I was spotted by the heroines while doing the quick-travel mission.

The marriage proposal caught Yang Liu off guard. She felt a little confused for a moment and ate a few mouthfuls of food before leaving the table.

Yang Liu returned to her room with her cane, sat at the table, biting her fingernails and fell into a rare moment of deep thought.

If she brought out the engagement, the princess had discussed it with Yang Liu in the past. If Huangfu Ling found someone else, the engagement would be void. If she personally went to persuade Huangfu Ling, it would seem that Yang Liu was inexplicably nervous. If she caused Huangfu Ling's dissatisfaction, wouldn't it be a loss?

Yang Liu was a little troubled for a moment. She called up Huangfu Ling's board and looked at the value of 40. It was still a long way off. The current value was not enough for Huangfu Ling to give up on Lin Fan.

Yang Liu was having a headache when she heard Huangfu Ling's voice, which came from far away across the hall and corridor and reached Yang Liu's ears.

"Ling'er?" Yang Liu was stunned when he saw her.

Huangfu Ling poked his head out from behind the door. Yang Liu had not yet recovered from the previous problem. Huangfu Ling looked at her in a daze, then walked to Yang Liu, moved a stool and sat down in a familiar manner, then tilted his head to look at Yang Liu.

"Brother Yuzhou, you look worried?"

Huangfu Ling exposed Yang Liu with one word. Yang Liu looked at Huangfu Ling and hesitated for a moment, not rushing to admit it. Instead, she asked, "Xiao Ling'er is so smart, do you want to guess what is stumping me?"

Huangfu Ling really thought about it for a while, and then said, "Are you worried about the autumn hunt?"

"There's nothing to worry about."

"Sister Lingzhi didn't give you what you wanted to eat today?"

"No, that's not right. How do you know?"

"I just talked to the sisters and they said you were throwing a tantrum because you couldn't eat what you wanted."

“This Ganoderma lucidum…”

Huangfu Ling looked at Yang Liu with a smile, and moved to face Yang Liu. He rested his hand on his cheek and said slowly, "Did you hear that Master Lin went to my house to propose marriage?"

Huangfu Ling's words made Yang Liu's heart skip a beat. This little girl was really well-informed. Who knew who had leaked the information? She had only guessed about this from the system and hadn't told anyone...

Yang Liu was not sure whether to admit it. After a moment of daze, she turned to surprise.

"When did Master Lin propose marriage to you?"

Huangfu Ling did not see any falsehood in Yang Liu's eyes. They were like a little child, facing something that came without warning. The surprise and shock in his eyes might be boring on others, but to Huangfu Ling, this expression was particularly interesting on Yang Liu.

"In the afternoon, when I went back, I found out that he had proposed marriage to my parents in the mansion."

"What do you think about this?"

Yang Liu looked at Huangfu Ling and felt something was wrong for some reason. After pondering for a while, she realized something was wrong and raised her head to see the bright moon hanging high in the sky outside the house.

"That's not right. It's already so late. Didn't I ask Ah Zhao to take you home? Why are you here again so late?"

When Huangfu Ling saw that Yang Liu had finally discovered the blind spot, he sighed heavily and began to complain to Yang Liu.

"Brother Yuzhou, what do you think of Lin Fan?"

Seeing Huangfu Ling bring up this matter on his own initiative, Yang Liu thought to herself that of course he knew. Yang Liu knew more about Huangfu Ling's family background than she knew about her own affairs. He was an ungrateful and hypocritical villain. However, she could not say that to Huangfu Ling. She could only pretend to think about it and then asked in return.

"I'm not familiar with Master Lin. What do you think, Ling'er? How do you see him?"

Huangfu Ling held his chin with his hand, and shook the teacup with his fingers.

"Before, I thought he was a gentleman with great sense of justice, patriotic and family-loving. He was not like other people who were prejudiced against women joining the army. He was also very caring towards me. But now..." Huangfu Ling hesitated to speak.

Ever since what happened during the meal with Yang Liu and the others, Lin Fan seemed much more impatient, and he would mention things that he had never mentioned before, both overtly and covertly. Although the two loved each other and had talked about marriage, Lin Fan's behavior now seemed like he was jealous of Yang Liu and was seeking revenge. He did not tell Huangfu Ling the time, and his rash actions were a bit over the line for Huangfu Ling.

"Hmm?" Yang Liu saw that Huangfu Ling was in trouble, her eyes were empty and she knew without thinking that she had begun to waver.

"Brother Yuzhou, what do you think I should do?" Huangfu Ling cast a worried look at him, as if asking for help.

Yang Liu smiled and reached out to rub the top of Huangfu Ling's head, speaking softly, as if all the comfort was put into this action. "Since you are already wavering, then just refuse it first, continue to think about it, and make a decision when you are sure you won't regret it."

Huangfu Ling was stunned for a moment, and then everything became clear as if he had been enlightened.

"Brother Yuzhou is right! I was the one who was blinded by the game, so I didn't react for a while. Your words woke me up!" Huangfu clapped his hands and responded happily.

"Don't be so sad all the time. If Xiao Ling'er is always unhappy like this in the future, I will feel very distressed..." Yang Liu really meant this. She had watched Huangfu Ling grow up, and now she was a grown-up girl, and it was even time for them to get married.

Sure enough, this was the worst thing about ancient times!

Yang Liu complained silently in her heart, but she did not forget to guide Huangfu Ling to think in her own direction.

"It's so late, Ling'er, do you want to stay, or should I let Yang Zhao take you back?" After comforting and guiding Huangfu Ling, Yang Liu brought up the issue of Ling'er not returning home yet.

Huangfu Ling thought about it and nodded affirmatively, "I want to go home. I have to talk to my parents about this. Let's postpone it for a while and I will think about it again."

"Okay, then I'll let Yang Zhao take you back." Yang Liu replied with a gentle smile, her tone of voice so doting that it sounded almost sweet.

"Yes! I knew that Brother Yuzhou is the best!" Huangfu took Yang Liu's hand and shook it coquettishly.

"Okay, stop joking and go back to rest early. The autumn hunt will be in two days, and you must show me a good start." Yang Liu had no choice but to give in, but he did not forget to remind people not to forget the important things.

"Yes, I will!"

Then Yang Liu told Yang Zhao to make sure to send the person home, and only stopped after watching the person leave the house.

……

Late at night, a carriage was traveling on the road. Huangfu Ling and Yang Zhao sat in the carriage and looked at each other.

"Brother Zhao, don't look at me like that, I'm scared..."

"..."

"I know I've caused you trouble..."

"..."

"I know, it's just that Brother Yuzhou is worried about me, so he took the trouble to ask you to accompany me."

"..."

"Okay, okay, I won't run around next time and come back during the day, okay? Stop staring at me..." Huangfu Ling turned his head away and no longer looked at Yang Zhao.

"It's not a problem, I'm just worried about you." Yang Zhao sighed, but still said a few more words, "Brother said that Lin Fan is not a good man, and asked me to pay more attention to him, so as not to delay you..."

"Did he really say that?" Huangfu Ling was confused after hearing this, because Yang Liu had never said a bad word about Lin Fan in front of her.

"Well, I never mentioned it because I was afraid you would be disgusted." Yang Zhao saw that Huangfu Ling didn't believe him and said seriously.

"I understand..." Huangfu Ling remained silent after hearing this.

Along the way, the two did not speak much.