Chapter 369 Chang Ru
An hour later, Lin Qingning received the news that Yan Xingchuan had returned to Beiyan City. Today, she was boating on the lake with several noble ladies.
In early September, the autumn wind dyed the mountains red, the water was rippling, and the lake was beautiful. The painted boat was sailing on the lake, breaking through the waves and leaving ripples at the stern.
The painting boat docked, and she had just gotten off when a maid came forward and whispered a few words in her maid Huayue's ear. Huayue was surprised when she heard it: "Really?"
"Of course it's true. The news has spread throughout Beiyan City. Now he has returned to the palace."
"Okay, okay, you have a reward." Hua Yue happily sent the man away, then came over and said to Lin Qingning, "My lady, the prince is back."
"What?" Lin Qingning was stunned, then delighted, "He's really back?"
"Yes, he's back. He's already back at the palace, and he's summoning all the officers and officials to discuss matters!"
"Okay!" Lin Qingning quickly tidied up her clothes and hair, then ordered someone to drive the carriage over, got on the carriage and left in a hurry.
The noble ladies who had not yet left began to discuss in a low voice.
"She's going back now?"
"Didn't she say she was going to have dinner? Why did she leave?"
Someone who knew the inside story said, "You don't know this. The master has returned, so she has to go back quickly."
"The Master is back?" someone exclaimed. "Why did the Master come back so suddenly?"
"You forgot, this girl said she wants to marry the prince, so the master has to come back..."
"Madam Chang, the master is back. Do you want to ask your family if he really let General Shen marry someone else?" Someone suddenly asked this.
A woman in a lilac dress standing by the teahouse turned around and said, "Me?"
She was tall, wearing a lilac-colored knee-length gown with wide sleeves and a cross-lapel embroidered with bamboo branches, a girdle around her waist, and a folded skirt of the same color. She stood there, slender and graceful, as if in a dream.
Her oval face was fair and beautiful, reflecting the blue sky and water, just like the goddess of Luo River.
"Yes, if we can get the Lord to give in, everything might turn around!"
"There won't be any turning point." Chang Ru shook her head slightly, looked up at the increasingly bright sun, and then said, "It's time to go back. The city will be under martial law."
After saying that, she bowed slightly and turned to leave.
Someone murmured, "Seeing how she doesn't care, I think she still cares deeply. She's been waiting for General Shen for five years. She's already twenty years old this year, and yet, in the blink of an eye, General Shen is marrying someone else."
"Shh, keep your voice down..."
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Chang Ru ignored the discussions behind her and took a carriage home to meet her mother, Madam Chang. Madam Chang was a little excited to see her and hurriedly stood up to greet her.
"My son, you've returned just in time. You'll go with your mother to pay your respects to the Lord later. You should also ask for an explanation regarding your marriage. Chen Sui is already engaged to you, so how can you marry someone else? What will you do if he marries someone else?"
"Mother." Chang Ru quickly supported her mother and shook her head. "Mother, there's no need to go. He has done something too extreme. There's no turning back."
Mrs. Chang's eyes were red. She clapped Chang Ru's hand and said unwillingly, "Is there really no room for maneuver, not even a little bit?"
Chang Ru shook her head: "He demands loyalty and righteousness from others, but when the same thing happens to him, he is unwilling to do it. That is disloyalty and unrighteousness, and he has no place in this world."
"It would be useless for us to seek help from the Lord, unless the Lord is willing to sacrifice the reputation of Northern Yan and let the world know that the people of Northern Yan are untrustworthy and fickle, and are a bunch of immoral rats."
It has to be said that Cui Si and Cui Jing's move was indeed ruthless. As long as Cui Jing threw the matter out, Shen Sui had no room to refuse.
Not to mention that Princess Ji of Nanhuai was ten years older than him and was almost a grandmother. Even if she was an old lady, he had to marry her.
Mrs. Chang was furious: "That Cui Jingzhi is really cruel. Even if Shen Sui offended him, did our family offend him? He ruined Shen Sui's marriage, didn't he also hurt you?"
"My son, what shall we do?"
"Look at you, I told you before that we should get married soon, and you always advised me that Chen Sui only wanted revenge and had no intention of getting married, so I should wait and wait."
"You are so virtuous and kind, and you care about him wholeheartedly, but he turns around and wants to marry someone else. You are already twenty years old, and your marriage proposal has been taken away by someone else. What should I do?"
In this regard, Chang Ru could only advise her: "A good marriage and a good husband will naturally come when fate arrives. Your daughter is so good, are you still worried about not having a husband?"
"But can we just let it go like this?" Mrs. Chang was still feeling uneasy.
Chang Ru advised her: "Even if you go to the master now, what can you do? It will only embarrass the master. The master is busy with affairs and fighting wars. Forget it..."
"No!" Madam Chang disagreed. "Since Chen Sui married someone else for Bei Yan and regretted the marriage, then let the Lord find you another marriage. It must be better than Chen Sui!"
Chang Ru: “?!”
She sighed softly and advised her mother, "The Master is busy with many things. There's no need to bother him with matters like this marriage. If you want to find another marriage for your daughter, why not have some tea with the other ladies?"
Mrs. Chang thought about it and realized that it was obviously not appropriate to go to Yan Xingchuan for a marriage, but if she didn't, how could she find a good marriage for her daughter?
"It's not that I haven't been busy these days, but there are very few young men who can compare with Shen Sui. Tell me, when will the master get married? If he had a queen, I could ask her for this matter. What a pity."
The story of Yan Xingchuan kidnapping the bride was widely spread, and people in Beiyan City naturally knew about it. However, the two families never showed any intention of getting married afterwards, which was really puzzling.
Many people speculated that Yan Xingchuan might wait until he became emperor before marrying the girl from the Cui family.
"Why is Chen Sui targeting Princess Wang? Could it be because of Madam Lin?" Madam Chang suddenly speculated, "I see that Madam Lin probably wants to marry the master, but the master refuses to marry her, so she's targeting the prince."
Chang Ru paused: "This shouldn't be possible..."
Madam Chang said, "How is that impossible? Chen Sui followed the prince back then, and he and this Madam Lin are old acquaintances. Could it be that you have forgotten?"
"You said Chen Sui, he looked like a decent person in the past, who could have expected him to do such a despicable thing.
He used such shameless means to harm a woman, forcing her to become a concubine to an old man for the sake of justice. He deserved this fate!"
"My son, it's a good thing you didn't marry him. Otherwise, if he did something like this to you one day, what would you do?"
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