No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 180 An Embarrassing Situation (Part [-])
Back home, Luo Junyao naturally went to find Luo Jinyan to settle the score immediately, but was dismissed by his elder brother with a few words that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

It was only then that Second Miss Luo confirmed the fact that she... seemed to be unable to defeat the big demon king at home.

This is actually not difficult to understand. Miss Luo Er has always been the one who was guided and favored by others in her past and present lives. She has never been the one who needs to make decisions and bear the greatest responsibility.

Therefore, in front of Luo Jinyan, a big devil who has multiple qualities of a cold-blooded instructor, a black-bellied breeder, and a blood fox boss, she said that she could only be obedient.

Fortunately, the second girl Luo is a very open-minded person, if she can't fight, she won't fight, and she doesn't have any life-and-death enmity.

Luo Jinyan, who was reading with a book, caught a glimpse of his little sister going out out of the corner of his eye, then put down the pretending scroll in his hand, and snorted softly.

How dare you rank him sixth? This is what a sister who respects her elder brother should do?
If she doesn't teach this little girl a lesson, she won't know what it means to respect and love her elder brother!
Prince Mu's Mansion

Today is the day when Xie Chengyou and Shen Lingxiang officially moved back to the Palace. The whole Palace of Prince Mu is a bit more lively than before, but the atmosphere is also a bit weirder than before.

King Mu fell ill after Xie Yan left, and is still lying in bed unable to get up.

The side concubine who originally controlled the inner courtyard of the palace was also deprived of the power of housekeeper, and was forced to wait in front of King Mu's bed, and could no longer give more protection to his children and grandchildren.

Although the plaque of the palace has not been changed yet, everyone already knows that they are no longer Mu Palace but Mu'an County Palace.

As a result, Xie Chengyou's situation when he came back was even more embarrassing.

Originally, King Mu was in charge of the palace, so even if he was driven back, he would still be King Mu's most favored grandson.But now the entire palace belongs to Prince Mu's son, Prince Mu'an.He is just the nephew of the county king, a descendant of a concubine.

His brothers also did not welcome him, and now they all depended on Xie Jin for their livelihood, and when King Mu passed away in the future, they would not be able to share much of the family property.

Now that Xie Chengyou is back, wouldn't there be one more person to share the family property that his father got in the future?

What's more, Xie Chengyou snatched the qualification to become the regent's mansion back then, so they were already jealous.

Now that he has been driven back by Xie Yan, they are probably more gloating than Xie Jin's son.

Seeing his son's haggard appearance and Shen Lingxiang who was following him with a low brow and pleasing eyes, Xie Heng was powerless to take care of him and just waved his hand to signal them to go down and settle down.

He once had high hopes for this son, but now everything is ruined.

For the past two days, Xie Heng was no better than King Mu who was lying on the bed.He has been scheming for so many years, but in the end it was nothing.

The hatred in his heart couldn't help but surge again.

Why is he a bastard?Why was it that Xie Yan was taken into the palace by Gao Zu and the Empress Dowager to be raised? !Why should Xie Jin be born with the title of Prince Mu's Palace?
They are all the sons of the father, who is more noble than whom?

He hated why Xie Yan didn't die on the battlefield in those years!Hate Xie Jin, why didn't this unlucky ghost die early?Hate his mother for letting Xie Jin live for so many years!

He also hated his son Xie Chengyou, if he hadn't acted recklessly and obediently followed his father's plan to marry the second daughter of the Luo family, how could he be in such a mess now?
Because of these, his attitude towards Xie Chengyou's return was very cold.

But he didn't know what kind of blow such indifference would be to Xie Chengyou.

He thought that he was his father's most beloved and valued son, even if he was driven back by Xie Yan, at least his parents would accept him sincerely.

Only now did I know that it turned out that he had thought too well.

Back to the room his mother arranged for him, both Xie Chengyou and Shen Lingxiang felt very uncomfortable.

Before Xie Chengyou went to the Prince Regent's Mansion, he was grandfather's favorite grandson and also Xie Heng's eldest son.Although he couldn't live alone in a courtyard, he also occupied three rooms to himself.When he went to the Prince Regent's Mansion, where there were many houses and few houses, there was no need for the stewards of the Palace to treat him harshly in this regard, so he had a small courtyard with two entrances alone.

But now, their entire big house is squeezed into one yard.

Several brothers and sisters have grown up, and the brother who is only two years younger than him also has a concubine.In the past few years, my father has added several concubines, and the family is crowded together. Xie Chengyou can only be allocated a bedroom and a small side room, not even a separate study.

This is also the reason why many rich and powerful families will separate after the death of their parents, and even if the elders are still alive, they will separate on the grounds of large branches.

It is not necessarily all because the head of the family squeezes out the brothers, and many of them are because the houses are not enough to live in.

Of course, there is another way, which is to buy the house next door, and if they get through, they can still live together as a family.

However, there are people living in the left and right sides of Mu Wangfu, and the specifications of the mansion are not much lower than Mu Wangfu.

They have to move out if they want to live more spaciously.

The atmosphere in the room was condensed, Xie Chengyou sat by the bed in a daze, Shen Lingxiang sat on the stool next to him and did not speak.

Since that day, the two have seldom talked about anything, and they don't know what else to say.

Shen Lingxiang only felt desolate in her heart, she no longer knew what she was doing now.

She thought of the jade brick courtyard in the Luo family, thought of the title of the most talented woman in the past, and thought of the cousin who used to smile at her unreservedly.

She even thought of Su Shi and Luo Mingxiang.But now... whatever she thought was of no use.

Luo House.

Luo San walked into the study with a letter, "My lord."

"What's the matter?"

Luo San stepped forward and presented the letter in his hand, and said in a low voice, "My cousin said that she wants to see the young master."

Luo Jinyan held the letter in his hand but didn't open it, he just said indifferently: "I don't see it."

Luo San raised his head and looked at his young master in surprise. He knew that the young master still wanted to take advantage of the cousin girl. Now the cousin girl seemed to be forced to a corner and really bowed her head to surrender. Why did the young master disappear?

Luo Jinyan smiled lightly, and said lightly: "A little girl who is only ten years old dares to plan and wave, do you think she is really so easy to obey?"

Luo San was a little surprised, and Luo Jinyan said lightly: "She still wants to make a deal with me, but unfortunately...she doesn't have the qualifications."

After finishing speaking, Luo Jinyan handed back the letter in his hand to Luo San, motioning him to open it himself.

Luo San hesitated for a moment before opening the envelope, looking down at the contents, his face was a bit ugly, and it was exactly the same as the young master's guess.

Although Shen Lingxiang's words were very euphemistic and even humble, it still couldn't change the essence of her belief that she could trade fairly with the son.

Luo San naturally understood what the young master meant. If someone like Shen Lingxiang really traded with her, the possibility of being betrayed by her was very high.

If you want to use her, you can only let her suffer setbacks again and again until she dare not turn her back on her again.

Ever since Shen Lingxiang married Xie Chengyou, the two of them have been in bad luck, and their son may not have contributed to the flames.

"Then... how should my subordinates reply?" Luo San asked.

Luo Jin said: "There is no need to reply."

"Yes."

"My lord, Madam, please come over." Outside the door, a steward of the mansion hurried over to report.

Luo Jinyan frowned slightly, "What's wrong with grandma?"

Luo Jinyan has never been very close to Mrs. Luo, the grandmother, except for visiting her every two days to ask for Ann.In addition, a few days ago, before Princess Taihua came to ask for a marriage, he went to talk to his grandmother. At that time, his grandmother was very angry. It is reasonable that he should not want to see him very much recently.

Although thinking so in his heart, Luo Jinyan got up and went to Rongle Hall.

No matter what the relationship is, the grandmother's blatant neglect of summoning her grandson will still be charged with unfilial piety.

Even if he doesn't care about what outsiders think, he still has to care about his father's feelings.

Luo Jinyan shook his head, saying that Shangyong is really not as comfortable as Bianguan.

Stepping into the Rong Le Hall, it was no surprise to hear Mrs. Luo's angry scolding from inside.

As for the object of scolding...

Luo Jinyan raised his eyebrows in surprise when he stepped into the Rongle Hall.

It's not the stepmother but the father, or it should be said that it's not just the stepmother.

Luo Yun and Mrs. Su were sitting in the hall, Mrs. Su lowered her eyes slightly while pinching the handkerchief, her expression was calm and respectful as if she was listening to her mother-in-law's reprimand.

Luo Yun's face was a little ugly, with one hand on the armrest, but his fist was already clenched, obviously trying to endure his temper.

Luo Yun is not a very tempered person, although he usually behaves quite gentle in front of the family members, and he is even more obedient to his daughter.

Seeing Luo Jinyan come in, Mrs. Luo stopped her reprimand and took a long breath.

Chen Yuer, who was standing by the side, hurriedly stepped forward to pass her some tea, carefully glanced at Luo Jinyan and did not dare to speak.

"Honestly, come in quickly."

Mrs. Luo took a breath, and then beckoned Luo Jinyan to come over, and said: "Jinyan, come and listen to what your father is saying?! He is going to vacate our house. The girl married to the regent The palace doesn't have to worry about food or clothing, so why do you need so much dowry? I'm not afraid of ruining her life!"

"Mother!" Luo Yun's face was gloomy. The most sorry thing in his life was this daughter. When the mother talked about dowry, she said dowry and cursed her daughter to shorten her life. How could he bear it?

Mrs. Luo was taken aback by his sound, and felt even more aggrieved, "What are you trying to do? Am I wrong? Am I doing it for myself? I can live for a few days as an old man, Is it possible to bring so much money into the coffin? Isn’t it for the Jinyan and Jinxing brothers..."

Luo Yun said in a deep voice: "I have made arrangements for the two brothers. The dowry for Yao Yao is the dowry. In the future, the two brothers will definitely not be short of anything."

Mrs. Luo still disagreed, and said: "The water poured out by the married girl, if you marry the girl like you, who would dare to raise the girl? Our family will give birth to her and raise her, and the dowry will be brought to her husband's house." , Her mother's dowry was also taken to her husband's house, and our family needs to post another sum of money?"

Mrs. Luo muttered, and finally added in a low voice, "Which family in our hometown does not keep the dowry when marrying a girl, and just subsidize a few taels of silver? No wonder others say that the girl's family is a loser. This is not a big loss." Is it gone?"

Luo Jinyan's face darkened, and Luo Yun was about to stand up suddenly, when Su Shi who was beside him grabbed him with sharp eyes and hands.

Although Mrs. Su grabbed Luo Yun, she looked at Mrs. Luo with a little more incredulous eyes.

Not to mention that she is a grandmother, just say that she is also a woman, how stupid is it to call a little girl a loser?
If it is said that the Luo family is too poor to get rid of the pot, it will be fine. Although Luo Yun prepared a generous dowry for his daughter, he is not really a worthless person.

No matter how much you love your daughter's natal family, it's impossible to really empty out your own family to buy a dowry for your daughter.

After all, no matter how much dowry is, it is not as good as a natal family who is capable of supporting their daughter. If the natal family is in a slump or has a bad relationship with brothers because of the dowry, the loss outweighs the gain.

Brother Luo Jinyan, who will inherit the Luo family in the future, didn't say anything, and her stepmother didn't say anything. Mrs. Luo, who is a grandmother, can't hold her breath anymore?
After these few words, Luo Jinyan naturally understood the crux of the matter.

He stepped forward a few steps to the center of the hall, looked at Mrs. Luo and said indifferently: "Grandmother, the dowry of Yao Yao was agreed by Jin Xing and I."

(End of this chapter)