which is the closest to the capital. Maybe they can do something. Uncle Luo has everything. Only Young Master Luo's marriage has not been settled."
Although Cai Ling said that she had already prepared her mind, it was another thing to hear Mrs. Liu say it with her own ears, and a feeling of helplessness pressed tightly in Luo Jinyan's heart.
"Auntie wants Jinyan to marry young master Luo, and ask old uncle Luo to intercede for uncle?"
Mrs. Liu nodded, "Jin Yan, you are a good boy, and it's not because my aunt is partial. My aunt asked the matchmaker to send you and Ziqiong a Geng Post. Match, Mr. Luo personally picked you, Jinyan, this is the fate between you two."
Mrs. Liu was afraid that it would be bad news, so she rolled her eyes and made up nonsense to fool Luo Jinyan.
Luo Jinyan raised a sarcasm when she heard this, and looked at Mrs. Liu, "Auntie, I am a cousin who has no status and background, how can I compare to my cousin? According to Jinyan's status, I am afraid that I can only be a concubine when I enter the uncle's house." Bar."
Mrs. Liu slammed the table, "What do you mean, I can still lie to you, this horoscope is not suitable for everyone, you have a hard life, and Master Luo is a wife-restricted, you two are just a match, I'm talking nonsense, the Luo family wants to marry you in as a wife, not some low-class concubine, I'm your aunt, can I still be mean to you?"
Luo Jinyan's mocking expression remained undiminished, she closed her eyes and remained silent.
"Jinyan, the wedding is scheduled for three days later, and someone will come to tailor a wedding dress for you in a while. You should prepare well."
As she said that, Madam Liu gritted her teeth and took out two banknotes from her pocket, both of which were five hundred taels of silver, and put them on the table.
Mrs. Liu took out the silver and then gave it to Mrs. Liu. It was originally two thousand taels, but Mrs. Liu withheld half of it, and gritted her teeth and gave the other half to Luo Jinyan.
"When you get married, put away your temper and be a good husband and son. The uncle's family has many rules. You have to remember that you are a daughter-in-law. Be careful and don't cause any trouble. When your uncle comes out, you must Thank you, and it is not in vain that your uncle insisted on bringing you here from the Luo family."
Mrs. Liu's words made Luo Jinyan completely speechless. It was indeed Uncle Liu who took her into the mansion to raise her, otherwise she would definitely be tortured to death in Luo's house.
After Mrs. Luo passed away, Luo Jinyan's status in the family plummeted, and she was not as good as a favored servant girl. It was because of this that Luo Jinyan was always grateful to the Liu family.
Now being threatened, Luo Jinyan is relieved. He has heard such words countless times in the past few years. He is worried every day and only thinks about repaying. He never dares to compete with Liu Ziqiong. He always protects Liu Ziqiong and bears bad things for her. Luo Jinyan has no complaints or regrets about her reputation.
After a long time, Luo Jinyan also felt tired, so it's better to give it a try.
"Thank you to my aunt for choosing this good marriage for Jin Yan. Jin Yan is very grateful. As long as my uncle is safe and sound, it doesn't matter if Jin Yan suffers a little bit of grievance."
Luo Jinyan smiled, and soon felt relieved. She had already been mentally prepared for this day, sooner or later, but sooner or later.
This time, Mrs. Liu didn't give her to a bad old man in his late teens to be a concubine. Luo Jinyan was already satisfied. After all, she was still a serious wife, and she would die in the future.
Seeing Luo Jinyan's understanding, she saved a lot of tongue, and Mrs. Liu's complexion eased a lot, and Luo Jinyan was more pleasing to the eye.
"Jinyan, good boy, the Liu family did not raise you in vain." Seeing that she had achieved her goal, Mrs. Liu didn't bother to continue to deal with her. She glanced at the two wives meaningfully, making people watch Luo Jinyan closely, and sent them away three days later. After leaving the door, life or death has nothing to do with the Liu family.
Luo Jinyan smiled bitterly, tears couldn't help falling down, grievance and helplessness, if Mrs. Luo was still there, she couldn't tolerate others belittling herself like this, she could also live carefree like Liu Ziqiong, and then choose a well-matched Get married, take care of your husband and teach your children, and live a life of peace and stability.
"Miss..." Cai Ling suddenly whispered, "Why don't we go and ask Miss Xiao, Miss Xiao may have a way, if you don't try, how will you know."
Luo Jinyan shook her head, "No need, Xiaojiu and I have no relatives and reasons, she has helped me twice, besides, my aunt has already agreed to the Luo family, if I offend the Luo family, it doesn't matter if I am alone, in case it hurts Xiaojiu Nine, how can I feel at ease?"
It was not easy for Xiao Concubine to come to Quanzhou City alone, so why did he drag Xiao Concubine into the water.
"But..." Cai Ling moved her lips, "But is Miss really going to marry Young Master Luo, and Young Master Luo has such a temper."
Thinking about it, Cai Ling felt creepy. Whenever Luo Lin was mentioned in Quanzhou City, she couldn't help but sneer, secretly ridiculing and sarcasm, so far no one has interacted with Luo Lin.
Luo Jinyan's eyelashes trembled, she hummed lightly, and said nothing further.
After a while, several embroiderers came over, dressed in bright red brocade forging with delicate tentacles, and ready-made patterns embroidered on it, gorgeous and eye-catching.
"Miss Biao, this is the dowry list from the Luo family, please have a look."
A housekeeper handed the list to Luo Jinyan, Luo Jinyan took it, glanced at it hastily, and raised the betrothal gift for ninety-nine, which is regarded as a high opinion of her.
Luo Jinyan's wedding was rushed, and it was the fastest wedding ever in Quanzhou City. The appointment was made on the same day, and the wedding was three days later. There were only two days to prepare, and a lot of process was saved in the middle, and it was streamlined and streamlined.
Mrs. Liu hurried over when she heard that the betrothal gift had been given, but she didn't expect that the Luo family would directly give the betrothal gift list to Luo Jinyan, and she was a little unhappy for a while.
Jiujiu carried a large box and placed it in the yard, with everything that one could expect. Mrs. Liu's eyes were straightened, and she swallowed her throat. The Luo family really dared to pay.
"Miss Biao, this is the brocade box that the young master wants to give to you alone, please have a look."
Luo Jinyan took the brocade box when she heard the words, but was snatched away by Madam Liu before she opened it, "Jinyan, the elders helped you to see this dowry gift, you are a girl from every family, you don't know anything, I am you Auntie, of course my aunt will take care of it."
As she spoke, Madam Liu twisted the concealed button and opened the brocade box directly.
As soon as the brocade box was opened, Mrs. Liu felt a blur in front of her eyes and a sharp pain in the back of her hand. When she took a closer look, she saw a thin snake with the thickness of a thumb on her arm covered in patterns, spitting out letters, and its two fangs were still stained with blood. His dark and cold eyes stared fiercely at Mrs. Liu.
"ah!"
Mrs. Liu's back felt cold, her legs felt weak, and she immediately threw the cold thing off the back of her hand. The thin snake twisted its body, and quickly disappeared into the grass.
Mrs. Liu swayed, and she was on the verge of falling. Fortunately, the servant girl was quick to support her, and the bitten wound on the back of her hand gradually turned purple.
Mrs. Liu screamed, "Hurry up, go to the doctor, help me..."
Everyone was speechless and terrified by this scene. This young master of the Luo family was going too far. He dared to use poisonous snakes to harm people in public.
The butler from the Luo family took out a porcelain bottle from his arms without even moving his eyelids, "Mrs. Liu, this is the antidote. I'm really sorry to disturb Mrs. Liu. Maybe it's because Xiaobai, who was raised by the young master, was ignorant and broke into the brocade by mistake." In the box, what are you doing in a daze, hurry up and catch Xiaobai, lose Xiaobai, be careful of the young master's blame."
Mrs. Liu took the antidote, she didn't get dazed for a long time, she watched in horror as a few servants skillfully pulled the weeds, the servants all seemed to be familiar with it, presumably this happened often.
After taking the medicine, the wound on the back of the hand disappeared a lot. Mrs. Liu forced a smile, "It's fine, as long as the young master's pet is fine."
Madam Liu didn't dare to make a betrothal gift anymore, if something unclean sprang out and bit her again, it really wouldn't be worth it.
Luo Jinyan was also taken aback when she saw this situation, but she quickly regained her composure and watched as the servant introduced the tiny biting poisonous snake into the bottle.
The housekeeper led everyone away calmly, and just waited for Luo Jinyan to come in three days later.
As soon as the person left, Mrs. Liu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Luo Jinyan with a stiff face, and moved her lips, "Jinyan, take a good rest, Auntie, go and see what is busy ahead."
After saying that, Mrs. Liu left without looking back, and she still has lingering fears in her heart.
"Miss..." Cai Ling was quite frightened.
Luo Jinyan smiled, "It's okay, compared to complex and changeable people, it's okay to have more contact with small animals."
Cai Ling was about to cry, her young lady was really calm, thinking about everything.
The news that the Luo family hired Luo Jinyan quickly spread as if it had grown wings, and everyone talked about it, just waiting to see a good show.
"Miss, Miss Xiao sent someone to send an invitation card." Cai Ling excitedly took the invitation card and entered the door, but she didn't expect that Concubine Xiao would take the initiative to find Luo Jinyan.
Luo Jinyan's hard heart suddenly felt warm, and she picked up a wedding invitation from the table, "Give this to Miss Xiao."
"Miss?" Cai Ling was puzzled, why Luo Jinyan gave up such a good opportunity.
"Go quickly, don't keep people waiting, and tell people that I appreciate Miss Xiao's kindness. Everyone has their own destiny. Sooner or later, Jinyan will belong."
Seeing Luo Jinyan's insistence, Cai Ling could only follow what Luo Jinyan said and returned to the maid.
The corners of Xiao Yu's mouth turned up slightly, "It's a pity that a transparent person like Miss Luo was ruined by the Liu family for nothing. What happened to the Liu family?"
"Miss, it was Uncle Liu who polluted the outer room of an imperial envoy. The outer room couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide. The imperial envoy detained Uncle Liu in a fit of anger, and asked the Liu family to prepare 500,000 taels of silver for private use. The Liu family couldn't get it." For the money, I want Uncle Luo to intercede and let Uncle Liu go, so I send Miss Luo to marry into Luo's family."
Hongxiu explained the whole ins and outs one by one, a little aggrieved, and it wasn't Luo Jinyan who caused the trouble, so Liu Ziqiong should be sent to make amends.
Concubine Xiao nodded when she heard the words, knowing that Luo Jinyan probably didn't want to cause trouble for herself, so she agreed to the marriage.
"Prepare a make-up and send it."
Still the same sentence, everyone has their own destiny, and Xiao Yu can't force Luo Jinyan's decision, but if Luo Jinyan asks, Xiao Yu will definitely help her.
Hongxiu nodded and went to prepare immediately.
In the blink of an eye, it was the wedding day, and Luo Jinyan got up before dawn, dressed in her wedding dress, which she had to work day and night, and hurried into the sedan chair.
All the way, he walked towards Luo's house under the curious eyes of the people.
Luo Lin wore a bright red wedding gown today. She looked a little uninhibited. She laughed when she saw anyone. She looked no different from ordinary people. Luo Lin didn't cooperate and immediately set fire to Luo Lin's yard.
The yard was full of Luo Lin's treasures, and the old uncle Luo made a real move, Luo Lin could only obey obediently, feeling a little impatient along the way.
Before anyone got off the sedan chair, he entered the mansion by himself, leaving the bride alone in the sedan chair, causing many people to laugh.
"Hurry up and help the bride in." Xi Po glanced at Cai Ling, Cai Ling nodded, and helped Luo Jinyan out of the sedan chair.
Luo Lin yelled at the bride impatiently, "Is it because you haven't had enough to eat after walking slowly, hurry up, my young master's Xiaobai hasn't been fed yet."
Luo Jinyan quickened her pace when she heard the words, and the whole wedding hall became quite quiet, so she hurriedly visited the hall, and it was over in less than half an hour. Fortunately, nothing happened.
It's rare for Luo Lin to cooperate so well. Uncle Luo was already very satisfied, the smile on his face never stopped, and finally saw Luo Lin marrying a wife.
"Send it to the bridal chamber!" The ceremonial official's singing resounded through the wedding hall, Luo Jinyan was holding the red silk in her hands, and her palms were slightly sweating. On a pretty face covered by a red hijab, there was a bit of uneasiness and uneasiness.
With the voice of the ceremony official, there was a gentle pulling force from the other end of the red silk.
Under Xi Niang's reminder, Luo Jinyan followed into the bridal chamber with small steps. This is the uncle's mansion, and she hadn't had time to take a look at it.
Surrounded by guests who came to see the excitement, she, as a daughter of the downtrodden Luo family, has such a high threshold to marry, and her future husband has such a reputation, Luo Jinyan is very melancholy and confused about the future.
After entering the bridal chamber, the hustle and bustle outside the house was cut off, Xi Niang helped Luo Jinyan sit on the Babu bed.
Luo Jinyan lowered her head, although she couldn't see the room clearly, Luo Lin's beating voice was heard next to her ears, Luo Jinyan's heart tightened, and she clutched the handkerchief tightly.
"Idiot, don't hesitate to look for it, you can't even look at a snake, and I will send you to be with the general later!"
When all the maids heard this, their expressions all changed, and they quickly lowered their heads to help search, and the room became lively for a while.
After a while, a crisp voice sounded, "Eldest Young Master, what are you looking for!"
"Sister Ziyuan, you are here. Look at these idiots who have lost my Xiaobai, you can help me find it!"
Luo Lin's voice also changed, it was not as unkind as before, but it was full of intimacy and coquettishness.
Luo Jinyan sat stiffly on the side of the bed, feeling very uncomfortable. This Young Master Luo is not only weird, but also just got married and pulled a maid to be Ma Wei
"Oh, young master, hurry up, the guests are waiting impatiently, if you go early and come back early, you can let the young lady accompany you to look for it!"
But Ziyuan didn't like him, her tone was somewhat helpless, seeing that he was still looking around looking for something, she couldn't help stretching out her hand to personally pull him out.
The two dragged them out, and everyone else in the wedding room breathed a sigh of relief.
Luo Jinyan lowered her head slightly, the exquisite little phoenix crown on her head made her scalp numb, and the doubts in her heart grew bigger and bigger.
"Young Madam, are you hungry? You can eat something to fill your stomach now." Xi Niang's soft voice came, her tone was very soft, as if she was afraid of frightening her.
Luo Jinyan lowered her head, and saw a plate of pastries placed under the hijab, presumably Xi Niang brought it in front of her.
Luo Jinyan was a little surprised. Before she got married, a nanny told the rules several times. When she was alone with her husband, try not to eat, so as not to be criticized by others. There are many.
"No need, according to the rules, let's wait for the master to come back before using it!" Luo Jinyan didn't know if this bride was bought to test her, suppressed the hunger in her stomach, waved her hand lightly and refused in a low voice.
But what was surprising was that Xi Niang was a bit persistent, and instead of taking the plate away, she pushed it a little closer in front of Chu Zhen.
"Young Madam, you can just use a few yuan! Actually, there are not so many special things. Only when you are energetic can you welcome the young master?"
Luo Jinyan froze for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't stand the attack of hunger, so she simply took a piece and took a bite slowly, her delicate brows were tightly frowned, and she heard "" from Xi Niang's mouth. I don't pay much attention to it." This sentence really makes me feel uncomfortable, and even a little hairy.
This young master Luo gave people a very weird feeling. Whether he was angry because of Xiaobai before, or acted like a baby at a girl later, there was a complete sense of disobedience. It was really hard to imagine what kind of person he was.
Luo Jinyan's face was covered by Xipa, so of course she couldn't see the pity and emotion that flashed in Xiniang's eyes.
Isn't it a pity that such a beautiful girl is going to be ruined like this? Of course, Xi Niang was still secretly curious in her heart, guessing how long this young lady would live.
"Mother Liu!" Suddenly a panicked voice came, as if he had received great fright, the voice sounded a bit sharp.
Luo Jinyan was chewing on half of the pastry, and just as she was feeling puzzled, suddenly a burst of cold air hit her. She felt as if something soft was wrapped around her calf and crawled up, and she lowered her head subconsciously.
She saw a small blue snake wrapped around her calf, her red eyes widened at the moment, and the long red letter was shrinking and spitting out. The sound of "hissing" lingered in her ears, and there was a "buzz" in Luo Jinyan's mind, almost dizzy.
When I noticed this thing, the feeling on my legs became very clear. The cool, soft, boneless mollusk was rubbing against her calf tightly. She lowered her head, her eyes widened, and she could clearly see the pattern on the snake's body.
Suddenly, Xi Niang, who was holding the pastry plate in front of her eyes, screamed in fright, slipped her hand, and the plate fell to the ground with a loud "pop!" and made a crisp sound.
Like a life-threatening talisman, the snake was frightened. It arched its body, almost suspended in the air, opened its mouth to reveal its fangs, and bit Luo Jinyan's calf.
It was obviously an instant thing, but Luo Jinyan saw it clearly, as if someone had set it in slow motion. She could even see the venom on the snake's fangs clearly, and then a tingling pain came from her calf, beating her nerves bit by bit.
"Help, there is a snake! The young lady was bitten by a snake!" Immediately there were heart-piercing screams from the wedding room, and everyone panicked.
After the snake bit Luo Jinyan, it was still in a state of fright. It quickly slid down Luo Jinyan's calf, crawled and hid under the bed.
"Young madam, ouch!" Xi Niang also reacted, and was so anxious that she didn't know what to do.
The little snake was not Xiaobai, it was even more vicious than Xiaobai, sticking out its fangs, Luo Jinyan fainted before he could react.
Ziyuan rushed over upon hearing the sound, glanced at Luo Jinyan's wound, quickly took out a small porcelain bottle from her bosom, and skillfully sprinkled it on Luo Jinyan's wound.
"It's okay, after tonight it will be fine."
Everyone looked at Luo Jinyan with lingering fear, no wonder a big family like the uncle's mansion couldn't find a wife.
Just because of Young Master Luo's temperament, Luo Jinyan was really wronged.