Best Brother (Update 1)

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Zhongxin Marquis Mansion.

Hearing from the servants that Xing Ji was back, Old Lady Xing was worried, "I don't know what he said when he entered the palace, and whether the emperor was angry. Alas! He is still so impulsive at this age!"

Xing Yusheng, who was beside her, comforted Old Lady Xing, "Grandma, don't worry. If the emperor wants to punish him, he won't be able to come back."

Old Lady Xing glared at Xing Yusheng, "Your father did it all for you this time!"

Xing Yusheng coughed lightly, "Grandma, don't misunderstand, I definitely don't mean to curse my father."

Xing Ji went to the door and frowned when he heard Xing Yusheng's last words.

"What's wrong?" Old Lady Xing asked anxiously.

Xing Ji looked normal, "The imperial decree for marriage will be issued soon."

Old Lady Xing and Xing Yusheng's faces sank when they heard this!

Previously, only the fourth prince asked for the imperial decree for marriage, and they thought that Xing Ji's meaning had not changed.

Xing Yusheng frowned, "Su Liang may not know about this. She has a good relationship with Miss Lin. If she goes to the Fourth Prince, there may be a turnaround."

Xing Ji heard the name Su Liang mentioned many times by Old Lady Xing, and knew that this was Xing Yusheng's savior and good friend. It was she who revealed the secret information she got from the Fourth Prince to Xing Yusheng, which made the Xing family's transition smooth and resolved the crisis.

At this moment, Xing Ji thought of Duanmu Chen's performance when he entered the palace for the second time. He was surprised that he would give up Lin Xueqing.

Because Xing Ji knew very well why Duanmu Chen wanted to marry Lin Xueqing, and Duanmu Chen had no reason to sell face to Xing Ji or Xing Yusheng.

It's hard to say what Duanmu Yi thinks of this matter, but Xing Ji knows that if Duanmu Chen is unwilling to give up, Lin Xueqing will have to marry him.

Based on his understanding of Duanmu Chen, Xing Ji had to suspect that during the two visits to the palace, someone or something made Duanmu Chen change his mind.

After listening to Xing Yusheng's words, Xing Ji guessed that it was most likely Su Liang who made Duanmu Chen give up marrying Lin Xueqing.

Old Lady Xing sighed deeply, "You shouldn't have entered the palace again. Not to mention that the emperor values ​​the fourth prince, we didn't have any agreement with the Lin family on this matter. The fourth prince was in front, and the emperor's words were golden. How could it be easily changed? You are so careless to compete with the fourth prince for Yu'er. The emperor will definitely be dissatisfied with the Xing family."

Xing Ji came back to his senses, sat down next to Old Lady Xing, shook his head and said, "Mother misunderstood, I didn't make it clear just now. The imperial decree of marriage is for Yusheng and Miss Lin."

Old Lady Xing looked at Xing Ji in disbelief, and after a while she reacted and slapped him on the back of his head, "You really make me worry!"

After Xing Yusheng was stunned, she showed a happy look on her face, "Really? What about the fourth prince?"

"I don't know why he gave up, otherwise it wouldn't be your turn." Xing Ji didn't mean to take credit for himself. That's the truth. He just mentioned that matter and wanted to fight for it, but the final decision was on Duanmu Chen's side.

Xing Yusheng was stunned for a moment, and blurted out, "Su Liang must have found the Fourth Prince! Otherwise, how could he suddenly give up?"

Old Lady Xing breathed a sigh of relief, "Since the Fourth Prince gave up himself, the Emperor will not blame us. But we should be more cautious when dealing with the royal family in the future. Su Liang has a close relationship with the Fourth Prince. If she really mediates, that girl is too capable!"

Generally speaking, if an unmarried woman has a close relationship with an unmarried man, ordinary people will think about it in terms of men and women.

But Su Liang and Duanmu Chen are different.

Although Xing Ji has never met Su Liang, from the previous incident and this incident, he can see that Su Liang is very valuable to Duanmu Chen, which is why Duanmu Chen repeatedly sells her face at critical moments.

Because with Duanmu Chen's character, it is impossible for him to let the love between men and women affect his future.

"The marriage is settled." Xing Ji said, "I will go to the Lin family later to talk to Lin Shuzhi."

"I will go too." Xing Yusheng said, "The Lin family has not yet been consulted on this marriage. If they disagree, I will cancel the engagement after the storm has passed."

Xing Ji frowned, "Didn't mother say that Yusheng likes Miss Lin?"

Xing Yusheng nodded, "These are two different things. I like Miss Lin, but Miss Lin may not be willing to marry me. Marriage must be consensual, otherwise it will become a couple of grudges sooner or later."

As soon as these words came out, Old Lady Xing subconsciously looked at Xing Ji, and saw that his face suddenly sank, and he stood up, "Your business, you can decide for yourself. In an hour, follow me to the Lin family."

Old Lady Xing sighed. At the beginning, Xing Yusheng's mother was suddenly married to Xing Ji. They did not fall in love with each other and become lovers, nor did they become a couple of grudges because of dislike. They entangled for many years and ended with Qin Xiang's death. Xing Yusheng did not understand many inside stories.

Xing Ji walked to the door, suddenly stopped and looked back at Xing Yusheng, "The emperor ordered the fourth prince to investigate the attack on the second prince in the Huguo Temple. Do you know anything?"

Xing Yusheng's eyes flashed. Of course he knew.

Xing Ji walked back again, "Did you do it?"

Old Lady Xing explained hurriedly, "No! Yu'er has a good temper, unlike you when you were young, you would beat people up if you disagreed. Besides, Yu'er doesn't know martial arts."

"I heard that the second prince had evil intentions towards Miss Qin." Xing Ji said.

This was what Old Lady Xing told Xing Ji, and the original intention was to remind Xing Ji to be careful when the girls in the family go out and arrange more guards to watch them.

Xing Ji meant that Xing Yusheng might have arranged Qi Yan and Qi Jun to beat the second prince in order to vent Qin Yujin's anger.

"What if I did it?" Xing Yusheng asked, not out of anger, but because he thought Su Liang did what he wanted to do.

"Yu'er, what are you talking about?" Mrs. Xing frowned.

Xing Ji looked at Xing Yusheng, his eyes narrowed slightly, "It's not you, but you know who it is."

"I don't know." Xing Yusheng shook his head.

Xing Ji nodded, "It's that Su Liang. The death of her family is related to the second prince."

Seeing Xing Ji's guess, Xing Yusheng did not deny it, "It's not because of past grudges. It was the second prince who saw Su Liang's beauty and intended to do something wrong to her. Originally, the second prince was targeting Nian Ruxue, and Nian Ruxue escaped for herself. Su Liang, who deliberately let the second prince notice her, caused Su Liang to get entangled with him. She ran away and even denied seeing Su Liang when she saw her cousin. This is simply shameless! "

Mrs. Xing just found out about this and couldn't help frowning, "Why is that young lady from the Nian family so vicious? She should know very well who the second prince is. If Su Liang wasn't so capable, wouldn't he be destroyed?"

And Xing Yusheng said so much because his stepmother still had not given up the idea of ​​marrying Nian Ruxue for her son.

Although Xing Yusheng has a normal relationship with his siblings, he doesn't want someone like Nian Ruxue to marry into the Xing family and disgust his grandmother.

"I understand." Xing Ji said, "I sent someone to tell the fourth prince that before the second prince was attacked, you saw Ruxue walking out of the back mountain alone on New Year's Eve, and you looked uneasy."

Xing Yusheng was stunned for a moment, but Xing Ji had already strode out of the door.

Mrs. Xing held Xing Yusheng's hand and said sincerely, "Your father has you in his heart."

Xing Yusheng changed the topic with an unnatural expression.

…

Duanmu Chen returned home and saw Su Liang still in his study, thinking that she had not left at all.

In fact, Su Liang left before but turned back before he got home. I don't know when Duanmu Chen will come back, so I might as well wait here.

"It seems that you really care about Lin Xueqing's lifelong events." Duanmu Chen didn't say anything nonsense, "But an unexpected situation occurred."

"What?" Su Liang frowned.

"I told my father to give up. At the same time, Lin Xueqing got another marriage." Duanmu Chen said.

Su Liang's expression changed, "Could it be Duanmu Ao?" She had thought before that Duanmu Ao might target Lin Xueqing in order to take revenge on Lin Bojun.

"Duanmu Ao was injured by you just today, so he didn't get involved for the time being. If nothing happens to him, he might really get involved." Duanmu Chen hummed, "It's your good friend, Xing Yusheng."

Su Liang was greatly surprised, "He went to the palace to ask for a marriage from the emperor?" Is he so brave?

Duanmu Chen shook his head, "His father." Xing Ji also said that Xing Ji knew that Duanmu Chen wanted to marry Lin Xueqing, and Duanmu Yi agreed. After leaving the palace and returning home, he entered the palace again shortly after returning home, saying that his son fell in love with Lin Xueqing and could not marry her. To become a monk...

Su Liang was still surprised, but she had indeed heard that Xing Ji was a fierce man when he was young.

It's just that she originally thought that Xing Ji and Xing Yusheng's father and son had a very bad relationship, but she didn't expect that he would stand up for Xing Yusheng.

"That's not bad. You just have a suitable reason to give up, which shows your magnanimity and courtesy." Su Liang's eyebrows relaxed and he smiled slightly.

Duanmu Chen hummed, "It seems you agree with Lin Xueqing marrying Xing Yusheng?"

Su Liang nodded, "I agree. But if the Lin family is unwilling and Xue Qing chooses another lover, let Prince Xing find a reason to break off the engagement. He is easy to talk to."

Duanmu Chen chuckled, "If you are so kind to him, he will naturally listen to you."

Su Liang didn't think that Xing Yusheng should listen to her, but she knew Xing Yusheng. He is kind-hearted, and if Lin Xueqing doesn't like him, he will never forcefully marry her.

But Su Liang didn't need to explain so much to Duanmu Chen.

Although something unexpected happened in the middle, it was considered a good thing, and Duanmu Chen did what Su Liang requested.

"If there is anything the Fourth Prince needs to give you, please tell me after you think about it." Su Liang said.

Duanmu Chen nodded, "I need to think about it carefully."

Chang'an knocked on the door and said, "Master, Marquis Zhongxin sent someone to say that Crown Prince Xing saw Miss Nian Si walking out of the back mountain alone at Huguo Temple today, looking uneasy."

Duanmu Chen looked playful and said, "I understand. Let me tell the visitor that I would like to thank Marquis Zhongxin and Prince Xing for providing important clues."

After Chang'an left, Su Liang looked confused and listened to Duanmu Chen explain the reason for the incident.

"I guess Duanmu Ao won't mention you, because he was not clean about the death of your whole family, and he doesn't want to make a big fuss and have it brought up again." Duanmu Chen said, "Be careful, Duanmu Ao will Someone will definitely be found to assassinate you.”

Su Liang was very calm, "Ask him to come over."

"Father, I said the biggest suspect is Nian Ruxue." Duanmu Chen smiled, "The clues provided by your good friend Xing Shizi are very crucial."

Su Liang briefly told Duanmu Chen about the situation at that time, which was originally related to Nian Ruxue.

When Duanmu Chen learned the truth, he snorted coldly, "It's not like she was wronged! If she wants to defend herself and push you out, let Miss Qin come forward to testify that Nian Ruxue said that she didn't see you in the back mountain. Let's see what else she can do round!"

As he said that, Duanmu Chen's heart moved, "After all, it is not a glorious thing. Let outsiders know that it will damage the reputation of the royal family, but someone in Huguo Temple saw her with Duanmu Ao. I wonder if Duanmu Ao forced her to do anything. In order to With Duanmu Ao’s reputation and Nian Ruxue’s reputation, why don’t I suggest to my father that we marry her to Duanmu Ao as his concubine?”

Su Liang coughed lightly, "The fourth prince's idea is very interesting. If it comes true, they will be a pair of bitches made in heaven."

Duanmu Chen suddenly said, "How would Gu Ling feel if he knew that his former fiancée was getting married?"

Su Liang thought, I'll go back and ask.

…

After returning home, Su Liang found Ning Jing fishing by the lake again.

"You are so idle." Su Liang walked over.

"I want to eat fish." Ning Jing said, "How is it?"

"It's settled." Su Liang told Ning Jing what happened.

At the end, he mentioned that Duanmu Chen wanted to frame Nian Ruxue.

"What do you think?" Su Liang asked.

Ning Jing raised the fishing rod, and a small fish was struggling in the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Can I eat it?" Ning Jing asked.

Su Liang shook his head, "It's too small, raise it and eat it."

Ning Jing put the small fish back into the lake, watched it swim happily, and said, "Catch it again next month to see how big it is."

"If Nian Jincheng knows about Nian Ruxue, will he turn against you?" Su Liang asked again.

Ning Jing looked calm, "If he turns against me because of this, don't take his eyes, they are blind anyway. You dig them out and I'll use them for fishing."

Su Liang coughed lightly, "Aren't we the best brothers?"

Ning Jing glanced at Su Liang, "You are my best brother now."

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