Chapter 122 Waiting Peacefully for Marriage

When Xie Min saw the person who came, her mind wavered for a moment, and her expression froze.

Unexpectedly, the person who came was none other than Lu Shizi, Lu Zhi!

Seeing him, Xie Min's eyes reddened. She had originally sent someone to invite Lu Yuanzhang!

Seeing this, Madam Lin roughly understood. Prince Lu was the savior Xie Min had brought along.

She questioned Xie Min with her eyes, asking why she had summoned people from the Marquis of Guangde's residence.

The others present shared the same confusion.

Both Aunt Su and Shen Qingnian knew that Xie Min's matter was done by Second Master Lu Yuanzhang. Why would Xie Min still associate with people from the Marquis of Guangde's mansion?

Xie Yanzhi frowned slightly: "What is Young Master Lu doing here?"

Lu Zhi looked at Xie Yanzhi and said unhurriedly, "I came to pick someone up. I didn't expect to run into Young Master Xie here."

As he spoke, he glanced at Xie Min and smiled slightly at her.

Xie Min and Lu Zhi's eyes met. Lu Zhi cupped his hands and smiled gently at her.

Xie Min's eyes reddened, but Lu Shizi's smile was still as warm as ever, making people feel like they were bathed in a spring breeze.

Like a warm breeze blowing away the frost, Xie Min felt her heart come alive again. Lu Zhi had never smiled at her like this before.

He was always surrounded by people, chatting and laughing with them. She, however, would always secretly watch him from outside the crowd.

"Who are you picking up?" Seeing Lu Zhi looking at Xie Min, Xie Yanzhi had a bad feeling.

Xie Min was actually associating with people from the Marquis of Guangde's residence, and Xie Yanzhi had already fallen out with Lu Yuanzhang.

This action was like slapping Xie Yanzhi in the face!

"My future second aunt, Xie Min."

Lu Zhi's voice was so gentle and calm, yet it made everyone's ears explode with joy.

Everyone was taken aback by these words.

Upon hearing the word "Second Aunt," Xie Min felt as if she were being pricked by needles all over her body.

She felt a burning sensation on her face, an unbearable feeling she hadn't anticipated.

She originally thought she could withstand the surprised looks of everyone, but now that Lu Zhi was right in front of her, Xie Min felt ashamed, thinking that she had once wanted to be his wife but now had to be his second aunt.

I just want to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it to hide myself.

A layer of fog rolled down her vision again. Xie Yanzhi was still watching from the side, and that bitch Shen Qingnian was also there. She couldn't let those two scoundrels laugh at her.

She tilted her head back, trying not to let the tears fall, but instead gripped Lin's hand even tighter.

Lin noticed that Xie Min was holding her hand tighter and tighter, and tried hard to hold back her tears.

Her foolish daughter has acted foolishly again! Why didn't she discuss it with her first?

Xie Yanzhi's eyes flashed with coldness: "Young Master Lu, watch your words!"

"How come I didn't know that the young lady from my Jingnan Marquis's mansion was acting as your elder? Has Young Master Lu mistaken his own family?"

Lu Zhi's second uncle was Lu Yuanzhang, and he called Xie Min his second aunt. The meaning of this is self-evident.

Everyone was taken aback.

Lu Zhi said, "My second uncle will be marrying Miss Xie Min soon, so she will naturally be my future aunt."

Thinking of Lu Yuanzhang, Xie Min clenched her fists, and her stomach churned uncontrollably.

Shen Qingnian frowned slightly upon hearing this. Xie Min was actually going to marry that hypocrite Lu Yuanzhang! Why would Xie Min want to marry him? That Second Master Lu was no good man at all.

She looked at Xie Min with a hint of doubt.

Xie Min noticed Shen Qingnian's gaze and glared at her resentfully.

"Who said Xie Min is getting married?" Xie Yanzhi drew his sword and held it to Lu Zhi's neck.

A flash of cold light appeared, and Lu Zhi felt the chill on his neck, his heart pounding.

He hadn't expected Xie Yanzhi to react so strongly.

"I want to get married!"

Xie Min's voice was firm and resolute. Xie Yanzhi's icy gaze fell upon her, the warning emanating from it sending chills down her spine.

She braced herself and hurried forward, trying to help Lu Zhi push the sword away, but was grabbed by Lin.

Lu Zhi smiled and looked at Xie Yanzhi: "Does Young Master Xie intend to defy the imperial decree?"

"The imperial edict was delivered to the Marquis of Jingnan's residence before nightfall. Young Master Xie may wish to return to the residence and take a look."

Seeing Xie Yanzhi's dark face, Lu Zhi smiled outwardly but inwardly felt relieved.

His second uncle had long anticipated that Xie Yanzhi would not agree to Xie Min marrying into the Guangde Marquis's household. After receiving Xie Min's letter, he went to the palace to request an imperial decree.

Otherwise, given that devil's nature, he would definitely teach him a lesson right now.

When Xie Yanzhi heard Lu Zhi's words, he couldn't help but scoff inwardly. He hadn't expected that Lu Yuanzhang would go to such lengths to marry Xie Min.

He couldn't help but glance at Xie Min, his voice icy: "Xie Min, have you thought this through?"

Without hesitation, Xie Min blurted out, "I've thought it through very clearly. I want to marry him!"

Lu Zhi then reached out and tried to deflect Xie Yanzhi's sword: "Please, Young Master Xie!"

Xie Yanzhi snorted coldly, took two steps forward, then turned back and pulled Shen Qingnian along with him.

"Return to the manor!"

Shen Qingnian reluctantly shook her hand, but it was no use.

Lu Zhi looked at Shen Qingnian, who was dressed as a maid but was wearing Xie Yanzhi's robe.

He couldn't help but feel disdain, never expecting Xie Yanzhi to be such a romantic.

However, that Lady Shen was truly a beauty, far more beautiful than the pampered beauty he had been raising.

A group of guards escorted Lin Shi and Xie Min back to the mansion.

Inside the carriage, Xie Yanzhi still did not let go of Shen Qingnian's hand, his expression solemn.

If Lu Yuanzhang really did obtain the imperial edict.

The Marquis of Jingnan's mansion and the Marquis of Guangde's mansion were thus intertwined; if one suffered, the other would suffer, and if one prospered, the other would prosper.

Previous indications suggested that Lu Yuanzhang, a marquis from the capital, would never stoop to associating with bandits in Lingnan.

It's likely that he valued the power behind the bandits.

Xie Yanzhi only felt that the force was definitely detrimental to the current emperor.

In this way, even if Xie Yanzhi found out something, he wouldn't dare to touch the Guangde Marquis's mansion.

Lu Yuanzhang was trying to make him hesitate to act rashly!

If it were my second uncle, what would he do?

“Hiss…” Shen Qingnian frowned and looked at Xie Yanzhi’s hand that was holding hers.

Xie Yanzhi snapped out of his daze upon hearing the sound, and seeing Shen Qingnian sitting far away from him, he said impatiently, "Why are you hiding?"

Shen Qingnian: "Please release my hand, Your Highness."

Xie Yanzhi looked down and saw that there was indeed a red mark on the back of the hand, so he let go of the hand.

Shen Qingnian rubbed the back of her hand and said in a low voice, "Please, Your Highness, do not touch me in the future, so as not to give rise to gossip."

Xie Yanzhi found Shen Qingnian's voice extremely grating and said sarcastically, "Why didn't you say anything when I saved you just now?"

Shen Qingnian was furious, but Xie Yanzhi knew perfectly well that this was not what she meant.

She frowned slightly and glanced at him. Xie Yanzhi's temperament was becoming increasingly strange. And the source of this strangeness was probably that Xie Yanzhi was still unwilling to let go of her.

Regardless, Shen Qingnian still wanted to talk about Xie Songyi first, to help her aunt.

So Shen Qingnian changed the subject: "When I saw Second Master today, I noticed something strange."

Xie Yanzhi felt a surge of pleasure seeing her speechless after his words. This was the first time he had ever done so.

"What's strange about it?"

Second Master's medicine!

Shen Qingnian thought for a moment: "Second Master's medicine smells fishy, ​​while the medicine we brought doesn't have that smell."

"You mean there's something wrong with Uncle's medicine?"

Over the years, my second uncle's medicine has always been obtained from Ji'an Hall, and Manager Hu would never harm my second uncle.

“I have examined the medicine from Ji’an Hall, and there is nothing wrong with it.”

"So you went to the kitchen today to check on the dregs of the medicine?" Xie Yanzhi said, looking at Shen Qingnian.

Shen Qingnian hadn't expected Xie Yanzhi to be so quick-witted.

She straightened her expression and continued, "Yes, I checked the dregs, and they didn't have that fishy smell."

"So, it must have been cooked and then something was added to it."

Xie Yanzhi's gaze darkened upon hearing this. It seemed that someone in the Jingnan Marquis's residence had been acting with audacity, keeping them completely under their control.

Who could it be? After my second uncle fell ill, Lin Shi took care of him personally, even preparing his medicine herself.

Moreover, everyone in the household knows that Madam Lin has always deeply loved her second uncle.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to such lengths to marry into the family back then.

If she had truly taken such good care of her, she would have noticed these problems.

unless……

Xie Yanzhi gently touched his forehead, his eyes narrowing slightly. It seemed that the Lin family was hiding some secret.

Shen Qingnian was still waiting for Xie Yanzhi's response; she didn't know if he had taken her words to heart.

I don't know if he'll take it seriously.

Just then, Xie Yanzhi said, "Give this young master a massage."

Xie Yanzhi pointed to his forehead.

Shen Qingnian was speechless. Even at a time like this, he still had the mood to torment her.

Reluctantly, she placed her hand on his head and began to gently rub it.

Xie Yanzhi squinted and said, "I will find out about Second Uncle's matter."

He'll find out who's so audacious as to harm his second uncle, and he'll make that person pay a thousandfold!

Shen Qingnian felt somewhat relieved after hearing this.

"But don't think that just because you saved your second uncle, you can leave the Jingnan Marquis's mansion."

"I am now the master of this Marquis's mansion! Do you understand?"

After Xie Yanzhi finished speaking, he raised his eyelids and glanced at Shen Qingnian.

Her originally fair face became even whiter.

He curled his lip, did she really think he didn't know what she was thinking?

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingnian's heart raced. She couldn't help but feel nervous that he had seen through her thoughts.

Even though he had just rescued her from that cannibalistic place, she still felt that Xie Yanzhi was another dragon's den and tiger's lair.

At this moment, the carriage came to a steady stop in front of the Marquis of Jingnan's residence.

The old lady and the first lady were already waiting on the side. When Xie Yan came down, the old lady hurriedly went to greet him, leaning on her cane: "Yan'er, you're finally back. Eunuch Gang'an has just come to deliver the imperial decree."

As she spoke, the old lady handed over the bright yellow imperial edict.

Xie Yanzhi opened the imperial edict and looked at it, then looked at Xie Min, only to see that Xie Min was turning her face away from him.

"Xie Min, for the sake of your second uncle, I'll ask you one more time: are you going to marry Lu Yuanzhang?" "If you're just being stubborn, come with me to the palace right now and explain things to the Emperor!"

"No, I'm willing to marry him!" Xie Min almost cried out.

Madam Lin grabbed Xie Min's hand: "Min'er, don't be confused!"

That old scoundrel Lu Yuanzhang ruined her Min'er with his own hands, and now he wants to ask for an imperial decree to let Min'er marry him. Lin felt nauseous just thinking about it.

She also didn't want her daughter to marry into that family.

Xie Min met Xie Yanzhi's piercing gaze with her head held high and said, "If you don't think about me, I'll fight for my own survival!"

Seeing Xie Min's resolute expression, Xie Yanzhi said coldly, "Since you are so stubborn, then you'd better watch yourself!"

Lu Zhi smiled and said to Xie Min, "Then Miss Xie, please stay at home and prepare for your wedding."

Then, he cupped his hands in a gesture of respect towards the old lady and Xie Yanzhi, before turning to get into the carriage to return to the mansion.

"Will Prince Lu come on the wedding day?" Xie Min asked anxiously as Lu Zhi was about to leave.

Although she knew it was inappropriate to ask such a question, she still looked at Lu Zhi with expectant eyes.

She hoped that Lu Zhi would come to fetch her on that day, as if his presence meant she was going to marry him.

Lu Zhi felt a little uncomfortable when he saw those misty eyes. Xie Min's gaze was a bit too affectionate.

He couldn't help but feel a little displeased. They were all his second uncle's men, yet they still had designs on him!

But he still smiled and maintained his gentlemanly demeanor: "On the wedding day, I will stay at the mansion to entertain the guests on behalf of my second uncle."

"Oh." Xie Min's voice carried a hint of disappointment.

Seeing this, Lu Zhi said nothing more and turned to leave.

He had completed the task his second uncle had given him today, and now it was time to return home and report back to his second uncle.

After Lu Zhi left, Xie Yanzhi helped the old lady to the Wenxin Hall.

The old lady is now experiencing mixed feelings of joy and sorrow.

The good news is that Lu Yuanzhang is finally willing to take responsibility for bullying Xie Min.

Otherwise, if Xie Min's future husband marries her and finds out that she is not a virgin, it might tarnish the reputation of the Jingnan Marquis's mansion.

That's why she had previously ordered Xie Min to be confined to the estate.

The worry is that Lu Yuanzhang is not a good person, and he has many concubines. Xie Min's life will not be easy if she marries him.

She felt a pang of guilt because her second son only had one daughter.

But now that it is the Emperor's decree, the Xie family has no way of disobeying it.

She turned to Xie Yanzhi and asked, "Yan-ge'er, are we really going to start preparing?"

Xie Yanzhi said calmly, “His Majesty has issued an edict, and the Marquis of Jingnan’s residence cannot disobey it.”

But the Marquis of Guangde's family can! Or perhaps Lu Yuanzhang lost his life before his wedding.

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Xie Yanzhi's eyes.

The old lady sighed and went into the Wenxin Hall.

Xie Min and Lin Shi returned to the courtyard. As soon as they entered the house, Xie Min slumped onto a stool, tears streaming down her face.

"Mother, I saw Prince Lu."

"Once I get married, I'll be able to see him every day."

Lin hugged Xie Min and cried, "Min'er, was it worth it?"

"Lu Yuanzhang will get his comeuppance sooner or later. I told you not to marry him." Madam Lin was filled with self-reproach; it was all her fault.

The matter concerning the Second Master was her fault, and the matter concerning Xie Min was also her fault!

It was too late for Lin to regret it.

Xie Min wiped away her tears with a handkerchief: "Mother, don't worry, Lu Yuanzhang won't dare to hurt me again."

Xie Min spoke, her eyes filled with hatred.

Lu Yuanzhang, she'll make him regret treating her that way! From now on, no one will dare to bully her and her mother.

She then recalled that Xie Yanzhi had actually tried to feed her and her daughter to the dogs today for Shen Qingnian's sake.

This Shen Qingnian cannot be kept either.

In short, she has a way to make her unable to stay.

As for Xie Yanzhi, she hated him too!

Once she marries him, she will never return to the Jingnan Marquis's residence.

She then took out a slip of paper from her sleeve, which Lu Zhi had secretly slipped to her while Xie Yanzhi was leaving the manor.

She glanced at the words on it, frowned, and then crumpled it into a ball in disgust and threw it on the ground.

Mrs. Lin quickly picked it up, lit it on a candle, and threw it on the ground to let it turn to ashes...