The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 721: staunch
Chapter 721: Strong
Bai Qingyan felt a little warm in his heart, and said to Song, “Thank you, aunt, for keeping this secret from my grandmother.”
Fearing that Bai Qingyan might be exhausted, Song spoke a few words to Bai Qingyan, then took her three daughters and followed Liu and Bai Jinxiu to the front hall.
Liu didn’t know that Dong Tingfang wanted to break off the engagement with the eldest son of the Fu family’s eldest branch. She sat in the front hall and chatted, “The wedding date of the Fu family and the Dong family is set after the Spring Examination. The child of the Fu family’s eldest branch will also participate in the Spring Examination this year. I heard that last year his mother fell ill before he took the Spring Examination, and the child of the Fu family’s eldest branch waited on his mother’s bedside without taking off his clothes, so he didn’t get a good result. But I think the child is smart and will definitely get good results this year!”
Although the imperial examination will be retaken this spring due to the cheating case…but too many things happened to the Fu family last year, and it is unknown whether the eldest son of the Fu family can achieve good results this year. Liu’s words were just to comfort Dong Tingfang.
I heard Liu asked about how Dong Tingfang’s dowry embroidery was going…
Dong Tingfang glanced at Song and saw that she was drinking tea from the cup. She could only lower her head timidly and replied respectfully to Liu: “I haven’t finished embroidering yet. If I hadn’t come to see my cousin today, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to go out.”
Liu Shi felt something was wrong with what she said. She looked at Song Shi, raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile, “Girls who are about to get married should stay at home. Before our Jinxiu got married, I kept her at home for half a year without her going out.”
Dong Tingfang hummed her lips and said yes politely, but didn’t know what to say.
In front of Liu, Mrs. Song, the wife of Dong, couldn’t get angry. She just felt that Dong Tingfang was becoming more and more unrestrained and was exuding sourness everywhere.
Take the dowry for Dong Tingfang for example. Song asked herself that the dowry she gave to Dong Tingfang from her own pocket was many times more than what other concubines’ daughters gave her. Not only did she want Dong Tingfang to be grateful, she also hoped that Dong Tingfang would know that she, as her legal mother, had not treated her unfairly.
Well, Dong Tingfang actually said to others behind her back: “I am a concubine’s daughter, so it is only natural that my dowry is not as good as others!”
Song was so angry that she fell backwards and simply didn’t bother to pay any attention to Dong Tingfang.
Madam Dong knew that Dong Tingfang didn’t want to get married, but since she had willingly accepted the marriage that was arranged by others, she had to marry now even if she didn’t want to. She had chosen her own path, and there was no such thing as regret medicine in this world.
After seeing Bai Qingyan and drinking tea, Mrs. Dong, Mrs. Song, stood up and said goodbye.
Dong Tingzhen said, “Mother, I have nothing to do if I go back. I want to stay and take care of my cousin…”
Madam Dong knew that her daughter and Bai Qingyan had always been close. In addition, it was Bai Qingyan who solved the troubles between Dong Tingzhen and Prince Liang. Madam Dong naturally hoped that her daughter would interact with Bai Qingyan more. She smiled and nodded, “Okay… I’ll ask the nanny to bring your clothes over later. Your aunt is not here, so take good care of your cousin.”
“Don’t worry, mother!” Dong Tingzhen bowed to Song.
“Mother…” Dong Tingfang stepped forward upon hearing this and said, “My daughter would also like to stay and take care of my cousin! I hope mother will agree!”
Bai Jinxiu knew that Dong Tingfang wanted to ask Bai Qingyan to help her cancel the marriage with the Fu family, so she smiled and said, “Cousin Tingfang has to go back to embroider her dowry. Besides… our Bai Mansion is not without people. I, as your younger sister, am still here. How can I ask my cousin to give up her own dowry and take care of my eldest sister? If this gets out… I don’t know what others will say!”
When Dong Tingfang heard this, she simply knelt down in front of Song and said, “Mother, I am about to get married. It will not be the same as staying at my parents’ home. Besides, my cousin is far away in Shuoyang… It is rare for me to see her once. Please help me!”
Dong Tingfang kowtowed to Song.
Madam Dong glanced at Mrs. Liu, the second wife of Bai, and said, “Mrs. Bai is not an outsider. Since you have said this and insist on staying, we must say something in advance!”
“Ting Fang, I, your stepmother, have treated you well. Considering that you are going to marry into the eldest branch of the Fu family, and marry a legitimate son, I have prepared a dowry for you that is several times the amount of other concubines’ daughters! In the final analysis, this marriage was obtained by you taking advantage of the situation. Now that you see that the Fu family has been in trouble and there is no possibility of recovery, it is absolutely impossible for you to cancel the engagement now! My Dong family has always valued trust and promises!”
Madam Dong glanced at Dong Tingfang, took out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes: “Your cousin is now seriously injured and has become like that. If you dare to use your private affairs to disturb your cousin’s recovery, then I, as your mother, will naturally reject this marriage for you, and then send your aunt and you to the family temple. In this life, you will always be accompanied by the green lamp and ancient Buddha for the rest of your life. You can be regarded as a strong-willed daughter of my Dong family!”
Dong Tingfang trembled all over and became unstable as he knelt on the ground.
“If you think that I, as a mother, am trying to scare you, go ahead and try! You know the status of a concubine’s daughter in the Dong family well…” Madam Dong glanced at Dong Tingfang.
Dong Tingyu, who was also a concubine’s daughter, stood aside, tightly twisting the handkerchief in her hand, her face pale.
Mrs. Dong didn’t want to handle household affairs at other people’s homes, but who could blame this concubine for being so disappointing? She was so selfish and only cared about her own interests.
If she didn’t make her words clear at this moment, there was no guarantee that this useless concubine’s daughter would kneel down and force Abao to help her cancel the marriage. She couldn’t bear to work after seeing the way Abao was just now… How could she let this unpresentable thing work!
Those who are raised by their aunts are often more willing to sacrifice their face and dignity.
“I’ll ask you again, do you want to go back with me or stay in the Bai family?” Mrs. Dong asked again.
“Sister, you…” Dong Tingzhen frowned and advised, “Since that’s the case, I won’t stay in Bai’s house any longer and will go back with mother. Sister, let’s go home!”
Dong Tingfang kowtowed to Mrs. Song, the wife of the Dong family: “Daughter…daughter really just wants to stay and take care of my cousin, and has no other thoughts. Please mother, please fulfill my love for my cousin!”
Madam Dong stared at Dong Tingfang with a cold gaze, and after a while she turned around and saluted Liu: “I’m sorry to make you laugh, Madam. In this case… I will leave these two children to take care of Abao, and I will send someone to pick them up tomorrow morning! Thank you for troubling Madam…”
“We are all family, why are you talking so much?” Liu knew that Mrs. Song, the wife of Dong, had always loved Bai Qingyan sincerely. She glanced at Dong Tingfang who was kneeling on the ground and said, “I will definitely take good care of the two children, don’t worry!”
After seeing Madam Dong off, Liu said to Dong Tingzhen, “Abao is asleep now, why don’t Tingzhen and Tingfang come over to my place and sit for a while?”
Liu made up her mind that she must not let Dong Tingfang go to Bai Qingyan’s Qinghuiyuan.
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