These days, Ding Mujie repeatedly told himself not to think too much, after marrying Lin Wan, everything will develop in a good direction. But now, he couldn't think about it too much, so he said solemnly: "Xiang'er, don't worry, you can talk about today's events from beginning to end, be more detailed, and don't omit any details."
Lilac wiped away her tears and recalled: "Today, I made an appointment with Sister Lin to go to her place to play. After entering the small courtyard, I found that she was choosing jewelry. The gold and silver hairpins were placed in the brocade box one by one, and they were very beautiful. I couldn't help but take a few more glances, and Sister Lin said she would pick one for me."
Speaking of this, she was a little timid, and seeing that her brother was not angry, she continued: "I, I like those jewelry very much, thinking that Sister Lin is already my sister-in-law anyway, it doesn't matter, so I picked a silver hairpin. My sister's eldest maid said that I had a good eye and that the things I picked were very delicate. For some reason, she said that the old lady had a golden phoenix with a hundred flowers and a phoenix and deposited it with Aunt Shi. That golden buyao is truly ingenious and beautiful. Not to mention the market, it is not common even in the palace. Brother, you know that Aunt Shi is from Miaojiang, especially good at making silver jewelry. The old lady gave the golden step to Aunt Shi, just to let her clean it, and she will send it back tomorrow."
Lilac began to shed tears again, choked and said: "I am very curious, so I begged Sister Lin to take out the golden step and let me take a look. Brother, you have to believe me, I really only intend to take a look, not ready to get started. But When Jinbuyao took it out, a maid suddenly told me that Jinbuyao's phoenix was just like the real thing. When walking on the head, its wings and tail feathers would still move, as if it were about to fly for nine days. After hearing this, I felt a little itchy, so I picked up Jin Bu Yao and shook it, trying to see how the wings and tail feathers were moving, but the wings broke after just swaying twice!"
Lilac seemed to be greatly frightened, and cried more and more breathlessly: "I, I was very anxious at the time, but I didn't worry too much, I just thought it would be enough to pay Jin Bu Yao's money to the old lady. But However, Sister Lin's maids told me that Jin Buyao was a treasure brought by the old lady from her mother's family. After a hundred years, Taijun will be sent back to his mother's house and continue to pass down, and the meaning is extraordinarily different."
"I was shocked when I heard this. I don't know what to do. Brother, you have to believe me. If I had known that Jin Bu Yao was so valuable, I would never touch it no matter how curious I was." She calmed down a little, "Fortunately, I still have Sister Lin to protect me. She immediately put Bu Yao back in the box and told me to go home as soon as possible, pretending that nothing happened, she went to the old lady to apologize, Take this matter for me. The two maids secretly took me to the corner gate, sighing and looking very bad along the way. I felt guilty in my heart, so I asked them what would happen to Sister Lin, and they said that Sister Lin could not The old lady's favor, this is even worse, a family meal is indispensable, but fortunately, Sister Lin will be married soon, and it will only take more than half a year to be rejected by the old lady, and it will be over."
Lilac rubbed her eyes and continued: "My heart is twisted. Sister Lin is my sister-in-law, how can I let her suffer on my behalf? After all, the old lady is her family, even if she gets married, she still wants to Go to the old lady and do your filial piety. If the two of them don't have a good relationship, how embarrassing Sister Lin will be in her parents' house. But I'm different, I'm just an outsider, even if the old lady hates me, it doesn't matter to me, so I leave Go back, and personally plead with the old lady."
"The old lady was very angry, and scolded me for coming from a small family, and I couldn't see other people's good things. I also blamed the general why he chose a relative like ours. It's not ashamed. I'm ashamed and ashamed, and I can't wait to open one She went down through the cracks in the ground, but Sister Lin didn't dare to say a word. Later, Miss Lin came, picked up the step and looked at it, saying that nine is the number of poles, and everything has been passed down for nine generations, and the spiritual energy has been exhausted, and it was destined by God. It can't be passed on. The reason why I broke Bu Yao is that God lent me my hand, but this mortal relationship has nothing to do with me. "
Speaking of this, Lilac finally stopped crying and said gratefully: "The old lady has always liked the eldest lady the most, and she believes in Buddhism and numerology. After hearing this, she immediately stopped being angry, and she didn't punish us. Sending him away from the Lin Mansion. But I feel really sorry in my heart. After this incident, the old lady will definitely look down on our family and my brother, and I am in trouble after all."
Mother Ding hurriedly took her daughter into her arms to comfort her, and after a while, she sighed, "I didn't expect the eldest lady to be quite good. If it wasn't for her to help you out today, how could you get out so easily! You can't scold you again in the future?" Eldest Miss, you have to go to her to thank her in person. Of course, Wan'er is also very good. She knows how to protect you at critical moments. In the future, she will marry into our family. You must respect her and listen to her. "
"Mother, I know that the eldest miss is a good person. I wrongly blamed her before. Sister Wan'er is better, just like my own sister!" After this incident, Lilac's perception of Lin Dan was much better than before, and she was just like Lin Wan. more and more respected.
Ding Mujie rubbed his sister's head, followed by a few words of comfort, but after returning to the study, he sat by the window and pondered, with various complicated emotions flashing in his eyes from time to time. From sitting during the day until late at night, he finally came out, looking particularly tired from his back.
The next day, he spent a lot of money to buy a hundred-year-old ginseng and went to the Lin Mansion to make amends. Although he was very grateful to Lin Dan, he didn't dare to meet her, so he only asked his sister to go to the backyard to thank him in person. When leaving the Lin residence, Mother Ding secretly asked him if he wanted to meet Lin Wan, but for some unknown reason, he refused.
After returning, he studied poetry and books hard to prepare for the upcoming imperial examination, and at the same time carefully planned the wedding. However, he had just been calm for two months, but was caught off guard by another incident. Lin Wan was kidnapped by bandits on her way to incense, but fortunately King Kang passed by and rescued her. But the two fell off a cliff on the way to escape, and it took a day and a night to be found by the guards.
It's really not good to hear about a lonely man and a widow who spend the night together in the wilderness. After being rescued, King Kang proposed to take Lin Wan as a concubine in order to protect Lin Wan's reputation. If he hadn't already had a wife, he would have carried a large sedan chair to marry Lin Wan.
Naturally, the Lin Mansion would not agree, and Lin Wan herself did not want to be a concubine. After returning home, she fell ill. On the contrary, Mother Ding, after hearing about this incident, felt like a thorn in her heart, and she couldn't pull it out. Lin Wan's reputation has been ruined, and marrying her back will not only benefit her son's career, but will also make him a laughing stock in Beijing. What's more, King Kang also likes Lin Wan, and marrying her is against King Kang, which is even more detrimental to his son's future...
Mother Ding thought about it, and always felt that it was the best solution to break the marriage on her own initiative, so she went to her son to discuss. She knew that her son had been in love with Lin Wan since he was a child, and he had long regarded her as his wife. If she could, why would she not want to see them get married and grow old? But now this situation can no longer allow the Ding family to persist.
If the Ding family did not break off the marriage, others would say that their son would rather be the tortoise king for the power of the Lin family; No matter what the son did, it was wrong, but compared with the tortoise king, it was better to be ruthless and ruthless. Men can be ruthless, but they can't be spineless, and they will be looked down upon.
Thinking of this, Mother Ding's expression became more determined, but before she could speak, the exhausted Ding Mujie said first: "Mother, I'll go to the Lin Mansion to see Lin Wan, and I'll talk about the divorce when I get back, you Don't worry."
In just two days, the son was too emaciated and out of shape, causing Ding's mother to feel colic in her heart. She didn't want to embarrass her son anymore, so she nodded and said, "Okay, mother doesn't rush you, you can do whatever you want."
Ding Mujie pursed his lips and smiled, but his eyes were extremely dim.
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In the afternoon, Ding Mujie, who had prepared a gift, came to the door. General Lin felt ashamed of him. Seeing that he proposed to visit Lin Wan alone, although he knew that Yu Li was incompatible, he agreed without hesitation.
This was Ding Mujie's first visit to Lin Wan's boudoir, but there was no hope or joy in his heart. He thought about it all the way, his expression was very gloomy, and the maid who led the way didn't even dare to breathe. I don't know why, in the past, Young Master Ding was very handsome and elegant, and he was very comfortable to get along with, but now Young Master Ding is quite majestic and makes people afraid to approach.
"Master, the young lady is inside, please come in." The two maids opened the bamboo curtain and said cautiously.
Ding Mujie walked in without saying a word, and saw Lin Wan lying on the bed looking like a haggard, with a sense of time and space disorder. In her previous life, she, who was abandoned by King Kang, also looked like this. He habitually held Lin Wan's fingertips, but she avoided her, and he couldn't help but groan.
"Are you here to break off the marriage?" Lin Wan tilted her head, as if desperate.
Ding Mujie looked at her for a moment, not letting go of the slightest change in expression on her face: "No, I'm here to tell you, as long as you insist on marrying me, no matter what outsiders say, no matter how King Kang persecutes, I will always Marry you and go home. You can rest assured, as long as I am willing, the general and his wife will definitely not let you marry someone else, not even the prince."
Lin Wan turned her head, looking like she was in pain: "But me, but my reputation has been ruined, you don't mind at all?"
Ding Mujie shook his head: "I don't mind. No matter what happens, I will definitely marry you, and I will cherish you and take care of you unless you don't want to marry yourself. Wan'er, what do you think, are you willing to marry me? ?"
Speaking of this, Ding Mujie couldn't help but think to himself: "Would you like it or not", he should have asked him personally in his previous life.
Lin Wan was already crying, and she choked: "I would like to, but now that I'm like this, how can I marry you! If you marry me, how will those outsiders arrange you?"
She kept saying that it was all for her fiance's consideration, and she didn't think about herself at all. Ding Mujie should have been very happy, but in his previous life, he was probably moved to tears now. But the current Ding Mujie is not the young Ding Mujie, but the first assistant who has been in the officialdom for decades, turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain.
He stared at Lin Wan and said slowly: "No matter what outsiders say, as long as you are willing to marry, I will marry. Wan'er, since you have agreed, then I will discuss with General Lin to advance our wedding date. After three days, you wait for me to greet you with a large sedan chair." He got up and left.