It's good to exchange marriages. My sister eats coarse food while I wear gold and silver.

Yuan Buwei came back to her senses and looked at Lu Sui's concerned face: "Am I distracted?"

"Yeah, I've called you several times, what are you thinking?"

In fact, this was not the first time Lu Sui saw Yuan Buwei distracted. Every time he saw her eyes flashing with fire, he asked, "Did you encounter something unhappy?"

"It's not that I'm unhappy, I just sigh that things are unpredictable." Yuan Buwei smiled at Lu Sui, "Don't worry about me, I'm not one to let myself get angry. I'll try to contact Lan Ling'er first, as for whether she's willing to show up, that's uncertain."

"Then you can make Ling Jiuyuan's situation more serious. If that doesn't work, you can say that Ling Jiuyuan is...going to marry into your family."

Yuan Buwei: ???

"Marrying into a wife's family is a little more serious than marrying a wife. When Lan Ling'er finds out, she will definitely show up."

"Okay, I'll follow your method and tell her if she will respond to me."

Just when Yuan Buwei finished writing the letter and asked Chenxiang to send it out.

Marquis Wanning is back.

"Sui'er, Bu Wei, the Ling Mansion wants to meet with Ling Jiuyuan first, and we will be there too."

"If we don't bring Madam Ling with us, what if Madam Ling suddenly shows up like yesterday? What should we do then?"

"It doesn't matter. I'll ask Madam and Han'er to go to the Ling Mansion to visit Madam Ling. It's normal for the two families to visit each other and get closer. Let's prepare in the next two days." Wan Ninghou had thought of everything on the way back. "I haven't seen Miss Ling for a long time. She looks older than me."

"Then listen to father. I'll let Li Yan send the invitation to Ling Jiuyuan."

Two days later.

This was also the deadline Ling Jiuyuan gave for a reply. He showed up at the Marquis Wanning's Mansion on time according to the time on the invitation.

At the same time, the wife of Marquis Wanning brought her daughter Lu Han to Madam Ling's residence.

Mrs. Ling, who had slept well for two days, felt a little embarrassed when they arrived.

It was the wife of Marquis Wanning who stepped forward, took her hand, asked about her well-being, and immediately broke the awkward situation.

Wanning Marquis Mansion.

Yuan Buwei turned her head and saw her father-in-law walking in quickly with a woman, and she immediately went up to greet them.

"This is your eldest daughter-in-law, Marquis Wanning, right?"

Before Yuan Buwei could even salute, the other party spoke first: "Yes, nice to meet Miss Ling Er, I am Yuan Buwei."

Although Ling Xue was nearly fifty years old and her clothes were not very ostentatious, her black hair was combed meticulously and her eyes were bright and energetic: "I am already this age, how can I still be a girl? Madam, just call me by my name."

"You are the elder, and as a junior, it is not appropriate for me to call you by your name. If you don't mind, I can call you Aunt Ling?"

Ling Xue smiled when she heard it: "Okay, okay, you are a smart child."

While talking.

The three of them walked into the front hall together.

When Ling Xue's gaze fell on Ling Jiuyuan, the smile on her face immediately turned bitter.

Tears glistened in his eyes.

"Second aunt."

Ling Jiuyuan lifted his robe and knelt down: "Jiuyuan kowtows to you."

"Yuan'er, hurry up, get up." Ling Xue ran to her nephew and helped him up from the ground. After not seeing him for many years, he looked more and more like her elder brother. "If your father knew that you have grown so well and so tall, he would definitely be happy."

"Second aunt, I'm sorry."

Ling Jiuyuan finally had the chance to express this belated apology.

"Yuan'er, how can you look so haggard?" Ling Xue's trembling hands fell on Ling Jiuyuan's face, "Your mother is so cruel. After taking you away, she didn't even let you burn a stick of incense for your eldest brother on his death anniversary."

"I'm sorry, Second Aunt... Mother's health..."

"I just took care of her poor health and your face, so I didn't bother her all these years. But she is so selfish that she even wants to delay your future. If someone hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that Young Marquis Lu could help you get such a good opportunity."

Ling Xue became a little excited as she spoke, "Yuan'er, your father's blood flows in your bones. As a man of the Ling family, you should be upright and lead troops to fight and defend your country, instead of choosing to waste your life with your mother. When people reach a certain age, they must make choices, otherwise how can they achieve great things?"

If someone else said this, Ling Jiuyuan would definitely refute it, but facing his aunt, he couldn't say it.

The Ling family can still stand today thanks to the support of the second aunt. For this reason, she refuses to marry or take a son-in-law, just because she doesn't want outsiders to take away everything of the Ling family.

"Actually, I came here today to give Young Marquis Lu a reply."

Ling Jiuyuan looked at Lu Sui who was sitting in a wheelchair: "I've made up my mind. I'm willing to go to the battle."

Lu Sui was a little surprised: "Ling Jiuyuan, have you really thought it through? What about your mother, what are you going to do?"

"I have prepared two options. Either my mother returns to the Ling Mansion, or she returns to her parents' home. In any case, I will make proper arrangements for her and will never be soft-hearted again." These three days were the most difficult three days in Ling Jiuyuan's life. On one side was his own future, and on the other was his mother.

But just when he was at a loss, he happened to meet a servant who was secretly crying.

After asking him carefully, I found out that someone in his family was sick, but he couldn't come up with the money at the moment, and he couldn't borrow from others.

I immediately thought of myself. If one day my mother was seriously ill and I was insignificant, would I be like the servant in front of me, hiding and crying secretly? Or if I could achieve great merits and increase my salary, the monthly wages of the servants in my family would also increase a little, and then I would no longer worry about not being able to raise money to treat my family's illness.

So at that moment, Ling Jiuyuan suddenly became firm in his choice.

When Ling Xue heard Ling Jiuyuan's words, she was still a little unconvinced: "Yuan'er, have you really thought it through?"

"Second aunt, I have really made up my mind. I will never change my mind this time."

"it is good."

Ling Xue nodded: "Second Aunt believes in your determination, but..."

"Master, it's not good."

Outside the door, Butler Ye rushed in with a panic on his face: "Tell Madam and Miss Three to go to the coachman and tell him that Madam Ling has been provoked by something and has held Miss Three hostage. She said she wants to see Master Ling immediately, otherwise she will take Miss Three with her to death."

"what?!"

Wan Ninghou jumped up suddenly, his beard trembling, "She is not sick, she, she is just pretending to be crazy and stupid, testing Jiuyuan's bottom line again and again. Let's go, things like this must be resolved. If I really force her to death today, I will bear all the responsibilities."

"Marquis Wanning, don't think so. She doesn't dare to die." Ling Xue flashed a cold smile on her face and looked at Ling Jiuyuan, "Yuan'er, have you always been wondering why your mother took you away so suddenly in the first place? She even refused to let you stay in the Ling Mansion for a few days in these years?"