After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife always wanted to leave her father behind and keep her

Ming Zhan was hit in the face by Lu Qingshan's punch. He just staggered, but stood still immediately. There was fire in his eyes, but he suppressed it. He turned around and knelt in front of Cheng Zhongwen, saying loudly: "Master Cheng, Miss Cheng has a high fever and convulsions. I had no choice but to wrap her in my clothes and take her back to the city. I am not a playboy."

The officers who followed were very tactful and retreated far away, without looking over here again. They were able to work in the capital, their families were not very powerful, and they had trained themselves to be good at observing people's words and expressions. When others talked about such family matters, it was best for them to pretend not to hear or see anything. As for how it was spread in private, that was another matter.

After Ming Zhan explained to him, he bowed his head solemnly and said, "But I cannot let the girl's reputation be damaged. I will prepare the betrothal gifts when I return today..."

Cheng Zhongwen's face froze, and before he could say anything, Lu Qingshan rushed over like crazy again and punched Ming Zhan in the face again.

Ming Zhan was kneeling when he was unexpectedly pinned to the ground. After two punches, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Brother Lu Shi, stop it!" Cheng Songan shouted hoarsely.

Ming Zhan had already stood up when Lu Qingshan was distracted. He was young and hot-tempered. He had never been bullied like this since he was born. He went to the battlefield when he was in his teens. He was the only one who had no place to hide. Today, he was punched twice in a row by Lu Qingshan. How could he not be angry? He punched back.

Cheng Songan trembled and walked out of Cheng Zhongwen's arms, stood between them, and said to Lu Qingshan: "Brother Lu Shi, what are you doing?"

"Brother Lu?" Lu Qingshan's eyes were red, and he was a little irrational. He stared into her eyes and said, "Who wants to be Brother Lu? Cheng Yundai, are you going to marry him?"

Cheng Songan felt stars flashing before her eyes. She suppressed her dizziness and said calmly, "Lu Qingshan, you are no different from those people. Ming Zhan and I are innocent. Why should we be afraid of gossip? If I really marry him, these gossips will be confirmed!"

Lu Qingshan looked somewhat relieved.

Ming Zhan stood in front of Cheng Songan, wiped the blood from his mouth, and sneered, "Miss Cheng is a free woman. I admire her, so today's incident would not have happened. As long as she is willing, I will come to propose marriage sooner or later. As a sworn brother, what qualifications do you have to meddle in other people's business?"

"Even if he is jealous, it should be Cui Yuanqing, not you, Minister Lu."

Lu Qingshan was filled with resentment again and clenched his fists again.

Cheng Songan raised his head and said to him, "Lu Qingshan! You were the first person I looked for today, but now it seems that it's a good thing it wasn't you."

Lu Qingshan's face changed and he staggered back a step.

"Do you need me to ask you again where you went and what you did?" Cheng Songan asked calmly.

Lu Qingshan dodged his gaze, shook his head weakly, turned around, mounted his horse, and galloped away.

When the soldiers who had followed him saw him return to the city, they also followed him back, leaving only a small number of officials sent by the government office to stay there.

After saying so much, Cheng Songan felt extremely uncomfortable. She slowly turned around and said to Cheng Zhongwen, "Dad, I have brought shame upon you. I am unfilial, but I..."

In front of Ming Zhan, she still couldn't bear to humiliate him.

Cheng Zhongwen sighed. So many things had happened in the past six months that his mentality was no longer the same as before. Instead, he felt that it was a blessing for his wife and children to be safe and for the whole family to live in peace.

He led the horse over and said to Cheng Songan, "Yundai, since your third sister is fine, you can go home with your father. Your mother and aunt miss you very much."

Cheng Songan's nose was sore and he nodded. After all this tossing and turning, he sweated a lot and felt much better.

She wrapped Cheng Zhongwen's outer robe tightly, took Ming Zhan's robe off, handed it to him, and said to him: "Thank you for what happened today. I am a divorced woman and I don't care about my reputation anymore, but I can't let you get in trouble. You have helped me a lot, I will repay you, but not now."

It was two years later, before he was ambushed and killed.

Ming Zhan's chest was heaving, and it was obvious that he had never experienced such a big emotional ups and downs. He said steadily: "Miss Cheng, I want to marry you, not because of what happened today, not for personal favors, and not on a whim, but just because I admire you. I hope to take you to the northwest to see the lonely smoke in the desert and the sunset in the sky."

Cheng Songan coughed violently, and even cried out tears, but she couldn't tell whether the tears were from coughing or from being moved. She laughed at herself and said, "General Ming, don't say such ridiculous things. I'm not worthy of you."

"Are you deliberately degrading yourself in order to reject me?" Ming Zhan said these words, and suddenly he felt no more pressure. He said to her directly, "My parents agree, my sister agrees, neither of them thinks you are unworthy of me. As for me, I have always felt that I am unworthy of you."

Cheng Songan looked at him in surprise. This young man had a simple mind and she could see into his heart at a glance. His sincere and passionate eyes could not be faked because she had also looked at another man so frankly before.

She couldn't help but be moved, but such a sincere boy like a blank sheet of paper should have another equally innocent girl to match him. She had a heavy and complicated past, and was facing the chaotic court struggle in front of her. She shouldn't drag him into this quagmire.

"Xiu Rong, I..." Cheng Songan opened his mouth with difficulty.

Ming Zhan interrupted her with a smile: "I understand."

After a pause, he continued, "I want to marry you. This sentence will always work for you. As long as you need me, even if you have to use me, I can fulfill this promise."

Cheng Songan felt a cool dampness on her hot face. She looked at Ming Zhan silently as she shed tears and nodded.

Ming Zhan had a smile on his face all the time, and said to her, "Miss Cheng, I will listen to you and will not cross the Black Water River."

Cheng Songan was startled. Did she accidentally mention what happened two years later? But Ming Zhan didn't seem to want to get to the bottom of it. Instead, he listened to her carefully.

"Since you are unwilling now, it is inconvenient for me to go back to the city with you. Miss Cheng, goodbye." After Ming Zhan finished speaking, he turned around, mounted his horse, and headed towards the city.

Cheng Songan was seriously ill, but he was much better than before, so he mounted his horse and followed Cheng Zhongwen, walking slowly. It only took an hour to get here, but it took two hours to reach the outskirts of the city.

"We're finally there." Cheng Zhongwen let out a long sigh.

Cheng Songan raised his head from his myriad thoughts, but before he could be happy, several masked men rushed out from the side, holding swords in their hands, and rushed straight towards Cheng Zhongwen.

Cheng Zhongwen was a civil servant and had no martial arts skills, so he relied entirely on instinct to dodge. However, the opponent was well prepared and he fell off his horse in a short while.