Rebirth of the High Family's Beloved

"Xie Chengyin!"

Yan Ci's voice was heard outside the door. Xie Chengyin was slightly surprised, then put down what he was holding and walked out.

"Why don't you go in when you're here? What are you standing here for?"

Yan Ci stood in the yard, looking at Xie Chengyin who came out, the joy in his eyes deepened a little.

"Xie Chengyin!"

Yan Ci shouted again.

The two people were not far away from each other, so there was no need to shout. Even if Yan Ci just said it softly, Xie Chengyin would be able to hear it with his hearing ability.

Xie Chengyin, who was a little confused when Yan Ci called his name, smiled indulgently when he heard Yan Ci's second call, and replied in a very cooperative manner: "Ah Ci, I'm here."

Yan Ci's brows relaxed and a big smile appeared on his lips. He was indeed the man she had her eyes on.

She looked at Xie Chengyin steadily and said solemnly: "Xie Chengyin, I came here today to say something."

Xie Chengyin walked down from above and came to Yan Ci, "If you have anything to say, just say it. I'm listening."

"Xie Chengyin, let's get married."

The air seemed to be still at this moment, Xie Chengyin felt his heart suddenly stop, and the joy in his heart instantly filled his chest. Looking at Yan Ci's inky eyes, he opened his mouth to agree.

Thinking that he was about to go to the Huwei Army and didn't know when he would return, he couldn't say "hello" at all.

"Aci, now is not the time."

Xie Chengyin's answer was beyond Yan Ci's expectations. She thought he wanted to marry her.

Yan Ci's face looked a little ugly. She had always been a straightforward person. She would take the initiative if she liked someone, and directly reject someone she didn't like. Now she liked Xie Chengyin, and marrying him was what she wanted.

Moreover, since she was married to Xie Chengyin, even if Shen Zhaoyan was the emperor, he could no longer covet her.

However, Xie Chengyin refused.

"I understand." She saw Xie Chengyin's hesitation for a moment. Although she didn't know what secret Xie Chengyin had not told her, a refusal was a refusal.

Yan Ci took a deep breath and suppressed the bitterness in his heart. It was just a rejection of his proposal. What was the big deal?

She pretended to be carefree and smiled, "It's okay, I won't force you. In this case, just ignore what I said today. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

After saying that, he turned around and left Xie Chengyin's yard without hesitation.

Qicun, who had just returned, stood at the door in a daze, his jaw dropping to the ground in shock.

Looking at Yan Ci's graceful back as he left, Qicun ran back to Xie Chengyin with excitement.

"Sir, Miss Yan has taken the initiative, why don't you agree? Haven't you been wanting to..."

"Shut up. Have you prepared everything I asked you to prepare? And you still have time to eavesdrop here."

Xie Chengyin returned to the room with a gloomy face, leaving Qicun, who had been inexplicably scolded, venting his anger on the pebbles on the ground with a gloomy face.

He was just passing by and heard about this purely by accident. It was Miss Yan who proposed to him right in the yard without any preparation.

But his son refused.

What a wonderful marriage, it just ended like this.

pity.

Qicun kicked pebbles all the way out of the yard.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Qicun ran back in a hurry.

Xie Chengyin sat on the chair. He was in a bad mood and no longer had the heart to pack up his things. He was in a daze.

Qicun ran into the room breathlessly. Xie Chengyin glanced at him coldly and was about to fire him away when he heard Qicun say, "News from the palace, it's extremely urgent."

Xie Chengyin stood up suddenly, took the note handed over by Qicun, unfolded it, and his brows immediately frowned.

As soon as Qicun received the message, he sent it to Xie Chengyin. He didn't know what the message was on the note. Now seeing Xie Chengyin's gloomy face, he couldn't help but become curious.

It has not even been a month since the new emperor ascended the throne, and everything in the palace is still calm. How could anything extremely urgent happen?

But he would not be mistaken about the color marked on the note. It was undoubtedly red, representing important, urgent matters.

After reading the note, Xie Chengyin fell into deep thought. Just when Qicun wanted to ask what it was about, Xie Chengyin stuffed the note back into his hand.

Then he ordered: "Go to Qiu Mansion quickly and give this note to Qiu Fuqiu. She knows what to do."

The note was not folded after Xie Chengyin read it. Qicun saw the contents at a glance, and the shock in his eyes was no less than Xie Chengyin's.

Oh my goodness, the Red Di are invading.

What shocked him the most was not that this small country of Chidi dared to attack Daxing, which was more than twice its size, but that Daxing actually used the marriage of its princess to quell the war.

How ridiculous.

Qicun put the note in his pocket, turned around and walked out. The young master asked him to deliver the news to Miss Qiu, but in fact he wanted Miss Qiu to tell the princess so that she could be prepared.

Xie Chengyin immediately walked to the table, spread out paper and ground ink. He wanted to write a letter to his brother Xie Chengyi to inform him of the news.

Now there are two main armies in Daxing, one is the Longwu Army and the other is the Huwei Army.

The Longwu Army was once led by the Hua father and son, guarding the territory and stationed on the border. Later, the Hua father and son laid down their arms and the tiger talisman was returned to Emperor Tianqing. Although they were still on the border, there was no one to give them orders.

Now half of the tiger talisman of the Longwu Army is in his hands, and the other half is in the hands of the border commander. Emperor Tiancheng Shen Zhaoyan knows that he has no military talisman in his hand, so naturally he will not mobilize the Longwu Army.

Then the one giving the command will be the Tiger Army.

General Fang Yanjin of the Tiger-Power Army was a young and promising man. He had been suppressed by many parties because he never participated in factional disputes. Shen Zhaoyan was impressed by his talent and honesty and recommended him to Emperor Tianqing, who then handed the Tiger-Power Army to him.

Therefore, Fang Yanjin was loyal to Emperor Tianqing on the surface, but in fact he was Shen Zhaoyan's man.

If Emperor Tiancheng gave an order, Fang Yanjin would definitely obey it, and the people who would send the princess to marry the Red Di would definitely be the Huwei Army.

As the fifth army commander of the Tiger-Power Army, his brother was subordinate to Fang Yanjin. Although he held half of the tiger talismans, he was ultimately unable to command all of the Tiger-Power Army.

My brother would not agree to such a marriage. He would inevitably have a conflict with Fang Yanjin over this matter, and his tiger talisman might even be taken away from him.

He wrote a letter to inform his brother in advance, asking him not to be impulsive. He had half of the military power of the Huwei Army, and with Hua Cishu who would re-command the Longwu Army in the future, it would be no problem for him to resist the Red Di.

The trap of the marriage alliance was thus broken.

Xie Chengyin blew the ink dry, put the letter into an envelope, handed it to Liu Xi, and asked her to deliver the letter to her brother as quickly as possible.

Although Liu Xi had served in the inner court for a long time, she was originally a secret guard, so delivering letters was a piece of cake for her.

He had originally planned to set off for Fengyang Mountain in two days, but with the marriage proposal coming up today, he had no choice but to leave early.

Before, he was still thinking about how to say goodbye to Yan Ci without making her worry. Now that he had rejected Yan Ci's marriage proposal today, he could save himself the trouble of saying goodbye.

It was estimated that Yan Ci would not talk to him for a long time.

Xie Chengyin shook his head helplessly, picked up his packed bag and left the room.