novelden Chapter 831: The Black Widow of the Manwu Clan.
Chapter 831: The Black Widow of the Manwu Clan.
At this moment, Li Mu frowned and turned his head sharply to look outside the door.
"Then, then I..."
Li Ling'er was a little panicked. After all, she was a princess. If the news of her having an affair without a matchmaker got out, the King of Yan would lose all his face.
At this point, she had completely forgotten the original purpose of coming here.
All the talk of "pretending to obey but actually disobeying" to be the heroine of your own life is no longer important.
Li Mu understood what she meant, pulled the thin blanket over her to hide her, and whispered,
"Didn't you say that Youzhi has a problem? Let's keep our affairs a secret for now."
As soon as she finished speaking, Duan Zheng kicked the door open, then dodged and grabbed Li Mu's neck.
"You bastard, do you really think that my Manwu clan is easy to bully?"
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"why you?"
Li Mu was stunned for a moment and subconsciously looked outside the door.
He did notice someone approaching, but that person was not Duan Zheng.
He was not familiar with Duan Zheng's appearance and smell, so he just thought she was a maid in the mansion.
"Why can't it be me!"
Duan Zheng did not understand what Li Mu meant. She pinched Li Mu's neck and said viciously,
"Don't think that I will let you bully me just because I can't beat you. You must give us sisters an explanation today."
"Explain? What explanation?"
Li Mu was stunned for a moment, completely confused by this woman.
He had never seen such a fierce woman since he traveled through time. She dared to sneak into a man's bedroom so early in the morning.
"This……"
Duan Zheng lowered her eyes and thought for a moment. She knew that she couldn't really fight with Li Mu, so she pretended to be magnanimous and open-minded and compromised.
"A concubine, at least a concubine. After all, I am the patriarch of the Manwu clan now."
"If you don't agree, I will take my sister back to the South Region today."
Duan Zheng found out clearly that with Xiao Zhao's background, it would be difficult for her to become a concubine in the future. The best outcome would be to enter the palace as a dowry.
What's more, with Xiao Zhao's personality, if she doesn't fight or compete, she might still be a maid all her life.
If she, as her elder sister, didn't fight for her, this stupid girl would probably be sold to someone else and have to pay the money.
However, when Li Mu heard this, his expression suddenly turned ugly. He grabbed Duan Zheng's wrist with his backhand and said in a cold tone,
"You can try!"
For Li Mu, Xiao Zhao is the most untouchable reverse scale.
Not to mention that she is just a sister with little presence, even if she is her biological father or mother, don't think of competing with Li Mu for her.
Suddenly, the temperature in the room dropped sharply.
Duan Zheng shuddered unconsciously, and said with trembling lips,
"You, what do you do?"
"Qing Yi..."
At this time, Yin Huanping suddenly appeared at the door of the room, glanced at the hands of Li Mu and Li Mu, then slightly shrugged her nose, frowned and said,
"The abbot of Shanyang Temple is already waiting in the hall."
Hearing this, Li Mu hesitated for a moment, then nodded to Yin Huanping and said,
"Xiao Zhao stays here, the others leave first."
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outside the house.
Yin Huanping looked at the blush on Duan Zheng's face and asked tentatively,
"I heard that Patriarch Duan is married. I wonder if your husband..."
"died."
Duan Zheng spoke in a light and calm tone as if she was talking to a stranger, but the look she gave Yin Huanping was a little strange, not understanding why she brought up this matter for no reason.
To be exact, she had never been married, but she had three fiancés.
Her first fiancé was a neighboring brother from the same clan who was four years older than her. They were childhood sweethearts, but he died in the Manwu clan incident fourteen years ago.
She had just turned fourteen that year, and it was that incident that caused her to lose both her parents, her two older brothers who loved her, and her younger sister who was only four years old.
Her second fiancé was a young man from the Yuwu clan whom she met by chance when she was eighteen years old.
The young man fell in love with Duan Zheng at first sight, and soon he asked the elders of his clan to come and propose marriage to him.
At that time, the Duan family had just encountered a disaster. When they learned that the other party was a merchant from the three major families of the Yuwu clan, they decisively agreed to the marriage.
Unexpectedly, just one month before her wedding, the young merchant slipped and fell off a cliff. When his body was found, only his head was left, and his body had been eaten by wild beasts.
Her fiancés had died twice in succession, coupled with the misfortunes that happened in her early years. Some people in the witch clan spread the rumor that she had a destiny of being annihilated by Gu, and that everyone around her would die because of her.
Therefore, it becomes even more difficult to find a good marriage.
Duan Zheng originally thought that there was no hope for her to get married in this life.
And just recently, the eldest sister of the former patriarch of the Manwu clan suddenly came to propose marriage on behalf of her younger brother, the patriarch who had lost his wife.
She claimed that her younger brother had admired Duan Zheng for a long time and was willing to marry her as his second wife.
At first Duan Zheng was reluctant to marry, but she could not resist the pressure from the elders of the Duan family.
The marriage is settled.
Who would have thought that within half a month, news came that the Miao family had broken off the engagement.
After asking around, I learned that the head of the Miao family decided to marry Bai Luofu, the youngest daughter of the Bai family, a medical witch.
There has never been a precedent of Bai family daughters marrying out of the family.
The Duan family finally couldn't sit still anymore, thinking that this was just an excuse for the Miao family to go back on their word. However, before they could go to the house to ask for an explanation, the Miao family member also died.
With this, the rumors about Yan Gu's fate were completely confirmed.
The Duan family immediately changed their mind from asking for an explanation to planning to expel Duan Zheng from the family tree.
It was at this time that the tribal competition that takes place every ten years began.
Duan Zheng, the only person in this generation of the Duan family who had mastered the Man Gu, narrowly defeated the eldest sister of the Miao family with one move and became the new patriarch of the Man Wu clan.
"I see... My condolences."
Yin Huanping didn't know that Duan Zheng's experience was so tortuous, but she had already vaguely guessed the answer. However, when she heard Duan Zheng say this, she still breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she didn't know the whole story, she heard what Duan Zheng and Li Mu said.
Coupled with the familiar smell she smelled when she entered the room, she thought that Li Mu had provoked the still charming chief of the Manwu clan again.
After all, anyone who appeared in Li Mu's room so early in the morning could only have stayed there the night before.
Yin Huanping quickly analyzed the pros and cons in her mind.
As the patriarch of the Manwu clan among the three clans of the Wu clan, the other party took the initiative to ask for the position of concubine. It was obvious that he loved Li Mu so much that he compromised.
As for widows... the Xing Dynasty did not have bad habits like chastity arches, and even encouraged widows to remarry.
Yin Huanping immediately made a decision and nodded.
"I wonder if Patriarch Duan has any requirements for the betrothal gift?"
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Hearing this, Duan Zheng's expression froze, his eyes sparkled with light, and he said excitedly,
"You decide!"
"Patriarch Duan is joking. This matter will naturally be decided by Qingyi."
Yin Huanping smiled but didn't finish her words.
"So what do you mean, teasing me?"
"Of course not." Yin Huanping shook her head, signaling Duan Zheng to stay calm.
"Qing Yi is not the kind of person who will abandon you after having sex with you."
"Patriarch Duan just used the wrong method before. He shouldn't have threatened Qingyi with Xiaozhao's stay or departure. You should also know the position of Xiaozhao in Qingyi's heart."
Duan Zheng lowered her eyes, thinking of Li Mu's dangerous look before, and compromised.
"Even if I was inconsiderate, I will go and apologize to him now..."
"No hurry, Qing Yi is just angry now."
Yin Huanping smiled and waved her hands, thinking that as long as one was a woman, no one could escape the clutches of that brat.
Duan Zheng is such a proud person, yet he compromised so easily.
"I just don't know if Patriarch Duan can make the decision on this marriage?"
Yin Huanping tried to test him. She was not very familiar with the etiquette of the Southern Region. Logically speaking, no woman should come to someone's house to "force marriage".
"Of course, I have the final say on this matter!"
Duan Zheng patted his chest and said seriously,
"My Duan family doesn't care about betrothal gifts, but my Duan family has taken the entire Manwu clan as a dowry. It's not too much to ask Li Mu for a guarantee, right?"
"Of course, please speak, Patriarch Duan." Yin Huanping felt a little nervous, but remained expressionless.
Seeing that this woman was so easy to talk to, Duan Zheng also developed a good impression of her. She took Yin Huanping's hand and said,
"I want Li Mu to promise that no matter who the princess of his Zhennan Palace becomes in the future, my sister will not be wronged."
"I only have this one sister. I don't know how much she has suffered over the years..."
"Oh, this matter."
Yin Huanping breathed a sigh of relief, shook Duan Zheng's hand vigorously, and assured her,
"Don't worry, Patriarch Duan. I can assure you on behalf of Qingyi that neither you nor Xiaozhao will suffer any injustice in the future."
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