General, the lady escaped again

Chapter 641: The Eldest Miss of the Ling Family (1)

Old Zhang's heart was filled with emotions. Working for a master like this was what the Zhang family had always longed for. The passion that had once disappeared surged up again, all for them.

Bow down and die.

After Ji Xiaomu and Fang Chen walked out of Zhang Lao's room, they were on their way back to the courtyard. Fang Chen wanted to speak several times but stopped. She was about to tell Ji Xiaomu about the Ling family, but she ran into Si Jing who was about to come to find her. Si Jing pulled Ji Xiaomu to greet Fang Chen. "Brother-in-law, can you borrow my sister for a while?"

"Okay." Fang Chen said.

Si Jing took Ji Xiaomu to the pavilion in the flower garden. After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Si Jing told her the purpose of her visit.

"Sister, do you know about the eldest daughter of the Ling family?" Si Jing's words startled Ji Xiaomu, who shook her head. "I think Fang Chen was just about to tell me when you came."

Thinking back to when Fang Chen was about to speak but didn't seem to know what to say, Ji Xiaomu also wondered if something bad had happened.

When Si Jing heard this, she told Ji Xiaomu about the eldest daughter of the Ling family.

"What did she say that made you agree to let him become a concubine?" Ji Xiaou looked at Si Jing. Although she knew that women nowadays could accept men having three wives and four concubines, no woman would truly accept her husband taking concubines.

"She..." Si Jing looked around and whispered softly in Ji Xiao's ear. "She is pregnant with the prime minister's second son's child."

"What does this have to do with her marrying Li Hong?" Ji Xiaomu didn't understand what she meant.

Being pregnant before marriage is already a big deal, but the child is not Li Hong's, so why does she have to marry Li Hong?

"She said it was because she told that man that her crush was the third prince." Si Jing replied, "Now that the Ling family has chosen to leave the main city, that man is unwilling to marry her, so she said in anger that Li Hong wanted to marry her."

"You agreed just because of this?" Ji Xiaomu didn't believe it.

"As expected, my sister understands me. She said that Li Hong must be short of money now, so she is willing to sponsor Li Hong and give him a helping hand." Si Jing lowered her eyes and said sadly.

"I don't have a background like those rich girls who can help Li Hong. Even though I know he is in great trouble now, I can't help him." Si Jing sighed.

"Have you told Li Hong this?" asked Ji Xiaomu.

Si Jing shook her head.

Seeing this, Ji Xiaomu didn't say anything else, just said, "You are so generous and willing to help, but I'm afraid Li Hong has a thorn in his heart. No man would be willing to let his beloved woman give herself to someone else."

"But..." Si Jing said with a bitter face. "She can help him..."

"How can you blame you for a man's success or failure? When he married you, he knew you had no background. Did he despise you? No, so why are you still brooding over it? Didn't he dote on you after marriage? Why are you pushing the man you love to someone else?"

"She doesn't like Li Hong..." Si Jing shook her head, "She said she just wanted to help Li Hong."

"There is no free lunch in this world. If she is married as a concubine, she will belong to Li Hong in the future. Don't you understand such a simple truth?" Ji Xiaowu frowned and said, "Besides, why would she help Li Hong for no reason? Since she is pregnant, why does she insist on marrying Li Hong? Although I don't want to think so badly of people, but we must be on guard against others."