Marry me, okay?

  Yuanyi ran out of the second door at her fastest speed, rushing towards the main gate. At this time, the doorman was leaning against the doorframe dozing off, when he was suddenly shaken awake with great force, and dazedly opened his eyes to find a delicate-skinned, beautiful woman standing before him.

  "What about my father? How long has my father been gone?" The gatekeeper was still not fully awake, thinking it was just a dream, but his arm was pinched so painfully that he suddenly woke up and found that the person pinching him was the Fourth Miss of the mansion.

  "He hastily lowered his head and replied truthfully: 'Fourth Miss, Master has been gone for more than half an hour.'"

  It's supposed to be a rest day today, so he didn't have to go to the government office, but Zhu Changren didn't want to continue staying in the mansion and dealing with Zhang Zhongxi. He thought that the people below had already prepared the list of selected women from various families for him, and after reviewing it without any issues, he decided to take the opportunity to submit the list to the palace, so as to settle one thing on his mind.

  He never could have imagined that the draft he submitted would be secretly replaced by someone.

  Yuanyi heard the door person's words, and suddenly felt stunned, losing his soul and letting go of his hand, his face looked like a mixture of sadness and tears, and his originally bright eyes gradually dimmed.

  More than half an hour is enough to get from Zhu's mansion to the government office.

  Su Mei and Lao Mei, who were a few steps behind, had just run to the gate when they saw their young mistress's ashen face and were startled. They both rushed forward with concern, "Miss, what's wrong? Don't scare us!" Su Mei wiped away her tears and suddenly saw Zhang Zhongxiu approaching, so she quickly ran over to him, knelt down, and kowtowed several times, pleading, "Young Master Zhang, for the sake of my mistress's deep affection for you, please save her!"

  Zhang Zhongxi also noticed Yuan Yi's abnormality at this time, and quickly walked to her side, asking urgently: "Fourth sister, what's wrong with you?"

  At this time, Yuan Yi slowly came back to her senses and saw that the person in front of her was Zhang Zhongxi. Her dull eyes were strangely colored, she grabbed his hand, her voice ringing out, word by word: "Zhang Ziyan, will you marry me?"

  Even Zhang Zhongxi, who was always calm and rational, couldn't help but be stunned at this moment. In his life, he had never met a woman like Yuan Yi, beautiful, wise, proud and extremely bold. Her existence simply overturned his understanding of women, and even he didn't know what emotions he had for her in his heart.

  However, it was his hesitation at that moment that caused Yuan Yi's eyes to gradually dim, and finally her eyes drooped, she withdrew her hand, and a smile that was no different from usual hung on her lips, as she said: "It was I who was presumptuous, please don't blame Zhang Gongzi, forgive the fourth daughter for not sending you off."

  She stepped over his body, helped Su Mei up from her knees, and the three of them walked through the second gate, their figures gradually disappearing from his sight.

  At this time, Zhang Zhongxi still did not know that his hesitation at this moment would become a great regret and disappointment in his life later on. After seeing the silhouettes of several people disappear, he suppressed the inexplicable emotions in his heart, took the servant with him, and left the Zhu mansion without looking back.

  As for Xiao Heng, since that day when he was rejected by the beauty, he had been feeling down for a while. With nothing to do, he spent his days idling away in the music house, listening to the performers compose lyrics and melodies, indulging in wine and revelry, gradually forgetting all his worries.

  At the time when Yuan Yi's heart was disheartened and his will was weakening, he was leaning on a small couch in the music room, sipping fine wine, accompanied by the musician's melody, lightly tapping the clappers in his hand, singing loudly: "There is a beauty, seeing her is unforgettable. One day without seeing her, thinking of her is like madness. The phoenix flies and soars, searching for the phoenix in all four seas. Alas, the beautiful one is not on the east wall..."