Wealth and glory seek stability

Wu'an Palace.

The atmosphere in Xia's room was tense.

Baili Yanhua knelt on the ground, "Mother, this is all I ask."

"You evil creature, you are even more outrageous than your second brother. I have already taken a step back and allowed you to marry that woman as a concubine, but you are still pushing it further and want to marry her as your principal wife?"

"The only person I want to marry in this life is Lin Yun. If I can't marry her, my son would rather never marry."

"You..." Xia couldn't catch her breath and fainted.

"Mother! Go call the court doctor quickly." Baili Yanhua panicked and rushed forward to hug Xia.

His eyes were full of regret. He didn't understand why his mother was so angry that she fainted just because he wanted to marry a girl from an ordinary family.

The news of Xia's fainting spread quickly.

Upon hearing this, Qin and Qian hurried to Magnolia Courtyard.

Inside the room, the court doctor was giving acupuncture to Xia.

The two sisters-in-law have already learned the whole story from Qiangwei.

Qin couldn't help but blame him, "Third brother, you are the same. Marriage has been decided by parents and matchmakers since ancient times. What you did was ridiculous in the first place, and you even made mother faint."

Baili Yanhua lowered his head and accepted the training, "I... I didn't know my mother would be like this."

Although Qian understood the situation, she also felt that Baili Yanhua had gone too far this time. "It would be fine if you wanted to marry a commoner girl of unknown origin, but you actually wanted to marry her with three matchmakers and six betrothals. You are the third son of the Wu'an Palace, not a peddler outside. How can you be so careless about your marriage?"

"You don't understand. I truly love Lin Yun. I don't care about her status and position. I will marry no one else but her in this life. You, sister-in-law, don't understand." Baili Yanhua was firm in his attitude.

Qian: ......

Thank you so much. Your kindness is so appreciated.

"Princess, Second Madam, the concierge came to pass on a message saying that Miss Jian Xi from General Shen's residence has arrived."

Qin frowned slightly, "What is she doing here? This house is in such a mess. Is she here to see the joke? Let her go back."

Qiangwei looked at it for a long time before she interrupted and said, "It was the Madam who sent the invitation to invite Miss Jian Xi."

"Then let her in."

Qian felt that the atmosphere was too depressing and it would be nice if someone came in to ease the tension.

As soon as Jian Xi came in, she felt an unusual atmosphere. She looked around but did not see Xia.

"Meet the Princess, the Second Madam, and the Third Master."

Qian pulled Jian Xi over with a smile on her face, "Come and sit down, why did you decide to come here today?"

"It was the Madam who sent the invitation. I haven't seen her for a long time, so I thought of visiting her."

Qiangwei came out from the inner room, "Madam, please go back and ask Miss Jianxi to come in and talk to you."

Qin stood up and said, "Miss, please tell your mother that we have been here."

Rose saluted, "Yes."

Qian patted Jian Xi's hand before standing up to say goodbye.

Baili Yanhua was unwilling to leave and said something inexplicably, "You are my good brother's sister, so you have to stick by me."

Jian Xi was completely confused.

Why are these people so weird?

The Xia inside seemed quite normal and looked good.

Jian Xi bowed, "Jian Xi greets the Madam."

"Good girl, you're here. Hurry up, Qiangwei, and bring her some candied fruits that girls like."

"Yes."

Jian Xi sat on the stool brought by the maid, and then asked, "What happened today? I saw the Third Master and the others outside just now, and I felt that the Third Master looked a little strange."

Xia snorted coldly, "Humph! That brat still wants to fight his mother, he's still a little immature. I don't want to see them, I feel it's too noisy, so I just pretended to faint."

Jian Xi laughed, "That's not necessary. You are highly respected. You don't have to meet anyone you don't want to meet."

Xia picked up a tiny silver spoon and scooped out the kernels from the nuts.

"I heard from the third brother that the guy named Lin Yun is now being placed in a house by you?"

Jian Xi:!!!

What did Baili Yanhua say with this broken mouth? ?

Suddenly I felt the atmosphere was so awkward. What was going on?

Wuuuu, she shouldn't have come today.

Xia chuckled, "Don't worry, I don't mean to blame you, I just wanted to ask."

Jian Xi sat upright, "She was placed with me, but not in the general's mansion, but in a house outside. The Third Master originally asked my brother to do it, but my brother thought about the difference between men and women and entrusted this matter to me. I placed her there and sent a message to the Third Master, and then I didn't care about it anymore."

Xia asked again, "What do you think of her character?"

Jian Xi thought about it carefully and said, "I don't know. After all, we have only been in contact for less than half a day, so I can't tell anything."

She only remembered that Lin Yun didn't like Baili Yanhua, but had more favorable impressions on Shen Nanxing.

But she won't confess these things voluntarily.

Who made Baili Yanhua betray her without any sense of loyalty?

Xia handed the nuts in her hand to Jian Xi, who took them.

"In that case, I would like to trouble you with something."

The sudden honorific caught Jian Xi off guard, and she waved her hand quickly, saying, "Madam, you are too polite. If you want me to do anything, just tell me. My brother and I are where we are today thanks to your protection."

Xia put down the silver spoon in her hand, "Qiangwei, bring it here."

Qiangwei held a box in her hand, walked up to Jian Xi, and was about to kneel down.

Jian Xi held on with both hands, smiled with curved eyebrows and said: "Sister, you don't have to do this."

Qiangwei lowered her brows and opened the box. Inside was a pile of gold, silver, jewelry and some banknotes.

"What is this?" A guess emerged in Jian Xi's mind.

Xia explained, "The gold and silver jewelry here are for you, and the banknotes are for that girl. Tell her that as long as she can leave Hua'er, the three thousand taels of banknotes will all belong to her. I don't trust anyone else to do this. Although you are not my biological child, I always feel that you are more considerate than my two wives. I feel most at ease if you do it."

Jian Xi instantly felt that the box was very hot and wanted to refuse it.

Xia seemed to have expected it. "It doesn't matter whether it's successful or not. These jewels are all yours. Tomorrow is the Hanmei Banquet. I heard that Lady Han Guogong has also sent a visiting card to the Shen Mansion. It would be great if you could wear them."

It seems that she has to take this hot potato even if she doesn't want to.

"Thank you very much, ma'am."