"You! How could you say that!"

Xia Bangyuan turned around, staring at Shen Jiarui with red eyes: "Yinfeng is deeply in love with you, and she is sick because of you! She just wants to stay by your side and doesn't expect to be your wife. Can't you even satisfy her with this small request?"

Shen Jiarui said bluntly, "Don't pretend! Xia Yinfeng said she only loves the young marquis in her life! She also said I'm dull, boring, stupid, and foolish, and that she'll never be able to like me! Why, now that she can't get the young marquis, she's coming to rely on me?"

"ah?"

Li Chuyang, who was standing in the corner watching the show silently, was stunned.

What a sudden disaster.

Want to dump the shit on him? No way!

"This matter has nothing to do with me."

Li Chuyang walked to the center of the hall and knelt down, saying calmly, "There are countless women who like me. They can be lined up from the east gate to the west gate of the capital! But this is just their wishful thinking, and it cannot be considered a sin on my part."

Shen Jiarui realized it belatedly, scratched his head awkwardly, and gave Li Chuyang an apologetic smile.

He didn't mean to involve Li Chuyang. He was just upset for a moment and accidentally let the cat out of the bag.

Li Chuyang rolled his eyes at Shen Jiarui and continued, "If every woman were to commit suicide and insist on marrying me, would I have to marry her? I'm afraid the entire Marquisate wouldn't be able to accommodate them all!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of laughter rang out in the hall.

It is unheard of that a good man is forced to marry a girl whose family has a ruined reputation in the court.

Xia Bangyuan's actions were shameless and risky.

But he probably didn't expect that although Shen Jiarui was honest, he was not stupid, and the young marquis Li Chuyang was even more ruthless and outspoken.

Su Qiqi couldn't help but give Li Chuyang a thumbs up:

【High, really high! 】

[Confidence is a good thing! Confidence makes you invincible!]

So handsome, so smart, and so good at talking. No wonder so many girls like him!

Xia Bangyuan's face turned red, then black, then black, then blue. It was quite ridiculous.

This young marquis is sharp-tongued and fickle-minded and hard to please. The old lady of the marquis's mansion is still alive and is also a shrewd person.

He knew very well how capable his daughter was. Even if Xia Yinfeng married into the Marquis's Mansion, she would not be able to gain real power and would not be able to help her family.

Therefore, he could only hold on to the Shen family.

Thinking of this, Xia Bangyuan said, "Shen Jia Erlang, my daughter has always loved you. She just had a small conflict with you before, and she was anxious at the time, so she deliberately said those angry words."

Su Qiqi was speechless: [This shamelessness is even thicker than the corner of the city wall! ]

[It's hard for him to have the audacity to come up with such a story to fool everyone.]

An official stepped forward and whispered, "General Xiaoqi, this is merely the title of a concubine. Just consider it a good deed to accumulate merit."

Shen Jiarui didn't buy it and directly retorted: "Master Li, what you said is really interesting. How about you do some good deeds and marry the girl from the Xia family?"

"You!" The gray-haired Lord Li trembled with anger and said angrily, "The Xia family girl likes you, not me!"

Shen Jiarui blurted out: "Then you should find a way to make her like you! Or you can marry her and provide her with good food and drink, maybe she will fall deeply in love with you!"

"I! I..." Lord Li was so angry that his face turned red and he couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

He raised his hand and pointed at Shen Jiarui, his fingers shaking, and shouted, "You are making up stories and speaking without thinking!"

Now, Shen Jiayan couldn't hold it back and laughed quietly.

He hadn't known his brother was so eloquent. Although his words were somewhat harsh,...

Very suitable! Very satisfying!

The Shen family never causes trouble, but they are not afraid of trouble either.

Xia Yinfeng used to look down on Jia Rui, but now that Jia Rui has been promoted to general and has become successful, she wants to come over to him with a smug look on her face? Does she really think that it is so easy to enter the Shen family?

Shen Jiarui muttered, "A forced melon is not sweet, a forced flower is not fragrant, and a forced marriage will not be successful."

Xia Bangyuan said submissively, "My daughter doesn't ask for a life with you, but only for the position of a concubine. She will behave herself and not cause you any trouble."

“Hahahahahaha!”

Li Chuyang laughed loudly, successfully making everyone look at him.

He raised his hand to cover his nose, as if trying to calm down, but he still couldn't stop laughing.

Xia Bangyuan was very dissatisfied and glared at Li Chuyang with wide eyes.

"Sorry, I couldn't help it."

Although he apologized, it was obvious that there was no sincerity at all.

Li Chuyang laughed and said, "The phrase 'obedient and law-abiding' doesn't really suit Miss Xia, does it? Lord Xia said he wouldn't cause trouble for General Shen, but aren't you actually making things difficult for him now? Forcing General Shen to marry a seriously ill man is a bit too much."

Shen Jiarui cursed directly: "Your Majesty, no matter what, I will not let Xia Yinfeng enter the gate of my Shen family! She must stay away from me and don't dirty my Shen family's land. It's bad luck!"

"you!"

The insults were so harsh, it was obvious that this marriage would not be possible.

But now that things have come to this, there is no turning back. After today's incident, Xia Yinfeng's reputation has become even worse. Who would be willing to marry her?

Xia Bangyuan was dissatisfied, but he could only endure it.

Seeing that Shen Jiarui refused to give in, he could only pin his hopes on the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I have served in the court for over a decade. Even if I have not made any contributions, I have worked hard. I have never asked for anything. Now my daughter is suffering physically and mentally, and I am truly heartbroken!"

Xia Bangyuan kowtowed repeatedly, tears streaming down his face.

Shen Jiarui followed suit, kowtowed and wept bitterly, "Your Majesty, I have fought on the frontier for so many years, with both merit and hard work! I have never asked you for anything, but now Lord Xia insists on forcing me to marry his half-dead daughter. I am truly heartbroken!"

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