HLnovel Chapter 147 If you don't like it, just rob it!
Chapter 147 If you don't like it, just rob it!
Yan Yue was caught off guard and stepped on, his face contorted in pain. With a hiss, he lifted his foot, hugged his leg, and hopped several times on one leg before recovering. "Zong Liduan, are you sick?!"
“Say one more word and I’ll sew your mouth shut!” Princess Liduan threatened him.
"You!" Yan Yue glared at her angrily, endured the pain and put his foot down. He looked at Lu Yangyang and then at Sheng Junyao, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Sheng, is everything done?"
"Hmm, thank you for your trouble." Sheng Junyao realized now that these people had probably been causing him a lot of trouble these past few days.
Yan Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't actually know what had happened. It was only after he ran into Lu Yangyang that she asked him for help that he learned a little about it.
However, he had something else to say to Sheng Junyao: "Brother Sheng, my cousin said that if he sees you, he wants you to go to the villa. He has something to tell you."
"I understand. You two go back first. I have some things to take care of, so I have to leave now." Sheng Junyao said to Yan Yue, "Yan Yue, please make sure you get them both back safely."
"Okay, okay, no problem, Brother Sheng, don't worry." Yan Yue nodded hurriedly.
Sheng Junyao then bid farewell to Lu Yangyang and Princess Liduan, saying, "Please be careful. I need to take care of the wedding arrangements first."
Lu Yangyang and Princess Liduan nodded in unison.
After Sheng Junyao left, Princess Liduan raised her hand and slapped Yan Yue on the back: "Yan Xiaoyue, can't you be a little more discerning? You're always undermining me. Do you think you're the only one with a mouth?"
"Ouch! That hurts! Zong Liduan, are you crazy? Can't you use your brain? How dare you say where you were? You even tried to steal the bride! You're capable of such things, and you're afraid I'll criticize you!" Yan Yue yelled as she hid behind Lu Yangyang. "You're absolutely lawless!"
Princess Li Duan, hands on her hips, pointed at Yan Yue and shouted, "Don't hide! Come out here!"
Lu Yangyang was driven crazy by their noise: "Shut up, all of you!"
"Let's go back first. This is still the Guangping Marquis's residence. Are we afraid others won't know what we've done?"
Lu Yangyang suddenly felt that she was much more mature and reliable than these two people.
Yan Yue and Princess Liduan glared at each other before obediently following Lu Yangyang away.
When the three arrived outside the Duke of Sheng's mansion, the alley was already completely blocked. Originally, this was the time when guests would arrive for the banquet, but unexpectedly, the wedding did not take place. When the Duke of Sheng heard the news, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
But Sheng Junyao had already made his decision and even thought of a solution and explanation. So even if he was unwilling, he had no choice but to step forward and explain to the guests.
Sheng Junyao did not show himself at this time; instead, he knelt down in the ancestral hall.
Yan Yue led Lu Yangyang and Princess Liduan from the neighboring villa back to Lu Yangyang's courtyard, where Sheng Yunjiao was already waiting.
Yuanxing was pouring tea for Sheng Yunjiao.
Lu Yangyang hadn't seen Yuanxing for a few days, so she asked curiously, "Yuanxing, when did you come back? Granny Shen said you went back to your hometown. Did something happen at home?"
Yuanxing hurriedly shook her head: "No, it's true, my mother was sick, and I took care of her for two days. She, she's fine now."
"It's alright now. Go get some snacks." Lu Yangyang didn't think too much about it and gave the order.
Yuanxing responded and went out.
The three sat down in the courtyard, and Sheng Yunjiao hurriedly asked, "What exactly happened? Tell me quickly, how did my brother break off the engagement? My uncle is furious. He just had a huge outburst. I wanted to stay and watch the show, but my mother chased me away!"
Lu Yangyang told them what she had guessed about the old lady of the Guangping Marquis's mansion.
"What did you say?" The three of them were shocked. They never imagined that Xue Wanning would poison her own grandmother in order to delay the marriage.
"This, this can't be! This doesn't seem like it at all! My God, how come I never noticed before? But Sister Wan Ning... no, Xue Wan Ning, she really doesn't come to the manor very often." Sheng Yunjiao truly couldn't believe such a thing could happen. "Besides, if she really doesn't like my elder brother, then why didn't she break off the engagement sooner? After my elder brother went to the border, it wasn't long before Xue Wan Ning turned 18. My aunt sent people to deliver things to her many times, and also hinted that if the other party couldn't wait, we could take the initiative to break off the engagement so as not to put them in a difficult position..."
In the Great Zhao Kingdom, women usually start discussing marriage after they reach the age of fifteen. If their families are not in a hurry, they usually wait one or two years, or even two or three years, before getting married. Therefore, there are many women who get married at the age of eighteen or nineteen, but there are also those who are in a hurry and get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen.
Xue Wanning could bring it up anytime in the past few years if she didn't want to.
Why are you unwilling at this crucial moment? The decision to hold the wedding ahead of schedule was made after my aunt asked someone to inquire with the Marquis of Guangping's household; she didn't make things difficult for them.
Sheng Yunjiao really didn't understand.
"Oh, I knew it! I was wondering why she was crying so timely. She even tried to shift the blame to me, but after I snapped at her, she started crying again. It made me so angry!" Princess Li Duan finally realized why someone had suddenly come to say that the old lady had passed away. It turned out that it was all premeditated.
Lu Yangyang raised her hand, "Wait, so when you saw me bring the old lady of the Guangping Marquis's mansion over, did you really think the old lady was already dead?"
Princess Liduan was bewildered: "Otherwise what?"
Lu Yangyang: "..."
No wonder her glint in the eye went unanswered; it turned out that Princess Liduan hadn't understood her meaning at all. She had simply wanted Princess Liduan to stop causing trouble, as she intended to use the feigning sleep of Old Woman Fang to trick Xue Wanning. It was truly a twist of fate; it seems Xue Wanning was truly confident of victory, which is why she dared to send word of death ahead of time.
"Oh well, whatever, she's just awful! Letting her go like this is too good for her!" Princess Liduan huffed angrily.
Sheng Yunjiao wholeheartedly agreed: "You're right, that was too much. Luckily, this marriage didn't happen!"
The two exchanged a glance and, unusually, reached an agreement.
"And you, what's this about the wedding robbery? How did you come up with that idea?" Lu Yangyang was stunned when she heard that the county magistrate of Liduan was going to robbery the bride. If word got out and they failed, how would they handle the situation?
Yan Yue and Sheng Yunjiao, both gossipy and curious, tilted their heads to look at Princess Liduan.
Princess Li Duan coughed lightly: "Why are you all looking at me? It was my second cousin who said that if you don't like it, just go and rob it. I thought about it when I got back that day, and he's right. Anyway, throwing a tantrum won't work, so we might as well just rob it!"
Yan Yue was speechless. "That's definitely not what my cousin said. Besides, who would go and steal a bride all by themselves? Are you stupid!"
"It's enough to snatch just one person; it's useless to have a thousand troops if you can't!"