Chapter 215 Request
After seeing off a civil official, a military general sat in front of him.
The two of them drank several cups of tea politely. Jiang Wan really couldn't drink it anymore, so he had to open his mouth and get straight to the point.
"General Mo, what else do you want to say? Please speak frankly."
The teacup that Mo Shaobai had forced to his lips stopped awkwardly mid-flow. His fair face, with its regular features, no, rather handsome, turned red at a visible speed.
Jiang Wan suddenly shuddered and reflected in his heart.
No, did I say anything mean? Why did this guy suddenly become so angry?
"I am twenty-two years old this year. I come from a humble family. My features are fairly handsome and my family background is absolutely clean. I don't expect to reach the top of the world, I just want someone to be sincere. So, Princess, I want to say..."
I didn't say what I wanted to say for the time being. I just saw him put the teacup in his hand back on the table, and then his lips moved back and forth several times. His handsome face was blushing, and it looked like he was brewing some big move.
Jiang Wan sat up straight in an instant.
Damn it, did I offend someone? Thinking back, I seemed to have been chatting seriously with these men, so how could I have attracted anyone like this?
If that petty-minded Li Laosi knew about this, he would make a big fuss when he got back, right?
He was quickly thinking of a countermeasure in his mind, but he spoke politely.
"General Mo is a good person, and I, the princess, of course, know that. The prince has praised you for being steady and never doing anything foolish in front of me.
You are so good-looking and have an official rank. It is really not easy for you to have such a bright future at such a young age!
However, in this life, it is better to think twice before speaking or doing anything. Otherwise, if you really do something bad, it will be too late to regret it later!
General Mo, can you understand what this princess means?"
Mo Shaobai first took a deep breath, as if he had mustered up the courage to speak, but as the princess spoke word after word, the courage slipped away from his eyes bit by bit.
Until the end, Hong Wen's handsome face turned pale again, a paleness visible to the naked eye.
"I understand what you mean, but I still want to give it one last try. If I give up like this, I'll never be able to live with it."
His eyes were filled with joy and guilt. He stood up and knelt on one knee facing the main seat, startling Jiang Wan so much that he jumped up from his chair.
"Do you want to know what you are doing?!"
"I beg you, Princess, to propose a marriage for me!"
The two of them spoke at the same time, and the lingering sound of embarrassment reverberated unrestrainedly in the room.
Knowing her master very well and knowing how he would lose his temper easily since he was a child, Hongxiu, who was guarding outside the door, rushed in to rescue him.
While going over to help his master, he turned to the general kneeling on the ground, raised his eyebrows and spoke coldly, pretending to be a troublesome little devil blocking the road.
"General Mo, if you have anything to say, please stand up and speak properly. Look how anxious our princess is! My master hates people kneeling for no reason. Please stand up quickly! If you startle the young master, we'll see if the prince will come back and settle the score with you."
"Uh, yes, yes, General Mo, if you have something to say, please stand up and speak properly!"
Huh~~
That was a close call, I almost lost face!
Jiang Wan patted the hand of her personal second secretary gratefully, feeling angry at herself for losing her brain after getting pregnant.
Fortunately, Mo Shaobai was not stupid. He bowed his head with an apologetic look on his face, clasped his fists and bowed, then quickly stood up from the ground.
"My apologies, Princess. It's all because of my poor conduct. I'm just a warrior, and I'm used to being careless. Please forgive me, Princess!"
"Don't blame me, it's also because I didn't hear you clearly. Well, please sit down and let's talk again."
I sat back down awkwardly and quickly turned the page.
"You just said you wanted me to help you propose marriage? Whose girl are you looking to marry? Does she have any requirements?"
Mo Shaobai's face flushed again. This was the bad thing about being white, as he didn't seem thick-skinned at all. But this time he didn't dare to lay out any unnecessary groundwork and went straight to the point.
"Your Highness, I wish to marry Doctor Meng's beloved daughter, Miss Meng Yumeng!"
Jiang Wan stopped smiling. Looking at the serious expression on the other person's face, she felt that he was clearly posing a difficult problem for her.
"Tsk, if I remember correctly, it seems that Meng Yu has no desire to marry you, right? You haven't forgotten what you did to her in the past, have you?"
This was already an extremely euphemistic statement, far from being a complete lie. Meng Yu had always wanted to scold Mo Shaobai, the bastard who had repeatedly swindled her out of her meager savings, three times a day!
In other words, he is too busy to curse people now, otherwise General Mo's pretty ears would be in trouble from morning to night.
Those who knew what bad things they had done in the past clenched their fists and coughed a few times in front of their lips to cover up their guilty conscience.
"Actually, there's another hidden story behind this."
"Tell me about it."
Mo Shaobai's eyes flashed with struggle, but in the end, the girl he loved prevailed. Ever since Wang Yun's successful marriage proposal a while ago, he had been burning with anxiety, fearing that Meng Yu would impulsively turn around and promise her to someone else.
Compared to a wife, children, and a warm bed, some comradeship can actually be given up when necessary. General Mo, who had persuaded himself to understand, began to speak his mind without reservation.
"We had no choice at the time. Doctor Meng simply couldn't scrape together enough money. Madam Meng said she wouldn't pay a penny more, but the wounded were desperately short of medicine.
In desperation, he thought of his daughter's dowry. But Meng Yu listened to Madam Meng's words and kept a close eye on his dowry.
So later, General Meng came to me."
Jiang Wan's mouth twitched but he didn't say anything, but Hongxiu asked in a low voice with great confusion.
"Military Doctor Meng has no idea, what good ideas do you have?"
"I really don't have any good ideas, but..."
Mo Shaobai raised his head.
"I have a face."
Haha, you sound quite proud! You really are worthy of being someone who worked under Li Laosi. You can talk about embarrassing things so confidently.
"Miss Meng has often followed her father around the military camp since she was little, and we all know that she has a bit of, um, a fondness for colors."
He didn't feel comfortable telling the girl he liked that she was lustful, so after saying the hardest part, Mo Shaobai instantly became eloquent.
"I, a humble general, was lucky enough to catch Miss Meng's eye. Actually, at first, I had no other plans. I just wanted to help Doctor Meng quickly get some medicine to treat our brothers. But..."
But who knew that the simple girl who was carefree and innocent would take root in his heart day by day and could not be driven away.
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