Chapter 135: Your Highness Prince Xuan, the Revenge

After spending some time together, Xie Zhuoning already treated Wen Yan as his own brother.

She didn't want him to be a puppet in her hands, so she gave him the right to choose.

"If you stay with me, Ayan, I can hire the best teachers for you and teach you anything you want to learn. And with me around, you won't have to go through any storms."

But the bad thing is that if he stays in the capital, he is destined to be separated from his mother.

"Or you can go to Nanyang with your mother. I'll have Yang Lie arrange for you to join the army. You can start from the bottom, train yourself, and move up step by step. The process will be very hard, but you will also grow significantly, and you can always take care of your mother."

Just going to the army to fight without anyone to support him meant that his life was doomed to be difficult.

If he chooses comfort, she will ensure that he will enjoy a life of wealth and glory.

If he chooses to fight, she will let him go and let him do it on his own.

Now, she puts the choice in Wen Yan's own hands.

Wen Yan lifted his robe and knelt in front of Xie Zhuoning, "Sister, I want to go to Nanyang with my mother."

Although Xie Zhuoning treated him as his own brother, he knew that he was different from Xie Minglang.

Wealth and splendor are all illusions. If he stays in the Zhenyang Marquis Mansion and lives on Xie Zhuoning's protection, when the protection is lost one day, he will be left with nothing.

What he earns himself is what he holds in his hands and belongs to him.

So no matter how hard it is, he will go and try it.

The moment he was kicked out of the house by the Wen family, he swore that one day, he would make the Wen family regret it!

Xie Zhuoning was not surprised to hear Wen Yan's choice.

This kid is like a burning fire, with stubbornness and unwillingness in his bones. If he is given a chance, he will surely set the prairie on fire and never stop burning.

In his previous life, as Yang He's adopted son, he had made many military achievements in the Nanyang Army. It can be said that Wen Yan played an indispensable role in Yang He's eventual acquisition of the Nanyang Army.

In this life, she expected him to find his own way.

Lifting his hand and rubbing Wen Yan's head, Xie Zhuoning spoke in a gentle tone, like a kind and gentle elder, "Whatever you want to do, just go ahead and do it. If you feel tired, come back to me."

Wen Yan pursed his thin lips into a tight line, as if he had a lot to say, but in the end, he said nothing.

He remained silent and kowtowed to Xie Zhuoning three times, "bang bang bang", each time heavier than the last.

It seems that he wants to express his inner gratitude through actions.

Xie Zhuoning waved his hand and asked Wen Yan to get up quickly. "Okay, your mother just came back, go and keep her company."

After settling the mother and son, Xie Zhuoning returned to the bedroom and looked at the account books that had just been delivered from various shops.

It must be said that with Murong Yan taking care of all this for her, she had it very easy.

If Murong Yan hadn't said that she could ignore everything else but had to review the accounts, she would have wanted to just sit there and do nothing.

I had only seen half of it when I saw a figure rushing into the room quickly, with a pair of blazing eyes.

"Miss Xie, is there anyone as deceiving as you?"

As soon as Yang Lie entered the room, he started questioning him.

Xie Zhuoning looked up at him, his expression somewhat bewildered, "When have I ever cheated you?"

During this time, she took great pains to plan for him, pouring in manpower and financial resources.

In the end, he said that he had cheated him?

Yang Lie frowned, his eyes dark, "When did you cheat me? Have you forgotten the time when His Royal Highness Prince Xuan sent you back home and you said I was your male favorite?"

Thinking about it carefully, it seems to be the case.

Xie Zhuoning frowned and said, "I'm just using you as a shield, not really letting you be my male favorite. Now that you've become the Marquis of Changxing, are you going to prepare to settle the score later?"

He is really hiding it!

When a tiger is in dire straits, he will swallow his anger and endure any grievance.

Once they gain power, they begin to settle old accounts!

Yang Lie was so angry that he jumped up and down, "Is it me who is settling the score later? It is obviously His Royal Highness Prince Xuan who is settling the score later!"

At that time, Xiao Jinxuan glanced at him meaningfully at the door of the court, but he didn't understand what he meant.

It was not until the imperial edict was delivered to him that he finally understood how vindictive His Royal Highness Prince Xuan was.

"He actually went to the emperor and said that I was still unmarried at the age of twenty, and asked the emperor to arrange a marriage for me as a token of his great favor!"

If it were in the past, Xie Zhuoning would have thought Yang Lie was lying.

Xiao Jinxuan is a beautiful woman with bright moon, fresh breeze and elegant flowers. How could he do such a thing?

But ever since she learned from Ye Wuque that Xiao Jinxuan had just started working with him and then sold him out in order to get rid of him, she realized that the guy seemed to be a good person on the surface, but was actually a shady person inside.

So it's not surprising that he would ask for permission to arrange a marriage for Yang Lie.

Knowing that he had misunderstood Yang Lie, Xie Zhuoning laughed dryly, "Haha, that's great, I got a beautiful wife for free!"

Hearing this, Yang Lie gritted his teeth and sneered, "It's good. The eldest prince has recommended many suitable candidates to His Majesty."

They are all daughters of officials in the eldest prince's party. If he really marries them, he will be on the eldest prince's pirate ship.

The smile on Xie Zhuoning's face froze instantly. "You agreed?"

She has been planning for so long, not just to help Xiao Bicheng!

Yang Lie crossed his arms and snorted, "Prince Xuan asked for permission, the emperor granted me a marriage, and the eldest prince recommended a candidate. Do you think I have the right to refuse?"

Xie Zhuoning's shoulders slumped, his eyes slightly reddened, as if an invisible hand had instantly drained away all his energy.

She pulled up the corners of her mouth and laughed at herself, "It turns out that the feeling of working hard but failing at the last hurdle is so painful..."

Seeing how devastated she was, Yang Lie also felt uncomfortable.

He hurriedly said, "I'm lying to you. Even if I want to marry a wife, I won't marry a mistress."

Would the eldest prince be so kind as to marry him off? It was obvious that he didn't trust him and sent someone to Nanyang to monitor him!

So, he suddenly had an idea and immediately made up a moving story in his study room with tears in his eyes:

It is said that he was suffering from hunger, cold and illness on his way to escape from Nanyang to the capital. He was only able to survive because of the help of a woman who saved him and took good care of him.

But at that time he knew that his uncle was still hunting him, and he was afraid of implicating the girl, so he had to leave in a hurry, but he never found the whereabouts of the girl again.

His greatest wish in this life was to marry that woman and repay her kindness with his whole life!

Emperor Zhaowen was deeply moved after hearing this, so he stopped forcing her and took back his offer of marriage.

Afraid that Xie Zhuoning would not believe it, he added a few more words solemnly, "Don't worry, I, Yang Lie, am not an ungrateful person. Although I am now the eldest prince's man, I know whose credit it is that I am still alive."

He will never forget the grace of giving him a new life!

Xie Zhuoning's lips curved up, and his expression suddenly turned from gloomy to cloudy. "If I hadn't lied to you, I wouldn't have known that you were such a good storyteller."

Yang Lie's eyes widened slowly, "Were you just feeling sad, fake?"