Priceless: A widow with a baby asks the prince to marry again

"…is that really…your hair?"

Chu Shiyu felt as if his heart was blocked by something! He couldn't breathe!

"I'm sorry for causing trouble to the academy."

Liu Rusi didn't even look at him. She bowed and apologized to the father and son of the Yue family who were stopped aside. Her ear-length hair slid down the sides of her face, casting a shadow on her fair face.

"Madam Liu, why should you blame yourself? It is because I am incompetent and cannot stop the barbarians." Yue Qianzhang shook his head and sighed, also showing disdain for Chu Shiyu.

"Even Confucius encountered Robber Zhi. It is hard to argue with him. Mr. Yue, there is no need to feel sorry." Liu Rusi sneered mercilessly.

"Why? Is it to the point where your hair is about to break?!"

Chu Shiyu couldn't listen to what they said at all. He moved forward involuntarily, wanting to get closer to her, wanting to touch the short hair that made him feel heartbroken...

However, the cold light she showed when she raised her hand stopped him in his tracks!

Putting the dagger against the other side of his neck that was not wrapped in gauze, Liu Rusi finally looked at him and asked calmly, "Do I have to die?"

"No! I never thought of hurting you! I want to marry you! Not as a concubine or a sidekick! A formal marriage!" Chu Shiyu felt that she might have misunderstood this as well, thinking that he regarded her as a plaything, which was why he had such a tense attitude.

"This is worth a fortune, but it will damage my reputation." Yue Ziqian said word by word.

Yue Qianzhang frowned and said in a deep voice: "To be able to marry a prince is indeed a great feat for an ordinary woman, but Madam Liu is a married woman! What's the difference between destroying someone's chastity and killing someone?!"

"Her late husband has been dead for three years! This matter has nothing to do with your Yue family! Stop talking nonsense!"

Chu Shiyu's anger that he couldn't vent towards Liu Rusi was now directed at the Yue father and son who stepped forward!

"Can I speak then?" she said coldly.

Seeing that his arrogance had subsided a little, Liu Rusi said clearly: "I'll say it again, I hate you very much and I won't go with you!"

This is different! Last time, he said 'I don't like it'! Chu Shiyu was full of anger but speechless. He knew that he had messed up! It made her go from indifference to disgust...

"I don't want to obey. Is there only one way to die?" There was a serious confirmation in her apricot eyes.

"No! I... came here to apologize to you! I was rude to you! I also want to tell you that I will not take you away by force again! You can go back to Dongshan Village without worry!"

Chu Shiyu quickly refined the words he originally wanted to use to comfort her into a few sentences, hoping that she would quickly put down the dagger that was pressing her tighter and tighter!

"Excuse me?"

They all looked around. There were hundreds of guards inside and outside the academy gate alone. Even if they didn't show any hostility, it was enough to feel the overwhelming momentum! And looking over the trees to the foot of the mountain, they could vaguely see that the soldiers surrounding the mountain had not left yet!

Chu Shiyu immediately waved his hand to let the guards retreat, while earnestly explaining: "I thought you would insist on pretending to be dead... and hide from me, so..."

"Why are you sure that mother is not dead?"

A childish voice suddenly came from the air. Several people looked up and saw a child clinging to the top of a big tree about thirty or four meters high, which was taller than the courtyard wall!

"Qin Hao! Why are you climbing so high?!" Liu Rusi, who had been calm and composed until now, suddenly looked frightened!

"Didn't I tell you to stay in the school? Why aren't you listening?" Yue Qianzhang was also very worried, and he craned his neck to see if the branch could hold up.

"Come down quickly and stop messing around!" Yue Ziqian scolded.

"Mom, Grandpa, godfather, don't worry. I have tied a rope to the main trunk. You won't fall down." Little Qin Hao pulled the rope around his waist, signaling them to rest assured.

"Godfather?" Rui Feng narrowed his eyes and looked at Yue Ziqian, his gaze full of dangerous scrutiny!

"Qin Hao! Climb down slowly and don't scare your mother!" Yue Ziqian only stared at the child on the tree and ignored the hostile looks, but the contempt in them was self-evident!

Seeing the jealous look in Prince Duan's eyes, Yue Qianzhang explained in a serious tone, "I originally had a grandson named Yue Chong, who was Ziqian's only son. He died of smallpox two years ago..."

"Qin Hao entered Heguang Academy last year. He is about the same age as my grandson. He is lively and smart, which made me like him. So I asked Ziqian to adopt Qin Hao as his adopted son to comfort the pain of losing his only child. Now my father and I both treat Qin Hao as our own son."

After hearing this explanation, Chu Shiyu's expression gradually relaxed. He didn't care what Qin Hao did. It was fine as long as the Yue family father and son liked him. He could leave it to them in the future so as not to annoy him.

However, Yue Qianzhang did not compromise with him, and continued bluntly: "Your Highness Prince Duan just said that this matter has nothing to do with our Yue family. I'm sorry that I don't agree with it!"

"Qin Hao has no uncle or brother, and only his widowed mother who raised him with great difficulty. Although he is young, he is very filial! Since my father and I treat him as our own son, we will naturally help him protect his biological mother!"

Chu Shiyu was annoyed to face off against such a pedantic old minister, but when he saw Liu Rusi getting under the big tree and nervously looking at little Qin Hao climbing down, the dagger in his hand unconsciously loosened and he felt a little more relaxed.

Chu Shiyu sneered and said, "Even if he treats her like his own daughter, you are still outsiders. Can you interfere with his daughter's remarriage?"

"You annoying bastard! Mom said she doesn't want to marry you! I don't agree either!"

Little Qin Hao climbed down to a stable tree branch that was about two meters high, untied the rope on the trunk and let it down. The branches and leaves around him became much sparser, and then a few people saw that he was still carrying a short bow and quiver on his back!

“What nonsense! Prince Duan is the son of the king, and his life is tied to the country of Great Xia! If you hurt him, you will be in real trouble!” Yue Qianzhang glared at him and scolded him coldly!

"He wanted to steal my mother, so you can't blame me for wanting to kill him!"

Qin Hao raised his head and snorted, "If he hadn't said he would let mom go home, I wouldn't have exposed myself!"

“Filial piety is the most important virtue. The idea is correct, but you shouldn’t resort to such a desperate measure! Relying on violence whenever something happens is no different from those brutal and tyrannical people.” Yue Ziqian stepped forward and stretched out his hand.

Liu Rusi nodded slightly to express her thanks and stepped aside, leaving him to help Qin Hao who had climbed up the main trunk.

Little Qin Hao paused on a tree branch, reached out to take down his short bow, glared at Chu Shiyu and said, "Even if you have the most power in the world, you can still bully others! I also have the anger of a commoner. Let's see if I can bleed for five steps and the whole world will be in mourning!"

The guards who had retreated to the surrounding areas immediately stepped forward! They immediately drew their swords and bows to counterattack!

Fortunately, Chu Shiyu signaled them not to act rashly, and Sun Zhizhao also quickly spoke out to persuade them: "Young Master Qin Hao, calm down! The prince is sincerely apologizing! He will not rob again!"

Qin Hao snorted contemptuously and threw the short bow and quiver under the tree. His panic at a seventeen-year-old child made Prince Duan and his entourage look ridiculous and full of irony.

Qin Hao slid down the tree and was carried down by Yue Ziqian. He then angrily said, "Don't bother us again! You don't need to apologize, and I won't accept your apology! You caused my mother to suffer so much!"

Chu Shiyu ignored all other words, only the word "injured" entered his ears. Looking at Liu Rusi's neck wrapped in gauze, he complained with concern: "Is the injury on your neck serious?"

"It's not the neck that's seriously injured! It's my legs that were scratched and bitten by the bear!" Little Qin Hao shouted angrily while running to his mother to support her.

Rui Feng's eyes were filled with horror, and he asked in a lost voice: "What?! You really met a bear..."

"Otherwise, how would we know there was a bear there! When I saw the bear, I immediately climbed up a tree, but the bear also climbed up and bit my leg. If I hadn't swung my knife and injured the bear's nose, temporarily scaring it away, I might have really died!"

The feeling of fear lingered! The scene of the dismembered body reappeared in my mind!

What Chu Shiyu blurted out was a reproach: "Why did you run?! I told you it was dangerous on the mountain and asked you to get down before dark! Why didn't you listen?!"

"You mean the victim shouldn't resist?" Liu Rusi laughed angrily.

Little Qin Hao was furious, and Yue Ziqian's eyes were full of hatred!

Yue Qianzhang sighed: "The emperor is a man of both military and literary talents, but he has his own way of thinking when it comes to choosing a successor. He allows brothers to fight and kill each other. Even if he is outstanding, he has become a heartless and ungrateful person..."

Chu Shiyu turned a deaf ear to this and walked towards Liu Rusi anxiously and said, "It's not that you shouldn't resist, but why do you have to do this..."

"Don't come near me!" Liu Rusi raised the dagger again!

Little Qin Hao didn't have time to curse, and quickly pulled his mother's arm and said, "Mom! Don't cut yourself again!"

Yue Ziqian took a step forward, as if he wanted to persuade them, but then paused, lowered his eyes, turned to the other side, and stood in front of the mother and son!

Looking straight at Chu Shiyu, his cold temperament was accompanied by a sudden anger. Yue Ziqian said coldly: "I'm sorry, you should leave."

Chu Shiyu stretched out his hand and pushed away the person who was blocking his way, and pleaded with Liu Rusi: "It's my fault! Can you let me see your injury? I will compensate you well!"

"I don't need you to watch it. The best compensation is for you to stop disturbing me!" Liu Rusi stepped back.

"Mom! Walk slower, don't pull the wound on your leg!" Qin Hao frantically tried to ask his mother to walk next to him, but his immature body obviously couldn't support it.

Chu Shiyu was in a dilemma. He was anxious to know how serious her injury was, but he was also worried that if he went forward, her injury would be aggravated...

Yue Ziqian, who had just been pushed away, grabbed him further and scolded him, "Men and women should not touch each other. Madam Liu's injuries have been treated. If you go to check, won't it ruin Madam Liu's reputation?"

The anger of being unable to advance or retreat was ignited!

Chu Shiyu grabbed and circled with his backhand! He restrained Yue Ziqian's arm! Then he swept his long legs and knocked him over and pressed him to the ground!

In fact, most scholars were not weak. The archery and charioteering among the six arts of a gentleman required a gentleman to be able to shoot arrows and drive a horse and a chariot. Just like Sun Zhizhao, even though he was a scholar, he had the physical strength to follow Prince Duan on a thousand-mile expedition.

But compared with ordinary people, he is not weaker. Prince Duan is not only good at both civil and military affairs, but he has achieved the highest level of both civil and military affairs!

After winning the first place in the civil examination, Prince Duan wanted to take part in the military examination, but was stopped by the emperor. However, Prince Duan took a different approach and challenged General Wei Yu, who was known for his unparalleled fighting ability! Although there are different opinions about the result of the narrow victory, many people think that Wei Yu was cautious and therefore held back, but it is enough to show that Prince Duan's martial arts are superb!

At this moment, Prince Duan alone was enough to make Yue Ziqian unable to move!

"Your Highness! Don't use force! I said I came here to apologize, aren't you just adding fuel to the fire?"

Sun Zhizhao was busy. He first signaled the guards not to act rashly, then stepped forward and pulled the prince, instructing him with his eyes to look at Madam Liu's shocked and angry expression!

Seeing her expression, Chu Shiyu relaxed a little and allowed Yue Ziqian to raise his head, but did not withdraw his hand. He looked down and warned in a cold voice: "I'll say it again, your Yue family has nothing to do with this matter, don't say anything more!"

“When I see injustice, I draw my sword to help. I am just a scholar and I am not good at fighting, but I should also speak up for what is right!” Although Yue Ziqian was pressed to the ground, his clear and elegant eyes met the sharp phoenix eyes, and he was not afraid at all.

"Since you are not afraid of talking, how about I put away your tongue?" Chu Shiyu said coldly and turned to look at Yue Qianzhang.

Although he was an old man, his figure was straight and not hunched. When Yue Qianzhang saw his son being threatened, he only looked heavy-hearted, without any sign of cowardice or pleading!

Seeing Prince Duan's gaze turned to him, Yue Qianzhang said solemnly: "The Yue family has been loyal for generations! If the emperor had accepted the advice, I would not have feared death! Now, the future emperor must be Your Highness. If my son's suffering can bring Your Highness' kindness, I will have no regrets!"

What a pair of corrupt father and son!

Chu Shiyu didn't want to make things awkward, so he didn't take the dagger handed to him by the guard. Instead, he looked at Liu Rusi and said, "I really know I was wrong! You don't have to threaten me with your life like this! If you don't want me to get close, then I won't get close. Is that okay?"

Liu Rusi remained silent, just looking back and forth at the Yue father and son, her face full of worry and guilt.

"When you return to Dongshan Village, I will prepare a generous gift for the Yue family as an apology." Chu Shiyu persuaded in a gentle voice.

"Will you swear to never disturb or offend Madam Liu again?"

Yue Ziqian reminded that the Chu family was almost all people who would do anything to achieve their goals. They would conspire to come up with an extreme plan of fake death, because they all believed that Prince Duan would not give up! Based on the current ambiguous statement, it was impossible to tell that Prince Duan had given up!

"Please swear that you will never have any bad intentions towards me again." Liu Rusi seemed to want to calm down this farce as soon as possible.

But Chu Shiyu had never thought of giving up, so how could he swear? Yue Ziqian, who had reminded him out loud, seemed to be angry and became the target of anger again! He grabbed his collar and pulled him up to look at him!

Chu Shiyu coldly questioned: "Are you really speaking for justice? Or are you harboring ill intentions towards Madam Liu?!"

"How can Prince Duan slander me? Madam Liu has absolutely nothing to do with my son!" Yue Qianzhang shouted angrily!

Chu Shiyu originally wanted to divert the conflict, but Yue Ziqian lowered his eyes and did not look at him, which was a sign of a man's vigilance!

His eyes became truly cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Just think of it as my suspicion! As long as you swear that you have no thoughts about Madam Liu! I swear that I will never offend Madam Liu again, and I will never take the initiative to step into the Qin family's courtyard again!"

"You mean, you'll entangle me in other ways, right?" Yue Ziqian turned and seized the loophole in his language.

Chu Shiyu's intention was exposed, and he simply looked at Liu Rusi, and said with relief: "I took you away by force before, causing you to break your hair and get injured. I am heartbroken and regretful! But I love you and cannot let you go! But I swear, from now on, I will be chaste and polite, and will never do anything inappropriate again!"

"I understand, and I believe you can do it! Let Mr. Yue go!" Liu Rusi's expression softened, and she even lowered her hand to put down the dagger.

Seeing her attitude soften, Chu Shiyu temporarily forgot about his concern for Yue Ziqian, let go and stood up, then said softly: "Then I will arrange a carriage to take you back to Dongshan Village, okay?"