Chapter 296 Sent to a Nunnery

"Of course." Li Huaiyan took a sip of herbal tea leisurely, "The girl almost died for me. As a man of seven feet tall, I must take responsibility."

"Wait a minute," Ling Chenyi frowned, "For you? Losing my life? What does that mean?"

Li Huaiyan sighed and told the two of them about Zheng Yue'er's tearful confession last night. "I'm not a heartless person. I have some feelings for that girl...so I just went with the flow and made it happen."

Ling Chenyi looked at him silently, always feeling that something was wrong and that he was not very reliable.

"She probably didn't want to go to the nunnery, so she came to you and lied to you, right?"

"How is that possible?" Li Huaiyan frowned tightly. "She refused the marriage with the fifth prince just for me, otherwise she wouldn't have ended up like this. Don't put the cart before the horse and get the cause and effect wrong."

"She doesn't even want to be a prince's consort, which shows how much she cares for me." He shook his head and sighed, "I never thought there would be such a silly girl in the world."

“…”

Ling Chenyi felt that Li Huaiyan was really stupid, so stupid that he was bubbling.

Xiao Yuan half leaned back in his chair, listening indifferently to the conversation between the two. Apart from twitching his lips from time to time, he did not say a single word.

"Are you serious, ... sure that the girl likes you?"

"Of course it's true." Li Huaiyan said, "She was willing to die for me. How could I, as a man, bear it? So I thought, forget it. I have to get married eventually. I don't dislike this girl, and I took the initiative to provoke her, so let it be."

“…”

Ling Chenyi felt that Li Huaiyan had fallen into blind self-confidence, and whatever he said would be useless.

"Are you going to get married just like that? Can you do that? Don't let your responsibility turn into revenge."

"Absolutely not." Li Huaiyan was very confident and said proudly, "The girl said that as long as she can be with me, no matter how romantic or playful I am, she can tolerate it. As long as she doesn't take me home, she can let me do whatever I want outside."

"You guys think, is this a perfect match for me? Not only is she gentle and virtuous, but she also loves me like my life. It's like she was created by God just for me!!"

…

"Hello?" After Li Huaiyan boasted, he looked up at Ling Chenyi, "Why aren't you talking?"

“…”

"Did you meet a liar?"

"...What do you mean?" Li Huaiyan frowned, looking dissatisfied.

Xiao Yuan said, "Things or people that are too close to you and meet your requirements are probably 80% likely to be lying to you."

Ling Chenyi nodded in agreement.

The girl is not a fool, how could she agree to such conditions?

"Impossible, she just likes me too much, loves me too much, and is worried that I won't marry her, that's why she does this." Li Huaiyan argued, "Don't talk nonsense."

Ling Chenyi frowned slightly and looked at Xiao Yuan in silence.

"Well, okay, since you insist, then go ahead, as long as you don't regret it. But there is one thing you need to think clearly about."

"What?"

Ling Chenyi knew that he was unreliable, and said with a gloomy look, "Sooner or later, Lord Zheng will be pulled down by us. By then, the Zheng family will be raided and the family members will be exiled. You will be Miss Zheng's enemy. How will you face your wife then? The Mo couple will become enemies and become resentful couples."

Ling Chenyi looked serious. Li Huaiyan's smile froze on his face. He was a little dumbfounded. "Fuck, I forgot."

Xiao Yuan added, "It doesn't matter if you are resentful of your spouse. I'm just afraid that you will have to stand guard with one eye open when you sleep at night. If you turn around and get stabbed by your wife, wouldn't that be a miserable death?"

…

Li Huaiyan's face twitched, his smile completely disappeared, and he stood there pacing back and forth.

Yes, how could he forget such an important thing.

"Are you still going?" Ling Chenyi asked.

Li Huaiyan paused, hesitated for a moment, and nodded heavily, "Go, she loves me so much, she must understand my difficulties. Her father eats and sleeps here and there, lining his pockets. Even if we are not here, the emperor will not let him go!!"

Ling Chenyi nodded, "In that case, let's go, go quickly and come back soon, I'm still waiting to go back home to catch up on some sleep."

Li Huaiyan took a deep breath, as if he was about to go to the execution ground, and said, "Let's go."

"But I have to climb over the wall to see her first and tell her what happened. If she can't stand it, then..." He touched his nose, "then forget it."

He doesn't want to live in fear all his life.

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"Dad, please bear with me for just one more day. I can find a way to marry myself off."

Zheng Yue'er was torn apart by several old women and begged in tears.

Lord Zheng had a calm and heartless face. "If you had known this would happen, why would you have done it in the first place? Even if Minister Shen died, marrying the Fifth Prince would at least make you the Crown Princess, with wealth and honor, high up above."

"But now, which family in the capital city would not immediately avoid you upon hearing your name? Who would be willing to marry you? Your father has already arranged everything for you in the nunnery and will not let you suffer too much. For the sake of your brothers and sisters' reputation, please stop being unreasonable."

Zheng Yue'er's heart was completely chilled by Lord Zheng's cold words, "Dad, when you wanted to marry me to the fifth prince, did you ever ask me if I was willing? Is it so easy to be a daughter-in-law of the royal family?"

"You have never considered me at all. You only care about your own power and career. You just want me to help you get this connection."

Lord Zheng's face darkened, and he quickly stepped forward and slapped Zheng Yue'er, "Shut up!"

"Do you know what you are saying? Do you want to kill the entire Zheng family?"

Zheng Yue'er's cheek was buzzing and she looked at Lord Zheng with disheveled hair.

"Yue'er, your father is thinking about the overall situation, so don't be stubborn, dear." Madam Zheng rushed to her, hugged her in her arms with heartache, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, after this storm is over, mother will definitely find a way to get you out."

Zheng Yue'er pursed her lips, feeling extremely cold in her mother's arms, so cold that her bones were trembling.

"It was mother who instigated my father to send me away today, right?" She lowered her head and smiled sadly, "You really took great pains to get your daughter to leave. Since you gave up on me, why are you still pretending to be a good mother? Your daughter is no longer valuable to you."

Mrs. Zheng shuddered, tears streaming down her face, "I...I..."

"Don't waste your time talking to her and let her go." Lord Zheng pulled Madam Zheng back to his side.

Madam Zheng said hesitantly, "Yue'er, you are my biological child, born after ten months of pregnancy. How could I not love you? I have visited all the men of the right age that I am close to these days, but no one is willing to marry you. What can I do?"

"So, mother asked my father to send me away? You are also a woman, and I was sent to a nunnery at such a young age. Have you ever thought about what I will do with the rest of my life? Do you want me to live a life of seclusion and meditation?"

Zheng Yue'er's question was a little sharp, causing Madam Zheng's expression to change slightly. "What can mother do? It's all your fault. Your father had found such a good way out for you, but you refused to get married. Isn't everything you have done now your own fault?"

"Mother." Zheng Yue'er looked at her with wide eyes. "Others say that, but don't you understand that father is clearly using me? If I really marry him, he won't care about me if anything goes wrong. Have you ever thought about what a prince's consort without the support of her family will face?"

Mrs. Zheng frowned deeply, and the sadness on her face slowly disappeared.

Zheng Yue'er suddenly laughed, "No, mother, how could you not understand? It's just that you want the prince to be your son-in-law, and you are reluctant to give up the benefits of this power that can bring your son to the official career."

"What can I do?" Madam Zheng was angry. "Your brother is my only hope. If you had worked harder, you wouldn't have ended up like this. Now your brother is being mocked and excluded by other children in school. He can hardly continue his studies. I can't help but think about him."

"Leave first, and wait until your brother passes the imperial examination and becomes an official, then come back. By then, this matter will have long been over. Even if mother chooses a high-ranking official as your successor, it will be the same. Just bear with it for a few days."

Zheng Yue'er stared blankly at Madam Zheng, feeling as if she had fallen into an icy cave.

Just because Zheng Ye was ridiculed and excluded in school, she should be sent to a nunnery?

She knew that her father had many illegitimate children and her mother regarded her son as a treasure when she had him in middle age, but she never thought it would be so absurd.

"Go away, go away, don't stay in the mansion, this is my home." A small figure rushed in from outside, constantly hitting Zheng Yue'er with his little fists and feet.

"Ye'er, that's your sister, come back quickly." Mrs. Zheng stepped forward and pulled her back.

"Mother." Zheng Ye's face turned red with anger. "If you don't drive her away, I won't go to school, and you can forget about becoming a royal consort. You will be oppressed by those lowly concubines in the backyard for the rest of your life. If I'm useless, my father will divorce you, and your family won't want you either. You can just go to a nunnery with this woman."

Madam Zheng opened her eyes wide and slapped Zheng Ye hard in anger, "You kid, I'm your mother, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"You dare to hit me?" Zheng Ye's eyes were red. "I am the legitimate son of the Zheng family. From now on, the entire Zheng family will belong to me. Aren't you afraid that I will kick you out too?"

He refused to give in and insisted that Madam Zheng apologize to him, otherwise he would go to the backyard to find Madam Liu and never kiss her again.

Mrs. Zheng had no choice but to coax him into apologizing for a long time before Zheng Ye calmed down.

Zheng Yue'er couldn't believe it.

She knew that her brother was spoiled by their mother and had a bad temper, but she never thought he would be so ridiculous.

A month ago, he was still dependent on me and lying on my legs and acting coquettishly, calling me sister over and over again. But now he is so vicious, and my own sister has become the woman he is talking about!

He could even treat his own mother like this. Zheng Yue'er lowered her head and raised the corners of her lips in ridicule, "A crooked tree actually dreams of receiving an imperial decree. Haha, he is really a foolish dreamer."

"What did you say?" Zheng Ye was furious. "Everyone in the mansion praises me, how dare you say that to me?"

Madam Zheng's face was also very unhappy. "Yue'er, your brother is just young and ignorant. How can you curse him?"

"Enough!" Lord Zheng's head was buzzing with the noise. He grabbed Zheng Ye, who was about to hit Zheng Yue'er, and threw him back to the ground.

"Oh, master, what are you doing? Ye'er is just a child, please don't hurt him." Mrs. Zheng rushed over, feeling so distressed that she wished she could take Zheng Ye's place.

The skin on Zheng Ye's palms was rubbed and he cried loudly.

"Shut up." Lord Zheng glared at Zheng Ye, frightening him so much that he stopped crying. He pointed at Madam Zheng and scolded her, "Look at your well-educated son. He is so vicious and ungrateful at such a young age. Then look at the son raised by Madam Liu. He is well-educated and well-mannered, but he is a legitimate son in vain and is a disgrace to her."

Upon hearing this, Madam Zheng was immediately displeased and argued with Lord Zheng, "My son is a legitimate son, so he naturally doesn't need to rely on others. Only those illegitimate sons have to be timid and servile."

"Besides, Ye'er is cold-blooded and heartless, just like you as his father. If the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked. What qualifications do you have to despise him?" She muttered softly.

As long as it was related to Zheng Ye, for every word he said, Mrs. Zheng could say ten words back, and they would argue until they were red in the face.

Lord Zheng was so angry that he didn't bother to argue with Madam Zheng at this time. He waved his hand at the maids who were holding Zheng Yue'er and said, "Take her away."

Zheng Yue'er raised her eyes to look at the sun shining into the center of the room and stopped struggling or begging.

She took a deep look at Mrs. Zheng, who was still protecting Zheng Ye and blowing on his palm, and smiled sarcastically.

It's ridiculous that her mother, who had always loved her, would not let her son off for his minor injury, and would not say a word to her own daughter who was about to be sent to a nunnery.

"My dear son, does it hurt? Come on, I will take you to see the court doctor. Don't get tetanus." Mrs. Zheng picked up the sobbing Zheng Ye and hurriedly left Zheng Yue'er's yard.

...Zheng Yue'er passed by the mother and son.

She raised her eyes, staring at the two figures slowly disappearing, with endless sadness welling up in her eyes.

At this moment, she was extremely grateful for her decision and for not becoming a puppet for this group of people to suck her blood.

"Master, master." A servant ran into the yard hurriedly.

Lord Zheng was standing in the courtyard, waiting for Zheng Yue'er to be taken away. He frowned when he saw the servant, "What's the matter?"

"Master." The servant panted and pointed to the door, "Four, four..."

After the two fours came out, Lord Zheng's face changed, "Fourth Prince?"

The servant nodded quickly, "There is also the prince of Yongning Marquis's Mansion. He brought many boxes with red flowers tied on them, which filled up half of the yard. He is waiting in the front yard now."

Red flower box?

There was a deep confusion in Lord Zheng's eyes, and he hurried out without thinking.

He quickly turned back and told the maids who were holding Zheng Yue'er, "Keep an eye on her. Leave her later. Don't offend the noble."

After saying that, he walked away without stopping, his back looking very hurried.

Zheng Yue'er was released and collapsed to the ground helplessly. The bound maid crawled over to her, "Miss, are you okay?"

Zheng Yue'er shook her head, a hint of joy appeared on her face, "He's here, we'll be free."

"Yes." The maid nodded heavily and helped Zheng Yue'er back to the house.

"Master and Madam are so heartless. You are their biological daughter. How could they treat you like this?" The maid sobbed softly.

Zheng Yueer curled the corners of her lips in a mocking tone.

She had guessed it long ago, but she never thought they would be so cruel to her.

If she really followed their wishes and married the Fifth Prince, she would have to face a father who was greedy for power, a mother who spoiled her son and made crazy demands, and a brother who was taught badly but only wanted to become an official. The most terrifying thing about people is not greed, but the lack of self-awareness.

A whole family depends on the support of just one woman, her life is a real hell on earth!

The maid took out a box of ointment from the makeup box and squatted in front of Zheng Yue'er. "Young lady, bear with it. This box of ointment is the most effective in reducing redness and swelling. I will apply it on you. Someone will come to the front yard to invite you in a while. Don't let Lord Li see anything."

Zheng Yue'er leaned back and let the maid apply medicine, but suddenly she caught a glimpse of a piece of clothing from the corner of her eye and was stunned.

"girl."

She pushed the maid's hand away, slowly stood up, and stared at the screen. Her throat felt a little blocked. "You... weren't you in the front yard? When did you come?"

Her heart was in her throat.

The tall figure paused for a moment, then slowly emerged from behind the screen. His peach blossom eyes, which were always sparkling, were now staring at Zheng Yue'er without blinking.

She felt as if her clothes were being stripped off and she was being scrutinized.

The maid was so frightened that she almost screamed, but she quickly covered her mouth, put down the ointment, hurried out and closed the door.