Lou Jingyu was his fiancé, whom his Dad arranged for him.
Towards this fiancé, he did not put much in his heart, just thought that if his father wanted him to marry, then he would marry.
Unexpectedly, when he did not know, there was such a touching and sad love story spread over the capital.
Lou Jingyu, the daughter of Minister of the Ministry of Rites, is both talented and beautiful, and is deeply attracted and attached to each other with Yue Wang, who had made great contributions in the war.
—— About this, Su Qingbai hardly believed it. The fact was; Yue Wang went to the frontier feudal fiefdom when he was young and he hasn’t returned for many years. But from time to time, the news came about him beat back small enemy forces, which cause the Emperor who originally did not like him much to be unhappy. Deeply attracted and attached to each other? Where was the time?
—— In fact, Lou Jingyu often heard the news about her older cousin from her father, which she then admired him secretly and declared that if it was not Yue Wang she would not marry. Who knew that it was passed down that the two were in love with each other? Lou Jingyu was also guilty of the rumor, but later thought that her father was the only uncle of her older cousin. When Su Qingbai was out of the way, with one word from her father, perhaps his cousin would refuse her?
Yue Wang, who has been away from the capital for many years, is regarded as the most unfortunate among the princes. He and Lou Jingyu are maternal cousins.
Lou Jingyu's words: no Yue Wang, no marriage. It had become the talk of the town, and she even attempted suicide for the sake of the engagement.
For the time being, the brilliant war achiever (?) Yue Wang and Lou Jingyu became a pair of miserable mandarin ducks[1], while Su Qingbai was the villain who broke apart the mandarin ducks and snatched women.
Heaven knows, at that time Su Qingbai spent all day in the gambling house. He was only fourteen years old, and he was somewhat maldeveloped. How would he be interested in snatching her?
Su Qingbai felt very chagrin. Before he got engaged to Lou Jingyu, he was just a minor hedonistic son of rich parents in the capital.
After his engagement with Lou Jingyu, it was passed down by people to people and the passing turned into that he became the villain in the capital who bullied others on the strength of his powerful connections, indulged in disgusting orgies of eating and drinking and pass the nights in dicing and card playing and other frivolous pastimes, acted tyrannically, a scoundrel who destroyed people’s marriage and was criticized by everyone.
What’s more, some people wrote their stories into script for story-telling. Lou Jingyu and Yue Wang were written as the lovers finally got married, while he was sent to be a palace eunuch by the author.
In fact, this marriage affair was Lou Jingyu, her Lao Tzu[2] who asked for it. Lou Jingyu was older than him, but he did not even turn his back on her, ne.
He could be uncaring about this. After all, it was a few gossips from the irrelevant people. But after he let alone the matter, the story that spread to his side had changed flavor.
During that time, when he met someone who he had a bad relationship with and they would ask him, “Su Qingbai, I heard your fiancé let you wears a green hat?”
Green hat…
This is something that men can’t stand.
Su Qingbai could tolerate the rumor about him acting tyrannically. He thought he was not a good man. Although he was not as bad rumored, he still knew himself that he had not done much good deeds since he grew up.
But the green hat, he could not stand it.
Green hat, the green hat that Yue Wang, Jiang Mao put on him.
At this moment, someone who had arrived in the capital sneezed, and then smiled while pondering afterwards. Could it be that little person was thinking of him?
Remembering that night, flames burst onto Jiang Mao's chest. That day's carelessness was plotted. He met a little fellow who was familiar with the situation and tactful –how very enthusiastic. He wondered if he could remember what he had said. Why hadn’t he come to him yet?
Forget about Jiang Mao who was anxiously waiting for Su Qingbai. Despite Su Qingbai knew that Jiang Mao was mostly innocent, but the mean-spirited him that was forced to wear the green hat hated both Jiang Mao and Lou Jingyu.
Su Lingchuan wanted to cancel his engagement when things started to go wrong. Su Qingbai suddenly disagreed. He was exactly such a man that he would rather be scolded by people and not willing to be easily called the main culprit.
He understood Lou Jingyu’s reluctance to marry him. But after his Lao Tzu’s front foot dropped in to set the marriage, your back foot without so much greeting caused a big scandal, and ruined people's reputation.
Su Qingbai made up his mind not to let the matter go so easily.
However, …Su Qingbai pouted his lips. Before he could do anything, his whole family was exiled and his engagement was dissolved.
As Su Qingbai anticipated, sure enough, there were many praises around. The praises were for Lou Jingyu had come to see Su Qingbai off despite his prior brutality —so broad-minded, affectionate and true ah.
In response, Lou Jingyu smiled modestly and said toward the surroundings, “Where is it? It’s already over and this daughter[3] also didn’t hold onto it ah.”
Su Qingbai was grieving and wanted to curse, but in the end, he withstood it.
Looking at this group of people, he might as well have no manner to the end. Ignoring these hypocritical people, he called out to the groom to swing the horsewhip and go.
Su Lingchuan also knew his son’s grievance, but for fear of hurting someone's feelings, he still apologized to those people. Cupping one hand in the other in front of his chest, he said, “My son is spoiled by me, really…”
After the polite greeting, Su Lingchuan urged the horse carriage to catch up with Su Qingbai.
Footnote:
[T/N] The (?) was originally there by the author, probably meant that Yue Wang hasn't been confirmed of his great achievement
[1] Mandarin ducks = affectionate couples
[2] Lao Tzu = Father
[3] 小女xiǎo nǚ = my daughter (humble)
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