Chapter 739: Forced Marriage
The third day after Yang Li'er, Youlan and Sakurako Yamashita came. Vertex updates are the fastest
"Madam, Lord Zhaoxiang is here." When the Zhao family was chatting with Qin Yue, Yang Li'er and others in the back house, a maid hurriedly came to report.
"Madam, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you are still weathered." The Zhao family didn't dare to slack off when they heard this, and were just about to lead Qin Yue and the others to greet them, when Zhu Wanting had already walked in from outside the door with a smile.
"I've seen the county lord." Hearing this, the Zhao clan hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and the rest of the people saluted except for Naren Toya.
"Madame, don't be." Seeing this, Zhu Wanting affectionately stepped forward to help Zhao up, smiled and helped her to sit on the seat next to her, and then sat down in the first seat.
Zhu Wanting naturally came with Zhao Xin, and Zhao Xin arrived the day after Li Hongyu left the capital, and after finishing the affairs of the capital, he went south with Zhu Wanting.
Because he was Zhu Wanting's nominal husband, Zhao Xin took the lead in visiting Xiangwang Mansion after coming to Xiangyang Mansion, and then came to Baihe Town with Zhu Wanting to visit Zhao.
Zhu Wanting and Qin Yue, Naren Tuoya and others are all acquaintances, and they have close contacts when they are in the capital, so she does not feel restrained at all, and she talks and laughs with everyone there, and the atmosphere seems very relaxed and harmonious.
At the same time, Li Hongyu was chatting and laughing with Zhao Xin over tea in the study, and he was relieved as soon as Zhao Xin came, ensuring that the wedding could be held as scheduled.
"Brother Li, I don't know where the bride is? So that the younger brother can see the demeanor of the future sister-in-law. While talking and laughing, Zhao Xin turned around and said with a seemingly casual smile.
As soon as Zhao Xin came to Xiangyang, he inquired about the whereabouts of Li Hongyu's fiancée, but unfortunately no one knew where Li Hongyu's fiancée was, but heard that he would rush to Baihe Town before the wedding.
Although Zhao Xin knew that there could be no result between her and Li Hongyu, she couldn't sit back and watch Li Hongyu be deceived by the liar, so she was ready to "kill" the door to make the other party retreat.
After all, Li Hongyu has Qin Yue by his side, and in Zhao Xin's opinion, Qin Yue is enough to take on the heavy responsibility of his wife and take care of Li Hongyu's life.
"To tell you the truth, I don't know where she is now, I can't see her before the wedding according to the etiquette system, I don't even know what she looks like."
Li Hongyu was keenly aware of the trace of anger flashing in Qin Yue's eyes, so he guessed her thoughts, couldn't help but laugh in his heart, and pretended to answer helplessly.
Seeing that Li Hongyu showed a "submissive" gesture towards the fiancée who suddenly appeared, Qin Yue's eyes couldn't help but show an anxious look.
She had talked to Li Hongyu about this issue before, but Li Hongyu seemed a little helpless about it, in the end, this family affair was set by Li Renhai, Li Hongyu can't break the contract no matter what, even if it's fake, you have to acquiesce, if you want to blame, you can only blame the real fiancée for not appearing.
Of course, Zhao Xin wants to marry Li Hongyu, but she is now a scholar of Youchunfang University in the Ming Dynasty, so it is impossible to have a relationship with Li Hongyu, otherwise it will definitely cause a sensation in the world and criminals will bully the king.
Obviously, Zhao Xin didn't want to affect Li Hongyu's career because of herself, so she could only hide this secret in her heart silently.
Zhao Xin originally thought that she could swallow this sulking breath and let Li Hongyu marry that impostor, but after coming to Baihe Town, she realized that she couldn't let go of Li Hongyu in her heart, and she didn't want the impostor's trick to succeed, after all, she was not familiar with the impostor, and the consequences would be unimaginable if it was unfavorable to Li Hongyu.
Therefore, Zhao Xin weighed it for a long time and mentioned his fiancée to Li Hongyu, as Li Hongyu's official fiancée, she must consider Li Hongyu's safety, and at the same time, she hated that imposter very much.
"Brother Li, you really want to live with that unknown fiancée for the rest of your life, it's not fair to Miss Qin."
Zhao Xin is not the kind of person who gives up easily, and after seeing Li Hongyu's helpless face, he said, "In the past, you were busy with official business and didn't take care of this matter, but now that you are back, you should check the details of that woman, this is not only for you but also for Miss Qin." ”
"Brother Zhao is reasonable, before getting married, you really have to check this woman's coming to deal with it." Li Hongyu knew that Zhao Xin was serious, so he nodded solemnly and appeased Zhao Xin.
In fact, if he didn't want to surprise Zhao Xin, Li Hongyu really wanted to hug Zhao Xin and give her an affectionate long kiss to show his lovesickness.
Seeing Li Hongyu nodding in agreement, Zhao Xin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, even if Li Hongyu couldn't find out any conclusive evidence before marriage, then he would definitely find some strange places and clues.
In this way, Li Hongyu will be vigilant, and after getting married, he will be wary of that impostor, and with Li Hongyu's ability, he will definitely be able to expose the other party's mask in the end.
Afternoon.
"Young master, Madame called you to go." When Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin were playing in the gazebo in the courtyard, a maid came over and bowed to him and reported in a coquettish voice.
"Brother Zhao, you wait for a while, I'll come when I go."
Li Hongyu said a greeting to Zhao Xin when he heard this, and walked away with the maid, in his opinion, the Zhao family must not have a big deal to find him, so he will be able to come back in a while.
Zhao Xin didn't care about Li Hongyu's departure this time, Liu Mei frowned slightly at the situation on the chessboard, thinking about the next trend, and now the two of them are evenly matched.
"Mother, do you have something to do with me?"
Li Hongyu entered Zhao's bedroom, only to find that Zhu Wanting was also there, so he saluted Zhu Wanting and said to Zhao with a smile.
"The county lord has something to say to you." Hearing this, Zhao looked at Zhu Wanting, and vaguely felt that Zhu Wanting seemed to have something important to say.
Li Hongyu felt a little surprised, so he looked at Zhu Wanting curiously, not knowing what she wanted to tell herself, and she actually wanted to convey it through the Zhao family.
Zhu Wanting nodded to the personal maid guarding the door, and the personal attendant walked out, and then closed the door, leaving only her, Li Hongyu, and Zhao in the room.
"Madam, you can call the shots for the lord of this county."
Just when Li Hongyu and Zhao were puzzled, Zhu Wanting suddenly knelt in front of Zhao with her legs bent, looked at Zhao and said in a coquettish voice.
"County Lord, this can't be helped, get up, get up." Zhao was taken aback when she saw this, and hurriedly got up and went to help Zhu Wanting, she couldn't stand Zhu Wanting's kneeling.
"Madam, the county lord really has no choice, Brother Yu is too ruthless, he only knows that Sister Xin'er has paid a lot for him, and he can't see the county lord's friendship for him at all."
Zhu Wanting didn't get up, her eyes were red and tears of sadness flowed, her expression was sad, and she said to Zhao with great grievance, "In order to reassure Brother Yu about Sister Xin'er, the county lord would rather marry Sister Xin'er to hide her identity, and now that Brother Yu is about to marry Sister Xin'er, the county lord really doesn't know how to live in the future." ”
"How do you know I'm going to marry Xin'er?" Li Hongyu was taken aback when he heard this, he had never mentioned this matter to Zhu Wanting.
"Although you have hidden it from Sister Xin'er, you can't hide it from me, Sister Xin'er is a fan of the authorities, and she made a mess after learning about your marriage."
Zhu Wanting, who was in tears, looked up at Li Hongyu when she heard this, choked up and said, "You are not the kind of person who is unkind, since you know that Sister Xin'er is your fiancée, you will definitely marry her, but since Sister Xin'er has already entered the ranks, you have to find an excuse to make up a fiancée out of thin air." ”
"County Lord, don't you hate men?"
Li Hongyu was stunned, and then a wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, indeed, Zhao Xin is a fan of the authorities, how could he let people be deceived, and then looked at Zhu Wanting in amazement, at that time, Zhu Wanting said that she hated men, so she married Zhao Xin, so they took what they needed.
But the next moment, Li Hongyu understood that Zhu Wanting did it for him, but unfortunately he ignored Zhu Wanting's friendship.
Perhaps, Li Hongyu is unwilling to admit Zhu Wanting's feelings for him, because he really doesn't want to have too many entanglements with Zhu Wanting, so as not to be criticized and affect his career.
Obviously, Li Hongyu is not the kind of person who covets official positions and power, and the reason why he wants to ensure that there is no mistake in his career now is naturally to accumulate strength to meet the coming troubled times and protect himself at that time.
In addition, Li Hongyu was unwilling to give his life to the royal family after the arrival of troubled times, and he had repaid the kindness of Emperor Wan, Emperor Taichang and Emperor Tianqi in all these years.
The so-called edifice will be difficult to support, of course he will not fight for an empire that is doomed to extinction, the shortcomings accumulated by the Ming Dynasty in the past two or three hundred years can no longer be resolved, even if he tries his best, there is no way, at most to give the Ming a few more decades of life.
It is precisely because of this that Li Hongyu avoids Zhu Wanting everywhere, but now the arrogant Zhu Wanting is crying in front of him, which makes his heart tremble, and a feeling of pity arises spontaneously.
"Alas!"
Zhao finally understood what was going on at this time, it turned out that Zhu Wanting had long been deeply in love with Li Hongyu, which made her sigh helplessly, she never thought that Zhu Wanting could bear such a big grievance for Li Hongyu, it seems that it is really a trick.
Seeing Zhu Wanting crying sadly, Li Hongyu's eyes couldn't help but appear in front of him the scenes when he was with Zhao Wanting in the past, if it wasn't for Zhu Wanting desperately saving him and not hesitating to give him mouth-to-mouth mouth, then he would have died in Wuchangwei's prison.
Thinking of Zhu Wanting's silent dedication over the years, Li Hongyu felt that he was too selfish, maybe he had good intentions and wanted Zhu Wanting to forget him, but now it seems that he has failed.
"I'm sorry, it's me who is bad!"
Then, Li Hongyu reached out and hugged Zhu Wanting into his arms, and said apologetically, "I won't make this kind of mistake again in the future." ”
When Zhu Wanting heard this, she immediately hugged Li Hongyu tightly, buried her cheeks in Li Hongyu's arms and cried bitterly, trying not to cry too much, so as not to attract the attention of people outside.
Looking at the crying Zhu Wanting, the Zhao family on the side couldn't help but have red eyes, although she didn't know what happened between Li Hongyu and Zhu Wanting, but it could be seen that there must have been a lot of stories between the two, otherwise Li Hongyu would definitely not apologize.
Obviously, Li Hongyu would not tell the Zhao family about the dangers he had in the past, especially the matter between him and Zhu Wanting, so as not to worry the Zhao family.
At this moment, the Zhao family felt that Zhu Wanting's matter was very difficult, Zhu Wanting was a dignified county lord and royal bloodline, so it was naturally impossible to become Li Hongyu's concubine like Naren Toya, but the person Li Hongyu wanted to marry was Zhao Xin, which made the Zhao family not know what to do.
The Zhao family naturally didn't want to see Zhu Wanting sad, but she only had one son, Li Hongyu, and the marriage contract with Zhao Xin was made by Li Renhai before his death and could not be changed, and she could only wronged Zhu Wanting.
"Madame, I'm sorry I lost my temper."
Zhu Wanting cried for a while before stopping, wiped the tears on her cheeks after leaving Li Hongyu's arms, and said to Zhao with some embarrassment, she just vented all the grievances and depression she had suffered over the years, and her mood suddenly relaxed a lot.
"Yu'er, how are you going to place the county lord?"
Zhao stretched out his hand and pulled Zhu Wanting over to sit beside her, and then asked Li Hongyu solemnly, now that she knew about it, she had to take care of it.
"Mother, the child can't give the county lord title now, but the child will find a way to solve this matter."
Li Hongyu pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then replied with a positive color, it was impossible for him to keep not giving Zhu Wanting a name, and he would be able to solve this problem when the troubled times came.
"Madam, I believe in Brother Yu, since he said it, he will definitely be able to do it, I am willing to wait." Zhu Wanting smiled when she heard this, and said to the Zhao family that she knew that her situation was very special, so she was very happy to get Li Hongyu's promise.
"Alas, I'm sorry for you." Zhao sighed, reached out and patted the back of Zhu Wanting's hand, letting a dignified county lord wait for a name, it was really too aggrieved for Zhu Wanting.
"Madam, I am not bitter at all to be with Brother Yu." Zhu Wanting smiled, glanced at Li Hongyu and said sweetly, she had been looking forward to it for so many years and finally waited for Li Hongyu to accept her, and she was already very satisfied.
Seeing this, Zhao shook his head helplessly, he had great pity for Zhu Wanting in his heart, and hoped that Li Hongyu would not break his promise in the future, and he must find a way to give Zhu Wanting a name, for a woman, she is not a member of the family if she has no name.
"Brother Li, what happened?"
When Li Hongyu returned to the pavilion, Zhao Xin, who had been waiting for a long time, noticed that he had changed his clothes, and couldn't help but ask with some surprise.
"I accidentally spilled some tea." Li Hongyu smiled and replied disapprehantly.
This is obviously an excuse, his previous clothes have been wet a lot by Zhu Wanting, so he had to change his clothes, and then casually found an excuse to go to the banquet Zhao Xin.
Where did Zhao Xin know the hidden secret, and she would never have imagined that Zhu Wanting would put down the county lord's figure to "force marriage" Li Hongyu, so she didn't take this matter to heart and continued to concentrate on playing against Li Hongyu.
Li Hongyu glanced at Zhao Xin, who didn't notice anything unusual, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:
This stupid girl is still worrying about the fake fiancée, but she doesn't know that she is the bride, how can she eat her own jealousy, he can't wait to know Zhao Xin's reaction after knowing the surprise. (To be continued.) )
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