From an old woman back to a young girl, she vowed never to marry into a marquisate

At the same time, Zhou Ziyue was standing among several noblemen, staring blankly in one direction.

That was exactly the direction where Tang Wanru was.

Zhou Ziyue saw Tang Wanru as soon as he arrived. She looked so beautiful with the golden hairpin on her head.

The golden body and jade pendant, coupled with Tang Wanru's fair skin, made her whole body seem to be glowing.

Zhou Ziyue was in a bad mood.

Because he saw Tang Wanru was smiling all the time!

He found it incredible!

He had been upset these days because of her rejection of marriage proposal and had been unable to sleep or eat.

And how come she doesn't seem to be affected at all?

How come it doesn't matter to her that I refuse the marriage proposal?

He is the eldest son of the Yongning Marquisate.

Why would she, the daughter of a mere fifth-rank official, be like this?

The more Zhou Zi thought about it, the angrier he became, and he clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves.

Suddenly he thought of something and looked at the two servants not far away with dark eyes. The two shifty-looking men seemed to have received some kind of order from Zhou Ziyue. They looked at each other, turned around and left.

*

Tang Yue'er ignored Zhao Mengyi and went straight to Chongyu Tower where Bai Yanli was. She couldn't wait to meet Bai Yanli.

She wanted that damned Miss Zhao to see with her own eyes her walking down the stairs holding Bai Yanli's arm.

However, when they arrived at the bottom of Chongyu Tower, they were stopped by the guards. Although the banquet was hosted by King Wei, there were many people today, and not everyone could go upstairs. Tang Yue'er was thinking about what reason she should use to go upstairs, when she suddenly felt someone pat her shoulder.

Tang Yue'er was stunned. She turned around and saw that the person standing behind her was Tang Wanru.

She wore a gorgeous golden hairpin on her head, which made her look noble and gentle.

"Sister, you are here too?" Tang Wanru said with a gentle face, "Why didn't you come to see me when you came? Why didn't you sit with the lady?"

Tang Yueer was so angry that she almost laughed! Why was she still pretending?

She, Tang Wanru, was sitting there with the golden hairpin that represented her status in the general's mansion. Where was the place for her?

Even when she wasn't there, people were making things up behind her back. If she were there, wouldn't she be pointed at and laughed at?

Now Tang Wanru still pretended to be innocent, and asked her why she didn't go over and sit down?

This Tang Wanru is becoming more and more cunning!

But she didn't have time to argue with her today. The important thing was to go find Bai Yanli.

"Sister, is there anything wrong with you?" Tang Yue'er asked expressionlessly.

Facing her indifference, Tang Wanru remained calm: "Sister, to be honest, I'm here to apologize to you."

Apologize?

Tang Yue'er asked curiously, "What are you apologizing for?"

"That was the day you persuaded me to marry Prince Zhou." Tang Wanru said, "I thought about it later and realized that you really did it for my own good. I really shouldn't have said it back."

"Sister, don't take it to heart."

Tang Yue'er's heart tightened. Seeing Tang Wanru's serious expression, she asked with shining eyes, "Have you figured it out?"

"Are you willing to marry?"

"Yes." Tang Wanru nodded silently, "I think what you said makes sense. The Yongning Marquisate is deeply favored by the emperor and has a noble status in the capital. My rejection of Prince Zhou that day was indeed a bit abrupt."

When Tang Yueer heard her say this, a huge stone in her heart fell to the ground.

She smiled and said, "That's what I told you. Prince Zhou's family is so well-off. How could you bear to refuse him?"

"After passing this village, there is no shop like this."

Tang Wanru smiled and nodded: "Sister is right, you see it more clearly."

"I'm really doing this for your own good, so I'll naturally consider everything for you." Tang Yue'er said, "Sister, you rarely went out before, and you didn't meet many men either. It's understandable that you were a little scared when someone suddenly proposed to you, and you didn't know what to do."

"It's not too late to think it through now. You should quickly agree to Master Zhou, so as to avoid any more trouble." Tang Yue'er held Tang Wanru's hand and said in a low voice, "Sister, look at the noble ladies around here. None of them are easy to deal with. Who doesn't want to marry into the Marquis' Mansion? Sister, don't let the cooked duck fly away."

Tang Wanru was amused by Tang Yueer's words.

She nodded: "I understand sister, I know what to do."

After saying this, Tang Wanru stretched out her slender fingers, slowly took off the golden hairpin on her head, and handed it to Tang Yueer, "To show my gratitude to my sister, I'll give this golden hairpin to you."

what?

Tang Yue'er was stunned. This was the golden hairpin from Linglong Pavilion in the General's Mansion!

The reason why Tang Wanru was surrounded by many noble ladies as soon as she got off the carriage today was because of this golden hairpin. How could she take it now?

Seeing her hesitation, Tang Wanru continued, "Yuer, you really care about me and point me in the right direction. It's only right for me to accept this."

"Besides, this thing is too ostentatious. Now I want to agree to the marriage proposal of Prince Zhou, but because of this golden hairpin, there are too many men around me today. If the prince sees it later, he will inevitably think that I am a restless woman, which will affect his opinion of me and our marriage. Yue'er, please accept this and just think of it as sharing some of the burden for me."

Tang Yue'er was indeed unhappy that Tang Wanru stole the limelight today, but she still felt something was wrong when she accepted the golden hairpin from Tang Wanru.

Tang Wanru didn't wait for her to take it, but reached out and put the golden hairpin on her head.

"Sister..." Tang Yue'er wanted to refuse, but Tang Wanru directly held her wrist.

"Don't be polite to me," Tang Wanru said, "You deserve this." After that, she stepped back two steps and looked at her, "Look, this golden hairpin seems to be tailor-made for you. It looks really good on you."

Does it look good?

Tang Yue'er's heart tightened. She remembered that she was going to meet Bai Yanli later, and if she wore this golden hairpin, it would definitely make her look more glorious.

Now, conquering Bai Yanli is her most important task.

It would be better to accept this golden hairpin first.

"Okay, I'll just wear it for a while and return it to you when I get back." Tang Yue'er said.

Tang Wanru smiled sweetly and nodded.

*

The wind is clear and the air is fresh on the Qingbo Lake of the Prince of Wei's Mansion.

The boat cruise for today's banquet has begun.

Several small boats were rowing slowly on the lake.

Today, the ladies boarded one cruise ship together because there were fewer of them, while the gentlemen boarded several cruise ships separately.

Tang Yue'er was worried because she didn't find a chance to go upstairs to see Bai Yanli at Chongyu Tower, but she saw Bai Yanli and King Wei coming down from upstairs, surrounded by guards and walking to the lake, apparently to go on a boat trip. So she couldn't wait to get on the boat of the noble ladies, hoping to find a chance to get close to Bai Yanli.

The golden hairpin on her head was so bright that it almost dazzled people's eyes.

The two boatmen standing at the bow saw the golden hairpin and looked at each other in tacit understanding.

Today's cruise is mainly about touring the scenery of Prince Wei's Palace. Several boats are drifting leisurely and slowly on the lake.

The ladies' boats rowed to the center of the lake. Because there were too many boats, Tang Yue'er couldn't see which boat Bai Yanli had boarded. She felt a little anxious, so she stood by the boat and stared.

At this moment, she suddenly felt the boat under her feet shaking violently, and then someone touched her.

She was unsteady.

"Plop!" He fell headfirst into the lake!

She fell into the lake from the side of the boat, but the boatmen at the bow and stern seemed to notice nothing. They kept rowing the boat forward and soon pushed it a long way away.

At this time, a voice came from the side of the boat: "Someone fell into the water, come quickly! Save him."

All the people on the boat were noble ladies. They just shouted, but no one could swim and go into the lake to save people.

Tang Yue'er can't swim, so she can only struggle desperately in the water.

Not far away, Zhou Ziyue saw the golden hairpin on the woman's head in the water, and his eyes suddenly flashed. Then, as if he had been prepared, he jumped into the water without hesitation and swam quickly towards the woman who fell into the water.

He swam very fast, and the men and women on all the boats around watched him getting closer and closer to the woman who fell into the water.

Soon, he swam to the woman's side.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you!" He then hugged the woman in the water tightly from behind. He held her waist with one hand and supported her chest with the other hand without any hesitation, without any awareness of the difference between men and women.

He wanted to see, after Tang Wanru was hugged like this in front of so many people, who else could she marry besides him in the future!

Didn’t she show him off at the Tang family?

He wanted to destroy her dignity in public, so that no one would dare to marry her except him!

This is the price she paid for rejecting him!

Thinking of this, Zhou Ziyue's hand reached around and grasped the woman's chest.

He was secretly feeling proud of himself, but when he looked up he saw another small boat slowly passing by him. A young girl was standing on the boat, looking at him with a sweet smile.

He was very familiar with that girl, it was Tang Wanru!

Zhou Ziyue was shocked. Tang Wanru was on the boat, so who was he holding in his arms?