I'm a humble concubine. My acting skills are off the charts. You can check my performance.

Cui Zimin walked all the way from Qinghe to Longxi, step by step, and now the maps of the seven major rivers that he wanted to draw have finally been completed one by one.

He wanted to visit the Li family again before leaving Longxi, so he set off back to Qinghe.

Who would have thought that I would hear such majestic and majestic piano music in this peach blossom forest.

I thought it was that brother, but it turned out to be a group of little girls who came to appreciate the flowers.

Cui Zimin couldn't help wanting to see the little girl who played the Requiem, until the visitor told him that the performer was Sun Heyun, the daughter of the prefect.

Cui Zimin left after learning about it. The wife of the prefect's men watched Cui Zimin walk away with red faces.

That's Qinghe Cuilang...

He slapped his face twice to dispel the charming thoughts in his mind, and without any shame on his face, he went back to report.

Not long after, after two rounds of drinking, the prefect's wife smiled and said to everyone, "I never thought that Cui Lang from Qinghe was also here. Just now, when I heard the music, he actually asked about my daughter."

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but gather on the prefect's wife, only to see that the hairpin on her head swayed back and forth as she moved, and she did not have the grace and elegance of other ladies at all.

Someone complimented her that she was about to get married with the Cui family. She smiled but said nothing. However, when the banquet was over, she took the initiative to give the girl from that family a glass hairpin.

Zhao Fangyu and others found the news that Qinghe Cui Lang was suspected of being in love with Sun Heyun ridiculous. Even Shier Lang couldn't stand Sun Heyun's behavior, so how could Qinghe Cui Lang like her?

The ladies made fun of the prefect's wife, and the girls made fun of Sun Heyun.

Qinghe Cui Lang has never shown up, so who knows who the visitor is and whether he is using the name of Qinghe Cui Lang?

But what everyone didn't see was that behind the crowd, Sun Heyun looked at Shisiniang with eyes that were like poison.

"I thought the people coming from the capital were troublemakers, but I didn't expect that I missed you."

·

Li family

Shi Erlang rushed into the yard, anxiously waiting for his mother Li Lin to return.

Li Lin had seen two jokes at the Bi Tao Banquet today, so she was naturally happy. When she returned to the courtyard, she saw her son, who was usually not at home, sitting in the hall waiting. She had a hunch that the child had something to say.

It happened to be the Peach Blossom Banquet, and Li Lin had a premonition in her heart. She couldn't help but show joy on her face, but she still did not forget to tease her not-so-intelligent son.

As soon as she entered the door, she asked someone to massage her legs and shoulders and closed her eyes to rest. After Shierlang had finished two plates of snacks, Li Lin slowly opened her eyes.

Shi Erlang smiled ingratiatingly at Li Lin and called her "mother".

His pretentious look made Li Lin laugh.

"Tell me, what happened?"

Shi Erlang quickly sat in the seat closest to Li Linshi and sent all the servants away before he blushed and said, "Mother, I have a lover."

Li Lin had guessed this a long time ago, but she just didn't know whose darling girl she was that could make her son, who was good at swords, spears, axes, halberds, hooks and forks, fall in love with her.

But the process still had to be followed, so she sipped her tea and waited for Shierlang to continue.

"I would like to ask you to marry the fourth sister of the Zhao family for me."

Li Lin: “…”

It’s better not to drink this tea.

"Why do you like her?"

Although the fourth daughter of the Zhao family is not the biological daughter of the young lady, she was originally born as a concubine! How can she be a good match for Shi Er Lang?

Even though her Twelve Son was not very proficient in civil service, he would never fall to the point of marrying a concubine's daughter!

Li Lin's face darkened slightly. She slowly raised her eyes and stared into Shierlang's eyes, as if she wanted to look straight into his mind through his eyes.

"Did you know that she was born out of wedlock?"

Shierlang didn't know, but he didn't care.

"Mother, can't a concubine's child marry? When did our Li family come up with such a rule?"

To be honest, Shi Er Lang's father was also born out of wedlock, so Li Lin couldn't say this directly, and could only say it in a roundabout way: "It's not that a bastard can't get married, but your uncle has other plans for her."

"She was born to your aunt, and her mother was extremely stupid, even foolish. How could a child born to such a mother be good? Even if she was taken to your aunt's house to be raised for a few years, she would only be able to pretend to be good. How could she learn the true bearing of a noble family!"

"You have to know that when you marry a virtuous woman, her appearance is just the icing on the cake. The most important thing for a wife is her character."

"You like the fourth daughter of the Zhao family. I will find you a similar girl in Longxi in the future. It doesn't have to be her."

Li Lin said a lot of things, and the more she talked, the sadder Shi Erlang became.

He didn't understand. They had clearly agreed that as long as the person was someone he liked, his mother would like him and accept him gladly. Why did she change her mind now?

"Mother dislikes Zhao's sister. Is it really just because of her background?"

Li Lin nodded and said yes.

"There is a huge difference between a concubine's child and a legitimate child from the moment they are born. Not all families are like the Li family, where brothers live in harmony. In most families, there are intrigues and deceptions, brothers quarreling with each other, and sisters scheming against each other."

"The fourth sister of the Zhao family that you love is able to fight her way out of the crowd of concubines of your aunt's family and win the favor of your aunt. You know she is a manipulative and troublesome troublemaker. She is here to confuse a fool like you who acts without thinking."

"You can go back to Jiayuguan in a few days. When you come back next time, they will have left, so you don't have to worry about them."

Shi Erlang had never thought that he would encounter obstacles in his marriage proposal. Since he was old enough to know things, all he remembered was that his mother told him that he could do whatever he wanted as long as he was happy. So he could be a poor student, could be naughty and become the devil of the Li family, but he never thought that he could not even propose to the woman he loved.

Shi Erlang was stunned and still couldn't figure it out, but he didn't want to return to Jiayuguan with regret.

He knew clearly that after this departure, there would be no possibility for him and the fourth sister of the Zhao family to be together.

Surrendering without a fight was not Shi Er Lang's style. He immediately knelt in the hall and spoke from the bottom of his heart:

"My son loves the fourth sister of the Zhao family. What he loves is the person, not her legitimate or illegitimate birth or family background."

"If we really count based on family background, only the five surnames and seven aristocrats can marry into the Longxi Li family."

"I don't care whether she is a legitimate child or not, nor do I care about her biological mother. If she marries me, what others will talk about for the rest of her life is whether I can bring honor to her, rather than letting others use her background as a laughing stock. If that is the case, I am not worthy of marrying her. It is my incompetence, not others'."

"She didn't get to choose her birth. If she could, she wouldn't necessarily want to be born in the Zhao family or under the name of that stupid aunt. She had no choice. The reason she grew up like this was because she was willing to work hard for herself. She never killed anyone or hurt anyone. So what if she had some tricks? She was just trying to protect herself or to live a better life. It's not something to be ashamed of."

"For us Longxi people, the most important thing is to stay alive. She lives well, wants to live a better life, is filial to her stepmother, and is friendly to her sisters. Are these also wrong in her mother's eyes?"