Chapter 225 – Xie Qingzhao Played The Trick Again
“Lord Marquis, visiting you late at night is truly impolite, but… things…” Xie Qingzhao secretly looked at Wei Luowen’s expression as he said.
However, Marquis Hua Yang, an important official in the imperial court who was known as the strongest general in the Zhongshan Kingdom, remained expressionless all along.
His calm gaze carried a hint of killing intent. The scar on his face made him look even more frightening. Such a face was truly not something that Xie Qingzhao could understand clearly.
“Imperial Academician Xie, if you have something to say, please say it!” Wei Luowen coldly looked at the young man in front of him. His words were filled with impatience.
“Marquis Hua Yang, I want to marry Sixth Miss Wei!” Gritting his teeth, Xie Qingzhao stood up again and cupped his hands towards Wei Luowen.
“Why?” Wei Luowen stared at Xie Qingzhao for quite a while before asking him in a deep voice.
Normally, proposing was the task of a matchmaker, who must visit the mansion at a proper time and following a proper procedure.
Why did Xie Qingzhao enter the mansion alone without bringing a matchmaker with him? Why did he propose in the middle of the night? From whichever perspective, this young man was behaving in a strange manner.
He made people believe that he was doing a shameful thing.
“Lord Marquis, please accept my proposal!” This time, Xie Qingzhao knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Wei Luowen. “Lord Marquis, it’s all my fault. If you want to blame someone, then blame me! However, the Sixth Young Lady and I love each other. Although we have just met a few times, we have always behaved properly and decently. ”
Xie Qingzhao’s voice wasn’t loud. But it was like a giant drum beating near Wei Luowen’s ears. A trace of anger flashed across his face.
She had risked her life giving birth to their daughter. Now this Xie Qingzhao came out of nowhere and claimed to have an affair with their daughter? What did he mean by saying they had always behaved properly and decently? If that was the case, there wouldn’t be such a thing as proposing in the middle of the night!
Sure enough, they had a shameful affair. Yet he actually came to him for his approval.
The anger in his heart surged upwards. He was almost unable to suppress it. It had been many years since he felt this kind of irresistible anger. It took him a long time to calm down. He sternly asked, “Xie Qingzhao, did you clearly remember when you met my younger daughter?”
This time, he was no longer courteous and called Xie Qingzhao by his name.
“When I came back from the Plum Blossom Nunnery, I collided with the carriage of the Sixth Young Lady. She helped me deal with my wound. Afterward, I moved to the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang. She also talked to me privately about poems and other things. Today, I waited at the city gate as she had asked me to do. I originally wanted to step forward to greet you. However, something else happened at that time, so I didn’t do it. Lord Marquis, if you don’t believe me, you can investigate it.”
At this time, Xie Qingzhao suddenly calmed down. He raised his head and looked at Wei Luowen sincerely. “Lord Marquis, the sun and moon can testify to my affection for the Sixth Young Lady.”
What he said before was partly true and partly false. An investigation into it couldn’t find anything, and could only prove that he did have interactions with Wei Yuewu. As for his entanglement with Wei Qiuju and Wei Yan, he only needed to say that it was a misunderstanding.
Xie Qingzhao was not afraid that the Madam Dowager would tell Marquis Hua Yang about it!
“No proof!” Wei Luowen stared coldly at Xie Qingzhao.
“I have a brush as proof!” Xie Qingzhao replied immediately, “I sent a brush to the mansion the day before yesterday and it was delivered to the maid of the Sixth Young Lady. Lord Marquis, if you don’t believe me, you can directly ask her to bring the brush over. It also contained a letter I wrote to her.”
“Someone, go and invite the Sixth Young Lady and take the brush container on her desk to here!” Wei Luowen said sternly.
“Yes.” A lad servant answered and ran out of the courtyard.
Wei Yuewu was reading a book under the lamp. It was about jade. There was an introduction to thumb rings in it, which attracted her. Ordinary thumb rings were naturally worn by men. But there were also some special ones that women could also wear. Of course, the wearers had special statuses…
“Miss, Lord Marquis asked you to go over and wanted you to bring the brush container on your desk along.” Jin Ling lifted the curtain and walked in with a somewhat anxious expression.
Hearing this, Wei Yuewu sneered. It came as expected and happened at a good time. Father had just been back today, and the fact that he came in the night to talk to her father indicated that it must be a shameful thing that couldn’t be known by others.
So, it was Xie Qingzhao again? Or was it the first cooperation between Wei Qiufu, Lady Li, and Concubine Dong?
Wei Yuewu put down the book. She stood up and instructed, “Jin Ling, go to my Third Elder Sister’s courtyard first, tell her about what our father has said and then come over with her.”
“Yes, Miss!” Jin Ling nodded and retreated. She knew martial arts and naturally moved the fastest.
Wei Yuewu’s gaze landed on the brushes in the brush container. She smiled faintly and said coldly, “Shufei, take the brush container, let’s go!”
“Yes!” Shufei came over and picked up the brush container. Then, she followed behind Wei Yuewu out of Lotus Courtyard and headed for Wei Luowen’s study.
The scene in the study remained the same as when the lad servant left. Xie Qingzhao was still on his knees silently as if he was owning up to his mistake and sincerely repenting. Behind the large writing desk, Wei Luowen sat there and reviewed some documents. However, from time to time, he stopped writing and looked at Xie Qingzhao with a murderous look in his eyes.
Xie Qingzhao, who was kneeling on the ground, only felt that the killing intent in his eyes was intensifying, which caused him to feel chilly in his back. Cold sweat began to appear on his hands that were properly placed on both sides of his body.
This Marquis Hua Yang was a general. If he really got provoked, it would be a great disadvantage to him! However, the information he had gathered said that this Sixth Miss Wei wasn’t favored by Marquis Hua Yang. Since she had done such a shameless thing, she would naturally be dealt with secretly.
But did this Marquis Hua Yang really not like this daughter? Why did the killing intent that he felt become even stronger?
As Xie Qingzhao was wondering, he suddenly heard a gentle and sweet voice beside him, “Yuewu pays my respects to father!”
Looking sideways, he couldn’t help but break out into cold sweat. Wei Yuewu came! It was great. Marquis Hua Yang’s aura was too shocking. He was truly feeling guilty staying alone with him.
Wei Luowen quietly looked at the face in front of him. It wasn’t very similar. But he could see several similar special features. Moreover, her pale appearance and thin body reminded him of the scene before Xinrui died. He almost didn’t dare to think back to the scene.
Inexplicably, he didn’t dare to look into those clear eyes.
“It is so cold outside. Why didn’t you wear more?” His voice unconsciously carried a trace of warmth.
After so many years of ignoring her, this distant father actually showed a look of concern for her. Wei Yuewu sneered in her heart. But a faint smile appeared on her face which carried a sense of gentle gratitude. “Thank you, father. I don’t feel cold!”
She indeed didn’t feel cold at the moment because her heart was already completely cold. There was no way it would warm up again.
Perhaps sensing the softness in his words, Wei Luowen calmed down and his voice became cold and indifferent again. He pointed at Xie Qingzhao and asked, “What… is going on between you and him?”
“Sixth Young Lady, it’s me… I know that this matter needs further discussion. But I was afraid that the Lord Marquis would arrange a marriage for you again. That’s why I came here to propose at night. You can scold me and beat me up, but don’t deny our relationship! Whether… the two of us can stay together in the future or not is entirely up to the Lord Marquis.”
Seeing Wei Yuewu turning around, Xie Qingzhao immediately showed a deeply affectionate expression. He turned his head to look at Wei Yuewu. His words were even more affectionate.
Wei Luowen’s face looked even colder.
“Imperial Academician Xie, what is this about? You have entangled with the Second Elder Sister, Fourth Elder Sister, and Fifth Elder Sister before. Is it my turn now? Imperial Academician Xie, I heard that the disciples of a sage should be honest. But why did you repeatedly get entangled with the young ladies in our mansion who haven’t been married yet? ”
Wei Yuewu was naturally prepared for Xie Qingzhao’s appearance. Her gaze swept past him coldly as she coldly berated him.
When she spoke of the Fourth Elder Sister, she deliberately emphasized and deepened her tone. Sure enough, she saw Xie Qingzhao’s expression changed. He almost got panicked.
“What’s going on?” Wei Luowen also noticed something unusual. His eyes flashed with a faint light and his brows furrowed tightly.
“Sixth Young Ladies… you… how can you say those words? The two of us are in love with each other. You promised me again and again that you would arrange for our marriage after your father returned to the capital. But I can’t wait any longer. I heard that Marquis Jing Yuan came to force you to marry him today. Sixth Young Lady, I… I had no choice but to ask for an audience late at night. You…why don’t you join with me to plead Lord Marquis for his approval?”
Xie Qingzhao’s face was filled with sorrow as he looked at Wei Yuewu with a pale face. He didn’t seem to believe what Wei Yuewu had said. His eyes turned red with sadness.
He had explained that he appeared in the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang at this time because he was afraid that Mo Huating would make a successful proposal to her. That was why he met Wei Luowen without informing Wei Yuewu beforehand.
This showed the importance he attached to Wei Yuewu on the one hand and the helplessness he felt on the other.
After Xie Qingzhao said those words, his gaze landed on the brush container that Shufei was holding. He pressed down his hands on the ground with excitement and stood up. Then he grabbed the brush container from Shufei’s hand and took out an item from it. He handed it forward and said angrily out of control, “Sixth Young Lady, don’t deny it. Look, what is this?”
Well, he perfectly played the part of a scholar who had been abandoned by his lover!
“What is that? Just a brush. Does Imperial Academician Xie feel that something is wrong with it?” Wei Yuewu glanced at the brush in Xie Qingzhao’s hand and said calmly.
“You… you’re an unmarried young lady. Why do you use such a big brush? This is clearly used by men!” Xie Qingzhao’s heart involuntarily skipped a beat under the glare of her cold eyes. He hurriedly pointed at the brush in his hand and said anxiously.
“I grew up in my maternal grandmother’s mansion. To help me relax, she usually asked me to write characters in a bigger size. That’s why I have the big brush. What’s wrong? Could it be that Imperial Academician Xie wants to say that this is yours?” A faint mockery appeared on Wei Yuewu’s face and her tone was icy cold and harsh!
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