Prince Fu was so angry that he could not speak. With Manor Head Ping by his side, he had no choice but to suppress his anger and retreat. After a few days of spying on each other, early in the morning, Shangguan Yaohua gave Ping Ruoyu her routine of grooming. She glanced at her and walked to the window to look at the scenery. She seemed to be talking to herself, but also seemed to be careless as she said, "Since you're already awake, why pretend to be asleep? I have a few words to say to you. Let's get up and talk. How about it? "
After a while, Ping Ruoyu, who was lying on the bed, suddenly sighed. She slowly opened her eyes, as if there was a heavy burden on her eyelids. Her eyes, which were originally lively and strange, turned dull and turbid. Her eyes moved stiffly from the four corners of the wall to the Shangguan Yaohua. She softly said, "I … What happened to me? Why … Why am I lying on the bed? Where is this place? What happened? "
Shangguan Yaohua was startled. She immediately thought that when people lost their memories, it was usually caused by a heavy blow to the back of the head, causing blood clots to accumulate. Although Ping Ruoyu was also exhausted, it was not to the extent of losing her memories. She was just tired after recovering from a serious illness. She faintly said, "There are still some things that you have not remembered. Then I'll wait for you to remember them clearly before I talk to you again. "
Ping Ruoyu frowned. She tried to recall, but her brain felt as if it was being crushed by several heavy stones at the same time. It was so painful that she almost fainted. She saw stars in front of her eyes and her mind was completely blank. She pressed her hands against her temples and bit her lips tightly. After experiencing hellish torture, the previous scenes finally came back to her mind. However, it was a heavy blow that made her heart and lungs hurt even more. It was as if blood was pouring into his throat. Every vein and every inch of his skin was torn into pieces.
After a while, he forced himself to speak in an indifferent tone, "Oh, I remember now. I failed at the Ping Family Village, and in a moment of impulse, I actually had the thought of perishing together with that group of people. Now that I've walked past the gates of hell and come back from the dead, it's really not important anymore … I still remember that it was you who saved me at that time. You told me to cherish the life that was hard to come by, and that I wasn't alone. Although my mind wasn't clear at that time, but strangely, I heard every word that you said. In the end, you even said … said that you … "
The thought of kissing the Shangguan Yaohua in front of everyone, with rocks falling all around them, made her feel a lingering fear. At the same time, her cheeks blushed. In the end, she was still a young girl. No matter how casual she usually was, when she was in close contact with a man, she couldn't help but blush like an ordinary girl.
The Shangguan Yaohua interrupted her, and at the same time shattered her beautiful reverie. He said coldly, "Don't think about it anymore. What you heard and saw that day was only a kind of illusion. Sweet words were indeed intoxicating, but they could only stop the pain and not heal the injury. If you take those words seriously, you'll be the one who will suffer in the future. I advise you to completely forget it, and just treat it as a nightmare. "
Ping Ruoyu sighed and said, "When I was unconscious, I kept reminding myself that it wasn't a dream, it wasn't a dream … Perhaps it was because of this self-deception that I was able to return to the human world from the boundless darkness of hell. But you … are always so cruel to me. You don't even want to leave me with a single memory … "
A trace of sadness flashed through the Shangguan Yaohua's heart, but he hardened his heart and said, "I'm telling you the truth for your own good. People can't live in deception for too long. Otherwise, when you find out the truth in the future, the impact will be even greater. " He paused for a moment and said, "But then again, you're too willful. Just because of a moment of impulse, you destroyed your father's villa and even wanted everyone to be buried with you."
Ping Ruoyu's eyes were filled with large drops of tears. She said softly, "I know I'm wrong, but … I've caused such a big disaster. Father must hate me to death. He will never forgive me …"
The Shangguan Yaohua looked at her tear-stained face and comforted her, "That's not true. Your father loves you very much. You've been unconscious for the past ten days, and he often came to visit. He just left not long ago. He seems to think that you've become like this because he neglected you too much. He's hoping that you, his daughter, will forgive him for his mistakes. "
Ping Ruoyu smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know if you're comforting me or what, but … you've been taking care of me without sleep or rest. It's been hard on you. Many … many thanks."
The Shangguan Yaohua was very prideful. Although he hoped to be respected and grateful, when someone said it to his face, especially in such a soft and sweet tone, he couldn't help but feel awkward. He forced himself to say, "Who … who said that? I don't have that kind of free time to care about your life and death. Right now … I just happened to enter the room … to take some things. "
Ping Ruoyu smiled slightly and said, "People often have bad intentions towards others, so they try their best to hide it. But there are also strange people like you. You obviously have good intentions towards others, but you're always unwilling to admit it. If you didn't take care of me at all times, how would you know that I've been unconscious for ten days? "
The Shangguan Yaohua didn't expect this little girl to be so eloquent after being unconscious. He panicked and argued, "No! Don't think too highly of yourself. Your life and death have nothing to do with me. If it weren't for my adoptive father's orders, I definitely wouldn't waste my time here with you. "
Ping Ruoyu smiled and said, "I don't care whose orders it was, but if you really didn't have any feelings for me, why would you obediently listen to your adoptive father's orders? Even if you agreed, with your intelligence and wisdom, wouldn't you feign compliance? You're really good to me. I'm very happy. "
The Shangguan Yaohua snorted coldly and said, "What's there to be happy about? If this goes on, our relationship will become unclear. Right now, your father is very apologetic toward you. He really doesn't understand you well enough. Do you know that while you were unconscious, your marriage had already been decided? Right now, your father and my adoptive father seem to have been possessed by some evil spirit. They are bent on forcing us to get married. I know you definitely don't want to, and my words won't have the slightest effect on you. However, your father still feels remorseful toward you. If you have any other requests, he won't refuse. When the time comes, you just have to tell him that you don't love me. In your eyes, I'm nothing. I'm not worthy of a noble Eldest Miss like you. You can say that I'm worthless, I don't care. When the time comes, it'll be you, Eldest Miss Ping, looking down on me, the Shangguan Yaohua. It'll be good for your reputation. How about it? Are you going to make this deal or not? "
When Ping Ruoyu heard that her father wanted her to marry the Shangguan Yaohua, she didn't even realize that her face had turned red. She waited for him to finish speaking before she carefully said, "You've said so much, but you've never asked for my opinion? When … when did I say that I'm not willing? "
The Shangguan Yaohua could hear the affection in her voice. He secretly prayed that he had misheard. He snorted coldly and said, "What? Could it be that a high and mighty Eldest Miss like you is willing to marry a worthless brat like me? I've already told you that everything I said to you at Ping Jia Village was a lie. You don't need to take it to heart. Don't be silly. My adoptive father is only interested in the power of the Four Great Clans. It's enough for him to cooperate with us. His magnanimity and kindness right now is nothing more than a method to please others. Now that Ping Jia Village has been destroyed, your status has plummeted. My adoptive father can endure it for a while, but he can't endure it for a lifetime. Right now, he still treats you as an honored guest and respects you. Once we've gone through the wedding ceremony and become the Prince Fu's daughter-in-law, once your father leaves, you'll become his family's internal chess piece. He'll be able to use you easily and won't show you the slightest bit of mercy. All the beautiful things that you've imagined will never happen. What awaits you is only the cruelty of reality! I'm saying all of this for your own good. It's better for you to follow my plan as soon as possible. It'll be better for everyone. "
Ping Ruoyu bit her lip and fought back the tears that were about to fall from her eyes. She thought about the time when she and Li Yijie had gone through the wedding ceremony, but they had never consummated their marriage. And when he saw Nangong Xue, he immediately left her without a care for anything else. Even when he first agreed to stay, it was because of this childhood sweetheart, his Shimei.
In terms of appearance, in terms of family background, in terms of martial arts, in terms of intelligence, in which aspect was she inferior to Nangong Xue? How could that kind of woman make the only man who had ever moved her heart so anxious to return to her side without a care for anything else?
But in front of Shangguan Yaohua, she had always pretended to be very tyrannical. At this critical juncture, she didn't want to lose face. Forcing a smile, she said, "Alright, then I'll agree! In any case … in any case, this young miss won't suffer any losses. I can also conveniently ruin His Highness Prince Cheng's reputation. That's very good! Oh right, you haven't told me yet. This is the Prince Fu's residence? It's really a luxurious room! Is this your territory? "
Shangguan Yaohua finally managed to persuade her to refuse the marriage with great difficulty. Feeling pleased, he said, "If it's as you say, then that's good. Don't look at my empty title of Little Prince. In fact, it's just a title that sounds nice. In terms of real power in this palace, my Yifu is still in control. Not to mention that this big palace is not my territory, even the most basic place to stay, like a bed or a chair, is something that I can't enjoy if I make a mistake and annoy him. Living under someone else's roof and doing things according to other people's wishes, how miserable is that? How could a Eldest Miss like you understand? "
Just as he finished speaking, he heard a person behind him laugh heartily and say, "It's so lively to talk and laugh in this room! Yao Hua, how come as soon as this prince arrived, I heard you offending me in front of Miss Ping? If she heard these words, she might really think that I'm an old-fashioned, stubborn old man. Wouldn't that be terrible? "
Shangguan Yaohua followed the voice and saw that Prince Fu and Manor Head Ping had arrived. He didn't know how much of their conversation had been overheard. Bracing himself, he said, "This child doesn't dare to criticize Yifu in any way. Miss Ping has just woken up, I was just praising you to her. "
Prince Fu laughed and said, "Stinky kid, you're getting more and more crafty. In front of this prince, you dare to lie with your eyes open? Just now I clearly heard something about having empty title of Wangye, not even having a bed, and living under someone else's roof. How miserable is that? Tell me, how can these words be considered praising me? You can speak reasonably, this prince admires you. "
Shangguan Yaohua said, "This child does not dare to deceive Yifu. Just now I was telling Miss Ping about … your heroic deeds on the battlefield in the past! If I were some prince from the enemy tribe, after I was captured by you, I would have to live a life worse than death as a prisoner, without even a mouthful of water to drink, without even a bed to sleep on, living under someone else's roof like this, how miserable is that? "
Prince Fu laughed aloud and said, "Your glib tongue is getting more and more clever. You dare to play dumb in front of Yifu? If what you said is true, I will be charged with extorting a confession through torture. "Following that he turned to Ping Ruoyu and said," Yu 'er, how do you feel now? Is your body better? How can you get up and move around? "
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