"What? Renbiao fell in love with a commoner girl? "
Inside the Provincial Governor's Mansion, after hearing Leng Yuyao's words, Li Zexuan's eyes widened as he exclaimed in disbelief.
No wonder Wang Renbiao said that no one could help him at the banquet table. Li Zexuan really couldn't help him with this matter!
Since ancient times, it was difficult for an upright official to settle a family dispute, not to mention the marriage of the eldest son of the Wang Family of Taiyuan.
Li Zexuan himself didn't care about family background, but that didn't mean that others didn't. As a large aristocratic family, the Wang Family of Taiyuan valued family background more than anyone else!
As a matter of fact, the Five Surnames and Seven Gazes had always attached great importance to the marriage of their clan's disciples. They would usually choose to marry between the Five Surnames and Seven Gazes for generations. Currently, the Seven Great Clans, no, the Four Great Clans, were basically related to the other Four Great Clans. This was the result of generations of marriage.
For thousands of years, commoners had always been proud of marrying a girl of the Five Surnames. Even some important officials in the imperial court were the same. However, it was often difficult for ordinary people to marry a girl of the Five Surnames because their family background wasn't enough. Later on, the Five Surnames came up with something called dowry money. What was dowry money? To put it in layman's terms, if a high official wanted to marry a girl of the Five Surnames, but didn't have the prestige, he would need dowry money.
Dowry money could be millions, but even so, there were still many people who flocked to it!
If a girl of the Five Surnames was like this, how could a man of the Five Surnames get married so casually? Especially since Wang Renbiao was the eldest son of the Wang Family of Taiyuan. It was almost impossible for him to marry a commoner girl. Wang Yu wouldn't agree, Princess Tong 'an wouldn't agree, and the other elders of the Wang Family of Taiyuan wouldn't agree either!
"En! Young Master did fall in love with a commoner girl, but that girl doesn't seem to like young master. Hmph! This damned girl is really blind. Young Master is willing to lower himself to take a fancy to her, but she doesn't know what's good for her! "
At the end, a trace of anger appeared on Leng Yuyao's face.
Li Zexuan couldn't help but say, "That girl doesn't like Renbiao, shouldn't Miss Leng be happy?"
Li Zexuan had long seen through Leng Yuyao's feelings for Wang Renbiao, so he asked this question.
"I …"
Leng Yuyao stared blankly for a moment before her face flushed red. This made Li Zexuan click his tongue in wonder. Even an icy beauty like Leng Yuyao would blush?
"I am only Young Master's shadow. Wherever Young Master goes, I will be there. But I will never be Young Master's woman! Because I know that I don't have the qualifications. In this life, I only want to silently guard by Young Master's side. I will never have any improper thoughts! "
After a moment of silence, Leng Yuyao said softly.
Li Zexuan was speechless. He didn't think that Leng Yuyao's love would be so humble. Sure enough, the prejudice of family status killed people!
"Miss Leng, what's the name of the woman that Ren Biao likes? Where does he live? How did they know each other? Can you tell me more about it? "
The awkward atmosphere lasted for a long time. Li Zexuan wasn't good at comforting people, so the two just stood there quietly. After a long time, Li Zexuan opened his mouth and asked faintly.
He was really curious about the woman that could make Wang Ren Biao fall head over heels for her. Who was she?
Leng Yuyao's face turned cold. She paused for a moment and recalled, "At the beginning of this year, Young Master was ordered to take up his position in Qizhou. When he arrived at Yong County, the people of Yong County lined the streets to welcome him, but there was one exception. Just as Young Master was about to enter the city, a white-clothed woman in mourning clothes and two servants carrying a coffin blocked the city gate! "
"Wearing mourning clothes and blocking the gate with a coffin! Could it be that there was an unjust case in Yong County? "
Li Zexuan couldn't help but interject when he heard this.
Leng Yuyao nodded expressionlessly and said, "There was indeed an unjust case! At that time, Young Master also didn't expect to encounter such a thing. But Young Master was kind and didn't blame her for it. Instead, he went up and asked the woman if there was an unjust case! After some questioning, he found out that the woman's name was Li Jingchu. Her father's name was Li Xingyun. Li Xingyun had owned a carriage shop when he was alive. It was the largest carriage shop in the Qizhou. He bought goods from the members of the Yan Huang Chamber of Commerce and specialized in selling carriages and bicycles from the Strange Taste Pavilion in the Qizhou.
But by chance, the former County Magistrate of Yong County, Zhang Liang, took a fancy to Li Jingchu's beauty and wanted to take her as his concubine. Although Li Jingchu was the daughter of a merchant, she had her own pride. Of course, she wouldn't marry a man in his forties and would rather die than become his concubine!
Zhang Liang couldn't be forced, so he could only set his sights on Li Xingyun. He first invited Li Xingyun to the county office and tried to persuade him. But Li Xingyun wasn't willing to use his daughter's happiness to climb up the social ladder, so he tactfully refused. Zhang Liang was furious and threatened to make Li Xingyun unable to do business in Yong County.
From then on, the Li family's carriage shop had local ruffians causing trouble every few days. Li Xingyun reported it to the officials a few times, but in the end, nothing was done. What was more serious was that one night, a large group of bailiffs suddenly surrounded the Li family's residence. Zhang Liang said that there was a treasonous item in the Li family's residence and wanted to search it!
When Li Xingyun heard the news, he immediately came out of his bedroom. But he couldn't stop the bailiffs from searching the residence. The entire Li family was in chaos! The women were also alarmed. They all put on their clothes and left their rooms to avoid being violated.
Li Xingyun thought that Zhang Liang was just trying to scare him, but who knew that the bailiffs really found a treasonous item in the Li family's residence. It was a gold medal! "
"Gold medal? What gold medal? "
Li Zexuan was curious.
Leng Yuyao paused for a moment and said softly, "That gold medal came from the Eastern Palace! And it was engraved in the Wude era! "
"Hidden Crown Prince?"
Li Zexuan sucked in a breath of cold air. He secretly thought that the county magistrate was really f * cking ruthless. He actually used King Xi Li Jiancheng to frame Li Xingyun. This was playing with fire!
Leng Yuyao nodded and said, "That's right! That was the gold medal used by the Eastern Palace when the Hidden Crown Prince was still in power! Zhang Liang used this as an excuse to put Li Xingyun in jail. In jail, he ordered the jailers to torture Li Xingyu and force Li Xingyun to agree to marry his daughter to him. He also secretly sent someone to send a message to Li Jingchu, saying that if she wanted to save her father, she would obediently become his concubine!
In order to save her father, Li Jingchu hesitated for a while before finally deciding to give up her lifelong happiness. That day, she went to the county yamen alone and expressed her willingness to give herself to Zhang Liang, begging him to let her father go! Zhang Liang naturally agreed and immediately ordered the yamen runner to bring Li Xingyun out of the prison. But who knew that the yamen runner would return empty-handed in less than a quarter of an hour. It turned out that Li Xingyun was worried that Li Jingchu would do something stupid in order to save him. Coupled with the fact that he couldn't endure Zhang Liang's torture, he used a wooden chopstick to pierce his throat and committed suicide! "
Li Zexuan's eyes flashed with a trace of anger. He couldn't help but say, "Bastard! How can such a scum be worthy of being a county magistrate? Miss Leng, what happened after that? Where is that Zhang Liang now? "
Leng Yuyao sighed softly and continued to narrate, "When Li Jingchu heard that Li Xingyun had committed suicide in the prison, she was extremely sad. She immediately pulled out the knife in the yamen runner's hand and was about to slash at Zhang Liang, but Zhang Liang narrowly dodged it. Zhang Liang was naturally shocked and furious that his head was almost chopped off. He quickly ordered his men to capture Li Jingchu. "But right at that moment, a yamen runner came to report that my young master was about to enter the city. In order to leave a good impression in front of my young master, Zhang Liang quickly turned around to prepare a carriage and went out of the city to welcome him!
"Li Jingchu took the opportunity to escape. Logically speaking, if Zhang Liang had sent someone to chase after her, he would definitely have been able to catch up with her. But in order to welcome my young master, he didn't want to create unnecessary trouble at such a crucial time, so he didn't send anyone to chase after her!"
"After Li Jingchu returned home, she immediately asked the servants to prepare mourning clothes for her and went to a coffin shop to buy a coffin. Then, she put on her mourning clothes and led people to carry the coffin to the city gates of Yong County. Coincidentally, she blocked my young master's path! Thus, the scene just now happened! "
"It's actually an empty coffin! This woman is quite quick-witted! "
Li Zexuan couldn't help but sigh.
"Hmph!"
Leng Yuyao sneered and continued, "At that time, Li Jingchu told my young master that if my young master could make a decision for her, this coffin would be prepared for her father who died unjustly in prison. If my young master and Zhang Liang were in cahoots, then this coffin would be prepared for her!"
"What the …" (What the f * ck, so ruthless!)
Li Zexuan couldn't help but take a deep breath. This woman was so ruthless. She was even tougher than most men!
"Isn't she very special?"
Leng Yuyao asked without rhyme or reason.
Li Zexuan nodded subconsciously. Then, he realized that something was wrong and quickly shook his head.
Leng Yuyao smiled bitterly and said, "At that time, my young master also saw Zhang Jingchu in a new light because of this sentence. In my impression, my young master had never looked at other women with that kind of gaze. There was gentleness and pity in that gaze, and there was even some indescribable and inexplicable feelings. Now that I think about it, it should be love!"
Li Zexuan pursed his lips and didn't say anything. Usually, the best choice at such a time was to stay silent and be a quiet and pure listener.
After a moment's pause, Leng Yuyao continued, "After hearing Li Jingchu's statement, my young master immediately ordered the arrest of Zhang Liang. However, Zhang Liang was long gone by then. My young master had no choice but to order a search in the entire Qizhou!"
"And then? Did you find this Zhang Liang? "
Li Zexuan asked.
Leng Yuyao shook her head and said, "No! After searching for nearly half a year, Qizhou was almost turned over by the state government's bailiffs. My young master even mobilized the family's secret guards, but he still couldn't find Zhang Liang's shadow. It was as if this person had evaporated into thin air! "
"There's actually such a strange thing?"
Li Zexuan couldn't help but frown. In his heart, he felt that this matter revealed a trace of strangeness!
Regarding the secret guards of the aristocratic families, he had already heard about it during the rebellion in Guan City. Even the Black Armored Army would suffer relatively large casualties when facing them head-on. It was enough to show that the secret guards of the aristocratic families were definitely not ordinary. The entire Qizhou's army, plus some of the Wang family's secret guards, couldn't find Zhang Liang after half a year.
Leng Yuyao nodded and said, "My young master and I also feel that it's very strange. Although it's said that finding a person in a vast sea of people is like finding a needle in a haystack, it's impossible for my young master to not find him after mobilizing so many people and searching for half a year! Unless this person can fly and escape from Qizhou in a short period of time! "
Li Zexuan was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this first. Let's talk about Ren Biao and Li Jingchu! What happened after that? What happened between them? "
At this time, Li Zexuan was like a woman who liked to gossip. He was actually a little addicted to listening to other people's affairs!
Leng Yuyao pursed her lips and said, "Later on, Li Jingchu transported Li Xingyun's corpse out of the prison and buried it in a low-key manner. My young master attended Li Xingyun's funeral and told Li Jingchu that if she needed anything, she could go to the Provincial Governor's Mansion to find him! From then on, I already felt that my young master did indeed treat Li Jingchu differently from others!
But that Li Jingchu was unmoved by my young master's good intentions. Her birth mother passed away early, and Li Xingyun remarried a few years ago. After Li Xingyun committed suicide, the Li family's huge assets were all seized by her concubine mother because her younger brother was born from her concubine mother! When Li Jingchu was in poverty, my young master sent people to give her money more than once, but she didn't accept it. When she was chased out of the house by her concubine mother time and time again, my young master extended a helping hand time and time again, but was rejected by her every time! "
"Why is that? Renbiao is young and has a high position. Moreover, he is a talented person. Why does Li Jingchu keep him at a respectful distance? "
Hearing up to here, Li Zexuan couldn't help but wonder.
The more he listened, the more he felt that this story was like the story of Cinderella and the prince! However, although Li Jingchu was a Cinderella who was tortured by her stepmother, Wang Renbiao wasn't the prince who could win Cinderella's heart!
But logically speaking, Wang Renbiao's' hard conditions' weren't bad! He had a powerful family background, an official position, money, and good looks. He was simply the perfect husband in the hearts of the women of this era! Why didn't Li Jingchu like him?
Hearing Li Zexuan's question, Leng Yuyao was a little angry and said, "Humph! It's that Li Jingchu who doesn't know how to appreciate kindness! She doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth! My young master appreciating her is her fortune. She actually doesn't know what's good for her and brushes away my young master's good intentions again and again. She doesn't know that even if she is willing, Master and Princess aren't willing ~! "
Hearing that, Li Zexuan couldn't help but be speechless.
This Leng Yuyao's logic was really weird. In her eyes, any woman that Wang Renbiao took a fancy to should be that woman's fortune. That woman should eagerly come up to thank Wang Renbiao for his appreciation. This was probably the scene in Leng Yuyao's heart!
Indeed, beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
"Cough cough ~! Cough cough ~! "
"Yao`er, don't talk nonsense!"
Just at this moment, a violent cough came from the bed. It turned out that Wang Renbiao who was in a coma actually woke up at this moment!
"Young master! Young master! You're awake? Are you thirsty? Do you want to drink water? "
Leng Yuyao was shocked and hurriedly walked to the side of the bed. She squatted down and asked with both joy and concern.
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