Chapter 115 – Achieving A Good Marriage
Madam Nalan"s words hadn"t yet finished, when Zhu Zhongba under the control of Hexi, started jumping and shouting, "It"s not her! Dad, it"s not this ugly person! Does Nalan Manor take me as a fool to play with? An ugly, useless, and saltless woman like this, how could this Young Master even look at her? Moreover Nalan Feixue is known as a shrewish vixen, yet look this timid and weak person, how is she the same as Nalan Feixue?!"
Zhu Yiqun"s complexion sank in a split second, and coldly directed at Madam Nalan, "Madam Nalan, what is the meaning of this? Taking an unknown female servant and getting her to act as a subst.i.tute, do you think my Zhu family is fun to mess with? With that being the case, don"t blame me for becoming hostile. Your Highness Sixth Prince, when we return I must meet with Gui Fei[1] to inform her about Nalan Manor taking advantage of their position to bully my Zhu family. We"ll see if your Nalan family"s daughter will still be able to be married off in the future or not!"
Sixth Prince smiled and nodded, his expression was of one watching a good play.
Madam Nalan became anxious, quickly saying, "This is Hexi, our Nalan Manor"s Third Miss, definitely not an unknown female servant. If Master Zhu does not believe me, you can go to the city to check the household register. You"ll then be able see whether or not Nalan Manor has a Third Miss called Nalan Hexi."
Pausing, Madam Nalan slowly released a sigh, her face showing remorse and grief, "This is also my fault for not strictly teaching my daughter. A few days ago we learnt that because Feixue was absent from Nalan Manor, with a heart full of grievance, she unexpectedly pretended to be Feixue and prost.i.tuted herself in Gluttonous House, hoping to find her ideal husband. We and Feixue were unaware of this matter until a few days ago when Hexi"s personal servant revealed everything, only then did we know…that she and Young Master Zhu already had a close physical relations.h.i.+p. Although this is unreasonable, it can be considered that the Zhu family and our Nalan family were predestined to have a relations.h.i.+p, to be able to achieve a good marriage by fate would be beneficial for both of our of families, right?"
Hexi felt like applauding when she heard Madam Nalan"s words, because as to the truth of this matter, she had guessed about a lot of it.
Moreover, these words also hinted to Zhu Yiqun, that if the Zhu family wanted to form a connection by marriage with the Nalan family, they would have to accept Hexi. In the first place, with the Nalan family"s background and Nalan Zhengze"s medical expertise, the benefit of a marriage between the two families would be great, while neither parties would suffer a loss. So why would he be confused about which Young Miss of the Nalan family his son should marry?
Zhu Yiqun showed a contemplative expression on his face, was he beginning to consider this proposal?
However, will Hexi let Madam Nalan succeed? Of course not!
Suddenly, they heard Zhu Zhongba once again shout, "Nalan Hexi? Isn"t that the famous trash of the Nalan family, without a cultivation base and an ugly appearance? If I married her, who knows what sort of son would be born, wouldn"t he be useless trash?!"
"Dad, I don"t want to marry her! You see her cowardly and useless appearance, how could she have managed to beat me up into a pig? No matter what, my cultivation base is still rank nine of the Qi Refining stage, so how could I be beaten all over by this woman who doesn"t have even the littlest bit of spiritual power? If this were to be spread in the future, how would I conduct myself?! Dad, Nalan Manor simply want to subst.i.tute in shoddy goods, making fun of us, so Dad, you absolutely can not agree to them!"
Zhu Yiqun"s expression sunk in a flash.
Although his son"s words were unpleasant to hear, they are still true.
Noticing the young girl"s lowered head and her dimwitted appearance, one look was all it took for him to know that she wasn"t favoured in the Nalan family. Even if his son were to marry her, how much a.s.sistance would the Zhu family actually be able to obtain? It"s simply a child thrown out by the Nalan family!
[1]Gui Fei means senior Concubine, here it"s referring to the Sixth Prince"s mother, Zhu Yiqun"s younger sister, Zhu Raorao, who married the Emperor.
Chapter 116 – Nalan Zhengze
Thinking of this, the expression in Zhu Yiqun"s eyes became gloomy and cold, and with a stern voice he said, "Where"s Nalan Zhengze? I want to ask him if he still wants his reputation as the number one doctor of Jin Ling kingdom! Unexpectedly he condones his wife and child"s behaviour of fooling and deceiving my Zhu family. I came today to propose marriage and give your Nalan Manor face in accepting Nalan Feixue as a member of my Zhu family, yet if we were following tradition and only bringing a small sedan to receive her as a concubine, no one would dare say anything!"
"You—you dare—!" Madam Nalan screamed, no longer able to tolerable his words, "You should take a look at what kind of a person your Zhu family"s son is! He"s now almost thirty years old and hasn"t even reached the Foundation Establishment stage, whereas my daughter is a peerlees talented who is only eighteen years old and has already reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Your son wis.h.i.+ng to marry my Feixue is like a toad wanting to eat swan meat, don"t even think about it!"
"I"ll warn you now, either you set the marriage between your Zhu family and Nalan Hexi today, or you can get lost! Do you think that Nalan Manor is afraid of your Zhu family?"
She will absolutely not allow her baby daughter to marry this kind of idiot, especially in front of Ouyang Haoxuan!!
Madam Nalan"s threat made the complexion of the Zhu family father and son, as well as that of the Sixth Prince, become extremely ugly.
Madam Nalan even resorted to shoving Hexi herself, roaring, "Quickly speak, say that you admire Young Master Zhu and want to marry him as a Main Wife. A few days ago, wasn"t it you who told me that you fell in love at first sight with Young Master Zhu at Gluttonous House, so therefore you followed him to Zhu Manor?"
After Hexi was pushed she staggered a bit, and with her legs soft, she simply sat down on the chair beside her.
Since the beginning her head had been hanging low, her body s.h.i.+vering, while a timid and pitiful expression was frozen on her face. With the look of one being bullied, her mouth kept saying, "I…I…", as if she was unable to say a complete sentence, making Zhu Yiqun believe more than ever that she was being forced.
Only Ouyang Haoxuan had slowly seen the clues of what was happening, but for him to be able to see the Nalan family and Nalan Feixue have bad luck, of course he wouldn"t expose it. Instead, he added fuel to the fire.
He laughed lightly, and as if he was gossiping to the Sixth Prince said, "I"m still unsure of when Madam Nalan become Nalan Manor"s Master. At the time they withdrew marriage it was like this, and now with the Zhu family, it"s exactly the same situation. Doctor Nalan never actually shows his face by being present so people who know him will say that doctor Nalan is busy, but people who don"t know him will think that doctor Nalan is a weak and incompetent man, relying on his wife and child to act as the bad people."
The Sixth Prince laughed when he heard this and was about to reply when a servant suddenly started calling in a panic from outside the door, "Mas…Master, you"ve come?"
Madam Nalan"s complexion changed while panic and fright swirled in her eyes one after another, and suddenly grabbing Hexi"s clothes, she abruptly started twisting the fabric.
All this time Nalan Zhengze had actually been in the Manor, but he was in his bas.e.m.e.nt researching medicine.
Regarding the matter of Nalan Feixue, Madam Nalan had mentioned it to him yet he had been unwilling to respond. So Madam Nalan had no choice but to think of a way to restore her daughter"s and Nalan Manor"s reputation by herself.
In fact, there is no way that it was possible for Hexi to be a subst.i.tute as Nalan Zhengze had already ordered earlier, that without his permission, no one was allowed to use Hexi. If he knew of what she was doing now…
Thinking of her cold and fickle husband, Madam Nalan"s body couldn"t help but tremble.