The Concubine Strikes Back: The Marquis Insists on Me to Be His Wife

Li Shang finally couldn't help but asked again: "Who is this lady?"

Su Qing looked at Li Shang with some surprise. It was the first time she saw him so proactive. You know, Li Shang usually seemed indifferent to everything.

"This is the legitimate daughter of Duke Meng, Meng Zhiyuan. This is..." Su Qing was interrupted by Li Shang before she could finish her words.

"My name is Li Shang. I'm currently working as an editor in the Hanlin Academy. Nice to meet you, Miss Meng." Li Shang introduced himself with a smile.

"Thank you, Mr. Li~" Meng Zhiyuan also responded with a smile, bowing slightly.

Li Shang was stunned for a moment, it was too beautiful. The scene before him was the same scene that Li Yue would use to mock her brother one day in the future.

Meng Zhiyuan felt a little embarrassed when Li Shang stared at her so bluntly. Li Shang also realized his mistake and said hurriedly, "Miss Meng looks like a fairy from heaven. She is so beautiful. I am sorry for being rude!"

"Sister Su, it's getting late. I'd better go back home first, otherwise my mother will come to trouble you when she sees that I have not returned for a long time." Meng Zhiyuan said to Su Qing with a smile.

Su Qing looked at the considerate Meng Zhiyuan in front of her and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: "What a good girl!" She hesitated for a moment and was about to tell someone to send Meng Zhiyuan back home!

Then Li Shang suggested, "Miss Meng, if you don't mind, why don't you let me and my sister take you back together?"

Hearing this, Meng Zhiyuan was a little surprised. She wanted to ask Li Shang to send her back, but she was worried that doing so would cause some unnecessary misunderstandings or troubles. For a moment, she was in a dilemma.

Su Qing also felt very conflicted at this moment. She was afraid that the two of them would develop feelings for each other as soon as they met, which might bring more problems.

At this moment, Li Yue, who was standing by, keenly noticed the subtle atmosphere between her brother and Meng Zhiyuan. She rolled her eyes and immediately stepped forward and said, "Sister Meng, what's wrong with this? It's not like you're asking my brother to send you home alone." After saying that, she did not forget to glance at Li Shang, who actually wished that he could personally escort Meng Zhiyuan home.

However, Li Shang did not express his thoughts directly, but nodded slightly to show his agreement.

Then, Li Yue continued, "Moreover, Sister Meng, when you came here today, you didn't bring any servants or maids with you, and you didn't prepare a carriage. Even if Sister Qing didn't arrange for someone to take you back, would she just let you walk back alone? Sister Qing, don't you think this makes sense?"

"You are getting more and more talkative, girl?" After Su Qing finished talking about Li Yue, she looked at Meng Zhiyuan, "But what Li Yue said makes sense. I am worried about letting you go back to the mansion by yourself. The Mengguo Mansion is quite far from Jishidi Hall. Since they are fine, let them take you there! I am also relieved."

In fact, Su Qing was worried, but she couldn't say it on the surface.

"Then let's do as Sister Su says! I'm also a little scared to go back alone! With Sister Li Yue to talk to me, I won't be lonely along the way."

"That's great." Li Shang said softly.

So the three of them walked out of Jishidiang together and got on the carriage.

Along the way, Li Yue and Meng Zhiyuan chatted happily, while Li Shang rode his horse silently beside their carriage, occasionally interjecting a few words.

Before they knew it, they had arrived at the gate of Duke Meng's mansion.

"Thank you for sending me back." Meng Zhiyuan said with a smile.

"Miss Meng, you are too polite. If you are free in the future, you may come to Jishidiang to play with me often." Li Yue invited enthusiastically.

"Sure." Meng Zhiyuan nodded, then turned and walked into the mansion.

Looking at Meng Zhiyuan's departing back, Li Shang couldn't help but feel a faint sense of loss in his heart.

"Brother, don't look at it, everyone has gone in." Li Yue joked.

"Okay, let's go back too." Li Shang withdrew his gaze and walked back with Li Yue.

But they didn't know that as soon as they turned around and left, Meng Zhiyuan came out from behind the mansion gate. Looking at Li Shang's back sitting on the horse, he felt indescribably lost.

She had never thought that she would marry someone like Su Jinqi. It was not that Su Jinqi was a bad person, but because she had a more outgoing personality, she wanted to find someone with a personality opposite to hers, but Su Jinqi and she were of the same type.

In one incident, she heard from her father that Su Jinqi had been engaged and already had a lover, but for some reason she changed her mind and insisted on marrying her.

It was not until the siblings Li Shang and Li Yue disappeared from his sight that Meng Zhiyuan walked towards the courtyard of Duke Meng and Madam Meng with a lost look.

Seeing her father and mother chatting and laughing, Meng Zhiyuan had a bold idea in her mind. She wanted to fight for the person she liked.

"Father, Mother, Yuan'er is back." Meng Zhiyuan hugged Mrs. Meng as soon as she entered the room.

Duke Meng, who was standing by, scolded him, "You're getting married next month, why are you still so childish?"

"Mom, Dad always says to me, should I get closer to mom?"

"Okay, okay, okay, it's up to you."

"Mother, Yuan'er wants to ask you and father for something. Will you follow my lead?"

"Oh? My daughter Yuan'er actually begged for help? Master, you see, this girl is thoughtful! It is said that a daughter who is married off is like water spilled, so she must be asking for something! Tell me, so that your mother and father can listen too."

"Mother, I'm not asking for anything! I just want...I want..."

"Yuan'er? What's wrong with you? Why are you so hesitant today? But what happened when you went out with the Marquis' wife today?"

"Mother, Sister Su is a very kind person. Please don't listen to those people's gossip. I just..."

"You kid, you're making me anxious! If you hadn't told me I would have gone to the study." Duke Meng was about to get up.

Meng Zhiyuan quickly knelt in front of the two and said, "Father, please have mercy on me. I don't want to marry Su Jinqi, and I don't want to go to the general's mansion. I already have a lover, can you please cancel the marriage with the Su family?"

Duke Meng was shocked when he heard this. Then he turned angry and slammed his hand on the table. "Nonsense~ It's just nonsense~ Your marriage with the Su family was requested by General Su in front of the emperor, and I agreed. The emperor personally issued an imperial decree, and now we are going to get married. You actually said you don't want to get married??? What do you think of the imperial decree? What do you think of the emperor? Where do you put our Duke's Mansion?"

"Father, calm down."

"Master, don't be angry." Madam Meng comforted Duke Meng and looked at Meng Zhiyuan, "But what did the young marquis' wife say to you today? How come you didn't say before that you didn't want to marry Su Jinqi, but you went out with her today and came back saying you didn't want to get married? Don't be bewitched by her! She and Su Jinqi are not born of the same mother. Su Jinqi is Su Wanyu's biological brother. The young marquis' wife must be trying to sow discord."