Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1380 Heavy Burden

Fang Zilan looked out the window and said softly, "He doesn't look like he's having an easy time."

"After today, many people will not have an easy life." Fang Chong pointed out what he meant. Fang Zilan had already retracted his gaze and raised the corners of his lips in a self-deprecating manner, "Whether it is easy or not has nothing to do with me."

Ah Shi downstairs seemed to feel something, and looked up, but only saw Fang Zilan's thin back, which was as thin as a piece of paper. It was no different from Pingting, the lazy daughter of a noble family, and not as tall as Yue Guogong. The green pines and cypresses are proud of the world.

Even he couldn't help but wonder, was he really wrong? The Duke of Yue, Fang Zilan, is really dead, and the third young lady of the Fang family is living now. Are they really not the same person?

It wasn't until the eyes behind her disappeared that Fang Zilan stood up straight again. Fang Chongzheng looked at her thoughtfully, understanding in his heart. She has practiced martial arts since she was a child and has been in the military for several years. Although she looks thin, the heroic spirit and murderous aura in her body are not so easy to hide. In the past few days since she returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, she had been holding her body slightly, looking like a frail and sickly child. only……

"Master Prime Minister, do you have something to say to me?" Fang Zilan calmed down and returned to his usual cold look.

"Ah, you should recognize this child." Fang Chongzheng did not talk around Fang Zilan, so she nodded directly and said, "I recognize him."

"I heard from Lihui that at the beginning of this year, you handed over all the operations under the name of the Duke of Yue and the business in the north to Ah Shi. If he can detect something so keenly, others will also notice it." Fang Chongzheng With a serious expression, he said, "This is just the beginning, not the end."

"I know." Fang Zilan sighed quietly, "If King Rong'an is unwilling, he may have to kill all the Fang Zilan in the capital before he will give up."

"Who wants Fang Zilan to die, and it's not just King Rongan?" Fang Chongzheng had a look of unbearability in his eyes, "If you are willing, you might as well leave the capital. With the Fang family to rely on, the world is vast, and the rivers and lakes are far away. You can rely on Walk with your heart.”

Hearing this, Fang Zilan smiled slightly, "It sounds good."

"But you don't want to, don't you?" Fang Chongzheng gave the expected answer, and Fang Zilan hummed, "The people I care about are all in the capital, how can I leave the capital and be alone?"

Fang Chongzheng shook his head helplessly, "Have you thought about it?"

"It has never been my style to stay out of things." Fang Zilan straightened her sleeves carelessly, "What's more, the prime minister also said that someone will cause trouble for the third lady of the prime minister's house. At this juncture, I, the third lady of the prime minister's house, left the capital rashly, Aren't you going to cause trouble to the Fang family? I never like to cause trouble to others."

Fang Zilan stood up straight and said straight to the point: "I heard that His Royal Highness Prince Yucheng asked Your Majesty to grant him a marriage. I really can't bear the kindness of Your Royal Highness, so I came here today to apologize to Your Highness in person."

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a clang and Li Qiyou came quickly and knocked down a screen standing next to him.

"Master Fang, what did you say?" Li Qiyou looked at Fang Zilan in disbelief. She bowed without being servile or arrogant. "Duke Fang Zilan of Yue, I greet King Yucheng. I hope your Majesty is well."

"Qiyou, you heard it all. Lady Fang doesn't want to marry you." The Empress Dowager said sarcastically, "Your Majesty has already said that you should ask Lady Fang's opinion. You should stop making things difficult for her."

"No, this is not true..." Li Qiyou shook his head violently, took a step forward and grabbed Fang Zilan's wrist, "Lord Fang, I like you, and I don't ask you to respond to me right now. But as long as you become my princess, I will respect you, love you, and protect you all my life. Isn't this a million times better than marrying someone else?" "Your Highness, I only have friendship for you, not love between men and women." Fang Zilan broke free from his hand, her expression calm, "I believe that with your character, no matter who you marry, you will respect her, love her, and protect her all your life, but that person should not be me."

"Why?" Li Qiyou held her shoulders and forced her to look him in the eye. "You clearly know... Do you really have to be a pawn and wait for the imperial decree to come down so you can marry anyone you want?"

"I've been waiting for this, haven't I?" Fang Zilan raised her hand and pushed his hand away. "Your Majesty, if His Majesty hadn't respected me and was willing to ask for my opinion, what you said would have happened long ago."

Li Qiyou stared at her in a daze, and only heard her say word by word: "As long as I don't want to get married, even if it is an imperial decree, I have the courage to fight against it. What about you, do you dare?"

"Fang Zilan!" The Queen Mother's voice suddenly rang out, sounding particularly sharp in the huge palace, "How dare you..."

"Why not?" Fang Zilan glanced at the livid queen mother, then turned to Li Qiyou and said, "My Lord, I understand that you had good intentions, but when you asked for an imperial decree granting marriage in the name of what you thought was protection, at that moment you had become the kind of person you didn't want to admit."

"I..." Li Qiyou's tone weakened a little, "I'm afraid you will..."

"Your Highness, this is your problem." Fang Zilan interrupted him rudely, "You used coercive means to try to make me submit. This is because you knew very well that this was something I would never agree to."

"I'm sorry." Li Qiyou's voice was very soft, but Fang Zilan still heard those three words. However, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she heard the Empress Dowager say, "Lord Fang is so arrogant. Do you think that I and the Empress Dowager don't exist?"

Fang Zilan looked at the Grand Empress Dowager and said, "I have already said this when I came in just now. Today I came to see the prince. After all, the marriage is a matter concerning the two of us and has nothing to do with others. Now I have said everything I need to say..."

"Master Fang, marriage is always decided by parents and matchmakers. How can it be a matter between you and Qiyou?" The Empress Dowager raised her voice and said in a dignified manner, "Besides, Qiyou has never failed to get what he wants, and the same is true for people."

Fang Zilan's expression turned cold. "What does the queen want to say?"

"I will issue an edict to grant the marriage, please wait for your wedding with peace of mind, Lady Fang." The sudden change of the Empress Dowager caught Fang Zilan off guard. She was extremely confused. Li Qiyou also looked bewildered, "Grandmother?"

"There is no need to say more about this matter. If Lord Fang feels that I cannot control you, then I will ask His Majesty to issue an order." The Empress Dowager said in a deep voice: "The princess of Qiyou must be you."

Fang Zilan didn't know how she walked out of Yuzhang Palace. She only felt her steps were extremely heavy. The last words of the Empress Dowager were repeated in her mind. "If Lord Fang thinks that he can be honored for his whole life because of his meritorious service and despises the majesty of the royal family, then how can people in the world have awe for our Dajing royal family in the future?"

For a moment, she was unable to refute such words. She had forgotten that it was always a taboo to be more powerful than the master.

Even if Li Shengxuan didn't care, even if she was a woman, even if she had never been proud of her achievements, as long as she had the slightest intention of resistance, she would be regarded as a traitor and would be dragged down and trampled to death at any time.