After rebirth, the abstinent prince wants to marry me every day

"And then?" Zhu Qingan sat next to his grandmother and asked in a low voice.

It turns out that the so-called clinging to the powerful and wealthy is nothing more than parents' care and plans for their children.

Old Madam Shui smiled and patted the back of her granddaughter's hand, holding her granddaughter's hand tightly, as if she was looking through her granddaughter to her daughter back then. Once upon a time, her daughter was so well-behaved and filial. What a pity.

"Although your grandfather and I tried our best to stop her, we couldn't stop your mother from marrying that man from the Yang family! Back then, your grandfather and I thought, let her go. At most, the Shui Mansion would have to take care of her in the future! But we didn't expect that he would get into trouble and disappear without a trace!" Old Madam Shui said bitterly, "He might as well be dead!"

Zhu Qing'an shook her grandmother's hand. She understood her grandmother's anger.

"When your mother heard the tragic news, she looked so sad all day long. Seeing that, I felt so sad too! It was also around that time that your father, Marquis Wen'an, fell in love with your mother at first sight and even came to propose marriage in person! When we learned of your father's status, your grandfather and I were very surprised. After all, he was a scholar, a farmer, a merchant, and a worker. How could we possibly marry someone of our status?"

Old Madam Shui said, taking a breath before continuing, "But your father, with his words, put his heart in front of us. At that time, I thought that it was a blessing for your mother that such a man could take a fancy to her. Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, if your mother married into the Wen'an Marquis's mansion, then she could get rid of the low status of a merchant! Girl, do you think I am very powerful?"

Zhu Qing'an shook his head, looked into his grandmother's already somewhat cloudy eyes and said, "As parents, we should pave the way for our children and try our best not to make mistakes. There is no such thing as children and grandchildren having their own blessings, it is just the support of their parents. You and grandfather are also making plans for mother, and marrying father is the best way!"

Zhu Qingan understood that no matter how beautiful his mother was, or how wealthy the Shui Mansion was, she was just a merchant. His mother's status, apart from anything else, meant that she couldn't possibly be the legal wife of any of the noble families in Ancheng.

Only if the mother marries the father can her child become a noble lady from a prominent family.

My mother once ridiculed the power of my grandparents, but over the years, the Shui family had never asked the Wen'an Marquisate for help, nor had they relied on the Wen'an Marquisate to gain any benefits.

"You are much smarter than your mother!" Old Madam Shui said with great satisfaction. "Although I planned to do so back then, I didn't intend to sell my daughter. What really made me want to get your mother to agree to marry you was that your mother was determined to find Yang Yu's body and offended the prefect. The prefect had long coveted your mother's beauty and wanted to take her into his family, and even more so to suppress our Shui Mansion!"

"On one side is the life and death of our family, and on the other side is your mother's future. That's why I cruelly forced your mother and begged her to marry! Only if she married into the Hou Mansion would the prefect be at peace. He would also be afraid of the Hou Mansion's power and wouldn't dare to do anything to our Shui Mansion!" Old Madam Shui said with a wry smile, "It is indeed the case. After your mother married your father, your father secretly dealt with the prefect! In the final analysis, it is we who have let her down!"

After listening to her grandmother's words, Zhu Qingan's heart could not calm down for a long time. She never expected that the truth would be like this.

It turns out that those so-called snobs and those who sell their daughters for fame and fortune are only considering their own children.

"Grandpa and grandmother have done nothing wrong to mother. You have pampered her in all those years. Even if you let her marry father with the intention of saving the Water Palace, how can the eggs remain intact when the nest is overturned?" Zhu Qing'an chuckled.

She believed that if her mother had not married her father, she would have been a concubine of a prefect and would have lived her whole life in the backyard, feeling sorry for herself.

"Even you understand this truth, but your mother didn't understand it all these years! I also know that we in Shuifu are merchants, so I never dared to go to Ancheng in these years, just for the hope that your mother would live a good life! Your father has given me a lot of things over the years, and I have kept them in the warehouse without touching them! I am just very pleased because your father is very good to your mother! But when your mother came back this time, I realized that your mother has only grown older over the years, but not smarter!" Old Lady Shui said, gritting her teeth in hatred.

Even if her grandmother didn't explain it in detail, she knew that after her mother came back, she shouted about how depressed and painful she was in the Hou Mansion, cursing her father and her daughter.

"It's only now that I realize that your mother has actually ignored you all these years! I feel very guilty. It's my fault that I didn't teach her well!" Old Lady Shui said, her eyes already red.

She thought that after her daughter married such a good man, she would know how to be grateful and live a good life. But now she knew that her daughter was still thinking about Yang Yu in the Hou Mansion all these years, and he didn't even care about her daughter. She was not worthy of being a wife or a mother!

"Grandma, don't blame yourself. Father and aunt have been very good to me over the years!" Zhu Qing'an comforted her, but did not choose to hide it.

"Alas! Before I met you, your grandfather and I wanted to keep it a secret from you, but now that you can clearly distinguish right from wrong, I feel that there are some things I shouldn't hide from you!" Madam Shui sighed again, "Your mother has been taking a fancy to a girl recently. I heard that the girl saved her, but I only found out a few days ago that the girl was actually Yang Yu's daughter. What kind of a deal is this!"

Zhu Qing'an had known about this matter for a long time. She just nodded slightly when she heard it. She thought that her mother didn't see her today and was accompanying that girl.

"This time your mother is going back to Ancheng, and she will take that girl with her. She is confused, but we are not! It is extremely stupid for her to hurt you and your father like this! So this time, you don't have to take your mother back!" Old Lady Shui said with determination.

She couldn't let her daughter make the same mistake again and again, ruining the reputation of the Wen'an Marquis Mansion and hurting her granddaughter.

Zhu Qing'an didn't expect that her grandmother would have such considerations. She knew that her grandmother was considering her for the sake of the Wen'an Marquis Mansion.

"You're in Lingzhou this time, so stay here for a while. Your mother has been confused for so many years. It would be fine if she stayed in Lingzhou, but if she stayed in Ancheng, she'd get into trouble sooner or later. It's better to let her stay in Lingzhou!"

Zhu Qingan smiled. She thought, her mother has such a sensible and loving family, but she has been self-pitying all these years and has even stopped interacting with her family for the sake of a man. This is simply unfilial.

"Don't worry, grandma. Qing'an has considered everything herself!" Zhu Qing'an said firmly.

Madam Shui looked at Zhu Qing'an, seeing the determination and resoluteness in her eyes. In the end, she didn't insist any longer, leaving only a sentence: "Qin'an girl, your mother is beyond help. Don't let your mother make you feel wronged! In life, there are some things that cannot be forced, so just give up!"

Zhu Qing'an nodded. She understood that her grandmother was telling her that maternal love might be something she could not even ask for.

Fortunately, she no longer has such extravagant expectations.