The group of juniors from the Lou family and Lou Xiaoxiao nervously looked at the butler from the Yinguo mansion. They didn’t dare to even breathe loudly.
After a long time.
With a menacing expression, the butler ruthlessly said, “Humph! An family! So what if it’s the An family? If you’re capable, ask Crown Prince to crawl up from his sickbed and find trouble with our Master Yinguo!”
After speaking, he intended to take action.
“Hold on!” Lou Xiaoxiao could not take it anymore. She stepped out from the crowd. “Don’t touch him. I’ll go with you all!”
The butler narrowed his eyes and suddenly shot a vicious gaze at Lou Xiaoxiao. “Little b*tch, wouldn’t it have been better if you had decided this earlier! Now? Not only you’ll have to go with us, but he also has to die!’
Lou Xiaoxiao raised her chin and stubbornly sneered. “Humph! Then try killing him. I’ll never step out of the Imperial Academy in my life. Let’s see how you’ll get what you want then?”
“Little b*tch! You!”
“Furthermore, he’s a member of the An family! If you kill him, not only will you fail to complete Third Prince’s task, you’ll also offend the An family. Are you sure you want to do that?”
“Little b*tch, you’re indeed talented! Alright, on account that you’re going to be our new madam, I’ll spare that bastard. You, come over here!”
An Shaoning tightly furrowed his eyebrows. “Lou Xiaoxiao.”
Without looking at him, Lou Xiaoxiao walked out of the academy.
“Wait a minute!” An Shaoning tightly clenched his fists in humiliation. “Lou Xiaoxiao, I won’t stop you if you really want to marry Master Yinguo! It’s just that you’re a proper member of the Lou family from Fengyang prefecture. The ones who have decided this ‘match-up’ are Third Prince and the Prefectural Governor of Fengyang prefecture. Do you really want to leave with these people without any status?”
Lou Xiaoxiao felt a pain in her heart as she tearfully looked at An Shaoning. “What do you want to say?”
An Shaoning’s clear and warm eyes were filled with streaks of blood. The sorrow in them was evident. However, he said with a hoarse and clear voice, “The Yinguo mansion should marry you according to all the traditional rules. Otherwise, if you want to go with him, you have to kill me first!”
“You!” The tips of Lou Xiaoxiao’s fingers ruthlessly pierced into her palms. She became incapable of walking.
She had decided to come out because of An Shaoning. If he wanted her to kill him before she could leave, then what was the point of her coming out?
“Bastard! Shut up!” When the butler saw Lou Xiaoxiao come out from the Imperial Academy but stop because of An Shaoning’s words, he became furious. He could not hold back his anger, and green veins popped up on his forehead. “Lou Xiaoxiao, quickly come out. Otherwise, I’ll kill him!”
An Shaoning snorted. “Go back and tell your Master Yinguo that if he wants to properly do this task Third Prince gave to him, he has to show his sincerity. He should either marry this girl from the Lou family honorably and openly or doesn’t covet her again. If you all think otherwise, you can watch both of us die. Then, it would be a sight to see how you’ll all account for it!”
“Damn it! Ahahahah— You bastard.”
Lou Xiaoxiao’s gaze flickered as she lowered her head and thought. An Shaoning is very smart. He should have a reason for making such a suggestion at this moment… I don’t care anymore. I’ll bet on it. If it doesn’t work, I’ll die together with him! There’s nothing to be afraid of!”
After sorting out her thoughts, Lou Xiaoxiao’s expression turned cold. She raised her head and looked at the butler. “An Shaoning is right. Since my family head is marrying me to Master Yinguo, then you should prepare the wedding according to all the traditional rules. In short, I won’t leave the Imperial Academy until the day of the wedding.”
“B*tch! Bastard, do you really think that I don’t dare to kill you all?”
An Shaoning regained his usual calmness. He raised his eyebrows and sneered. “Then, by all means, kill us. If you don’t dare to, then go back. I reckon that carrying out all the traditional rules will require at least one month, no?”
“You! The butler tightly clenched his fists. He was so furious that he became out of breath. In the end, he coldly said, “Alright! Alright! You really are talented! We’ll carry out all the traditional rules. Since you want to be so shameless and want the whole Imperial city to know about it, I’ll grant your wish! The wedding will be held three days later!”
“Three days? No! It’s too short. Ten days!” An Shaoning argued with reason.
“Bastard, don’t think of being greedy! Seven days, no longer than that!”