Chapter 16: Breaking the Engagement, A Formal Proposal!
Nalan Yanran's eyes quickly turned red.
But this time, she held back her tears and clenched her fists, her sorrowful eyes gradually becoming firm:
"I want Brother Xiao Cang to marry me too!"
After saying this, she hurriedly ran out of the room, out of the Yunlan Sect, and headed towards her family.
The Nalan Family.
The family head, Nalan Su, had just received a wedding invitation from the Yunlan Sect.
"The speed of the Yunlan Sect's marriage alliance with the royal family is really fast."
"They announced the marriage alliance yesterday, and today they have sent the wedding invitation."
Nalan Su said while holding the wedding invitation.
"I've met the princess a few times. She has a cold but smooth personality deep down, and she can control fifty thousand imperial cavalry at a young age. Her methods must be extraordinary. I'm afraid that in the entire Gama Empire, only Xiao Cang could make such a heroic woman lower her status and become a concubine."
The old man sighed on the side.
"Yes. But it's a pity. Father, when you and the old man of the Xiao family made the engagement, if you had betrothed Yanran to Xiao Cang, then our Nalan family's position in the Gama Empire would have risen with the tide." Nalan Su regretted.
Although Nalan Yanran is now Xiao Cang's junior sister, their relationship is considered close.
But this kind of relationship within the sect, how can it be as close as a husband and wife relationship?
"Hmph, how could I have thought of today's events back then."
Nalan Jie snorted coldly, but his eyes changed, seeming to have some regrets.
"Master, the young lady is back."
Suddenly, a servant came to report.
"Yanran is back?"
Nalan Su was surprised. Since Nalan Yanran joined the Yunlan Sect, she might not come home a few times a year. Today is not a special day, so why did she suddenly come back?
"Grandfather, Father."
Nalan Yanran walked straight in, her eyes still red.
"Yanran, why are you crying? Who bullied you?! Tell me, and I'll vent your anger for you!"
Nalan Su saw his precious daughter looking pitiful as if she had just cried, and he was heartbroken. He quickly asked.
"Father, no one bullied me. I came back this time because there is something I want to say."
Nalan Yanran shook her head and said seriously.
Nalan Su and Nalan Jie looked puzzled. They had never seen Nalan Yanran with such a serious expression.
"What's the matter?" Nalan Su asked.
Nalan Yanran took a deep breath, her beautiful eyes showed a stubborn color, and she solemnly said, "Father, Grandfather. I don't want to marry that Xiao family disciple whom I don't even know. I beg you to cancel the engagement from that year. And propose to Brother Xiao Cang in the name of the Nalan family. The person I want to marry is Brother Xiao Cang!"
"What?!"
Nalan Jie and Nalan Su were about to get angry when they heard the first half of Nalan Yanran's words, but they fell silent because of her second half of the sentence.
Nalan Yanran had mentioned the matter of breaking off the engagement before, but due to face, Nalan Jie and Nalan Su not only did not agree, but also scolded Nalan Yanran, forbidding her to mention it again.
But this time it's different.
The person Nalan Yanran wants to marry is not someone else, but Xiao Cang, who has recently become famous in the empire, has the potential of Dou Zong and a seventh-grade pharmacist!
This couldn't help but make them tempted.
"Yanran, are you serious?" Nalan Su asked.
"I'm serious!"
Nalan Yanran's face was stubborn, and she clenched her fists tightly in her sleeves.
From childhood to adulthood, this was the first time she spoke to her father and grandfather like this. But for her own happiness, she must make them agree today no matter what.
"Um… actually this matter… it's not impossible."
Nalan Su picked up the teacup and slowly said.
Nalan Yanran was stunned.
She thought her father would scold her harshly like last time. She was prepared to argue, but she didn't expect her father to loosen up?
"Father, what do you think of this matter?" Nalan Su looked at Nalan Jie.
"Yanran, you said you want to marry Xiao Cang, but how do you know if he is willing to marry you?" Nalan Jie looked at Nalan Yanran and asked.
"Brother Xiao Cang will definitely marry me. He promised me, I believe him!" Nalan Yanran said with absolute certainty.
Nalan Jie heard this and closed his eyes. After a while, he opened them. His turbid and old eyes had a few points of movement. He persuaded himself and said:
"Actually, in a sense, if we cancel the engagement with Xiao Yan and set up an engagement with Xiao Cang instead, it wouldn't be considered breaking the engagement, right?"
"Father is absolutely right, this is not breaking the engagement." Nalan Su smiled when he heard this, and quickly agreed.
"So… let's just decide it this way. After Xiao Cang and Princess Yao Ye get married, we will propose to Xiao Cang in the name of the Nalan family. If Xiao Cang agrees, we will cancel the engagement with Xiao Yan. Yanran, what do you think?" Nalan Jie stroked his beard and said.
Although he cares about face, compared with the future of the Nalan family, a little face is nothing.
"That's great! Thank you, Grandfather, thank you, Father!"
Nalan Yanran was overjoyed, the gloom in her heart was swept away, and she was full of joy.
…
Three days later.
The Yunlan Sect was decorated with lanterns and colored banners, full of joy.
Less than a month apart, Xiao Cang once again put on the festive red clothes of the groom. He rode on a horse, leading a grand welcoming team towards the royal family.
On the outer wall of the palace, a figure in a phoenix crown and rosy dress stood tall and beautiful, her beautiful eyes looking into the distance, quietly waiting for Xiao Cang to come and pick her up.
Under the city wall, many people stopped to watch.
"The princess is really beautiful today."
"On the day the bride gets married, it must be the most beautiful day for the bride, right?"
"Elder Xiao of Yunlan Sect is really a good person. Even though he doesn't need to have a grand wedding to take a concubine, he still wants to give the princess a grand wedding."
"Elder Xiao is a rare genius in a hundred years, and the princess is also very beautiful. The two of them are simply a match made in heaven!"
"…"
After a while, the grand welcoming team arrived.
When Xiao Cang arrived outside the palace on horseback, he leaped up and flew towards Yao Ye with his Dou Qi wings.
Today, Yao Ye was dressed in red, her hair was coiled up behind her head with a phoenix headdress, her face was delicate and dignified, her skin was white and smooth as snow, her lips were bright as fire, and she was incredibly beautiful.
"Yao Ye."
"Xiao Cang."
Yao Ye saw Xiao Cang, her lively beautiful eyes heated up, she pointed her toes and jumped towards Xiao Cang.
Xiao Cang caught her slender waist with one hand and held her soft and boneless body in his arms.
The beauty was in his arms, and it was a moment of romance.
"Xiao Cang, you finally came to pick me up." Yao Ye missed him like fire, three days without seeing him, it felt like three years.
"Come home with me, Yao Ye."
Xiao Cang said, and then held Yao Ye's waist and landed on the horse together.
A pair of talented men and women rode home, and countless passers-by cast envious colors along the way.
Half an hour later, the two arrived at the Yunlan Sect.
Because it was a concubine, there was only a welcoming ceremony, no banquet.
Xiao Cang took Yao Ye straight to the bridal chamber.
"Yao Ye, did you miss me?"
As soon as he entered the door, Xiao Cang hugged Yao Ye tightly.
"Um, I miss you very much." Yao Ye's pretty face was slightly red, and she nodded shyly.
"Then let me make it up to you today."
Xiao Cang said, then picked up Yao Ye and walked towards the bed.
Yao Ye's pretty face was flushed, and even the root of her neck was red. She wrapped her jade arms around Xiao Cang's neck, and whispered in a voice as soft as orchids: "Xiao Cang, these two days I have learned many skills from the old maids in the palace, and I will try them all for you later."
"Okay."
Xiao Cang showed a happy color, put Yao Ye on the bed, and pulled down the curtain.