RPAGF Chapter 140 Forgive my ignorance, but may I ask who you are?
Chapter 140 Forgive my ignorance, but may I ask who you are?
Try to think more positively?
How can I think more positively?
Wang Xianrong closed her eyes, thinking of Xie Qu and then Cheng Yan. A mix of emotions surged within her, love and hate intertwined, as if her heart had been stabbed again and again.
"I'm tired......"
She was tired, so tired, that she no longer had the energy to like other men.
Moreover, there is no one in this world more devoted to her than Xie Qu, and no one more outstanding than Cheng Yan, whom she is so infatuated with.
Remarry someone else?
What's so great about other people?
It's nothing more than pretending and going through the motions of life.
It's suffocating to even think about it.
Wang Xianrong had no energy left to look for anyone else.
Upon hearing this, Chen Shuang became anxious: "If you had known this would happen, you would have been better off running away with Young Master Xie in the first place!"
If Wang Xianrong and Xie Qu had simply left back then, and there had been no Xie Qu and Wang Xianrong in the world afterward, they could have lived a life like immortals, living in anonymity, instead of ending up like this, with one of them dead and the other heartbroken.
"Shut up!" Wang Xianrong's expression suddenly changed, and her voice was extremely cold. "Don't mention him!"
Chen Shuang opened her mouth, but in the end could only sigh: "It was this servant who spoke out of turn."
In truth, Wang Xianrong probably already regretted not waiting for Xie Qu back then. If she didn't regret it, she wouldn't have worn that white flower in the first place.
But she refused to look back and think deeply, afraid that she would realize later that she was wrong.
Xie Qu went astray, ultimately leading to his demise and death, leaving no trace of his body. This was partly due to her actions.
When Xie Qu left the Xie family, he was still the spirited Young Master Wenqu, constantly seeking opportunities to make a name for himself. He had both ability and means, and given the chance, it would not be difficult for him to embark on an official career, and he could climb the ranks very quickly.
But Wang Xianrong suddenly married Cheng Yan, and entered the family as a concubine. How could Xie Qu not go crazy?
He probably couldn't understand what was so good about Cheng Yan that made Wang Xianrong willing to be his concubine rather than wait for him.
His allegiance to Prince Cheng was most likely an attempt to prove himself superior to Cheng Yan, or perhaps to win back Wang Xianrong.
The man is gone, and no one knows what he was thinking. He only left the Xie family because of Wang Xianrong, which is why he went from being the brilliant and talented young master Wenqu to the traitor Xie Qu.
He devoted his life to his beloved, but in the end, he was let down.
Wang Xianrong took a deep breath: "I am neither Song Pingping nor Zhao Rufang. I will not leave the Cheng family. If the princess insists that I leave, just tell me and then take my body away."
She spoke with particular certainty.
Dust and Frost were speechless for a moment.
Wang Xianrong continued, "Didn't they say that Zhao Rufang and that young master of the He family were having a very pleasant conversation in the garden? Come and help me to see for myself. I want to see just how they're having such a pleasant conversation."
Chen Shuang felt that this was not a good idea. If they ruined the marriage, the princess might get angry.
But after thinking about it carefully, she realized that even if the princess was angry, she couldn't do anything to Wang Xianrong. Besides, if Zhao Rufang got engaged and prepared to get married smoothly, then the princess would then turn her attention to Wang Xianrong.
Wang Xianrong refuses to leave the Cheng family, and may really be determined to die in the Cheng family. This time, it's not that she's desperate and has a death wish, but that she's going to commit suicide directly.
Chen Shuang had no choice but to resign herself to her fate and went forward to help Wang Xianrong up. She then ordered a maid to bring an oil-paper umbrella to hold over Wang Xianrong before helping her out of Cuiwei Courtyard and into the garden.
At this moment, in the garden, Helan Dian asked Zhao Rufang about her family. Zhao Rufang was an honest girl, and she started to tell him about the hardships she had experienced in her childhood.
“Back then, life at home was really tough. My older brother felt that things couldn’t go on like this, so he entrusted me to our neighbor’s family to be raised, and he signed up to join the army.”
My uncle's family took the money left by my brother and promised to take good care of me, but in reality they treated me like a servant.
I get up earlier than the rooster and go to bed later than the dog every day, working as hard as an ox in the fields. But let's not talk about oxen, how can I compare to an ox? An ox is worth ten or twenty taels of silver...
"Later, my uncle's son grew up and found a good match. Unfortunately, the dowry was very high. My uncle saw that my brother hadn't come back for many years, so he decided to marry me off to raise money for his son's dowry."
"You don't know what kind of family my uncle told me about. He's an old widower in his forties who lost three wives, and I heard he beat them all to death."
“I was terrified at the time, so I took a sum of money that I had saved up over the years and secretly came to Qindu to find the Pingxi Marquis’s mansion.”
She had received a letter from her elder brother and knew that he was now working under the Marquis of Pingxi. Since she didn't know who to look for when she came to Qindu, she naturally came to the Marquis of Pingxi's residence.
After witnessing the wealth and luxury of the Marquis of Pingxi's mansion and enjoying a life where she was waited on by servants and never had to lift a finger, she secretly vowed never to return to those impoverished days of the past.
Later, she reunited with her brother and stayed in Qin Capital. Later still, her brother was injured, and based on this debt of gratitude, she struck up a conversation with Qin Yizhen and became her concubine...
“Miss Zhao does have a good brother.”
Just as He Lan Dian was about to say a few words of comfort to Zhao Ru Fang, he suddenly heard a voice coming from outside the pavilion. The two of them looked out together and saw Wang Xian Rong standing outside the pavilion, being supported by Chen Shuang.
The sun was getting quite strong by now, and a maid was standing next to Wang Xianrong, holding an umbrella for her.
She wore a lilac-colored ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), with a purple chrysanthemum-embroidered jacket draped over it. Her pale, thin face was unadorned, exuding an elegant and serene beauty, yet she appeared haggard and pitiful, evoking pity.
He Landian glanced at it, then looked away, not daring to look again, and then stood up and bowed.
Wang Xianrong had Chen Shuang help her walk into the pavilion. Zhao Rufang frowned deeply, her face showing displeasure.
"What are you here for?"
Today is the day she is to be chosen, and the princess has instructed that no one should disturb her. What does it mean that Wang Xianrong is showing up now?
"What brings you here?" Wang Xianrong sat down on the stone bench and said calmly, "The weather is nice today, so I came out for a walk. I didn't expect to run into you here. And who is this young master?"
He Lan Dian said, "My name is He Lan Dian, and I am the son of the Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial."
“So it’s Young Master He.” Wang Xianrong nodded. “Young Master He should know who I am.”
Helan Dian paused, then shook his head: "Forgive my ignorance, but may I ask who you are?"
Wang Xianrong's expression suddenly froze.
Zhao Rufang couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Young Master He, even if you haven't met her, you should have heard of her. She is Concubine Wang of the manor, the former legitimate daughter of the Wang family."