“My daughter is now a noble lady in the palace, the emperor’s new favorite. What do you have that you dare to send your daughter to try and climb up to us?”
Lord Shen had originally intended to arrange a marriage between his son and the Prime Minister's family, but unfortunately the Zhao family was not fortunate enough. Now, looking at the entire capital city, the only one who could be a match for his son was Princess Heyue of the Zhenguo Mansion.
“Lord Bai, I’m not afraid of you laughing at me, but I already have someone in mind. Princess Heyue is of noble birth. Although her background is somewhat humble, she is now one of the most prominent noble ladies in Chang’an. Only a family like hers is worthy of our Shen family.”
As he finished speaking, a smug look appeared on his face.
Lord Bai waved his hand and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Lord Shen, are you just daydreaming?"
“What kind of status does Princess Heyue have? Is your family worthy of her? If the Regent hadn’t died, Princess Heyue would have become a princess sooner or later. Besides, the Emperor wanted to marry her to the top scholar in front of everyone. Your son is neither good at literature nor martial arts, how can he be worthy of her?”
These words completely darkened the expressions of the two men.
"Since you look down on my son so much, why bother coming here to ask for his hand in marriage!" Lord Shen was completely enraged. "I'm telling you right now, my son would rather marry a beggar than your daughter."
He had barely finished speaking when a sudden sound rang out from not far away.
"Father, I want to marry Bai Yiyi, the daughter of the Bai family."
Upon hearing this, Lord Shen nearly choked on his own breath.
He slapped the man with exasperation: "Marry what?! If you dare to marry his daughter, I'll kick you out of the house."
"Even if Father wants to kick me out, I will never marry anyone but Bai Yiyi in this life." After saying that, she actually took off her coat and went out, seemingly determined to sever ties with Lord Shen.
"You unfilial son! Come back here!" Lord Shen looked at the robe on the ground and shouted with bloodshot eyes.
Lord Bai, however, looked smug and pleased with Lord Shen's humiliation.
"Lord Shen, please stop calling me that. I can't even see your son anymore. No, no, I guess I should start calling him our son from now on." Lord Bai was grinning from ear to ear, which made Lord Shen's teeth itch with anger.
"Are you satisfied now?"
"Lord Shen, what are you saying? We're family by marriage, we shouldn't speak like that. How can you say such things to me?" Lord Bai said with a smile.
Lord Shen was so angry that smoke seemed to rise from his seven orifices, and he was about to explode.
Lord Bai said at the opportune moment, "I suddenly remembered that I have some matters to attend to at my residence, so I will take my leave now."
After saying that, he hurriedly left.
He had been holding his breath, but he never expected that the young master of the Shen family, Shen Yubai, would actually give him this chance. The feeling was incredibly satisfying.
Seeing her father so happy, Bai Yiyi quickly asked, "Dad, what have you been doing? Why are you so happy?"
"Oh my son, I had a great time today—" Lord Bai took a sip of wine and continued, "That old Zhang wanted to show off to me, but his son has fallen deeply in love with you, even declaring that he won't marry anyone but you, and now he's fallen out with his father..."
"I imagine it won't be long before the Shen family comes to propose marriage."
Bai Yiyi was not happy at all when she heard this; in fact, her face darkened.
Upon seeing this, Lord Bai quickly asked, "What's wrong with you? This is a good thing, why are you still looking so gloomy? Smile quickly, your father is finally able to hold his head high."
As he spoke, he downed two or three more glasses of wine.
"Father, I don't want to marry into the Shen family," Bai Yiyi said bluntly, which made Lord Bai jump three feet high.
The drunkenness from before vanished instantly.
He picked at his ear and asked again, "What did you just say?! You don't want such a good family like the Shen family? Who else do you want to marry? Do you want to marry the Jade Emperor in heaven?"
“The Shen family already looks down on us. Even if I marry into that family, they will only despise me,” Bai Yiyi continued. “Father, why do you want me to suffer there? If you want to marry into such a high social class, I think the Cui family is much better.”
Lord Bai was getting more and more energetic and said directly, "I think you've lost your mind. There's no one in the Cui family who's capable. You'll really suffer if you marry into that family!"
"Isn't Cui Zijue from the Cui family an excellent person?" Bai Yiyi finally spoke her mind.
She had taken a liking to Cui Zijue at first sight when she was a child, but since he had a crippled leg, she knew her father would not approve, so she thought of using Xu Yuehuai as a shield.
"That's a cripple, what future can he have!" Lord Bai slammed his fist on the table several times.
Other families have already married daughters of Bai Yiyi's age, but they are all unwilling for her to get married. Naturally, her parents can't wait any longer.
"Let me tell you, if the Shen family comes to propose marriage, you have no choice but to marry them!"
Seeing the man's furious expression, Bai Yiyi, also feeling angry, immediately ran out of the house.
She needs to continue searching for Xu Yuehuai to find a solution.
...
Xu Yuehuai and his group settled down at the inn. Now that they were handling business on someone else's turf, they could no longer be as carefree as before. They could not act without full preparation, otherwise, not only might they fail to accomplish their mission, but they might also lose their lives.
After settling in, Xu Yuehuai prepared to go out and inquire around. Rumors circulating in the streets were also very important information, as they could quickly inform them what had happened in the Mingyue Kingdom recently.
She told Qi Guze and prepared to leave, but as soon as she reached the door, she found that Tie Xiong had also come out.
"His Highness felt I didn't trust you, so he asked me to follow you." Tie Xiong couldn't even lie properly; he gave himself away as soon as he opened his mouth.
"It's alright, I'll just wander around nearby. You must be tired from your journey, go and rest." Xu Yuehuai waved her hand and said, but in her heart she was thinking: Why don't you do it yourself? Instead you're making Tie Xiong do it.
Tie Xiong wanted to say something more, but Xu Yuehuai glared at him and scared him into silence.
Satisfied, she turned around and looked around, preparing to choose a direction.
However, when she looked to the west, her attention was drawn to a small figure. The person looked like a little girl, but because it was only a fleeting glance, Xu Yuehuai did not see her face.
I just felt that the figure was familiar, but I couldn't remember who it was.
Xu Yuehuai shook his head and didn't take it to heart. He thought it was the little girl he had seen by chance when he came to Mingyue Kingdom before. It was normal that he was not thinking straight because of the things that had happened recently.
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