boyutpedia Chapter 91 The Reborn Heroine Won't Get Married (1)
Chapter 91 The Reborn Heroine Won't Get Married (1)
The winter winds are exceptionally biting, and the heavy snow falls to the ground, freezing into a thick layer of frost.
A young boy knelt in the courtyard in the snow. He was frail and dressed in coarse linen clothes, but his back was straight. His eyes were gloomy, but his stubborn expression carried an unyielding pride.
Snowflakes fell on his face, adding an extra touch of broken, cold beauty.
At this moment, a woman dressed in a white fox fur robe walked through the snow, with a maid holding an umbrella for her behind her. She stood quietly in front of the young man without saying a word.
The boy saw a pair of small, exquisite shoes fall in front of him. He looked up and gazed at them for a long time without saying a word.
After a long silence, the boy finally spoke first: "Who are you?"
The boy's voice was hoarse and dry, probably from kneeling in the cold wind for a long time. But the moment he spoke, the woman pursed her lips, gripped her skirt tightly with both hands, and her heart pounded like a drum.
After a long silence, just as the boy was about to lose consciousness from the cold, the woman said, "Gu Shiyan, go back. I will not marry you."
"It's you? Why?" the boy asked, his voice firm and strong.
The woman looked at him with a complicated expression: "Because I don't like you. If I don't like you, I can't marry you. I will only marry someone I like."
Undeterred, the young man pressed on, "Does Miss dislike me? What kind of person do you like? If I pass the imperial examination next spring, would Miss be willing to marry me?"
Before the woman could speak, the maid beside her sneered, "Young master, what is your status? So what if you've passed the imperial examination? There are plenty of noblemen and princes pursuing our young lady, but she hasn't even given them a second glance, let alone you."
The man frowned slightly, but did not refute the maid's words. He just stared at the woman, waiting for her to give an answer.
The woman remained silent for a long time, then sighed, helped the boy up, took off her expensive gold hairpin, and placed it in the boy's palm.
He said, "We are not destined to be together. Let's call off this engagement. I will not marry you. Consider this hairpin as a congratulatory gift for your future success in the imperial examination. It's not that I look down on you; I would marry even a commoner. It's just that I don't like you."
I'm sorry, Gu Shiyan, I will not marry you again in this life.
In my past life, I deceived and humiliated you, and you slaughtered my entire Zhang family. Consider this my repayment to you.
In this life, we owe each other nothing.
If I no longer humiliate you, you will no longer hold a grudge against me and remember me for the rest of your life. Consider this hairpin my apology gift to you.
Without waiting for the boy's response, he turned and left.
The boy stared at her retreating figure, feeling the coldness around him gradually fade away, and a profound silence descend upon him. He gave a self-deprecating laugh.
So, she just didn't like him. Of course, how could someone like him be worthy of her? The young man finally turned and left.
As the two disappeared, a middle-aged noblewoman emerged from the shadows at the corner of the corridor. She adjusted the jewelry at her temples and rolled her eyes, a gesture she inherited from her ancestors: "You shameless woman, always so dramatic."
Yes, it's her! It's her! It's definitely her!
Our cannon fodder, the three-headed, six-armed Nezha!
This time, Qingmo transmigrated into the body of the female lead's biological mother, the wife of the Vice Minister of Rites, and the plot revolves around the female lead.
The female protagonist, Zhang Yueying, is the legitimate daughter of a vice minister's family. She has three older brothers who dote on her and parents who love her. It can be said that she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.
At such a young age, she was naturally proud and arrogant. In their first life, the male protagonist, Gu Shiyan, knelt in the snow and begged her to marry him, just like he did today.
Zhang Yueying naturally looked down on Gu Shiyan. Their marriage was arranged by Zhang Yueying's grandfather and Gu Shiyan's grandfather when they were alive.
Now, both families' elders have long since passed away, the Gu family has fallen on hard times, and the Zhang family has long forgotten about the marriage agreement. But at this time, Gu Shiyan comes to the Zhang family with a marriage certificate to ask for their hand in marriage.
The Zhang family was naturally unwilling to let their precious daughter marry such a down-on-his-luck scholar, but the marriage was arranged by their parents, and the Zhang family, concerned about their reputation, could not directly refuse, so they left Gu Shiyan hanging.
Unexpectedly, Gu Shiyan knelt down in the snow in the mansion to show his desire to marry her. Zhang Yueying was furious when she heard this. Wasn't he forcing her to marry him?
She then went over and verbally humiliated Gu Shiyan, and even stepped on his left hand, grinding it hard several times.
She believed she hadn't done anything wrong. She was just an innocent and somewhat willful young girl who didn't want to marry Gu Shiyan at the time, which was understandable, wasn't it?
But she didn't see the sinister and terrifying look in Gu Shiyan's eyes as he stared at her back.
Gu Shiyan left, taking the marriage certificate with him, without saying much. The Zhang family assumed the matter was over.
Who would have thought that the following spring, Gu Shiyan passed the imperial examination with flying colors, and he once again came to propose marriage.
The Zhang family couldn't refuse outright, nor could they agree outright, since agreeing now would make it seem like they had previously been materialistic and snobbish.
When the Zhang family did not respond, Gu Shiyan visited them every day. Over time, his deep affection moved Zhang Yueying, and she secretly fell in love with him.
Zhang Yueying also persuaded her parents to agree to her marriage to Gu Shiyan, and she was full of anticipation as she married the person she wanted to marry.
She thought she had married for love, but it turned out that what she thought was just her imagination.
The two were happy and sweet after their marriage, but they never had children. Gu Shiyan never blamed her, nor did he ever mention taking a concubine.
Just as Zhang Yueying was immersed in happiness, in just five years, with the help of the Zhang family, Gu Shiyan climbed to a pivotal position. Young, promising and capable, he was naturally highly valued by His Majesty.
At this moment, Gu Shiyan stepped forward and testified in court that his father-in-law, Zhang Zhenlin, the Vice Minister of Rites, had colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country. The Emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation into the matter.
Since Gu Shiyan was the one who exposed this matter, an order was issued to have Gu Shiyan investigate the matter.
As expected, letters from Zhang Zhenlin treasonous with the enemy were found in the Zhang residence. As a result, the entire clan was imprisoned and executed.
The Zhang family, numbering in the hundreds, was wiped out overnight, with not a single survivor. However, because Zhang Yueying was Gu Shiyan's wife and a woman, the Emperor did not pursue the matter.
Zhang Yueying's good days were over. Gu Shiyan took a woman into his family, who was his childhood sweetheart and cousin, Liu Yiyi.
Zhang Yueying was imprisoned in her own courtyard, unable to go out, and without any maids or servants to attend to her.
She was immersed in grief over the execution of her entire family, unaware that it was all the work of her husband.
It wasn't until Liu Yiyi told her the truth, "Sister, you don't actually think that my cousin is sincerely asking you to marry him, do you? Hehe, to tell you the truth, my cousin and I have been in love since childhood, and marrying you is just something I have no choice but to do."
"Do you still remember how you humiliated your cousin when he came to propose to you? That day, your cousin came back and told me that one day he would make your Zhang family regret the humiliation he had caused you. Look, your whole family was wiped out, wasn't it? Heh heh."
Liu Yiyi laughed wildly, but every word she uttered was like a sharp blade, piercing Zhang Yueying's heart.
So that's how it is? My entire Zhang family was brought down because of me?
Zhang Yueying vomited a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.