Chapter 17 The prince met a strange man and asked to marry Xie Yao?
Hearing this voice, Xie Yao's body suddenly froze.
In an instant, a murderous intent surged in my heart.
She turned around.
Lu Shenyan was wearing a sky-blue robe, a jade crown and black hair. He looked elegant and refined, with a faint smile on his lips.
It must be said that Lu Shenyan was indeed handsome and outstanding. In her previous life, when she was listening to the storyteller reading a book in Yunzhou City, she thought to herself that she would marry such a gentle scholar in the future.
However, after taking a closer look at Xiao Yizi's appearance, Lu Shenyan was completely inferior to him.
She recalled Lu Shenyan's ugly face when he poisoned her and made her mute, and hatred surged in her.
Lu Shenyan stood opposite Xie Yao and frowned when he saw that she was still wearing the same tattered clothes as when she came to Beijing three days ago.
However, even though she was wearing such shabby clothes, it was hard to hide her outstanding beauty.
He asked with concern, "Yao'er, I saw the eunuch announcing the decree and Prince Jingbei coming to the Duke's residence. Has His Majesty really granted the marriage?"
Xie Yao asked back, "How did you get into the Xie Mansion?"
Lu Shenyan said softly, "Yao'er, have you forgotten? I'm a student at the Xie family's private school."
"Although school is closed today, I know you've been away for many years and don't understand the etiquette of Beijing. I'm worried that you've been wronged, so I came to see you."
Are you worried that she'll be wronged?
Perhaps what Lu Shenyan was really worried about was the dowry that his mother and grandfather would prepare for her if he could marry her.
She remembered that in the past, the Lu family and the Wenchang Earl's Mansion lived together in Tangliu Lane.
Lu's father and Xie Ming'an were classmates, so Lu Shenyan paid some tuition and studied in the Xie family's private school since he was young.
A few years ago, Lu's father passed away and the Lu family fell into poverty.
In his previous life, Lu Shenyan said, "You don't know etiquette. If you marry into the royal palace, you will definitely be treated unfairly and despised. But if you marry me, although my family is poor, I will study hard, pass the imperial examinations, and protect you."
At that time, she was prejudiced against Xiao Yizi and didn't want to get involved in military affairs anymore.
Lu Shenyan was handsome and spoke nicely, so she thought he was a good match for her.
But she didn't expect that after she accompanied Lu Shenyan through the most difficult days, she got a poisonous snake in return that she could never tame.
This poisonous snake not only killed itself, but also killed its mother.
Xie Yao glared at Lu Shenyan with a cold gaze, "Mr. Lu and I are not related in any way. He is just a student at my house. He must have read all the classics to the point of being a dog belly. Yet, he has no manners whatsoever in calling me Yao'er and even accusing me of being ignorant of etiquette?"
Hearing the indifference in her tone, Lu Shenyan sighed:
"Yao...Xie Yao, you and I have known each other since childhood and know each other's temperaments and personalities well. Why should we be bound by those conventional etiquette and rules? I simply know that you love freedom, and I simply cannot bear to see you marry into the Jingbei Prince's Mansion and waste your life in misery."
"You are not the King of Jingbei, nor me. How could you know that I would waste my life if I married him?" Xie Yao said.
Lu Shenyan frowned, not expecting her to be so cold to him all of a sudden.
"Three days ago, when you first returned to the capital, we met. Weren't you very happy? Tell me what happened. I will do my best to protect you."
He still spoke gently, his eyes full of scrutiny and determination, as if he were looking at a piece of prey.
Three days ago, when Xie Yao saw him, there was a clear feeling of excitement in her eyes. How could he have been wrong?
Xie Yao's eyes darkened. She happened to be reborn in the carriage returning home. If she had been an hour earlier, she would never have met Lu Shenyan at the city gate.
If it were somewhere else, she could even kill Lu Shenyan with one knife, let alone let him appear here.
She was about to drive the man away when she suddenly felt a chill down her spine.
That chill, even colder than late autumn, is felt only by one person.
Xiao Yizi is nearby!
Why did he go and come back?
Did he not trust the Xie family and come to test their strength, or did he not trust her?
Xie Yao pretended not to notice, looking at Lu Shenyan indifferently, and said, "That day, I was just surprised because I hadn't seen you, my neighbor, for many years."
"You think of me as a neighbor?" Lu Shenyan blurted out, "But I don't want us to be just neighbors."
Xie Yao laughed sarcastically: "If you don't want to, then don't. There will be many more things you won't want to do in the future."
Lu Shenyan took a deep breath and looked at her with slightly red eyes.
"Prince Jingbei is violent and cruel, and the Jingbei Palace is also full of complicated issues. Moreover, I heard that His Majesty has issued an oral order that Prince Jingbei must choose between you and the eldest daughter of the Xie family as his consort. And I only want you."
"Yao'er, as long as you agree to marry me, I will disobey your order and come to the Xie family to propose marriage. From now on, we will be together for the rest of our lives and I will never let you down."
The wind suddenly blew, blowing Lu Shenyan's clothes.
He was tall, and the late autumn sun shone on his handsome, angular face, making him look radiant, restrained, and gentle like jade.
In her previous life, Xie Yao had also heard Lu Shenyan say similar words.
At that time, she thought that Lu Shenyan was sincere to her and was willing to take the blame for disobeying the imperial order for her, so she was very moved.
Little did she know that she had disobeyed the imperial order for Lu Shenyan, but Lu Shenyan used his mother's obstruction as an excuse and only dared to propose marriage after the arranged marriage was shelved.
Later, she married into the Lu family. During one of their arguments, Lu's mother blurted out:
"Do you really think you're so beautiful that my son fell in love with you at first sight? That's because I knew the Xie family wanted you to return to the capital, so I specially asked my son to wait for you at the city gate."
Mother Lu also said, "If it weren't for the fact that you are the legitimate daughter of the Xie family and the daughter of the Xu family, and that you can help my son's career, our Lu family would never marry a woman like you who grew up on the border and is so vulgar and domineering!"
The moment Lu Shenyan said, "Yao'er, agree to marry me," Xie Yao felt a little colder behind her.
Not far away, Xiao Yizi's face seemed to be covered with a layer of faint frost, with a murderous aura surrounding him, and his ink-black peach blossom eyes were deep and unfathomable.
His knuckles were white, and in his hand he was holding a jade porcelain bottle the size of his palm, which was almost shattered under the weight.
Bai Mi was no longer smiling playfully. Sweat was oozing from his forehead and his face was serious.
They were looking for Miss Xie's residence at the Wenchang Earl's Mansion and got lost.
How could it be such a coincidence that I ran into a wild man who was here proposing to Miss Xie Er?
But the prince had also made him go to great lengths to find an extremely precious healing ointment, probably to give it to the other party...
Now, let alone sending any healing ointment, the prince will not get furious and tear Miss Xie and Lu Shenyan to pieces.
Seeing Xie Yao didn't respond, Lu Shenyan said more affectionately, "Don't be afraid, Yao'er. I have studied hard for many years. When the imperial examination comes next spring, I will definitely pass the exam for you. Then, we can live a good life together."
As he said this, he was about to step forward and hold her hand.
Xie Yao immediately took a half step back and gripped the hilt of the knife tightly.
She tried hard to restrain herself and finally managed to stop herself from throwing Lu Shenyan over her shoulder or killing him with a knife.
"What does your success in the imperial examination have to do with me? When did I ever tell you that I like you?" she asked back.
The deep affection on Lu Shenyan's face suddenly froze, and his brows furrowed. "Xie Yao, do you think that my Lu family, now in decline and a humble family, is unworthy of you, the second daughter of the Wenchang Marquis's mansion?"
Xie Yao smiled: "So you also know that you are not worthy of me."
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