Chapter 86 The people from the Marquis' Mansion have arrived
Liu's face froze.
Liu Mianmian pouted and said, "Mother, Madam is just trying to protect her elder sister."
"Shut up." Madam Liu scolded immediately.
Chen Yuan glanced at Liu Mianmian, sat down on the main seat and said lightly, "Second Miss Liu, do you think I'm talking nonsense?"
Madam Liu wanted to step forward, but Shen Yuan didn't give her a chance to speak, "Sanjiu, go and invite the Jingzhao prefect."
"Misunderstandings are just misunderstandings. Why should we ask the government to help us with our own affairs?" Mrs. Liu's face changed drastically.
"What's the misunderstanding?" A calm and steady voice came in, and Gu Huailing walked in.
Behind him were the Fourth Prince and the Duke of Protectorate, who was serving the two gods in front of him with great trepidation.
After entering the room, he glared at Liu fiercely.
"Husband." Chen Yuan looked at Gu Huailing with a gentle smile in her eyes.
Just as she was about to stand up, she was stopped by Gu Huailing, who sat down next to Shen Yuan.
The Fourth Prince and the Duke of Protectorate also took their seats.
Gu Huailing raised his eyes slightly and looked at Sanjiu, "Tell me, what happened to cause such a mess?"
Liu wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Gu Huailing's look.
After Sanjiu finished speaking, the room fell silent.
The Fourth Prince stood up and kicked Liu Junkang. "You, a bastard from a remote corner, dared to touch my future concubine and disrespect the Prime Minister's wife. You are courting death!"
Gu Huailing lowered his brows and said nothing.
Li Ji guessed his thoughts and said, "Someone, take this bastard away and chop him up, then give him a hundred slaps on the face."
Liu almost fainted, clutching her chest. She quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, "Your Highness, please spare me."
The Fourth Prince snorted coldly and kicked, "How could there be such a vicious woman like you in this world?"
Liu crawled in front of the Duke of Huguo and said, "Duke, please save Junkang. He is the only child in my family."
The Duke of Huguo raised his hand and slapped Liu, "You vicious woman, I want to divorce you!"
Liu suddenly fell to the ground, her face pale.
She crawled to Liu Qingqing's side again, pulled her close, and cried, "Qingqing, please try to persuade your father and the Fourth Prince. It was because I was blinded by greed, and you kept saying you didn't want to marry the Fourth Prince, that I had these evil thoughts."
The Fourth Prince looked at Liu Qingqing with a sinister look.
He even dragged his daughter to die with him before he died.
Chen Yuan shot her a sharp gaze, "Although marriage is a matter of parents' orders and matchmakers' words, if it is forced, it will become an evil fate."
These words were obviously meant to protect Liu Qingqing, who looked at Chen Yuan with gratitude.
The Fourth Prince snorted coldly, and countless evil fires surged up, but he did not dare to attack Chen Yuan.
He stared coldly at Liu Junkang lying on the ground and shouted angrily, "Drag him away now! Anyone who dares to beg for mercy will be beaten to death!"
His appearance made Liu Qingqing feel even more scared.
Liu Mianmian, on the other hand, was completely obsessed with him. This was the man she liked, so domineering and majestic.
An idea suddenly flashed through her mind.
Perhaps this is her last chance.
She didn't care at all about her mother falling to the ground and being abandoned. She straightened her clothes and walked forward to the Fourth Prince and bowed. "My elder sister doesn't want to marry His Highness, but Mianmian is willing."
After saying this, she glanced at the Fourth Prince shyly.
Liu's face was filled with despair, and the Duke of Huguo was so ashamed that he couldn't even raise his head.
Li Ji sneered. Liu Qingqing was not stunningly beautiful, but she had a unique charm, like an unpolluted little white flower, which made people want to ravage her.
What's more, she has now caught the eye of Mrs. Gu Huailing. Would he give up a piece of precious jade and choose a piece of stone?
He squinted his eyes, looking Liu Mianmian up and down as if she were an animal. "Just you? Can you even compare to your elder sister? And you're so shameless as to come up to her. The Duke of Protector's family education is truly refreshing to me."
Liu Mianmian's face turned pale, her expression full of disbelief.
The Duke of the Protectorate slapped Liu Mianmian in the face. He bowed and saluted the Fourth Prince, "Your Highness, don't listen to this rebellious girl's nonsense. Qing'er has always been willing to marry Your Highness."
He said as he tugged at Liu Qingqing, "Qingqing, say something!"
Liu bit her lip lightly and lowered her eyes.
Chen Yuan frowned, Gu Huailing put his hand on hers, looked at her and shook his head almost imperceptibly.
"Qingqing, have you forgotten your grandmother's last wish before she died?" The Duke of Protectorate whispered through gritted teeth.
Liu Qingqing finally accepted her fate and closed her eyes, whispering, "I am willing to marry the Fourth Prince."
Li Ji's expression softened.
He looked at Liu Qingqing with a hint of meaning and said, "If anything had gone wrong before this concubine entered the mansion, the title of 'Guangguo Gongfu' would have been removed."
From beginning to end, Gu Huailing didn't say a word.
Chen Yuan knew that he couldn't speak today because the Fourth Prince's affairs were state affairs.
She tugged at Gu Huailing's sleeve and whispered, "I forgot to give Qingqing something. My husband, please wait for me for a moment."
When Chen Yuan returned to Liu Qingqing's house again.
She was curled up on the ground alone, her face pale as if she was frozen in time.
Chen Yuan walked over and sat on the ground next to her, took out a jade figurine from his sleeve and put it into Liu Qingqing's hand.
"This is given to you by Zhinu, please keep it well."
Chen Yuan looked at her, his eyes gentle but firm: "My heart is not a stone, it cannot be turned. My heart is not a mat, it cannot be rolled up. My dignity is so great that it cannot be chosen. Qingqing, do you understand what I mean?"
Liu gently held the small jade sculpture in her hand and said slowly: "Thank you, sister. I understand."
Only then did Shen Yuan leave with peace of mind.
After she left, Liu gently held the little figure in her hand and finally burst into tears.
Inside the carriage, Chen Yuan couldn't stop sighing.
Gu Huailing gently took her into his arms, "But since you are unhappy about the matter at the Duke of Huguo's Mansion, how about I take you to the outskirts of the city for horseback riding in a few days?
Chen Yuan looked back at Gu Huailing and suddenly felt how lucky she was.
I wish I could live my life again and meet Gu Huailing.
"I want to help Qingqing." She looked up at him, her eyes shining with tears.
"Okay, Madam, if you want to help, then go ahead. I'm here." Gu Huailing hugged her and said softly.
"Master, the Marquis's wife is here and is just ahead." Sanjiu's voice sounded outside.
When the carriage stopped, the marquis's wife looked panicked and walked towards them quickly.
She saw Gu Huailing as if she had seen a life-saving straw, "Huai Ling, go back and take a look, someone is going to die in Ronghuiyuan!"
Inside Ronghui Courtyard.
Gu Jingchu grabbed Lin Wanyin's collar tightly, his eyes red as he yelled, "Say it again, bitch, the baby in your belly is mine?"
Lin Wanyin was dragged so hard that she couldn't breathe. She looked at Gu Jingchu with crazy eyes, "You didn't expect that the kick you gave me that day would actually bring the child to me."
Gu Jingchu pinched her neck and was about to lose his mind.
"What are you doing?" A deep and cold voice sounded.
Gu Huailing and Shen Yuan walked in from outside.
"Separate them." Gu Huailing looked at Gu Jingchu with cold eyes.
The moment Gu Jingchu saw Chen Yuan, his hands loosened involuntarily.
Lin Wanyin's eyes met the corner of Gu Huailing's robe, and she forced herself to hold back her tears.
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