Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

Xu Yiwan's words made Dong Jia realize that it was time to tell them everything.

Now that they are in the capital, they are not as good as in Yangzhou. Instead of letting them know some things from other people's mouths, it is better for her to tell them herself, lest the words get changed in their ears and make them worry.

"I'm sorry, I didn't tell my parents before because I thought I would never meet people from that mansion again. In fact, the place I stayed in during those three years was the Duke Dingguo's mansion."

After hearing her words, Dong Jingtang, Xu Yiwan and Dong Jialin were all startled.

"Ding Guogong's residence? Isn't that the residence of Mr. Cui who wants to see you?" Xu Yiwan said in surprise.

Dong Jiafu nodded, "Yes, when I was in Duke Dingguo's mansion, I served as the maidservant of the third girl and the prince."

"If that's the case, why don't you want to see him?" Dong Jingtang was puzzled.

Dong Jiafu was silent, "Before I left the Duke's Mansion, I promised the old lady that I would never see him again in this life."

Xu Yiwan was equally puzzled, "Ah? Why is this?"

"It's a long story. To put it simply, the prince intended to take me as his concubine, and he was seriously injured while saving me at a lantern festival. When the old lady learned about this, she became furious and wanted to make me a concubine. Leave the prince’s side.”

"It happened that I didn't want to be the prince's concubine, so I begged the old lady to let me take back the deed and leave the house, and promised that I would never see the prince again after leaving."

Dong Jiafu secretly lamented that things that could be explained in two sentences now had troubled her for a long time at the beginning. Apart from life and death, there is no obstacle in life that cannot be overcome. Once you have passed it and look back, you will be much relieved.

But she didn't expect that Xu Yiwan would feel distressed after hearing these things.

His eyes were red.

"Afu, poor child, it's all because of your mother and father's fault that you are reduced to being a servant for others, letting them scold you at will, and..."

Xu Yiwan couldn't help crying, "I still want you to be my concubine, it's simply too much!"

Dong Jialin stood up and said angrily: "Afu, you should have told me earlier, I will definitely help you teach that person a lesson! If you dare to let you be a concubine, and come to visit me, I will treat you as the helpless person you are. Are you relying on a servant? I want him to know that you are protected now, and you are not someone he can bully if he wants!"

"Sit down!" Dong Jingtang's face didn't look good. "After all this, you still don't know how to act recklessly. If everything depends on your brute strength, what do you want me as a father to do?"

Dong Jialin blushed and sat down obediently, "What dad taught me is that I shouldn't be impulsive. I can't let me ruin the peaceful life our family finally got."

"Father, don't blame the second brother. I know he is doing it for my own good." Dong Jiafu took out a handkerchief and wiped Xu Yiwan's tears, "Don't be sad, mother. In fact, the people in the Duke's Mansion are very good to me. You will The two mothers I rescued from Ya Po, and my good friend Meng Dong. The third girl and the eldest lady are also kind-hearted people. As for the prince..."

Dong Jiafu paused for a moment and said, "From his standpoint, what he did was not heinous, but our perceptions are different. Now that I am no longer his maid, I naturally have the right to choose. I don't want to As long as they have something to do with him, my father, mother, and second brother don’t have to worry about the past.”

"Yes, we don't associate with that kind of people." Xu Yiwan said seriously

Nod.

The next day when I saw Cui Qiyan in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dong Jingtang looked as usual.

When he was off duty, Cui Qiyan caught up and said, "Master Dong, please stay."

Dong Jingtang turned around and asked, "Master Cui, is there anything else?"

"I would like to ask if Miss Dong is feeling better. Can I see her today?"

Even though he knew that being unwell was just Yunling's excuse for not wanting to see him, he still couldn't help but want to see her.

"My little girl, please don't bother Master Cui. In the future, please ask Master Cui not to come to your door because of my little girl." Dong Jingtang said with a cold face and left.

Not far away, Dong Jingtang was stopped by an internal official again, who summoned him.

Back home, Xu Yiwan saw Dong Jingtang looking sad, poured him a cup of tea and asked with concern: "But what happened to the court?"

"It's not the court's business."

"Then what else makes you so worried?"

Xu Yiwan felt uneasy. He had been able to remain calm when he was falsely accused and exiled before. What happened today?

Dong Jingtang sighed: "Tomorrow there will be a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace. The royal family, nobles, and officials of the fourth rank and above are all invited. The Holy One also specially called me over and asked me to take you to participate."

"Ah, you want to enter the palace?" Xu Yiwan suddenly became nervous, and then thought of a more important thing, "Afu is going too?"

Dong Jingtang nodded, "The Holy One also specifically mentioned Afu, saying that she can become auspicious in times of adversity, and asked me to take her to the banquet."

This was where his headache came from.

Xu Yiwan was also panicked, "Then...then you can tell the Holy One that Afu is sick and cannot attend the palace banquet."

"If I say this, what if the Holy Emperor asks the imperial doctor to come to see Afu?

The crime of deceiving the emperor. "

Xu Yiwan was frightened, "The consequences are so serious, does Afu have to go?"

"Afu doesn't want to see the crown prince Dingguo. I also want to try my best to protect her, but I feel that she can't just stay in the room just because of this person. That would be too unfair to her and it's not worth it."

"That's right, we Afu are not shameful, so why should we hide at home?" Xu Yiwan angrily asked Chun Cao to call the Dong Jiabao brothers and sisters.

The three of them soon arrived at the main room. Dong Jiabao asked, "Why did our parents call us here?"

"Tomorrow our family will enter the palace to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. You all should be well prepared and don't be rude in front of the emperor." Dong Jingtang instructed.

Dong Jiabao was calm when he heard this, "Yes, father."

Dong Jialin seemed a little excited, "I can actually enter the palace?"

But before he was overjoyed, he thought of Dong Jiafu, "What should Afu do? She won't see that hateful person, right?"

Duke Dingguo and his family would definitely attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet held in the palace, and Dong Jiafu had a premonition that she would inevitably meet them.

"What kind of hateful person?" Dong Jiabao didn't know.

"Oh, brother, don't ask for now. I'll tell you later." Dong Jialin looked at Dong Jingtang eagerly.

Dong Jingtang looked at Dong Jiafu and said warmly: "Afu, although entering the palace this time is the intention of the Holy One, your mother and I feel that you can't go out just because you avoid him. Since you go out, there is a possibility of meeting him. , what’s the difference if it’s one day earlier or one day later?”

"Yes, Afu, this is a sacred mandate. Even if the old lady of that family knows about it, she can't say you broke your promise." Xu Yiwan consoled her.

"If you really don't want to go

There's no need to force it, dad will find a way. "Dong Jingtang added.

Dong Jiafu raised her head and smiled, "Father is right, I will go tomorrow."

It is hard to violate the Holy Order. How could she let her father do something against the Holy Order for her?