bloodnovel #156 - Chapter 156 Li Lang, how about you marry a wife?
#156 - Chapter 156 Li Lang, how about you marry a wife?
The Lady Marquis's eyes flickered as she rapidly considered how to deal with Wu Ling.
The matter of her private engagement with Li Yuan must not be revealed under any circumstances.
Wu Ling came from the Martial Virtue Office's Hanging Blade Guard.
But the current Martial Virtue Office is under the control of the Auxiliary General.
A thought flashed through the Lady Marquis's mind.
Could she be Zheng Tianxiong's spy?
The Lady Marquis sat at the head of the table, her slightly cold gaze constantly sweeping over Wu Ling.
If Wu Ling was the Auxiliary General's spy,
wouldn't her every move be known to Zheng Tianxiong?
According to the practices of ordinary nobles, such uncertain matters should be dealt with directly.
After all, dead men reveal no secrets.
Wu Ling could feel the Lady Marquis's cold gaze.
Large beads of sweat rolled down her forehead.
Her heart was filled with trepidation, nervousness, and regret.
As a member of the Hanging Blade Guard, Wu Ling naturally understood how suspicious her actions were today.
Secretly following the Dragon Marquis for a day, and then climbing onto her roof at night.
No matter how you looked at it, it seemed like the work of a spy.
She had also seen the secret affair between the Dragon Marquis and Li Yuan.
It was not impossible that she would be silenced.
Thinking of this,
even as a seasoned female Hanging Blade Guard, she couldn't help but tense up, her body trembling slightly involuntarily.
An idea flashed through her mind like lightning.
Should she try her best to fight and escape from here!
But immediately, Wu Ling smiled bitterly to herself.
When she was on the roof just now, she didn't even notice Li Yuan's appearance.
After a few exchanges, she was directly captured alive.
As a martial artist, she naturally understood how great the difference in martial strength between herself and Li Yuan was.
If she made any slight movement, she would probably be killed on the spot by Li Yuan.
Moreover, even if she could escape,
then she, Wu Ling, would probably become the prime suspect in the assassination attempt on the Lady Marquis.
Not only would she be wanted by the imperial court, but her father, Wu Jun, would also be implicated.
Thinking of this, Wu Ling felt utterly hopeless and grief-stricken.
She secretly hated herself for being so curious and committing such a big mistake.
Wu Ling was feeling nervous when she suddenly heard the Dragon Marquis asking Li Yuan for his opinion.
"Earl Qingyuan, what do you think should be done about this matter?"
After waiting for a few breaths, Li Yuan's steady voice came from the other side.
"Oh?"
Hearing this, the Lady Marquis looked at Li Yuan with a slight surprise.
She didn't understand why Li Yuan was so sure that Wu Ling had no malice.
In fact, the reason why Li Yuan said this was of course due to the information brought by his ability to recognize talent.
From the moment he caught Wu Ling on the roof until the end,
Wu Ling had not shown any red light indicating malice towards the Dragon Marquis or himself.
So Li Yuan could judge that today's matter
was probably just that this Wu Ling flag officer was too curious.
She accidentally spied on the Lady Marquis's secret.
After hearing Li Yuan's judgment, the Lady Marquis's gaze towards Wu Ling gradually softened.
Li Yuan probably didn't even know that the Lady Marquis now listened to him almost without question.
Since Li Yuan said that this Wu Ling flag officer had no malicious intentions,
Bai Jing also withdrew her intention to kill.
Wu Ling felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Earl Qingyuan interceding for her.
She could feel that the Lady Marquis's gaze from above was no longer as cold as before.
Wu Ling thought to herself.
I really didn't see that this Earl Qingyuan was actually quite a good person.
Suddenly, the Lady Marquis stood up and circled Wu Ling.
Hearing the footsteps around her, the female flag officer couldn't help but feel nervous again.
She didn't know what this Lady Marquis was going to do.
Suddenly, she heard the Dragon Marquis say slowly.
"Earl Qingyuan is right, maybe I am really too suspicious."
"I wronged Wu Ling flag officer."
Hearing this, Wu Ling finally felt relieved.
But immediately, the Dragon Marquis said again.
"It's just that this Wu Ling flag officer is a little too curious."
"Today, she stumbled upon my private affairs."
"What if you leak it out in the future?"
"Wu Ling flag officer, what do you have to do to put my mind at ease?"
The Dragon Marquis's words made Wu Ling's heart tense up again in an instant.
What can I do to reassure the Dragon Marquis?
Wu Ling's mind raced, this... this is difficult.
Even if I say I will keep my mouth shut, this Lady Marquis is not a three-year-old child and will definitely not believe it.
While she was hesitating, she suddenly heard the Dragon Marquis ask again.
"Wu Ling, how old are you this year, are you married?"
"Ah?"
Wu Ling was stunned, why did the Lady Marquis ask this.
But then she honestly replied.
"This subordinate is nineteen this year and has not been married."
The Lady Marquis was stunned.
"You are already nineteen, why haven't you married?"
Wu Ling was speechless, and couldn't help but slander in her heart, aren't you, Dragon Marquis, not married either.
But since the Lady Marquis asked, she didn't dare not answer, so she explained.
"This subordinate is a female guard of the Martial Virtue Office."
"I only know some martial arts."
"I don't know the usual female skills of farming and weaving."
"I am used to traveling outside and don't want the constraints of a husband's family."
"Also... this subordinate is ugly."
"Most men don't like me."
Hearing this, the Dragon Marquis nodded slightly.
Based on her experience, Wu Ling was not lying.
The Lady Marquis said to Wu Ling again.
"Stand up and turn around so I can see."
Wu Ling was stunned, not knowing what this Dragon Marquis was going to do, but she didn't dare not obey.
So she slowly stood up from the ground and turned around in front of the others.
The Dragon Marquis looked at Wu Ling and nodded again.
She turned her head and glanced at Li Yuan beside her, then slowly said to Wu Ling.
"Wu Ling flag officer, I have an idea that can put us all at ease."
"Would you like to hear it?"
Wu Ling looked at the Lady Marquis somewhat blankly and quickly nodded.
"This... this subordinate is willing to hear the details."
The Lady Marquis smiled and continued to say to Wu Ling.
"This matter is quite simple."
"You are not yet betrothed to anyone."
"I see that although your appearance is not outstanding,"
"your body is quite plump and you have a good figure for bearing children."
"In this way, why don't you become Earl Qingyuan's concubine and have children for him?"
"In this way, we will be family, and naturally we will be at ease with you."
"Ah?"
Hearing this, both Li Yuan and Wu Ling were stunned.
Li Yuan was now full of question marks.
The Lady Marquis was interrogating Wu Ling, how did she suddenly involve him?
Let Miss Wu be my concubine?
What is the Dragon Marquis thinking, why is this?
In fact, Bai Jing had really thought about doing this carefully.
She had three purposes in letting Wu Ling be Li Yuan's concubine.
The first is that Wu Ling now knows many secrets of her, Bai Jing.
Naturally, she can no longer be allowed to run around casually. She must either integrate into the Dragon Marquis's circle to be used by her, or she can only be silenced.
As a woman, the most secure arrangement for Wu Ling is naturally to find someone from her own to marry.
And the only man in this circle is Li Yuan.
The second is that the Lady Marquis wants to test Wu Ling's character.
To put it bluntly, it is a test of Wu Ling's obedience to see if this Wu Ling is obedient.
Now Wu Ling has a handle in the Lady Marquis's hands.
After all, it was Wu Ling who didn't sleep in the middle of the night and ran to someone else's roof to gossip.
Letting her be Li Yuan's concubine is also a kind of punishment.
And the third reason is a bit more complicated.
That is that the Lady Marquis wants to exercise the rights of the head wife in front of Li Yuan.
Although she already has the reality of husband and wife with Li Yuan, she has no name or status now.
The Lady Marquis, Bai Jing, herself doesn't know whether she is Li Yuan's wife or concubine.
This also makes Bai Jing feel a little uneasy.
But in Daliang, there is a tradition that arranging a concubine for one's husband is the right of the head wife.
When she was in Xihe Fort, Chu Wanjun arranged Cui Niang for Li Yuan, which was also for this purpose.
So the Lady Marquis wants to use the method of arranging a concubine to test whether she has the status of a head wife in Li Yuan's heart.