amaotonovel Chapter 296 I disagree
Chapter 296 I disagree
Chapter 296 I Don't Agree
Chapter 296
"what?"
When the Marquis' wife heard the news, she was momentarily stunned, wondering why the Prime Minister had sent someone here. Then, her expression suddenly changed, and she thought to herself, "Oh no!" So much had happened in the palace in the past two days that she had forgotten about this. She remembered that Luo Shuiyao had just resigned, and the Marquis had already agreed. The Marquis' wife looked embarrassed and said to the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, "My Lord, this...?"
Apparently, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery had also thought of this, but he was much calmer than his wife. Hearing this, he only frowned slightly, then instructed Madam Sang, "Go and entertain them first. Tell the Right Prime Minister's wife that my wife and I will be here shortly."
"Yes, my lord." Upon receiving the order, Nanny Sang immediately turned around and headed towards the front hall.
After Ye Yunzhou and the others left, he looked at the Marquis's wife and the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery and asked, "Father, Mother, what brings the Right Prime Minister's Mansion here?"
He was full of doubts. As the head of the civil officials, the Right Prime Minister had always had a bad relationship with his father. At least on the surface, there was not much contact between the two governments, and there was no banquet in his own government. Why would the Right Prime Minister come here specially?
The Marquis's wife glanced at Luo Shuiyao, who was still standing at the doorway, having been delayed by the unexpected interruption and was about to ask for her leave again. She said, "It's like this. A few days ago, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion invited me and two maids to a flower viewing banquet. Later, Miss Yao happened to save the Right Prime Minister's son. When the Right Prime Minister's wife heard about it, she came to express her gratitude with a generous gift."
After hearing this, Ye Yunzhou frowned and asked, "You mean, they already came to express their gratitude, so why are they here again today?"
For some reason, after hearing what his mother said, Ye Yunzhou felt a surge of bitterness in his heart, and he intuitively felt that this matter was not as simple as it seemed.
Facing Ye Yunzhou's questioning, the Marquis's wife gave him a few ambiguous glances, then breathed a sigh of relief and said bluntly, "Who would have thought that this little girl Yao and the Right Prime Minister would become connected? They have already exchanged and received tokens of love, and the Right Prime Minister's wife came here today to propose marriage."
"Propose a marriage? Propose to whom?" Ye Yunzhou muttered to himself in disbelief. This wasn't a question, but rather a subconscious revelation. He shouldn't have thought about it that way, but when he heard his mother say that Luo Shuiyao had saved the Right Prime Minister, it was hard not to think about that possible outcome.
Upon hearing this, Luo Shuiyao also stared closely at the Marquis' wife. She had a general understanding of the matter yesterday, but it had not been made public. She had originally planned to find an opportunity to ask the Marquis' wife in detail today, but she had never found the right time and almost put the matter behind her. Now, after hearing the Marquis' wife's words, her attention also fell on the matter of "accepting the token."
"Madam, you said that I accepted the token of trust from the Right Prime Minister, but is it this string of wooden beads?" Luo Shuiyao asked doubtfully.
The Right Prime Minister's wife nodded and said, "Yes, didn't I ask you yesterday, and you expressed your interest? And didn't we agree yesterday that the Right Prime Minister's Mansion would come to propose marriage again today?"
Luo Shuiyao took off the beads from her wrist, her face full of confusion. She explained, "I just accepted a string of beads that the Right Prime Minister made casually. He was just expressing his gratitude. How did it become a marriage proposal?"
The Marquis's wife was a little confused by her actions and tried to persuade her, "You accepted the bracelet made by this man, which means you have chosen him. You are now of marriageable age, and the Right Prime Minister is not young anymore. There is no harm in proposing marriage first."
The Marquis's wife felt that even though the Right Prime Minister's son had a congenital defect, the Right Prime Minister's family was, after all, a wealthy and prestigious family. Even if he couldn't achieve great things in his official career, with the Right Prime Minister's family's protection, such conditions would be unattainable and beyond the reach of ordinary people. She simply couldn't understand what Luo Shuiyao was resisting.
The loyal and brave marquis, who was listening quietly at the side, heard the clue and said, "Wait, Yao girl, when you accepted that bracelet, didn't you know what it meant?"
Luo Shuiyao held the beaded necklace in her hand, which seemed to have become hot, and was a little overwhelmed for a moment. She explained, "I didn't know this bracelet had such a meaning. I just thought it was a gift from the Right Prime Minister. And what the two ladies said yesterday, maybe I didn't understand it well. I didn't know they were talking about coming to propose marriage to me. I hope Your Majesty will understand."
Seeing she didn't look like she was lying, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery realized this was a complete misunderstanding. He looked at his wife with a rare reproachful look and said, "Madam, why didn't you ask for clarification first? You let Miss Yao get dragged into this without knowing what she was doing. Miss Yao is young, and without any elders to guide her, so it's understandable that she didn't understand the meaning of accepting the bracelet. But now, the Right Prime Minister's wife has arrived. This matter is becoming quite difficult to handle."
He and the Right Prime Minister, one a military officer and the other a civil servant, didn't get along well, but there wasn't any specific conflict of interest or grudge. It was just that the Right Prime Minister disliked his aggressive behavior, while he despised his literary flair in court. The two of them inevitably had a few arguments, but after all, they served in the same court, so they still had some friendship.
Thinking about it this way, he felt that if someone agreed to a marriage for his son, and then changed their mind after the other party invited someone to the house, he would probably want to kill that person.
Only then did the Marquis' wife realize that she hadn't asked clearly, leading to such a joke. But she also felt aggrieved. How could she have imagined that Yao didn't know the meaning behind the bracelet? She had thought that girls were shy and only needed to say a few words, so she didn't explain the matter in detail. She had never imagined that this girl, who seemed so smart, would be so dull at the critical moment, not realizing anything.
Thinking of the Right Prime Minister's wife's happy expression yesterday, she panicked for a moment and murmured helplessly, "This...what should I do?"
For a moment, the courtyard was completely silent. Ye Yunxing sat alone under the eaves, watching the farce unfold before him. Initially, he hadn't understood what was happening, but only then did he grasp the whole story. He then quietly glanced at his eldest brother, who had remained silent the entire time. He saw him staring intently at his cousin Luo, his expression unpredictable, his thoughts unsettled.
Hearing his mother muttering like this, Ye Yunzhou withdrew his gaze from the string of beads in Luo Shuiyao's hand and said, "What else can we do? Just make it clear. Mother doesn't know the situation of the Right Prime Minister, so how can she push cousin Luo into this fire pit? Even if cousin Luo agrees to this marriage, let alone disagreeing, I won't agree."