C135 (1/2)
When he heard that his daughter was following his grandmother out again, the Mrs. Bi became furious. He couldn't care less about the strangeness of the inn, he could only hate his daughter for following his mother-in-law wholeheartedly.
She angrily ran over to look for Bi Hanxi, asking him what exactly she had done with her grandmother that scared the little girl so much that she didn't know what to do.
When the Old Madem heard that her daughter-in-law was forcing her granddaughter, he rushed over to argue with her. Mrs. Bi was filled with resentment, and could not care less as he charged towards the old lady.
Asked her loudly what she despised about her, and she gave birth to children for Bi Family. She served the older, younger, and older ones for twenty odd years, so how could she let down this family?
As for the Grand Councilor Counselor-in-chief Bi, he was still immersed in the fear of his own actions being seen through by the Emperor.
He came to scold his wife and mother angrily, blaming them for not understanding his difficulties, scolding his wife in front of the crowd, asking how long she was going to last.
Mrs. Bi laughed desolately: ”Alright, I was the one who caused this. I was the one who stopped your family from reuniting. If I die, all of you can rest in peace.”
He saw her head slam into the corner of the table. Fortunately, a servant girl blocked her attack, but the impact caused her to feel dizzy and angry.
”Mother, mother …” Bi Hanxi saw that her mother was unconscious, and started to cry anxiously.
The Mrs. Bi was carried away, the old lady was escorted away, and Bi Hanxi was left alone in her room with only the wet nurse accompanying him.
”Everything is fine, how did it suddenly become like this?” Hanxi asked her wet nurse with tears in her eyes.
The wet nurse sighed helplessly, ”Miss, I have to say something that should not be said. What should be done in this world must be returned.”
After calming himself down, Hanxi worried about her mother's body and rushed to the main courtyard. She saw that all the servant girls had been sent away, afraid that her parents would quarrel again.
As soon as he stepped into the doorway, he heard his mother ask his father, ”The Emperor refused to help us, and Wei Tengfei rejected you as well?”
”So he doesn't seem to have turned me down.” ”He also seems eager to warn me about the industry. Either he forgot to refuse or he didn't care.”
”Yet another industry... How did Wei Tengfei get involved too? ” Mother sobbed a bit and asked, ”As for the things that everyone knows, only I don't know. Are we still husband and wife?”
Father sighed and said, ”Don't make a fuss, can I discuss the industry with you? Now that even the Emperor has interfered, what else do you want? Right now, I am unable to protect myself. The old officials in the court poured out batch after batch. Unknowingly, it was my turn. Your brother rejected you, right? He knows that nothing is more important than keeping his black hat. It's useless for you to go and find him. ”
But then, he turned around and heard his father saying: ”I want to marry Little Xi to Wei Tengfei, so that I can at least save the reputation of our Bi Family and pave the way for Zhenye in the future, so that it won't affect Zhenye in the future.
Mother asked, ”You're going to use your daughter to protect this family?”
His father sighed heavily, ”The Emperor doesn't have six palaces, so there's no hope. The Shen family's threshold is too high, and our only son has already married the princess, so we don't have any hope anymore. There's only Wei Tengfei left, although he's a little older than Hanxi, but he can't be considered old even if he's thirty years old.
”That won't do, the Chuanyu are so far away, Wei Tengfei is even thirty-two years old now …” The Mrs. Bi opposed with all his might.
”Then watch as I lose my black muslin hat and see how Zhenye's future is ruined. You just wait for his rise to the top in his industry and come clean up our debts.” ”Are you willing?”
Hanxi was so frightened that she started trembling. So the guardian that Mother mentioned was her marriage. Father wanted to marry him to that person?
She accidentally knocked into a flower rack at the corner of the door and a pot of flowers fell down, startling the people inside. When her father rushed out to see what was going on, he saw his daughter and his face darkened: ”Are you hiding here to eavesdrop?”
”I …”
Everything she explained now was useless. Her parents were not calm, and everyone was furious. She could only lower her head and listen to her father's lecture.
Later on, Hanxi was carried by his mother and his mother stroked her back. Their self-blame scared their daughter and they choked with sobs as they said, ”Little Xi, your mother is unwilling to part with you. She is also unable to part with you …”
After her mother took the medicine and went to bed, the old granny also took the medicine and slept temporarily. Her father went to his study to discuss things with someone. Finally, the house was peaceful again.
Hanxi walked out of the main courtyard, passing by the place where she met Wei Tengfei last night. When she thought that it was very likely that she would marry this man, her mind went completely blank.
The only thing she knew was that her marriage could save her family and protect her brother's future.
As the sun set, Bi Zhenye returned home from his studies. He found out a little about what happened at home, but his father was busy not seeing him, and his mother and grandmother were still awake when he walked over to his room. As expected, he saw his sister sitting blankly by the pond.
He sat down and snickered, ”So the secret between you and Grandma is Ling Qian?”
Hanxi nodded, and then shook her head: ”It's not Ling Qian, it's Brother Xingye. Brother, when I first saw him, I felt like I've seen him somewhere before. Although you won't believe me now, it's true, I won't lie to you. I recognized him almost as soon as I saw him. ”