sbdcsierra Chapter 488: Marriage
Chapter 488: Marriage
Xu kicked her away and said angrily: "Save her! Save her! She's already dead, how can you save her?"
"It's such a pity to waste my precious fifty-year-old ginseng. If I had known that this little slut would have such a short life, I would not have let her eat it. It's such a waste of my top-quality ginseng."
Mingxia felt chilled to the bone. It turned out that in Xu's eyes, a human life was not as valuable as a ginseng.
But Xu just felt it was bad luck. Zhong Xinyu died at this time instead of earlier. How could she explain this to Zhong Changli?
Mingxia will marry in her place tomorrow, so it would not be appropriate to hold a funeral at this time.
Just when she was in a dilemma, Zhong Ziqi suddenly walked in and said excitedly: "Mom, good news, great news."
"Someone said they saw Princess Ye preparing the betrothal gifts and she will come to the Zhong Mansion to propose marriage soon."
Xu asked happily: "Zi Qi, are you serious?"
Zhong Ziqi nodded, "Really? Many people in the capital are spreading the news now. They say they saw Princess Ye sending people to buy things for the wedding!"
The haze in Xu's heart was swept away, and her face was full of joy.
"Great! It seems that Princess Ye really didn't lie to us. Since they are coming to deliver the betrothal gift later, I will go downstairs and make preparations first. I can't let the people from the Night Palace come in and laugh at me."
She was about to leave after she finished speaking, but Ming Xia ran over and blocked her way.
"Madam, you can't leave. What will happen to Miss if you leave?"
Xu rolled her eyes and said with disdain: "If she dies, just have someone drag her out and bury her. What else can we do?"
"I have hired a doctor for her and cooked ginseng for her. It is her own bad luck that she will not live long. It has nothing to do with me. Do you still want me to bring her back to life?"
Seeing Ming Xia's eyes swollen from crying, Zhong Ziqi hurriedly said, "Mother, my sister is the legitimate daughter of the Zhong family after all. How can we just drag her away and bury her like this? Her spirit in heaven will not rest in peace."
Mrs. Xu didn't know what her eldest son was thinking, she just felt that his words were a little abnormal.
She asked: "So what should we do according to you?"
Zhong Ziqi took out his purse, pulled out ten taels of silver from it and handed it to a servant.
Then he said to Ming Xia: "The dead cannot be resurrected. I know that you and your young lady grew up together and have a deep relationship, but you must always consider your future path."
"How about this? I will pay out of my own pocket and have my servants go out and buy a thin coffin for your young lady. Then I will find someone to bury her in the Zhong family's ancestral tomb. This will be a place for her to rest after her death. What do you think?"
Mingxia's eyes were red. After a long time, she forced herself to suppress her grief and said something.
"Thank you, eldest son."
Zhong Ziqi smiled and said: "That's right, all good things must come to an end. You should be more open-minded. If your young lady knew that you were doing well, she would be happy for you."
Mingxia pursed her lips and said nothing. Seeing this, Zhong Ziqi gave Xu a wink.
She stepped forward and said, "Stop crying, little girl. It's not that I don't want to hold a grand funeral for your young lady, but I just can't do it now!"
"You also know the current situation of the Zhong Mansion. You have to marry your young lady tomorrow, so her death must not be known to outsiders."
"As long as you keep this secret and cooperate with me, you will be successfully married into the Night Palace tomorrow. From now on, you will be my daughter and the eldest daughter of the Zhong family."
"I promise you that after this matter is over, I will find time to give Xinyu a proper funeral. What do you think?"
There was a hypocritical smile on Xu's face, and Mingxia just felt sick.
She knew that this was just a statement made by the mother and son to manipulate her, in order to control her and use her for their own purposes.
She clenched her fists tightly, lowered her head and whispered, "Yes, I will follow Madam's instructions."
Mrs. Xu smiled and held Mingxia's hand tightly.
"That's right. Go back and change your clothes, put on the human skin mask, and dress up properly. If someone from the Night Palace comes later, you must cooperate with me and not reveal any flaws. Do you understand?"
Ming Xia lowered her head, looking very obedient, "I understand!"
After she left, Xu's expression changed instantly, and she asked Zhong Ziqi with a cold face.
"Zi Qi, you can just wrap the body of that little slut in a tattered mat and throw it outside. Why did you ask someone to buy her a coffin and even promised to bury her in the Zhong family's ancestral tomb? Does she deserve it?"
Zhong Ziqi helped Xu walk out, "Mom, that was just a lie to deceive Mingxia. If I didn't say that, Mingxia would be immersed in the grief of Zhong Xinyu's death all day. How can we get her to cooperate with us then?"
"Besides, when the servants carry the coffin out, who knows whether she was buried in the ancestral tomb or somewhere else?"
When Mrs. Xu heard this, she immediately felt that this was the truth. She praised without hesitation: "Our Ziqi is really smart. He has figured out the psychology of that damn girl Mingxia."
After the mother and son left, Mingxia walked out from behind the wall, her heart filled with anger.
She had always known that the Xu mother and son disliked their young lady, but she had never expected them to be so despicable.
If she didn't know that all this was Princess Ye's plan, she really wanted to expose their evil deeds right now and let them reap the consequences of their actions.
An hour later, Chen Hu led a betrothal team and arrived at the gate of Zhong Mansion in a mighty manner.
When Xu and Zhong Changli learned about this, they hurried out to greet him in person.
"I don't know if someone from the Night Palace has come to visit us. I'm sorry for not welcoming you. I'm sorry for not welcoming you."
Chen Hu glanced at the two of them and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I am here on the orders of my princess to come to the Zhong Mansion to propose marriage to Miss Zhong. The total betrothal gift is eighteen loads of money, plus a hundred thousand taels of silver."
As soon as he finished speaking, the guards carrying the betrothal gifts immediately opened all the boxes.
Xu's eyes were wide open!
She saw eighteen mahogany boxes, all neatly packed with jewels and treasures, and each box contained wonderful things she had never seen before.
And in the small box in Chen Hu's hand, there were several thick stacks of silver bills.
Chen Hu said: "Our princess said that although Miss Zhong is a concubine, she is still a former princess, the only legitimate daughter of Zhong Changli, and she must be treated with the proper etiquette."
"I hope that Mr. Zhong and Madam Xu will accept this small gift today."
Xu smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth. She walked forward and took the banknote from Chen Hu's hand.
"Thank you for accepting it. Princess Ye is so kind that she sent so many gifts. Our Xinyu is so blessed!"
Chen Hu rolled his eyes in his heart. This Xu was really greedy for money. But it was a bit too early for her to be happy!