Chapter Four
"Keep your voice down, grandma is next door." She whispered again, her voice soft and low, and when it fell into Xie Yu's ears, it was completely different.
Su Yining withdrew her hand, her palms were so hot that she was sweating.
Xie Yu didn't speak or stand up. He looked straight at her, his dark peach blossom eyes staring closely at Su Yining's red lips.
After a while, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, the corners of his lips curled up, and he smiled.
"I'm a little uncomfortable with Miss Su Er talking like this."
"Is it possible that we are having an affair? Are we trying to avoid people?"
Su Yining straightened her back nervously and glanced past Xie Yu to the door again and again, for fear that someone would come in at this moment.
If someone saw her and Xie Yu alone in a room, he would still bully her in such an ambiguous way.
Then she wouldn't be able to clean herself up even if she jumped into the Yellow River.
Su Yining raised her hand to push Xie Yu away: "Your Majesty, please respect yourself. You have exceeded the rules."
Xie Yu didn't struggle, she pushed away, and he really stood up straight, looked down at her, and said quietly: "Yes, it's over the limit."
"Miss Su Er is indeed different. Now that she has a fiancé, she avoids suspicion everywhere."
Su Yining was fed up with his dead look and glared at him angrily: "I just couldn't get away because of the favor of my elders. We were just looking at each other. The prince doesn't have to make fun of me one by one."
"Yeah." Xie Yu hummed and sat across from her. His expression became much calmer, but he didn't say anything else.
"Your Majesty, please return the veil to me. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to hold my veil in your hand." Su Yining stood up, walked to Xie Yu, and stretched out her hand towards him.
People who know about such a personal item like a handkerchief say that she lost it and happened to be picked up by Xie Yu. Those who don't know probably don't know what lewd words to write out.
This time, Xie Yu didn't embarrass her anymore and directly handed the veil over.
Su Yining didn't want to stay with him anymore. She had been out for a while, and her grandmother might send someone to tell her about her. It wouldn't be good if they saw her.
"If nothing happens, Prince Xie, I will resign."
She turned around and was about to leave. Xie Yu raised his leg and dropped his long, straight leg directly on the chair she had just been sitting on, blocking her way.
"Did I let you go?" He didn't even raise his eyelids or look at her, he just asked her coldly in his usual fond tone.
Su Yining froze on the spot, still holding the handkerchief just now.
"Can't you see that the Su family is so scared when I return to Jinling City? Are you so anxious to marry you off?"
"In the past few months, Miss Su Er may have become dazzled by the sight of others."
"You don't like any of them?"
Xie Yu's expression changed, and every word he said seemed to stab Su Yining's heart.
She didn't understand why he was like this now, so resentful? Su Yining lowered her eyes and looked at him, with a look of disappointment that could not be concealed: "Your Majesty, it was you who agreed to break off the engagement back then, and it was you who signed the divorce letter saying that they would never have anything to do with each other in this life. Why are you being so aggressive and resentful now?"
Talking about this matter, Su Yining felt heartache for no reason. She knew that Uncle Zhongqin's house was responsible for breaking off the engagement and breaking the contract, but didn't he, the eldest son of Yong'an House, agree readily?
She and her grandmother went to Hanshan Temple in Gusu to worship Buddha. It was only a two-day journey by boat. When she heard the news, she and her grandmother hurried back, thinking that Xie Yu might not agree. When she rushed back to Jinling, she would be able to stop this matter. .
But when she returned home two days later, she only saw the divorce letter and her brother's cold body.
They said that her brother was on his way to discuss her marriage contract with the Xie family's eldest son, and was killed when he encountered a bandit on the way.
"I agreed at the beginning, what are you doing now?" Su Yining closed her eyes and asked what she had been holding in her heart for a long time.
Although the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion at that time was in turmoil, it was still a relative of the emperor. Who dared to force him to sign the annulment document if he refused.
Xie Yu retracted his legs in despair, sitting there a little dejected, and his whole person looked even more gloomy.
"Yes, I signed the annulment document, so what position do I have to interfere with you now?"
"In the end, it's all my fault? Miss Su Er is really good."
Xie Yu was erratic, and his expression became a little worse. Everyone was asking him what the trouble was, what he was complaining about, and what he was unwilling to accept. They said that it was clear that the two families had reconciled at that time, and that they were happy and that he should not be resentful.
But why, she was the only one who was happy, and he was the one who was struggling in pain.
"Let's go." After a while, Xie Yu clenched his fists and tried his best to suppress the evil thoughts in his heart, and said in a deep voice, "Even if you want to marry, let's marry into a good family."
A better life would make him less ridiculously crazy.
After saying this, Xie Yu stood up and walked to the window of the penthouse, turning his back and no longer looking at Su Yining.
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By the time Su Yining returned to the next door, almost half an hour had passed.
The seventh man of the Chen family and his cousin were gone, leaving only the old lady of the Su family, sitting on a chair and drinking tea slowly.
"Grandma, where are my cousin and the others?" Su Yining stepped forward and asked.
The old lady put down the cup in her hand, raised her eyes to look at Su Yining, and snorted: "Tell me to drive him away. I saw that the seventh man of the Chen family didn't really want to marry him, and I don't know what he was thinking. You Just now, your reputation is still involved, so I can't get angry."
"You happened to have wet your clothes and left for a while, but I told my old lady to scold those black-hearted aunt and nephew."
"Who is so nice that he spends all day inquiring about the girl's whereabouts, and then he arranges it to be a chance encounter? Do you think my old lady is really so old that she is dizzy?"
Old Mrs. Su is the legitimate daughter of the Zhongyong Hou family. She was a military general. She practiced martial arts with her father and brother since she was a child. Now she is over sixty years old and speaks with great vigor.
But in the past, she didn't say much. She turned a blind eye to most things and let them go.
But what happened today really made the old lady angry.
While speaking, Mrs. Su stood up and took Su Yining's hand.
"Let's go to the main hall to pay our respects and ask the Bodhisattva to bless you and prevent you from encountering wolves, tigers and leopards."
With a smile in her eyes, Su Yining supported the old lady and slowly walked out: "With grandma here, even if there are jackals, tigers and leopards, they can't get close to my granddaughter."
As she spoke, she bent down and put her head on Old Mrs. Su's shoulder, and the grandfather and grandson walked forward arm in arm affectionately.
Su Yining's biological mother died young, and her father married her step-brother before half a year passed. Originally, she and her eldest sister were raised together in the stepmother's house, but later she was always sick and suffered from all kinds of disasters. In winter, she was often sick and unable to get well.
The elder brother went to beg his grandmother and raised her in the grandmother's room.
She was only three years old at the time, and her biological mother and stepmother no longer existed in her memory. She only remembered her grandmother holding her and coaxing her since she was a child.
Therefore, in the entire Su family, except for the deceased eldest son, Su Yining's only concern was her grandmother.
"Don't worry." The two of them walked for a while, and the old lady suddenly stopped and patted the back of Su Yining's hand. "Sometimes, the old sister I knew when I was a child and her family will be transferred back to Jinling City. I will take them with me." You go and pay a visit.”
"The second son of her family attended my wife's private school in our house for a while when he was a child. He got along very well with you, and we haven't gotten married yet."
Su Yining just nodded lightly and responded: "Okay, just listen to grandma."
For Su Yining, it doesn't matter whether she marries someone or whom she marries. Over the years, she looked at each other like water, but she didn't like any of them, and she didn't nod to any of them. In the final analysis, it was because she knew from the bottom of her heart that she didn't want to get married.
But now that my grandmother is old and looks energetic, she is actually not as good as before. What she is most worried about is Su Yining's marriage. If the noble sons of Jinling City cannot satisfy her, then it would be good to choose one that her grandmother likes.
While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a few whispers coming from the other side of the wall.
Old Mrs. Su pulled Su Yining to a stop.
"Stop your wishful thinking. That old godly woman has said so absolutely that this is impossible."
Judging from the voice, it was her cousin's aunt who had just been rejected by Mrs. Su.
"Aunt, are you thinking of something else?" Chen Jiaqilang replied to her.
The cousin's tone was obviously a little impatient: "What are you thinking of? Didn't you hear what the old lady said? The second girl is her heart and soul, and there is no way she will marry him casually. What do you mean? I don't look down on your family. The lintel of the door."
"You too, you're looking at such a hottie, you've already broken off the engagement with someone, and you're still acting like this, your eyes are as high as the sky."
Chen Jia Qi Lang didn't say anything for a long time, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he said again: "But she is really beautiful, with unparalleled beauty. I'm afraid I can't find another girl like this in Jinling City." She is extremely beautiful and graceful."
"Now that I have no fame and no place to establish myself, I am just a white man. Which good family is willing to marry their daughter to me? If I can get a chance to marry Uncle Zhongqin, maybe he will be able to pull me along in my career in the future. Bundle."
"If nothing else, didn't Miss Su marry the Duke of Weibei? If I married the second Miss Su, the eldest son of the Marquis of Weibei would be my brother-in-law. With this relationship, would I still worry about losing my official career?"
"Auntie, are you thinking of another way? If it really doesn't work, why don't we take the heat from the bottom of the cauldron and cook the cooked rice?"
A few more words were whispered on the other side of the wall, and the voice was very low. Su Yining tried to distinguish it carefully for a long time, but could not hear it clearly.
Old Mrs. Su's face became even more gloomy. She held Su Yining's hand, tightened it a little more, and said angrily in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Look, grandma's eyes are so easy to see people." You didn’t miss it. This is the marriage thread your good stepmother pulled for you! A group of tigers, leopards and jackals!”
As she spoke, the old lady walked forward, bypassed the hanging flower gate, and went to meet the people over there for a while.
But before they could walk out of the hanging flower door, another person appeared from nowhere on the other side.
Without saying much, he just kicked Chen Jia Qilang on the knee. He is a handsome scholar.
When Mrs. Su saw this, she didn't go out anymore. She only pulled Su Yining and stood inside the hanging flower door.
Chen Jia Qi Lang was chatting animatedly with his aunt and didn't notice anyone coming. He was suddenly kicked in the knee and fell to the ground.
He didn't see the person coming clearly, so he raised his head and cursed: "Who doesn't have eyes?"
Opposite him stood a man dressed as a scholar, wearing a long moon-white robe, a white jade crown on his head, and a white jade pendant hanging around his waist. He looks dignified and gentle, and doesn't look like an ordinary person.
But he was not from Jinling City. Chen Qilang recalled in his mind that there was no one like this among the young masters of the big families in Jinling City.
After seeing the person clearly, Chen Qilang stood up and patted the dust off his body. Just as he was about to fight back, he was pulled aside by his aunt.
"Don't cause trouble here. Jinling City is at the feet of the Emperor. Every raindrop can hit a powerful family. Who knows who the other party is?"
"This scholar looks very expensive in his attire. I guess he is not an ordinary person."
Chen Qilang glanced at the visitor unconvinced, feeling angry in his heart.
"This young master seems to have never met you, and I have not offended you."
The scholar raised his eyelids slightly, not wanting to waste any more words with him: "I just feel that what you just said is a bit harsh and not pleasing to the ears."
"No matter what the reason is for the second young lady of the Su family to break off the engagement, it is not something that a young person like you can indulge in at will."
Chen Qilang couldn't hold himself back and argued with him: "I'm afraid that you have just come to Jinling City and know very little about the things in Jinling City. The reputations of the two girls born to the leader of the Su family are as bad as the other." Not to mention, let’s just say that the eldest girl of the Su family has been married to the Weibei Marquis Mansion for three years. She has not even given birth to a baby. She still refuses to allow her husband to take concubines and threatens her with death. After a few scoldings, her mother-in-law cried to the sky. The commotion in the land. She also drags her husband around all day long. The second son of the Hou family was selected as a scholar at the age of ten, but now he is just a scholar. He has failed in the spring test many times. It is really unfortunate for the family to marry her. And the second girl of the Su family , the same person broke off the engagement and ruined their reputation."
"I promote such a woman and want to make her my wife, but you are here to accuse me of raping her?"
The scholar frowned. He didn't expect that someone could confuse right and wrong like this: "Your Excellency is also a scholar, but you and your elders randomly arrange the girls who are waiting for marriage here, insult you, and talk about conspiracies. Is there a god in the first three feet? Have all your books over the years been read into the dog's belly?"
He didn't expect that what he and his aunt had just whispered about their conspiracy would be heard, and he didn't know how much he heard. Chen Jia Qi Lang knew that he was in the wrong and hesitated: "What does it have to do with you?"
"It has nothing to do with me, but everything in the world is just a matter of principles. I advise you to be cautious in your words and deeds." After saying this, the scholar walked away without waiting for Chen Qilang's reaction.
Chen Qilang and his aunt looked at each other, looked around, and then left in disgrace.
Chen Shuangyi glanced at the scholar's leaving figure. After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't remember where she had seen him.
"Go back home and have a good chat with your good stepmother." Old Mrs. Su was also very angry, especially after hearing the unpleasant words her cousin aunt said, she was even more furious.
Now he doesn't even want to take into account that Su Heng's new wife has just entered the house, and is determined not to allow these ill-behaved aunt and nephew to come to the house again.
