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

At night, at the Yongning Marquis Mansion.

"If you can't even handle such a small matter, how can you be the prince of a marquisate?" A majestic voice came from the front hall.

In the front hall, all the maids and servants were dismissed. The old marquis was scolding Zhou Ziyue: "I followed you to the Tang family to ask for marriage, but you were secretly having an affair with the Tang family's concubine. Zhou Ziyue, you are just a bunch of empty talk. Can't you control the things on your body?"

"Why did you have to meet that woman at that time? Why couldn't you just hold back and wait until the marriage was settled?"

Seeing Zhou Ziyue remained silent, the old marquis couldn't help but spit: "What a waste!"

Mrs. Du, who was standing by, didn't want to hear this. "My Lord, this can't be blamed entirely on Ziyue. The two women of the Tang family are so scheming. I don't know who is scheming against whom. Ziyue is a grown man, how can he understand their private methods?"

The old marquis sneered: "Scheming? I don't see that the eldest lady of the Tang family has any scheming in this matter." The old marquis said, "It's you, Zhou Ziyue."

"You clearly had an affair with that concubine of the Tang family, but you asked to marry the legitimate daughter of the Tang family. Can you clean up your mess before you do anything?"

This incident made the eldest daughter of the Yang family realize that the Marquis' Mansion had ulterior motives.

Is this okay?

The Marquis' Mansion was already surrounded by enemies on all sides and was having a hard time. This incident caused people in the capital to have other speculations about the Mansion.

Then the Marquis' Mansion will be even more difficult.

Facing the old marquis's reproach, Zhou Ziyue said nothing, but lowered his head. He was in a very low mood.

All that remained in his mind was the look Tang Wanru gave him for the last time.

So distant and indifferent.

At that moment, he knew that he could not have her.

"Dad." Zhou Ziyue whispered, "I know I was wrong."

These words stunned both the old marquis and Mrs. Du. He rarely apologized.

"I shouldn't have been obsessed with a woman. The whole capital knew about it. It brought shame to the Marquis' Mansion." Zhou Ziyue said, "I won't do that again."

"You don't want that woman anymore?" Mrs. Du asked tentatively.

Zhou Ziyue thought, she rejected the Marquis' Mansion three times, it's not that he doesn't want it, it's that he has no other choice!

"No." Zhou Ziyue said in a low voice, "Dad, from now on I will work hard for the Marquis' Mansion and won't think about this matter anymore."

Indeed, there are too many things to do to protect the Marquis' Mansion, and he needs to put his energy back here.

After hearing Zhou Ziyue admit his mistake, the old marquis' tone was much more relaxed. He approached him and whispered, "Ziyue, I'm not trying to stop you. It's just that the Yongning Marquis's Mansion is now surrounded by enemies, and his life and death are uncertain. As for marrying a wife, Dad will help you find one as soon as possible. You can't spend too much energy on these things."

"I understand, Dad." Since he couldn't marry Tang Wanru, it didn't matter who he married. He no longer had any extra thoughts about the matter.

"That's good." The old marquis nodded. He suddenly remembered the latest thing that Crown Prince Zhou Huangquan had arranged, so he called him forward, "Zi Yue, come here, I'll tell you."

*

The next day, at the General’s Mansion.

Zhang was lying on the window outside the old lady's birthday hall, listening carefully to the sounds inside.

In the hall, Bai Ge and Shang were chatting with Old Madam Yu.

Today, Mr. and Mrs. Bai came to visit Old Mrs. Yu as neighbors and brought gifts.

But Zhang knew it clearly.

They didn't come to see Old Madam Yu, they came to get close to her. It was for Tang Wanru!

Zhang's face turned unhappy when she heard this, and she said that they were just neighbors coming to take a look, but how could they be considered neighbors just because they were several streets away?

Even if they were neighbors, why didn't the Bai family come to visit for two years after they came to Beijing, but came to visit as soon as Tang Wanru and his Bai Yanli were married?

The abacus makes a clanking sound.

I don’t know what kind of luck his Bai Yanli had that the emperor actually granted him a marriage with Wanru!

When Zhang thought of this, she gnashed her teeth in hatred.

What a pity for her Junchen.

Recently, there was a flood in Peijing, and Lin Junchen was sent to Peijing to help with the disaster relief. If the royal family wanted to grant a marriage, she would wait a little longer, and when Junchen of her family had made some achievements and came back, she could ask the emperor for a marriage.

Just a little bit closer!

Just a little bit.

When Zhang thought of this, her brows furrowed and she clenched the handkerchief tightly with both hands.

At this time, Lin Yunsong, wearing a pine green robe, walked in from outside the yard. He was tall and straight, and looked righteous. Seeing his wife sneaking around outside his mother's window like a thief, Lin Yunsong thought it was ridiculous, so he walked up to her with his hands behind his back and whispered in her ear, "What are you listening to?"

The sudden deep voice frightened Zhang so much that she almost jumped up. She covered her chest and said, "Ouch, why are you silent? You scared me to death!"

Lin Yunsong took a look inside through the crack in the window and saw the Bai couple inside. He said knowingly, "It's you who are sneaking around and have something to hide." After saying that, he walked into the corridor.

Who has a ghost?

Zhang was very unhappy to hear this. She followed in a few steps and said, "It was the Bai family couple who came to see the old lady with ill intentions."

"What bad intentions do they have?" Lin Yunsong said, "Wanru and Bai Yanli from their family have been granted marriage by the emperor. Shouldn't they come to see Wanru's grandmother?"

"Your intention is too obvious," Zhang said. "You haven't been here for two years. Why are you showing your courtesy now?"

Zhang is good in every way, except that she is petty. Lin Yunsong stopped and said helplessly: "What do you mean by being courteous? The Bai family has been in Beijing for two years, but Bai Yanli has always been in charge of this place, and the Bai couple has lived in Jiangnan for a long time. Secondly, the Bai family is not indifferent to us. Every time Bai Yanli goes to Longquan Temple to bring medicine to the old lady, isn't that a favor?"

Zhang was immediately speechless.

"You." Lin Yunsong seemed to see through her completely, "Don't blame others just because you don't get what you want. Our Junchen is indeed good, but if you ask yourself, the second young master of the Bai family is no worse than Junchen."

"Moreover, judging from the current situation, I think it would be better for Wanru to marry into the Bai family than into the general's mansion." After saying that, Lin Yunsong walked to the study, pushed the door open and walked in.

Zhang, who was locked outside the door, was confused: Wait, which side is her husband on?

She turned and left. At the same time, a man from the general's mansion pushed the door open and entered the study.

Lin Yunsong was sitting at the desk and looked up at him.

The servant said, "Master, the Yongning Marquis' Mansion has sent out invitations to hold a banquet."

Giving a banquet?

Humph.

Hearing this news, Lin Yunsong sneered. If he guessed correctly, he was not holding a banquet, but simply recruiting people!

Recently, the Crown Prince and the Emperor have been secretly competing with each other. The Crown Prince originally chose Liu Chang in the imperial examination, but he did not expect that in Yunxiang Tower, the person he favored was eliminated by the Emperor because of false accusations of cheating.

The prince is very short of people under his command now.

Therefore, he wanted to use this banquet to formally recruit those who were willing to rely on the prince into his own team.

The prince's behavior is to form a clique!

"Master, should this matter be reported to His Majesty?" asked the attendant.

Lin Yunsong chuckled.

Your Majesty has always been cautious, how could he not know about this?

Moreover, Lin Yunsong knew himself very well. He was not good at court fighting, so no matter how fierce the dispute was, he had only one mission, which was to train the soldiers well and protect the emperor at the critical moment!

but--

Lin Yunsong thought that this time he really wanted to take a look.

The court was already in a state of panic.

There were also some short-sighted ministers who took the initiative to approach the prince at this time and became the big victim.