Red and White

In the afternoon, the court meeting ended and the officials left the court. Most of them did not eat food in the corridor and did not attend to official business.

They all ran to Xingningfang.

That day, the Luoyang Marquis Mansion opened its doors to welcome guests and was extremely lively.

I didn't wait for the Yan family, but welcomed the Li family first.

Prince Yu and his wife, Prince Ying and his wife, came with the second prince's sister, Princess Puyang.

The day before, Prince Yu and his wife were filled with joy, but today, they looked so sad that they could not hide their sorrow.

It looks strange, but it's not hard to guess.

When asked, he refused to answer a single word.

The couple had glue on their lips and tried to argue that nothing had happened.

The King of England is beside me. I think Li Junshen has seen through my conspiracy and does not want the Prince of Yu and his wife to be controlled and used by me anymore.

A family of five came together, clearly wanting to get away.

Prince Yu and his wife changed their previous words and said that they had returned to the prince's house last night and thought about it carefully all night.

Every word and sentence the two of them said behind closed doors yesterday was not well thought out and was truly inappropriate.

"I only learned last night...that Du Shaoqing is the most despicable. He bullies men and women, abuses his power for personal gain, commits all sorts of evil, and cunningly covers up his crimes. He is a disaster for the Dali Temple and a major scourge in Chang'an. His crimes are heinous, and the emperor arrested him because of his crimes..."

Prince Yu was shaking his head and sweating profusely, and he didn't know whether the sweat was cold or hot.

"Jingzhao's young masters are all vulgar people. Who dares to shamelessly bother the Marquis of Luoyang? If the Marquis doesn't marry, it means Chang'an is unworthy. The suitors dare not come to their door, but they still have self-awareness."

Princess Yu fanned herself vigorously, not knowing whether she was cold or panicked.

The couple was caught between two sides and tried their best to overturn what they said sincerely yesterday, which was rare and surprising.

They all said in unison, how could the musicians of Taichang Temple compare to the saints of Taiji Palace?

"Marrying someone of a lower status... is absolutely not possible..." The king said to me sincerely.

"You can lower yourself...but you absolutely cannot..." the princess said to me earnestly.

Princess Yu coaxed me to put on the fishtail crown again, and Prince Yu wanted to expel Yang Yanji from the Luoyang Marquisate and return him to the Taichang Temple. Both husband and wife advised me to call off the marriage as soon as possible.

I refused to accept the fishtail crown, nor did I want to let the musicians return to the Taichang Temple. I did not respond to anything they said.

Seeing my stubborn attitude and my refusal to listen, Prince Yu was so deaf and dumb that he felt very uncomfortable and panicked. He quickly shed two tears and had thousands of words to say but he was afraid to say them.

I saw that the couple were looking outside the door. They were in Chang'an City, Luoyang Prefecture, and it seemed as if they were about to leave. It looked like they were going to escape again, as if they were going to take their wives and children, and drag their whole family out of Chang'an.

"As for the marriage in Luoyang, we must ask Empress Dowager Feng for instructions and Concubine Tong for her opinion?" Princess Ying asked me.

"In a few days, I will bring Yang Lang to the Taiji Palace to pay a visit, explain everything to the Xingqing Palace and Jishan Palace, and ask the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Concubine to grant us the marriage." I replied.

Bao Dai murmured, "Alright, alright, alright... this is fine..."

She said countless good things, but her eyes were filled with endless bad things.

"Shouldn't you have informed Tanzhou about your marriage? Shouldn't you have asked your biological mother about it?"

The King of England suddenly asked these two questions. He knew my weaknesses, but he didn't know what kind of person my biological mother was or what kind of person she was.

There is no need to tell Tanzhou or Manniang about my marriage.

If Man Niang knew the truth, she would definitely applaud and wish the mistress of the Yan family a quick death.

The mother is not as sensible as her son, and the son is as ridiculous as his mother.

If my wife were sensible and reasonable, I would have disappeared from this world long ago...

Fortunately, she didn't understand.

"The road to Tanzhou is long, and it will take time to go back and forth. Why bother? I'll make the decision myself..." I said.

There was silence in the hall for a while. Prince Yu and Princess Yu were anxious to leave, but were repeatedly stopped by the Princess of Puyang County.

Just at this moment, Minister Xiao came into the mansion alone. Prince Yu stood up to greet him with tears in his eyes. I saw that his eyes suddenly became brighter.

"Li Nu, this foolish marriage of yours has spread throughout the Imperial City and the Palace, making it known to everyone. It's a disgrace!" Minister Xiao scolded. "After today, do not mention it again. Never again. Send this musician to a temple and become a monk immediately. From now on, you are not allowed to see him again."

Minister Xiao pointed at Yang Yanji and ordered me.

“Yes, yes, yes…”

“Yes, yes, yes…”

Prince Yu and Princess Yu echoed the sentiment, saying that the King of England was about to take action.

I swear to death that I will never obey.

"I am your uncle. Your father is dead and your mother is away. No one is around. I will not watch you marry a playboy."

Xiao Qing said that he really had good intentions for me.

"I do have uncles, but they were expelled and abandoned by the family long ago. They died young. According to the family tree, I have no relationship with the Shangshu at all." I said cruelly.

"You, you, you..." Minister Xiao pointed at me with a distorted face, wondering whether to curse or not.

Minister Xiao stepped in first, and Tanhua Yan followed closely behind.

"Wu Niang...you act recklessly. Why do you only care about yourself and ignore the women in the clan? You married a Le woman in a foolish way. This is a low marriage. Do you want our Yan family's daughters to marry Le Ling like you did? Are you going to destroy the Yan family? You want to destroy all the daughters of the Yan family." The clan brother scolded angrily.

The man is □□ because he is a talented and romantic man, and the woman is affectionate because she is □□ reckless.

There are no rules in front of men, but there are many restrictions on women.

The men of the Yan family either live or die, they are inseparable from wealth and honor, and they will not suffer from illness before or after their death.

Among the daughters of the Yan family, none is as noble as I am, and none of them works as hard as I do.

In Taiji Palace, serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. If you were to replace him with someone else, he would have become a ghost without a body.

They have both a father and a mother and live a happy life.

Have you ever shared any of my hard work?

Do you want me to pave the way for their ordinary and prosperous lives?

If I don't live my life to my own satisfaction, should I live my life cautiously for them?

I have no parents, and for many years I wasn't raised in the Yan family. My sisters in the clan never lived with me. Where did the sisterhood come from? Where did the sharing of honor and disgrace, joy and sorrow, come from?

What does their marriage have to do with me?

What does my marriage have to do with them?

Everyone has their own way out and destiny, so where does the burden come from?

Don’t even mention the saying that we all prosper together and suffer together.

"That's not difficult. Just write a piece of paper and expel me from the Yan family... and have the head of the family kick me out!"

I carefully consider every word and tell my cousin sincerely.

The room was silent. Prince Yu knelt on the ground with his head in his hands, and Prince Shu and his wife asked me to take back my words.

As Yan Zhimei was about to kill Yang Yanji, she loudly questioned me, "How have we wronged you, the Yan family? Without the Yan family, how could you have married into the Li family? How could you have achieved such wealth and status?"

The Yan family and I owe each other nothing.

But I no longer want to be a member of the Yan family, nor do I want to have anything to do with the Li family.

The Yan family expelled me. Whether I go to Tanzhou or to any other province in the world, I will never return to this cage of wealth and luxury, and I will never see the mistress of the Yan family again.

Just what I want.

"You bastard, how dare you kick her out of the Yan family when your uncle is still here?"

Minister Xiao started cursing loudly, no longer having his usual elegant demeanor.

For a moment, the argument ceased, and Minister Xiao slapped Tanhua Yan in the face.

Minister Xiao and Tanhua Yan started fighting in my Luoyang Marquis Mansion.

As soon as the slap sounded, the Jinwu Guard's sword was unsheathed.

My "cousin", the general of the Sixteen Guards, did not rest at noon, did not read military books, did not play tossing pots or chess, but came to me specially to clean up the house.

The general swung his sword into the air and tried to kill Yang Yanji, but I stood in front of Le Ren.

The men and women of the Li family cried out in shock, staring at the general's sword cutting my robe.

The person is not hurt, but the clothes are damaged.

The matter of the Yan family, in Xingningfang, was so tense that the situation came to the head of the Yan family.

Who is the head of the Yan family?

He is my nominal uncle.

The facial features of Lingtai Temple.

Master of the house, just say that I am already a disabled person and that I can enjoy all kinds of pleasures by myself.

The head of the family didn't care, and the Yan family was helpless and no longer cared about my life or death.

My uncle did not leave the Taoist temple and did not try to stop me. He even sent someone to tell me to set the wedding date as soon as possible.

He threatened me that if I didn't marry him, he would come to my Luoyang Marquis Mansion in person and hit me hard with his whisk twice.

Uncle, you saw through my thoughts early on.

Yan Xiang, you are teasing me again.