"Really?" The red-rimmed girl looked at him pitifully with her red eyes.
Yan Xi touched her face lovingly, "Of course it's true."
"That's good." Miss Hongling burst into laughter, but before she could laugh for a few seconds, her eyes closed and she fainted on the spot.
"Hong Leng! Hong Leng, what's wrong with you?! Someone, come, call a doctor!" Yan Xi hugged the person and called for help in panic.
There was some confusion at the scene.
The news soon reached the palace.
The newly crowned third place scholar disobeyed the imperial order for a commoner woman, who was pregnant and came to the emperor's house. The third place scholar had no choice but to marry her.
After the queen knew about this, she discussed it with the emperor and withdrew the decree.
"This third place winner is so devoted to that woman that he's even willing to disobey the emperor's orders. If Ling'er were to marry him, I'm afraid she would be wronged."
The emperor had no expression on his face and did not speak immediately.
However, when Li Yuling heard about this, she rushed over crying and declared that she must marry Yan Xi, and at worst she would let that woman become her concubine.
The two men couldn't stand her any longer, so they settled for the next best thing and sent someone to He's house to talk to her. This time, Yan Xi resolutely disobeyed the order.
The father-in-law who came had a gloomy face and looked like he was going to force the marriage.
However, no one knew who leaked the news, and the incident soon became a hot topic in the city, with the people in the city watching the fun.
When Li Yuling found out, she was furious. She smashed everything in the bedroom to pieces and ran to the queen, crying, "Mother, I don't want anyone else but him. Please help me, please beg my father, mother."
The queen looked at the crying woman with heartache, sighed helplessly, and decided to go and talk to the emperor again.
But Li Yuling had never expected that the news of Concubine Wei's miscarriage would be reported to the emperor.
Although the emperor and the empress had a good relationship when they were young, now that he is the emperor, the royal bloodline is extremely important to him, as it concerns the court and the world.
Therefore, when the emperor heard that it was Li Yuling who caused Concubine Wei to have a miscarriage, he was furious.
He was especially furious when he learned that the good girl he had doted on for many years was actually a vicious woman.
If the Queen had not pleaded for mercy, he might have stabbed Li Yuling with a sword in a fit of rage.
In the end, after the emperor calmed down, he did not do anything to her. He just imprisoned her for a year and gave up the marriage.
But that doesn't mean he won't settle the score with Yan Xi.
Li Yuling's misconduct is her daughter after all. Yan Xi disobeyed the order and could be spared the death penalty but could not escape punishment for his crime. He was rewarded with twenty lashes of the cane and was sent to Donghan County in Yanzhou to serve as the magistrate in ten days.
After the decree came down, the atmosphere in the He Mansion became somewhat gloomy.
What was Yanzhou? It was the most dreaded, bitterly cold place in the Li Dynasty.
It snows all year round and is bitterly cold.
Not to mention Donghan County, which is the coldest place in Yanzhou.
If outsiders stay there for a while, even if they don't die, they will get sick.
What's more, Yan Xi is a child of aristocratic family who has never suffered any hardship since childhood.
When He Youyi and Mrs. He thought about him staying in that kind of place for several years, they couldn't help crying.
He Wei was also a little worried and didn't know what to say.
Yan Xi had just been beaten with twenty boards, and he had to set off with injuries in ten days. The road would be bumpy, and he was really afraid that something might happen to him.
Yan Xi smiled and comforted them, "Father, mother, sister, don't worry about me. This is the best possible outcome. It's just Donghan County in Yanzhou, what's the big deal? I've practiced martial arts since I was young, and my body is no longer as weak as it used to be. It doesn't matter if I'm a little cold. I'll just wear more clothes."
"But brother, aren't you most afraid of the cold?" He Youyi wiped away her tears and choked.
Madam He looked at the frail man lying on the bed, her eyes filled with heartache. "Yes, you have been afraid of the cold since you were a child. It's so cold in Yanzhou, how can you bear it? What's more, you have just been punished and your injuries haven't healed yet."
Yan Xi's face was pale and he was sweating profusely. You didn't need to ask to know how much pain his butt was in. However, he acted as if he didn't care and forced a smile to comfort them.
Thinking of this, Mrs. He's heart was in a knot.
However, Yan Xi really didn't care, because he couldn't feel any pain. System 5555 had already started the pain shielding mode for him. These reactions were just instinctive reactions of the body.
Miss Hong Leng watched from the side and blamed herself: "All this is my fault. If I hadn't insisted that Yan Lang marry me, there wouldn't be so many problems."
Yan Xi: “…” Although you are supposed to act out the whole thing, what’s with your pretentious tone?
"It's not your fault, Hong Leng. We had an agreement first. How could I let you down?" He quickly took her little hand and forced a smile to comfort her.
"Xier is right, it's not your fault." Mrs. He patted her shoulder, signaling her not to feel guilty.
Miss Hongling pursed her lips and said, "No, Madam, Yanlang, please stop making excuses for me. I made a mistake and I should be responsible for my actions. Now that things have come to this, although I can't make up for it, I want to leave with Yanlang and serve him well."
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