My Princess and Crown Prince Are Revived
Chapter 391 I Am Willing to Get Married

Chapter 391: Chapter 391 I Am Willing to Get Married

"Yueyue, this matter is something Dad can explain. Dad just saw that you and your elder brother were getting a bit too close, so..."

After a long silence, Zhu Liqun finally came up with such an excuse.

"Indeed, it is your daughter’s fault. Your daughter shouldn’t have been too close to big brother, nor should she have harbored so many wishes."

"Moreover, it was my wilfulness back then that caused mother to die miserably. All the faults lie with me."

"Dad, your daughter doesn’t want to blame you. But in this matter, you are truly muddled. You only took Xie Feifei’s tactics as the petty tricks of a woman vying for favor, yet you didn’t realize that she is a poisonous scorpion, whose bite is deadly or crippling to anyone it strikes."

"To put it bluntly, you were introducing a wolf into the house. Fortunately, the Princess took charge and averted the crisis, otherwise our Zhu Family would be the sinners, the very people who doomed the entire city and brought disaster upon Nanduan Kingdom."

"Feifei, Dad was wrong, please don’t tell the Princess about this," Zhu Liqun also realized the gravity of the situation.

He hurriedly came over and grabbed Zhu Xinyue’s arm.

Indeed, he had been too complacent.

He had investigated Xie Feifei’s background and found something amiss.

But he saw her medical skills were good, and, for many years, she was the only woman aside from Yueyue who could get so close to Yinian.

The relationship between Yueyue and Yinian over the years was increasingly off.

Although one daughter wasn’t his biological child, if the twins were to marry, wouldn’t that be laughable?

Besides, there was that incident with Yueyue back in the day...

He could never get it out of his heart.

He always felt there was a thorn, and he believed it was Yueyue who caused his wife’s death.

Only if Yueyue married far away, far away from father and son, could he remove this thorn.

Therefore, he harbored selfish intentions and deliberately erased any questionable aspects of Xie Feifei’s background.

He even created many opportunities for Xie Feifei and Yinian to get close.

Moreover, when Xie Feifei played her little tricks, he chose to stand on her side.

He often criticized Yueyue, telling her to learn from Xie Feifei.

He knew Yueyue was proud, and asking her to learn from the duplicitous Xie Feifei was probably even more painful than killing her.

In this way, she would naturally opt to distance herself from Yinian and the Zhu Family.

But despite all his calculations, he did not anticipate that Xie Feifei still had a card up her sleeve.

She was actually an apprentice of Wei Binhai and a pawn of Dongli Country.

He nearly became a sinner.

If the Princess knew about these things, he feared not only would the Zhu Family fail to become loyal subjects, they might all be executed.

"Don’t worry, Dad. You have the grace of raising me, and I won’t tell the Princess about this matter,"

Zhu Xinyue gave a pale smile, then pulled away Zhu Liqun’s hand.

"Dad, don’t you really want me to get married? I will marry. I hear that young Deputy General called Su Gaoxuan often inquires about my marriage. He should be a decent man; marrying him would be good. Please bother yourself to negotiate this marriage with him,"

After speaking, she closed the door.

"Yueyue, Daddy..."

Zhu Liqun opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, he said nothing.

His mood was very heavy.

Clearly, Yueyue said she wouldn’t complain to the Princess, and she was willing to take the initiative to leave the family, to stay far away from the Zhu Residence, which was what he had hoped for at first.

But why...

He was not happy at all right now.

It seemed... he even felt a bit guilty.

He still remembered, when Yueyue first came to the Zhu Family, she was very small, carried in a little cotton blanket, her face red from the cold of the great winter.

He said the family was too poor and wanted to send away the child abandoned at their doorstep.

But Madam was kind-hearted, saying the child was cute and lovely.

Just that she was injured when she gave birth to Yinian, always wanting a daughter but failing to have one, and this was a gift from heaven that shouldn’t be sent away.

Since Madam liked her, he bit his lip and agreed.

Later, Yueyue really was just as Madam had said, obedient and sensible.

Although she was a bit lively, sometimes she would get into trouble.

But every time he came back from his errands, she would always wait for him at the door and affectionately call out "Daddy."

She would also pour him hot tea and massage his head when he had a headache.

Madam was in poor health, so nearly all the household laundry was done by Yueyue, even in the winter without any complaints or regrets.

Latterly, as their financial situation improved, Yueyue oversaw their food and clothes.

The two of them, father and son, never worried about household affairs because Yueyue was there.

No matter how carefree she seemed, she was always meticulous about anything to do with them, rarely making a mistake.

If it hadn’t been for the incident of Madam’s tragic death...

He...

Remembering the past, Zhu Liqun’s eyes started to well up with tears.

"Anybody who dares to spread word of today’s events, I will show no mercy, understood?"

Suppressing his emotions, he began to warn the servants around him.

"Yes, sir, we servants did not hear a thing just now and won’t gossip," they replied.

The servants didn’t even dare to breathe too loudly, as they knocked their heads on the floor fervently.

This was a matter that concerned the lives of everyone in Zhu Residence, naturally, they wouldn’t dare to speak carelessly.

"Look after the young miss," he commanded.

After dropping that command, Zhu Liqun intended to turn around and leave.

But just as he turned, he saw someone standing behind him.

"Nian, Niannian, how did you get here? How long have you been standing there?"

Zhu Liqun’s heart sank, and he panicked.

"Daddy, is what Yueyue said true?"

Zhu Yinian looked at Zhu Liqun expressionlessly and then asked that question.

"Niannian, Daddy..."

"Daddy, I understand," Zhu Yinian cut off what Zhu Liqun was about to explain and turned to leave on his own.

What right did he have to blame his father anyway? After all, he and his father were the same type of person.

He had originally come to find Yueyue to explain.

But who knew he would overhear such a "secret"?

Now, he had no face to see Yueyue again.

If his mother were still alive, she would never have allowed Yueyue to suffer such indignities.

...

Inside the room.

Lan Xin knelt down before Zhu Xinyue.

"Miss, I deserve to die. I even advised you to become good friends with Xie Feifei before," she said as she kowtowed and began to choke up.

Even her, a maidservant who had served the young miss since childhood, had persuaded the miss not to take Xie Feifei’s actions to heart.

Even she hadn’t believed in the miss and thought the miss was just being jealous and deliberately making things difficult for Xie Feifei.

Little did she realize that the miss was actually the one who had been wronged the most.

The General and the master were aware, yet they watched as the miss was unjustly treated.

How helpless the miss must have felt at that time.

Looking at Lan Xin’s state, Zhu Xinyue’s expression remained very calm.

"Lan Xin, you all said you didn’t want to believe me those past few days, and I did have resentment in my heart at that time. But now, I’ve become calm. I can’t stir up any emotions in my heart because... it doesn’t matter anymore."

Zhu Xinyue gave a wry smile, shook her head, then helped Lan Xin up.

"Bring me pen and ink, I want to write a letter to the Princess."