From an old woman back to a young girl, she vowed never to marry into a marquisate

How can he take a break? He can’t take a break.

If he divorced his wife, wouldn't the General's Mansion make things difficult for him? Even if the General's Mansion was generous and didn't care, others would still look at him differently.

Divorce brings bad reputation to the woman.

How could it be good for the reputation of a minor official like him?

So even though he and Lin Yunrou no longer have any feelings for each other, he cannot divorce her easily.

Lin Yunrou knew that he was a cowardly loser who was afraid of wolves and tigers. She couldn't help but despise him in her heart.

Tang Jiang coughed and changed the subject: "I came here today to discuss something with you." He raised his head, glanced at Tang Wanru and said, "Wanru, you go out first."

Why should we go out just because he tells us to?

Lin Yunrou found it ridiculous.

"Wait." Before Tang Wanru could move, Lin Yunrou stopped her. She looked at Tang Jiang coldly, "Instead of letting Ru'er go out, it would be better to let your guy outside come in. There is nothing shameful between you and me, so why not just speak it out."

"This……"

When Lin Yunrou said this, Tang Jiang felt embarrassed as if he had been seen through.

Lin Yunrou gave Xu Qing a look, and Xu Qing immediately walked out the door with a cold face. Then a voice came from outside: "Madam Liu, Madam invites you in!"

Not long after, Liu also followed in with her head lowered.

Tang Jiang came today naturally because he listened to her words. Liu was still a little embarrassed. She came in, bowed to Lin Yunrou, and stood behind Tang Jiang.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Lin Yunrou asked coldly.

Tang Jiang cleared his throat and said, "It's about the Bai family. Yunrou, you should have heard about it. Last time I went to the Bai family to discuss the marriage of Bai family's second son Bai Yanli and Yue'er, I didn't expect the Bai family to actually mention marrying Wanru. You can imagine the scene at that time. I took Panchun and her daughter to the Bai family, but I didn't expect the Bai family to not even look at Yue'er and directly proposed to marry Wanru."

"Yuer is so shy that she almost lost face."

When Liu heard this, she recalled what happened that day and couldn't help but take out her handkerchief to cover her eyes. She sobbed softly, looking very aggrieved.

Xu Qing looked at Liu's appearance and felt sick. It was so late in the afternoon, and it really made people feel uncomfortable.

"Yun Rou." Tang Jiang said, "At that time, the Bai family used words to force me to agree to marry Wan Ru. I had no choice but to use your absence as an excuse to temporarily put the matter on hold so that I could have time to consider it."

"The Bai family is still waiting for the result of our discussion. So I will discuss the marriage exchange with you today. I want to hear your opinion."

Marry in exchange?

Lin Yunrou found this very ridiculous. Her Ruer was the legitimate daughter of the Tang family, and she was exchanging her marriage with a concubine's daughter?

Why?

This is too degrading.

"What is there to discuss?" Lin Yunrou said coldly, "Marriage exchange is absolutely impossible."

Tang Jiang was shocked when he heard this. He never expected that Lin would refuse so quickly. This made him unable to say what he had prepared.

Liu was also very surprised.

She originally wanted Tang Jiang to persuade Lin Yunrou not to agree, but she didn't expect that she would directly refuse before they even opened their mouths.

This is really a great thing.

Liu couldn't suppress the smile when she heard this.

"That's exactly what Madam said." Liu's voice was filled with a bit of uncontrollable joy. "Who is this Bai family? Why do they say so? Do they treat this marriage as a joke? They can marry whoever they want and replace whoever they want. Do we in the Tang family let them pick and choose? Madam is right. This is how it should be. What do you think, Master?"

"Yes, that's right." Tang Jiang's expression also eased. "Madam's words reminded me that I should have rejected the Bai family's intention outright at that time, so that they would not have the illusion that they could choose the daughter of the Tang family at will."

"I will go and report to the Bai family right away and make it clear to them that whoever was chosen in the first place is the one and there will be no marriage change." After he finished speaking, Tang Jiang turned around and was about to leave.

Just when the two were about to go out contentedly, they were stopped by Lin Yunrou in a cold voice.

"and many more."

The two paused, and heard Lin Yunrou's cold voice, "How was this marriage decided in the first place?"

"At the beginning..." Tang Jiang didn't expect her to ask this suddenly. He thought for a moment and answered, "At the beginning, I was a good friend of Bai Ge, the head of the Bai family. We were drinking in the suburbs at the time, and on a whim, we decided to marry our children to each other."

"In-laws for your children?" Lin asked, "Who are you going to choose?"

"Panchun was pregnant at the time, so she chose Yue'er." Tang Jiang replied.

"Oh, Panchun is pregnant." Lin Yunrou found it very funny. "That means Aunt Liu was still living in the outer courtyard at that time and didn't have a status yet?"

Liu had just entered the Tang Mansion two years ago, and naturally lived in the outer courtyard at that time.

Tang Jiang replied: "Yes."

Lin Yunrou sneered, "Master Tang is confused. At that time, Aunt Liu was not even a concubine. She herself was not included in the Tang family's genealogy. The child in her belly at that time was naturally not considered a child of the Tang family. What kind of in-laws are you arranging?!"

what?

Tang Jiang's face darkened.

"So logically speaking, if you and the Bai family's arranged marriage are counted, then you only had one daughter, Wanru, so the daughter of the arranged marriage can only be Ding Wanru, right?"

"If the Bai family wants to marry Wanru, it's not a replacement marriage, it's a formal marriage."

what?

Liu's face turned pale when she heard this. She never expected that she would say this. Her words wiped out the marriage between Tang Yue'er and Bai Yanli.

Lin is not sure about Tang Wanru's thoughts now. If Tang Wanru is willing to marry, then she can straighten this crooked marriage and she will definitely have a grand wedding.

If she doesn't want to get married, that's fine, just don't follow the rules.

But her words really scared Liu half to death.

"This..." Liu was speechless for a moment.

"Yun Rou, what do you mean?" Tang Jiang was also anxious. He turned back and asked, "Do you want Wan Ru to marry into the Bai family?"

"Whether you want to or not, we'll talk about it later." Lin Yunrou's face was cold and she spoke briefly, "But we have to explain what's going on first."

"You..." Tang Jiang felt like there was cotton in his throat, and he couldn't say a word. After a long while, Tang Jiang said angrily, "Isn't this called wanting Tang Wanru to marry into the Bai family?"

If she didn't want her to marry him, why did she emphasize that the Bai family had the right to marry Tang Wanru?

Isn't it all right?

Tang Jiang hurriedly walked around the room. He suppressed his anger and said earnestly, "Yun Rou, it's not suitable for you to marry into the Bai family!"

Lin raised an eyebrow: "Oh? What's inappropriate?"

"Yun Rou, you were born in a general's mansion, so you should know the importance of power and influence. The Bai family is just a merchant family with no roots in the capital. Having money is like floating duckweed in the capital. You never know when it will be blown away by the wind. How can you guarantee your future life if you marry into such a family?"

Lin Yunrou thought.

How could she not know about his fickle nature?

It's simply that Prince Zhou only wants Tang Wanru, and he wants her to marry into the Yongning Marquis's Mansion to pave the way for him.

"That's strange." Lin Yunrou asked curiously, "Since the Bai family has no foundation, why did Lord Tang come to discuss marriage with Tang Yue'er a few days ago? It's as if there is no guarantee for marriage, but Tang Yue'er can get it if she marries him?"