Use a substitute on your wedding night to scatter the ashes of your entire family

Li Shuangxi was worried all day.

In the evening, Li Huaiyi came back with a rosy face.

Xu also understood her husband and son's intentions, and hurried over to greet him: "Master, how is it?"

Li Huaiyi smiled and said, "It's done! Lord Lu invited me to drink today, saying that I have worked diligently and hard in the Ministry of Industry for more than ten years, and it's time for me to move."

Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But, he changed his mind and said worriedly, "It's just that, Master, after all, Minister Lu is on the side of the Fifth Prince, and Yuan Ming is working for the Crown Prince. Wouldn't it be bad for us to have two legs?"

Li Huaiyi's face darkened: "What do women know! What does it mean to play two-timing? Even a cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone a human being!"

Xu didn't understand what "a cunning rabbit has three burrows" meant, but what her master and son said must be correct.

In one day it will be Madam Zhong’s birthday party.

Early the next morning, Xu asked her maid to call Li Shuangxi over.

As soon as Li Shuangxi arrived, she bowed to Xu in a very polite manner.

For the first time ever, Xu did not let her kneel on the ground. Instead, she stepped forward and helped her up.

"Why are you kneeling? You are just being filial. Come, try this dress on to see if it fits you. I had it made especially for you."

Then she took out a headdress from a jewelry box beside her and said, "Put this on too, so mother can see it."

Li Shuangxi looked at Xu in surprise.

The nanny beside her smiled and said, "Third Miss, these are specially prepared for you by the Second Madam. Go and try them."

Li Shuangxi knew that Xu was not that kind-hearted. For so many years, the mother and daughter had been living in the backyard, unable to die, and their lives were no different from those of the servants in the mansion.

When she thought about her father taking away her portrait yesterday, she felt even more uneasy.

The dress was lavender, made from the same brocade as the top, and was accessorized with a jade hairpin and a pair of pearl earrings.

She had only seen such things in Li Shuangwan and Li Shuangmiao since she was born, and now there was another Li Shuangyan.

There was never any place for her, Li Shuangxi.

After changing her clothes, Li Shuangxi stood in front of Xu.

Xu's eyes lit up immediately, and she smiled and said to the nanny beside her: "Look, the three girls from our Zhenguo Mansion are all beauties if we take them out."

The maid smiled and agreed: "Yes, I didn't expect that our third girl is so pretty."

"Mammy, take the new piece of cloud satin brocade from my storeroom to the embroiderers and ask them to make a few new dresses for the third young lady according to this size."

"Oh, that's all right. Third Miss, look how much the Second Madam loves you."

Li Shuangxi bowed to Xu, but she knew that pie in the sky would never fall on her head for no reason.

Then, Mrs. Xu said, "Old Madam Zhong's sixtieth birthday is in two days. You can go with your mother, father, and brother."

Li Shuangxi understood immediately.

Madam Zhong's eldest son was the chief academic officer of the Imperial College. All those who attended the birthday banquet that day were high-ranking officials, ladies, and gentlemen in Shengjing City.

Xu was thinking that she had reached the age of marriage and wanted to sell her for a good price.

I just don't know which young man she is interested in.

The nanny smiled and said, "I wonder how many young men will look at you dressed like this when you go out."

Madam Xu snorted softly, "Young masters are too young and don't know how to love others. Xi'er, listen to your mother. If you want to love others, it must be the older people who know the importance of love."

Li Shuangxi's heart skipped a beat. She knew exactly what her mother meant.

She must give herself to the married man who is much older than her.

The face of His Royal Highness Gu Xingyan, the Ninth Prince of Daliang, instantly appeared in his mind.

He is extremely elegant and noble.

Such a man is out of reach, yet he attracts her deeply.

You have to give it a try.

I heard that he often came to the Duke's Mansion to practice martial arts with his elder brother and Li Shuangyan.

There will always be an opportunity.

She is no less pretty than Li Shuangyan.

She immediately knelt down and said, "Mother, Xier has just reached the age of marriage. She wants to spend more time with mother and father. She doesn't want to get married so early."

Xu originally didn't want to do this, but the master had no hope of promotion.

Even when Miaomiao became the Crown Princess, their second branch didn't get any benefit at all.

At this time, Li Huaiyi came in with his hands behind his back. When he saw Li Shuangxi's outfit, he paused.

He sat down at the main seat, took a sip of tea, and said, "No need to meet any young master. I think Minister Lu is a good one. Although he is a few years older than you, he is the Minister of Works after all, a second-rank official in the court."

"If you can marry him as a concubine, it will be your good fortune and blessing. If you can give birth to a child for him, you will enjoy endless wealth and glory for the rest of your life."

Li Shuangxi's face turned pale, it turned out that this was what her father and mother were thinking!

Therefore, the painter who painted portraits of everyone in the mansion was actually doing so just to paint her portrait.

Her father also gave her painting to Lu Ziqi yesterday.

Thinking of that pot-bellied man, Li Shuangxi felt her stomach churning and she felt extremely nauseous.

Her eyes were immediately filled with tears as she stared at Li Huaiyi's face: "Father, Minister Lu is already in his fifties, a few years older than you. You want your daughter to marry him as a concubine? Father, I am your biological daughter, how can you do this!"

"And my daughter heard that he has more than a dozen concubines in his backyard, but only a few of his children survived. It can be seen that his wife, Madam Jiang, is not an easy person to get along with. You let your daughter marry into such a family? Father, are you going to force your daughter to die?"

With a bang, Li Huaiyi slammed the table heavily.

"You bastard! What? Are you being wronged? There are so many illegitimate girls in the capital who want to marry him, but none of them have the chance. If it weren't for the fact that your father is his subordinate, he wouldn't want you to marry him!"

Li Shuangxi's tears welled up in her eyes. That Lu Ziqi was extremely lustful.

She knew that her so-called biological father was going to give her to an old man with a house full of women as a concubine.

Just to pave the way for his future.

Li Huaiyi glanced coldly at her face and said, "It's settled. Madam, please make arrangements."

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left.

Xu also sighed deeply. She had originally planned to wait until Miaomiao died, then take the box of jewelry and send it to Minister Lu, which would also pave the way for her master's career.

As for Li Shuangxi, if she could catch the eye of Minister Wan of the Ministry of Personnel, it would be beneficial to her son Yuanming.

But who would have known that Lu Ziqi actually fell in love with Xier. When she came back two days ago, the master mentioned this to her, and she couldn't refute it.

Li Shuangxi fell to her knees in front of Xu, hugged her legs and cried, "Mother, I beg you, please don't marry me to that Lu Ziqi, okay?"

"Mother, please, he is so old, and there are so many women in the backyard. My daughter will die within a few days after she marries him. Mother, I beg you."