Tianliangyuan

Chapter 336 A Melodramatic Wedding

Zhang Pan'er took a sip of tea and slowly explained the sordid details.

Xu Zhaozhao was shocked to realize that she was unaware of such an absurd incident that had occurred in the capital!

But then I thought, the Cui family was deliberately suppressing it, and with Ning Shuo Gong taking the initiative to use his power, who would dare to spread such a thing?

Xu Zhaozhao felt that she should visit various residences more often when she had free time, so that she could hear more gossip, which might become her trump card for survival in the future.

The woman betrothed to Song Sanlang was Cui Qin, the legitimate daughter of Cui Xuanzheng.

Although Cui Qin is the legitimate daughter, she is not the daughter of the current Lady of Xinning.

Choi Hyun-jung has married three wives to date.

His eldest son, Cui Chong, was born to his first wife. Later, Cui Chong's mother died early, and Cui Xuanzheng married a second wife, but she died in childbirth when she gave birth to Cui Qin.

Thus, Cui Xuanzheng married his third wife, who is now Lady Wang, the wife of the Marquis of Xinning.

This incident was discussed by many people back then.

Within five years, Cui Xuanzheng married three wives, all of whom were principal wives and all three were of high social standing.

Therefore, even though his two first wives had both died young, the new wife, Wang, did not dare to mistreat the sons and daughters born to his first wives.

In particular, Cui Xuanzheng's first wife gave birth to two legitimate sons before passing away early. Therefore, her family has always maintained an extremely close relationship with the Cui family, and both legitimate sons have grown up successfully.

Moreover, Cui Chong even married a princess.

During the Daxing Dynasty, marrying a princess did not affect one's eligibility to serve as an official in the court.

Moreover, Cui Chong is the heir of a marquis's family and will inherit the title of Marquis Xinning in the future. He will also be the son-in-law of the emperor, and there is no conflict between the two.

As for Cui Qin, her situation was slightly worse.

Because her birth mother did not give birth to a son for the Cui family, according to custom, although Cui Qin's birth mother was also the legal wife, she did not receive the same treatment at the time of her burial as she did not leave behind a son.

Of course, even if she left behind a son, according to the rules of etiquette, her status would still be inferior to that of the first wife.

Who could blame them when they were not only his first wife, but also left behind two legitimate sons!

Because Cui Qin lost her mother at birth, and Cui Xuanzheng was helping the emperor consolidate his power at the time, he naturally neglected to take care of his family.

After Wang entered the family, she never mistreated Cui Qin, but she also couldn't treat her very well.

After all, she wasn't born of him. It's enough that she provides for your basic needs; don't expect her to have any emotional investment in you.

Especially after Wang gave birth to a legitimate son and daughter, she paid even less attention to Cui Qin.

This gave Song Sanlang an opportunity.

Xu Zhaozhao probably understood the real reason why Cui Qin and Song Sanlang got together.

It may seem that one of the girls in the Cui family schemed against Cui Qin, but in reality, it is very likely that Cui Qin developed feelings for Song Sanlang because of his many acts of kindness towards her.

She lost her mother at a young age, her father was busy, and her stepmother was relatively indifferent to her.

Therefore, Cui Qin must have been extremely deprived of love since childhood.

Because he had plenty of money, he never paid any attention to these things, let alone cared about them.

But no one had ever paid attention to her or taken care of her like this before, so Song Sanlang only needed to occasionally show concern or give her some cheap trinkets to make Cui Qin extremely happy.

She thought she had found her dream lover, but in reality, she was just being pushed into the arms of a scumbag by certain people.

To say that Cui Qin is pitiful is indeed a bit of a tragedy, after all, she was raised to be too naive and unable to see through people's hearts.

You could say Cui Qin is pitiful, but she's not necessarily that pitiful.

All I can say is that she's incredibly stupid.

Born into such a family, they don't know how to fight for their own interests, and they only think about illusory things like romance and fleeting pleasures. They really can't see things clearly.

"Did Cui Qin's maternal grandparents also agree?"

Zhang Pan'er sneered: "What can they do if they don't agree? Cui Qin has been exposed for having a secret relationship with Song Sanlang, and even their tokens have been exposed. If they have any shame at all, they know that they can only grit their teeth and accept this. But in the end, it is our Duke's Mansion that is really unlucky."

Xu Zhaozhao nodded.

you do not say!

Because Song Sanlang and Cui Qin had an affair, and neither of the Xie nor Cui families' daughters would ever become concubines, especially someone as unreliable as Song Sanlang. How could he possibly be qualified to let the daughters of both families enter his household at the same time?

Left with no other option, the Song family had to use all their persuasive skills and offer gifts to annul the engagement.

But what do these apologies prove?

Does the Xie family lack even this small benefit?

It could be said that the Song family members were greedy, thinking that if they could marry the eldest daughter of the Cui family, Song Sanlang's future would be bright, and the entire Song family would also rise to a higher level.

Xu Zhaozhao shook her head. Sure enough, not everyone is as clear-headed as she is.

As for that Miss Cui Qin, I'm afraid she won't have a comfortable life in the Song family in the future.

"Very well, since the engagement has been called off, let's start anew. Although the Song family is of decent standing, they are not a good family. Just the fact that the general was willing to give his daughter to someone else as a concubine shows that their family values ​​are not upright."

Zhang Pan'er chuckled twice, too embarrassed to reply, because her own half-sister had also been married off to a wealthy family as a concubine.

Most girls born out of wedlock would be sent to high-ranking families as concubines, so that the families could seek benefits for them.

This kind of thing happens very often.

But this is only Zhang Pan'er's perception.

In reality, even daughters born out of wedlock from truly prestigious families would never become concubines.

That's so cheap!

For example, neither the Xie family nor the Xu family would allow such a thing to happen.

This is because people in different social circles have different perspectives, so what they see, think, and do will naturally be completely different.

Zhang Pan'er's vision is still too narrow, which is related to her family background.

Xu Zhaozhao certainly wouldn't use this to criticize anything, since everyone's upbringing is different, and the resulting personality and way of thinking will naturally be different as well.

It cannot be forced.

We shouldn't be too demanding.

Cui Qin and Song Sanlang's wedding is scheduled for this year.

It's somewhat ironic.

Because both the Song and Cui families sent invitations to the Xie family.

You stole someone else's wedding, and now you expect them to witness your own wedding?

That's a bit shameless!

In fact, that's not what the Cui family meant.

The Cui family and the Xie family have always had a good relationship.

Especially when Emperor Yong'an ascended the throne, the Xie family stood on His Majesty's side, and for many years they have remained loyal to His Majesty. Therefore, the Cui family had no intention of becoming enemies with the Xie family.

But then Cui Qin appeared, what could they do?

We can't just break ties with the Xie family because of Cui Qin, can we?

Therefore, the Cui family was very sensible and sent an apology gift to the Xie family before sending out the invitations.

An apology that the Xie family could not refuse.