Chapter 549 I Don’t Want to Get Married
"I only met her once, and there were some misunderstandings between us, which led to my not having a good impression of her.
I wanted to cancel the engagement, but my parents disagreed, and I had several arguments with my family about this.
I was severely beaten by my father every time, and in the end, he forced me to get married."
Luo Yechen couldn't help but ask: "And then?"
Dingyuan Hou smiled and said, "After spending more time together, the misunderstanding was resolved and I found that she is actually a very lovely woman. I am very glad to marry her."
Luo Yechen also laughed: "You should be very grateful to the old marquis, right?"
"Of course. Every Qingming Festival, I prepare a pot of good wine for him to thank him for helping me marry such a good wife."
Marquis Dingyuan drank the last sip of wine.
He supported himself with a cane and slowly stood up.
"Thank you for your hospitality, Your Majesty. I will go back now."
Luo Yechen also stood up and watched him limp away.
After the door of the private room was closed again, Luo Yechen sat back in his seat.
He recalled what Marquis Dingyuan had just said.
Through Dingyuan Hou's description, he seemed to see a completely different Bu Shengyan.
A girl who had experienced pain and despair but remained strong made him want to understand her a little bit.
Marquis Dingyuan returned home and found Bu Shengyan practicing archery.
When Bu Shengyan saw him coming back, she immediately put down the bow and arrow in her hand and ran towards him.
She sniffed, frowned and asked, "Have you been drinking?"
Dingyuan Hou: "Well, I had two drinks with your future husband."
Bu Shengyan was furious: "So you were going to see the King of England. No wonder you refused to tell me where you were going when you left. You even drank with him. Don't you know that you are not in good health and can't drink?!"
Dingyuan Hou said nonchalantly, "I just drank a little, it's no big deal."
Bu Shengyan was irritated by the fact that he didn't take his body seriously.
She immediately asked someone to prepare some hangover-relief tea and made sure that Marquis Dingyuan drank it all.
Marquis Dingyuan went back to rest first.
Bu Shengyan held him, refusing to let him slip away.
She asked, "How did you end up drinking with the King of England?"
Dingyuan Hou: "He invited me, and I happened to have nothing to do, so I went."
"Why did he suddenly think of inviting you to drink? Is it about breaking off the engagement? Have you agreed to break off the engagement?"
Dingyuan Hou did not answer but asked: "Do you want me to agree?"
Bu Shengyan answered without hesitation: "Of course I hope so! I don't want to marry him!"
Dingyuan Hou: "Do you want to marry him, or do you not want to marry anyone?"
Bu Shengyan pursed her red lips and said nothing.
Dingyuan Hou sighed, "I know what you are thinking. You don't want to get married, not because you don't like the King of Ying, but because you want to stay in the Hou Mansion and find a son-in-law."
Bu Shengyan was very surprised. She didn't expect that her father could see through her thoughts.
Dingyuan Hou: "Although you didn't say anything, I have eyes and can see what you are thinking."
Since everything had been seen through, Bu Shengyan simply stopped hiding it and admitted it frankly.
"Yes, I don't want to get married. I want to stay at home and find a son-in-law. My brother is gone, and my mother has passed away. I am your only relative now. If I get married, what will you do in the future?"
Dingyuan Hou said calmly: "Of course I will do what I have to do. It's not like I will die if I leave you."
Bu Shengyan: "But I can't bear to leave you alone!"
Her father had suffered many injuries on the battlefield before. Some of them healed, but many of them left chronic diseases.
For example, his lame right leg, his stomach pain from time to time, and his arm that hurt so much on a cloudy day that he couldn't lift it...
Bu Shengyan felt extremely uncomfortable every time she saw him gritting his teeth and holding on despite being in so much pain.
How could she be at ease with him?
She didn't want to get married, didn't want to leave home, and didn't want to be unable to be with her father when he was in unbearable pain.
Dingyuan Hou: "Before your mother died, she told me to find a good marriage for you. If you refuse to marry, how can I face your mother in the afterlife?"
Bu Shengyan said stubbornly: "I can find a son-in-law at home."
"Whose good son would be willing to be someone's son-in-law? I don't want you to be wronged. I want to see you marry a good family and live a happy life."
He is old and has a lot of injuries. It is unknown how long he can live.
If he were gone someday, what would she do alone?
If she gets bullied, there will be no one to help her.
Marquis Dingyuan didn't want to see that kind of scene.
Bu Shengyan's eyes were red: "I don't want to get married, and I don't want to leave you."
Dingyuan Hou: "I will die sooner or later."
Bu Shengyan was so anxious that tears fell from her eyes: "I don't allow you to say such unlucky words!"
Marquis Dingyuan had no choice but to shut up and stop talking.
Having experienced so many life and death separations, he has long since become indifferent to his own life and death.
But Bu Shengyan is not able to do it yet.
She was too young and too stubborn.
…
After three days of recuperation, Xiao Xixi felt much better.
The weather has been getting hotter recently, and Xiao Xixi's clothes have been getting thinner and thinner.
After the sun went down, the temperature dropped a little.
After dinner, Xiao Xixi and the prince lay down under the grape trellis to enjoy the cool air.
The grape seedlings have grown a lot taller, but it is still too early for them to bloom and bear fruit.
Baoqin brought up the washed grapes.
These were grapes sent as tribute from the Western Regions. They were chilled with ice along the way and sent to Shengjing at full speed.
Even so, by the time they arrived in Shengjing, many of the grapes had already gone bad.
The rotten grapes were picked out and the remaining grapes were presented to the emperor.
The emperor kept some grapes for himself, and had some sent to his mother and first wife, and also to his favored concubines.
The prince’s share is naturally indispensable.
He knew that Xiao Xixi loved to eat this, so he specially sent all the grapes to her.
Xiao Xixi knew that these grapes were hard to come by, so she ate them with extra care, savoring each grape for a long time before swallowing it.
Even so, she finished the big bowl of grapes very quickly.
She wiped her mouth, feeling unsatisfied.
"At this moment, I suddenly want to write a poem."
Luo Qinghan instinctively felt that she would not be able to recite any good poems, but people are curious, and at this moment he really wanted to know how unique the poems she could recite could be.
"What poem?"
Xiao Xixi took in the energy in her dantian, then slowly exhaled, held the prince's hand, looked into his ink-black eyes, and spoke affectionately.
"Withered vines, old trees, crows,
Dinner includes fish and shrimp.
Grape milk tea watermelon,
As the sun sets,
You are ugly.
fine,
I'm blind!
Luo Qinghan: “…”
Prince: What a stupid wife I married!
……
It’s the end of the month again, and the monthly pass will expire if you don’t use it up!
Xianyu needs your monthly ticket support~
(End of this chapter)
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