Second Marriage

Ye Shen felt amused.

He was not scared of the people in the Imperial Court nor would he be scared of Marquis Ningyuan with his impressive military feats. It was the opposite. He might be the one who people were scared of.

But his sweetheart was trying to encourage him. Under such circumstances, it was not a good time to officially meet his father-in-law. Ye Shen also thought that it was not a bad idea to hide his shortcomings here.

Especially in front of the little girl. Perhaps the outcomes would be better if he pretended to be weak.

What’s more, this was his father-in-law, not an outsider. There was no need for him to show the personality he usually displayed to outsiders.

Ye Shen immediately bowed to greet Marquis Ningyuan and finally said, “Greetings to the Marquis.”

After Marquis Ningyuan, a tough man who was not afraid of confronting an enemy’s blade, was bowed to, he took three steps back and said with bewilderment and fury, “This Marquis cannot afford to be bowed to by Fifth Master Ye!”

This stinky kid is giving me a bow? He’s giving me a display of his strength! He’s forcing me to accept his bow so he can deceive my daughter!

The scenarios were playing in Marquis Ningyuan’s mind again. Xiao Youning was somewhat frightened by the appearance of her father’s resistance and saw that he did not like Ye Shen.

She ran up to her father and carefully pulled him by the sleeve. “Daddy, don’t talk so fiercely. Fifth Master is my savior. If it wasn’t for Fifth Master, then this daughter would have lost my life in the countryside and how else could I see Daddy now?”

Marquis Ningyuan did not untangle his aggrieved feelings. He was appalled when he heard his daughter was forced into some kind of life-saving grace.

Don’t tell me, this is Fifth Master Ye’s plan?!

His daughter had previously decided to marry into the Li Family, and Li Zhiqing was Fifth Master Ye’s nephew. They didn’t have anything to do with the Li Family anymore, and it was not good to bring it up. That’s why Ye Shen set up a trap. A life-saving grace could make it so that everyone would accept them being together even when they were from different generations. It was actually a good story to come up with to tell.

Marquis Ningyuan held back some of his words. He pressed his lips together desperately to stop himself from blurting it out.

In his mind, his daughter was too young to understand the evils of the world. And Ye Shen was the most evil person in the world. He was vicious and malicious. How many people had he secretly killed for the Emperor?!

That’s why he expected his daughter to be deceived. At this moment, he had to remain calm, or at least he could not make his daughter think that he did not like Ye Shen and was conflicted about him. Otherwise, his relationship with his daughter would deteriorate.

Marquis Ningyuan felt like he had failed his daughter. He couldn’t even send his retainers back to the capital to secretly assist his daughter. She must have suffered a lot with what had happened with the Li Family. At a time like this, he could not let his daughter feel aggrieved.

As a result, Marquis Ningyuan took a step back, patted his daughter’s hand and appeased her by saying, “Ningning misunderstood Daddy. Although Fifth Master Ye is not an official in the Imperial Court, he is important to His Majesty and can even use the Embroidered Uniform Guards. That’s why one, I should not receive such a bow on the basis of my rank; and two, Fifth Master Ye and I are from the same generation. A bow like that is too formal, too formal indeed.”

Ye Shen secretly raised his eyebrow at those words.

ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱʟᴀᴛᴏʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴏɴ ꜰᴏxᴀʜᴏʟɪᴄ.ᴄᴏᴍ

People say that generals were straightforward people with reckless strength and wielded their swords until the very end. But Marquis Ningyuan, this general, was an exception.

These words sounded modest and praised him, but what about the truth under it?

When Marquis Ningyuan said that he was not an official in the Imperial Court, but worked with the Emperor, wasn’t that saying he was a lacky? And the ferocious and ruthless kind. And those words about being from the same generation, it raised his generation so that the little girl must call him uncle. If she called him uncle, then a life-saving grace could not suppress the generational difference, especially since they had not made any promises to each other yet.

It completely blocked his way.

As Ye Shen stood in the dark, he realized that he had met his match.

Xiao Youning was led into confusion by this and felt somewhat lightheaded. She felt that her father was reasonable, but it seemed wrong and she could not figure out what the problem was.

She nodded. “Daddy, didn’t you just say you had to retreat first? Where are we going? It’s not good to stand here and talk the entire time. I will find a time and place to talk to you about what happened between me and Fifth Master.”

Ye Shen was thinking about how he should deal with this difficult father-in-law. At the very minimum, he had to calm him down first. In the end, the little girl gave him a stepping stone. There was a faint smile in his eyes, and he waited to see how Marquis Ningyuan would respond.

Marquis NIngyuan finally got the upper hand, but lost it to his daughter. Moreover, his daughter wanted to take this man with her… Wha-what do I say?!

Thus, Marquis Ningyuan looked up at Ye Shen coldly. He wanted to let him understand that he would not give in easily, and wanted him to take a step back first.

But Ye Shen looked away and began to tell the guards something in a solemn and low voice. He did not pick up the intentions in Marquis Ningyuan’s expression at all.

Xiao Youning saw that her father was staring fiercely, but it was fortunate that Ye Shen was not paying attention. If not, wouldn’t there be a big misunderstanding?!

She quickly tugged her father’s sleeve and said, “Daddy, I’m tired… Fifth Master has also worked hard to protect me all the way here.”

Marquis Ningyuan closed his eyes and clenched teeth. He said, “So be it. Fifth Master Ye, please go up the mountain with us.”

Ye Shen looked up and was stumped for words before he nodded. “Thank you for the trouble, Marquis.”