"Wait." He tapped his fingers on the stone table, "I still have something to say."
Yi Ning could only sit back down and see Luo Shenyuan lost in thought for a long time. "I already know about the palace banquet that day," he said. "Your father's worries are not unfounded. Whether the Queen wants you to marry the Third Prince, or the Emperor has other intentions, it's too disadvantageous for you. The Third Prince is cowardly and obsessed with other things. He is definitely not going to be able to rise to power. The struggle for the throne is always a life-and-death struggle, and the Third Prince is not even one-tenth as patient as the Emperor back then. I don't think he has a good chance. As for the latter... The Emperor is not stupid, I don't think he would do anything too absurd. But the words are out. If I don't make it up, someone will come to settle the score later, or the Emperor will eventually settle accounts with the aristocratic families. Then the crime of deceiving the emperor will be inevitable."
The emperor is the most ruthless person. Today you fight for his kingdom and he treats you as a favorite. But if one day you threaten him, he will eliminate you without hesitation.
"I understand. Father is thinking about this, too," Yi Ning said. They all understood, though not as directly as Luo Shenyuan.
Wei Ling's rash rescue that day had actually left a major hidden danger: deceiving the emperor. If not properly addressed, this hidden danger would always be a knife in the heart.
"You have no other choice now, you can only hastily accept a marriage. I heard that your grandmother is even interested in the Second Young Master He." Luo Shenyuan smiled faintly.
For him, he absolutely does not take seriously these so-called young talents who have just passed the imperial examination and have not even set foot in the officialdom.
"With me here, why should you be wronged by these people?"
After a pause, Luo Shenyuan looked up at her, his tone surprisingly gentle: "Yining, how about I marry you?"
Yining opened her eyes wide in surprise.
His tone wasn't harsh, but it sounded very resolute in the mountain breeze.
The dazzling sunlight glared on half of Luo Shenyuan's body, while the other side was shrouded in shadow, outlining a solid line. She suddenly felt her heart beating like a drum.
"You—how can this be possible!" Yining didn't expect him to say that out of the blue. She opened her mouth, not knowing what to say. The shock in her heart was no less than that night.
"Wouldn't it be nice to marry me?" He said with a faint smile on his face. "I'm a double-imperial scholar, and I'm about to take up the position of Minister of Works, a third-rank official. Isn't that much better than the likes of Mr. He?"
Of course he is much stronger. The man in front of him will be the Prime Minister of the Cabinet in the future. Comparing him with Mr. He is really an insult to him.
The person she had tried so hard to please back then expressed his satisfaction with all the flattery over the years and now said he wanted to marry her.
Seven years ago, she certainly could not have imagined that this day would come!
But after seven years of sibling love, she had long considered Luo Shenyuan a brother. He taught her to read and write, protected her, and saved her in times of danger. In her mind, all of this was what a brother should do. Even if she had to, how could she marry him? And after marrying him, how could she treat him as her husband?
Luo Shenyuan saw that Yining's face was red and white, and she seemed very hesitant.
He continued, "I also want to help you avoid this disaster. If you rashly marry someone with bad character, what will you do? If he takes concubines or mistresses, how will you know? But you know my temper. If you really... can't get over it, then I will still be your third brother, and we can still get along as brother and sister until you are willing to accept me. Or wait until you meet someone you like..." He paused, and said in a very slow tone, "Then we can discuss it."
Yining always felt that these words sounded somewhat familiar.
What Luo Shenyuan said made sense. It was not good for her to marry rashly. No matter how bad her Third Brother was, he was still her Third Brother and would not hurt her. But using his marriage to help her, wouldn't it be too much trouble for him? After all, marriage is not a joke. He will eventually marry his real wife. Moreover, they were siblings who grew up together. Even if they said to others that they were engaged because she was raised in the Luo family, how could they explain it to Lin Hairu, Wei Ling and others?
Firstly, she has a stronger affection for her third brother, and secondly, she is not so selfish as to use other people's marriages to make herself stable.
"Third brother, what if you regret it later?" Yi Ning finally calmed down. After a moment of reflection, she continued, "What if someone else found out about this and used it to frame you, hindering your career?"
Luo Shenyuan walked up to her, leaned over to look at her, and said, "Yining, I have my own plans. None of this will happen. Don't worry about it.
The mountain breeze blew again, and the weather was still a bit sultry. The cicadas in the forest outside were buzzing like a beating heartbeat.
He asked again in a gentle and persuasive manner: "I'll marry you, okay?"
If he married her, who would dare to look down on her? Who would dare to say she had married poorly? She had a third-rank imperial decree waiting for her right from the start. How many people in the world could do that?
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