The little princess was torn, and the demon emperor patched her up

Chapter 65 You Want to Be Like Everyone Else
A few dark clouds floated by low.

There was a rumble of thunder, and the first rainstorm of this summer came pouring down.

The rain wet Xiao Baojing's thin dress. She sneezed, holding the hemp rope, and returned to her boudoir like a wandering soul.

Xiao Baojing fell ill.

The next day, Zhu's mother sent someone to ask for leave from the academy and took care of him by the bedside, worriedly asking, "Why did you get sick when you were fine?"

Xiao Baojing's face was pale, with only a sickly flush on his cheeks.

She was traumatized by seeing a woman’s head being pulled off last night, and then she got caught in the rain. How could she not get sick?
Seeing her coughing weakly a few times, Zhu's mother sighed, "You are not smart to begin with. You are sick today and you will fall behind in your studies. How can you catch up in the future? You are also so grown up, why can't you take care of yourself?"

Faced with her reproach, Xiao Baojing said nothing.

She herself didn't actually want to be sick.

"I'll ask someone to cut some fruit and bring it in." Mother Zhu tucked the corner of the quilt for her. "What would Yingtai like to eat?"

Xiao Baojing thought of the crisp green peaches he saw in the academy yesterday and said in a hoarse voice, "I want to eat peaches."

"Why eat peaches?" Zhu's mother shook her head. "Eat pears. Pears are good for your health."

She asked someone to cut the pears, and then asked with concern, "What do you want to eat for lunch? Mother will ask the kitchen to make it for you."

"Want to eat fish."

"Fish is not tasty. Your father and I don't like it. Let's eat duck. Mother will ask the kitchen to make you sweet-scented osmanthus duck."

"..."

Seeing Xiao Baojing was silent, Zhu's mother said gently, "I heard from Tong'er that you met Mr. Ma in the academy yesterday? How was he? Was he handsome and suave? You must have admired him very much, right?"

Xiao Baojing was annoyed by her asking questions: "Whether you admire me or not, this marriage has been decided, right? Can you still allow me to regret it?"

"You can't say that. Even if you don't like him, you will slowly like him after you marry him."

"But he doesn't like me either. He also has someone he loves."

"Why doesn't he like you? He must like you! Even if he doesn't like you now, he will definitely like you in the future when you get married and have children. The relationship between husband and wife needs to be cultivated. Your father and I went through this. Just listen to us. We are the closest people to you in the world. Would we harm you?"

“What if we can’t cultivate it?”

"No! You have to believe in mother. As long as you are married, you will definitely be able to develop feelings for each other. Everyone has gone through this! Yingtai, you have to be like everyone else!"

Zhu's mother's tone was very gentle, like the best mother in the world.

But when Xiao Baojing raised his eyes, he saw that her wooden face was densely covered with words:

——Don’t talk back!
——No disobedience!
——You are not allowed to have your own ideas!
——You must do as we ask, to be considered filial!
—If you develop your own will, you will no longer be our daughter!
"It's getting late," Zhu's mother gently tucked the quilt tightly around her neck, "Yingtai, you should have a good rest. I should go to bed too."

Xiao Baojing couldn't sleep.

She once mistakenly entered the Forgotten Garden, which was also the territory of monsters. Many people died in the garden, and it was more dangerous than the Butterfly Manor.

Although there was no killing here, it made her feel even more disgusted and suffocated.

She hid under the quilt and curled herself up secretly.

Xiao Baojing slept in a daze until noon, when he suddenly heard Tong'er come in and say, "Miss, Young Master Liang is here to propose marriage!"

Peddler?
Xiao Baojing struggled to sit up: "He's really here?!"

She tore off the towel on her forehead and hurried to the front hall, not caring that her high fever had not subsided.

All kinds of brocade boxes filled the front hall and even the yard was piled high with them, glittering with jewels, gold and silver, as if the entire treasure had been moved here.

Tong'er: "Miss, this is the betrothal gift that Mr. Liang brought!"

Xiao Baojing: "..."

Is this scene included in “Liang Zhu”?

Where is the poor scholar?

The peddler was sitting opposite Zhu's father and mother.

Seeing her come in, the peddler curved his eyes and said, "I'm here to marry you." The young man's tenderness was like the spring breeze blowing on the willow branches.

Xiao Baojing's already flushed cheeks became even redder.

Remembering that this was a plot, she suppressed her complicated emotions and imitated the manner of a lady in seclusion, bowing tenderly to Zhu's father and mother: "Dad, Mom!"

Zhu's father's face was filled with anger: "Anyway, I will not marry my daughter to you!"

Xiao Baojing stepped forward and picked up the peddler's betrothal gift list.

Wow, ninety-nine gold mines, ninety-nine silver mines, ten thousand hu of pearls in the East China Sea, a Dragon Palace in the West China Sea, a vast territory in the Land of Nothingness, a fairy island in the North China Sea, brocade dyed with rosy clouds, ancient magic tools, the Big Dipper, a demon-summoning banner...

really!
This person really dares to write!

Even the CEO’s article wouldn’t dare to write about the betrothal gift like this!
Zhu's father also stared at the list of betrothal gifts.

Although he still had an angry attitude, the words "Oh my God, it's a lot of money, but marrying my daughter to him would mean I'm bowing my head. As the head of the family, how can I bow my head?" were clearly written on his wooden face.

Xiao Baojing looked at him curiously and suddenly closed the betrothal gift list.

The words on Zhu's father's face suddenly turned into "very angry".

Xiao Baojing unfolded the list of betrothal gifts.

Zhu's father: "Oh my god, it's such a lot of money. But marrying my daughter to him means I have to bow my head. As the head of the family, how can I bow my head?"

Xiao Baojing closed the betrothal gift list.

Zhu's father: "very angry."

After going back and forth three or five times, Zhu's father began to pound the table and yell, "Since ancient times, marriage is a matter of parents' orders and matchmakers' words. How can you make the decision yourself? You are just being shameless! Get him out! Get him out!"

Xiao Baojing bit his handkerchief and followed the plot conscientiously: "No! Master Liang, I can't bear to leave you! I don't want to be separated from you!"

The maids grabbed her and dragged her back to her boudoir.

Xiao Baojing sent Tong'er out to get information, and Tong'er soon came back to report: "Master Liang was chased out, and I heard he was beaten badly!"

Xiao Baojing held his chin to his hand.

People like the peddler may look stupid, but he's actually full of bad intentions.

He shouldn't let himself suffer too much, right?
By the way, will getting beaten in a dream affect reality?

If the peddler died in the dream as per the plot, would he also die in reality?

The more Xiao Baojing thought about it, the more worried he became. He decided to sneak over the wall and leave the house at night to visit the peddler.

At night, she sneaked to the foot of the wall, but before she started climbing, countless torches suddenly appeared around her.

Mother Zhu appeared surrounded by maids and servants, choking with sobs, "Yingtai, are you going to run away from your marriage?!"

"Ah?" Xiao Baojing scratched his head, "I..."

Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, Zhu's mother cried even harder: "Your father and I worked hard to raise you, how could you disobey us?!"

Mother Zhu brought Xiao Baojing back to her boudoir, pressed her in front of the bronze mirror, and said earnestly: "Look at you, you are so ugly, and you are far inferior to other children. But your father and I have never despised you. We have always loved you the most in the world. But how can you not listen to us?"

"but--"

"Shut up!" Zhu's mother sobbed, "Marriage with the Ma family is so good, they are a good match, you will enjoy happiness after you marry him! Just take it as your mother begging you, just be obedient and marry him!"

After she finished speaking, she suddenly knelt down in front of Xiao Baojing without caring about anything: "Mother, I beg you, just marry him!"

Xiao Baojing's pupils suddenly shrank.

She was like a frightened shrimp, she instantly jumped up and onto the stool!

Although I know that the woman in front of me is a monster, this action is too scary!

Her face was pale, and she looked at Zhu's mother defensively, trembling, "There are no slaves in the new new new China. You, you, you, please don't do this... Forget it, I, I, I, I'll kowtow to you!"

She jumped off the stool, knelt down in front of Zhu's mother, and kowtowed quickly!
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