After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

I took Fuyao's hand and motioned her to stand beside me. I smiled and asked, "Fuyao, are you willing to marry my father?"

I asked so bluntly that Fuyao's everlasting cold face suddenly turned red. She was a little tongue-tied and said, "Mother, what are you talking about? The Duke is such a prominent and dazzling person, like the stars in the sky, how, how could he look down on someone like me who is as humble as the dust in the mortal world?"

Zhao Zhenyuan didn't say anything.

Gongsun Wen also sat aside, looking like he was enjoying the show.

I tugged at Fuyao's sleeve and asked with a smile, "I just want to ask if you are willing?"

Fuyao's face turned even redder. She didn't understand why I suddenly asked her such a question in front of Zhao Zhenyuan. She was so embarrassed that she just wanted to dig a hole and hide. But I couldn't help but reply, so she stammered, "I, of course I am willing, but the Duke is the most majestic man in the world, and it's not something that someone like me can dream of. Mother, please don't tease me."

I burst into laughter, stood up, and led Fuyao to Zhao Zhenyuan, saying, "Father, did you see that? Fuyao is very willing. Now it depends on your opinion."

Before Fuyao reached Zhao Zhenyuan, she involuntarily took a few steps back, lowered her head, and did not dare to look Zhao Zhenyuan in the face.

Zhao Zhenyuan glanced at Fuyao, then at me, and then asked me, "My dear Ah Man, can you tell me why your father wants to bring us together?"

I pouted my lips pretending to be wronged and said, "I just want you to be happy in your later years. Fuyao can marry her ideal man, which is a win-win situation. Why does father question me?"

Zhao Zhenyuan sighed, then stood up and said, "I think Miss Fuyao hasn't thought it through yet, so let's wait until she thinks it through before making a decision."

After Zhao Zhenyuan finished speaking, he turned around and left without looking back.

Zhao Zhenyuan left, but Gongsun Wen had no intention of leaving.

I looked at Fuyao, who looked sad, and said to Gongsun Wen in a bad mood, "My father has left, why haven't you left yet?"

Gongsun Wen put down his tea bowl, chuckled, and said, "I came here specially to see you. How can I leave before I have finished talking?"

I pushed Fuyao and said, "My father hasn't gone far yet. Hurry up and catch up with him. Tell him your idea in person. Whether it will work depends on you."

Fuyao looked at me unconfidently and said hesitantly, "Will the Duke dislike me even more if I catch up with him like this?"

I said confidently: "No, my father is not that kind of person. If you want to spend the rest of your life with your ideal man, you have to work hard for it."

Fuyao, who is usually carefree, hesitated and didn't dare to move. I pushed her and said, "Go quickly, or my father will have to leave the palace."

Fu Yao thought about it, gritted her teeth, then turned around and ran away.

Fuyao is not a timid person. I believe she will try her best for her future happiness.

Gongsun Wen watched as the room finally quieted down. He pulled out a string of wooden beads from his sleeve and handed it to me, saying, "This is the Buddhist beads I got for you at the Dingyuan Ancient Temple. The abbot said they can keep you safe and successful."

Dingyuan Ancient Temple?

I once read the legend about Dingyuan Ancient Temple in a miscellaneous book.

But it is just a legend, and no one has ever seen the real Dingyuan Ancient Temple.

According to legend, Dingyuan Ancient Temple is mysterious and powerful. As long as you can find it and make a wish to it, the wish will surely come true.

I took the Buddhist beads and looked at them carefully. Each bead was polished to be smooth and round, and of uniform size. The beads, as big as longan, had the texture of natural wood and a faint scent of incense.

I counted them and found there were fourteen Buddhist beads. It is said that a bracelet with fourteen Buddhist beads represents peace and good fortune.

I gently rubbed the Buddhist beads with my fingers. The smooth wooden beads did not feel cold like other jewelry. When my fingers ran over them, I could feel the warm body temperature from Gongsun Wen.

I murmured, "Isn't Dingyuan Ancient Temple a legend? How did you find it?"

Gongsun Wen said: "I walked in Dingyuan Mountain for several days. One day, I accidentally fell into a valley and was buried in the snow in the valley for a day. When I thought I was about to die, a temple suddenly appeared in front of me. A monk came towards me in the dim light. He said he was the abbot of the temple. He asked me if I had any unfulfilled wishes, otherwise why did I risk my life to break into Dingyuan Mountain? So I told him my wish. He replied, "God's will cannot be violated." After that, he handed me this bracelet and said that since we were destined to meet, he would give me this bracelet, which would keep me safe and smooth. Later, my followers found me fainted in the mountains and rushed me to the clinic for treatment. Only then did I come back alive. Although the abbot did not realize my wish, I still want to pass this bracelet on to me, because my wish is that you can be safe and smooth."

Gongsun Wen's words sounded normal, but I felt terrified when I heard them.

Dingyuan Mountain is a legendary sacred mountain, but no one knows its exact location. So how did Gongsun Wen get to Dingyuan Mountain?

He also fell into a valley and was buried in the snow. If, as he said, his followers found him and sent him to the hospital, how did his followers find him? He was buried in the snow for almost a day, but he didn't freeze to death. How did he do that?

Seeing the unpredictable look on my face, Gongsun Wen seemed to know what I was thinking and said, "Dingyuan Mountain is recorded in books, and I just went there to try my luck. I didn't expect that I would actually break into Dingyuan Mountain and see the legendary Dingyuan Temple. Although the abbot did not fulfill my wish, he let me survive, which is a blessing in disguise."

When Gongsun Wen handed me the Buddhist beads just now, I noticed that he seemed not to want me to see his hands, and he kept his hands hidden in his sleeves.

I said hoarsely, "Show me your hand."

Gongsun Wen did not extend his hand, but hid it behind his back, stood up quickly, and said, "I remembered that I have not done what Your Majesty asked me to do. I have to go."

After saying that, he strode out without looking back.

I held the Buddhist beads tightly, as if I had made some kind of decision, gritted my teeth, and said loudly, "I'm leaving soon."

Gongsun Wen paused, turned around and looked at me in disbelief, and asked in a stammering voice, "You, what did you say?"

My chest rose and fell violently, and I choked up and said, "I said I'm leaving soon, don't you have anything to say to me?"

The calm expression of this cold man gradually cracked. Annoyance, heartache, despair, and all kinds of emotions kept changing on his face. Finally, his face turned pale, and he took several steps back, muttering, "No, no."

Gongsun Wen stumbled out as he spoke, and disappeared in an instant.