Chapter 129: The Marriage Contract Is Just an Excuse
The impact brought by the little guy was too great, and on the way back to Liu Yunyi, his heart was beating so hard that he couldn't calm down.
This damn Feng Chengqian, if you don't do anything good, you can't get along with her.
Can this wedding date be set casually, the emperor's second child promises a thousand gold, once the marriage date is set, there is almost no room for regret, and it is even more difficult to withdraw from the marriage.
She really doesn't want to get married, she just wants to run her own shop, get rid of the shackles of the Liu family, and live a stable life!
"Miss, we're here, get out of the car quickly!"
Mingyue's voice woke Liu Yunyi up, Liu Yunyi came back from his resentment, and then remembered that he had other business - he had to go to the front hall to greet him before Liu Zhengyan returned home!
Thinking of this, Liu Yunyi hurriedly lifted the hem of her skirt and rushed towards the front hall.
Mingyue followed, and the two of them hurried along the way for fear that they would be too late, but they didn't want to pass near Zhao Yuanyuan's garden, but they saw Uncle Fang, a subordinate who was specially serving Liu Zhengyan.
The footsteps stopped.
Liu Yunyi wasn't sure if Liu Zhengyan was in the house, but if his hurried appearance was seen, it would definitely not be good.
quietly dragged Mingyue and motioned for Mingyue to go around with her to the back of the main house of Bauhinia Pavilion.
Originally, I just wanted to avoid their sight and sneak into the front hall unconsciously, but I didn't want to just go around and hear a conversation coming from inside the house.
Mingyue was so shocked that her eyes turned into copper bells: "Little, Miss!" ”
Liu Yunyi hurriedly covered Mingyue's mouth and forcibly suppressed Mingyue's voice.
"Shhhh......h
As Mingyue quieted, Liu Yunyi pricked up her ears again, and sure enough, she heard chattering from the house, and she was the protagonist of the topic.
"Yunyi, she is simply going to kill our whole family......" Zhao Yuanyuan sighed: "Is there really no way for the master to divorce?" That Cheng Wang Ye is not a good person, our family really has a relationship with him, if something happens to him in the future, we will also be held accountable! ”
"I know this better than you do." Liu Zhengyan's tone was even more impatient.
Zhao Yuanyuan was suffocated, and then changed his words, and said softly: "Changting has also returned to Beijing now, I believe that in time he will be able to settle his old suspicions with me." Ripple is still so sensible and well-behaved, and recently got close to Miss Bai of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she is very loved by the eldest princess. Although Linglong is a child, she is also well-behaved and cute......"
"Ah Yuan......" Liu Zhengyan softened his attitude when he heard this, and his expression was a little guilty.
Zhao Yuanyuan's tone became more and more subdued: "It's easy for our family to be reunited and full of harmony, but I don't want such a thing to happen again at this juncture." ”
Liu Zhengyan is serious and irritable in front of others, but in front of Zhao Yuanyuan, he can always be coaxed by her a few words.
I only heard him sigh in a low voice: "Don't be sad, it's not like there is no room for turning back in this matter......"
Zhao Yuanyuan was instantly overjoyed when he heard this: "Seriously! ”
Liu Zhengyan bowed slightly, and pondered for a moment before continuing: "After all, the emperor's decree has not been issued yet, we can first use the rippling marriage to suppress it, postpone the marriage date of King Cheng and Yunyi, and then slowly find a way to withdraw from the marriage......"
Although he didn't say how to withdraw from the marriage, it was similar to what he planned in front of the palace - let the whole capital know about Miss Liu San's notoriety, and the royal family would give up.
Zhao Yuanyuan saw hope, and he was still relieved in his heart.
"It's good to have a way. I just don't know what's going on with this Cheng Wangye, but he is so interested in Yunyi, I can't see that Yunyi's charm is really not shallow......"
Between the words, he secretly rubbed his finger at Liu Yunyi and King Cheng to teach and accept each other.
Liu Zhengyan didn't care about this, he only snorted coldly: "This King Cheng is indeed persistent, and he sincerely wants to drag down our Liu family." ”
Just before the emperor, Liu Zhengyan was almost not angry with him, even now I feel hateful when I think about it.
Zhao Yuanyuan hurriedly patted Liu Zhengyan on the back: "What if King Cheng obstructs it again?" ”
Liu Zhengyan's voice suddenly became gloomy.
"King Cheng looks inconspicuous on his face, but I don't think he is so simple. This time he insisted on marrying Yun Yi, which can be regarded as a suave and unruly manner, but in fact, he just wanted to use Yun Yi to relax the emperor's vigilance......
Regardless of whether Feng Chengqian is a real idle king or still ambitious, at least for now, he still plans to continue to be an idle man, and if the emperor wants to give him a marriage, then he will fully cooperate with one or two.
It doesn't matter whether the emperor believes him or not, in the final analysis, it's just an attitude.
At least his deference was something the emperor was happy to see.
And his obedience can also bring peace and health for himself.
However, in fact, everyone knows that this kind of apparent peace cannot be maintained forever. Even if Feng Chengqian is willing to be a wreck for the rest of his life, our emperor is not necessarily willing to indulge him.
There is bound to be a day when this apparent harmony will end, but how should the Liu family, who was pulled into the whirlpool because of King Cheng, deal with themselves?
Zhao Yuanyuan's expression also became serious, he clenched his fists and sighed heavily, and stopped talking a few times.
"Zhengyan, that, in fact, we still have a way......"
Zhao Yuanyuan hesitated and hesitated, until Liu Zhengyan signaled to her but said that it was okay, she pretended to be very embarrassed and said: "If, I'm just if, our Liu family and Yunyi broke off the relationship......"
Liu Zhengyan was stunned.
Liu Yunyi in the corner of the wall was slightly stunned, and then couldn't help laughing.
Her good stepmother pondered in her heart for a long time, pretending to be very helpless, but in the end she still told the abacus in her heart.
Indeed, if the Liu family does not have her daughter, Liu Yunyi, what happens to King Cheng in the future, although the Liu family may be affected, at least it will not be as critical as it can be foreseen at present.
So, how will Liu Zhengyan answer?
Liu Yunyi was about to listen carefully, but suddenly felt a throbbing pain in her heart, and an extremely excited voice in her head was forcing her to leave quickly.
The poor little worm of the original owner, although she has hung up, still retains her memories in this body, so that her heart instinctively wants to protect herself, and she is unwilling to face the facts.
Liu Yunyi rubbed his heart, but he couldn't suppress the feeling of colic, so he could only sigh helplessly, pull Mingyue and leave quietly.
But the trace in my heart, the last expectation of the Liu family, also completely disappeared with this conversation.
Inside the Bauhinia Pavilion, the atmosphere was gloomy.
"No!" Liu Zhengyan chose to refuse without hesitation, and at the same time, his brows furrowed suddenly, and he glared at Zhao Yuanyuan in displeasure.
Zhao Yuanyuan was afraid that he would be angry, so he quickly waved his hand, softened his voice and said: "Zhengyan, don't get me wrong, of course I don't want to give up Yunyi, but when I think of ripples and Linglong, especially Changting...... They are all innocent, and if they are implicated because of Yunyi, their lives will all be ruined. ”
These three sons and daughters are indeed the best bargaining chips.
When Liu Zhengyan heard this, his expression really eased a little, but he was still categorical: "No!" Yunyi is also the daughter of my Liu family, she has lost her mother since she was a child, if I don't want her again......"
"Zhengyan, I naturally don't want to, so I'm just assuming that I ...... last resort."
"Nope! Don't mention this again! Liu Zhengyan was resolute.
Zhao Yuanyuan saw that he had made up his mind, and he might not agree to mention it again, so he had to give up.
He sighed: "Then I'll listen to you, let's think of other ways." ”
In her heart, she was secretly strange, she had never seen Liu Zhengyan have a heart for Liu Yunyi before, and she thought that it would be easy to persuade him to give up Liu Yunyi, but she didn't expect Liu Zhengyan to choose to refuse without hesitation, which was beyond her expectations.
In fact, this is precisely because she doesn't know enough about Yoo Zhengyan......
Liu Zhengyan, no, the Liu family, including the clan elders, has one characteristic, that is, they are extremely good-looking.
Liu Yunyi's biological mother died early, and the Liu family accepted many favors from the Song family, and they owed it to the Song family. Although more than ten years have passed now, it is difficult to keep people who still remember the events of that year.
If Liu Yunyi is really driven away again, or the father-daughter relationship is severed, and someone with a heart makes a fuss about this matter again, the Liu family will become the laughing stock of the whole capital.
It took Liu Zhengyan more than 20 years to go from a small official in the household department to the present, sitting in the position of Shangshu, and establishing a good reputation and contacts for himself, he will never allow his efforts to be criticized.
This marriage has to be withdrawn.
But Liu Yunyi has to keep it.
It's not that he pities Liu Yunyi so much, but because this matter is related to his own interests.
Zhao Yuanyuan saw that this matter didn't make sense, so he simply changed the topic.
Liu Zhengyan said in the morning that Changting had already told him about Liu Yunyi's exile in Jiangnan, and I don't know how the kid from Changting described it......
Thinking of this, Zhao Yuanyuan hurriedly knocked on the side: "The master feels sorry for Yunyi, although she is not my biological child, but after all, I am naturally distressed when I see her grow up." Not to mention that she was kidnapped not long ago, she must have suffered a lot in the two months she was away, and God bless her to be able to come back now. ”
Liu Zhengyan frowned slightly, and glanced at Zhao Yuanyuan: "Speaking of this, how could she be kidnapped in such a good manner?" ”
"It's all the blame for the concubine."
"Oh?"
"Before Yunyi went to the Taoist temple, I felt a little worried, so I sent her a lot of maids to serve her. Maybe it was because of this that the thieves were worried that they deliberately kidnapped her, but fortunately, she escaped with a great fortune......"
Zhao Yuanyuan couldn't help but touch the corner of his eye with a handkerchief as he spoke, as if he was feeling guilty.
Liu Zhengyan's brows loosened again: "Don't blame yourself too much, I don't blame you for this matter in the end." ”
"No, master, there is something wrong with the concubine. At that time, the concubine was afraid that this matter would spread, and Ripple and Linglong would be affected, so she chose to hide it, and only begged the concubine's maiden brothers to look for it, and missed the best opportunity to save her, which is all blamed on the concubine's ......"
"Ah Yuan, don't cry anymore, it's not your fault. Besides, what you did was right, and Yunyi has returned safely now, and I see that she is not injured, so don't mention this matter again. ”
However, after a pause, he said coldly: "How many people know about this?"
The daughter of the Liu family was kidnapped and wandered outside for another two months, and if this news spread, everyone would have to laugh off everyone's big teeth.
Even if the royal family may withdraw from the marriage because of this, it will affect the marriage of Ripple and Linglong, and it will also make the Liu family laugh at it, and the gains outweigh the losses.
So it has to be hidden.
"King Cheng knows about this, it was he and the county lord of Chang'an and others who brought the ripples back, and no one else should know."
Liu Zhengyan's brows were loosened at this time: "That's good." Ah Yuan has worked hard for you all these months, if it weren't for you running this family, I really don't know what to do. You must not blame yourself for Yunyi's affairs, not to mention that in order to compensate her, you gave her the Dream Weaving Residence, I have all this in mind! ”
"Old man......"
Stretching out his hand to wrap his hand around Zhao Yuanyuan's body, Liu Zhengyan let out a long sigh, relieved and satisfied.