Is whether Feng Yu takes a concubine really that important to you?
For some reason, Tang Lei felt a surge of anger when he saw Li Youran analyzing the matter so seriously.
"No woman wants her husband to take a concubine."
Li Youran was so focused on fiddling with the dying candle that she didn't notice Tang Lei's gloomy face.
Are you really planning to marry Feng Yu?
Before Li Youran could react, Tang Lei pinned her to a chair. His sharply defined face, illuminated by the flickering candlelight, revealed alluring lines.
"Hey, what's wrong with you all of a sudden?!"
Li Youran forced herself to appear calm as she spoke to Tang Lei.
Little did she know that a thousand horses were galloping through her mind. Thank goodness, she almost couldn't resist being tempted. Li Youran glanced at Tang Lei's bobbing Adam's apple and couldn't help but swallow hard.
"Imperial decrees are hard to disobey; what use is it if I want to marry or not?"
Li Youran pushed Tang Lei away. On the surface, Li Youran was angry because of Tang Lei's overstepping behavior.
Little did she know, Li Youran almost couldn't resist Tang Lei's temptation. If she had waited any longer, she might have been unable to resist.
"Then why don't you want Feng Yu to take a concubine?"
"Your nail pond is staring intently at Li Youran as you speak, word by word." Li Youran felt that even though he pushed Tang Lei away, it was as if he hadn't pushed him at all. He looked up and met Tang Lei's gaze, feeling Tang Lei's gaze was very intense. He hurriedly looked away and muttered to himself.
“When I said I didn’t want my husband to take a concubine, I didn’t say I didn’t want Fengyu to take a concubine.”
For a moment, Tang Lei was speechless. You Ran's words made a lot of sense. Wait, if she didn't want her husband to take a concubine, then he wouldn't take one in the future.
"I understand now, and I won't do those things anymore."
After Tang Lei finished speaking, he went straight to Li Youran's seat. It took her a while to understand what Tang Lei's last sentence meant. After figuring it out, she couldn't help but twitch her lips slightly, thinking to herself, "This damn man is really direct."
"Hold on, you must hold on, even if he's handsome..."
Li Youran felt her heart pounding as she listened to Tang Lei's last words from Dexing. In the end, she could only force herself to calm down, reminding herself that she couldn't let her infatuation cloud her judgment.
The next morning, before Li Youran could even get out of bed, Xiao Hong rushed over in a panic, as if she had heard some huge gossip, and forcibly shook Li Youran awake.
"Hong, I don't want to be your sister anymore. Let me be a princess and let me get a good night's sleep."
Li Youran woke up groggily, his hair a mess, and said to Xiao Hong, "Heaven knows I couldn't sleep last night, tossing and turning until the early hours of the morning. Now, before dawn, Xiao Hong has woken me up again. You Ran really feels like dying."
"Princess, please let me finish speaking before you go to sleep."
Xiao Hong, who usually leads the group, rarely showed his own opinions. He grabbed You Ran, who looked like she could collapse at any moment, and started talking about the news he had heard that morning.
It turned out that last night, after Lord Xiao entered the palace, he requested an audience with the Emperor, but the Emperor had already retired for the night. Lord Xiao waited outside the palace all night long, and the Emperor finally saw him at the crack of dawn.
"His Majesty has actually granted Feng Yu another marriage, allowing him to win both you and Guo Xiaoxiao, with Guo Xiaoxiao becoming your equal wife!"
When Xiao Hong said this, she raised her voice and spoke in an incredulous tone. Yuan Ran, who had been drowsy, suddenly woke up and looked at Xiao Hong with a questioning expression.
Is this really true?
“Miss, it’s absolutely true. The steward ran into the steward of the Imperial Uncle’s mansion when he went out shopping. These words were spoken to the steward by the Imperial Uncle’s mansion himself.”
Xiao Hong nodded heavily and said to Li Youran.
Seeing this, Li Youran also fell into deep thought. He couldn't understand why the Emperor would issue such an imperial edict...
At dawn, the palace hastily dispatched a eunuch to the residence of the Imperial Uncle to deliver the imperial decree. Currently, the Imperial Uncle's residence is in complete chaos.
"Damn it, my son! This is an imperial edict from the Emperor. Even if we have a pardon, we cannot disobey it!"
The Empress Dowager stopped her from getting out of bed, and Feng Yu, who was running a high fever, said in a tearful voice.
"I know you are deeply in love with Jiahe and the Princess, but this is, after all, the Emperor's decree. Since ancient times, how many people have dared to disobey an imperial edict?"
Ignoring the words of the Empress Dowager, Feng Yu shoved him aside and stumbled toward the door.
Just then, Old Mrs. Feng appeared at the opportune moment. She slammed her cane down, blocking the fold in the doorway and her angry voice.
"As the eldest grandson of the Feng family, you actually defied the imperial decree for the sake of a woman who has lost her chastity. You are truly foolish and have completely disgraced the Feng family."
As she spoke, Old Mrs. Feng turned to the servant beside her and said something.
Tell me about this unfilial descendant. Carry him back to bed, close the door, and forbid him from going out.
From the very beginning, Old Madam Feng disapproved of this marriage, believing Li Youran's lowly status made her unworthy of Feng Yu and his family. The Feng family was a centuries-old clan, and Youran was merely a figurehead. She had an older sister who was the Crown Princess, and her sister's background was even more impressive. It was truly contemptible.
Later, there was the matter of You Ran keeping male concubines. Old Madam Feng even wanted to take the pardon to the Emperor to take back the Holy Son. The Feng family did not want to marry such a granddaughter-in-law.
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