Chapter 66 Engagement

Ning Yuan opened her mouth. She felt that she should say something, but she seemed not to understand what he said. In the end, she just said "Oh" dryly.

She really didn't understand why a person couldn't tell why he liked another person.

Every one of her likes and dislikes had a trace.

She liked Zhuxing because she was sincere, she liked Yang Zhiyi because she was strong, she liked Brother Pei because he was open-minded, she liked Ningze because he was kind, and as for Shen Yan...

the memories of the past flashed in her mind one by one.

In fact, she and Shen Yan had a lot of touching moments, but because of his bad mouth, there were also many unhappy

moments. The few harmonious moments were when he pretended to be a "little fan".

It can be said that he was obedient to her and seduced her to the utmost.

Could it be that she actually liked "Xiao Fen" instead of Shen Yan, but because Xiao Fen was Shen Yan himself, she projected this liking onto him?

... So it couldn't be that she was the one who couldn't tell the difference?

Was it her who lusted after Shen Yan's body, but mistakenly thought that she liked him?

She couldn't figure out the answer for a moment, so she put this question aside for the time being and thought of another more important thing.

In her plan, after she came to cancel the engagement, she would go back home to confront her father. Anyway, her father thought that her only value was to marry Shen Yan. Now that this engagement was broken by her own hands, he should wish to never see her again and kick her out of the house.

But now Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen have gone to her house to discuss marriage, so how can she implement her freedom plan?

Just when she was worried, she heard Shen Yan pondering, "In fact, there will be many benefits for you to marry me."

"Think about it, your father has raised you for more than ten years, and you suddenly break off the engagement with me without telling him, will he be furious?"

Ning Yuan nodded.

"Do you think he will really kick you out of the house? No." He said gently, "He raised you for more than ten years, he can't raise you in vain. Since you broke off the engagement with me, he will definitely find a new husband for you, but because you disobeyed him, he might deliberately make you suffer."

"The Minister Zhang in the court is a widower who is over fifty years old. Recently, he is planning to remarry. Minister Li is a renunciation, but due to the urging of his family, he is also thinking of marrying a wife. And Zhao Zhihuan, who had many concubines before... Aren't you afraid that your father will marry you to these people in anger?"

"...I can run away."

"Miss Ning, you think too naively."

"Where can you run to? If you were a girl from an ordinary family, your father would not have any ability, but he would have money and the world would be vast, so you can travel as you like."

"But you are not. You are the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion."

"If you are lost, your father will find His Majesty, and His Majesty will have to obey his master's order and dig you out even if he has to dig three feet into the ground."

"It is true that the money you have is enough to support yourself, but can it violate the imperial power?"

"I'm afraid you will have to save for a few more years."

Ning Yuan frowned, thinking, is she really so indispensable in her father's eyes?

But what he said is possible, after all, her father's face is more important than anything else.

"Then...what should I do?"

"Marry me." He said, "I like you very much now, and I can tolerate you better than your father."

"If you really have other plans, why don't you do it secretly?"

"You are so smart, it shouldn't be difficult to hide it from me?"

Shen Yan found that many words become very easy to say again and again as long as they are said once.

For example, if it were yesterday, he would not believe that the words "I like you very much" would come out of his mouth.

But he also found that he was getting more and more adept at cheating.

For example, now.

The girl pondered his words and looked at him with a little suspicion: "Are you threatening me?"

"No, I'm just analyzing the pros and cons with you." He said, taking a step back.

"If I have said so much to you and you still insist on breaking off the engagement, then I will be the bad guy."

"I will go to your house in person and discuss the cancellation of the engagement with your father."

"Of course, I will not care about how you two quarrel by then, because I will be very sad and need to heal my emotional trauma, so it is not appropriate for me to see you again."

She pursed her lips and felt that what he said made some sense.

Compared with Shen Yan, her father was obviously much more difficult to deal with.

She straightened her back and said slowly: "I will think about it."

Shen Yan did not say anything, but looked at her patiently. After a moment, he said: "It will be over in a moment."

Ning Yuan: "..."

"Okay, okay, I can reluctantly, reluctantly marry you first." She stammered.

Shen Yan said "hmm" lightly, "Okay, I'll take you back home in person."

He had never thought that getting married would be such a laborious thing for him. Not only was he nervous, but he even had to use military tactics, fearing that he would make a mistake.

But fortunately, she finally nodded her head. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. His face was calm, but in fact he was already overjoyed. He even felt that the red maple leaves falling on the roadside were very appropriate.

When passing by Ming Jue, he said calmly: "Prepare the car."

Ming Jue glanced at him, then looked at Ning Yuan behind him, and immediately understood and said: "I will order someone to prepare a car for the young lady!"

Ning Yuan was frightened back by his enthusiastic address.

"...Don't, don't call me like that, it's embarrassing."

Shen Yan looked back and his eyes fell on her: "Are you not used to it?"

She nodded hesitantly.

She hasn't even married yet, how could someone change the address so quickly...

Besides, she married him just as a temporary measure.

Shen Yan grabbed her wrist and said to Ming Jue beside him: "Why are you so reckless?"

Ning Yuan was afraid that Ming Jue would be reprimanded by Shen Yan because of her, and was about to comfort him, only to hear Shen Yan continue: "From now on, you can continue to call her Miss Ning."

"...Sir, please forgive me."

"Don't call my master."

He strolled leisurely and led her to the main gate.

Ming Jue wanted to cry but had no tears. He quickly replied, "Master, please don't. You can deduct my salary or anything,

but don't drive me away!" Although his master had an icy face and a bad temper, he really gave too much.

He couldn't bear it.

Even if he was deducted a year's salary, the bonuses he received when he did a good job would be more than his annual salary. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. Ning Yuan shook his hand: "...Yeah, it's not that serious, is it?"

Shen Yan looked at the two of them in surprise: "I haven't finished speaking yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

He continued to say to Ming Jue: "Call my aunt in the future."

...

Ning Yuan choked and looked up at Ming Jue who was almost petrified.

So he must have something to do with her, right?

The two got on the carriage together and sat opposite each other as before.

Ning Yuan pursed her lips and straightened her back. Although she looked normal, her mind was still confused.

She pinched herself secretly to confirm whether she was dreaming.

When the pain came, she looked up at the man sitting in front of her, and then she found that he was dressed more formally than usual today.

In addition to the white clothes that showed his bones, he wore a silk robe like moon frost, embroidered with moon-white cold plums, which made him look as pure as cold water and moonlight.

She thought of a poem at the right time.

The fragrance floats in the moonlight.

For some reason, she suddenly became curious about what he would look like in wedding clothes.

Red and white are two completely different and extremely bright colors. On him, it might look different.

...What is she thinking?

It must be because he deliberately mentioned Li Shangshu, Zhang Shilang, and those old men just now, which made him look particularly handsome in comparison. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. This person is really scheming.

Thinking of this, she glared at him fiercely.

Shen Yan had been observing her for a long time, and he saw with his own eyes that her face was getting redder and redder until she was angry and embarrassed.

She thought that the way he looked in wedding clothes was nothing, and he had been looking forward to the days after marriage with her.

*

In the main hall of Ning Mansion, the Duke of Ning and the old couple Shen Ge were sitting. Because

Mingwei made a mistake and was sent to the ancestral home in Jiangnan, he was the only one left in such an occasion, but for some reason, even he himself had a feeling of "Fortunately Mingwei is not here, otherwise it will definitely not be so smooth."

After the two parties exchanged the engagement letter and received a lot of betrothal gifts, the matter was really settled. After

three days, when the engagement letter is intact, they will come to discuss the wedding date.

After seeing off the old couple Shen, Duke Ning still felt as if he was in a dream.

He turned his head and asked the housekeeper beside him: "Am I dreaming now? Why did the Shen family suddenly come to our house to propose marriage?"

"You don't know, my Lord, this marriage seems to be requested by the eldest lady herself."

Upon hearing this, the smile on Duke Ning's face immediately faded: "What do you mean?"

"The eldest lady dressed up and went out of the house early this morning, bringing some gifts to the Shen family. Not long after, the old man Shen came to our house to discuss marriage."

"She came to the house herself?" His brows wrinkled deeper.

What a big deal for a girl to rush to ask for marriage from a man, she has no restraint at all.

But fortunately it was Shen Yan, she didn't look down on some cats and dogs to cause trouble for him.

"Why did she suddenly change her temper?" He asked after his expression eased a little.

"I don't know." The housekeeper looked at the lifelike goose sculpture in the hall, and then looked at the old man and said, "But look at this goose, it is made of Hetian red jade."

"Everyone knows that jade with red color is priceless. The purple-red part is like coagulated blood, and the red part is like cinnabar. This Hetian red jade seed material alone is worth a lot of money, not to mention that Mrs. Shen just said that this goose was carved by Mr. Shen himself, one by one, and it must have taken a lot of effort."

"It shows how much he values ​​our young lady!"

Duke Ning only then noticed that the gifts brought by the Shen family almost covered the entire front yard.

"So, isn't it that the eldest lady is giving herself to the Shen family?"

"Of course not. It seems that Mr. Shen has deep feelings for the young lady. The reason why he has not come to propose marriage is probably that he is waiting for her to nod!"

Duke Ning was satisfied and waved his robe and said, "After all, it is a gift for her. Send it to her courtyard."

Ning Yuan said goodbye to Shen Yan and went back to see that her desk was occupied by a red jade goose sculpture. There were people around it. Zhuxing was guarding the desk and driving people away like a hen protecting her chicks: "This belongs to our young lady. You can only look at it, not touch it!"

Seeing Ning Yuan coming, everyone made way for her. She walked in, her eyes gradually filled with surprise.

Her slender fingers fell on the lifelike claws of the goose and touched a bulge.

It feels warm when touched.

Shouxing said happily, "Miss, look how beautiful this goose is. I heard that it was carved by Mr. Shen himself!"

Ning Li on the side said with a little regret, "Since ancient times, when a man comes to propose marriage, he must hunt a live goose as a betrothal gift. I heard that Lord Shen is very good at archery, and I thought I could see him hunt a king goose."

"This jade carving is beautiful, but it's a pity that it's not a living creature."

Shouxing saw the young lady's eyebrows move slightly, and curled his lips and said, "Second Miss, you can shut up if you can't speak."

"This red jade is obviously much rarer than a live goose. If our young lady wants a live goose, just send someone to pass a message to Lord Shen, and he will definitely give it to her personally!"

Ning Yuan's soft gaze was still on her fingertips, and she said, "I don't want it."

"I'm very happy that he is willing to give me this."

Ning Li just wanted to arouse her dissatisfaction.

But what she didn't know was that there was a connection between this goose sculpture and them.

When she was young, she attended the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace and found a goose with a wounded claw behind the rockery.

Seeing it curled up there, dying, she couldn't bear it and wanted to rescue it, and she accidentally met Shen Yan.

Seeing the blood on her sleeve, he came over and asked, "Why are you here instead of staying at the banquet?"

She said, "I want to save it. Can you help me watch it here for a while? I'll go to the Imperial Hospital to get some hemostatic medicine and come back."

He frowned and said, "Then hurry up. I don't have as much free time as you."

At that time, Shen Yan thought, what's the point of watching this broken goose?

Wouldn't it be better to let Ming Jue wait here?

Wouldn't she invite him to go to the Imperial Hospital to get medicine?

Unfortunately, Ning Yuan ran very fast.

In a short while, she brought a lot of herbs and thanked Shen Yan, "Thank you, go and get busy."

Shen Yan didn't say much, but just walked away with a displeased look.

She used a stone to grind the herbs into a paste, got some well water to clean it with a towel, cut the silk from her skirt to wrap it, and finally walked back to the mansion with the goose in her arms, never returning to the feast.

Later, when the goose's injury was almost healed, she released it. When it flew away, it even circled around her yard for several times.

Ning Yuan pulled back her thoughts and thought, didn't he leave at that time?

... How did he know how to wrap it?

In the carriage, Shen Yan, who heard her thoughts, pursed his lips and recalled the past.

He didn't actually want to leave, but she gave him an order to leave, so he had to leave.

He had no choice but to move to a place where she could not notice, and watched her bandage the wild goose, and watched her carry the wild goose out of the palace. He felt that she was really incapable of handling things, and kindly sent someone to inform Mingwei and Duke Ning that she had caught a cold, felt dizzy and unbearable, and returned home first.

At that time, he was worried for a long time, wondering whether Mingwei would call a doctor for her later, and whether she would expose his lie.

Now think about it, Mingwei should have never cared about her life or death, so she still doesn't know that he lied to the elders for her for the first time.