Chapter 845 I Should Actually Thank You
Zhuang Shihan knew very well that as long as she still had the means to make money, she would be a useful chess piece for Emperor Xuande.
No one could resist the temptation of sending a steady stream of silver into the national treasury.
Even if Lin Tingfeng really exposed what they had done and angered Emperor Xuande, the most she would suffer would be the loss of her current status.
Your Majesty will eventually spare her life.
But it's hard to say for sure.
As a general of a country, he not only appointed people based on personal connections, but also formed cliques in the border town to exclude and suppress the old subordinates left by Prince Jin. He also cooperated with the hostile Prince of Liang because he was eager to make achievements.
During the past two years, the border troops under his leadership neglected training, and even the fertile fields that had been reclaimed became wasteland with his tacit approval.
As for the Liang cavalry harassing and looting the people in the border town, and the eagles circling above the city walls, these were conditions that they were forced to agree to when they cooperated with Wen Qi.
If any one of these things were to happen, it would be enough to kill Lin Tingfeng eight hundred times.
Since ancient times, no emperor has allowed such "treason" to happen under his nose.
Once this matter is exposed, Lin Tingfeng will be beheaded immediately, and he won't even have to wait for the so-called execution in the autumn.
Then not only he will die, but the entire general's family will be implicated, and not a single blade of grass will be left alive.
Zhuang Shihan didn't believe that he was not afraid.
Their eyes met. Lin Tingfeng looked into her eyes, which even held a hint of a smile, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Shihan, do you hate me so much?"
Zhuang Shihan raised her hand and touched his face, and said with emotion: "I actually really like you."
What the people said when they laughed at her, such as that they dreamed of marrying him, was also true.
Because Lin Tingfeng at that time really liked her.
The kind of preference that you can see and feel is unique in this world.
So even though she knew that he was already married and that she was acting like the mistress she once despised, she still walked with him without hesitation.
He was even possessed by evil spirits and coaxed him into faking his own death in order to "force" Song Yanxi to be buried with him.
Then, he wouldn't have to bear the stigma of being heartless and ungrateful, and she wouldn't become a bad woman who destroyed other people's families.
Although it was unfair to Song Yanxi, she could still gain a reputation of chastity and loyalty and her name would be passed down in history.
In fact, Zhuang Shihan knew better than anyone that what she did was too despicable and a completely mean act.
But she did it anyway.
Just because she liked him, wanted to be with him, and believed that he could do everything he promised her.
Even when she returned to the capital, some things were completely different from what she had originally imagined, but she convinced herself that she had carefully selected the people, and even if there were occasional deviations, they would not be that far off.
After all, when she was with him, she was not after status, money or other mundane things, she just wanted a man who only had her in his eyes and heart.
After all, she has everything she needs.
As long as he is willing to treat her wholeheartedly, she would be willing to do so even if he really only reaches the third rank in the end and has to rely on her business to support him as a gigolo.
But he couldn't even fulfill this simple request.
Now he is even so arrogant as to use violence against her.
Zhuang Shihan really couldn't think of any reason why she had to marry him.
As for the shame, she was almost strangled to death by her carefully selected fiancé in front of so many people. How could she still have any face?
Just with those gossipy old women down there, it won't take more than two days for everyone in Beijing to know what happened tonight.
By then, everyone in the world will know that she, a princess, was trying to get married to the general's mansion, but the other party didn't take her seriously at all.
Now she is the biggest joke in the whole Da'an.
What else does she have to be afraid of?
Knowing that Zhuang Shihan had made up her mind, Lin Tingfeng's eyes darkened and he said in a cold voice, "I will go to the palace to see the emperor tomorrow morning."
"Tomorrow?" Zhuang Shihan couldn't help but frown.
She is an impatient person and always wants to do something immediately after she thinks of it. She hates it most when people tell her to do it tomorrow or wait a little longer.
Not to mention, this is related to her life event and she cannot be careless at all.
Who knows if Lin Tingfeng will suddenly change his mind tomorrow morning and refuse to enter the palace to meet His Majesty and discuss the cancellation of the engagement?
He no longer had any credibility in her eyes.
To avoid any further complications, it is better to settle some things early so that both parties can feel at ease.
Facing her eyes full of impatience, Lin Tingfeng smiled bitterly, "Are you so impatient that you don't even want to wait for a whole night?"
Zhuang Shihan curled her lips sarcastically and raised her hand to touch her neck. At this moment, silence was worth more than a thousand words.
When the onlookers saw this, the discussion became louder.
Someone couldn't help but curse, "This General Lin is really interesting. The princess is so scared of him, and he still has the nerve to ask such a big question?"
"If I were the princess, I would definitely want to stay as far away from him as possible. These days, nothing is more important than our own lives."
"It's come to this. It's definitely too early to tell him. He has to keep people waiting all night. Who knows what he plans to do that night?"
Hearing the increasingly outrageous words from the people below, Lin Tingfeng clenched his fists and said with a stern face, "I am a general of Da'an after all. I am not as shameless as you think."
When these words were spoken, the people all laughed.
Someone scratched his ears and said exaggeratedly, "Did I hear correctly? General Lin actually said that we think too shamelessly of him?"
As soon as the words fell, someone immediately continued, "If you don't know, you might think that all the bad things he did before were forced to do by the big guys with a knife at his neck."
"Bah! Everyone in the capital knows that when he first came to the Yan Mansion to ask for Princess Yong'an's hand in marriage, he knelt down before Old Master Yan the moment he entered.
He even swore that he would never let the princess down and would never marry another woman, so Old Master Yan reluctantly agreed to the marriage.
"Is there such a thing? I thought the Yan family was begging and insisting on marrying the princess to him, and he was dissatisfied with this marriage, so he couldn't help but do such a disgusting thing."
"What do you mean by 'can't help it'? He's just a fickle-minded man. You're so good at flattering him."
The more Lin Tingfeng listened, the uglier his expression became. He looked at Song Yanxi with disappointment in his eyes, "Yanxi, we are husband and wife after all. Are you really going to destroy me?"
"Who do you think you are?" Zhuang Shihan couldn't help but sneer, her eyes full of sarcasm as she said, "She wishes you could get as far away from her as possible, and it would be best if you never appeared in front of her again in this life.
I'm about to become Princess Jin, and I'm already too busy with my wedding to think about disgusting people and things.
At the end of her words, she couldn't help laughing.
As I was talking, I ended up scolding myself.
Meeting Song Yanxi's probing gaze, she said in annoyance, "What are you looking at? You're not a good person either."
She gritted her teeth and said with disgust: "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be like this now."
Song Yanxi nodded and said frankly: "I should actually thank you."
If she hadn't been in charge before, given Lin Tingfeng's personality, he would have inevitably been in trouble after his injury healed.
Just as she said, she was indeed extremely disgusted with Lin Tingfeng. She felt uncomfortable all over even just looking at him.
When Zhuang Shihan heard the thank you, she immediately laughed out loud.
She stared at Song Yanxi intently and sneered, "You are such a hypocritical person."
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