Liao Tingyan didn't hesitate for long before she thought it over. Anyway, the male protagonist was just a commoner in the early stage. As long as she didn't want to fall in love with him, it would be useless even if he liked her. It seemed that there was no need to worry. She should worry about the cruel emperor she would face in half a year. In this era where royal power was above everything else, the emperor's lethality was too great.
Although I think so, I have met the male protagonist again and again recently. Isn’t this chance of encountering by chance a bit too much
When burning incense in the temple, you can meet the male protagonist who happens to be there to offer lights for his parents. When you go for an outing and boating on the lake and are harassed by someone, you can also meet the male protagonist. Is the male protagonist everywhere
"Who the hell are you to stand in front of me? Do you know who I am?"
Hearing Dai Yu's heartfelt classic three-question series, Liao Tingyan was speechless. Dai Yu really deserves the title of matchmaker between the male and female protagonists in the original novel. His appearance is just to promote the CP of the male and female protagonists!
It was a rare occasion that she had the mood to walk by the lake, and then Dai Yu suddenly appeared out of nowhere, talking to her with a smile on his face. Then the male protagonist Chen Yun suddenly appeared out of nowhere, tried to save the beauty, stood in front of her and confronted Dai Yu.
Facing Dai Yu's arrogant contempt, Chen Yun remained neither humble nor overbearing, "It doesn't matter who I am, but no matter who you are, you shouldn't embarrass a girl like this."
Dai Yu looked him up and down with hostility in his eyes. This kind of handsome pretty boy who came from a poor family was most likely to win the hearts of girls. The guy in front of him definitely had bad intentions and was not a good person.
While the two men were confronting each other, Liao Tingyan had already turned around and walked in another direction with a servant. Dai Yu wanted to humiliate Chen Yun, but when he saw the beauty ignoring them and turning away, he quickly shouted, "Hey, Miss Liao, don't leave, we haven't finished talking yet!"
Liao Tingyan tilted his head slightly, glanced at him, and said calmly: "I heard that Mr. Dai has been training in the military camp recently. I didn't expect him to come out so soon. I guess he has learned a lot. My father is discussing with General Dai about clearing out all the bandits nearby. Maybe Mr. Dai should go with him to gain some experience."
Dai Yu's face turned pale instantly. How could he dare to fight the bandits? He had sneaked out of the barracks while his father was busy. If Miss Liao really went back to complain, he would be in big trouble. Dai Yu shut up awkwardly and didn't dare to stop him anymore.
Liao Tingyan ignored Chen Yun. Dai Yu felt relieved when he saw that Chen Yun was treated worse than himself. He looked at him with disdain and walked away.
Chen Yun looked at Liao Tingyan's back and thought, what a smart girl she is. She behaves so neglectfully towards him, so that the domineering man won't cause trouble for him. This is her roundabout way of protecting him.
Liao Tingyan didn’t know what the male protagonist was thinking. She quickly walked towards her sisters who were boating on the lake together. She didn’t dare to be alone. If she was alone, she would have to fight the male protagonist alone, which would be tiring.
Because of this experience, when Cui's sisters asked her to go out again, Liao Tingyan refused. She met the male protagonist every time she went out. Since she knew she would meet the male protagonist, why did she go out? She just stayed at home and slept. She didn't believe that the male protagonist and trouble would come to her out of nowhere if she stayed at home. She even didn't go to her grandma's letter asking her to attend her cousin's birthday party, perfectly avoiding all the plots related to the male protagonist in the original novel.
So Liao Tingyan stayed at home from spring to summer and never went out once. Even her father, who was busy with work, became a little worried and came to ask her if she wanted to go out for a walk.
Liao Tingyan refused: "My daughter is in a good mood, there is no need to go out to relax."
Half a year was gradually approaching, and just when Liao Tingyan thought that he could still be lazy and relax for a while, an envoy from Luojing came to the envoy's residence with the emperor's edict.
Liao Tingyan, a famous beauty in Hexia, was known to the emperor in Luojing. The emperor was very interested in her and asked her to enter the palace to accompany him.
Liao Tingyan's heart skipped a beat, thinking this was not right. Didn't the original novel say that it would take at least two months for her to enter the palace? How could it be brought forward
What she didn't expect was that not long after, a large group of people came from Luojing to pick her up. The original novel only described how sad the heroine was, how she sneaked out to meet the hero, and how they were deeply in love, but it never mentioned that the emperor sent so many people to pick her up.
Well, she should know that novels are novels, and the real world is the real world. There will always be differences. After all, it is impossible for novels to write all the details. And because of her changes, it is normal for the plot to change accordingly. However, this kind of breakthrough in cognition is still very confusing. Maybe because she looked too distressed when she was thinking about these things, her father suddenly said to her one day: "Don't be like this, I will find a way."
Liao Tingyan: “…???” Unable to follow his father’s train of thought.
Envoy Liao touched his daughter's hair with some sadness, "In a few days, you can pretend to be sick and go to your grandparents' house to live for a while. If anyone comes from Luojing, I will deal with them. Father doesn't want you to die in the palace, don't worry."
Liao Tingyan now suspects that the heroine in the original novel eloped with the hero so easily, and her biological father must have helped.
Envoy Liao continued, "After this farewell, you must take good care of yourself. I don't know if I can see you again..."
The more they talked, the more it sounded like a farewell. Liao Tingyan could not follow her father's thoughts or understand his situation. She was not emotional enough to shed tears. She simply grabbed her father's hand and said, "Okay, father, don't think too much. I am going to enter the palace."
Just kidding, her father didn't have an accurate understanding of the cruelty of Emperor Sima Jiao. If that psychopath wanted her to enter the palace, let alone being sick, even if she turned into a corpse, she would have to be carried to Luojing for him to see. Unless she eloped and left without caring about anything like the heroine in the original novel, implicating her father and grandfather. There was only one result after all the trouble, so why bother.
After hearing his daughter's words, Liao Shijun's eyes sparkled with tears. This usually serious and rigid man didn't know what he had imagined, and he was deeply moved. "Tingyan, you don't have to be like this. I know you don't want to implicate your father, but how can your father bear it..."
Liao Tingyan was not very good at dealing with this kind of situation, so he had to interrupt him again, "Dad, I am already seventeen years old, and it is time for me to get married. It doesn't matter who I marry. Besides, since His Majesty likes my daughter and has specially sent so many people to welcome her, I believe my daughter will not have a hard time after entering the palace, so you can rest assured."
Shijun Liao looked left and right but did not find any reluctance on his daughter's face. He could only accept with mixed feelings the fact that his daughter seemed really ready to enter the palace.
"Are you really willing to enter the palace?"
"Really?" Liao Tingyan said firmly.
One of her life philosophies is that once you have made a decision, you cannot waver, otherwise your mentality will collapse.
At the same time, the news that the daughter of Ambassador Liao would soon be welcomed into the palace by the envoys from Luojing spread throughout Hexia, and almost everyone was talking about it.
Some people envied Miss Liao for being personally selected by the emperor to enter the palace and enjoy wealth and glory, while others sighed that such a beauty would be ruined by the cruel emperor.
"Do you think that palace is a good place? I have a cousin who came from Luojing last month. He told me that almost everyone in Luojing knows that our emperor has killed many people. It is said that the bodies of beauties who were killed by the emperor are sent out of the palace every day..."
The person who spoke lowered his voice, and the peddlers sitting at his table pricked up their ears to listen, and then sighed.
"Miss Liao has entered the palace, and I don't know how long she can live. How pitiful."
Chen Yun, who was sitting at the table next to him, frowned and put down the teacup in his hand. He couldn't help but look up in the direction of the envoy's mansion, thinking of the girl who looked weak and graceful. As long as he thought that she might die quietly at any time, Chen Yun felt regretful and bitter. But what could he do? He was just an ordinary civilian. At this moment, Chen Yun suddenly realized his powerlessness and unwillingness.
How could such a frail girl survive in such a dangerous environment? Now that she knows her fate, will she be afraid
Liao Tingyan, the frail girl in the male protagonist's eyes, was currently lying in her own pavilion by the water, unable to bear the heat. Even though the servants beside her took turns fanning her, the thin summer gauze skirt she was wearing still made her feel very uncomfortable.
It is clearly the end of summer, but for some reason this year it is still so hot at this time of year, and she is particularly afraid of heat. Every year at this time, she misses vest shorts and air conditioning and refrigerator.
Liao Shijun didn't care about the quality of life, so Liao Tingyan, a noble girl raised by her own father, lived a rather ordinary life. Although it was better than that of ordinary people, she was definitely in the middle and lower reaches of the aristocratic circle. Liao Tingyan suddenly thought that maybe she would be treated better if she entered the palace. Although the emperor was a psychopath, he was still the emperor after all, and his quality of life was definitely excellent.
Thinking about it this way, I actually felt a little bit excited.
Liao Tingyan was brainwashing himself when the butler came over through the corridor with a group of people.
"Girl, the messengers sent by Luojing to pick you up have arrived. They have come to see you specially." said the butler.
There were eight people behind him, all of whom seemed to be eunuchs and female officials from the palace, led by an older eunuch. These people were probably of high status, and their attitude towards Liao Tingyan could only be described as acceptable. A young eunuch standing at the end of the team even raised his head and looked at Liao Tingyan curiously.
Liao Tingyan had her back to them, but when she heard the voice, she turned around. She was dressed simply at home, in a plain gauze dress, without makeup on her face, and with few jewelry on her head, just a few white jade hairpins with silver flowers, and a clear green jade bracelet on her wrist. She sat in this pavilion with a gentle breeze, like a white lotus growing in a jade basin.
When she turned around, even the messengers who were used to seeing beauties in the palace were stunned. Finally, the bold young eunuch stared at her without any concealment.
To be honest, Liao Tingyan has become accustomed to people's looks. After all, the heroine's character is that of a great beauty, and the novelty of her being a beauty has been worn off over the years.
Now she only hopes that she can at least use this face to deal with Sima Jiao, then life will be much easier.
"We will be leaving for Luojing in three days. I hope Miss Liao can deal with the chores as soon as possible so as not to miss our return date." The elderly eunuch said politely.
Liao Tingyan also politely saluted the leading eunuch and said, "Thank you for the reminder, envoy. I will not be late." When she looked up, she saw a young eunuch at the back staring at her, but she didn't care too much.
This sinful beauty has charmed another innocent passerby.
Three days later, Liao Tingyan said goodbye to her father and boarded the carriage. Before that, the father and daughter sat in silence for a long time in the hall. In the end, the old man who was not good at speaking did not say a few nice words to his daughter, but just sighed a few times and said take care. Liao Tingyan held back her tears and went forward to hug her father. As a result, this action scared Liao Shijun - even if it was a father and daughter, it was rare to express feelings in this way in this era.
"Father, please take care of yourself." Liao Tingyan was prepared to never return and never see his family again.
The carriage drove from the envoy's mansion out of the city and slowly left the Hexia area.
In this dynasty, most nobles still traveled in ox carts, and only some people with status and power could use horse carriages. Looking at the long line of people welcoming the envoy, there were six horse carriages, plus hundreds of guards, the momentum was so huge that Liao Tingyan couldn't understand it. Just to pick up a beauty, do you need so many people and so many carriages? Isn't this too exaggerated
She lifted the curtain and looked out, and suddenly found that the convoy had stopped and a young eunuch came into the large carriage.
"I am ordered to take care of you, girl. If there is anything, just let me know." The eunuch looked at her, his dark eyes making people feel a little creepy for some reason.
Liao Tingyan recognized that this was the bold eunuch who had been staring at her a few days ago.