To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 312 Luo Ying

   After dismissing the woman in blue, Luo Sheng went to Luo Ying's place.

  It was quiet in the courtyard, and when entering the main room, whispers could be faintly heard through the cotton curtain.

  The little maid standing by the door shouted: "The girl is here."

   It was quiet inside.

  The little maid raised the door curtain, and Luo Sheng strode in.

  In the elegantly furnished room, Luo Qing and Luo Yue sat and stood, and Luo Ying leaned against the smoked cage, motionless.

  Seeing Luo Sheng coming in, Luo Yue hurried up to meet her, and asked eagerly, "Third Sister, how is the front?"

   "I kicked out the mother-in-law who came to withdraw from the engagement."

  As soon as these words came out, Luo Ying, who was like a clay sculpture, finally responded, and slowly cast her gaze over.

  Luo Yue clapped her palms together: "Well done!"

  Luo Qing was a little uneasy: "Third sister, if the other party forcibly withdraws from the marriage, you can't solve the problem by driving away the Tao family—"

  Luo Sheng sneered: "Of course the problem has to be solved, but not with a woman in charge sent randomly by the Tao family. To solve it, Mrs. Tao brought a matchmaker."

   "Third sister is right, what is a woman in charge!" Luo Yue cursed angrily.

   "Fourth sister." Luo Qing gently pulled Luo Yue.

   Such cursing words are naturally not suitable for ladies to say.

  Luo Sheng walked up to Luo Ying, sat down without waiting for a greeting, and called out to her eldest sister.

  Luo Ying forced a smile: "The third sister is here."

  Her eyes were flushed, but she didn't shed tears, but the sadness in her eyes almost overflowed.

   "What's the big sister's plan?" Luo Sheng asked calmly.

  Luo Ying seemed to be stopped by the question, and she leaned against the smoked cage without speaking for a long time.

  Luo Sheng said: "Retirement is definitely a must, and there is no need to consider this."

  The three sisters: "..."

  Luo Yue twitched the corners of her mouth and asked: "Third sister, since you are definitely going to divorce, then ask eldest sister what she plans to do..."

  She thought she was asking the elder sister if she wanted to divorce her. The eldest sister remained silent, obviously thinking about this too.

  Luo Sheng raised his eyebrows: "I'm asking Eldest Sister how she plans to deal with the Tao family after retiring. Should I leave it at that, or beat Mr. Tao to vent my anger."

   "No!" Luo Ying, who had been silent all this time, blurted out after hearing this.

  Luo Sheng looked at Luo Ying quietly.

  Luo Ying's face turned from pale to crimson, and soon turned pale again, her bloodless lips trembled, and she struggled to say a word: "Third sister don't need to trouble Mr. Tao..."

  Luo Sheng's heart skipped a beat: Looking at Luo Ying like this, could it be that he has feelings for Mr. Tao?

  She couldn't help but look at Luo Yue.

  Luo Yue's expression remained unchanged, obviously ignorant of this.

  Luo Sheng looked at Luo Qing again.

  Luo Qing and Luo Ying are about the same age, so it's normal for sisters to say something close to each other.

  Luo Qing's eyes were a little evasive, she pursed her lips and asked, "Third Sister, do you really want to divorce?"

  Luo Sheng understood.

  Luo Ying probably has affection for Mr. Tao.

  It's not surprising when you think about it, the two have been engaged for several years, and there are always some opportunities to meet, but if the man looks like a dog, it is natural for the woman to secretly take her fiancé to heart.

   "There is no need to discuss the matter of retiring. The eldest sister will leave the cabinet at the end of the month, and the other party can't wait for her father to be convicted, so she hastily dispatched the steward to withdraw the marriage. What good will the eldest sister get from marrying such a family?"

  Luo Qing winked: "Third Sister, please don't say a few words."

Luo Sheng said calmly: "Speaking less will not change the fact that the Tao family has fallen into trouble. In fact, the elder sister should feel lucky. She has not married yet, and the worst is to retire. What if she has married and has children? Who can guarantee that the father will The officialdom has been going smoothly, but when the other party makes a fuss about divorcing his wife, it will be a dilemma if he has children."

  Luo Yue couldn't help nodding.

  Just now, she thought that the third sister's words were a little blunt, and she was afraid that the eldest sister would feel uncomfortable, but now she suddenly felt that what the third sister said made sense.

  Luo Qing also showed a thoughtful look.

  Luo Ying stared at her fingers with downcast eyes.

  The girl's fingers were fair and slender, with a few red spots on her fingertips.

  It was caused by accidentally pricking the belly of the finger when embroidering the wedding dress.

  Wedding gowns, hipas, pillow covers... These things have been embroidered for a long time, and they have almost become everything in her life recently.

  Suddenly, it doesn’t work anymore.

   This time, Luo Ying was silent for a longer time.

  Luo Sheng didn't speak again, and waited quietly.

  What should be said has already been said, if Luo Ying insists on not renouncing the marriage... Anyway, she disagrees.

  I really couldn't think about it, so I had to ask Luo Qing and Luo Yue to persuade her more.

  Luo Ying raised her eyes to look at Luo Sheng, and said softly: "I listen to the third sister."

  Luo Sheng slightly bent the corners of his lips: "Then call off the marriage neatly, and Mr. Tao will not fight."

  Luo Ying nodded slightly.

  The cotton curtain was lifted suddenly, and a person stumbled in.

  Behind him was the servant girl's eager voice: "Second Aunt, Third Miss is here, please don't rush in—"

  Second Aunt quickly stopped her body and looked at Luo Sheng in horror: "Gu, the girl is here too."

   "Why is Second Aunt here?" Luo Sheng asked lightly.

  Second Auntie's eyes turned red all of a sudden: "I heard that the Tao family has come to withdraw the engagement... er, what can the eldest girl do..."

   "Don't cry, Auntie. The Tao family wants to withdraw their engagement, so let's withdraw." Luo Ying persuaded, suppressing her tears.

  Second Aunt is Luo Ying's biological mother, she is heartbroken at the moment, and she couldn't stop crying after listening to this persuasion: "Why did such a good marriage suddenly become like this... What should the eldest girl do in the future..."

  Since the third girl raised her face, no matchmaker has ever entered the door of Luo's mansion. The eldest girl resigned this time, and she will not be able to marry in the future.

  Luo Sheng frowned when he heard this: "Is it because Auntie hasn't knelt down for a long time that she is free to worry about it?"

  Second Aunt's crying stopped abruptly.

  She, she is already very old, but she has no face to kneel and count.

   "Auntie, you go back, these matters are decided by the third sister." Luo Ying said calmly.

   Normally, the second aunt would have retreated in fright, but now she was holding on for the sake of her own flesh and blood: "Miss, are you really alright?"

  Luo Ying shook her head.

  Second Aunt just turned around and walked away.

  The woman in blue returned to the Tao Mansion and immediately went to see Mrs. Tao.

   "What, it's not going well?" Mrs. Tao guessed something when she saw the expression of the woman in blue.

  The woman in blue complained: "Not only is it not going well, the servant girl was kicked out of the mansion by Miss Luo!"

  Madam Tao showed an angry face: "At this time, the people of Luo Mansion are still so arrogant?"

  The woman in blue touched her cheek and smiled wryly: "Miss Luo's maid even slapped her servant."

   "How unreasonable!" Mrs. Tao's face sank, "So, the Luo family won't agree to withdraw the marriage?"

  The woman in blue hurriedly said: "Miss Luo said that it's okay to withdraw the engagement, but I want you to bring the matchmaker to the door and talk again."

   Mrs. Tao sneered at the table: "What a little girl who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, the sky is falling and she still thinks she is a master!"

   "Ma'am, do you want to go—"

   "Go, of course. You go and find the matchmaker, and go to Luo Mansion with me!"

  The good day is coming soon, if you delay it any longer, it will be too late.

good afternoon.

  (end of this chapter)