She returned to the yard and sat boredly at the stone table. Cheng Yan didn't know what was going on. He was away from home every day and deliberately avoided her when he came back every night.

The relationship between the two fell to the freezing point for a time, as if they were restrained and alienated when they returned to the mountain village.

Li Chu picked up the pen and practiced tracing words while frowning and thinking to herself.

Could it be that... wealth is alluring, and Cheng Yan can't resist the temptation?

"Oh...that's all." She sighed softly.

As soon as Cheng Yan came back, he heard that very thin sigh. He was stunned. What was she sighing?

When Li Chu heard the movement, she looked up and saw him coming back, "Are you done?"

"Ah."

"I've boiled hot water. You go and wash up and rest." She put away the copybook, got up and left.

Cheng Yan stopped holding her hand on the doorknob. Why was she...so cold all of a sudden?

Watching her slender back disappear before his eyes, Cheng Yan lowered his head. He looked at the jade bracelet in his hand, feeling sour in his heart.

The image of the girl congratulating him was still in his mind, but she avoided him on the first day she moved into the courtyard.

Why in the end?

Is it because of what the old woman said?

Cheng Yan put away the jade bracelet. He felt it was necessary to explain to her that he never wanted to betray...

Cheng Yan was startled by his own thoughts. He didn't seem qualified to say this word.

He stopped going to her room and turned stiffly back to his own room.

Early the next morning, Cheng Yan got up specially and made breakfast, which was enough for her to eat when she came out.

The two of them sat at the table and enjoyed breakfast quietly, without anyone saying a word.

Cheng Yan suddenly spoke: "There was a letter from the palace yesterday, and the emperor will summon me tomorrow... You don't have to wait for me tomorrow, go to bed early."

"it is good."

"Sister-in-law."

"Ok?"

Li Chu raised her eyes in confusion, "What?"

"Do you...have a problem with me?" He thought for a while and asked.

"No?"

"Then why...have you ignored me these past few days?" Cheng Yan sounded a little aggrieved.

Li Chu was startled and looked at him inexplicably. Could it be that he was ignoring her?

Seeing that she didn't speak, Cheng Yan's indifferent face showed even more grievance. He took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, I was talking nonsense."

"I'm done eating. I'll keep these when I come back to clean them up." He put down the bowl, got up and left.

Li Chu stared at his back thoughtfully.

"Ah, Tanhua, you're actually at home?"

He just opened the door, and several brightly dressed girls outside the door chirped and said hello.

Cheng Yan blinked and turned his head subconsciously, not even raising his eyes when he saw the people in the room eating peacefully.

He was angry for no reason. When facing the girls, his expression was not as gentle as before, and he turned away coldly.

Those women were still chasing after him.

It bothered him so much.

He took several detours and finally brought a few people to a sparsely populated intersection. He bent down and said to the girls: "Ladies, my sister-in-law is in frail health. Please don't disturb her again in the future."

"Huh?" Their faces turned red, and they looked at him a little strangely.

Why did the sister-in-law criticize them yesterday for not calling them sister-in-law...

Today, this beauty scout reminds them that they have gone too far?

Without her words, they would not believe it.

After Cheng Yan finished speaking, he left directly.

A few people left looking at each other.

"It seems that my sister-in-law doesn't want to have younger siblings."

"I'm just telling you, she looks so charming and has no good intentions at first glance. My mother still insists on me to please her."

"I heard that Cheng Tanhua's brother died on the battlefield. This sister-in-law probably wanted to..."

"You are right. If I... I would definitely want to keep this brother prisoner. Isn't it better than being an old woman with mud-legged legs? Besides, Cheng Tanhua is so handsome."

Lichu sneezed several times, "Who scolded me?"

in the palace.

In the court hall, all the ministers looked at Cheng Yan with regret in their eyes.

Those who were the invigilators even touched their beards and dared not say anything.

The old emperor in the high position had a tired look on his face. He looked at the three people kneeling on the ground, turned his head to look at his sister sitting beside him, pointed at one of them, and said, "Are you talking about him?"

Cheng Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, frowned and looked at him with countless eyes.

He squeezed the hand on his forehead, feeling inexplicably uneasy.

Sure enough, a pampering voice responded: "Yes, that's him, brother emperor, I want him to be my consort."

The ministers sighed, there was really nothing to say about this.

The emperor doted on his only sister and naturally agreed to her requests.

What's more, it's just a prodigy.

The two people kneeling beside Cheng Yan couldn't help but turn up the corners of their mouths.

They had already guessed that Cheng Yan had such excellent grades, but he got the top prize...

They couldn't help but feel lucky that they were ugly... average-looking.

Otherwise, they would be the consorts!

Who doesn't know the reputation of Princess Changning? She is over thirty years old, and she has a bunch of faceless people in the palace, and she often misses the little shopkeepers.

He also has a bad temper. He will beat and scold him at best, and kill men for fun at worst.

I heard that there is a pond in the princess's mansion, and there are many man-eating crocodiles in it.

They are specialized in dealing with dead people.

"My sister likes it, just take it." The emperor smiled and waved his hand.

Princess Changning looked at the man kneeling on the ground and was extremely satisfied. This figure and appearance were just right for her.

She just took a look at the shooting target from a distance and remembered it firmly in her heart.

Cheng Yan trembled at Jie Yu, and the instability in his heart these days was answered.

"Then Cheng Tanhua will be Changning from today on..."

"and many more!"

Cheng Yan raised his head, stared at the ground, and said softly: "I already have a wife at home. Please take back this order. If I agree, I will be sorry for the emperor, sorry for the princess, and even more sorry for my wife who has endured hardships with me."

"Your Majesty, please take back this order!"

Everyone was in an uproar. They didn't expect this newcomer to be so courageous?

There have always been many consorts with wives and daughters. Didn’t that one abandon his wife and son to marry a princess?

Prime Minister Zuo, who was standing at the front, frowned and pondered. Although the emperor was mediocre, he had a good temper, but he had no real talent.

But he is a maniac about doting on his younger sister.

You must be angry today.

This Cheng Yan... is a talented person, but it's not worth offending the emperor for this. He secretly thought it was a pity.

When the princess heard that he was resisting the order, she stood up from her seat angrily.

The emperor's face also darkened.

Cheng Yan calmed down and said again: "I sincerely request your majesty to take back this order. The princess is so beautiful and beautiful that she deserves a better man."

"And I... will never, no matter what, abandon my wife and become an unfaithful and unjust person."

After he finished speaking, he quietly glanced at the person in the front on the right.

The right minister took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, what Cheng Yan said is right. If the people of the world know that Cheng Yan abandoned his wife and son in order to become the princess's consort, I'm afraid..."

"What's more, the recent wars on the border have made it known to the people that the princess took away married men by force just for pleasure. This is true..."

He looked troubled.

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