Chapter 82
Chen Jiao first heard that someone would use the four words "responsibility" for proposals.
Marriages are common in aristocratic families. Children get married because of the help of two families and it has nothing to do with their children's affair. However, even if it is a marriage, the media's words will be elegant and beautiful, and no one will say "the responsibility is beyond reluctance" with a serious look.
Lu Yu regards marrying her as a responsibility, and must fulfill this responsibility. Is he telling her that he is a gentleman?
If this was her first life when she changed her fate, she was seen by Lu Yu, who had no experience with men and women. Chen Jiao might have agreed to Lu Yu's proposal without any shame, but Chen Jiao, who had been through three lives, had already been different. Not to mention that Lu Yu just looked at her, even if he took action while she was in a coma, Chen Jiao would not have promised to marry for this reason.
With his expression back to normal, Chen Jiao smiled slightly, looked at the embroidered dark patterns on Lu Yu's white clothes and said, "At that time, my cousin was worried about my safety and had to do it. I didn't blame my cousin for anything. My cousin didn't have to worry about this anymore, just pretend that it hadn't happened."
Lu Yu was not a fool. Seeing Chen Jiao's smile on his face calmly, he narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in a deep voice: "Don't you want to marry me?"
Compared with this question, it is not important why she, a dignified lady, accepted the fact that she had seen her body so quickly.
Lu Yu was the prince of the Marquis of Pingxi. He was both civil and military. At the age of fourteen, he followed his father to fight on the battlefield and returned to Liangzhou and even to the capital. Facing those so-called ladies who only know how to appreciate flowers and butterflies, Lu Yu was indeed proud and disdained to accompany his children from high schools to dress and horses, and looked down on those vulgar rouge powder.
In Lu Yu's eyes, the little cousin in front of him is not much different from other ladies, but is more beautiful and has a more pitiful life experience. In addition to the entanglement and bullying of her younger brothers and sisters, Lu Yu felt guilty for her younger brothers and sisters, and secondly, he had seen her body, so he had to be responsible.
But Lu Yu never thought that she would reject his proposal.
In terms of identity, he is more noble than his second brother. He is the prince of the Marquis of Pingxi. When she married, she will be the mistress of the Marquis' mansion in the future. Many ladies in Liangzhou and the capital are unlucky. In terms of character, Lu Yu regards himself as a gentleman. She can sit in the arms without being confused when she is in her arms. She is sarcastic by her sister. He does not favor personal gains but makes decisions for her. Today, Liu Heng bullies people too much, and he even takes action to help her.
Not to mention those, even if she is as beautiful as a fairy, Lu Yu is also the dragon among the people.
Lu Yu didn't understand, how could he not be worthy of his proud little cousin!
The man didn't ask, but the eyes that endured the refusal of rejection betrayed him.
His eyes were sharp. When Chen Jiao saw it, she was unexpectedly not as scared as when facing the angry Lu Huan. She could feel that Lu Yu was angry because his noble son's self-esteem was violated. He only needed a reasonable explanation that could be accepted by him, and would not be impulsive to do anything to hurt her.
Chen Jiao doesn't like Lu Yu's arrogance, but she believes in Lu Yu's character very much.
In order to show that he did not intend to humiliate him, Chen Jiao softened his voice and said calmly: "On Qinghu Peak, my second cousin once proposed marriage to me. It is inappropriate if I marry my eldest cousin again."
This is a reasonable reason. Lu Yu's eyes were slightly cold and he immediately said, "The elder brother is like a father, I will say that you don't have to worry about it."
Chen Jiao:...
What a domineering elder brother, even the sweetheart who robs his younger brother is so righteous. It's true that he doesn't want to come to propose marriage.
Lu Huan didn't work, Chen Jiao lowered her head and whispered: "I am a low-ranking lady, my aunt must hope that my cousin will marry a good wife of a good family." He is the elder brother, and he is powerful, but does he dare to show off in front of the grandma and Wei family? Chen Jiao still remembers that she implicitly mocked Lu Wan for poor education, so Lu Yu said to her, "Plums in the melon field."
Remembering his old grievances, Chen Jiao's face became indifferent.
"I will decide my marriage myself, and my father will stand by my side." Lu Yu looked at Chen Jiao's rational face, as if to appease her worries, his voice lowered and added a little gentle: "Cousin, since I marry you, I will protect you and will not let you suffer from anyone's grievances."
Seeing her being bullied by her younger brother and sister, and even the outsider Liu Heng, Lu Yu had already decided to keep her firmly behind her.
The man's tone was sincere, but Chen Jiao was not a young girl who was ignorant of the world. She believed whatever the man said. Yu Jingyao was greedy for her beauty before marriage, and she was a person who did not care about the rules. After marriage, she used some tricks and coaxed Yu Jingyao to act with her. Moreover, Yu Jingyao's mother Xie had no knowledge. Chen Jiao taught her some dressing skills casually, and Xie became close to her foolishly.
Looking at the Lu family again, Lu Yu married her for the sake of "no responsibility" and had no feelings. As the prince, he must value rules. A husband who values rules but does not really like her can really go against his grandmother and mother for his wife? On the other hand, the Tai Madam and Wei are not easy to please.
The most important thing is that Lu Yu will die on the battlefield in two years. If he gets poisoned at home, Chen Jiao may be able to prevent it in advance. If she wants to save him, she will have no choice but to save him.
In terms of reason, Lu Yu is not a good match, emotionally...
Chen Jiao smiled, raised her head, looked straight into Lu Yu's eyes and said, "I'm sorry, my cousin, you and your second cousin are both rare good young men in the world, but I have always regarded you as cousins, and I have no inappropriate thoughts. I can't accept the good wishes of the two cousins."
This is a tactful statement, but it is actually: I'm sorry, I don't like you, so I don't want to marry.
Lu Huan pestered her and Chen Jiao knew that it was useless and said harsh words directly.
Lu Yu just wanted to be responsible. Chen Jiao felt that Lu Yu was easy to refuse, and she didn't want to have a quarrel with Lu Yu, so her words were tactful, but unfortunately the tactfulness did not work. She had no choice but to be cruel again.
When Lu Yu looked at her, he immediately became like he was eating people. Chen Jiao could even hear his clasped teeth.
"Since you don't like it, just say it clearly, why bother to go around?"
After a long stalemate, Lu Yu finally spoke, his voice colder than the cold winter.
He was venting his anger. Chen Jiao explained that she would only cheer him on the fire, so she simply looked away and looked at the ground silently.
Lu Yu's clenched fist was also in her sight, and then the fist with blue veins bulging left with its owner, and its pace was so fast that it brought a wind.
Chen Jiao sighed, and it was strange between people. The original body was entangled with Lu Yu in various ways. Lu Yu looked down on her. She was strangers to Lu Yu, but Lu Yu took the initiative to propose marriage.
"Jiaojiao, what did your cousin tell you, why did you leave with a bad face?" The second wife, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed over and asked in confusion.
Chen Jiao thought that Lu Yu, such a arrogant person, would definitely not want more people to know about his rejection of his relatives, so she shook her head and found an excuse to pass by.
Even my cousin was annoyed, and now Chen Jiao started to huddle in the second room again. She would not go out unless she could go out.
As expected, the marriage between her and Mr. Meng Qi disappeared, and there were rumors about her and Liu Heng gradually in Liangzhou City.
When Mr. Lu learned that Liu Heng was a bastard, he was furious. However, Liu Heng's father was the King of Qin. If he was the head of the family, he might be able to argue with the King of Qin, but he was just the gangster of the Marquis of Pingxi. Mr. Lu could not guarantee that his brother would stand up for his niece, so he could only put this breath in his heart.
Mr. Lu began to secretly plan for outreach, but there will be accurate news at the end of the year. He cannot find a new official position if he wants to leave today and tomorrow.
Chen Jiao knew from her aunt that her uncle had this intention, so she was not anxious. She was only fourteen and would be released next year. It would not be too late to take a husband.
Chen Jiao lives in the Marquis' Mansion, and every few days he has to go with his aunt to pay tribute to the grandmother. I wonder if Lu Yu doesn't want to see her, but when Chen Jiao went to Wanfu Hall, she had never met Lu Yu.
It's better to be invisible, so as not to be embarrassed.
At the end of July, Lu Huan came back from the capital alone on a horse. She was exhausted. She took a shower and came to the second room to look for Chen Jiao. Chen Jiao avoided it. The second wife, her cousin Lu Run, naturally, found a beautiful excuse for her. Lu Huan knew that she was her cousin, deliberately avoiding her, but she could only accept it and could not force her.
On the second day after Lu Huan returned, Chen Jiao heard a message from her aunt that Lu Wan had found her husband's family. The prince of a man from Beijing was quite a match. When the letter from the Marquis of Pingxi agreed to the marriage was handed over, the two families decided on the marriage first, and Wei then brought her daughter back, and waited for the man to come to Liangzhou to welcome the bride next year.
In August, Lu Huan finally found the opportunity to meet Chen Jiao. On this day, Lu Er Master went to work as a service. The second wife was invited to visit another family, and Lu Run was participating in the autumn examination.
No one who could stop Lu Huan in the second room was there. Lu Huan drank the servant and maid and went straight to Chen Jiao's yard. When he walked into the yard, he saw Chen Jiao walking out of it.
With eyes facing each other, Lu Huan was stunned in an instant, looking at Chen Jiao with complicated eyes.
Chen Jiao saw that Lu Huan had lost weight at first sight, and then, she noticed a trace of hatred in Lu Huan's burning eyes.
"What's the matter with my second cousin?" Chen Jiao stopped a few steps away and asked calmly.
Lu Huan missed her, thinking about living a life of age, but those heart-to-heart words that were about to burn him could not say it to such a cold and distant face.
"I heard that my second uncle is going to be out next year, and my cousin will leave with me?" After a long time, Lu Huan asked what he wanted to ask the most.
Chen Jiao had nothing to hide and nodded.
Lu Huan smiled, laughing angry and sad. Regardless of the maids' presence, he asked Chen Jiao in a trembling voice: "I'm that bad. You would rather marry in another place than marry me?"
After just knowing that no one in Liangzhou dared to marry Chen Jiao again, Lu Huan was happy and felt that he had a chance, but soon he learned from the gossip between the eldest lady and her mother that his second uncle was preparing to let go and said that his cousin would follow him.
Lu Huan could no longer help, so he rushed over to find Chen Jiao to ask clearly.
Now Chen Jiao admitted it, Lu Huan was chilled and angry. She was not at all in her heart? He was so kind to her and he was feeding the dogs?
Just feed the dog.
Looking at Chen Jiao's unmoved face, Lu Huan had the answer.
Chapter completed!