lcionline Chapter 1074 Even His Own Father Was Willing
Chapter 1074 Even His Own Father Was Willing
Xue Wan rarely showed her girlish side, and General Xue couldn't refuse.
This daughter hadn't spent much time with him since she was little.
Every time she came back before, she would rush to his place before evening to seek justice for her mother.
This annoyed him greatly, and he couldn't do anything about the child who had appeared before His Majesty.
“Okay, you set the time. I’m always free.”
The atmosphere in the study changed completely after Xue Wan arrived.
Everyone knows that Xue Wan couldn't possibly have been content to merely serve as a stepping stone for the Xue family during the years she spent studying in the palace.
However, Xue Wan's thoughts have not yet been fully revealed, and people are still unaware of the extent of her ambition.
The incompetent sons in the family wanted to unite and drive out anyone who wanted to seize their resources.
Those who were capable and had gained General Xue's approval had already roughly guessed what Xue Wan was after.
They were just testing where Xue Wan's limits were.
The gathering in the study ended when General Xue said it was getting late and he was also a little tired.
The general, who had been watching the enemy on the battlefield for days and nights without closing his eyes, chatted with his child for a while before saying he was tired.
Everyone in the study knew that this was just an excuse.
As Xue Wan watched her brothers leave one by one, she also prepared to get up and say goodbye to her father.
"Wan'er".
General Xue looked at his only legitimate daughter. According to the current laws of the Great Xia Dynasty, women could marry into families and bring honor to their households.
And if his estimate is correct, the next head of the Li family will be Li Xianqing, the study companion of the Crown Princess.
But the Xue family is not the Li family. The Li family's ancestral graves have ceased receiving offerings, while the Xue family's ancestral graves are burning brightly with incense smoke.
"Father, what is it?"
General Xue looked at his daughter, whose features resembled his own so closely, opened his mouth, and then only uttered one sentence:
"It's alright. Don't take your mother's words to heart. You should make your own decisions."
Liang Chongyue raised an eyebrow when she saw this. General Xue wasn't always like this.
Now I've learned to assess the situation and act accordingly.
However, Liang Chongyue usually refers to this behavior as "giving a slap and then rewarding it with a sweet date".
"Thank you father."
If Xue Wan hadn't come looking for me today, what would have become of this still undecided marriage?
Liang Chongyue didn't know, and neither did Xue Wan.
So she had no choice but to come today.
After leaving the study, Xue Heng stood in the courtyard waiting for her.
Hearing the voice behind him, Xue Heng turned around and smiled at Xue Wan.
“A-Wan, you haven’t been home for a long time. Your brother has come to tell you about the interesting things that happened at home.”
Xue Heng's eyes and brows held a faint smile, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.
Xue Wan did not refuse and followed Xue Heng to his courtyard.
"All I have here is last year's Pu'er tea. It's not as good as Awana's tea, but you'll have to make do with it."
Liang Chongyue saw through the panel that Xue Heng had taken out the Pu'er tea, which looked quite good.
Last year just passed, and this year's new Pu'er tea is not even available here at Liang Chongyue's place.
This kid is farting with his pants on.
"Even the palace doesn't have this year's new Pu'er tea yet. What are you saying, brother?"
"Oh dear, it's my fault for being so tongue-tied. I made Ah Wan laugh at me."
Seeing Xue Heng's utterly bewildered expression, Xue Wan asked him very seriously:
"Is the task Father has been giving you lately too difficult? It seems like my brother is about to go crazy."
Xue Heng paused in his tea-making process and simply poured hot water into the teapot.
Hearing the bubbling of the hot water, and no longer being so particular about rules and regulations, he felt a little better.
"The younger ones are so ignorant, it's hard for the elder brother."
Xue Wan concluded that her older brother might have some kind of health problem.
"Then why don't you just become a monk, brother? That way you won't have to worry about the trivial matters at home anymore."
Xue Heng stopped pouring tea for Xue Wan, turned around, and poured himself a cup first.
"The palace's feng shui is good for people. Even Awan, who used to tell me to die when I was little, has become more polite now."
"It's not that, it's mainly because you're afraid of dying. To become a monk, you only need to shave your head, not your head."
Liang Chongyue rarely saw Xue Wan so straightforward; she hadn't expected that the Xue family's outward appearance was quite different from their inner workings.
Xue Heng was speechless; he knew Xue Wan'gou wouldn't say anything nice.
After pausing for a moment, Xue Heng spoke again:
"Would you like to know what they were talking about in the study just now?"
Xue Wan poured herself a cup of tea.
"What are you going to talk about? My wedding?"
"I always said that the feng shui in the palace is good for people; even Awan has become smarter than before."
Xue Wan resisted the urge to splash the tea on Xue Heng's face.
"Actually, there's nothing important. The mistresses persuaded my father to let you marry out in exchange for some support. After all, the Xue family has only been in the capital for a few years, and their foundation is not stable."
Xue Heng calculated that if His Majesty hadn't destroyed the border and the northern frontier...
The Xue family is still blowing yellow sand on the border.
“My father wavered, but I persuaded him with just one sentence.”
Xue Wan looked up at Xue Heng, behind the steam from the tea were a pair of sharp eyes like a leopard.
“I’m saying that Your Highness has not yet ascended the throne. If you get married now, all the care and support your family has given you over the years will go to another family.”
Xue Wan was not at all surprised that Xue Heng could say such things; only such words could appease her father.
“Awan, you’d better hurry up, or your mother will be the one who can’t wait any longer than your father. I heard that she has already arranged for your future in-laws to meet at the Spring Banquet on your behalf.”
Xue Heng was born to a concubine, and his father had been trying to have him adopted by his mother for many years.
Her mother rejected them both.
Xue Wan knew that her mother didn't care about her thoughts; she was just maintaining her dignity as the mistress of the house.
Fortunately, after His Majesty ascended the throne, the status of women rose, and even if the father wanted to, he could not really force the mother to acknowledge Xue Heng.
After all, if you push your mother too far, there's nothing she wouldn't do.
"Big brother, I've already protected that one outside for you. Third and fourth brothers are already trying to sneak into your outer courtyard. Big brother, you're completely unprepared?"
Xue Heng scratched his brow and looked at Xue Wan with a smile.
"I don't want to speak ill of women in front of you. You know me. Even if the child in her womb is mine, so what?"
Xue Wan naturally understood her older brother; he didn't care about women, or even his own mother.
The father placed all the family's hopes on him.
He only cares about his own interests.
"Then I'll loosen my grip and give my third and fourth brothers a chance to perform in front of Father."
Upon hearing this, Xue Heng's smile became even more genuine.
"Awan, that's your own nephew, or maybe even a niece. Are you willing to part with him?"
"If his own father is willing to part with it, why shouldn't I?"