Is it okay to never be able to get married in your entire life?

Niu Mingjie quickly said, "It's not what you think. I did like the Crown Princess, but I haven't reached the point where I can't marry anyone but her. As for the Crown Princess..." The Crown Princess is always thinking about taking concubines.

"The Crown Princess was still young at the time and had no idea about relationships between men and women. She always treated me like an older brother."

Xu Muwan glanced at Niu Mingjie. "How could you say that? The Crown Princess has been so good to you!"

"..." Yun Xiaoliu was good to him, but that was mainly because of his father. "The Crown Princess is not only good to me, Xiaoliu is also very good to my eldest and second brothers. My father helped the Yun family when they first arrived at the border."

"Are your parents forcing you to get married?"

"...Why don't you believe me? My relationship with the Crown Princess is not like what's being said. The reason I haven't married all these years isn't because I can't forget the Crown Princess, but simply because I haven't met the right person to marry."

Xu Muwan didn't believe it. "You might as well say you couldn't take it anymore because of your parents."

"..."

"The Crown Princess is so wonderful, how could you possibly fall in love with someone else after liking her?" In Xu Muwan's heart, no one could compare to Sisi.

Niu Mingjie was extremely frustrated!

Yun Xiaoliu is a good person, but his feelings for Yun Xiaoliu are not to the point where he is determined to marry no one but her.

"Mu Wan, my parents are pressuring me to get married, but I'm only proposing to you because I truly love you."

"How could you like me? I'm nowhere near as good as the Crown Princess. Don't lie to me. If you keep lying to me, I'll look down on you."

Niu Mingjie wanted to bang his head against a wall. Why was his love life so bumpy?

First, the crown prince intercepted it.

Now he's met a silly girl who thinks he should hang himself on that crooked tree, Yun Xiaoliu.

"Are you hungry? What would you like to eat? I'll have someone make it for you."

"I'm not hungry, just a little tired."

"Then you should rest. I..." I'm going to go outside and bang my head against the wall. "I'll go see if the Crown Prince and the First Prince have returned yet?"

"The Crown Prince and the eldest grandson of the Emperor?" Xu Muwan was very surprised to hear this.

Niu Mingjie recounted what had just happened. "Luckily, we ran into the Crown Prince, who was with the imperial physician; otherwise, I would have lost you."

"Lord Niu? If you keep acting like this, I'll really look down on you."

"..." He might as well go bang his head against the wall. "I'm going to get busy, you can rest."

"good."

After Niu Mingjie left, Xu Muwan closed her eyes.

She used to think Lord Niu was a good person, but she never expected that he would try to deceive her after seeing how desperately she had saved him.

She risked her life to save him because he didn't punish her as soon as he found out she was a woman, but instead told the Crown Princess about her.

It's not because I like it.

Lord Niu has probably misunderstood.

Should she explain things to Lord Niu?

Well, she already rejected Lord Niu, so he probably won't say anything more.

Thinking of this, Xu Muwan went to sleep.

When Ning Yirong, Gou Dan, and Lao Hei returned, they saw Niu Mingjie standing in the yard staring at the wall.

Ning Yirong, Gou Dan, and Lao Hei all looked curiously at the wall, only to find that there was nothing on it.

Gou Dan tugged at Niu Mingjie's sleeve. "Third Uncle Niu, what are you looking at?"

When will I ever be able to escape your mother's shadow? "Nothing? You're back?"

"You're back. Uncle Niu, do you know? Today's incident was orchestrated by Young Master Ding. After Young Master Ding learned that Second Young Master Ding was going to hire an assassin to kill him, he had the people around Second Young Master Ding replace his portrait with yours."

Uncle Niu: "..." Why am I so unlucky? "Why did he change it to my portrait? I have no grudge against him!"

This dog-egg didn't know. "Father?"

"Even Father doesn't know. Maybe your Uncle Niu is just unlucky."

Uncle Niu: "..." If you weren't the Crown Prince, I would have punched you. "I'll go ask him."

After saying that, Niu Mingjie stormed off in a huff.

Dog Egg: "...Father, Uncle Hei, don't you think Uncle Niu is acting strangely?"

Old Black: Yes.

Ning Yirong: "He was probably rejected after confessing his feelings."

"Really? Uncle Niu San is such a good guy!"

“Your mother and your third uncle Niu grew up together. Your maternal grandfather Niu really wanted your mother to marry your third uncle Niu. Your mother almost did marry your third uncle Niu.”

Even Gou Dan knew that. "That girl doesn't actually believe the rumors outside, does she?"

"It's probably true. Your mother has been kind to Miss Xu, how could Miss Xu marry someone your mother likes?"

Dog Egg: "..." Poor Uncle Niu! "Father, should we explain things to that girl?"

"That girl won't believe it."

"Why?"

“I am your mother’s husband, of course I would say that your mother only has me in her heart, and no one else. You are still young, how could you understand the affairs between adults?”

Alright. "Then we'll have to rely on Uncle Niu himself."

"Okay. Let's go in."

"good."

On the other side, Niu Mingjie angrily grabbed Boss Ding by the collar, glared at him, and asked, "What grudge do I have against you?"

"No."

"Then why did you harm me?"

Ding Laoda looked at Niu Mingjie and said, "You broke the rules."

"What rules have I broken?"

“Women have never been allowed to take the imperial examinations since ancient times, yet you allowed that woman surnamed Xu to take them.” He had ended up in this situation because his father didn’t follow the rules. He hated people who didn’t follow the rules.

It was because of this?

Niu Mingjie was even more frustrated. "Allowing women to participate in the imperial examinations was decided by the imperial court, not by me. If you have any objections, you can raise them with the imperial court."

"If you hadn't gone to the Crown Princess to plead for that woman surnamed Xu, and if you had executed her according to the rules, would the court have allowed women to participate in the imperial examinations?"

bump!

Niu Mingjie punched Boss Ding. "You madman! Some rules need to be changed!"

Boss Ding coughed up blood. "I've gone mad! You rule-breakers have driven me insane!"

Niu Mingjie threw Ding Laoda to the ground. "Since you hate women taking the imperial examinations so much, why don't you go after Miss Xu?"

Ding Laoda wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "I'm a man, I wouldn't stoop to hitting a woman."

Niu Mingjie's mood improved a bit. "Since you didn't harm Miss Xu, I'll have the jailers treat you better."

After saying that, Niu Mingjie left.

After being released from prison, Niu Mingjie wondered what he had to do to make Xu Muwan believe him.

After much thought, Niu Mingjie still couldn't come up with a good solution.

In the end, Niu Mingjie had no choice but to go find the culprit.

After receiving Niu Mingjie's letter, the culprit felt that Niu Mingjie was really unlucky.

This trouble was clearly brought upon him by Xu Muwan, yet he ended up owing her a life-saving favor.

The culprit thought for a moment and replied to Niu Mingjie with four words.

(End of this chapter)