The whole family died tragically? The eldest daughter is the most powerful in the capital after her

As she spoke, she twisted the handkerchief in her hand nervously: "What on earth is going on? Zou had belittled Xun Ge'er before, and now she wants to marry her youngest daughter. This matter seems wrong no matter how you look at it."

Lin Ruoxuan's face was very heavy: "What did mother say?"

Lotus Sun spoke the truth: "At the time, I didn't dare to say anything, for fear that Zou would say more, so I just left. Who knows what she was up to."

Zou has always been resourceful, so she certainly has her reasons for doing this.

Lin Ruoxuan sneered, "She is trying to climb up the social ladder. My marriage to the young master is a done deal. It is considered a marriage of status. Our relatives will benefit from it, not to mention Fourth Brother. My marriage and my elder sister's divorce did not affect the Lin family. Zou must have seen this and thinks that our Lin family will be prosperous in the future, so she is trying to get close to us."

She became more and more excited as she spoke: "Fourth brother, your son is studying outside now. When the time comes, he will come back to take the imperial examination. If he can make the list, he will be one of the top three. It will be a great honor. In addition, Fourth brother has the support of the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, so his future will definitely be bright."

By this point, Lotus Sun had pretty much figured it out, and anger was evident on her face.

"So she was waiting for me here. I said that Zou couldn't be so nice to me for no reason. It turns out that she had her own reasons for being nice. I thought she was nice to me just to keep the relationship going."

As it turned out, she was really overthinking it.

Lin Ruoxuan's voice became even colder: "She is really good at scheming. If she brings this up now and if Fourth Brother is really on the list, she will be like a toad wanting to eat swan meat if she brings it up again."

This is a good time.

Sun Rong clenched her fists. "Okay, very good! I treat her as a family member, but she actually tried to harm me like this. Brother Xun must not marry her little daughter. It's not that I, your mother, look down on the daughters of merchants. It's that her mother is so scheming, so she must have inherited some of her mother's methods, not to mention that they always live together."

Lin Ruoxuan also knew what she said.

"Brother Xun is in the prime of his studies now. Don't let this matter affect him. If he passes the imperial examination, there will be too many candidates for him to choose from. It won't be too late for mother to take her time to look for them."

Sun Rong nodded: "Xuan Jie'er, you are right."

Lin Ruoxuan thought of something and said bluntly, "I guess Zou's idea is to use this matter to stabilize you and make you agree. If Fourth Brother is on the list, she will bring up this matter. If he is not on the list, they will not marry him if they don't want to. But if you make this happen, and Fourth Brother is on the list and still doesn't agree, they can say that my Fourth Brother is heartless."

They had a way out, but Lotus Sun did not.

If Lin Huaixun disagrees at that time, he will be ungrateful and his reputation will be ruined.

Sun Rong's face was already showing obvious anger, and she slammed the table fiercely: "She really thinks too well! Too much, she doesn't consider Brother Xun at all. No, I reject her right now, and don't let her have such wishful thinking again."

As she said that, she stood up and prepared to leave, but as soon as she stood up, Lin Ruoxuan grabbed her sleeve.

"Mother, don't be anxious. Listen to me first."

Sun Rong's chest was now filled with rage, and her rationality was devoured by the rage: "What else is there to say to them? Just reject them directly, so that they won't try to use all means to marry her little daughter off every day."

Lin Ruoxuan sighed and said bluntly.

"Mother, if it was an outsider, we would have no problem rejecting them outright, but the key is that they are relatives, and grandma and grandpa live in the same house with them. If you offend them so directly, what will they do if they take their anger out on the elderly?"

This is what she never wants to see.

With Zou's temper, it is natural that she would vent her anger on others.

Sun Rong's anger was barely calmed down, and she sat down on the chair angrily: "Then what are you going to do about this matter, Sister Xuan? If you don't refuse, she will come back to tell you."

Zou is a persistent person.

Lin Ruoxuan patted the back of Sun Rong's hand in a soothing manner, "Mother, don't worry. If she makes a fuss, she won't come after you. Now that you haven't rejected her, she's trying to curry favor with you. She won't easily fall out with you. Have you forgotten? There's still Zeng in the family, and she also has a daughter who hasn't married yet."

They all live under the same roof. Doesn’t Zeng know what Zou is planning?

Lotus Sun suddenly realized: "So that's it."

Seeing her mother finally come to her senses, Lin Ruoxuan smiled and said, "Let them fight each other, we can just wait and see the joke. Mother, you can't be soft-hearted. Think about how they treated you before."

If they had been nice to their mother before, she might have helped them out, but it wasn't nice at all.

Sun Rong was weak in character, and the household expenses in the mansion fell into the hands of Liu Xiaoniang. After she lost her say, she returned to her parents' home, where Zou and Zeng gave her all kinds of cold looks.

Sun Rong's breathing stagnated, and she smiled bitterly when she thought of the past.

"Xuan Jie'er, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Lin Ruoxuan smiled and leaned on Sun Rong's shoulder affectionately: "Mother, look at what you mean by saying this? These are what I should do. I will protect you well."

If you can't even protect your loved ones in this life, what's the point of living again?

Sun Rong caressed Lin Ruoxuan's furry head lovingly.

After dinner, Sun Rong left. But as soon as she returned to the courtyard, Mother Cao came forward to report: "Madam, Zeng came with her little daughter Sun Juan. They just arrived."

She was just about to tell Sun Rong, but she didn't expect that she would come back first.

Sun Rong snorted coldly, stood up and walked in front of Zeng. The moment she met her eyes, the smile on her face was revealed.

Although she already knew what the two men came for, she pretended not to understand.

"Why are you here so late? Since you are here, don't go back. You have treated me so well today, why don't you try the cooking skills of the chef in the Lin Mansion tomorrow?"

As Lotus Sun spoke, she held Zeng's hand and acted very intimately.

If she showed more, it would be difficult for Zeng to see her true thoughts.

Zeng said with a smile: "No, aunt, I came here to tell you something important. I'm afraid I have to go back tonight. Juan, come here, come closer, let your aunt see how you are doing."