bookcurios Chapter 167 The Maid Who Married in Place 1
Chapter 167 The Maid Who Married in Place 1
"No, let's receive the plot first."
"it is good!"
Sirong and Muchen are now by a small river, around seven or eight o'clock in the evening.
The place was quite secluded. The weeds by the river were more than a person's height. As long as the two of them didn't make any noise, no one would notice that there were people here.
This is an ancient fictional world, and the original owner's country is called Lingjiang Kingdom.
The original owner was called Zhenrong, and she was the first-class maid of the eldest daughter of Anyuan Marquis Mansion.
The scholar in blue opposite is named Cheng Yuanzhi, and is the lover chosen by the eldest lady.
Today was the day they had agreed to elope. She and the eldest daughter had already escaped from the Marquis' Mansion, but were chased by the mansion's housekeeper and his men.
The eldest lady wanted to protect Cheng Yuanzhi from being taken away by the housekeeper and others, so she let them hide in the grass by the river.
If she goes back with this group of people, the Marquis and her mother will not do anything to her. But if Zhenrong and Cheng Yuanzhi are brought back to the mansion, they will probably end up being beaten to death.
Now the eldest lady is not far ahead, stopping the butler and his group.
As for why Zhenrong wanted to kill this scholar, haha, it was because Zhenrong was a born bad guy.
He is so cruel and ruthless that he will do anything to live a good life.
When the original owner was 7 years old, he took advantage of his father being drunk and unconscious and pushed him into a ditch to drown him.
Then she dragged her father's heavy body all the way to the gate of the Marquis's Mansion. She knelt on the ground, crying out that she was alone and helpless, and begged the Marquis's Mansion to buy her so that she could have money to bury her father properly.
All of these were carefully selected by the original owner himself. The Anyuan Marquis Mansion is a rare kind and noble family in the capital.
As expected, Zhenrong became a cleaning maid in the Marquis's mansion as she wished.
When she was 12 years old, she carefully planned a drama, deliberately letting the maid in the mansion bully her in every way when the eldest lady passed by.
Seeing this, the eldest lady naturally felt pity and immediately ordered the original owner to be transferred to her own courtyard and start as a third-class maid.
Later, relying on her diligence and efficiency, as well as her ability to read people's expressions and understand the young lady's thoughts, she became the young lady's first-class maid and the person she trusted and relied on the most.
The way out she planned for herself was to marry with the eldest daughter and become her maid.
When the eldest daughter becomes pregnant, one or two maids will naturally be selected from the dowry to serve as concubines.
By then, she would be a master of neither importance nor rank, and it would be nice for her to live her life without worries about food and clothing.
The man who is engaged to the eldest lady is the Prince of Duan, whose family status is higher than that of the Marquis. It can be said that as long as the original owner does not make trouble, she will have no problem living a peaceful life.
This is also the reason why the original owner chose the eldest daughter of the mansion as his master.
Because the eldest daughter is an extremely kind person, she is very generous to the servants who serve her.
Don't get me wrong, although Zhenrong is a bit cruel, he has never thought of harming the eldest lady.
First of all, there is no precedent in this world for a concubine to be promoted to the main wife. Secondly, the original owner just wanted to have enough food and clothing without having to work.
With her status, the best outcome would be for her to become a concubine and not be treated harshly by the mistress.
As for whether to have children or not, the original owner had never thought about it at all. She would just wait and see what the eldest lady thought. If she asked her to have a child, then she would have one. If she didn't like her, then she would have to drink contraceptive soup.
But the problem arose with the Prince of Duan. Before his wedding date, he fell in love with a prostitute in a brothel.
I love her so much that I have to marry her home.
The Prince Duan’s Mansion would definitely not agree. The six rituals have already been completed, so how could the marriage be cancelled?
The marriage between their two families was an imperial decree issued by the Empress Dowager of the time.
Even if we take a step back, it is impossible for the prince of the Prince Duan's Mansion to marry a woman with a not clean background as his wife.
Not to mention being a wife, that woman is not qualified to be even a concubine.
Seeing that the normal way of breaking off the engagement was not feasible, Prince Duan came up with a very vicious plan.
He searched secretly for a long time and finally found a poor scholar. Although the scholar had nothing, he was good-looking and eloquent, and had some tricks to deceive women.
Prince Duan summoned the scholar, first promised him a large sum of money, and then used threats and inducements to make him obey his arrangements.
So, this scholar began to appear near the Anyuan Marquis Mansion intentionally or unintentionally.
At first, he just watched from afar, occasionally creating some chance encounters, and gradually, he began to take the initiative to approach and talk, showing off some poems and articles, which made the young lady look at him differently.
As time went by, the scholar became more and more bold, often giving the young lady small gifts and writing love poems.
The innocent young lady could not resist such temptation and fell in love with him unconsciously. In the end, under the scholar's vow of lifelong love, she agreed to elope with him.
In the eyes of the eldest lady, there is nothing wrong with her Cheng Lang. He is talented and capable, and he only has her in his heart and eyes.
Such a sincere person is a hundred times better than that Prince Duan who has no heart for her.
That scholar is the current Muchen, before they came here.
And this scholar named Cheng Yuanzhi is teasing Zhenrong.
He was Cheng Yuanzhi, the one who made a promise to the young lady that they would be together for life.
Originally, when Zhenrong and the eldest lady went to meet Cheng Yuanzhi, she discovered that this scholar was not a good match.
Because more than once, when Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Zhenrong, his eyes were obscene and lustful.
But the eldest daughter is good in every way except that when she gets angry, she won't listen to anyone.
So even if the housekeeper and the others didn't come after them today, Zhenrong would not let the eldest lady elope with this scholar successfully.
Her original plan was to find an opportunity to kill this scholar.
Of course, if the eldest lady were here, she would find a way to cause the scholar to die accidentally. Then, no matter how much the eldest lady liked him, she would not be able to live a hard life with him.
At that time, the eldest lady stayed by his side wholeheartedly because of her. Her loyalty was commendable and she was very touched.
In fact, this is really a perfect misunderstanding.
But they didn't expect that the actions in the Marquis' Mansion would be so fast, and they were caught up as soon as they ran out of the city.
The eldest lady felt sorry for the two most important people around her, so she let them go first. She came to stop the people in the mansion and gave the money they brought with them to the original owners before leaving.
Without the eldest lady by his side, Cheng Yuanzhi immediately revealed his true colors. He walked up to the original owner and hugged her, saying that after he married the young lady, he would take her as a concubine and would love her well, etc.
Since the other person's true identity has been revealed, the original owner certainly cannot fall behind. When Cheng Yuanzhi turned around, he took out the dagger that had been in his arms.
I want to do it directly. Since we are by the river here, I can just push it into the river and be done with it.