Love Like The Galaxy.

Chapter 74

After enough mouth addiction, Shao Shang Qiang pretended to be calm, washed and changed his clothes, and then suppressed the violent beating of his eyelids and decided to sleep.

But after all, she is not an old-fashioned ingenuity with a heart, she just spit out the suffocation in her heart for a long time with her courage and fearlessness, and then she quietly climbed up. Being touched by the slightly painful bruises on her arms under the thin blanket, she was full of irritability, tangled in a bit of fear.

Ling Budo looked at Qing Jun, who was fair-skinned, but he was extremely physically fit since he was a child. Sometimes he sees Shaoshang struggling to handle large pieces of wood, and he can help her break the piles with his hands. Therefore, he has always been very careful when getting along with Shao Shang, but when Ling Buxuan hugged her, he was obviously out of control, and almost squeezed the air out of her chest, not to mention the bruises left on her arms. .

So Shao Shang had a nightmare all night, like a replay of an old movie, repeatedly dreaming that Ling Budo held up the golden crow and red phoenix-like magic weapon to split the gangster in half; The corners of her beautiful pale red mouth were slightly curved, and she accepted the sake with a smile—and broke her wrist.

The next day, Ling Budo didn't come.

As a responsible messenger, Shao Shang went to her parents' house that night to 'confess her crime'. After respectfully raising her arms and kowtow, she explained everything she said to Ling Budo last night. come out.

In fact, Cheng Shi and his wife listened to Cheng Shun's old steward reporting the abnormality between their daughter and Ling Budo last night, but the couple didn't take it to heart, thinking it was just a game between young lovers. Anyway, it ended in embracing. It's not a big deal either.

At this time, when they heard the reason, they knew what was important. The couple looked at each other with unease in their eyes.

"...Daughter made an assertion and proposed to Lord Ling to retire from her family, and asked her parents to punish her." Shaoshang fell to the ground, his voice did not fluctuate.

Mrs. Xiao's anger that had not erupted in a long time surged again, and she scolded: "You are so brave, do you know how powerful it is, is this marriage a contract between the neighbors in the country, if you want to quit, you can quit? You are so ignorant of the heights of evil, do you know how much trouble it will bring to the family?!"

Shaoshang stubbornly straightened his back: "Don't worry, mom, I won't be involved in the family. I have agreed with Master Ling that our Cheng family can't talk about this matter, so we can only ask him to solve it on his own."

"Be smart!" Mrs. Xiao suddenly said Furious, he slapped the case hard, "You don't even think about it, after you quit this marriage, what kind of good husband can you find? If you think about how many people will come to look for your bad luck in the future, won't you leave a way out for yourself! You are a disobedient and unfilial obstacle, I was right at first, you will cause a big disaster for your family after all."

"It's a big deal not to marry for the rest of your life, and to leave the capital and go to the countryside, I didn't think there was any good in getting married!" Shaoshang stubbornly said, "If mum is afraid of being implicated, I can...

" Alright!" Cheng Shi said in a deep voice, pressing his palm on his wife's shoulder, and gestured with his eyes, "Suri's children are all disciplined by you, and today's matter is up to me."

Mrs. Xiao was angrily turned his head away.

Cheng Shi looked at his daughter kneeling in the middle with a cynical look on his face, and sighed, "Yiyou, would you like to hear a word from your father?"

Shao Shang put down his pouting mouth and sat respectfully.

"There's nothing wrong with Ling Budo about this." Cheng Shi interrupted, "My father has seen you meet with him several times. The two of you talk to each other and talk very happily, and you have expressed your right more than once. His admiration - don't interrupt, no one is blind, even if it's not a relationship between a man and a woman, there is always admiration. You said that people's hearts were hot, and then they proposed to be a father, and I agreed. The marriage contract It's done, Ling Budo is wrong!"

Shao Shang couldn't sit still, and said anxiously: "I, I didn't say he was wrong, it's just that I don't match him! I want to live it. Life is not like this! I want... want...

Cheng Shi waved his hand to stop his daughter from talking.

"When my father was young, I heard a story. There were three hunters who went into the mountains to meet the spirits. The mountain spirits said that when they met, they were destined to make a wish. The richest man. Shan Ling said 'it's easy to manage'. The second hunter said that he wanted supreme power and became the emperor of the world. Shan Ling said 'it's not difficult or difficult'. The third hunter thought for a long time before he Said that he hopes to do what he wants to do in his lifetime, without being troubled by fetters, without being restrained by persecution. Shan Ling was silent, and it took a long time to say, 'This matter is impossible to do'." Cheng Shi finished in one breath.

Shaoshang slowly loosened his shoulders, thoughtfully.

Cheng Shi saw the change in his daughter's expression and continued: "In this world, everyone wants to do what they want, but there are a few people who can do it. I'm afraid it will be expensive for my father. There are times when Your Majesty is powerless. Ya Ya, do you think you can be different? Even if you don't marry Ling Wuxuan, will you be able to live the life you want?"

These words were simply deafening, Shaoshang seemed to be Hit hard in the chest. She opened her mouth and closed it again. She couldn't argue, so she could only say with great effort, "I know what Father means. But things may not be so serious! Master Ling is so talented, he will definitely find a better match..."

Mrs. Xiao was cold . With a snort, Cheng Shi patted his wife to appease his daughter, and continued to his daughter: "The Huo family is unparalleled in loyalty and righteousness, even more tragic and tragic than the He family, not to mention that Huo Hou is the righteous brother who grew up with Your Majesty. The guilt and comfort will eventually fall on Ling Wuxuan. Ling Buxuan is twenty-one years old this year, and he is still standing alone with empty knees. Before you, there was no intention of marriage. How enthusiastic your Majesty is for this marriage now, you Such a smart child, can't you think of it?"

Shao Shang was anxious but unable to say: "Lord Ling will not put the blame on my family..." In fact, she herself is not sure.

Cheng Shi smiled wryly, looked at his daughter's innocent and confident face, and said, "One, even if Ling Wuxuan said he wanted to break off the marriage, he scolded all the guests of the Lou family for you last night and treated you in every possible way. Shelter. Now the guests haven't fully woken up, Ling Budo said that they want to break the marriage, what do you think others will think!"

Shaoshang was in a hurry, and there was a thin sweat on his forehead.

"Secondly, even if Ling Budoubt's words are convincing and cover up properly. Yah, the father tells you that the most unreasonable thing in this world is the love of parents, and the most irresistible thing is the holy will. Explain, Your Majesty will blame you in the end. Blame you for not being able to hold Ling Budo's heart, blame you for not being considerate and docile, blame you for making him feel lonely and widowed again. Curly, do you still feel that you are not involved at home? ?"

Shaoshang froze, rubbing his sleeves into a ball in a panic.

"Thirdly, you must be very proud of what you said last night, forcing Ling Budo to break off the marriage on his own, but you don't have to worry about it. But you dare to handle Ling Budo like this, and let him take all the reasons for the divorce. What is it, isn't it because Ling Budo likes you! You are not what a gentleman does. If Ling Budo is generous, let it go. But if he is extremely resentful, he will simply tell His Majesty the matter. Clear, then walk away, leaving you alone, will Your Majesty let our family go..." Comrade Old Cheng's voice trembled a little when he said this.

Shao Shang's hands trembled while holding the sleeve of her robe tightly, and she finally knew why she had a nightmare last night. Deep down in her heart, she vaguely knew that this matter was very dangerous, but she didn't want to admit it.

"How can a father not understand your intentions?" Cheng Shi looked at his trembling daughter with pity, "When a father was as old as you, I thought day and night that I could be a happy ranger. But If I leave home, I will be happy, but my parents are old, my younger siblings are young, and I am afraid that I will starve to death under the chaos of the army. Life is alive, there are things I do and I don't. So I can't go, and then I go all the way. Come down..."

Shao Shang bit his lip, tears welling up in his eyes.

Cheng Shi sighed: "It's not your fault either. That day, as a father, you shouldn't be dazzled by grace and wealth. With all the joy, he opened his mouth and agreed to the marriage..."

"How can I blame you for this!" Mrs. Xiao clapped her knees and said heavily, "We just resigned from the Lou family, what excuse did you use to refuse His Majesty?! Your daughter has no marriage contract, and there is no filial piety in the family. Ling The Cheng family has never had any grudges in the past! You father and daughter are talking about it. Your Majesty's words are sincere. How can we, as courtiers, justify this marriage?! Could it be that this wickedness is used to being alone and doesn't like being bullied? I don't care about the east and the west, so I prefer Lou Yao, who can be pointed to and drink by her!"

"Then it's your fault." Cheng Shi stroked his wife's back and said softly, "It's us who will leave the curls behind. She has slacked off her role of discipline. In the past ten years, she has grown up alone, no one has taught her well, and has developed such a loner temperament, thinking that things will naturally not take care of her parents and brothers, this is all our fault! "

Shao Shang's tears were blurred, and he looked at Father Cheng vaguely, at a loss.

Cheng Shi said with relief: "You don't need to worry too much, Your Majesty is a generous person, and he won't sack our family and exterminate our family just because the marriage of our adopted son fails..."

"Yes, I won't slaughter our family and exterminate our family, at most your career will stop." Xiao Madam said coldly.

Shao Shang was startled and hurriedly went to see Father Cheng. Seeing him bowing his head and sighing, he seemed to have suddenly aged a few years. She felt sad and cried and said, "But my father is talented..."

Madam Xiao snorted coldly, "According to her background, His Majesty has a wealth of aristocratic families on the left, and General Wu Yanghou Jizun on the right, who came from a poor background, but has been from a long time ago. Long's important minister. According to the degree of kinship, in front of His Majesty, there are fellow villagers and clansmen who swear to follow, and Daliao, who will be cast in by heavy-lifting soldiers. Your father is talented, and His Majesty is willing to use him, but there is not much for him, and there is less for him. A lot!"

Cheng Shi saw that his daughter was crying so badly, he smiled and said, "Don't cry. Your mother and I are not people who are greedy for fame and wealth. At the beginning of the uprising, we just wanted to keep the countryside safe and keep our family warm. For more than 20 years, we have been fighting in blood and fire, and we have not died, and we have made some famous names, so we should be content. The big deal is that we don't do this, let's go back to our hometown to be a farmer."

Shao Shang this When I cried, I couldn't cry, I was full of apologies.

She herself is not afraid to leave the capital, so she should go to the poor mountainous area to experience life. With Dad Cheng's prestige in the village, she can always transform into better living conditions. But these days, the Cheng family provides food and drink to herself and cares everywhere, and her return is to cut off the future of her father and brother?

"Yiyou, don't cry. You have said everything you want to say, and I'll see what Ling Budo has to say later." Cheng Shichang sighed, "Aqing, send Yingyao back, don't make her cry. I and I Madam still has some business to discuss." Qing Yun who was standing

at the door nodded, stepped forward to help up the dazed young businessman, and walked out slowly.

When the two of them walked away, the angry Mrs. Xiao suddenly changed her face, hit her husband hard, and said resentfully, "Why did I do the wrong thing again, you do it well! If I don't come out and scold the curl, you will be here. Have you been pretending to be dumb?"

Cheng Shi no longer sighed and worried, he smiled and said: "Madam is majestic, she is not angry and majestic, and her aura is like a rainbow, how can I compare... Besides, what we said It's all true, not false!" That is, to add to the jealousy.

Mrs. Xiao nodded: "You have to scare her hard enough to call her daughter and hate me, so that she will not know the importance of her life, and she really thinks she can predict things like God!"

"Exactly!" Cheng Shi sighed , "Now that I don't doubt whether Ling can be your son-in-law, I can't even care about it. I just hope that it will be better for you to restrain your temperament. If you act so arbitrarily, you will have to suffer a lot in the future."

After a while, Mrs. Xiao suddenly said: "Tell me, will Ling Budo see that Ling Wudo is reluctant and go to seek His Majesty's resignation?"

Cheng Shi had a headache: "I don't care, wait for tomorrow. It's just the temperament of Ling Wudo and Ling Budo, if they really quit. Getting married is not a bad thing, it's better than breaking up in the future!"

"Severe marriage?!" Mrs. Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. I can't imagine the days ahead.

...

Shao Shang returned to his place, in a daze with tears in his eyes, like a wooden man, he washed and changed clothes and lay down to rest.

Lying on the bed for a long time, unable to fall asleep, she fumbled and took out her beloved green bamboo flute from under the pillow, put on a thin silk damask nightgown, and walked slowly to the window to sit down. As light as the breeze, hesitant and sad.

On the slightly chilly early summer nights, cicadas can be heard in several places, and spring is finally over.

"Young lady is really good at playing tonight, but she should go to bed earlier." Ah Li didn't ask anything, just smiled lovingly.

Shao Shang shook his head, put down his flute, and didn't say a word, he just stared at the garden full of vegetation, and there was a delicate and white magnolia flower gently swaying among the green branches and leaves.

——No one proposed to her, but the marriage contract was established; she had to find a way to break up without officially starting a relationship. In a trance, she admitted with great difficulty that everything was different after all.

The ivory tower can't live for a lifetime, she can no longer be stubborn and self-righteous, there are a few people who can really live the life they want according to their own wishes, but not even gods.

In the early morning of the next day, Shaoshang got up automatically, and put on the spun yarn half-sleeves and thin silk skirt that Ling Budo had prepared for her early. Contain but not let go, be cautious.

Then, she sat in the room with big red and swollen eyes and waited quietly - before without an alarm clock, she could get up on time and never be late. Only petted children dare to act recklessly. These days, Cheng's family is too tolerant and comfortable towards her, which makes her lose her original vigilance. Different worlds have different rules of the game, she not only has to adapt, but also learn to use them without hindrance.

At the end of Mao Shi, a group of palace envoys came to Cheng Mansion wearing morning frost, and announced that 'the Queen's will to summon Cheng Gong's daughter-in-law'. When the young merchant heard the report in the room, he laughed softly at himself, and was supported by his maid to board the vermilion and splendid palace carriage. Cheng Shi and Mrs. Xiao

led their servants and stood at the door to watch their daughter go on a long journey. Cheng Shi only snorted softly until the distance was nowhere to be seen.

Madam frowned without saying a word, always staring at the alley where the palace chariot honor guard disappeared, always feeling that she sent her daughter to a very inappropriate place. But she had no choice.