"But father, I really like her, and she is the daughter of a relative. A man should rely on himself to achieve success, not women. Besides, I have won the emperor's favor by myself in the past, so there is no need to find a woman of equal status to add icing on the cake."

Chu Lingfeng spoke passionately, but the Marquis just chuckled with a cold look.

"This is really ridiculous! With your status, do you think the emperor will let you go? To tell you the truth, he has already thought about arranging a marriage for you. You and Lin Zixi are doomed to be impossible. As a father, I advise you to give up this idea."

These words completely stunned Chu Lingfeng, he simply couldn't believe it.

But think about it, the emperor did hint to him before.

Seeing that Chu Lingfeng stopped asking questions, the Marquis finally breathed a sigh of relief, gave a few warnings and left quickly.

Chu Lingfeng's face was full of disappointment, so he didn't even eat dinner and locked himself in the room.

In a blink of an eye, it was noon the next day. Chu Weiyue didn't see her brother coming after dinner, so she had to carry the food to his room personally.

Chu Lingfeng was extremely depressed. He sat in the bed with dull eyes and looked extremely haggard.

"Brother, are you willing to do this for a woman? I really look down on you." Chu Weiyue chuckled disdainfully.

Now Chu Lingfeng didn’t care about anyone’s ridicule. Instead, he curled the corners of his lips helplessly.

"When you fall in love with someone, you will understand your brother's heart. Besides, weren't you crazy about Wen Jingchi before? I think you can understand the pain of loving someone but not getting the love you deserve."

"Okay, big brother, stop talking. At most, I can find out for you. That should be fine. As for the future, we can talk about it. Right now, I don't know if she is interested in you. It's not a good idea to keep having unrequited love like this."

Upon hearing this, Chu Lingfeng's eyes instantly turned dark and shiny.

"Sister, what you said is true. Are you really willing to help big brother?"

"Seeing you're so depressed, of course I have to help you, but you have to promise me that you'll cheer up from today on. I want to see the big brother of the past."

"Brother promises you that I will never feel depressed again."

Chu Lingfeng immediately ate up all the food that Chu Weiyue brought. Although he was still in a tense mood, he felt much better because of Chu Weiyue's words.

The emperor wanted to see him in the afternoon, so he had to go to the palace to see him.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and Lin Zixi and her grandmother finally came back from outside. Chu Weiyue went to find her as soon as possible.

Seeing Chu Weiyue coming over, Lin Zixi was a little flattered.

"Sister Weiyue, how come you have time to come to my place?"

Chu Weiyue smiled and said, "I have nothing to do, can't I chat with you?"

After a slight pause, Lin Zixi immediately moved a chair for her: "Sit here, I'll go get you a cup of tea."

After pouring a cup of tea, the two drank and chatted. Chu Weiyue sighed in distress.

"My father arranged a marriage for my brother. Do you know about this?"

Hearing this, Lin Zixi had a blank expression on his face and shook his head slightly: "I haven't heard him mention it."

"My brother was very unhappy with this marriage and asked my father to reject it, but my father refused to do so. The other party was a rich lady and my father was a high-ranking official."

Even after saying this, Lin Zixi still did not show any emotion at all, but continued to nod calmly.

"It sounds like they are a perfect match. It would be a wonderful thing if they could get married."

"But my brother has someone else in his heart, so he naturally doesn't want to. You and my brother have been very close recently, do you know who he has in mind?"

Lin Zixi still pretended to be dumb and continued to shake his head.

"I don't know who he loves. We only meet occasionally on weekdays."

"But my brother said that he would disobey our father's orders for that woman. My brother is also famous and wealthy. If I follow him, I will definitely have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life. And if he still cares about me like this, I will definitely be happy for the rest of my life."

"You're right, that woman is indeed very happy."

Lin Zixi's eyes were slightly moved, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

"If that person is you, are you willing to stay with my brother forever and stay with him unwaveringly?"

With an embarrassed look on his face, Lin Zixi immediately kicked the ball back.

"How did this matter get to me? What does it have to do with me? Besides, how can someone of my status be worthy of your brother? Stop making jokes."

"My brother is so tall and handsome, don't you feel moved when you see him?"

Being asked so bluntly by Chu Weiyue, Lin Zixi looked a little evasive.

"My cousin is handsome and elegant. I believe there must be a woman who is worthy of him and they can be happily married forever."

No matter how Chu Weiyue asked, her answer was always ambiguous and she didn't give a definite answer.

After chatting with her for a few more sentences, Chu Weiyue subconsciously inquired about her family background.

"By the way, why have I never heard you mention your parents? Where are they? Why did I let you stay in my house for so long and not come to pick you up?

Judging from the way you dress and talk, you are definitely not from an ordinary family. What do your parents do?"

Chu Weiyue originally planned to take this opportunity to find out something. Even if she lied, she could still get some clues from it.

I had thought about this before. When Lin Zixi heard this question, his expression changed instantly, but he quickly concealed it.

Although it was only a moment, Chu Weiyue still captured it very well.

"What's wrong? Can't you tell me about this? We are all relatives, and if we are relatives, we shouldn't hide anything."

It would have been fine if she hadn't asked, but when asked like this, Lin Zixi's tears suddenly began to roll down and she was crying so hard that she almost fainted.

Chu Weiyue was at a loss as to what to do and could only pat her shoulder symbolically.

"Don't cry, if you don't want to talk about it, then don't talk about it. I won't ask anymore."

"That's not what I meant. I just think my mother is miserable. I have lived with her since I was a child, but who would have thought that she would..."

When she noticed someone approaching, she said nothing and just kept crying.

He covered his face, looking extremely heartbroken.

Chu Weiyue frowned in frustration, feeling a little irritated.

She didn't ask any more questions, why was she crying here.

At this moment, Chu Lingfeng happened to come over, and when he saw this scene, his face changed instantly.

From Lin Zixi's position, he could see Chu Lingfeng walking towards him.

He pretended to lose his balance and fell to the ground, subconsciously hugging Chu Weiyue's legs.

"Why are you so careless? Get up quickly." Chu Weiyue tried to pull her up, but Lin Zixi seemed unable to stand up and just kept crying.

Chu Lingfeng strode over, instinctively thinking that Chu Weiyue was bullying her.