An ugly girl starts off, then becomes a beauty

"Let me ask you..." The Sang family's daughter spoke cautiously, "You, you went to Pufeng and asked Gao Heng to take me away. What did he say at that time?" She seemed a little embarrassed after she finished speaking. She licked her lips and said, "Please tell me the truth, word for word. Thank you."

So this is what you wanted to ask. Nie Jialang glanced away with his sharp eyes. He had to admit that he felt a surge of anger in his heart, but he also found it funny. After several sarcasms, he turned back and looked at her.

"What did he say?" she asked again.

But still no answer came.

She then leaned a little closer and made a puzzled sound, her thick eyelashes fluttering and even the bridge of her nose turning red.

It was obvious that the question was asked in a very hateful way, but this face was really hard to take your eyes off - she was indeed beautiful. Nie Ce had noticed her beauty since he saw her again in front of Ban's mansion in July last year. Even though he did not like to judge people by their appearance, he could not help but take a few more glances at her afterwards, and even - even after learning about the intentions of the empress and his mother, a moment of joy actually floated across his heart. But he knew very well that he was just salivating over her appearance and it was not really any emotion. Compared with the friendship between Sang Ling and Gao Heng, it was even less worth mentioning.

What's more, he has always regarded Gao Aman as his own brother.

It's not that he didn't try his best. Two months ago, he sincerely wanted to help the two of them get together, but they both refused at that time. Things have come to this point, and he can only let it go. He will not force the girl from the Sang family to have a real marriage with him, or if she wants to divorce in the future, he will be generous enough to let her go.

But now, looking at the present, she is already a well-known wife of the Nie family. If she continues to want to break up, where will he and the Nie family go?

After a while, Nie Ce lowered his eyes and swallowed all his emotions, "Same as what I said tonight."

"What?"

At that time, there was a noise outside the window. He glanced slightly and could easily detect that someone was eavesdropping. The only person who was waiting outside and could think of eavesdropping was the old woman following the Sang family's daughter. The elderly people who served around were generally concerned about this matter. He was quite clear about it. If he hadn't made three rules with his mother before: not to send people to investigate his daily life, he was afraid that every night after marriage in Wuyuan, there would be someone eavesdropping outside.

After thinking for a while, he replied in a deep voice, "I wish you and I a happy marriage."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the person on the other side burst into tears. The Sang family girl hugged her knees and buried her head in her arms. The sleeves of her Zen robe were pressed between her knees, and a patch of pink appeared between her elbows. He couldn't help but stare at her, and then turned his head away unnaturally.

After pondering for a while, he simply stood up.

Naturally, Cheng Auntie also heard something was wrong in the room. Just as she was about to find a way to go in and persuade the Marquis, she saw that the Marquis had already opened the door.

"Go and wait for her to rest." After saying that, he went straight back to the room.

……

There are not so many things to pay attention to on the second day after returning to the parents' home.

Nie Ce always got up early. After packing up in the morning, he asked someone to give instructions to Sang Wu and left with his attendants.

Sang Ling did not wake up until the early hours of the afternoon. The first thing he did after opening his eyes was to ask for water. Cheng Mu had already prepared honey syrup and sour mare's milk, and there was also a bowl of porridge on the food plate.

She drank a few sips and then went to wash up. Just a few steps out of the bathroom, she couldn't help but collapse and vomited everything in her stomach. Cheng followed behind her to help her calm down. She also mentioned what happened in the morning, saying that the Marquis left on his own without saying a word. Sang Ling was stunned for a long time, and had not yet figured out what to do next.

I only heard the servants outside saying: Commander Sang went to the office, and Madam Ma asked if Madam Hou had woken up.

She had just come out of the toilet and hadn't even sat down when she heard several footsteps coming from outside. The servants on the corridor retreated to the corners one by one, and even the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

When Ma came, it was obvious that nothing good was going to happen.

Then he gave Cheng a look, combed his hair a little, changed into a straight-hem robe, put on a silver mouse fur coat, and slowly left the bedroom.

Ma stood in the Qiu Garden courtyard, holding her waist. Beside her were Sang Mei, the second daughter of the Sang family, and four maids. One was responsible for supporting her, one held up her skirt, and the other two held a pair of boxes, but no one knew what was inside.

It was still snowing in Chang'an last night, and the snow in the courtyard had not melted yet. The master and servants were all wearing dark clothes, especially Ma, who had a black fox fur coat draped over her shoulders, which was very eye-catching against the white background.

Sang Ling walked out of the house, took a look at the situation, and then remembered the gift of returning home - the bride's family should give some food, clothing and other daily necessities to show their concern.

No matter how impatient he was, he had no choice but to step forward and exchange a few words of greeting.

"The son-in-law left on his own early in the morning. Did A Ling know about it?" Ma was in good condition today. She looked radiant and much better than yesterday.

She endured the headache and said, "I know, the Marquis has official business to attend to, so he left first."

It was normal for him to come and give a return gift whenever he had the chance, and it was normal for him to leave early in the morning - although it was rare that no one left a message, she didn't care too much about it.

"It's not what mother said." Ma smiled and said something meaningful, "A Ling, you are really something. Why do you have to drink so much? It's too late to get up today, and you two can't go back together. It's inevitable that others will think that you two are not on good terms. On your wedding day, you should have been..."

Everyone now knows that Nie Ce ran away from the wedding on the wedding day: the groom suddenly fell ill, so the wedding was rescheduled the next day. Madam Zhaoyu covered up the matter perfectly, and now Madam Ma actually wants to use this matter to ridicule her?

She narrowed her eyes and had to focus her gaze on the pine trees in the yard. She didn't want to argue with the man in front of her. She really had a headache.

"Mother heard that your son-in-law went to the south just a few days after your marriage, is that true?" Ma took another step forward and glanced at the servants behind her with a smile on her face, still looking proud.

Just now, when she heard that Ma was coming, Sang Ling had roughly expected this scene to happen. This stepmother has always been like this. Ever since the day when the Nie family came to propose marriage, every time she saw her, she would stab her in private. It seemed that only by mocking her in words could she calm down the resentment in her heart.

"Mother?" She finally couldn't help it anymore, "What kind of mother are you to me?"

No matter how furious he was in his heart, he tried his best to keep his tone steady. If it weren't for his overly sharp and radical words, just listening to his tone, he wouldn't have sounded like a question.