A car accident, our family of three crossed

While the group was enjoying the welcoming banquet in Zhou's residence, in the old lady's yard at Cheng'en Marquis' residence, Zhou Rong, the eldest daughter of Cheng'en Marquis' residence, was throwing herself into the old lady's arms and crying like a tearful person.

"Grandma, what should we do? Rong'er doesn't want to marry a useless person."

The old lady patted her granddaughter's back again and again with a distressed look, and comforted her with words: "My dear child, don't cry. Don't worry, your grandmother is here and will never let you suffer such an injustice."

However, the old lady's words did not comfort Zhou Rong. "But, they are unwilling to cancel the engagement. What else can we do?"

"There is still a way. You are not the only girl waiting to get married in our Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion." The old lady said with a calculating gleam in her eyes.

At the beginning of this year, the old lady started to look for husbands for the girls who were waiting to get married in the Marquis' Mansion, and she had already arranged marriages for several girls of marriageable age in the mansion that would be helpful to the Marquis' Mansion.

Considering that Zhou Rong is the eldest daughter and is now seventeen years old, the wedding date had been set several months ago, and the generous betrothal gifts from the man's family were also sent over early.

The original wedding date was in early September, but unfortunately the late emperor passed away at that time, and no marriage or banquets were allowed within 100 days. The two families then renegotiated a new wedding date, which was set at the end of December.

This was originally the marriage that the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion was most satisfied with, but as the wedding date was approaching, an accident happened.

Zhou Rong's fiancé went hunting in the mountains with several young masters from aristocratic families half a month ago. Unfortunately, they encountered a large insect that came out to look for food in the mountains.

If General Chu and several young masters from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion had not been hunting in the mountains that day and were attracted by the noise they made and successfully caught and killed the big tiger, I'm afraid those young masters from the aristocratic families would have been in great danger in the end.

However, even though they were eventually rescued, it came at a considerable cost, with all of them suffering varying degrees of injuries.

The most serious case was that of Zhou Rong's fiancé, who had a piece of his calf bitten off by the giant beast while fighting with it.

When the man was sent back to the capital, he was already dying. The director of the imperial hospital in the palace was invited to save him from the brink of death.

Although the life was saved, the leg that was bitten off was completely disabled.

After hearing the news, Marquis Cheng'en went to cancel the engagement. However, at this time, how could the other party be willing to cancel the engagement? No matter how much Marquis Cheng'en tried to persuade them, the other party just refused to give in.

Therefore, Zhou Rong looked so sad at this moment, crying like a pear blossom in the rain.

After hearing what the old lady said, she paused crying and immediately understood what she meant. She asked, "Grandmother, do you want to find someone else to marry Rong'er? But, but, the sisters in the mansion have all been engaged..."

The old lady smiled mysteriously, patted her hand gently, and reminded her: "Our Cheng'en Marquis Mansion doesn't only have these girls from the first house."

As soon as the voice fell, a maid who worked with the old lady hurriedly came in from outside and said to the old lady: "Old lady, the fourth master and Miss Ru have returned to Beijing and have just returned to the mansion."

Upon hearing this, the old lady's faint smile gradually deepened. She sent the nanny away and then turned to give Zhou Rong a meaningful look.

Zhou Rong understood immediately, and covered her mouth in surprise, asking in a low voice: "Grandma, are you planning to let Sister Ru..."

The old lady nodded and raised her hand to stop her from speaking further. After all, what they were about to do was not honorable, so it would be better for them to just keep it tacit.

But Zhou Rong still felt uneasy and said in confusion, "But will Fourth Uncle agree to this kind of thing?"

The old lady said: "Man proposes, God disposes. We still have time to plan well."

To put it bluntly, the Fourth House would definitely not agree. Who would be willing to let their daughter marry a disabled person with a broken leg?

But what if they did it first and asked for permission later, and replaced the bride on the day of the wedding? By then, as long as the bride was sent to her husband's house and entered the bridal chamber, it would be a done deal, and there would be nothing they could do even if they were unwilling.

As for the husband's family, they have to acknowledge the girl even if they don't want to.

After all, she was a girl from the Marquis Cheng'en's mansion, and marrying a disabled man with a broken leg was, in the final analysis, an advantage for them. Even if they found out that the bride had been replaced, they would not hold on to it.

Ever since the man repeatedly refused to cancel the engagement, the old lady came up with this bold plan. These days, she has had people guarding around Zhou's mansion in the west of the city every day, just to be the first to know the news of Zhou Huan and his daughter returning to the capital.

Zhou Ru was sitting at home, completely unaware that a conspiracy against her was quietly unfolding.

At that time, they had just finished dinner and the men went to the study to discuss something. Zhou Ru personally took Song Ning and her son to the guest house and arranged the rooms for them to stay in that night.

"Song Ning, take a look at this room. Are you satisfied with it? If not, let's change it."

It was only a one-night stay, so Song Ning had no complaints. "It's fine. This is the room!"

"Well, don't worry. My brother said that he has specially had the bed and bedding in this room replaced with new ones. From now on, this room will be reserved exclusively for you. You can come and stay for a few days anytime."

Song Ning didn't expect that Zhou Ting, a nobleman, would make such careful arrangements. "Your brother is thoughtful."

Zhou Ru stayed in the room and chatted with them for a while. When she saw that little Yangyang was beginning to feel drowsy, she left.

"Sister Song, you guys take a rest first. If you need anything, just tell the servants in the courtyard to do it. I won't disturb you from resting."

After a whole day of traveling, no one got much rest. Now that they had filled their stomachs, they began to feel tired. Not to mention Yangyang, a child, even the adults felt a little tired.