Song Tangning pursed her lips tightly when she heard this.
Seeing her eyebrows furrowed and her face wrinkled, Xiao Yan reluctantly brushed her forehead and said, "Okay, I just said it casually, and that day may not come."
Tang Ning raised his eyes: "It's not okay to just say it casually!"
Xiao Yan was helpless: "Okay, no, let's not talk about it anymore." When he stepped over the threshold, the steps were a bit high. He stretched out his hand to help Song Tangning's waist: "Be careful where you step."
Song Tangning put a hand on his arm and looked at the crowd outside. The courtiers behind her were still discussing the matter of the Lu family's collection of books. She suddenly stopped when she stepped in front of the door.
"Brother."
"Huh?" Xiao Yan responded.
Song Tangning looked up at him and looked at him extremely seriously: "Whether you believe it or not, no matter what happens in the future, I will be with you."
Whether he was a traitor or a notorious person, he was just a brother to her.
Someone who would call her Little Begonia and protect her for no reason.
Xiao Yan was calmed down by her extremely serious tone. When he came to his senses, the green skirt had already passed by him. The little girl stepped forward with her feet in front of the door, her hair ornaments swaying lightly on her head as she walked forward.
"Little Begonia..."
Xiao Yan's lips and teeth grinding together made a sound stuck in his throat. He couldn't help but soften his eyebrows and followed him with a soft sigh.
This kid always knows how to exploit people's weaknesses.
…
Lu Zhinian looked at the two people walking side by side in front of the door from a distance. His eyes collided and fell on Song Tangning's figure that was faintly relied on when the two were talking intimately.
The two of them are taller and lower, and their clothes are linked together, or because they are too close, when they look at each other wrongly, they occasionally turn their heads and talk as if they are whispering, creating a bit of ambiguity for no reason.
Lu Zhinian couldn't help but frown sullenly, it was more like something was blocked in his heart, suffocating and uncomfortable.
How could Tang Ning be so intimate and supportive with a eunuch?
Although the man was an eunuch, he was still a man in the eyes of everyone. Why didn't she, a little girl, know how to avoid suspicion with him?
Xiao Yan helped Song Tangning for some reason, and when he saw her turning her head and smiling, her eyes that used to be filled with his figure now only saw other "men", Lu Zhinian bit his back teeth hard.
That was his Tang Ning, the little girl he had watched grow up. Their engagement had not been broken off, and she was still his future wife. How could she be so close to someone?
Even though the man was an eunuch, Lu Zhinian still felt like he was holding back a sense of depression in his chest. He held on to the car wall and wanted to get off, but was pulled back by Lu Zhao and hit the car wall with a "bang".
Lu Zhao shouted angrily: "What do you want to do?"
"I'm going to see Tang Ning and explain to her..."
"Are you crazy?!"
Lu Zhao's eyes were full of anger: "Didn't you see how many people were outside, and how many people were watching the Lu family's jokes? What did you want to explain to Song Tangning at this time? Are you talking about how you failed her in the first place, or how you did it?" Treat her harshly?"
"Do you want everyone to see you groveling to her, softening your spine and begging her for mercy, and letting them see our Lu family's jokes?!"
That would be enough before today. It might not be impossible to ask for mercy in exchange for Song Tangning relenting, but now that the Lu family has given in and was forced to send the collection of books away, they have been ridiculed to the extreme.
If Lu Zhinian showed weakness at this time, it would be like adding water to the frying pan. What else could he do besides making people laugh at the Lu family's jokes?
"I'm telling you, stay here and don't go out and embarrass yourself!!"
Lu Zhinian listened to Lu Zhao's scolding and only raised his eyes to look at him.
His back hurt terribly, and the impact just now seemed to have re-opened the wound left by the previous cane.
Lu Zhinian could feel the moisture on his wrinkled robe, but he seemed not to feel the pain on his back. He could only say sarcastically to Lu Zhao opposite:
"Am I embarrassed?"
"Isn't it you, father, who made me weaken my bones and kneel down to beg for mercy?"
Lu Zhinian's lips were chapped and his voice was hoarse: "Didn't you and my grandfather abandon me a long time ago and kneel down to beg Tang Ning for me? You didn't care about face for a long time. Why are you so angry now?"
"Didn't Father just say that it's just a matter of kneeling down? You will have to kneel down sooner or later anyway. If you can get Tang Ning to change his mind, wouldn't Father be happy?"
"Sanlang..."
"Or has my father regretted it and is he willing to go to Jiuyun Lane for me to reject Tang Ning?"
Lu Zhao's expression froze: his words disappeared, and his appearance made Lu Zhinian laugh even more: "That's why my father is not willing to refuse on my behalf, and he doesn't want me to embarrass the Lu family. In your eyes, I kneel under the cumulus clouds." In the alley, as long as you can't see, you won't be afraid of the Lu family being laughed at..."
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"Lu Zhinian, I am your father!" Lu Zhao became angry when he questioned him.
Lu Zhinian, with his face red and swollen from being beaten, just laughed softly. He didn't know whether he was mocking his anger or the words he said.
He held on to the car wall and walked down. When he saw Lu Zhao behind him and wanted to reach out to pull him, he just turned back and chuckled: "Father, do you really want to quarrel with me in front of others?"
Lu Zhao's hand that reached out suddenly shrank.
Lu Zhinian smiled half-heartedly, full of sarcasm: "There are so many people outside. Since father wants to maintain the Lu family's reputation, it's better not to fight with me. Otherwise, it will damage your and fifth brother's reputation later, which will be bad." "
"you!"
"Thank you father for taking the time to pick me up from prison."
After Lu Zhinian finished speaking sarcastically, he ignored Lu Zhao, whose face was turning green and white behind him, and slowly got out of the carriage while holding on to the wall.
Seeing him staggering away, Lu Rong said anxiously: "Uncle, Mr. Sanlang is still injured..."
"Don't worry about him!"
Lu Zhao clenched his fists tightly, his face full of anger: "This traitor!!"
"But if he really goes to find the Lord of Yiyang County..."
"If he wants to look for it, he will look for it. Who can stop him?!"
Lu Zhao said angrily: "He thought that Song's daughter was still the same as before, and could be coaxed away by him with just a few words. He thought that the engagement could continue after such a trouble."
"It's okay to let him hit the south wall. After meeting the Song family's daughter, he will naturally know that his grandfather and I are doing it for his own good." How could he let his son kneel to a little girl unless he was forced to do so?
What's more, Lu Zhinian did something wrong and caused heavy losses to the Lu family.
If he didn't step forward to quell the matter, if he didn't let people know that he had also suffered humiliation, how could the elders of the Lu family tolerate him? How would he have a foothold in the Lu family in the future?
Although Lu Zhao was indeed interested in supporting his youngest son, he had valued Lu Zhinian for many years, so how could he not feel sorry for him at all? However, Lu Zhinian did not understand the deep meaning between him and his father at all.
"Leave him alone and let him find Song Tangning. I want to see how powerful he is. If he has the ability to coax Song Tangning to change his mind, then what if the Lu family gives it to him!"
If he could save the Lu family's face without having to kneel down, Lu Zhinian would certainly have a chance.
But if not, he has no one to blame!
