Ling Yun was shocked: "This, this is also possible?"

Ling Wuya stroked his chin, his face solemn: "It's feasible. As long as it is registered in the family tree, what difference does it make whether it's early or late?"

Lingyun thought for a moment and fell silent. After a moment, she turned her head to look at Li Yuan: "What about you, Yuan'er? Do you have any ideas?"

Li Yuan pursed her lips, her eyes vague and deep.

"The emperor means that if I keep this engagement, he will refuse to remove me from the family, and I will never be able to get rid of the fact that I am a member of the Li family in this life? But if our Ling family works for him, he will not only cancel the engagement for me, but even agree to remove me from the family. Is that right?"

Ling Wuya nodded, "Basically, if you cancel the engagement and remove your name, then you will have nothing to do with the Li family. Now that you are in the spotlight, how could they miss the opportunity to use you?"

Hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help but laugh: "Why is it so complicated? Whether I am Li Hongtao's descendant or not, a tube of blood is enough!"

"Yuan'er means..."

Li Yuan raised her lips and smiled slyly: "Godfather and mother don't need to care about this matter. They can take the name if they want. It's not a big deal anyway. If they really want to annoy me, I have plenty of ways to make them believe in my bloodline. I was not sure before, but judging from Li Hongtao's performance, the possibility that I am not his daughter is at least 80%."

"I'm too lazy to investigate the past, but judging from this, they can't sit still. The emperor probably doesn't know my bloodline as well as Li Hongtao. As long as we can keep our composure, they will be thrown into disarray. Didn't my foster father say so? At most, during my family initiation ceremony, we can make those past events public. Why should we ruin the future of our Lingjiazhuang for something unimportant?"

Want Lingjiazhuang to work for them?

He is dreaming!

"But Yuan'er, this may not end well for you. The world is so big that people will say all kinds of things. By then, you may have to bear more responsibilities than you do now."

Mu Qing’s worries were not without reason, and Li Yuan also understood that people’s words were scary, but compared to the Lingjia Manor that she cherished, what did those things matter?

"I don't care. Don't worry. I'm grown up and I know what I'm doing." As she spoke, she smiled at Ling Wuya and his wife. "It's Yuan'er's fault that my stepfather and stepmother have gone through so much trouble. I'll cook today to show my filial piety to them."

Ling Wuya and Mu Qing hadn't said anything yet, but Ling Yi and Ling Yun had already stood up excitedly: "Really? That's what you said, then, then I want to eat boiled fish, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, and, um, braised spareribs, and, and, it would be best if we could have a roasted whole lamb, it's so cold, how about we put up a hot pot?"

Li Yuan's mouth twitched when she heard this: "Sister, this is so much, can you finish it? Be careful not to get too fat and not be able to get married!"

"You little rascal, you actually used this to tease me. What do you care whether we can finish it or not? It's rare for a lazy guy like you to cook, so I can't let you off easily. Come on, dad, mom, and brother, tell me the names of the dishes. We must make the best use of everything today. Oh, right, Xiao Taozi, go to grandpa and ask him to tell you the names of the dishes as well. If you don't cook a full banquet today, you will be wasting your cooking skills!"

Li Yuan glared at Ling Yun and put her arm around her shoulders: "Okay, okay, okay, for the one I love the most, I can do anything. But, dear Miss Ling, shouldn't you also show some appreciation and help your sister? And learn some cooking skills. Wouldn't it be better to cook for yourself when you want to eat in the future?"

Lingyun turned away with a look of disgust and refused without hesitation: "No, you are so greasy. I will be responsible for the delicious food and I will only be responsible for my beauty!"

Li Yuan snorted, "I knew you would say that. Humph, if you don't want to go, then don't go. Anyway, my black face is not afraid of smoke and fire. Wait!"

After Li Yuan left, Ling Yun's smile disappeared immediately and she looked at Ling Wuya: "Dad, are you really going to listen to Yuan'er? Is this okay?"

Ling Yi sat aside, drinking tea leisurely: "It's nothing. Yuan'er is right. It's just a name. If they want it, let them have it. Let's see who will be embarrassed. Besides, it's still unknown whether this is the wishful thinking of Mei Country. Don't forget that Wei Jie is the kind of person who will be manipulated by others."

As soon as Wei Jie was mentioned, everyone fell silent. Ling Yun slapped her forehead and said, "Look at my memory. Yuan'er said when she came back from the Never-Sleeping City that Wei Jie would not let her go like this. From the looks of it, it seems like there is still some agreement between the two of them!"

Ling Wuya looked at his daughter in surprise, "Then the relationship between the Phoenix King and our Yuan'er is very good?"

Ling Yi snorted indifferently, "If it weren't for our Yuan'er, that guy would be finished even if he had supernatural powers."

"So, this Phoenix King doesn't hate our Yuan'er?"

Yuan'er's appearance and figure are indeed flaws for a girl, and this is what Wu Ya and his wife have always been worried about. Even if she becomes the second lady of the Ling family in the future, they are not sure that there will be any man who will not dislike her.

Although they can support her for a lifetime, girls have to get married when they reach a certain age. She can't just stay with them and be an old maid, right?

After hearing what their two children said, the couple, who had originally given up hope, suddenly became cheerful.

But Lingyun shook her head and said, "I can't say whether I like it or not, I can only say that there is a conflict of interest between them. Dad, Mom, I think Yuan'er is right, she is not a child, she knows how to deal with these things, why don't you let go and let her deal with it herself? If it doesn't work, don't we still stand behind her?"

Ling Yi also echoed, "I think Yuan'er is much more thoughtful than the two of us. Over the years, have you ever seen her suffer any loss? Her words just now were very clear. She doesn't intend to cooperate with the royal family. In this case, let's just give it a try. Maybe this girl's decision is right!"

The Wu Ya couple exchanged glances, and thinking about Li Yuan's performance over the years, just from the perspective of resolving the crisis in the City That Never Sleeps, this girl's ability has exceeded their imagination. Perhaps, they really were worrying too much.

After this decision was made, the matter of Li Yuan's clan name was no longer on their mind. The whole family mobilized and focused all their attention on the clan joining ceremony next month.

As for Li Quan, he waited and waited, but received no news from Lingjiazhuang. Instead, he received Li Hongtao, who had been getting impatient for a long time.

When Li Quan told Li Hongtao about his plan, Li Hongtao's face suddenly changed: "Your Majesty, how could you make such a decision without discussing it with me? What if, what if they are cruel and want to make their past public? Where will I put my face then? How will my daughters get married in the future?"

Li Quan has been a little restless these days. He always feels like he has overlooked something. When Li Hongtao said this nervously today, he suddenly remembered something. "Let me ask you, if Li Yuan or Lingjiazhuang, or even if I invite a royal doctor to verify your bloodline with Li Yuan, would you dare?"

Li Hongtao's body froze, and his face suddenly turned pale: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? Why do you want to verify the bloodline for no reason?"

Li Quan looked at him deeply. "Lingjiazhuang has already said that if the agreement fails, they will make the past public. They will even verify your blood relationship with her in front of the world. Li Hongtao, you have to tell me the truth here. Is Li Yuan your daughter?"

If it was just a simple suspicion, he would never do such a decisive thing. Somehow, Li Quan suddenly felt that Li Yuan's life experience might not be that simple.

How could a normal person suddenly become like that? Is that the appearance of a normal person? It was obvious that Li Yuan's body had been severely injured, and the person who did it...

Li Quan even had a bold idea in his mind. His cousin cared so much about fame and fortune and would not miss anyone who could be used. So how could he abandon Li Yuan alone?

Even though Li Yuan is now successful and famous, he has never had the slightest intention of winning her over. Is this normal?

Obviously, this is not only abnormal, but also very problematic.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Quan's question, Li Hongtao's expression instantly tensed up, and even the look in his eyes when he looked at Li Quan became erratic, "Your Majesty, Li Yuan is my daughter, can't I solve this problem?"

"Then how do you want to solve it?" Li Quan leaned back on the dragon chair and glanced at him coldly.

Li Hongtao pursed his lips and said, "The Ling family wants to adopt her. Just agree to it. She is naturally not qualified for this marriage. At that time, why not give her to Qianxue as the emperor said at the beginning?"

"I have also asked Qianxue. Although she is a little bit arrogant, she is not a child who doesn't know the situation. She knows how to consider the overall situation. The girl agreed without hesitation."

"Your Majesty, this way, Li Yuan will not be completely separated from the Li family. If you want her to do something, she may not refuse. Is this okay?"

"Okay? Haha, I did tell you about the idea of ​​letting Li Qianxue marry, but Li Hongtao, the prerequisite is that I want to get substantial benefits from this marriage. Do you think you can get benefits just by talking?"

"If Li Yuan was an innocent little girl, how could she have caught the attention of the Ling family with her image? Do you think the Ling family would care about her fame and fortune?"

The Ling family is a family of medicine. Their medicine mountains and fields are spread all over the continent. Fifty percent of the world's medicinal materials come from the Ling family, in addition to their unshakable foundation and long and complex network of relationships.

If the Ling family were just simple medicine dealers, why would he respect them to this extent?

After hearing this, Li Hongtao was speechless. Li Quan saw this and waved him off: "Forget it, forget it. Now that things have come to this, I don't expect you to do anything. It depends on what the Ling family wants to do this time. If they really want to break up with the Li family, don't blame me for disregarding your dignity, brother."

The Li family was not in the right in the first place in this matter, and there were so many unstable factors. Negotiating with the Ling family was just a matter of luck. Now the other party obviously also had the idea of ​​​​breaking the jar. If things really came to that, what else could Li Quan do?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of Wei Yuchen, the emperor of Siyou Kingdom. He wondered if the other party had received his letter.

This time it was really rare that someone could keep calmer than him. He just couldn't believe that Wei Yuchen would not be worried at all after hearing that Wei Jie was marrying Li Yuan, the new little genius doctor?

Wei Yuchen was of course worried. Not only that, he couldn't help but send several letters to Li Quan. Unfortunately, all these letters fell on deaf ears. As ten days passed, he finally realized that something was wrong.

"What has Wei Jie been busy with recently?"

Since returning from the City That Never Sleeps, Wei Jie showed up here once, and after that, he never saw him again.

Every time they summoned him to the palace, they used his poor health as an excuse, making it impossible for him to even find the person, let alone discuss the so-called marriage with him.

"Your Majesty, the Phoenix King has not left the palace since he returned to the capital. All the people who came to visit him were sent away because they were too ill to see guests. Could it be that the Phoenix King was really seriously injured this time?"

The person who spoke was Wei Yuchen's confidant, Xiao Su, the chief of the imperial guards.

Wei Yuchen raised his narrow eyes and sneered, "When has he not been seriously injured? He always makes this excuse all year round. He doesn't mind, but I am tired of hearing it! What about the people around him? Is there any unusual movement?"

"Your Majesty, no, our people have been monitoring everything in the palace. It is strangely quiet. It is a public fact that the Phoenix King suffers from a chronic illness. During this trip to the City That Never Sleeps, maybe he..."

Xiao Su paused for a moment, "Your Majesty, do you want to go find out the truth?"

Wei Yuchen's eyes darkened, and the corners of his lips curved slightly: "You are right. Since he is so seriously ill, I should not ignore him. So, you go and prepare immediately. I will leave the palace now to visit this good brother of the emperor."

Half an hour later, Long Yu appeared openly on the street where the Fengwang Mansion was located. As it was late in the evening, there were not many people on the street. However, the emperor's departure from the palace made such a big fuss. Besides, the residences of officials above the third rank and royal relatives were all seen along the way. Who would not notice him?

But someone knew about it and had no intention of going to greet him. This person happened to be the protagonist of this incident - Wei Jie.

On the bed, Wei Jie's ferocious face looked a little sick. He sat under the candlelight, flipping through a book nonchalantly. After hearing Qing Chen's report, he said without even raising his head, "Come over if you're here."

Do you still expect him to come out and greet you in person?

Wei Jie subconsciously tightened the quilt around him, a hint of disdain appearing at the corner of his lips. It was so cold, he didn't have the leisure time.

The corner of Qingchen's eye twitched slightly. Although he had expected it, seeing his seventh brother lying here so calmly, he couldn't help but ask: "So, should we invite him to come here directly?"

"Hmm." Wei Jie continued flipping through the book without raising his head, as if the person he came to meet was an insignificant person who could not arouse his interest at all.

Qingchen silently shed tears of sympathy for Wei Yuchen. Although this emperor was a bit hateful, judging from the attitude of his seventh brother towards him, what he did as an emperor was really unfair!

Although his attitude was the same as before, he felt something was different. Could it be that the turbulence in his body had been resolved? So he was not going to hide himself anymore?

As early as when Wei Yuchen arrived at the gate of Fengwang Mansion and saw the closed door, and even after knocking for a long time before someone came out to respond, his heart sank to the extreme.

As expected, Wei Jie was not among those who came to greet him. What made him even more angry was that he, as the king of a country, had to go to see him in person to find out about his recent situation. It was extremely frustrating.

This Wei Jie is really becoming more and more rampant.

"Doesn't your prince live in Youyue Lake?"

It was the forbidden area of ​​the Phoenix Palace, and also Wei Jie's private secret place. Wei Yuchen had sent many people to investigate, but no one came back in the end. He thought that he could find out the truth this time, but he didn't expect that the place Qingchen led him to was not the Youyue Lake at all.

"Your Majesty, since the prince's old illness recurred, he has moved out from Youyue Lake and now lives in Xuanyuan Pavilion. The environment there is elegant and quiet, and it is convenient for travel. There are no roads around Youyue Lake, which is really not very convenient."

After hearing this explanation, Wei Yuchen sneered, obviously not agreeing with it. What inconvenience is there? Isn't it just because they are afraid that he will come and covet it?

Qingchen took his expression into his eyes, and a trace of contempt flashed across his lowered eyes. With your ability, even if you were placed by Youyue Lake, you might not be able to walk in. How dare you talk about coveting it? You really give yourself a face!