Chapter Eighty-four: The Old Marquis's Conditions

  "What conditions?" Before Liu Rong could answer, Qi Huang Sun Shangguan Chen asked on her behalf.

  Old Master Hou still looked at Liu Rong: "You can move out of the Wendinghou Mansion, but you are still the third lady of the Wendinghou Mansion and cannot cut off your relationship with the Wendinghou Mansion. You must come back for every festival, just not living inside the Wendinghou Mansion."

  This also means that Liu Rong's future marriage and other matters are still controlled by the Wendefu House.

  Liu Rong glanced at Zhong Yiniang, then looked at the tense Yongcheng Junzhu and her entourage, finally nodding to Old Marquis: "I agree, what else?"

  "Secondly, Auntie Zhong cannot follow you out of the mansion."

  "This is absolutely unacceptable!" Liu Rong instantly looked up at Old Master Hou, anything can be agreed to, but this one thing is absolutely not acceptable!

  "If you don't agree on this point, even if these people help you say anything or do anything, I won't let you leave the Wendefu residence."

  The old master looked at Liu Rong and said, "As a young lady, you leaving the mansion to live independently is already against the rules. Today's matter is an exception! If Clock Mother, as a mother, can also leave Wendinghou Mansion so casually, how will Wendinghou Mansion establish its rules in the future?"

  "But you can rest assured, you will be given a separate residence in the city, with two courtyards, as part of your dowry. Your daily expenses will also be provided for by the estate, according to the standard allowance for a young lady, and will be disbursed to you every month." These words were more directed at Old Lady Zhong than at Liu Rong herself.

  Anyone with eyes can see that everything Old Master Hou has done is to increase the connection between Liu Rong and Wen Dinghou Fu, not to let this connection be broken.

  Old Master Hou's words were no sooner spoken than Zhong Yiniang immediately turned to Liu Rong and said, "Foolish child, what is there not to agree with?"

  Without waiting for Liu Rong's reaction, he looked directly at Old Master Hou: "Old Master Hou, I've taken the liberty of accepting this matter on behalf of Elder Sister Rong."

  "Mother, how can this be! I won't agree, wherever you are, I'll be there!" But Liu Rong didn't respond at all.

  Aunt Zhong smiled and gently took Liu Rong's hand: "Silly child, when you get married in the future, are you going to take me with you too?"

  "What's wrong with that?" Liu Rong stubbornly looked at Zhong Yiniang.

  Aunt Zhong smiled slightly: "You have this heart, that's good. I'm old and don't want to move around anymore. It's just right to continue living in the Wendinghou Mansion, and I'm not afraid of giving birth."

  "They say that as people get older, it's easy to get sick if they move around too much. Just come back a few more times every month and I'll be fine." Zhong Yiniang said, not allowing Liu Rong to refuse, then turned to ask Old Master Hou: "Old Master Hou, are there any other conditions?"

  Old Master Hou nodded slightly: "There is one last condition, if you can do it, not only can you leave the Wendinghou Mansion, but as long as I am in the mansion for a day, I will take care of your aunt for a day."

  Liu Rong suddenly looked up: "What conditions?"

  "The news of the eldest sister's marriage has taken a turn for the worse. I believe that even if it's not true, someone must have heard rumors about this whole thing. It's all because you helped with the delivery that this happened, so don't blame your mother and great-grandmother for blaming you. This last condition is that you must quell the rumors about yourself and make sure the Zhang family doesn't back out of the marriage!" Old Master Hou looked at Liu Rong and said word by word: "If you can't even do this one thing, then everything I said before is null and void."

  The Liu family members who were unhappy about Old Master Hou's consent to let Liu Rong move out of the mansion were all smiling when they heard his last condition.

  As expected, old ginger is still spicy!

  Don't say no. Just simply put forward a few conditions, but one is more severe than the other, because each condition has been laid out by the previous one, step by step, making it impossible for people to refuse. Until the last condition, which is the most ruthless.

  Once rumors are spread, they will grow like weeds in the wind and cannot be controlled at all.

  It's absolutely difficult for Eldest Sister to decide on the marriage with Zhang Xueshi's family and not back out, knowing that the Zhang Xueshi's family has been a family of scholars for three generations, attaching great importance to reputation and moral integrity, how could they possibly want a daughter-in-law with a tarnished reputation.

  The marriage of the elder sister is not just a rumor that has been passed down through word of mouth, it's actually a nailed-down fact.

  Liu Rong has no chance of success at all!

  Everyone in the Wen Dinghou Mansion couldn't help but laugh at Liu Rong, waiting for her to give up and leave the mansion voluntarily.

  But Zuo Tingxuan listened as Old Master Hou's expression first showed joy, then turned solemn.

  This joy was naturally because Liu Rong had already thought of a way to deal with these rumors and had instructed him to do so. As for the solemnity afterwards, it was due to Zhang Xueshi's withdrawal from the marriage.

  Others don't know, but he and this Xue Shi are colleagues in the same dynasty, and they understand each other very well. This person is actually a stubborn person, once something is decided, even if it's wrong, he will stick to it until the end. If he says he wants to divorce, this matter cannot be changed at all.

  Liu Rong's successful departure from Wending Hou Mansion may have been suspended.

  Shangguan Chen looked at Liu Rong with a worried expression, it was clear that he wanted to help Liu Rong, but the Wen Ding Hou Fu had already said as much, and would agree to let Liu Rong leave the manor as long as she agreed to their conditions, so he couldn't intervene again at this time.

  For a moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on Liu Rong, waiting for her to give the final result.

  "You're so timid and stupid! Can't make a decision, just refuse. What's there to consider? The stinky kid suddenly spoke up: "If I had that many people backing me up all the time, I'd definitely be the boss of Beijing, bullying people at will! No need to fear my mom beating me."

  Zuo Tingyu gave a cold stare, and slapped the stinky kid on the head. The stinky kid raised his neck: "What did I say wrong? With so many people backing me up, who dares not to obey, beat him!"

  Liu Rong couldn't help but burst out laughing, and for a moment, the tense atmosphere was all undone by this little scamp.

  Liu Rong couldn't help but take a deep breath, what's there to be afraid of with this condition.

  The people in the Wen Dinghou Mansion were different from others, and those who helped her were also different. When she heard the last condition of Wen Dinghou, she couldn't help but curse him as an old fox in her heart.

  Because they never expected her to solve these things, setting conditions for her was just a way of setting conditions for the people who were backing her.

  Agreed, these people who are helping her will work together to solve this last condition as long as they want to help her. Outsiders don't know the true situation, so they naturally think that they are helping the Wen Ding Hou Fu, not knowing that they are actually helping the Yong Cheng Jun Zhu. Unbeknownst to them, this raises the status of the Wen Ding Hou Fu and solves the urgent problem that the Wen Ding Hou Fu is currently facing!

  Refusing to comply would be a simple way for her to leave the mansion and avoid bringing shame to the Wen Ding Hou Fu!

  What a great idea!

  And she really didn't want to trouble them when they were already helping her so much as the Yong City County Mistress.

  But the little girl did say one thing right, with so many people willing to help her, if she still wants to be a coward, that would be too unjust.

  Anyway, she had already thought of a way to deal with the rumors, and she didn't believe that she couldn't find a solution without relying on these people to resolve Zhang Xueshi's divorce!

  Liu Rong looked up at Old Master Hou and said: "I agree to this last condition!"