"What?!"
Li Bieshan and Shen Yuhe were both so shocked they couldn't close their mouths.
My daughter has just jumped over one big pit, and now she wants to jump into another, even deeper one?
They just thought their daughter had grown up and become sensible, but she's still the same as before, doing whatever she wants!
Li Bieshan was the first to object, "Yan'er, don't be ridiculous! You are my daughter, Li Bieshan's daughter, and you can choose any good man in the entire Chu Kang Dynasty! Don't you want to marry any good man? Why would you want to enter the palace?"
Li Bieshan believed that Li Yunyan had suffered heartbreak because of Wen Zi'an, and that in her despair, she wanted to escape into the palace.
Shen Yuhe thought so too. His daughter had always been proud and arrogant. Perhaps she felt hurt by Wen Zi'an and wanted to find a better man than Wen Zi'an to spite him!
"Yan'er, don't be impulsive! You're still young. We can talk about marriage later!"
Seeing Li Bieshan so angry that he was puffing out his beard and glaring at her, and Shen Yuhe looking extremely worried, Li Yunyan quickly comforted them, "Father, Mother, don't be angry! Listen to me!"
She abandoned her usual playful demeanor and said with a serious expression, "Father, Mother, I want to go to the palace not because I'm angry, nor because I think the palace is fun, but because... cough! I love His Majesty!"
"What?!"
"You are in love with His Majesty?"
Li's parents were even more skeptical. "Yan'er, you've never even seen His Majesty's face, so why would you be in love with him?"
"I've never seen it, but my daughter has heard of it!"
Li Yunyan adopted the air of a young girl in love, and said shyly, "I often hear people talk about His Majesty's great achievements. His Majesty is wise and mighty, brave and skilled in battle, and loves his people like his own children. When he was the Crown Prince, he was even called the God of War!"
"Furthermore," Li Yunyan said, her face flushed, "I've also heard that His Majesty is very handsome!"
A dark line appeared on Shen Yuhe's face. Hearing her daughter's last sentence, she realized that this was probably her main purpose!
Her daughter, like her, has always liked good-looking people since she was little!
Not to mention people, even when it comes to food, every piece of pastry must be the same size and shape, every slice of meat must be cut to a very nice and even thickness, every ingredient must be carefully selected, and the containers and plating must be exquisite before she will eat it!
Such pickiness is something only they can afford to raise! If it were any other family, they would probably have starved to death long ago!
Hmm, it seems even royalty can afford to support them!
Shen Yuhe touched his nose, unusually remaining silent in his objection.
Li Bieshan was furious. "Nonsense! You've only heard about these things, and you want to enter the palace? Do you know what kind of person His Majesty is? Do you know how many rules there are in the palace? Do you know that if you enter the palace, how many years and months will it take before you can see your family again?"
"I've thought about all of these things!"
Li Yunyan remained steadfast, "Father, even if I don't enter the palace and marry into another family, I'll still have to serve my parents-in-law and husband, abide by many of my husband's family's rules, and won't be able to visit my parents' home often! It's all the same no matter where I marry!"
Li Bieshan said in a deep voice, "Do you know that His Majesty's temper is unpredictable? If you accidentally incur his wrath, your father won't even have time to clean up the mess!"
"Father!" Li Yunyan took Li Bieshan's arm, rested her head on his arm, and said coquettishly, "I know Father is worried about his daughter, but I am sensible now and will not do foolish things again! Besides, my father is the Prime Minister. Even if His Majesty is unpredictable, he cannot punish me when I have not done anything wrong, right?"
Seeing that Li Bieshan remained silent with a sullen face, she grabbed her mother's arm and shook it, "Mother, please talk to Father for me!"
Shen Yuhe tapped her daughter's forehead helplessly, thought for a moment, and asked, "This... Husband! Then do you think His Majesty is a good match?"
Li Bieshan laughed angrily, "You actually dared to pick someone?"
Shen Yuhe said matter-of-factly, "Our Yan'er is so wonderful, she deserves the best man in the world!"
That's true!
You know what! From the father-in-law's perspective, His Majesty has a good family background, is well-educated, skilled in martial arts, and good-looking. He seems to be a pretty good son-in-law!
Ahem! Stop!
Li Bieshan frowned again and said, "Your Majesty already has three concubines in the harem. Although there is no empress yet and no children, can Yan'er, with her personality, compete with them once she enters the palace?"
"I can!" Li Yunyan said shamelessly, hands on her hips, "If the First Young Master likes me, His Majesty will like me too!"
Shen Yuhe wished she could sew her mouth shut, pinched her face and whispered, "My little darling! How dare you blurt out anything! Comparing His Majesty to Wen Zi'an, if outsiders hear this, you'll be the subject of gossip again!"
"I'm not afraid!"
Li Yunyan stood tall, looking fearless: "My father worked so hard to become prime minister, not so that I could be bullied by anyone outside!"
"You little mouth!" Li Bieshan laughed. "Yan'er is right. I worked so hard to become the prime minister, there's no reason for me to let my wife and children suffer!"
"Since Yan'er wants to enter the palace, Father will make arrangements for you!"
"Thank you, Dad!"
Li Yunyan jumped up with joy!
With her father's support as the prime minister, wouldn't she be able to do whatever she wants in the palace?!
After entrusting her father with the arrangements for entering the palace, Li Yunyan played the role of a good daughter to Shen Yuhe for a while before happily returning to her own courtyard.
As dusk fell, Ziyu came in from outside and said furtively to Li Yunyan, "Miss, Young Master Wen has arrived. He wants to see you."
Li Yunyan raised an eyebrow. "Where is he?"
Ziyu whispered in her ear, "Young Master Wen is still waiting for Miss outside the side gate, just like before!"
Ha! What a scumbag!
They actually dared to come!
Last night, Li Yunyan chased away his carriage and didn't elope with him. It seems he hasn't given up yet, and he came looking for her again today!
"I'm not seeing him! Tell him never to come back!"
Ziyu had been on tenterhooks ever since she finished speaking, carefully watching Li Yunyan's reaction. Only after hearing her words did she breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, Miss had just told Master and Madam this morning that she had given up on Young Master Wen. Now that Young Master Wen had come looking for her, she was afraid that Miss would lose her composure and soften her heart towards him again.
Thank goodness! It seems that Miss has truly made up her mind this time!
"Yes! This servant will go right away!" Ziyu ran out happily.
Wen Zian sat lazily inside the carriage, glancing occasionally through the curtain at the side gate of the Li residence, waiting for it to be opened.
Last night, his horse got spooked for some reason and suddenly ran away! By the time he calmed the horse down, he was already quite far from the Li residence. He didn't bother to come back to look for Li Yunyan, knowing that if she didn't wait for him, she would go back on her own.
I wonder how late that silly girl waited last night?
Wen Zi'an smiled confidently. No matter how long she waited, as long as he said a few gentle words to her, she would forgive him!
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