"You say it nicely. We have already agreed to propose marriage after the New Year. How can you be filial at that time? I haven't heard you mention it before. Is your filial piety so limited?" Xie Yunjiao said.

"Shut up, it's not your turn to speak here." Mrs. Lian shouted coldly.

"We are all family, so why shouldn't I get to speak? Besides, my generation is older than my aunt's.

Sister-in-law, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but it's wrong for you to secretly get engaged to a man outside without telling your family.

This will hurt your parents' hearts so much. It's a waste of your father's love for you.

Besides, I haven't even met the man you're talking about, so I don't know if he's suitable for me." Xie Yunjiao said.

Xie Yunjiao thought for a moment and said, "If I'm not worthy of our Lian family, won't I be laughed at?"

In fact, she doesn't care about family background, as long as it's suitable.

But she knew that people at this time cared about these things the most.

Sure enough, after she said this, Lian Yan's expression changed, becoming even more gloomy than before.

Mrs. Lian shouted, "What do you know? You're just talking nonsense. This man is so good! He's the fifth prince's only son, the crown prince!"

Lian Yiyi was so angry that she gritted her teeth and almost broke her back teeth.

If she knew her mother was a glib-tongued person, she would never have told her those things.

Now that her father knows about this in advance, I’m afraid that her relationship with Zhao Qian will be ruined!

Sure enough, Lian Yan's face changed immediately when he heard that the person who was secretly engaged to Lian Yiyi was Lian Yiyi.

It was the first time she saw Lian Yan's face so dark, as if it was even darker than the ash at the bottom of a pot!

"No, I will never agree to this marriage!"

"Why?! Dad, Qianlang and I truly love each other." Lian Yiyi said crying.

"I said no, and that's it. Don't you know what kind of person Zhao Qian is? Do you need me to remind you?" Lian Yan walked out and said to the servants, "Send that beast back to the palace and tell Zhao Qian that our Lian family has nothing to do with him.

Also, keep the young lady under my watch. If anyone fails to keep a close eye on her, the consequences will be their own responsibility."

"Dad, you can't do this to me. I love him, and he's the only one I love!" Lian Yiyi shouted at Lian Yan, but Lian Yan seemed not to hear her and walked further and further away.

Lian Yiyi fell to the ground helplessly. She looked at Mrs. Lian crying. Only Mrs. Lian could help her now: "Mom, please go find Qianlang and ask him to take me away, okay?"

Mrs. Lian was shocked when she heard this. She quickly ran over to cover Lian Yiyi's mouth and whispered, "Yiyi, stop talking nonsense. If your father hears you, he will probably send you back to the clan.

You know how hard your life will be when that happens, even without your mother telling you!"

Lian Yiyi shuddered all over. She remembered that when she was young, she went back to her tribe and saw those girls who had committed crimes and were sent back to the tribe. Each of them was like a walking corpse, with no light in their eyes, no different from the dead.

"Mom, what should I do?"

Although Lian Yiyi hated Mrs. Lian for talking nonsense, there was no one else here who could help her except Mrs. Lian.

Mrs. Lian hugged Lian Yiyi and comforted her for a long time. She said that she would wait for Lian Yan to calm down and then go to persuade Lian Yan to see if he could agree to Lian Yiyi's marriage.

Lian Yiyi had no choice but to agree.

Her hand tightly grasped the place where the toad's blood was. There was no toad's blood there anymore because she had already married Zhao Qian.

If she and Zhao Qian cannot succeed, and if people know that she is no longer a virgin, I am afraid she will be thrown into a pig cage or sent to the clan, where she will live a life worse than death!

The servants sent by the Lian family to deliver the dog to Zhao Qian came back soon. They told Lian Yan that Zhao Qian had never seen them at all, and said that he didn't know Lian Yiyi at all, and asked them to send the big black dog back.

Mrs. Lian had been eavesdropping outside. When she heard these things, she stumbled and fell to the ground.

Before she could get up, she felt her vision darken.

Lian Yan had already come in front of her, looking down at her with a face so gloomy that it could squeeze water out of it: "Look at your good daughter, what good things she has done.

She has brought shame upon our family!"

Gu Huai had just had some friction with the Fifth Prince, and the whole family knew about it. Of course, he was the one who contributed the most.

But now he has been humiliated because of Lian Yiyi's matter.

I'm afraid that after this year, all my colleagues in the court will laugh at him and say he is shameless.

"How could a girl be so shameless that she not only secretly agreed to spend her life together with someone without a matchmaker, but also refused to acknowledge it!"

"Master, there must be some misunderstanding. There must be some misunderstanding. Yiyi didn't say that. It must be a misunderstanding." Mrs. Lian said, and suddenly got up. "I'm going to ask the prince what's going on."

"You're crazy," Lian Yan slapped Mrs. Lian in the face and yelled, "It's embarrassing enough to send the dog over and get hit back, and you're still making a scene. Are you afraid that others won't know about this?

You think I'm not embarrassed enough yet, so you want me to not even dare to go to the morning court?"

"Master, what's more important, your face or Yiyi's happiness?" Mrs. Lian covered her slapped face and looked at Lian Yan disappointedly, "Yiyi is your child. Now she's been wronged, don't you care?

Lian Qi had offended the Fifth Prince before, but you were willing to offend the Fifth Prince for him and even tell the emperor about those things.

If it weren't for you and Lian Qi, Yiyi wouldn't have suffered so much."

Mrs. Lian believed that even if Zhao Qian refused to admit it, it was because of Lian Yan and Lian Qi!

Lian Yan was so angry that he laughed. He had never seen anyone who could confuse right and wrong so much.

"Zhao Qian is not a reliable person. As a mother, you failed to teach your child well, allowing her to do such a shameful thing. Now you are blaming me?"

"Is Yiyi mine alone? Why do you blame everything on me?" Mrs. Lian was so angry that she blurted out.

She regretted the words as soon as they came out of her mouth. Would her harsh tone make Lian Yan unhappy?

"Okay, you're right. Since I'm a father, I should teach my children well. Don't worry about this. I'll take care of it."

Mrs. Lian couldn't help but panic when she heard this. What good could come of leaving it to Lian Yan? She was afraid that Lian Yiyi would be in great pain!

"Master, listen to me. Yiyi is your daughter, your own flesh and blood. You don't want..."

Before Mrs. Lian could finish her words, she saw a servant hurried over to report that Lian Yiyi was missing.

Mrs. Lian panicked and fell to the ground helplessly.

"Go find her, go find her now, and bring her back to me!" Lian Yan said gritting his teeth.

"Dad, let me go help."

Gu Huai came in a hurry, fearing that Lian Yan would be angry and do something that he would regret.

Unexpectedly, Lian Yiyi escaped.