"Isn't Yanfeng already married?" Sheng Cen's eyes were dark, the corners of his mouth were drawn into a straight line, and he looked at Empress Xia who was opposite and asked in a deep voice.
"I heard that she left half a year ago." Empress Xia said quietly.
She picked up the glass and took a sip of the red wine before continuing: "After Yanfeng got married, he took a lover outside. Some time ago, he was caught and raped by his wife in bed. Instead of repenting, he beat his wife up. , his wife really couldn't stand him anymore, so she divorced him directly, and there was a lot of trouble at the time, and many people knew about it."
"He just asked my brother to marry such a person?" Sheng Cen's face turned completely cold after hearing this, and his voice almost squeezed out every word from between his teeth.
"He wants to curry favor with Yan Lao." Empress Xia rubbed her brows, and said with a tired expression, "Now that Yanfeng has such a scandal, the Yan family needs a noble person to marry Yan Feng, so as to save the Yan family's life." face."
Sheng Cen stood up directly from his seat, and said in a cold voice with a sullen face, "I'll go talk to him."
"It's useless." Sheng Xi raised his head to look at Sheng Cen, and advised softly, "Cen Cen, calm down."
Tang Qiyuan grabbed Sheng Cen's hand, pulled him back to his seat, and said in a low voice, "Listen first to what Auntie and Big Brother have to say."
Sheng Cen took a look at Tang Qiyuan, barely suppressed the anger in his heart, and sat down.
Empress Xia said: "Xixi and the grandson of the Yan family had a marriage contract since they were young. Almost everyone knows that when the engagement was dissolved, only Lord Yan and Xiao Fei were present. It has been announced that if the Yan family does not admit that they have broken off the engagement, and His Majesty helps them, we have no way to clarify, and we have no way to prove that the engagement has been broken, after all, the two families have not exchanged any tokens."
Sheng Cen snorted coldly: "My brother just refuses to get married like this, so how can he tie my brother to Yan's family?"
Sheng Xi looked at Sheng Cen and smiled, and said in a shy voice, "Cen Cen... I am willing to get married, you don't have to worry about me, I have already told my father, I agree."
"...Brother!" Sheng Cen called out in disbelief, the corners of his eyes turning red.
Sheng Xi smiled, "My legs are like this... There is nothing wrong with being able to be a partner with the Yan family's son. Since the Yan family doesn't dislike me, I have no reason to refuse."
Sheng Xi lowered his head, and unconsciously fiddled with the beads on his wrist with his fingers. This string of beads was personally begged by Empress Xia after knowing that his leg injury could not recover. She wished him a safe and sound life for the rest of his life. Have a safe life.
Sheng Cen stared at Sheng Xi for a while with red eyes, then suddenly turned and walked out.
"I'll go and see him." Tang Qiyuan told Sheng Xi and Empress Xia, and hurriedly followed them out.
After Sheng Cen walked out of the house, he walked faster and faster until he reached the tree in the yard before stopping. Tang Qiyuan followed him quietly the whole time, without disturbing him.
Sheng Cen looked at the tree, and suddenly punched the tree, and said in a deep voice, "My brother is for me..."
Tang Qiyuan looked at his hand, his eyes shrank in pain, he pursed his lips, feeling all kinds of feelings in his heart.
If Sheng Xi didn't want to get married, he could just leave. The reason why he is willing to listen to His Majesty now is because if he doesn't marry Yan Feng, he will offend the Yan family, but Sheng Cen can't be an enemy of the Yan family.
Yan Lao has a high position and authority, if Sheng Cen does not have his support, and even becomes hostile to Yan Lao, it will be even more difficult for Sheng Cen to defeat Sheng Lian.
In the past, Mr. Yan knew that he owed Sheng Xi about Yanfeng, so he took good care of Empress Xia, mother and son. Now at this critical moment when Xia Chenglang returned to China, His Majesty suddenly proposed this marriage, which was expected by Sheng Cen. Personality, he will definitely not agree to this marriage, when the time comes, Sheng Cen will definitely turn against Yan Lao, then Yan Lao will turn to support Sheng Lian, and they just wait to reap the benefits.
"What are you going to do?" Tang Qiyuan asked after being silent for a while, he knew that even if Sheng Cen knew His Majesty's plan, he would not let Sheng Xi make such a sacrifice.
"I will send my brother abroad." Sheng Cen wiped his face with his hand, and he had already made a decision.
He wants the throne because he wants to protect the people he values, so he can't put the cart before the horse and sacrifice the people who are precious to him for the throne.
Tang Qiyuan nodded. He respected all of Sheng Cen's decisions, even if this decision might lead to thorns in the future.
"Wait." Yan Fei came over suddenly, walked closer, looked at Sheng Cen and said, "Brother Cen, even if you sent Brother Xi away, would His Majesty let him go? Even if he I managed to escape temporarily, but as long as you don't become the emperor, then he or you are all just fish on Sheng Lian's sword, and when Sheng Lian becomes emperor, the situation will only get worse."
Tang Qiyuan looked up at Yan Fei, Yan Fei's expression had eased a lot, the impatience and collapse just now disappeared, it seemed that he had calmed down, or he had a countermeasure.
"If you don't try, how do you know that I will definitely lose?" Sheng Cen's eyes darkened. Although the Yan family is formidable, it's not like he has no chance of winning.
"But you can't take risks. If you lose, there will be a large group of people who will lose with you. At that time, those who support you behind you will suffer."
Sheng Cen looked at him seriously, and suddenly asked, "What countermeasures do you have?"
Yan Fei pursed his lips, took a step forward, looked at Sheng Cen and said solemnly: "Brother Cen, I want you to hand over Brother Xi to me."
Anger appeared on Sheng Cen's expression, "How do you pay? Do you think your grandfather will agree to let an Omega who had a marriage contract with your brother marry you?"
Sheng Cen sneered, this is also the reason why he has always disagreed with Yan Fei's approach to Sheng Xi, because even if the Yan family did not bring up the engagement again this time, even the fact that Sheng Xi and Yan Feng had an engagement before is enough to make Yan Fei The family objected to them being together.
"They don't agree, so I'll find a way to force them to agree." Yan Fei said in a deep voice as if he had made up his mind, a haze of determination flashed in his eyes, and the innocence before Sheng Xi was gone. Harmful.
Sheng Cen looked at him, was silent for a moment, and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Brother Cen, I hope you can let Brother Xi pretend to agree to this marriage first, and then find a way to make the press release announcing the marriage only say that the son of the Yan family married Brother Xi. Let my elder brother not show up, and then we will persuade them together that I will replace my elder brother and marry Xi elder brother."
Sheng Cen frowned slightly, "No, you or your brother are the same to my brother, both are marriages without love. My brother's marriage partner should be decided by him."
Yan Fei's voice couldn't help becoming anxious, "Brother Cen, you should know that marrying Brother Xi to me is the best choice now. I have liked him since I was a child. The biggest difference between me and my brother is that I don't know how to marry him." Brother Xi, if you take the risk of sending Brother Xi abroad, the final result may be even worse, why not put all your eggs in one basket and hand him over to me now."
"You like my brother, but you should also know that my brother doesn't care about you in this regard, he only treats you as a younger brother." Sheng Cen looked at him without beating around the bush, but said directly.
"I know..." Yan Fei's voice dropped, and the sharpness in his eyes disappeared.
His eyes drooped in disappointment, and after a moment of silence, he continued: "It is because I know that I am willing to respect brother Xi, and I can promise you that I will not touch brother Xi during the marriage period. If Brother Xi still doesn't want to be with me after the matter is over, then I will divorce Brother Xi... "
Sheng Cen thought for a while, then asked after a moment of pondering, "...can you guarantee it?"
It is not so easy to give up after getting it, just like a person who has seen the light and then returns to the darkness, the pain will only be doubled.
"If you want, I can swear." Yan Fei looked at Sheng Cen firmly and sincerely, without flinching or timidity. For him, there is nothing better than watching Sheng Xi marry his incompetent girl. My brother is in more pain.
Sheng Cen frowned, looked at him, and didn't speak for a long time, his expression seemed to be still hesitating.
Yan Fei didn't waver, he looked at Sheng Cen impartially, with a tense and expectant expression, silently expressing his determination.
Tang Qiyuan stood aside and looked up at Yan Fei. He could feel the urgency and desperate determination in Yan Fei.
Tang Qiyuan thought for a while, then raised her head and said to Sheng Cen, "I believe Xiao Fei will not lie to others, let alone Big Brother."
He has noticed Yan Fei's kindness to Sheng Xi all these years, he believes that Yan Fei really likes Sheng Xi and cherishes Sheng Xi very much.
Sheng Cen looked down at him, with less doubt in his eyes. His little deskmate has always been very accurate in judging people, just like his deskmate didn't misread him back then.
He was silent for a moment, finally nodded, looked at Yan Fei and said, "Yan Fei, I hope you don't let me down, your Yan family has hurt my brother enough, I don't want you to do the same."
After all, he had watched Yan Fei grow up, and he never transferred his anger towards Yan Feng to Yan Fei, even if he didn't treat Yan Fei as an outsider, he also believed that Yan Fei was different from them.
When Yan Fei heard his words, he breathed a sigh of relief, nodded quickly, and said gratefully: "Thank you Brother Xiao Qi and Brother Cen, don't worry, I will keep my word and I will never break my promise."
He thought for a while, and then said: "Brother Cen, Brother Xiao Qi, can you not tell Brother Xi about this first? If Brother Xi knew, he would definitely not let me do this."
Sheng Xi has always been considerate, he has the same personality as Empress Xia, he always considers others, if he knows their plan, he will definitely not let Yan Fei sacrifice his marriage for him.
At this special moment, even if Yan Fei said that he liked him and confessed to him, he might not believe it, he would only think that Yan Fei was sacrificing for him, let alone agree to be with Yan Fei.
Sheng Cen and Tang Qiyuan thought for a moment, then nodded together, agreeing.
"Great, then I'll go back and prepare first, so as not to stop Grandpa from releasing the news in time." Yan Fei nodded to them, turned and left quickly.
Tang Qiyuan looked at his back and asked Sheng Cen: "Can Xiao Fei persuade his grandfather, and can he guarantee that his brother will not show up that day?"
At that time, as long as one link goes wrong, the whole plan will fail.
"Don't worry, this kid is smarter than we thought. His brother is not his opponent. He must be the next generation leader of the Yan family." Sheng Cen looked at Yan Fei's back and said almost firmly.
He always knew that Yan Fei was a smart person, and he was not as naive as he showed, but this was not important, as long as Yan Fei was really good to his brother and would not hurt him, that would be enough.
Although Tang Qiyuan was a little curious as to why Sheng Cen said it with such certainty, he believed it when Sheng Cen said it.
He nodded and asked, "Then we just wait for Xiaofei's news now?"
"Yes." Sheng Cen nodded, "Let's wait for his news first."
He took out his mobile phone, looked at the recording that Tang Wuyuan asked Tang Qiyuan to hand over to him, sneered and raised the corners of his lips, and said, "Let's give Father Huang and his good son a gift by the way, they let my mother If you and my brother are not happy, we naturally can't make them happy, right?"
Tang Qiyuan looked at Sheng Cen and nodded vigorously, "Yes!"
How can there be good people in this world who are unhappy and bad people who are happy? Tang Qiyuan felt that whatever she was at the same table was right.