Lifting the Wife? The Noble Matriarch Divorces and Remarries the Younger Uncle. – Chapter 195

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第195章 女子
新月的气焰被浇灭一半,握紧拳头,咬牙切齿地看着她,苏轻宛始终坐在主位上,甚至连一杯茶都不想招待她。新月冷哼一声,坐到一旁,轻轻挥手,她带来的人退到门边。

“除夕时皇上给你和陆璟赐婚,如今时过境迁,西南王谋杀皇嗣,皇上要削藩,西南封地不保,你的哥哥们要么被杀要么回京当闲散王爷。你对皇上而言已经没有利用价值,这婚约早就不做数了吧!”新月冷声问。

苏轻宛笑了,“婚约作不作数,你要问皇上,问我做什么?”

新月虽受宠,也很骄纵,却不像李雪樱那么没脑子,也不敢在皇上面前放肆,除夕赐婚那天她恨得要咬出血来,都不敢说半句话。她求皇上赐婚,求了许久,皇上始终没答应,转头给西南郡主和陆璟赐婚,她非常不甘心。

谁知道除夕宫变,西南王谋害皇嗣,对新月而言,简直是柳暗花明又一村,她又燃起希望。盼着西南郡主被杀在宫中,她嫁陆璟也就没了阻碍,谁知道今日进宫却听到宫女说西南郡主就在宫中,新月如遭雷击。

新月喜欢陆璟已有数年,芳心暗许,派人打听陆璟行踪,陆璟平日极少出现京中氏族举办的宴席。可他但凡出现,新月总会制造偶遇机会,也曾派人到锦衣卫卫所来请陆璟,她爱慕陆璟之心,京中百姓之中都有传闻。

怎么甘心被人中途截胡!
“西南和皇上水火不容,如今西南王也死了,你离死期也不远了,就算皇上要留你在京中为质子,你也不能嫁陆璟!”新月霸道说,“你只会害了他。”

“县主,你真的挺搞笑的,我是笼中鸟,没得选择,婚约是御赐的,履行也好,反悔也好,由不得我。听闻你喜欢陆大人,若你不愿我嫁给他,第一,你去求皇上取消赐婚,第二,你去找陆璟,表明心意,陆璟去悔婚,你来找我是本末倒置。”

“我……”新月咬牙,心里气得很,这郡主与她遇上的氏族之女不同,伶牙俐齿,她竟无法辩驳,“西南大难临头,分明是你要抱着陆璟这根浮木,是你更需要这婚约。”

“那又如何?求生乃是人的本能,我要抱着救命浮木,哪里有错?”

“你会害了陆璟!”

“那你去找陆璟,要他悔婚。”

“你……”

新月愤然站起,冲向苏轻宛,青云蹙眉,上前一步,苏轻宛抬手制止了她,转眼间新月已站在她面前,居高临下地看着她。

“李雪玖,你容貌普通,父王已去,家族顷刻间土崩瓦解,你哪里配得上陆璟?你已是质子,在京中处境岌岌可危,多一个敌人就少一条活路,就算你嫁给陆璟,得罪了我,你在京中也过不了好日子!”新月声音冰冷,“我父亲是康王,我从小被养在燕王府,是皇上最亲近的妹妹,你拿什么和我比?你若主动取消婚约,我或许会放你一马,也会保你一命,重新给你选一门更能保命的婚事,比如说京中的高门贵族,哪怕你要嫁到陆首辅家,我都有办法!”

新月提出非常诱人的条件,在大宛,嫁到陆首辅家,就等同于拥有一块免死金牌,可比嫁陆璟更要可靠。

新月虽也听过西南郡主的丰功伟绩,却觉得西南人在夸大其词罢了,一个偏远边境来的郡主,容貌寻常,她根本不放在眼底,随便糊弄几句就会乖乖听话。

可偏偏,她看走眼了。

苏轻宛轻笑说,“县主,皇上才是天下共主,手握生杀大权,与其攀附你,不如讨好他,我为何要退而求其次?况且,你一个没实权的县主,空口许重利,凭借是什么?是皇上对你的宠爱,宠爱这东西,虚无缥缈,你本人都靠皇上生存,却要我违抗皇上依附你,你当我三岁孩童呢?”

新月脸色微白,竟无言以对,没想到她竟这么难缠!

“究竟要怎么样,你才放弃嫁给陆璟?”新月跺脚,气得半死,威逼利诱一点用处都没有,连气势都被压了几分,真是相当闹心。

“我不会放弃嫁陆璟。”

“哪怕你得罪我?你也不在意?我会让你在京中官眷中,收不到一张拜帖!”新月冷声说,“男人的战场是官场,女人的战场在后宅,你若在京中被人排挤,各家氏族对你避之不及,你将寸步难行,你的子女也无人敢结交,你们一家都会被人孤立!”

“你被养得太天真了!”苏轻宛淡淡说,“氏族高门相交,皆是利聚,利散则人散。只要陆璟平步青云,高门氏族有求于他,就不会将我拒之门外,反而会热情结交,他在官场站在哪里,我在夫人圈就站哪里,你太高估自己的影响力!”

“你……”新月心里一沉,面对苏轻宛淡然从容的眼神,竟有些惧怕,一时不知道该说什么。

苏轻宛问,“县主,你的人生除了嫁陆璟,没别的事情做了吗?”

“你什么意思?”

“我觉得可悲!”苏轻宛支颐而坐,眸光望向门外纷飞的风雪,幽幽叹道,“县主未曾见过那为求一餐,于酒楼卖唱的少女,亦未见过家境贫寒,被卖入青楼,以卖身苟活的女子,更未闻那为求果腹,竟至易子而食的人间惨象。她们生于底层,挣扎求存便是一生,婚嫁之事,全凭命运摆弄。可县主你,生来尊贵,一生顺遂无忧,本可大有作为。你能兴办女子学堂,使女子得以读书明理;亦可从商,多开几间铺子,便能多让几名女子有营生可做,凭自身双手谋求生计。甚至可凭借宗室身份,广行善事,为皇室积攒美誉。然你却一门心思扑在男子身上,且还是个对你无意之人。连郡主这般生来富贵的宗室女子,都只知与其他女子争宠、争夺男子欢心,身为女子,实在可悲可叹!”

新月从未听过这样的话,愣在原地,久久回不过神来,脸上浮现一抹红晕,竟羞愧难安。

她一心追寻陆璟,真的做错了吗?

(本章完)

Lifting the Wife? The Noble Matriarch Divorces and Remarries the Younger Uncle.

Lifting the Wife? The Noble Matriarch Divorces and Remarries the Younger Uncle.

抬平妻?侯门主母和离改嫁小叔
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Su Qingwan traveled a thousand miles to the capital to search for her twin sister, Xie Xiaolan, only to unexpectedly stumble upon her sister being killed and disfigured. She vowed to take revenge for her sister's death. On the day of her brother-in-law's wedding, she impersonated her sister and caused chaos at the Lu family’s wedding, forcing Li Xueying to go from being the lawful wife to a concubine. Su Qingwan contended with her mother-in-law and the concubines, recovered her sister’s dowry, and exposed the hypocritical true nature of the Lu family. Through her careful plotting, the truth about Li Xueying and Lu Feng’s involvement in Xie Xiaolan’s murder came to light. She thought that she would hate the Lu family for the rest of her life, and after taking her revenge, she would stay far away from them. Unexpectedly, after her revenge, her entire life ended up being tied to Lu Jing. Lu Jing, as the commander of the Jinyiwei, suspected from the very beginning that Su Qingwan was an imposter, and he watched coldly as she battled the Lu family. Su Qingwan knew that Lu Jing was a living embodiment of Yama, the king of hell, and in order to take revenge, she deliberately used her beauty to seduce him, trying to thwart his investigation into her true identity. Lu Jing thought that his sister-in-law was beautiful yet cruel, with lowly means; once he unveiled her imposter identity, he would definitely send her to prison. Unexpectedly, in the end, he trapped himself and imprisoned her.

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