Chapter 234 Accepting the Bride Gift

Although the emperor put him under house arrest, he only prevented Shangguan Nanfeng from leaving the prince's palace.

In the following period of time, Li Yan acted as an informant, and Shangguan Nanfeng kept exchanging letters with his uncle Dongyou Songdutong. Finally, they finalized the plan to frame Gu Qingzhi who was far away at the border and implemented it quickly.

"If you agree to my proposal today, your third uncle will be safe." Shangguan Nanfeng looked at Su Yue, not giving her any time to think, and spoke in an aggressive tone.

"Shangguan Nanfeng, have you forgotten that I am here? You are threatening to force a marriage in such a high-profile manner. Do you not take our father seriously?"

Shangguan Nanxing's eyes darkened. This Shangguan Nanfeng was too bold. He didn't even avoid her when forcing her to marry him. Could it be that in Shangguan Nanfeng's eyes, she had no value at all?

"Oh, Third Brother, Father is not fully recovered yet, you'd better not disturb him. And Su Yue is the one that Father has decreed to marry freely. Third Brother, do you know what freedom of marriage means? It means that as long as Su Yue agrees, no one can stop her."

Shangguan Nanfeng turned around and looked into Shangguan Nanxing's eyes with provocation and rudeness, and the atmosphere between the two brothers immediately became tense.

"What do you mean? Why can't we disturb my father?" Shangguan Nanxing suddenly remembered the indifference on Shangguan Nanfeng's face when he mentioned his father, and a bad premonition came to his mind.

In the previous life, the most important step for Shangguan Nanfeng to ascend the throne was to lead his troops to force the palace.

Could it be that he should start taking action now? But Concubine Hui is in the cold palace, so how can he act?

"It doesn't mean anything." Shangguan Nanfeng continued to look at him provocatively, not paying any attention to what Shangguan Nanxing was guessing.

Shangguan Nanfeng naturally knew what Shangguan Nanxing was guessing, but he did not have the strength to touch his own father now.

All this was what Li Yan told himself. If he wanted to achieve great things, he had to be ruthless. After all, he was the emperor's son, and as long as he didn't go too far, his life would not be in danger.

Therefore, once Su Yue agreed to the marriage proposal, the matter would be settled. What would it matter even if the emperor found out about it later? After all, Su Yue has the right to marry freely.

"You!" Shangguan Nanxing took a few steps forward and was about to let go of Su Yue's hand.

"Nanxing." Seeing that the two seemed to be about to fight, Su Yue hurriedly pulled Shangguan Nanxing's hand, signaling him to calm down.

Shangguan Nanxing lowered his head, looked at Su Yue for a while, and finally swallowed his anger.

"I just want to ask you, how is my third uncle now?" Su Yue turned her head and looked at Shangguan Nanfeng.

"As long as you agree to propose marriage, his life will not be in danger." Shangguan Nanfeng looked back with a firm tone.

"No, how do I know if you have harmed my third uncle to steal this ring?" Su Yue refused mercilessly, but the worry in her eyes lingered for a long time.

"Su Yue, if you agree, I guarantee as a prince that your third uncle's life will be safe, but if you don't agree, then your uncle will definitely not see the sun tomorrow. Do you dare to bet with me?"

When Shangguan Nanfeng heard Su Yue's decisive refusal, he directly brought out the excuse that Li Yan had taught him.

At the same time, he was amazed that Li Yan had even thought of the reason why Su Yue would refuse.

Li Yan's wisdom is not inferior to Su Yue's at all, and she even has a bit of the aura to suppress Su Yue.

"Shangguan Nanfeng, are you threatening me?" Su Yue looked up at Shangguan Nanfeng with anger in her eyes, but she also felt a sense of powerlessness in her heart.

"So what? If you don't accept these betrothal gifts today, you will have to take your third uncle's head in a few days. I, Shangguan Nanfeng, have limited patience. You'd better give me an answer today."

Shangguan Nanfeng completely ignored Su Yue's anger, because he knew that the initiative was now in his hands.

"Bring the betrothal gifts in." Su Yue just looked at Shangguan Nanfeng, her voice very loud, but there was still stubbornness in her eyes.

The people watching on the side naturally had no idea what the three of them were whispering about, but they just saw that Su Yue's expression was becoming increasingly uglier.

When everyone was not optimistic about the success of the Second Prince's marriage proposal, Su Yue actually accepted the betrothal gifts and even agreed to the Second Prince's marriage proposal while holding the Third Prince's hand.

For a while, what the three of them said became a topic of speculation for many people after dinner.

However, most people believed that Su Yue must have done something bad and the Second Prince had evidence against her, so he had no choice but to agree to the marriage proposal.

"Yuer..." Shangguan Nanxing naturally knew Su Yue's difficulties. He now only hated himself for not proposing marriage when Su Yue came back.

Su Yue watched Shangguan Nanfeng's betrothal gifts being carried into the Princess's Mansion one by one, and she had her own plans in her eyes.

"Su Yue, you are my fiancée now. Isn't it a bit unreasonable for you to hold my brother's hand?"

Shangguan Nanfeng had long been fed up with their hands being clasped together, and now he spoke out openly to stop it.

"I just like to hold him. If you don't want to, cancel the engagement."

Su Yue looked at Shangguan Nanfeng, her eyes full of provocation. Wasn't Shangguan Nanfeng's goal to marry her? Now that she accepted the betrothal gift, it was already the biggest concession.

"You!" Shangguan Nanfeng was speechless, but when he thought that his goal had been achieved, he stopped worrying about it.

After all, he had already made up his mind. As long as the person was there, it didn't matter whether his heart was there or not.

He felt happy when he saw Shangguan Nanxing in pain.

Just like when I was a kid.

"Pack up, our wedding will be in a few days, my princess." Shangguan Nanfeng looked at the two people's clasped hands, turned his head with a sarcastic smile.

"Shangguan Nanfeng!" Just as Shangguan Nanfeng turned around, Shangguan Nanxing, who had been silent, spoke.

Shangguan Nanfeng turned around with a victorious smile.

But when he turned halfway, he was hit hard by Shangguan Nanxing.

In an instant, Shangguan Nanfeng felt a hot stream flowing down his nose.

"Shangguan Nanfeng, you'd better live to get married." Shangguan Nanxing looked at Shangguan Nanfeng, who was bleeding from the nose, and warned him.

"Don't worry, Third Brother. If I don't live to get married, then Gu Qingzhi will not live to attend your wedding."

Shangguan Nanfeng ignored the blood from his nose and continued to look at Shangguan Nanxing with the eyes of a winner, but spoke in a very low voice.

Obviously Shangguan Nanfeng also knew that Gu Qingzhi was fighting for Dongyou and defending his country. If he spoke a little louder and was heard by people around him, they would know that he was trying to harm Gu Qingzhi, which would naturally not be good for him.

"You!" Shangguan Nanxing wanted to punch him a few more times upon hearing that, but was stopped by Su Yue.

As the two looked at each other, Su Yue shook her head slightly.

"Su Yue, the Japanese prince will deliver your wedding dress in a few days." Shangguan Nanfeng saw the interaction between the two and didn't say anything more. He just left a dozen strong men and asked them to keep an eye on Su Yue, then left with the attitude of a winner.

After all, he still had a betrothal gift to pay.

That's right, Shangguan Nanfeng and Li Yan agreed that as long as Su Yue accepted the betrothal gift, he would go to the Shangshu Mansion to propose to her and marry her as a concubine.

Moreover, she and Su Yue will enter the mansion at the same time.