When Liu Yun nonchalantly told Dongfang Ye what the eldest lady said to her and asked him to handle it by himself, Dongfang Ye's face turned ugly, but Liu Yun didn't feel any guilt at all, and he didn't feel at all that he was
I was making a small report, but I didn't realize that I was actually causing trouble for the eldest lady.
Therefore, when Dongfang Ye was about to go out before dinner, Liu Yun nodded calmly, and then watched him walk towards the direction of Madam Ling's courtyard. She raised her eyebrows and pursed her lips with a smile.
She knew that Dongfang Ye would not agree to taking a concubine, and she couldn't tell where she came from, but she just believed in her intuition and her own vision.
Dongfang Ye rarely appeared in the Ling family's courtyard. When he walked in, all the servants showed bewildered expressions, but they immediately regained their composure and led him into the house.
"Ye'er, why are you here?" Mrs. Ling was also a little surprised. She was originally thinking about how to talk to Dongfang Ye and ask him to take a concubine, but she didn't expect that he would come here on his own, which she couldn't bear.
I always doubt his purpose.
"Aunt Lan wants me to take a concubine?" Dongfang Ye doesn't want to beat around the bush. Despite his meek appearance, he is actually a resolute and evil person in his heart. He never likes to talk in a muddled manner.
"Have Liu Yun told you?" The eldest lady frowned slightly, a little dissatisfied with Liu Yun's complaint, but she had temporarily forgotten that the final decision was in Dongfang Ye's hands. Although Liu Yun was the official wife, she did not
The power to take concubines for Dongfang Ye.
Sensing the coldness in Dongfang Ye's gaze, the eldest lady only felt like a piece of fish on the chopping board. He was thinking about where to start and kept looking at her.
"I don't know how to take concubines." Dongfang Ye rarely spoke to Mrs. Ling in such a serious tone. Mrs. Ling was not only his aunt, but also his adoptive mother. Dongfang Ye always had some respect for her.
"Ye'er, Aunt Lan is doing this for your own good." Mrs. Ling didn't expect that he would refuse so relentlessly, so she couldn't help but raise her voice, and then softened it slightly, "Aunt Lan knows that you like Liu Yun and wants to treat her."
Okay, Aunt Lan understands these things and is willing to work with you to take care of her and protect her, but you also need someone to serve you."
In Ling's eyes, there is nothing greater than heirs.
However, these are what Dongfang Ye hates the most. What he has always hated the most is the struggle in the house. The intrigues for the heirs and status. They should be the closest relatives, but they fight to the death.
He was actually very lucky, because Dongfang Lin and Dongfang Jing were extremely sober people who knew how to sit on the sidelines and not participate in the struggles between the women, thus preserving their brotherhood. Being in the Hou Mansion was already an extremely lonely thing.
Come on, if you don't even have brothers, that would be really pitiful.
"Does Aunt Lan want my father to take a concubine?" Dongfang Ye suddenly raised his face and looked at Mrs. Ling seriously, waiting for her answer, but she was slightly stunned and speechless.
Which woman wants her husband to take a concubine, who wants someone else to share her love? No one, absolutely no one is so stupid.
"Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. Since Aunt Lan herself doesn't want my father to have a concubine, why bother getting involved in the affairs between me and Liu Yun." Dongfang Ye raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled lightly.
In fact, in the final analysis, maybe others don't know, so how could he not know that the relationship between him and Aunt Lan is just a love-in-love drama. She needs a son to stabilize her status. The so-called treating her as a parent is actually true.
It's just 'as if'.
"Ye'er, Aunt Lan is doing this for your own good." Ling Lan frowned tightly and criticized Dongfang Ye a bit. Of course, she would not really be angry with Dongfang Ye. If she was angry, she would be angry at the ignorant person who only knew
The wife who complained was not happy.
"Anyway, the matter of concubinage is over here. I hope Aunt Lan won't mention it again in the future." After saying this, Dongfang Ye walked away.
In the past, he might have considered Ling's thoughts and played the emotional card, but after observing these days, he felt that he should not tolerate Ling's temptation and aggressiveness towards Liu Yun. What kind of person Liu Yun is, he is too
It is clear that if someone she cares about makes unreasonable demands on her, she will always compromise even if she is in trouble.
But what Dongfang Ye wanted was never Liu Yun's compromise.
His coldness is to protect Liu Yun. He hopes that his attitude can give Aunt Lan a warning. He is no longer the young man who allowed herself to be arranged by her. He has grown up and will no longer be obedient in her hands.
A person who is obedient and obedient.
After he left, Mrs. Ling sat there in shock for a long time, and finally her face darkened.
"Madam, don't be angry, the eldest young master is also outspoken." Luo Ying is Ling's dowry girl. It has been many years since Ling married into the Marquis's house. She has not married and has always been by Ling's side.
"It's true that he's not his biological son. No matter how nice he is, it's useless." Ling's dignified expression was cold. She sighed, with sarcasm on her lips, "When you have a wife, you forget about your mother. This is true.
of."
Seeing the frustration in her words, Luo Ying persuaded her softly: "The young lady has just married to the Marquis Mansion, and she is a newlywed. At this time, it is indeed a little early for the lady to ask the eldest young master to take a concubine. Madam is very kind-hearted.
The eldest young master and young madam may not understand."
After receiving Luoying's persuasion, Ling's eyes did not warm up, but shook her head: "Ye'er has always been estranged from me. He has changed since he came back when he was fifteen years old. He is no longer the obedient and well-behaved boy he used to be.
Over the years, he has become deeper and deeper, and I can’t see through him more and more.”
Ling Lan was not indifferent to Dongfang Ye's alienation. At first, she thought it was because he was not in good health and did not want to see people. Later, she gradually discovered that when he looked at her silently, his dark eyes seemed to be able to
It was like seeing through her, which made her heart become more and more uneasy.
"Luo Ying, tell me... will Ye'er know about her sister's death..." She couldn't help but mention her sister Ling Yue, and her words made Luo Ying, who had always maintained a gentle smile, change her expression.
Luo Ying leaned toward the door to make sure there was no one outside, then she lowered her voice and said to Mrs. Ling: "Madam, don't mention the past. If people find out..." She took a sip.
Pursing his lips, he seemed to be looking for a suitable expression, and after a while he continued, "So many years have passed, and I haven't pursued the matter any further. Madam, just forget about it. The eldest young master has been raised in Madam's yard since he was born.
Yes, I didn’t go to Qingfeng Garden alone until I was fifteen years old. All of us have seen how well my wife has treated the eldest young master in these years. No one will talk behind my back and say that the eldest young master is not my wife’s son, even if he is the master.
, I am also satisfied with Madam."
But, are you really satisfied? Ling Lan sneered in her heart. If she was really satisfied, why would he always let Dongfang Ye call her Aunt Lan, and why did she insist on not letting him call her mother? In Dongfang Yuan's heart, she would always be...
Only her sister.
Mrs. Ling clenched her fists tightly, and her slightly pale face revealed her unwillingness. She had worked hard for so many years, but in the hearts of the young and old, she still couldn't compare to her sister who had been dead for more than 20 years.