novelaction Chapter 359: A Mistake
Chapter 359: A Mistake
Yao Jia's eyes moved slightly. It turned out that he was the young man that An He often mentioned.
"Ruyi, don't be impulsive."
He quickly stopped Lin Ruyi who was about to roll up his sleeves to beat Xi Zhihuan, and looked at Xi Zhihuan with complicated eyes, with some guesses in his mind.
Taking a deep breath, he tried to sound calm, "Prince Yu, there has never been any connection between you and me, let alone any engagement. Although this bag is similar to mine, it is obviously not made by me. If you want to use this to blame me, I advise you to give up that idea."
Jing Zhihuan's face changed slightly, but he immediately returned to his arrogant look and sneered, "Blame you? Nangong Jiayao, who do you think you are? I, Jing Zhihuan, the dignified prince of Liang, do I need to blame you? You personally admitted that you gave me this cloth bag, do you still want to deny it?"
Yao Jia chuckled, "Okay, since you said this is a token of love, then may I ask, when and where was this bag given to you, and why was it given to you? Also, besides my name, do you have any other connection with me?"
"I..." Xizhi was speechless for a moment.
"Hmph, you can't tell, right?"
Yao Jia smiled contemptuously and looked at Bai Huahua and the others, "See, you don't even know me, but you're trying to establish a relationship with me."
Then he said to Lin Ruyi, "Don't tell An He that she likes a scumbag, otherwise she will cry and make a fuss again."
Yao Jia shook her head. "It's really not worth the tears I shed for An He those days. I didn't expect this kid to be so hot-tempered and unfaithful, and not abide by male ethics!"
Lin Ruyi nodded repeatedly.
After Yao Jia finished speaking, she turned around and was about to leave, but she heard Xi Zhi calling out anxiously, "Stop! I...I have something to say!"
Yao Jia stopped and turned around, with a bit of impatience in her eyes: "I have nothing to say to you, go back to where you came from and stop wasting everyone's time."
Xizhi gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind, and said to Yaojia word by word: "Wen-quan-zhu--"
"shut up!"
Yao Jia turned around suddenly, his eyes full of shock and disbelief.
The image of the hot spring bamboo house exploded in her mind like thunder, and her hair stood on end.
Xuanyuan Wenyuan, you bastard, I was trying to help you, but you set traps for me everywhere.
He stepped forward, grabbed the front of Zhihuan's collar, and strode into the mansion, leaving behind several husbands with stunned looks on their faces and the crowd outside the mansion who were talking about the matter.
Bai Huahua and a few others wanted to follow, but were stopped by Yao Jia with a glance.
There was a hint of pride in Xizhi's eyes. He glanced at Yaojia's hand that was grabbing his sleeve, and boldly pulled her hand.
Yao Jia was one step ahead of him, and pushed him away with great force. She glared at him with a sullen face, and said in a cold voice: "Tell me, why did Xuanyuan Wenyuan send you here?"
Xizhi looked around and saw that no one else was there, so he breathed a sigh of relief, sat on a stone bench nearby, and smiled at Yaojia, "His Majesty Xuanyuan asked me to marry you, naturally to promote friendly exchanges between the two countries."
"Don't come here, you don't want to tell the truth, right? I'm sending you back to the Honglu Temple now. If I'm not mistaken, you sneaked out from there. It won't be long before someone comes looking for you. By then, you won't have the chance to tell the truth even if you want to."
Although Xi Zhihuan was mature for his age, he was still only sixteen or seventeen years old. After hearing what Yao Jia said, he immediately gave in.
"Sister Nangong, I didn't come to your house with the intention of causing trouble. You also know that as the illegitimate son of Lord Xuan, I shouldn't have lived until now. But in order to keep me away from the disputes in the palace, my father secretly sent me to Daxia and begged Xuanyuan Wenyuan to marry me to you."
Yao Jia was speechless for a moment and sat opposite him.
"If I hadn't met An He, it wouldn't be a problem for me to follow you, but...but I already have her in my heart, so I can't marry you."
"So you made such a fuss today just to make me think that there is something wrong with your character, so that I will actively reject this marriage?" Yao Jia frowned, with a bit of helplessness and confusion in her tone.
Yuzhi nodded, his eyes full of apology.
"I am in an awkward position, and my words carry little weight. Even if I explained to those people that I already have a lover, they didn't care. They kept saying that His Majesty had chosen me to marry you, and they kept watching me closely all day. I had no choice but to sneak out while those people were in the palace to see the emperor today."
Seeing that his tone was sincere and he wanted to be with An He, Yao Jia naturally agreed to his request.
He immediately promised that he would go to the emperor to cancel the marriage.
Xizhi was extremely happy, "Then Sister Nangong, please hurry to the palace now."
"There's no need to be so anxious. Didn't you say that the envoys will go to the palace to see the emperor today? It won't be too late for me to go tomorrow."
"But the mission is to ask for an imperial decree to grant the marriage. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to you in such a hurry."
"What?" Yao Jia was so shocked that she almost jumped up from the stone bench, "You...why didn't you say it earlier!"
He turned around and walked out quickly, "Huaichuan, Huaichuan, quickly prepare the carriage, I want to go to the palace to cancel the engagement."
After hearing this, Bai Huahua was immediately excited and ordered people to prepare the car before Huaichuan.
Yao Jia turned around and apologized to Mr. Nanshan, "Sir, it's a rare visit for you, and I didn't let you have a good meal. How about this, I'll go and come back quickly, and in the evening, we'll go to Juxianlou for hot pot."
How could Nanshan blame her? When he saw the carriage coming, he personally asked to go to the palace with Yaojia.
"More people, more protection."
Yao Jia nodded repeatedly. You know, Nanshan is a god in the emperor's heart. With him speaking for her, the cancellation of the engagement will be much easier.
As soon as he got on the carriage, he urged the driver to drive faster, but was stopped by Nanshan.
"Don't be too hasty. As long as the imperial edict is not read out, the marriage will not count."
Yao Jia thought about it and realized that it was right. She lifted the curtain and said to Shuang Hua and the others, "Keep a close eye on them. If you see someone from the palace coming to announce the decree, don't ask anything and just shut your mouth. We'll talk about everything after I come back from the palace."
"Ah? Isn't this too much of a hassle?" Shuanghua was stunned, obviously not expecting Yaojia to make such a bold move.
"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures." Yao Jia's eyes were firm and her tone was unquestionable. "I don't want to be tied up in marriage for no reason, especially with someone I don't know at all and have no emotional foundation with."
Bai Huahua nodded repeatedly, "Yaoyao is right. When granting a marriage, one should at least ask whether the couple is willing. The royal family is in the wrong in this matter. If His Majesty really wants to investigate, the worst that can happen is to bring out the imperial decree and the iron certificate."
Ever since learning that the Nangong family had the golden certificate, Bai Huahua has become a lot tougher, as if she could walk around the Daxia palace with this golden medal of immunity from death.
These words undoubtedly made Yao Jia feel more confident. Besides, he was not going to eat his royal food in the future, so there was no need to put himself in a difficult position.
Under the gaze of everyone, the carriage slowly drove towards the imperial city.
They drove smoothly all the way to the palace gate. Nanshan helped Yaojia get off the carriage when they heard a carriage galloping towards them from a distance.
When Yao Jia saw the familiar emblem on the carriage, she couldn't help but feel puzzled. Why did An He come here at this time?
Just as he was thinking about it, the carriage had stopped in front of him, the curtain was opened, and An He jumped out of the carriage with an anxious look on his face, followed by Lin Ruyi and Xi Zhihuan.
"Hey? Why are the three of you together?"
The two men were still at home just now, but now the three of them came together.
Yao Jia chuckled, looked at An He with an ambiguous expression and said, "Are you planning to get engaged to him right away after I break off my engagement with Prince Zhihuan?"
"I would rather..."
Just as An He was about to explain, the sound of rapid "clack" and "clack" of horse hooves came from the distance.
Yao Jia looked in the direction of the voice and saw it was Le Wuyou.
"What's going on? Why are you all here?"
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