Chapter 250 Zhong Liuniang, whose Heart Belongs to Someone Else
Min Yuexi was overjoyed, but she still pretended to be calm and said, "Please speak."
Zhong Liuniang gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice, "I don't want to marry the Third Prince. Could you ask your aunt to speak to the Seventh Princess and ask her to secretly remove me from the list of candidates for the Third Prince's consort?"
Min Yuexi frowned slightly, and a bold idea suddenly popped into her mind.
She tentatively said, "Miss Zhong is not young anymore, yet she remains unmarried, and now she doesn't even want to be a prince's consort. Could it be that you..."
Zhong Liuniang nodded in agreement: "Yes, I already have someone I love. It's just that he can't marry me right now."
Sure enough. My suspicions were confirmed.
Although she knew she shouldn't ask, Min Yuexi couldn't help but probe, "With Miss Zhong's status, is there any man in this world she can't marry?"
"Could it be that the man is already married?" Min Yuexi was suddenly startled.
Zhong Liuniang glanced at Min Yuexi with a complicated expression, but still nodded. "You guessed right. He's already married. And my status and family background would absolutely not allow me to be someone's concubine."
Min Yuexi gave Zhong Liuniang a thumbs up in shock and admiration.
This girl would rather not marry, rather bear the slander and suspicion of the world, than not uphold her principles. Truly admirable!
It's just unknown how the person Miss Zhong Liu likes will react after learning of her feelings.
As for who that person was, Min Yuexi had no idea and dared not ask rashly.
After all, there are some questions you can ask, but there are some questions you absolutely must not ask.
Meanwhile, the Seventh Princess and the Third Prince walked towards this side, preparing to have an unexpected encounter with Zhong Liu Niang.
However, she heard that Zhong Liuniang had someone she loved, and even a married older man.
The Third Prince was immediately enraged and turned to leave. Li Sanqi was also startled and quickly chased after him.
The commotion also alerted Min Yuexi and Zhong Liuniang.
But when they looked over in the direction of the sound, they only saw two figures hurrying away.
“We’ve been out for a while, let’s go back,” Min Yuexi suggested.
"good."
The two returned the way they came.
Meanwhile, after leaving the back garden, the Third Prince stopped and turned around in a secluded spot, looking at Li Sanqi expressionlessly.
"Is this the surprise Seventh Sister prepared for me?" The Third Prince's tone was sarcastic, his eyes even colder and more piercing. "Heh, what a big surprise indeed!"
With a mournful face, Li Sanqi explained helplessly and pitifully, "Third Brother, don't be angry. I didn't know Miss Zhong Liu already had someone she loved! Otherwise, why would I have specially asked someone to bring her out?"
"Besides, if she doesn't say anything, how would others know?"
"Third Brother, believe me, I really didn't know anything about it!"
The Third Prince scrutinized Li Sanqi with a probing gaze, and seeing that she was so anxious she was almost crying, which didn't seem like she was faking it, his anger subsided slightly.
Come to think of it, Zhong Liuniang had someone in her heart, but if she didn't say it herself, no one would know.
But, will he still marry this woman?
Marrying a woman who harbors feelings for another man would be the greatest humiliation for him!
However, Zhong Liuniang's family background and the power she represented were exactly what he desperately wanted!
Just as the Third Prince was struggling with his decision, Li Sanqi cautiously probed, "Third Brother, it doesn't really matter who Zhong Liuniang likes. What matters is the power behind her, isn't it?"
The Third Prince clenched his fist, reluctantly nodding in agreement with Li Sanqi's words. "You're right. The one I want to marry isn't Zhong Liuniang, but..."
Halfway through his sentence, the Third Prince suddenly realized that he had actually admitted his ambition to Li Sanqi!
Although it was something the two of them tacitly agreed to, he never admitted it to anyone.
Li Sanqi smiled sweetly and reassured him, "Third Brother, there's no need for that. It was I who encouraged you to compete with the Crown Prince, and it was I who helped you choose Zhong Liuniang as your Third Sister-in-law. Not only that, but I will also do everything in my power to support you in bringing down the Crown Prince."
“If anything goes wrong in the future, Third Brother can just blame it all on me.”
“I am my father’s only legitimate princess, the crown prince’s only younger sister, and I have my grandmother and mother protecting me. Even if I fail, I will not lose my life.”
Li Sanqi looked at the Third Prince seriously, "So, Third Brother, can you trust me a little more now?"
The third prince hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, his expression softening slightly.
He reached out and patted Li Sanqi's head, solemnly promising, "Seventh Sister, don't worry, I won't treat you like my elder brother, the Crown Prince. If one day... you will be the most honored princess of Dayan!"
"I will make you the eldest princess of the Great Yan Dynasty, second only to the emperor! The eldest princess! No one will ever dare to let you suffer the slightest grievance again!"
"Third Brother!" Li Sanqi's eyes reddened with emotion. If the location weren't inappropriate, Li Sanqi would have rushed into Li Chengrui's arms to express his excitement.
The Third Prince smiled and brought the topic back.
“I will marry Zhong Liuniang. But I will also find out who the man in her heart is.”
As he said this, the Third Prince's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Li Sanqi also composed himself and nodded seriously, "I will ask Miss Min to help investigate this matter."
"She has now made contact with Miss Zhong Liu, and I believe she will soon get the answer from Miss Zhong Liu."
Mentioning Min Yuexi, the Third Prince's eyes flashed, and he casually remarked, "I never expected that Marquis Xuanping would be such a boring spineless coward. This eldest daughter of the Min family, however, is a remarkable person with both courage and resourcefulness."
Although her reputation was tarnished and she couldn't bear children, she was able to plan for her own future instead of passively waiting for her father to marry her off to a distant place. For this alone, Miss Min surpassed countless women in the world.
"More than that!" Li Sanqi followed the Third Prince's words and praised her highly: "Third Brother, you don't know, this Miss Min is not as bad as the rumors say. On the contrary, Miss Min is quite capable."
"Take Miss Min's two broken engagements for example. There are rumors that Miss Min is a gold digger. But what is the truth? The Lu family has long harbored the intention to take revenge on Marquis Xuanping. Lu Ming and Tang Yunxiu are cousins, and both of them got engaged to Miss Min one after the other, both with ill intentions!"
"Fortunately, Miss Min is clever and saw through their scheme early on..."
Li Sanqi recounted everything that had happened to Min Yuexi, reversing the order of events, making it nine parts true and one part false, and managed to portray Min Yuexi as a remarkable woman who was brave, resourceful, skillful, and far-sighted!
Even the rumors circulating outside that Min Yuexi had injured her body and was unable to have children were turned into false information that Min Yuexi deliberately released to gain sympathy in order to quell the negative impact of her broken engagement with Lu Ming.
The Third Prince listened with amazement, but after Li Sanqi finished speaking, the Third Prince also developed a great liking for Min Yuexi.
When he realized this, his alarm bells went off immediately, and he gave Li Sanqi a strange look.
Was she doing this unintentionally or intentionally?
Or is she planning something else?
On one hand, she let him hear the fact that Zhong Liuniang had someone she loved, and on the other hand, she made him develop feelings for Min Yuexi...
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