The old lady's face suddenly changed and she was momentarily speechless. However, seeing Yun Xi sitting on Qi Rong's lap with a struggling expression, she couldn't help but angrily blurt out:
"If Your Highness the Prince truly intends to marry our Yun Xi as the Princess of Xian, you wouldn't act so high - handedly!"
"Not to mention that Yun Xi herself is unwilling. Even if she agreed, you should obtain the consent of her parents or the matchmaker's arrangement. You casually come to the door with betrothal gifts without following the proper etiquette. How can we believe in your sincerity?!"
Seeing that Qi Rong had disrupted Yun Xi and Shi Qian's wedding, the old lady no longer cared about being laughed at by others at this moment.
She just wanted to come up with all sorts of reasons to make Qi Rong back down. Or rather, to temporarily hold him off.
However, who was Qi Rong? He was never bound by so - called rules! Moreover, he had his own plan, and this was just the right time to announce it:
"Who said this prince wants to marry her as the Princess of Xian? I'm just taking a concubine. Why do I need a matchmaker's arrangement?"
"I've come here in person. That's already giving your Prime Minister's Mansion enough face!"
As soon as Qi Rong said this, an uproar broke out among the crowd.
Yun Xi was the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion and also the Princess Yongning personally bestowed by the emperor. Although the prime minister was now in prison, for the Prince of Xian to take Yun Xi as a concubine?
This was simply too insulting!
"Prince of Xian, don't go too far!"
Upon hearing this, the old lady turned livid with anger. Pointing at Qi Rong with a trembling finger, her whole body couldn't stop shaking.
"Yun Xi is a descendant of our Yun family, a proper eldest daughter. She will never condescend to be your concubine!"
"Servants! Immediately throw his things out of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Our Yun family doesn't sell our daughters!"
The old lady's words were passionate. Even Yu Zhu was deeply moved and couldn't help but give her a thumbs - up:
"Well said, old lady!"
If the Prince of Xian, Qi Rong, was sincere in marrying her young lady as his wife, she would actually be happy about it. After all, her young lady had feelings for the prince. Lovers should be together.
However, the prince actually said in public that he wanted her young lady to be his concubine?!
Not to mention that the old lady disagreed, even she strongly objected!
Suddenly remembering how heart - broken her young lady had been when talking about the prince before, Yu Zhu couldn't help but want to beat herself up.
If she had known this earlier, she wouldn't have stopped her young lady from marrying Mr. Shi!
At least the other person really wanted to marry her young lady as his wife. Once her young lady entered the Shi family, she would be the proper "Mrs. Shi" and the future mistress of the family!
The old lady loudly gave the order, but none of the servants on the scene dared to move. Because they had just witnessed Qi Rong's might. Even Shi Qian was no match for him. Wouldn't they be just throwing their lives away?
Moreover, the other person was the Prince of Xian, known for his ruthless means and vengeful nature!
They all cherished their lives and naturally didn't want to provoke him!
There was a deathly silence all around. Shi Qian managed to get up and walked up to Qi Rong. Looking at him with a cold and resolute expression, he said:
"A gentleman helps others achieve their goodness and does not promote their evil. A petty man does the opposite."
"Shi believes that His Highness the Prince of Xian, as a member of the royal family, should naturally set an example and have excellent conduct. He would not disgrace the upbringing of the royal family."
Shi Qian's words were sharp, and the atmosphere on the scene instantly dropped to freezing point.
Everyone was shocked and couldn't help but look at Shi Qian with worried expressions, fearing that he would be beheaded by Qi Rong in the next moment.
Everyone thought that Qi Rong would be immediately enraged. However, Qi Rong just raised his eyebrows:
"You're quite brave to talk to this prince about upbringing?"
"However, the upbringing of your Shi family doesn't seem to be very good. I wonder if you've heard about the concubine of your grandfather who suddenly 'died violently' last year and who was once in love with your second uncle?"
Qi Rong sneered. Upon hearing this, Shi Qian's face suddenly turned deathly pale:
"This is impossible! Don't spout nonsense just to slander my Shi family!"
Just last year, his grandfather, regardless of the opposition of his children, suddenly took a maid in the mansion as his concubine. However, within half a year, the woman died of illness.
He had heard about it from his mother and didn't think much of it at the time. But now, hearing it from Qi Rong, he suddenly remembered that one night, he had seen his second uncle drunk out of his mind, vaguely muttering the name of a person.
At that time, he was busy comforting his drunk second uncle and didn't pay much attention. Now that he thought about it, the name his second uncle had been muttering was actually the name of that woman!
Qi Rong glanced at Shi Qian's shocked face indifferently and curled his lips, his smile full of malice:
"If you think this is slander, why don't you go back to Jiangdu and ask your second uncle for verification?"
"I heard that he found out the real cause of that woman's death the day before yesterday and is now arguing with your grandfather about cutting off their father - son relationship and becoming a monk!"
Qi Rong was so certain that Shi Qian couldn't help but suspect. Staring intently at Qi Rong, he said:
"The day before yesterday? How do you know so much about the affairs of our Shi family?!"
Facing Shi Qian's accusation, Qi Rong replied quite frankly:
"This prince naturally knows because it was this prince who had someone tell your second uncle."
Looking at the wanton smile on Qi Rong's face, Shi Qian staggered. He could no longer maintain his previous calmness, and his face turned so white that there was hardly a trace of color.
Compared with his parents, he had the deepest feelings for his second uncle. Because his second uncle was born when his grandfather was old, and the age difference between them was not large. So they were both uncle and nephew and confidants.
His second uncle had long reached the age of marriage, but he never got married. All the arranged marriages in the family were rejected by him one by one.
He had always thought that his second uncle just hadn't met the woman he liked and would rather be single than settle. He never knew that his second uncle had actually been in love with a maid in the mansion.
But with his grandfather's personality, he would naturally not allow a maid to block his son's future, so he took the maid in.
And even to cut off his second uncle's feelings, he directly got rid of the woman forever?!
Analyzing the reasons, Shi Qian thought it was very likely.
Suddenly remembering Qi Rong's words just now, Shi Qian's pupils shrank. He immediately said to the old lady of the Yun family:
"Junior has something urgent and needs to leave the capital temporarily. As for Master, junior will come back immediately after dealing with the matter!"
Saying that, Shi Qian stared deeply at Yun Xi, opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.
Finally, Shi Qian suddenly turned around, took off his red outer robe, and walked quickly out of the courtyard!
"Brother Shi! If you leave, what will happen to my elder sister?"
Yun Qi watched the sudden change in front of him, looking at Shi Qian's departing back in disbelief, and quickly chased after him!
Yun Xi, who had been in shock and entanglement all this time, glared at Qi Rong angrily:
"How could you be so despicable?"
He could so easily scheme against the Shi family. Does he have any bottom - line as a human being?
He had already planned everything on his way to the capital. What a terrifying scheme!
Is it true that any man who gets close to her will catch his eye and end up badly?
If so, no matter who she marries, she will never escape Qi Rong's clutches. Maybe she should just give in to him, love and hate him, and torment each other!