Chapter 975 Thousands of Twists and Turns

After Lieutenant General Xia reached an agreement with General Meng, he returned to his residence. Without informing his wife, he went directly to see his daughter and explained the matter of the substitute marriage.

When Xia Qingran learned that she could marry the prince as the youngest daughter of General Meng, she was naturally extremely happy. This was a wealth that she, a concubine, could never imagine, so she happily agreed and began to prepare for the marriage with peace of mind.

But Lieutenant General Xia's concubine Lang Huan found out about this matter, and it was also because Xia Qingran let it slip that her own mother knew about it.

Xia Qingran is stupid, but her mother Huan is not stupid. Since it is such a good thing, why not let Xia Qingjue marry her instead, but let her own daughter go? There must be dangers that she doesn't know about.

For the sake of her daughter, Lang Huan began to inquire around. Unfortunately, she was only a housewife and had limited channels for obtaining information. Moreover, this matter was a secret, and currently only Deputy General Xia knew about it.

Lang Huan felt uneasy, and finally secretly went to listen to Deputy General Xia's corner at night, and she really found out the whole story.

"Husband, if our daughter becomes the Crown Princess, she will become the Queen when the Crown Prince ascends the throne in the future. Why not let Jue'er go?"

This was the voice of Xia Meng's wife, and she could hear the tone of blame.

"If there is such a good thing, I am naturally willing to let my daughter go, but do you really think Meng Lianyi can survive until the crown prince ascends the throne? Or that she can sit in the position of queen for a few days."

"What do you mean, husband?"

"That Meng Lianyi is already weak and sickly. This is a well-known fact in our Shouyue City. It is not a secret. How could the emperor not know about it? Why did he let the prince marry a sick man as the crown prince?"

Xia Meng asked helplessly.

"You mean that the emperor has other motives."

"Then there's no need to guess? The emperor asked the prince to marry the general's daughter, giving him a distinguished status, appeasing General Meng, and making General Meng have to support the prince. You have to know that the second and third princes are not fuel-efficient lamps.

With the support of General Meng, at least when the prince comes to power, nothing will happen here at the border.

Furthermore, there were too many people eyeing the position of the crown prince's wife. Which family in the imperial city had a daughter who didn't want to have a queen. Unfortunately, there could only be one crown princess. Whoever should be given the title or not should be weighed.

Instead of doing this, it is better to marry the daughter of General Meng, so that no one can offend the emperor, and General Meng is considered to be a second-ranker after all. Regardless of status, background and power, his daughter can be considered a good match when marrying the prince.

As for her daughter, after marrying into the palace, she will indeed be able to live and clothe her well, but she will also have to face two concubines. The battles in the concubines are always bloodless. Are you willing to let Qingjue face this? "

"What you said is correct, then why did you let Qingran go?"

"I am taking a gamble. After all, I am her biological father. If one day she ascends to the throne, she can support our two sons and make General Meng owe our Xia family a favor. Why not? ?”

"But if that girl becomes rich, do you think she will still take care of us?"

"What are you afraid of? I have Lang Huan by my side, right? That's her mother. If she doesn't listen to me, how can she still ignore her mother's life and death?"

Xia Meng's calculations were very precise.

Lang Huan, who was squatting at the foot of the wall and eavesdropping, felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. Only then did she realize that the man who usually talked sweetly to her had such deep thoughts. When he said he had to make her his concubine, he only had her in his heart. It was probably a lie to her.

Lang Huan squatted in the corner for a long time, until her legs and feet were numb and she lost consciousness. Then she slowly moved back to her room without disturbing anyone, and she kept her eyes open until dawn.

After three days of this, Lang Huan found a chance to talk to her daughter. At that time, she asked her old servant to guard the door and told her daughter what she had overheard.

"What? Mom, is this all true?"

"When did mother lie to you?"

"Then I can't marry you, otherwise I will be dead. Mother, what should I do?"

Xia Qingran was also a little panicked.

Lang Huan had been fighting with Mrs. Xia for half a lifetime, but she still had some sense, otherwise she would not have given birth to her daughter safely and raised her daughter so well.

"Don't panic, listen to me."

"Mom, tell me!"

"Ran Ran, your father has already decided on the substitute marriage. There is no room for change."

"mother!"

"Listen to me!"

Xia Qingran, who was in tears, could only nod.

"You are not the real Meng Lianyi to begin with. It would be the same if you found a girl to replace you."

Lang Huan held her daughter's hand and spoke in a low voice.

After hearing this, Xia Qingran's eyes also lit up. Anyway, she, Meng Lianyi, was a fake, so what was the difference between her and other girls.

"As long as a person gets on the sedan chair and marries into the East Palace, she is Meng Lianyi. General Meng cannot deny it, and he dare not deny it."

"I understand what mother means, so what should I do?"

"Ask your personal maid Cuizhu to get on the sedan chair for you. She is close to you in age and stature. As long as she enters General Meng's backyard, the matter will be half done.

At that time, she can let you pretend to be a maid and leave before getting married. As long as you leave the Meng family, you can find a place to hide first. After I get out of here, we can leave the border town. "

Lang Huan slowly told her plan.

"Mom, how do you get away?"

Xia Qingran is a girl after all, and she still feels panicked when there are no adults around her.

"Ten days at most, five days at the shortest, I can fake death and escape. After all, you are my only daughter. You got married without me knowing. It is normal for me to be angry."

"Mom, I understand!"

"Recently, you should organize your luggage carefully, exchange everything that is inconvenient to take with you into money, get Cuizhu's body deed in advance, comfort her well, and make her marry you willingly."

Lang Huan explained carefully.

"Mom, don't worry, I will definitely talk to her properly."

After Lang Huan left, Xia Qingran found Cuizhu and asked Cuizhu to help her in tears. Her reason was that she already had a sweetheart and could not marry.

In fact, the original Cuizhu had gone to the hut when Aunt Langhuan came. When she came back, she happened to pass by her own lady's window and heard clearly the conspiracy between the two.

When she learned that she was helping General Meng, she had already decided to be the substitute bride. Her entire family was trampled to death by the iron hoofs of the neighboring Qianglang people, and she was the only one who survived, and she was still a soldier of General Meng. Saved her.

Even to repay this kindness, she was willing to marry instead. As for her death after marrying into the palace, that would be the end of the world, and General Meng would not be implicated anyway.

And in order to appease General Meng, the prince also had to be polite to General Meng, so as to buy some time for the Meng family army at the border.

This was the scene when Ripple first entered this body, and she made the same choice as her original body by mistake.