If nothing unexpected happens, the marriage between Wen Renying and Cheng Wenzheng will be settled, and they just need to go through the formalities. As for the fact that Wen Renying broke off the engagement with the young master of the Marquis's Mansion and chose a man from a genuine humble family, it will inevitably be talked about by countless people, and even some people in the Wen family may find it difficult to understand. But, what does it matter
It was quite unbelievable that it had come to this so easily. Wen Renying couldn't help pinching herself in private. Well, it hurts. I must be thinking this. Well, after doing such a stupid thing, Wen Renying accepted it calmly.
After learning the result, Xiaocao didn't say anything more. He thought it must be the result after serious consideration. Therefore, for his sister, all he could do was to wish her well and hope that she would have a smooth and healthy life.
It would naturally take some time for the Cheng family to formally propose marriage. However, Cheng Wenzheng's mother could not wait to meet her former savior when she first knew Xiaocao. Under the pretext of "discussing" the marriage of the two children, she finally had the opportunity to meet Xiaocao. After all, more than ten years had passed, and Xiaocao only remembered the general situation of the time, but had no idea what she looked like. However, it seemed that this "aunt" was still the same person.
Mrs. Cheng was a very straightforward person. Perhaps because she had experienced a lot, she was not shy in front of the Wen family. She just pulled Xiaocao to thank her profusely. If Xiaocao had not saved her in time, even if she didn't die, she would have suffered from a chronic illness and would not be where she is today. She didn't even know what kind of situation her son would be in.
Xiaocao's memory of what happened back then was vague, but she remembered it very clearly. She slightly pulled open Xiaocao's sleeve and looked at her arm which still had some faint marks. This woman who had always been able to handle everything inside and outside of her body couldn't help but feel her eyes slightly red. "Fortunately it's just a skin injury and no bones are hurt. Otherwise, otherwise..." To be honest, Xiaocao herself didn't notice it at the time, but Mrs. Cheng saw it clearly when the hatchet fell. At that moment, her heart really beat in her throat.
Just talking about this, Han couldn't help but ask about the specific situation at the time. Mrs. Cheng did not hide anything and told her in great detail.
Han couldn't help but feel her heart beating wildly when she heard this. If the hatchet was there, wouldn't Xuan'er be...
—Is the situation really that dangerous? Xiao Cao really didn't feel anything, but it had been so long, and it was unnecessary to scare people by mentioning it now, so Xiao Cao smiled and changed the subject.
Because she intentionally mentioned someone who she still had a slight impression of, Mrs. Cheng did mention it. Naturally, this made Han interested. Of course, the most important thing was to know about Xiaocao's childhood. After all, what Wei Tingyu told them were things that happened after she was eight years old. She missed nearly eighteen years of Xiaocao's life. Time cannot go back, and Han, as a mother, cannot participate, but still wants to know as much as possible.
Mrs. Cheng was also a very knowledgeable person, and she was extremely attentive to every detail. Han listened with great interest, even if it was just a very ordinary little thing. Of course, in Mrs. Cheng's eyes, Xiaocao was naturally "rare in heaven and unparalleled on earth", and even if she didn't know many words, she could still praise her to the skies with her unique way of speaking.
Han was proud and distressed, but Xiaocao found an excuse to slip away. After all, listening to those words, she didn't feel involved at all. She was in a trance. Was it really her who was talking? If she continued to listen, she was afraid that she would suffer from embarrassment.
You can't interrupt this kind of thing, so the best thing to do is to leave. After she left, she couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. In the past, her adoptive father had often shown off his daughter to others, and after returning to the Wenren family, she had often heard people praise her. She thought she was used to it, but this time she realized that she was still naive and really believed that "there are always people better than you".
Wen Renying also followed out. To be honest, Wen Renying was Madam Cheng's future daughter-in-law. Xiaocao was really afraid that the seventh sister would feel uncomfortable when she was praised like this. As a result, before she even opened her mouth, she was teased by Wen Renying.
Xiaocao raised his hands in surrender and begged to be spared.
Wen Renying smiled happily when she saw her fourth sister acting like this, which was a rare occurrence.
Xiao Cao glanced at her sideways, "Your future mother-in-law is praising someone else, what are you so happy about?"
Wen Renying's smile did not diminish. "If it was an outsider, I would definitely feel unhappy, but you are different, Fourth Sister. Although it may be a little exaggerated, I believe it is 90% true. Besides, before you came, Madam Cheng praised me a lot, and it was all because of you. Madam Cheng loves you and everything in your family. I am naturally happy because you benefited from me."
"You, just keep talking. I have something else to do. I won't accompany you anymore."
Although the medicine has been prepared, Xiaocao now spends most of her time studying Wei Tingyu's condition. Treating him in the conventional way can only stabilize the situation. On the surface, the condition has not worsened, but in fact, the deterioration has only become slower and cannot be seen in a short period of time. In the long run, he still won't last long. Therefore, Xiaocao is now looking for an effective treatment method. However, whether it works or not can only be known after trying the medicine. However, the conditions do not allow it. Therefore, Xiaocao, who is already exploring a second plan, is a little anxious about the lack of progress in the marriage.
When I went out to treat him yesterday, I also conveyed some of my parents' intentions. However, Wei Tingyu told her that they didn't need to do anything, just wait, and he would take care of the rest soon.
Although Wei Tingyu had deceived Xiaocao badly at one point, Xiaocao still trusted him in such matters. So, even though she was anxious, she did not show it and suppressed her anxiety and waited.
The next day, Marquis Pingyang came to the house in person, bringing a lot of gifts. Of course, they were not gifts to propose marriage, but gifts of apology. For what happened last time, his attitude was as sincere as it could be.
The Queen Mother Qianqiu was almost ready, and Wenren Taibo also had a day off. The couple exchanged glances secretly. What did their son-in-law do to make Pingyang Hou change so much? Last time, he didn't say anything in private, but directly sent a matchmaker to come to the door with great fanfare. If it weren't for that, Han wouldn't have been furious and kicked them out directly. Today, not only did he come in person, but his sincere attitude also carried a bit of fear and trepidation that Pingyang Hou himself didn't know.
It can be seen from the last time that Pingyang Hou actually thinks highly of himself. Because of his status as a super-rank marquis, he does not take the Wenren family, whose family is only supported by a third-rank official, seriously. Now it seems that the two families' stores have lost ground.
At this time, Marquis Pingyang did not seem like a marquis, but more like a subordinate official who had offended his superiors.
Although he was confused in his heart, he did not show it on the surface. Not to mention Han, Wenren Taibo's anger would not be easily relieved, and the marriage was inevitable. However, he was also determined to take revenge on Pingyang Hou, so naturally he did not have a good face.
On the first day, Pingyang Hou came only to apologize, but in the end, he was still "kicked out". Although, he was not beaten out with his belongings, but was sent out "politely", which was actually very embarrassing.
Because he heard that the other party was ungrateful, Marquis Pingyang's face became so gloomy that ink seemed to be dripping out of it. He returned to Marquis Pingyang's mansion angrily and was furious at Wei Tingyu.
This evil creature made him lose all face. Even when Wei Tingyu told him directly for the first time that he could take away his title at any time if he had something on him, he was not as furious as he was at this moment, because at that time he felt that Wei Tingyu was mostly a superficial threat. Now, he wanted to strangle Wei Tingyu to death more than ever before.
However, no matter how angry Marquis Pingyang was, it was of no use. His son was now completely out of his control and he could not strangle him to death just because he wanted to. If he really wanted to kill someone, he would be the first to die.
Wei Tingyu listened to his roar, remaining indifferent, without even giving him a glance. He sat back quite peacefully, half-closing his eyes to rest.
Seeing his expression, Marquis Pingyang became even angrier. However, no matter how angry he was, he could not even get within three steps of him. No matter how much he scolded Wen Xin and the others for insubordination, he could not make them frown. If Marquis Pingyang dared to have someone take action, Wen Xin and the others would take action first. The two groups of Wei Jincheng's attendants who were killed by them were a lesson to him not long ago.
Of course, they would not attack Marquis Pingyang. However, even if Marquis Pingyang disregarded his reputation and joined the fight himself, with his physique, if he didn't hurt anyone, he would probably be knocked down.
At the end, Wei Tingyu raised his head, as if he had "woke up", and said to Pingyang Hou lazily, "Your Majesty seems to be full of energy. In that case, let's continue tomorrow."
"You evil creature, you actually let your father be humiliated again and again? Just because I lost face in public, you can still have face? Don't even think about letting me go!"
Wei Tingyu didn't say much, just threw something in front of him, "If you don't go, this same thing will appear on the emperor's desk tomorrow. My Lord, this is your last chance. Anyway, you've already done it once, so what's the harm in doing it a few more times."
Marquis Pingyang stared at the thing at his feet - it was the evidence of the Wei family's crimes.
The Wei family has been quite large since the founding of the country, because there was a not-so-conspicuous branch that fought with the founding emperor to conquer the world and was finally granted the title of marquis. Because they were "loyal and righteous" and did not forget their clansmen, or perhaps they were flattered to their heads, the first generation of marquis of the Wei family was very generous, and the branch that was granted the title gradually became prosperous, and the entire Wei family naturally became more and more huge. However, two generations before the current Marquis of Pingyang, the direct line of the marquis's mansion did not have many descendants. Wei Tingyu's great-grandfather was a capable minister with real power, but his grandfather was not so good. That's why there was a saying that Wei Tingyu's mother took a fancy to the Marquis of Pingyang and took advantage of the decline of the Pingyang Marquis's mansion to threaten him. It was also because the direct line was not strong and there were no capable people in the side line, so Wei Tingyu's father was able to sit firmly on the position of marquis.
Even so, the maintenance of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion is inseparable from those clansmen. Not to mention that most of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion's industries are handed over to them to manage, some of them are also involved in official circles. Although the highest position is only fourth rank, in terms of real power, they are actually stronger than the Pingyang Marquis. If all these people are removed, the Pingyang Marquis Mansion will probably become an empty shell.
The evidences before us are only part of it. Wei Tingyu said that if you don't do as he says, he will stab you bit by bit, just like cutting flesh with a blunt knife, which will make Marquis Pingyang suffer excruciating pain. In the end, Marquis Pingyang is still the head of the family. When the matter is settled, perhaps there is no need to use any evidence against him, and his title may be stripped away.
Speaking of which, it is also because the Pingyang Marquis of this generation and the previous generation are both mediocre and incompetent, and cannot suppress their clansmen, which makes them do a lot of things under the banner of Pingyang Marquis. Although it is not obvious under the feet of the emperor, after all, there is the Supervisory Council headed by Xiadu Yushi watching them all the time. If they want to do something, they will naturally think twice, but what about the Wei family's ancestral home
Although there are still many Wei clan members living in the back street of Pingyang Marquis Mansion, many of them would rather return to their ancestral land to act tyrannically.
This was different from the threat of directly exposing Marquis Pingyang's weakness, because two days ago, someone from the Wei family had been impeached and taken into custody. Wei Tingyu had really taken action and told Marquis Pingyang clearly that it was definitely not empty talk.
Pingyang Hou's eyes were bloodshot, looking extremely scary, and then he stared at Wei Tingyu gloomily, without a trace of affection in his eyes, as if he was looking at a mortal enemy.
Wei Tingyu's face was still calm. "Beg for the Wen family's forgiveness first, and then discuss the marriage. When the Wen family nods, this matter will be over. If I don't see that the Marquis is working hard for it, I will submit a report. I will do what I say. In addition, this matter is not without time limit, so the Marquis had better be more sincere. If there is no result before the Queen Mother passes away, then I'm sorry, after that, everything will be sent to the Emperor together."
Pingyang Hou looked at Wei Tingyu and said, "Good, good, very good, you are worthy of being my good son!"
If he continued to stay, Marquis Pingyang would probably be angered to death, so he just left in anger.
When he returned to the main courtyard and saw Aunt Zhou coming towards him, he slapped her without saying a word, "Bitch, it was all your idea!" Marquis Pingyang was forced to this point by his son. He could not do anything to his son, so he naturally took out his anger on the person who could make the move.
Aunt Zhou covered her face, hating him in her heart, but her face was filled with sadness, "My Lord, I..."
Marquis Pingyang ignored him, snorted coldly, and left.
To talk about this matter, the day after Wei Tingyu came back from the Wenren Family, he went straight to Pingyang Hou and told him that he was very satisfied with the candidate for wife that was found for him later. After all, the girl's medical skills were really amazing. The leg injury of King Dingbei was more serious than his, but he was recovering day by day. He must have a chance as well. Besides, his body would be better with someone to take care of it, so he troubled Pingyang Hou to help marry her.