Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

In fact, his friends had never seen the Scarlet Engagement. Bai Yixing said this just to stop Ling Jiuhua from making up excuses to shirk the marriage.

His friends immediately started to make a noise, saying, "We all saw it, it's true."

"The Bai family is a great family in our Snow Country. Uncle Ling, you have a keen eye for talent. You really have extraordinary abilities. You laid out the overall plan more than ten years ago. Haha..."

Someone else said, "Uncle Ling, we have met several times. You and my father are very good friends. We are here to witness this happy event, not to embarrass you."

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Ling Jiuhua took a closer look and found that indeed, many of them were the nephews or younger brothers of his friends. Some of them were even the sons of counselors and regents, and even the nephew of the Grand Protector-General was among them.

I thought that although Bai Yixing was a dissolute playboy, he actually knew so many young men from powerful families. He was not completely useless and he was indeed a handsome man... Thinking of this, I finally felt better.

Then he said, "I remember now. The bloody marriage contract...it really happened. Our Ling family can't deny that it didn't happen..."

Bai Yixing immediately responded, "That's it. I should have come to propose marriage last year, but my father died unexpectedly. I was heartbroken, so I delayed coming until today. I hope Uncle Ling won't mind."

Ling Jiuhua nodded, thinking that although this man was uneducated, his words were quite decent. He turned around and told the servants and guards to put away their swords, guns, sticks and clubs, and then invited Bai Yixing and his party in.

Although the Ling family's house is large, they couldn't find more than two hundred stools at once.

Ling Jiuhua had no choice but to invite Bai Yixing and several children of wealthy families or officials to sit in the main hall, and ordered servants to lead the rest to the side halls. Even the side halls were full, so the rest had to sit in the courtyard and garden. There were not enough chairs and stools, so they moved some pebbles and stone slabs for everyone to sit down.

The Ling family had originally had quite a few members, and now over two hundred people squeezed in at once, making the house instantly full and bustling, like a busy street.

Ling Jiuhua forced a few smiles and said some polite words expressing his honor.

After arranging Bai Yixing and seven or eight others to sit in the main hall, Ling Jiuhua ordered the servants to serve fragrant tea, and specifically said that it was bought from Baijun City in Cangmu Kingdom to show its preciousness and rarity.

As they chatted, the servants of the Ling family brought up various snacks such as cloud cakes, snowflake cakes, crushed ice and milk cubes. Ling Jiuhua smiled and asked everyone to eat more.

Bai Yixing naturally saw that Ling Jiuhua had no sincerity at all, and thought that if he hadn't called a large group of friends over today, he might not be able to enter the door of his Ling family.

He tried several times to bring the topic back to the marriage proposal, but was always diverted to the side by Ling Jiuhua, or simply started chatting enthusiastically with the son of the counselor or the nephew of the Grand Protector, leaving him, Bai Yixing, aside.

Bai Yixing didn't want to lose his temper in front of everyone. He thought, it's still early today, and after you've finished talking, it should be my turn to propose, right?

After a while, Ling Jiuhua suddenly pulled a servant to his side and whispered something to him. He spoke so quietly that Bai Yixing and the others could not hear.

After Ling Jiuhua finished his whisper, he started chatting with everyone as if nothing had happened.

Not long after, the servant suddenly ran to the door of the main hall and shouted to Ling Jiuhua: "Master, master, something bad has happened, something bad has happened. The white peacock raised by the mistress has just laid eggs. There are seven or eight eggs in one nest. Each one is as big as a fist. You should go and have a look!" Although he looked out of breath, he spoke so long in one breath without stopping.

Ling Jiuhua cried out, "This is a big deal, I have to go take a look." Then he turned around and said to Bai Yixing and the others, "Please sit down, I'll be right back."

Without waiting for everyone to say anything, he left in a hurry.

Bai Yixing couldn't help but get angry. It wasn't a big deal for him to bring his friends and lots of gifts to propose marriage, but it was a big deal for his peacock to lay a few eggs! And seeing that he whispered to the servant at first, and then the servant ran in and pretended to breathe and talk, I'm afraid that even the peacock laying eggs was fake.

He was extremely irritable and anxiously waiting, so he drank cup after cup of tea. However, half an hour had passed and Ling Jiuhua had not returned to the main hall.

After drinking too much tea, his lower abdomen was filled with urine and he began to feel urgent. Bai Yixing couldn't stand it anymore and went out to find a toilet.

But he found that the corridors, side halls, and courtyards were filled with people he had brought with him, and he could not find anyone to ask where the toilet was. Bai Yixing felt so bloated that he had to turn a few corners and find a place where no one was, and then he solved it in a mess.

He had just rolled up his trousers and tied his belt when he heard someone in the next room say, "This is indeed a difficult matter. How can you say something like driving them away?" It was his future father-in-law, Ling Jiuhua.

Another middle-aged female voice said: "What is there to be unsaid? If you don't want to go and tell me, Shuxue can't marry that playboy Bai Yixing anyway!" The middle-aged woman who spoke should be Ling Jiuhua's wife, Ling Shuxue's mother.

Bai Yixing didn't expect that the people of the Ling family would dislike him so much, and the anger in his heart suddenly rose up again. He suppressed his anger and quietly walked to the corner to eavesdrop.

Ling Jiuhua said, "If it's just Bai Yixing, it's easy to deal with, but my city's chief judge, councilor, and even the people from the Grand Protector's family are here. If we drive them all away, they won't be able to stay in Bingcheng anymore."

Shu Xue's mother didn't say anything else, probably because she felt that what her husband said was right and that it was indeed wrong to drive someone away.

Another clear voice said, "Father, although this marriage cannot be avoided, it is still possible for me to make some requests to the Bai family, right?"

The person who spoke was Ling Shuxue, the third daughter of the Ling family, who had an extremely beautiful face and made Bai Yixing obsessed and think about her day and night.

Ling Jiuhua said, "Of course you can, but the request cannot be too excessive, otherwise it will be the same as a rejection. If it gets out, it will be disadvantageous to our Ling family. If they report it to the Qi family, the family cannot protect them everywhere."

Ling Shuxue said: "My request is that Bai Yixing earn as much as his grandfather did when he was alive. If he has this ability, it won't be unfair for me to marry him."

The three of them didn't speak for a while.

After a while, Ling Jiuhua seemed to have finally made up his mind and said, "Well, let's make this request to him. If this guy can really earn back the family property, Shu Xue will marry him then. Otherwise, don't blame us for looking down on the Bai family!"

Bai Yixing thought that the reason you kept making excuses seemed to be just about money. He couldn't help but be overjoyed and said secretly, Ling Jiuhua, I, Bai Yixing, have decided on you as your father-in-law!