Xiao Yi also expressed his attitude and suggested canceling the marriage with the Liu family. His sister had been wronged, and he didn't want to marry their daughter no matter how outstanding she was.
"Second brother, marriage is not a joke. It's not the Liu family who instructed Yu Xianrong to do this. Their family is also a victim. Miss Liu is even more innocent. How could she know what would happen! If you like Miss Liu, marry her quickly. If you don't like her, tell my parents. I don't want to take the blame." Xiao Yao talked a lot. She felt that she had made her meaning clear, but she didn't know if her second brother understood.
"Don't you blame the Liu family for their incompetence, causing you to be talked about by others?" Xiao Yi actually admired Liu Siyi very much. She had a gentle personality and was generous and decent. He originally thought that the two of them would be destined to be together, but who would have thought that good things would take time and such a thing would happen out of the blue.
He was afraid that his grandmother, mother and sister had some grudges, and was thinking of letting them go with great pain, but he didn't expect his sister to be so understanding and reasonable, and didn't mean to blame the Liu family at all.
"I don't care. The more people want to laugh at me, the more I want to live a fulfilling life. Next time I go out, I will dress myself up beautifully to piss off those people with ill intentions. We must never do things that will please our enemies and benefit others, but make ourselves angry." Xiao Yao walked around her second brother with her hands behind her back. She had the potential to be a close sister.
"As expected of my granddaughter, Xiao Hu, you're courageous and bold. I'm proud of you." Old Marquis Xiao, who had just approached, smiled a long-lost smile. Although to outsiders, the Xiao family had emerged victorious from this turmoil, Old Marquis Xiao still felt deeply aggrieved. Having never suffered such a heavy loss before, he preferred to shed blood and sweat on the battlefield rather than get caught up in this silent infighting.
"Grandfather, please don't be angry. Let's not bother with those villains. Let them not make a fool of themselves. Let them watch the Xiao family become more and more prosperous, and make those villains angry to death." Xiao Yao comforted her family in turn. She was not a flower in a greenhouse that could not withstand wind and rain. She wanted to let her elders and brothers and sisters see that she would not be defeated by people with ulterior motives.
"Sister, sister, I'm back." Xiao Yuan shouted while running.
"Second Miss, please slow down." Qianyu chased after him, panting.
"If you can't catch up with me, take a break. I need to see my sister as soon as possible. I have to support her at this time." Xiao Yuan had already lifted the door curtain as he spoke. After looking around, he rushed towards Xiao Yao. This is the time for people to express their feelings, and you can't refuse to hug them. Xiao Yi silently stood behind his sister, acting as her strong support to prevent her from being beaten down by her cousin.
"My mother and I ran back as soon as we heard the news. How could these people be so mean! Why would they bully a little girl like you? Damn Miss Yu...We can't let her go." Xiao Yuan hugged Xiao Yao tightly, speaking while swinging his arms back and forth. If Xiao Yi hadn't had foresight, Xiao Yao would have been knocked down long ago.
"Let go of me, you idiot! Ping An can't bear your weight." Yuan Yutong didn't expect that while she was standing outside and talking to Aunt Ruan for a few words, her daughter ran away, much faster than usual.
"I want to comfort my sister, so of course I have to hug her." Hearing Yuan Yutong's words, Xiao Yuan loosened his arms a little, but had no intention of letting go completely.
"Ping'an, did she hurt you? If you feel uncomfortable, just tell her. If you don't, she will think she is doing the right thing!" Yuan Yutong saw that although her daughter was reckless, the picture of the two of them hugging each other looked quite harmonious. She smiled apologetically at Xiao Yi and the others and did not continue to stop her daughter's behavior.
"One of my elder brother's colleagues is the chief officer at the place where Lord Yu and Lord Cao have just taken office. I have already written a letter to him, asking my elder brother to tell his friend to take good care of Yu Xianrong and her group." Yuan Yutong spoke out the good things he had done without any reservation.
"This is not good!" Tong Mingyu felt a little bit reluctant. The Yu family and the Cao family had suffered enough. After all, they were implicated by Yu Xianrong. Not only were they demoted, but now they had to be punished later. Isn't it too much?
"Reporting to the old marquis, Young Master Mu sent someone to report that the carriage of Lord Yu and his party encountered bandits fifty miles outside the city. The whole family suffered injuries to varying degrees. Among them, Miss Yu, also known as Mrs. Cao, was the most seriously injured. Her arm was broken and her face was disfigured." A woman who was responsible for delivering messages replied happily.
Tong Mingyu and Xiao Yao's mouths twitched. This was naked revenge! They didn't know who did it.
"Do you know who did it?" asked Old Marquis Xiao with a beaming expression.
"The person sent by Young Master Mu said that Young Master Mu and Prince Yun only saw a few bandits from a distance, and they didn't see clearly who did it." The old woman was honest and repeated the words of the visitor word for word.
"These brats." Old Marquis Xiao felt much more relieved this time.
Xiao Yao and her grandfather had exactly the opposite feelings. If it were just Mu Fengwu, she might have believed he was trying to help her vent her anger, but with Yun Yichen? That was hard to say. Maybe they just happened to be passing by! She wouldn't believe Yun Yichen would help her, even if she was beaten to death.
The matter between Yu Xianrong and Xiao Yao ended here. Those who were demoted were demoted, those who were disfigured were disfigured, but they couldn't be killed! As for Fang Yufu, Lord Xiao warned him and his family never to visit the Xiao family again. The two families would sever all ties and never have any contact with each other again.
Fang Yufu was forced to come to Beijing by a mysterious individual who used his dealings with the Han family as leverage. Since the Han family's downfall, he's been living a difficult life. He had hoped the Xiao family would forgive him for helping them once, even offering a helping hand. To his surprise, he was met with the words of the old Marquis Xiao: "We are no longer connected to each other."
If he hadn't been so greedy back then; if he hadn't angered the Xiao family, his situation wouldn't be so dire! Fang Yufu lost his backer, and his family's business was facing liquidation and bankruptcy because of the Han family's relationship. He really regretted it now, regretting offending the Xiao family and regretting getting on the Han family's pirate ship.
Unfortunately, there is no place in the world that sells medicine for regret. He sold his business and shops in Kyoto at a low price and returned to Xuzhou with a heart full of regret.
Because of Xiao Yao's support and Tong Mingyu's good impression of the Liu family and their female members, the marriage proposal between Xiao Yi and Liu Siyi was able to proceed.
After the birthday of Marquis Xiao, Madam Yuan made a grand appearance as a matchmaker. Hearing that the Xiao family had invited Madam Yuan to be their matchmaker, the Liu family was extremely happy and welcomed her with the highest standards.
As a woman, she would not agree to a marriage the first time the matchmaker came to her house. She had to be polite and reserved. It was not until Mrs. Yuan brought Xiao Yi to her house again that the marriage between the two families was finally finalized.
Next, they would enter into a specific process, such as accepting the betrothal gift, asking for the name, etc. Xiao Yao felt exhausted for these people. They could just have a meal together and hold a ceremony, why make it so complicated?
After more than half a month of hard work, the wedding date was finally set. Yayuan will welcome a new member in February next year.
"Let's get married on my and my fifth brother's birthdays! It will be so meaningful to look back on in the future!" Xiao Yao suggested.
"Mother will take good care of your second brother's marriage. I want to celebrate your and Ajun's birthdays separately." Tong Mingyu lovingly caressed her daughter's already beautiful appearance. In another year, her daughter would be nine years old. She could still celebrate her birthday a few more times. If she simply dealt with it and celebrated it perfunctorily, not only would she feel bad about it, but even her father-in-law and husband would not agree!
Despite their composure in front of Xiao Yao, the group had already gathered to discuss countless matters regarding Xiao Yao's future marriage. Xiao Jingkang had taken over the old marquis's long-delayed plan to recruit a grandson-in-law, and he mobilized every available force to select qualified candidates from among the common people and low-ranking officials.
There are currently three backup candidates who are barely acceptable. Unexpectedly, the old Marquis Xiao, Tong Mingyu and Yuan Yutong rejected them directly as soon as they met them. The old Marquis even pointed at Xiao Jingkang and scolded him as his stepfather.
"What kind of vision do you have? If we choose them, when Ping An goes out with such people in the future, others will think they are bodyguards and followers! No, absolutely not. I would rather support Ping An for his whole life than marry my granddaughter off without thinking." The old marquis was the first to stand up and object, and in his heart he doubted his son's ability, thinking that he was not as reliable as himself!
Xiao Jingkang was not satisfied with those candidates, but they were the best candidates he could find within his ability. If his family members were more picky, there was nothing he could do.
"How about finding Ping'an to marry into a family with good character and background that we know well, and then have them move to live near us?" Tong Mingyu cautiously gave a suggestion.
"No." No matter how well she knew her background or how reliable it was, she was still marrying into someone else's family. The initiative would be in their hands. What if they changed their minds the moment Ping An entered their house? What if Old Marquis Xiao was now extremely worried about outsiders?
"Let's keep looking!" Xiao Jingkang hadn't held out much hope. He and his father had been working on this project for three or four years. They'd selected batch after batch of people, and just when they felt they saw a glimmer of hope, they looked back at their daughter and found she was even more outstanding. Unwilling to accept this, they couldn't bear to let their daughter settle, so they had to start over again and again.
The Xiao family father and son were exhausted, yet they refused to give up their plan to recruit a live-in son-in-law. Upon receiving the secret report from his subordinates, King Jing's mouth twitched. Knowing there were no suitable candidates, they refused to give up. Was Achen so bad that he was completely unattractive to them? He wondered how his son would feel upon hearing this news: would he continue to feign indifference, or would he remain indifferent and do nothing?
King Jing estimated that the latter possibility was more likely. Looking at the attitudes of both sides, King Jing fully understood what it meant that the emperor was not anxious, but the eunuchs were anxious to death!
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