Chapter 142 The Incense Is Broken

Ling Chu knew that both the Madam and Mrs. Dong did not like her because of her bad fate.

The reason why they did not agree to her breaking off the engagement was that they saw that the Ling family had fallen into decline and wanted to use her to form an alliance with the Zhao family. After she married Mr. Zhao, they would let her and the Zhao family help the Ling family.

It was a good plan.

But how could Ling Chu let them use her?

"Grandmother, mother, I know you are doing this for my own good, but now that my grandfather and father have lost their official positions, how can the family afford to build bridges, repair roads, and provide porridge and charity?

Since the master has taught me the art of divination, it is for me to use it to help those in need. Please forgive me that Ling Chu cannot disobey the master's order.

Marriage is to make the two families friendly. Now our Ling Mansion and Zhao Guogong Mansion are not a good match, and my health is not good, so this marriage is no longer suitable.

It is better to give up the marriage, so as not to delay Mr. Zhao. If the two families fail to get married and become enemies, it will not be beautiful."

"Cough cough cough..." Ling Chu said this with a pale face, and suddenly covered her mouth and coughed violently.

Her cough was earth-shattering and heart-wrenching, as if she wanted to cough out her heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys.

And her weak body was trembling, as if she would faint at any time.

Having been ill for so many years, Ling Chu didn't need to pretend at all. She knew how to make herself look flawless.

Originally, the lady and Mrs. Dong were so angry that they wanted to lose their temper after hearing what she said.

But now seeing that she was coughing so badly, they could only hold back their anger.

Although Nanny Wang was surprised to hear that Ling Chu wanted to cancel the engagement, she couldn't help but feel suspicious.

The Ling Mansion is now in decline. According to their wives, the former relatives and old friends of the Ling family were afraid of being implicated and all cut off contact with the Ling Mansion.

Now the Zhaoguo Mansion is the highest branch that the Ling Mansion can climb.

Not to mention that their Zhao family's son is a famous talent in Kyoto. Is Miss Ling really willing to give up such a good marriage?

Is she kidding?

Although she was suspicious, when she saw Ling Chu coughing so badly, Nanny Wang couldn't hide her joy in her eyes.

It seems that Miss Ling didn't lie. Her health is really very poor.

Regardless of whether she was making fun of her or not, if the Madam knew that Miss Ling was in such poor health, she would definitely not be willing to hire her back.

Nanny Wang didn't want to stay any longer at this moment, she had to go back and tell the Madam about this.

She had done a great job, and the Madam would definitely reward her.

"Since the eldest girl is not feeling well, take good care of her. She must not go out and show her face in the future, and stay in the mansion to learn the rules and etiquette."

Nanny Wang suppressed her joy in her heart, said a few polite words casually, and couldn't wait to say goodbye.

Madam Tai and Mrs. Dong were afraid that Nanny Wang would go back and tell Mrs. Zhao that Ling Chu was not feeling well, so they tried their best to keep her. But Nanny Wang ignored them and insisted on leaving.

Seeing Nanny Wang leave the main hall, Ling Chu raised the corner of his mouth and slowly stopped coughing.

Madam Tai and Mrs. Dong's faces were as dark as ink.

Ling Chu glanced at him casually and didn't take it to heart.

He coughed so hard just now that his throat was a little uncomfortable.

She reached out and took the teacup and drank several sips, which relieved her mood.

Seeing that she was fine, Mrs. Dong was so angry that her heart ached.

She stared at Ling Chu with a cold look, "Why did you say those words just now? Do you know you are wrong?"

Ling Chu gently put down the teacup, raised his eyes and looked over, and asked coldly, "Every word I said is true, how can I be wrong?"

"You..."

Mrs. Dong didn't expect that she would dare to take the blame, and her chest rose and fell violently with anger.

"Since you were a child, you had a bad fate and a poor health. I was afraid that you would not be able to get married, so I took great pains to arrange this marriage for you.

But not only did you not cherish it, but you even wanted to ruin the marriage. Why did I give birth to such an unfilial daughter like you!"

"I have said before that my body is not suitable for marriage. If I have children, it will only end up with one corpse and two lives.

Even so, you still insist on me marrying Mr. Zhao?"

"One corpse and two lives? Your master is just exaggerating. Haven't you been fine since you returned to Beijing? You go out every few days. , and you don’t seem to be in any trouble. ”

The second wife curled her lips, “Sister Chu, your mother is right, you are always lively and healthy, and your health is better than our elders, so it’s not as serious as you say.”

Even Aunt Wen said, “Miss, your master may be afraid that you are young and don’t take your health seriously, so he said it’s serious.

As long as you take good care of yourself for a while, it won’t affect your marriage.”

Aunt Wen didn’t want to intervene in this matter, but she was worried that Ling Chu really didn’t get married, and then all the things she hoped for would be ruined.

Ling Chu sneered, "You don't agree with me breaking off the engagement, but you just want to wait until I marry Mr. Zhao so that the Duke of Zhao's Mansion can help everyone.

Do you think that if you force me to do something I don't want to do, I will still do what you want?

It's okay not to cancel the engagement. There are more than one girl in this mansion. Since you are so optimistic about this marriage, whoever is willing to marry can marry."

As soon as Ling Chu finished speaking, Dong was stunned. Although she didn't say anything, she was relieved in her heart. This damn girl doesn't want to marry, that's good. When she changes the marriage to Qing'er in the future, don't blame her for being partial.

The second wife, the third wife and Aunt Wen didn't expect Ling Chu to really not want to marry. They were surprised for a while, and their minds immediately turned.

Ling Chu took a quick look and could guess without thinking that they all wanted to compete for the good fortune of the Duke of Zhao's Mansion for their daughters.

Ling Chu didn't care who married into the Zhao family, as long as it wasn't her.

Ling Chu didn't want to marry, but the old lady disagreed, and said to her with a dark face, "Come with me!"

The old lady threw down this and turned to leave the main hall.

Ling Chu frowned, hesitated for a moment, put down the teacup in her hand, and followed.

Originally thought that the old lady called her out alone to persuade her to marry into the Duke of Zhao's Mansion.

Unexpectedly, she was taken to the ancestral hall.

Ling Chu was surprised when the old lady stretched out her hand and pushed open the two half-closed doors.

There was a large altar in the room, and the spirit tablets of the ancestors of the Ling family were densely placed on the table.

The old lady walked in silently, took three incense sticks, lit them, bowed, and inserted them into the incense burner.

Turning around, she said coldly to Ling Chu, "Why don't you come in and burn a stick of incense for the ancestors!"

As a member of the Ling family, it is her duty to burn incense for the ancestors. Ling Chu said nothing, stepped forward, picked up three incense sticks, lit them, bowed and worshiped, and inserted them into the incense burner.

But just as her hand left the incense burner, Ling Chu was suddenly stunned.

The three incense sticks she had just inserted into the incense burner were extinguished at the same time.

And all three incense sticks broke at once.

Ling Chu was stunned.

What kind of incense did she buy? The quality is so poor.

While complaining, Ling Chu pulled out the half of the incense stick that was still inserted in the incense burner and prepared to burn another one.

But when she went to get the incense again, her brows furrowed.

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