After hearing Xia Sheng's words, Mrs. Ye's face completely sank. Although she tried her best to maintain her demeanor as the mother of the Marquis of Weining, her eyebrows were raised high like two sharp swords, and her palm holding the teacup suddenly became tight. ∽↗

"What do you want? Or, what do you want to exchange for this marriage? Is it gold, silver, treasure, or promotion? Is it a magic weapon or a high-level spiritual object? Since it is a negotiation, don't talk to death so quickly. You have to put your request on the table."

Xia Sheng's smile became brighter and brighter, and he shook his head: "Since my wife has negotiated with me, I will talk to you about qualifications."

As he said that, Xia Sheng gently stroked the edge of the cup with his fingers and said word by word: "You also said before that this marriage was decided by Marshal Ye and my father. So, if you want to regret the marriage, it should be the two of them who are in person to make a decision. As for you... Sorry, you really don't have the qualifications."

"Bang!"

The tea cup in Mrs. Ye's hand shattered in response to the sound. The maid next to her quickly walked up with panic, carefully packed up the fragments on the ground, and helped Mrs. Ye wipe the hem of the skirt soaked with tea stains.

"Can't I represent my husband's will?"

Xia Sheng said slowly, "If this is true, I will bother Mr. Ye to tell me this sentence in person! But you just told me that this marriage was originally decided by Mr. Ye to repay my father's life-saving grace. Then I am very curious. If Mr. Ye really ruins the marriage in front of me in the future, what should he pay my father to pay? Should he use his life, your life, or the glory of the entire mansion?"

"You are bold!" Mrs. Ye shouted violently, and there was a trace of murderous intent that seemed to be substantial in her eyes when she looked at Xia Sheng.

Mrs. Ye’s face was like frosty and her voice was like a cold smile: “I didn’t expect that you were such a villain who brought me kindness to you. Since that’s the case, I would not allow Xiao E to betrothed to you!”

Xia Sheng shook his head: "Look, after going around such a big circle, you still don't understand what I mean. As I said just now, your will has no meaning to me in terms of remorse for marriage!"

As he said that, Xia Sheng suddenly stood up and changed the subject: "I believe that today's conversation has nothing to do with Marshal Ye, but your will to act alone, which also means that you cannot convince Marshal Ye and let him change his mind. In this way, I might as well give you a suggestion..."

Mrs. Ye did not respond, but waited for Xia Sheng to continue talking.

"As I said just now, this marriage was decided by Marshal Ye and my father. Since you cannot persuade Marshal Ye to tear up this engagement, perhaps you can consider trying to convince my father."

Speaking of this, Xia Sheng smiled again: "And this is also the most important reason why I come to your mansion today."

Mrs. Ye stared at Xia Sheng's eyes and sneered: "You really have something to ask for."

"Not bad." Xia Sheng nodded: "Madam, my father disappeared for no reason half a month ago, and was suspected to have been kidnapped by the thief. I want to ask the wife to inform Mr. Ye of this matter, find out my father's whereabouts, and capture the thief to the case!"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Ye couldn't help but frown slightly: "Is your father missing?"

Xia Sheng held his hand and bowed to Mrs. Ye, and said again: "Even if we don't mention the friendship between my father and Mr. Ye, this matter is beneficial or disadvantageous to the wife. If the wife wants to regret the marriage, then it needs to be approved by my father. If the wife wants to repay my father's kindness to Mr. Ye, then this is the best way."

After the words came, Mrs. Ye suddenly laughed, and immediately broke the extremely depressing atmosphere in the venue. Suddenly, like a night of spring breeze, thousands of pear blossoms bloomed.

She stood up from the main seat slowly, brushed off the water droplets on the hem of her skirt with a light hand, and said with a smile: "It's interesting, in this way, I like you little guy a little."

Xia Sheng nodded and smiled: "Madam praises me."

Mrs. Ye nodded and turned to the maid and said, "Yun'er, go and instruct the servants to clean up three rooms in the mansion. Today, Xiao Xia will live in the mansion."

"Yes, madam." The little maid responded respectfully, then left the room. Before leaving, she looked at Xia Sheng with a little more surprise.

The next moment, Mrs. Ye said to Xia Sheng: "I guess you're tired of hiking along the way, and you're tired. Let's go and have some rest first. Let's talk to me about your father later."

Xia Sheng nodded and said, "Okay."

For a moment, the atmosphere in the house became more and more harmonious again, just like the previous confrontation never existed. Mrs. Ye talked about the scenery in Luoyang City, and Xia Sheng talked about some interesting things in Baima Town. Seeing this scene in Meng Qi's eyes, she couldn't help but be surprised and secretly cursed in her heart.

"hypocritical."

Yes, it is indeed very hypocritical. Mrs. Ye’s hypocrisy is because she found that tearing up the engagement was not as simple as she thought at the beginning. Because this kid named Xia Sheng was very difficult, she could only settle for the second best and choose to cooperate with her.

As for Xia Sheng's hypocrisy, it is more from helplessness.

He adopted two completely different strategies in treating Wei Chongfeng and Mrs. Ye. The former was more of a deterrent, while the latter chose to compromise.

First of all, of course, because of the difference in identities between the two. For Xia Sheng, Wei Zhiyuan was just a worshiper of Shantang, and Mrs. Ye was likely to become his mother-in-law in the future. In addition, there is another very important reason, that Xia Sheng must consider that once Shantang turns against him, he needs to use the power of the Weining Marquis' Mansion to help him find his father's whereabouts.

It is obviously not the wisest way to make enemies everywhere when you arrive in Luoyang.

Although Xia Sheng is only sixteen years old, his mind is more mature than that of an adult in his twenties. He knows very well what he wants and also knows very well what he needs to pay in this process.

After a while, the little maid named Yun'er returned to the hall and told Mrs. Ye that the room had been cleaned up. So Xia Sheng and the other two said goodbye to Mrs. Ye for a while and led by Yun'er to the residence.

On the other hand, after Xia Sheng and the others left, Mrs. Ye suddenly asked.

"What do you think?"

At this time, except for Mrs. Ye, there was only one person left in the house. After Xia Sheng entered the Weining Marquis Mansion, this person stood behind him, even longer than the time when Mrs. Ye and Xia Sheng were in contact.

His name is Wang Er, and Xia Sheng thought he was just a servant who was responsible for mixing water and pouring tea.

Faced with Mrs. Ye's inquiry, Wang Er slowly straightened his back and slowly said four words.

"It cannot be underestimated."

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Chapter completed!