No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 181 Surrender (Part Two)
"You... do you know what you're talking about?" Mrs. Luo was stunned, her eyes widened in disbelief.

Luo Jinyan lowered his eyes and said calmly: "It's just some property and silver, and our Luo family does not lack this. It is also a good thing for the Luo family's reputation to let Yao Yao Fengfeng get married."

Luo Jinyan also knew that talking about loving his sister and granddaughter would not make sense to Mrs. Luo, so he could only talk about the benefits that the Luo family could get.

It's not that Mrs. Luo really doesn't have any feelings for her granddaughter. If the Su family abused Luo Junyao these years or Luo Junyao had a miserable life, she would reach out to hold her.

But it is absolutely impossible for her to pay such a large sum of money to love her granddaughter.

Mrs. Luo pointed at Luo Jinyan and was speechless for a while, who wouldn't want a good reputation?But this good reputation needs to be piled up with white money!

Thinking of the dowry list she asked Su to show her before, Mrs. Luo couldn't help but want to raise her hand and rub her heart.

Su raised her eyes and began to persuade: "Mother, what Jinyan said is right. Our family is more generous when Yaoyao gets married, so that outsiders can see that our family has a deep family background and loves the younger generation without caring about money. In the future, we will choose a daughter-in-law for Jinyan and Jinxing Son, those families who love their daughters from a clean family background can also rest assured that their daughters will be married into our family."

It's a pity that these words are useless to Mrs. Luo, she snorted coldly: "You are not a mother who is strict in words and actions, even if the Luo family is evacuated, you don't care!"

"mother!"

"grandmother."

Mrs. Luo looked at her son and grandson who did not agree with her at all, felt sad for a moment, covered her heart and cried loudly, "What evil have I done?"

Luo Yun took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Mother, my son said earlier that you are already old, just take care of yourself. If you are happy, let the children do their filial piety in front of you. If you don't want to see If you see them, that's all. Other things, my wife will worry about it, and my daughter-in-law will also worry about it in the future, so don't worry about it."

Mrs. Luo choked on crying, stared at Luo Yun and said, "You, what do you mean?"

Luo Yun sighed and said: "Mother gave birth to a son, and the son should be filial to you. In the future, if you always have something to do, just order the son around. But... the son is also a father. Yao, Mingxiang, they are all my children. Naturally, I have to think about them, and please forgive me."

It was not the first time Luo Yun said this to Mrs. Luo, but it was definitely the most serious one.

"you you……"

Luo Yun turned his head to the Su family and said: "Yao Yao's dowry is still prepared as usual, so you don't have to look over it on your mother's side."

Su Clan hesitated for a moment, but seeing Luo Yun's serious expression didn't seem like he was in a momentary mood, he still nodded his head lightly.

Luo Yun said: "Go and do your work first, I will leave my bridesmaid to talk."

Mrs. Su nodded, got up and bid farewell to Mrs. Luo.

Luo Jinyan frowned slightly, Su Shi shook his head at him, and the two turned around and went out together.

No matter how smart and decisive Luo Jinyan is, he is still a grandson. There are some things that Luo Yun, who is his own son, can easily say, but Luo Jinyan, a grandson, cannot say casually.

In the courtyard outside, the maids and women of Rong Letang stood quietly.

They also heard the angry voice of the old lady inside just now, and they knew that the lady and the eldest son might not be in a good mood at this time, and no one dared to come over to touch this bad luck.

Luo Jinyan glanced at them, his indifferent eyes made many people lower their heads involuntarily.

Luo Jinyan quickly withdrew his eyes, and said casually: "Rong Letang doesn't need talkative people. If someone chews tongues in front of the old lady again, I will kill her alive."

These words were not angry, but a woman in the crowd was startled, she raised her head suddenly and met Luo Jinyan's indifferent eyes.

The mother-in-law couldn't help but tremble all over, and fell to her knees on the ground with a soft thump, "Eldest, eldest son, it's not... it's not me, I didn't say anything."

The others couldn't help but quietly moved away from her. Isn't this self-inflicted?

Luo Jinyan didn't speak, but just waved to the side.

Luo Yiluo Er stepped forward, one left and one right, and set up the old woman. Seeing that something was wrong, the old woman wanted to shout for help.

Luo's hand was very crisp and sharp, and he slashed the back of her neck with a knife, and the woman passed out without even screaming.

"Drag on." Luo Jinyan said indifferently.

Watching Luo Yi and Luo Er dragging people away, Luo Jinyan didn't say anything, but turned to Su Shi and said, "Mother, please."

Mrs. Su nodded, and walked out of the courtyard gate of Rong Le Hall first.

Behind them, all the maids and women in Rong Le Hall turned pale with trepidation.

How could they not know that the Eldest Young Master was trying to warn them.

After leaving the Rongle Hall, Luo Jinyan bowed respectfully to Mrs. Su.

Su naturally understood what he meant, shook his head and said: "The old lady is getting older, so it's inevitable that she will be a little... In fact, she doesn't have any sinister intentions. Don't tell Jun Yao about this."

Luo Jinyan said: "Thank you for your hard work, mother."

Su smiled and said: "The Luo family gave me and Xiang'er a place to stay when I was in the most difficult time. After so many years, what is the hard work? If you really don't want me to work hard, you should marry a capable one earlier The daughter-in-law is back."

Luo Jinyan felt a little helpless, "For this kind of thing, let's let it go, but now I have to continue to work hard on my mother."

The Su family was a little surprised, looked around at Luo Jinyan and persuaded: "If there is any girl you like in your heart, just tell me. Our Luo family doesn't have to worry about family background and status. I also believe that you have your own sense. You and Please be different, if you think it is appropriate, the general and I will not have any opinions."

Luo Jinyan nodded in agreement, but didn't say whether he had someone he liked.

After saying goodbye to Mrs. Su, Luo Jinyan went to Nuanxinyuan again. Luo Junyao was sitting at the table, writing and drawing seriously, not knowing what he was busy with.

Luo Jinyan only glanced at the door, turned around and left without bothering him, smiled faintly.

Shen Lingxiang waited for two days but did not receive a reply from Luo Jinyan. Not only did he not reply, even the person who was inserted by Luo Jinyan to deliver the letter for her earlier disappeared.

Shen Lingxiang originally wanted to wait, but after waiting for two days, there was no news, and gradually he couldn't sit still.

She has only one Luo family to rely on now, if even the Luo family completely abandons her, then she really has no hope in this life.

In desperation, she could only find an excuse to go back to Luo's house to see her mother, and hurried back to Luo's house.

Today's Shen Lingxiang is no longer the beloved girl from the Luo family, no one cares if she comes back or not.When he arrived at the gate, he could only wait for the concierge to go in and report to Mrs. Su, and he was introduced into Luo's mansion through the side gate only with Mrs. Su's permission.

Seeing the Luo family steward walking in front of him with a businesslike attitude, Shen Lingxiang felt desolate in his heart.

"This... I, this is not my mother's residence." Shen Lingxiang stood outside the closed door, looking sideways at the steward who led her in.

The steward said calmly: "Miss Biao doesn't know something, Mrs. Shen accompanied the old lady to another courtyard outside the city to relax yesterday."

"Then here..." Shen Lingxiang's heart skipped a beat, the steward smiled and said, "Of course it's the eldest son. If the cousin girl doesn't want to see the son, the old slave will just send the girl out."

Shen Lingxiang didn't say anything more. Naturally, she didn't really come back to visit her mother, so how could she really not go to see Luo Jinyan?
Stretching out his hand to open the door, he saw Luo Jinyan sitting inside writing a pen.

Hearing the sound of pushing the door, he just raised his head and glanced at her lightly, without saying anything.

Shen Lingxiang closed the door with his backhand, and stood there a little embarrassed.

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Lingxiang finally couldn't help it, and said in a trembling voice, "Big...big cousin..."

Luo Jinyan didn't raise his head, but asked lightly, "Have you figured it out?"

Shen Lingxiang's smile was a little stiff, and he said in a low voice: "I... I thought we had already talked about it before I got married."

Luo Jinyan sneered, and said lightly: "So, after less than a month, you dare to play tricks on me again?"

Shen Lingxiang's heart skipped a beat, and he said hastily: "I don't understand what big cousin means, I have done everything you ordered."

"Did you do it?" Luo Jinyan put down his pen, nodded calmly and said, "You did everything I ordered, but...you did what I didn't ask you to do."

Shen Lingxiang shook his head and said, "I didn't! Cousin, you...you misunderstood me!"

Luo Jinyan didn't want to hear her explanation, and said calmly: "Two days before the regent proposed marriage to the Luo family, someone came to you, but...you didn't tell me."

Shen Lingxiang's face was pale, and he said: "I didn't say anything, and I didn't... promise them anything."

Luo Jinyan nodded, "Because you are not sure what they can give you, let alone whether they are the opponents of the Luo family and the Prince Regent's Palace. It's not that you don't want to, but you don't dare. Even, you think you can take this matter Come to negotiate with me as a bargaining chip? Tell me, what are they coming to you for?"

Facing his eyes that seemed to see through everything, Shen Lingxiang couldn't help but took two steps back, leaning against the door and relying on the back made her feel a little more secure.

After pondering for a moment, Shen Lingxiang said in a hoarse voice: "They, they told me that Yaoyao...may marry into the Regent's Palace, and asked me...to find a way to destroy this marriage. I...I didn't quite believe it at the time..."

This news was more like a ridiculous joke to her, her first reaction was impossible!However... reality hit her hard in the face.

Fortunately, she didn't agree to anything hastily at that time, she never expected the Prince Regent to act so fast, and in a blink of an eye, a marriage was arranged and she and Xie Chengyou were kicked out of the Palace of the Prince Regent.

In fact, even if she agreed at the time, I'm afraid it would be too late to do anything.

Luo Jinyan snorted softly and said, "Since you dare to negotiate a deal with me, you must still have some bargaining chips in your hand. Let's go ahead."

Shen Lingxiang moved the corners of his lips but did not utter a word. Luo Jinyan looked indifferent, with a bit of hateful condescension, "I don't want to hear your terms, Lingxiang...you don't have as many chips as you imagined."

Shen Lingxiang felt powerless for a while, and gritted his teeth: "Cousin, are you really so cruel?! Do you have to force me to have nowhere to go?"

Luo Jinyan said: "What have you done to Yaoyao, do you need me to remind you? My previous promise is still valid. I can guarantee that you will become Xie Chengyou's wife or get out of the house. But...you can only take what I give, I If you don’t, you’d better not reach out. Otherwise... Lingxiang, next time, don’t blame your cousin for chopping off your hand.”

Shen Lingxiang couldn't help shivering, and asked with trembling lips: "Why should I trust you?"

Luo Jinyan said: "You can turn around and go out, you don't have to come back later."

Shen Lingxiang closed his eyes, but he still couldn't bear to turn around and leave.

She looked at the young man who had lowered his head to write again in front of her eyes, and his eyes were changing, obviously struggling violently in his heart.

Luo Jinyan didn't care about her, his expression was flat, as if her decision was of no importance to him.

It was quiet in the study, but time was passing by.

It took a long time before Shen Lingxiang's hoarse voice resounded in the study.

This time her voice was full of depression and exhaustion, "I found that person a few days ago when I was out shopping. She is a woman. Although... I didn't see her appearance clearly, but...she must not be from the Qi people. "

Luo Jinyan raised his eyebrows and said, "How?"

Shen Lingxiang said: "Because... I smell the incense on her body, which is the smell of Jinhua incense that can only be found in the palace. My cousin may also know that I have quite a bit of research on these... I will definitely not smell it wrong, That person definitely came from the palace."

Jinhua incense is not a spice used directly on people, but a kind of incense placed in an incense burner.

Only by being in such an environment for a long time can it be possible to be infected with that fragrance.

One tael of Jinhua incense is worth hundreds of taels, and the women of ordinary powerful families are not qualified to use it at will.

(End of this chapter)