Xiao Chuer stood aside and asked suspiciously, "What's going on?"
"Why does he want to hold the wedding here?" Ni Yueshan asked coldly.
Xiao Chuer thought for a moment and replied, "Didn't I say it? It's simply a tit-for-tat."
Ni Yueshan's brows were still furrowed. "Then why did you go to Jing Yuchen to drink?"
"If you don't look for men to drink with, why look for women?" Xiao Chuer answered very straightforwardly. It was obvious that she trusted Zou Yangyao very much in her heart.
Ni Yueshan frowned, "How about we not get so close and eavesdrop from afar?"
The smile on Xiao Chuer's face gradually faded because she felt that Ni Yueshan was suspicious of something.
Finally, he nodded: "Okay."
She believed in Zou Yangyao, had no secrets, and was willing to marry her.
Ni Yueshan stopped with her at a place not far away and listened attentively to the conversation between the two.
"Jing Yuchen, how do you think I lost to you?"
In a word, with a little bit of alcohol, Zou Yangyao's cheeks flushed, but his eyes were staring at Jing Yuchen very sharply.
Jing Yuchen snorted, his expression very proud: "Of course it's all aspects!"
Zou Yangyao chuckled softly, "Then do you know why Yue Shan was disfigured, and why the Prime Minister requested that imperial decree?"
Jing Yuchen heard the tone of the words, and thought Zou Yangyao was going to talk about old things...
His face was filled with disdain. "From your tone, you sound quite proud. Okay, I'll give you a chance to speak. Go on."
Zou Yangyao tilted his head back and took a few sips of wine, then leaned against the tree trunk behind him in a daze. He closed his eyes and his cheeks gradually became hot.
"At a palace banquet when I was a child, I should have thought about why a concubine's daughter would appear at the banquet..."
He closed his eyes and recalled his childhood.
Jing Yuchen's narrow and long phoenix eyes looked in one direction, where stood Ni Yueshan and Xiao Chuer.
Ni Yueshan made a gesture to keep quiet, and Jing Yuchen nodded without saying anything.
Zou Yangyao continued, "When I was little, if Yue Shan hadn't protected me from the disaster, her face wouldn't have been disfigured by the burns. That's why Yue Shan liked me when she was little, but I..."
As he spoke, he sat up straight, his brows furrowed. He leaned closer to Jing Yuchen and said, "I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion that year. It was Ni Yueshuang who told me that the person who saved me was Yang Wanyan, a concubine of the Yang family!"
"At that time, I was still young, so how could I have thought too much? This kindness gradually took root. From then on, I deliberately contacted the concubine of the Yang family and secretly fell in love with her. That's when the rumors of our love began to spread. Marrying her was also a matter of course."
"But Yueshan has suffered a lot of humiliation from me because of this. I feel sorry for Yueshan." He opened his eyes, looked at Jing Yuchen, suddenly smiled, raised the wine jug in his hand and touched it towards Jing Yuchen.
"Come on, Prince, don't play tricks on me, drink more..."
Xiao Chuer felt angry when she heard Zou Yangyao talking about Ni Yueshan on her wedding day.
She clenched her fists and wanted to rush forward, but Ni Yueshan grabbed her wrist and shook his head at her.
Xiao Chuer frowned and said nothing.
After Zou Yangyao downed his drink, he continued, "Yue Shan has always cared about me since I was little. The Prime Minister understands his beloved daughter's feelings, so he asked the Emperor for a favor and betrothed her to me."
"I have let Yueshan down and disappointed her. Prince, you have gotten a great bargain." He suddenly became complacent and looked at Jing Yuchen, waiting for Jing Yuchen to get angry and jealous.
But Jing Yuchen's expression remained calm and cold, as if nothing could affect him.
He turned his eyes slightly, looked in the direction of Ni Yueshan, raised the wine jug and took a sip.
He was exchanging glances with Ni Yueshan at the moment, so how could he care about the old story that Zou Yangyao mentioned?
"So, why did you marry this Miss Xiao? Do you like Yueshan or Miss Xiao now?" Jing Yuchen looked at Zou Yangyao with a curious expression, and what he was thinking in his heart was that he was waiting to watch the fun.
Zou Yangyao swayed slightly and chuckled softly, "I once pestered Yue Shan out of reluctance, thinking she was meant to be mine. Why should I stop loving her just because I say I don't love her anymore?"
He leaned comfortably against the tree trunk behind him, with a slight smile on his lips and his eyes closed again. He had no idea that Xiao Chu'er was approaching him at this moment with a murderous aura.
That's right, she wanted to murder her husband on her wedding night!
Zou Yangyao was still unaware of the danger approaching, and continued to say to himself: "I was upset, remorseful, and hated her."
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