The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

"Xianli only has these two children. I want to find him an older woman who can take care of others. It's best if she has given birth before, and it doesn't matter if she has children."

The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone looked at each other, wondering why they didn't understand what I meant.

Sitting next to Zhou Ningwan was Ge Yuan, the wife of the Jiangping County Magistrate. Her smile seemed a little forced.

"Madam Hou, what do you mean by this?"

Song Shengfu looked around and sighed deeply.

"I shouldn't have said this, but I can't lie to everyone. If I envy him, I can only have these two children in the future. I can't bear to let ordinary girls go through this hardship in the Shen family, so I can only settle for the next best thing."

After saying this, Song Shengfu looked at them meaningfully.

What a joke! She can't just say she doesn't allow her second wife to have children, otherwise she'll have a bad reputation.

Wei Jie'er was nominally raised by her. She didn't want fame, but Wei Jie'er did, and so did the sisters in the Bo's Mansion who would come after her.

So, Shen Xianli can only be wronged.

And she was not wrong. If Shen Xianli didn't want children, then wouldn't there only be two children, Wei Jie'er and Xuan Ge'er, in the future?

She didn't say anything else.

As for whether you can understand it or not, that is other people’s business.

The ladies were shocked. What did it mean to only have two children?

That won’t work…

Is Shen Juncheng not good enough?

"Please keep this matter confidential. If you have a suitable family, just come and tell me. I will talk to Xianli."

Seeing that those people had no interest in staying, Song Shengfu simply said that she was tired and let them go back to digest their thoughts.

Zhou Ningwan tossed and turned in bed at night, unable to sleep. Han Chunxiang, the governor of Jiangping County beside her, was also unable to sleep.

"Why don't you sleep?"

Zhou Ningwan was so conflicted that she suddenly turned around from facing away from Han Chunxiang.

County Magistrate Han's eyes widened, not knowing what his wife was going to do.

Zhou Ningwan leaned close to his ear and whispered something to him for a while.

Han Junshou's sleepy eyes suddenly brightened up, his face became strange, gradually began to become incredible, and then became deeply sympathetic.

"Is this true? Don't talk nonsense."

County Magistrate Han held it in for a long time before uttering these words.

Zhou Ningwan glanced at him and lay back down.

"Believe it or not, this is what the old lady of the Hou family said. She said there are only these two children, so what else could it be but this? Could it be that the old lady still doesn't want Shen Juncheng to have children? Even if she wants to, Shen Juncheng is not happy."

County Magistrate Shen was certainly not unhappy about this; that was exactly what he said.

Han Jun Shou suddenly thought of something and muttered, "No wonder."

Zhou Ningwan's ears moved and she quickly moved closer.

"What's the wonder?"

County Magistrate Han looked at his wife's face full of gossip and asked, "Why does a woman ask so many questions?"

Zhou Ningwan was so angry that she grabbed Han Junshou's soft flesh and twisted it hard.

County Magistrate Han groaned. This tiger woman was really cruel.

"Okay, stop it, I'll tell you what I'm saying."

County Magistrate Han covered his aching waist and took a deep breath.

"Before, you asked me to test Shen Xianli's attitude. I told you at that time, do you remember?"

Zhou Ningwan thought about it and her heart skipped a beat. It was true.

"You told me, when he said, 'Why would a disabled person delay others?', so this is what he meant..."

At that time, she was still sighing at the deep love of Shen Juncheng. "Can" means a broken heart, but she never thought that this "can" refers to that broken heart.

"In that case, you should give up your matchmaking ambitions."

Zhou Ningwan had given up long ago. She originally wanted to marry her sister to Shen Juncheng. Although she was a little older, she was good-looking, with a slender figure and a bright future.

There have been hints from above that I will be transferred to the capital next year.

By then, County Magistrate Shen will be the next County Magistrate of Jiangping.

It was only about three years since County Magistrate Shen came to Jiangping that he climbed up the ranks from Tongzhi to the position of County Magistrate.

If you don't build closer relationships with people like this now, it will be too late later.

"I know, I know."

Zhou Ningwan leaned sideways, thinking of Ge Yuan's ugly expression today, and almost laughed out loud in her bed.

Who doesn't know what they are thinking?

Her daughter is only sixteen years old. I heard that she has been determined to marry County Magistrate Shen since she saw him.

Now, regardless of whether Mrs. Hou agrees or not, I guess she herself doesn't want to do it.

Children are a woman's support. Without children and without the favor of her husband, won't she just have to endure the rest of her life?

Poor County Magistrate Han, his wife was sighing just now, and then she laughed out loud the next second.

But he didn't dare say anything more because his waist was still hurting.

There was almost a huge uproar in the Luo Mansion tonight.

Luo Lingjie almost fainted from crying. She knelt in front of her mother's yard and refused to leave.

"Mother, tell me why. If you don't tell me, I won't get up."

Ge Yuan sat in the house, listening to her daughter crying outside, and her heart ached.

What’s the use of a man who can’t have children?

She married her daughter off to win over Shen Xianli, not to send an old maid there for nothing.

No matter how much her doted-on daughter cried, Ge Yuan coldly ordered, "Bring my sister back to me. We're going to be married soon. What's the point of crying over a married man?"

This is what it means to stop her from thinking about it.

Luo Lingjie was dragged away by several maids, and looked at her mother's closed door with tearful eyes.

"Why, mother, why didn't you tell me?"

"Mother!"

"Sister, let's go. Since Madam has said so, please explain the matter..."

"Shut up! You're the one who's supposed to say it!"

Luo Lingjie stretched out her hand to break free, and slapped the maid who spoke.

With red eyes, she looked at her mother's gate, turned around and trotted away.

She wanted to ask Lord Shen. As long as he was willing to marry her, it didn't matter even if the old lady of the marquis disagreed.

My mother had said before that she would ask for me, but she changed her attitude after returning from the party.

That old guy must have said something.

She was going to tell Lord Shen.

Ge Yuan was rubbing her head in the room, feeling a terrible headache.

Tell me, how did this happen?

"Has Sister Lin returned home yet?"

"My sister has gone home by herself, and she seems to be crying."

Ge Yuan was upset. "Let someone keep an eye on her and find a good family for her later."

The nanny beside her came forward and rubbed the lady's head, saying comfortingly: "Sister, you will understand your painstaking efforts in the future."

"hope so."

Ge Yuan let out a breath. This matter could not be said, at least not from her mouth.

Madam Hou didn't say it explicitly, probably because she didn't want this matter to be known to everyone.

The old lady said to keep it a secret, so none of them dared to tell anyone and could only keep it to themselves.