Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 211: Marriage Proposal (4)
This time, he wanted to say good things to Xianglai, but Mrs. Zhu was not present, and Lian Xiu was the only one in the study.

Seeing Xiang Lai coming in, Lian Xiu brushed aside his stern father, and said with a smile on his face: "Laier is back, sit down quickly."

Xiang Lai sat down across from him, knowingly asked, "What does Father want from me?"

Lian Xiudao: "It's nothing. I just want to inquire about you and the second prince of Gaoli. Is he the same Mr. Yu who gave me the jade horse last time?"

Xianglai said: "Yes, but I have returned the things he gave us."

Lian Xiu said: "How can Lai'er reject people so much? I think the second prince treats you really well. If you can marry him, it will be a blessing for Xiu."

Xianglai said: "Daughter doesn't think so. Goryeo is thousands of miles away from Beiliao. If my daughter marries to another country, I'm afraid she won't be able to see her parents again in this life. It's better to marry in Beiliao with peace of mind... If it's good for me, father Don’t you think the prince treats me well, he even came to congratulate me in person when I built a small courtyard.”

Lian Xiu closed his mouth when he heard the words, his face sank a little, and he said: "Don't think about it, the son, it is impossible for him to marry you, and you should know that you have a bad background, let alone you often show your face outside In business, even if An Ansheng grew up in the mansion, he would not be able to marry you as his concubine. You can see this from your aunt. The king of Beiliao dotes on her so much, but the position of concubine has been vacant since the concubine passed away. Your aunt was not canonized because she came from a businessman, so it would be better to flatter Luo Xuan than to marry Prince Gaoli as a concubine."

Xianglai lowered her brows and said: "But my daughter doesn't want to marry far away from another country. It's hard for a father to force his daughter to marry. If the father really wants his daughter to get married quickly, he might as well marry his daughter to the Zuo Xiaoling. son."

Seeing Xianglai's stubborn expression, Lian Xiu felt a little headache. With the support of Luo Jinxing and Yu Zixi, he didn't dare to force Xianglai. After thinking about it, he asked politely: "I see that you and Wei Xi seem to have a good relationship. no?"

Xianglai sighed and said, "Well, actually, my daughter also knows that he is very kind to her, and it's not like my daughter has no feelings for him at all. It's just that my daughter really doesn't want to marry to another country, otherwise she will bother to win over her son to do something."

Lian Xiu heard that there seemed to be a connection, so he said: "Oh, since that's the case, let's be friends first. There is no rush for you to get married, let's talk about it later."

Xiang Lai said: "Then what about the fourth sister, she and the third prince have made a date."

Lian Xiu said: "Then let her get married first, the situation is special, so don't abide by those old rules and bad habits."

Xiang Lai curled her lips secretly, and said: "Oh, since this is the case, my daughter is no longer in a hurry, if there is nothing wrong, my daughter will leave first."

Lian Xiu said: "Go, go, invite the second prince to sit at home if you have time, it would be better if you can introduce him to your brother."

Xianglai said: "Daughter knows, so she will go back first."

After speaking, she left the study and returned to her "Laixiangju".

Afterwards, Xianglai's life in Lian's family became much more peaceful. Not only did Lianxiu and Zhu Shi no longer force her to marry, but even Xiangjin stopped being arrogant in front of her. Even the whole family became more polite to Yang Mengwan. Seeing that there is harmony again, the days are going on as before, the things that should be idle are in a panic, and the things that should be busy are so busy that they are dying.

After dinner that day, Lian Ke came to the Lianpu courtyard like a walk.

He is more independent among the brothers, and if it is not for something, he rarely visits someone's house on his own initiative.

Lian Pu was teasing his newly bought starling on the porch, and asked a little strangely when he saw him coming: "Hey, why is the third brother in the mood to come to my place?"

Lian Ke said: "It sounds good to hear your starling learning how to speak, so come in and have a look."

Lian Pu said: "I bought this at the flower and bird shop in the east of the city the day before yesterday. If third brother thinks it's good, I'll go and bring you one another day."

Lian Ke lowered his head and said absent-mindedly: "Well, okay."

Lian Pu saw that he didn't even look at the starling, and said strangely: "Third brother, what's the matter with you, you are very worried."

Lian Ke sat down on the railing beside the corridor and said, "It's nothing, I just want to ask my fourth brother something."

Lian Pu said, "What's the matter, third brother, you can ask."

Lian Ke said: "Didn't the fourth brother help the eldest brother take care of Mo Yunzhai two years ago? I want to ask the fourth brother, how much money would it cost to open a calligraphy and painting shop similar to Mo Yunzhai?"

Lian Pu was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "What is the third brother asking this for? Could it be that he wants to open a shop to support his business?"

Lian Ke said: "Isn't there no other way? You know me. I don't have any business of my own. I just rely on the little money in my share, which is barely enough to make ends meet. I used to be idle, but now I respect you." Ze is big, a few days ago your third sister-in-law said that she wanted him to worship Mr. Ruan as a teacher, but I couldn't even offer a decent ceremony, ah, thinking about it, I am really ashamed to be a father!"

Lian Pu said: "Old Mr. Ruan is the teacher of the third prince, it's really hard to do something like worshiping him as a teacher."

Lian Ke said: "Yeah, being so poor, I don't even dare to say that I am Lian's family when I go out now, otherwise I won't even be able to pretend."

Lian Pu felt the same way, and said sympathetically, "I also want to help third brother, but when I was in charge of Moyunzhai, I was just there to make a name for it. I don't know the income and expenditure, so how can I know how much it costs to open a shop..." He suddenly said: "By the way, if the third brother wants to start a business, you can ask Xianglai, she is a good businessman Don't say that you only ask about some things, even if you don't have any money, she can lend you some, after all, she came back to Lian's family thanks to your blessing!"

Lian Ke shook his head repeatedly after hearing his words, and said, "Don't talk about Xianglai, fourth brother, I regret helping her back to Lian's house now."

Lian Puqi said: "Third Brother, what do you mean by that? Did Xianglai offend you?"

Lian Ke looked around, saw nothing nearby, turned around and said: "She didn't offend me, but look, fourth brother, how many businesses she has opened since she came to Lian's house, and now the business in Wangdu The number is not less than Lianjia, and the business is better than Lianjia.”

Lian Pu nodded and said: "It's true, this girl really looks like she is going to take over the Lian family's business."

Lian Ke lowered his voice, and said: "It's a trivial matter to get the business, but do you know, fourth brother, according to my recent inquiries, that girl didn't have any money before she came to the capital, and those companies named Tianxiang in Huikang Mansion didn't have any money at all. It's not hers, it's Huiyuan Bank's. It's just because of the bad reputation of forcibly taking customers' property, so she is used as a name, and she is just borrowing her power to vent her anger..."

Lian Pu was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "It's not hers? If she doesn't have those properties, where does the money to open a business in the capital come from?"

(End of this chapter)