Chapter 170 Marriage Discussion
After leaving the palace, Shuiying said, "Mr. Lu, Miss Ning is the one you are engaged to."
Lu Xingzhi is a calm person and doesn't like to talk to others.
Shuiying was not angry, but smiled and said: "I am just a commoner, but to be honest, when I saw Master Lu, I actually felt a sense of familiarity, but when Master Lu started talking, the familiarity disappeared."
Lu Xingzhi's expression became a little more complicated.
Shuiying has nothing to do with him, but she has a close relationship with Lu Xingzhi in his previous life.
In her previous life, she became disabled because of saving Lu Xingzhi. Lu Xingzhi owed her, and before he died, she asked him to take good care of her and not let her be bullied again.
When he was reborn, he became Lu Xingzhi and completed what he asked for.
Shuiying likes women, but in this world, it is not easy to like women. If you don’t get married, people will gossip about you in the future.
Lu Xingzhi just needed a reason to break off the engagement, so he discussed the matter with her. Shuiying happily agreed and came to the capital with him.
She felt good to be able to leave the home that sold her and come to the Lu Mansion to live a good life.
What's more, Mr. Lu told her that if he died one day, everything he had would be hers, and the people in the Lu family would treat her well.
Of course, Shuiying didn't want Mr. Lu to die. She was just grateful for his sincerity towards her and for giving her a life where she could breathe.
"Mr. Lu, you like the lady named Afu, right?" Shuiying asked curiously, "Then why do you want to give up?"
Lu Xingzhi said nothing.
"Then Miss Ning..." She wanted to ask more, but Lu Xingzhi frowned, as if he was dissatisfied with her question. Shuiying suddenly realized that he was probably afraid that she liked women.
Shuiying stopped talking. Master Lu was too jealous. She didn't like Miss Ning at all.
The cancellation of the engagement was actually within the Duke's Mansion's expectations. Even though they had just experienced the death of Wei Xiao recently, no one was surprised that the Lu Mansion came to cancel the engagement.
Ning Fu sat quietly, and Madam Ning did not say much. Only Madam Lu looked a little sad.
She really liked Ningfu, and hoped that Afu could marry into the Lu family as soon as possible, but she didn't expect that she would end up in this situation.
"There is no destiny between the two children after all." Mrs. Lu sighed, her eyes red.
Nymph smiled and teased her, "Madam, there is no need to be sad. The feelings between me and you will not change."
Madam Lu held her hand, feeling extremely guilty, and said, "Xingzhi had never expected this to happen, but now that Shuiying has saved him, he can't just ignore her. Shuiying is a good kid, if the Duke's Mansion wants to blame someone, blame Xingzhi and me."
Madam Ning said, "Xingzhi asked for the marriage to save Afu. The Duke's Mansion is so grateful to him that they don't have time to blame him. If it weren't for him, Afu would probably be stuck in a quagmire now. Madam Lu, you don't have to feel guilty."
As a result, the marriage between the two families was discussed in a calm and peaceful manner.
Ning Fu glanced at Lu Xingzhi who had been silent in the distance. He seemed to be detached from this world, but her gaze pulled him back.
The two looked at each other in silence without saying anything.
Nymph felt that he seemed to have a thousand words to say, but in the end he said nothing.
Before he left, Nymph asked him: "Is that woman someone very important to you in your previous life?"
Perhaps it was someone he did not cherish in his previous life.
Nymph only hopes that he can live a good life in this world and enjoy his own life.
Lu Xingzhi said calmly: "Well, I have to take good care of her."
Ning Fu thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Lu, you should think more about yourself in the future. You said that I was kind to you in your last life, but everything you have done for me now is enough to repay that kindness."
Lu Xingzhi looked at her for a long time, and finally said: "I hope that the fourth lady will be able to have smooth sailing in the future. From now on, the fourth lady and I may rarely see each other."
Once his marriage with Shuiying is settled, the two may get married soon. Naturally, it will be inconvenient for them to see each other again. Even after the lady gets married, it will not be easy to see her. For example, Rongmin and Xie Ruyi, Ningfu no longer meet them as frequently as before.
Ning Fu felt a little disappointed, but she was still happy for him and said, "May Mr. Lu be well."
May Mr. Lu be safe and successful.
Lu Xingzhi remembered that she had said the same thing when she sent him to the North for the first time in his previous life.
It was snowing heavily at that time and she was shivering with cold, but she didn't want to leave first. She stood and watched him leave. This was the only time she had seen him off.
Thinking about it carefully, he was not completely unmoved at that time, but that little bit of emotion was occupied by the war in the north, so he ignored it.
Love came so gradually and so calmly that he was unaware of it. Perhaps it was because of Meng Ze's words that made him too alert and he dared not think about it too much.
The most regrettable thing is that I regret not doing it in the first place.
Lu Xingzhi's Adam's apple rolled. He was afraid of losing his composure and suddenly wanted to leave. But then he thought that he couldn't not respond to her this time, so he suppressed his emotions and said, "Fourth Miss, I'm very happy."
However, Nymph felt a sense of familiarity because of his suppressed emotions.
But before I could react, he turned around and left in a hurry.
"This child." Mrs. Lu was afraid that his attitude would hurt Ning Fu, so she frowned.
As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. The news of the cancellation of the engagement between the Lu Mansion and the Duke's Mansion spread throughout the capital within two days.
When Zong Ning saw Zong Si, he couldn't help but joked: "Third brother, I'm afraid you've been in a very bad mood these days."
Zong Si showed no expression and said nothing.
"Are you doing something bad?" Zong Ning's first reaction was that his third brother must have done this in secret.
Zong Si said calmly: "Remember to visit the Duke's Mansion more often when you have time."
Zong Ning curled his lips. Now that the Duke's Mansion had cancelled the engagement, it would not be appropriate for a man like him to go to the Mansion too frequently recently, so it was his turn.
"You acted pitiful in front of Sister Ning, pretending that you couldn't fit in in the palace, and I even concealed it for you. Who else has a sister as perceptive as me?" Zong Ning said with some pride.
Zong Si looked at her and said, "Take this bracelet and give it to your sister Ning."
It turned out to be the bracelet that Ning Fu had returned. Zong Si had given it to her, and she gave it to Zong Ning. Later, he gave it to her again, but she still refused to take it. He thought that she might be worried about not breaking off the engagement with Lu Xingzhi yet, so he did not force her.
Zong Si couldn't bear to force her.
But now, it's time to give it to her, to show my attitude and that I'm in a good mood.
Although Lu Xingzhi and her were not really in a relationship, Zong Si still minded that Lu Xingzhi was occupying the position of her fiancé.
Zong Ning received the order and went there happily, just in time to have fun with Sister Ning.
The second young lady's son-in-law died in the Duke's Mansion recently, and now the fourth young lady's son-in-law has broken off the engagement. For a while, it became a topic of conversation.
Princess Xuan has been hearing about Duke Ningguo's Mansion so often lately that her ears are almost covered with calluses.
"You said that the fourth girl has a bad marriage. Originally, this marriage was considered a good one, but who knew that this would happen." Someone said with regret.
They are all women, so they can naturally sympathize with women more. No matter what, this matter is not Nymph's fault.
Princess Xuan smiled and said: "There is always light at the end of the tunnel. The fourth girl is a good child. She will not worry about not finding a good husband."
"Princess, why are you smiling whenever you mention the fourth young lady recently?" The woman figured out something and joked.
That was her future daughter-in-law, so she naturally liked to hear it.
Princess Xuan liked Ningfu more and more, and the more she looked at her, the better she seemed.
But after Ning Fu met Zong Ning, she went to Qingtian Pavilion.
Ning Fu hadn't been here for a long time. When the manager of the bookstore saw her, he went to inform Zong Si.
Her initiative seemed to make him somewhat happy.
Ningfu was a little worried because her brother was about to return to the north, and in half a year, he would die outside the Great Wall.
But as a woman, she could not go to the battlefield. She could not go to the north like Zhang He did, ignoring the consequences. That would only make things worse.
When Ning Fu was thinking quietly these days, she remembered that Zong Si had also briefly reinforced the north when the troops outside the Great Wall were insufficient.
If she married him, she could go with him in the name of family, and this would be the method that would least likely alert the enemy.
But talking about marriage with him just for her brother would seem like she was using him, which made her hesitate.
Nymph was reluctant to take advantage of him.
"There's no need to hesitate in front of me." Zong Si said.
"If I marry you, it's for my own selfish desires..." Nymph said hesitantly.
"Okay." Zong Si raised his eyes and answered without any hesitation.
Marrying her first is the most important thing.
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