"Like you?" Lin Xiuyan laughed: "Yes, I regard you as my relative. I like you just like I like my father."
Xu Qianting's eyes turned red instantly.
At this moment, he just felt that his head was buzzing and his whole body was about to collapse.
Ever since she hugged him last time, he had always thought that she liked him, but he didn't know that that kind of liking was actually a kind of familial affection.
He wants to marry her, he doesn't want to be her brother!
He originally thought that as long as she was not engaged, he would be able to marry her into his family sooner or later.
But now it seems that it is just wishful thinking on his part.
He only felt tightness and pain in his chest, and all kinds of emotions surged out, making him almost collapse.
He punched the door frame hard and said, "I don't want to be your brother!"
After saying that, he strode away.
Lin Xiuyan did not stop him, only sighed softly, hoping that this time he would give up completely.
Ye Junfei saw this scene not far away and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Wu Dao said softly from the side: "Your Majesty, do you want me to teach that stupid boy a lesson?"
Ye Junfei got what he wanted today and was in a very good mood. He said quietly: "He is also a poor person, so don't pay attention to him."
Wu Dao responded.
Xu Qianting left the Lin Mansion with a dark face. He did not go back to the Xu Mansion directly, but went to a random tavern to drink and got drunk.
A very gorgeous sedan stopped not far away. A man who looked like a guard walked from the tavern to the sedan and said, "Princess, that is Xu Shoubei's youngest son."
"He and Lin Xiuyan grew up together and have a very good relationship."
A deep voice came from inside, and it sounded hard to argue between male and female: "Take him back first, and when he wakes up, go and interrogate him in person."
The guard responded and immediately asked someone to take Xu Qianting away.
Xu Qianting was so drunk that he didn't know what was going on. He had no idea what kind of crisis he would face.
Eunuch Yu whispered softly beside the sedan: "What is the princess going to do with this boy?"
Princess Anle's voice was a little lazy: "With him here, we can contain Xu Shoubei and make him be used by me."
"Zhou Chenyang is a useless thing. He has only been in Yucheng for half a year, and he has turned Yucheng into such a horrible state. I have to wipe his ass for him."
"If it weren't for the fact that he still has some use, I would have killed him long ago."
Eunuch Yu hurriedly said: "Zhou Chenyang is indeed very useless, but he cannot be deposed as the city lord yet."
"Otherwise, it will be troublesome if someone from King Pingnan takes this position."
Princess Anle held her head with one hand and said, "Previous news said that Prince Pingnan is in the Lin Mansion?"
Mr. Fish nodded: "Yes, he has always acted arbitrarily. It is normal for him to live in a merchant's house."
Princess Anle's eyes were half-squinted: "You can let him go until you get married. After we get married, I will personally teach him the rules."
Mr. Fish said with a smile: "The fact that he can be trained by the princess is a blessing he gained from his previous life."
Princess Anle asked lazily: "Is there anything unusual over there at Lin Mansion?"
She had been in Yucheng for several days. She was supposed to go directly to Pingnan Prince's Mansion to convey the decree and get married to Ye Junfei as soon as possible.
But she found out that Zhou Chenyang had made a mess in Yucheng, so she decided to stay and deal with the affairs in Yucheng first.
Although she is a princess, she is very scheming and very capable.
In the past few days, she had explored the inside and outside of Chongqing City, but she still had to ask Zhou Chenyang about some details.
And Zhou Chenyang was tortured too hard by Lin Xiuyan last time, and he is still lying in bed unconscious. Those details cannot be verified.
After she learned about these things, she became very interested in Lin Xiuyan.
There are three reasons:
First, Lin Xiuyan dared to break off Zhou Chenyang's marriage and succeeded even though Zhou Chenyang was unwilling.
Second, Zhou Chenyang sent hundreds of troops to besiege the Lin Mansion, but Lin Xiuyan led less than a hundred servants of the Lin Mansion to repel them.
Thirdly, Lin Xiuyan caught Zhou Chenyang's excuse for besieging the caravan. If she hadn't come to the rescue in time, Zhou Chenyang's position as city lord would not have been preserved.
Each and every incident tells Princess Anle that Lin Xiuyan is not simple.
After she learned that Ye Junfei lived in the Lin Mansion, she became more interested in the Lin Mansion and sent people to investigate, but in the end they couldn't even enter the Lin Mansion's gate.
This result made Princess Anle even more interested in Lin Xiuyan.
Mr. Yu replied: "If there is anything unusual, it is that Lin Xiuyan suddenly got married. The groom seems to be a wife in the house, and he seems to be a bride-in-law."
Princess Anle was originally thinking that if Lin Xiuyan suddenly got married, would she be marrying Ye Junfei?
When she heard that the man was getting married, she didn't take it to heart.
Although she looked down upon Ye Junfei, she knew that as the prince of Pingnan, Ye Junfei would never marry into a merchant family.
Even if Ye Junfei acted ridiculously and agreed to this matter, King Pingnan would not agree.
She said softly: "Maybe because Zhou Chenyang was promoted to the official city lord, I was afraid that he would use force, so I took advantage of Zhou Chenyang's illness to get married quickly."
"The Lin family did this very decisively and with some courage. It's a pity that even if she gets married, Zhou Chenyang will not let her go when he wakes up."
Princess Anle asked again: "Besides this matter, is there anything else happening in the Lin family?"
Mr. Yu thought about it carefully and said, "A caravan entered the Lin Mansion early this morning."
The Lin Mansion is doing business, and there are often caravans coming and going in the house. If you have a good relationship, you will stay in the Lin Mansion for a while.
Because King Pingnan knew about this, when he came over, he had the bride price packed in a carriage and disguised as a caravan to enter the Lin Mansion.
This matter did not attract Princess Anle's attention. She said quietly: "It's just a caravan, don't take it seriously."
"Zhou Chenyang can't die now. Send a doctor over to treat him properly."
"Send someone to keep an eye on the Lin Mansion. If there is any abnormality, report it to me immediately."
Mr. Fish responded.
Princess Anle reached out and knocked on a sedan chair, and the bearer lifted the sedan chair and walked towards the inn.
The wind blew up the curtain, revealing her slender neck with a very obvious Adam's apple. She stretched out her hand and pulled her collar to cover her Adam's apple.
Compared to the lanterns and colorful decorations in the Lin Mansion, the city lord's mansion was filled with gloom and mist.
Zhou Chenyang was in a coma for a few days, while Hongxiu and Jiang Xinrou were in fear for a few days.
The prosperity and wealth of both of them are now tied to Zhou Chenyang. No matter how fierce they usually fight, they are always looking forward to Zhou Chenyang waking up.
In the evening, the steward of the City Lord's Mansion invited a powerful doctor, who was able to relieve Zhou Chenyang's fever, and his condition began to improve.
Hongxiu and Jiang Xinrou breathed a long sigh of relief.
The doctor said that as long as Zhou Chenyang's fever subsided, nothing serious would happen.
The two women started fighting again, and Hongxiu said with a smile: "Sister, I heard that Lin Xiuyan is getting married today, and there is a lively banquet in the Lin Mansion."
"It is said that this scene is completely different from when my sister got married. Lin Xiuyan is your cousin. Why don't you go and see it?"
Jiang Xinrou had heard about this before. She had long been filled with hatred and felt that the Lin Mansion was too partial.
Even if she knew that Hongxiu said this with unkind intentions, she still couldn't stop the anguish in her heart.
Jiang Xinrou said coldly: "You also came out of Lin Mansion. If you want to go back and see, I won't stop you."
Hongxiu smiled: "I am just a maid. No matter how good the Lin family is, it has nothing to do with me. But my sister has been regarded as her biological daughter by Mrs. Lin."
"Let me tell you, Mrs. Lin is really going too far. How could she treat you like that?"
Jiang Xinrou had a dark face and said nothing.
She knew from the beginning that she was dependent on others, so she always worked hard to find ways to prove her excellence so that she could suppress Lin Xiuyan.
But the fact is that no matter how hard she tries, she cannot become Lin Yunzhi and Qu Shuangyue's biological daughter.
She gritted her teeth and said: "No matter how grand the Lin family's ostentation is, it will still change the fact that Lin Xiuyan wants a son-in-law. Only the most useless man will become a bride-in-law!"
"The man I marry is a thousand or ten thousand times more noble than the man Lin Xiuyan married!"
"Then I can become a noble lady based on my husband's status, while Lin Xiuyan will only be a small businesswoman her whole life!"
When she thought about it, she felt much better.
Even if Lin Yunzhi and Qu Shuangyue doted on Lin Xiuyan, it would not change their humble status.
Scholars, farmers, workers, merchants, and businessmen are always the lowest!
She is much nobler than Lin Xiuyan now!
Early the next morning, Ye Junfei rode a tall horse to the Lin Mansion to welcome the bride.
For Lin Xiuyan, this was a contract marriage, but for him, it was a lifelong matter of marrying a wife.
Although the current situation is special and he can't marry her in a red dress, he wants to do everything he can.