Rebirth of the Firstborn Daughter: Life is like a Dream

After half an hour, a maid came outside to convey that the owner of the manor invited them to the hall where a sumptuous banquet was about to begin.

Li Yuyan and Wang Tianbao appeared in the hall together. Everyone had arrived. Several older generations in the villa were present, and there was no rule to distinguish between men and women. Men and women sat at separate tables in the hall without any screens separating them.

After bowing to Master Guan and his wife and the older generation, Li Yuyan sat down in front of Master Guan's right hand.

"Yuyan is now the most promising person in our Guanzhuang, the youngest number one scholar in the Tang Dynasty from ancient times to the present, and a favorite of Your Majesty. Come here, let's all toast him with a small cup first." A thin, white-haired old man stood up and looked at Li Yuyan with a smile.

Li Yuyan stood up hurriedly and said politely and humbly that he didn't have the courage.

"You must drink this wine. This is a blessing in disguise. The relatives and friends are toasting you. Cheers. We are doing this to make you happy." Master Guan said with a smile.

Mrs. Guan kept glaring at Master Guan.

Li Yuyan smiled and kept urging the older generation to drink.

Wei Bingyan looked at him, worried that he would drink too much and get drunk.

"The most carefree things in life are nothing more than a successful career, rising rapidly to the top, and having harmonious female relatives. Yuyan, you now have a beautiful wife by your side, the only thing you lack is a concubine." Someone said this with a smile on his face.

Master Guan breathed a sigh of relief, but his wife had been asking him to say something, but he didn't dare to open his mouth. He glanced at his sister carefully, and saw that Mrs. Li was looking at him with amusement, and he couldn't help but shudder.

Wei Bingyan glanced at Meili who was sitting near Mrs. Guan and saw that her face was slightly flushed. She looked at Li Yuyan with a little expectation, and she couldn't help but feel a little angry deep down.

What was the intention? Were they going to force her to allow Li Yuyan to marry a concubine?

Suddenly, Li Yuyan let out a faint laugh, his eyes completely penetrated everyone and fell on her, and he said word by word: "Uncles, please don't joke with me. My uncle is the person I admire the most. He is a very affectionate and righteous person, and he loves my aunt very much. I will follow my uncle's example and will never marry a concubine in this life."

This speech made Guan Zhuangzhu laugh awkwardly, "How can a man compare with us old men?"

"Men should cultivate their character more." Li Yuyan said with a smile.

Wei Bingyan pursed her lips, and seeing the beauty suddenly turn pale under her eyelids, she sighed helplessly in her heart.

Master Guan seemed to want to say something, but Mrs. Li spoke first, "Brother likes to marry concubines so much, why not let sister-in-law marry a few for you, so that you can be surrounded by beauties and enjoy the blessing of having all the wives, what do you think?"

Mrs. Guan looked unhappy.

As soon as Mrs. Li said this, Master Guan knew that he had angered his sister. He forced a few smiles with an unnatural expression, smoothed over the situation, and continued to enthusiastically invite everyone to eat and drink.

Wei Bingyan couldn't have imagined that Li Yuyan would say in front of so many people that he would never marry a concubine in his life. She took a sip of wine and smiled at Mrs. Li.

Li Yuyan and the older generation kept drinking, almost fulfilling every request. Gradually, they couldn't stand it anymore and just had to go outside to catch their breath. When he stepped out of the hall, he signaled to Wei Bingyan, asking her to follow him out.

"That boy has a good alcohol tolerance. Don't let him scare you. My son is even more shameless and cruel than his father." Mrs. Li whispered in Wei Bingyan's ear.

Wei Bingyan asked curiously, "Mother, what is thick-skinned and black-hearted?"

Mrs. Li concentrated and thought for a while, "Even if it's a tender belly, it's all a bad idea."

Wei Bingyan agreed with this. Li Yuyan was a delicate and thoughtful person, and she didn't know why he suddenly left the hall at this time. Could it be that he really drank too much and got drunk? He really drank a lot of wine.

"Mom, I'd better go see him." Wei Bingyan said softly, and she stood up and followed him out secretly.

When Wei Bingyan stood up and left, the beautiful girl also stood up and walked out, following Li Yuyan's increasingly smaller figure.

Mrs. Li pulled Wei Bingyan's arm and said, "Come with me and take a look. Don't be too kind."

In Mrs. Li's view, repaying a favor is one thing, but taking Meili as a concubine is another. Over the years, their Li family has always wanted to take care of Meili. It was Meili who wanted to repay the favor, and it was her brother who insisted on staying in Guanzhuang, and it was her brother who promised to take good care of Meili for the Li family.

But no one ever told them that Meili was waiting for Li Yuyan to come back and marry her.

Only they knew what promise Li Yuyan made at that time. She believed in her son and would never make an ambiguous promise. The focus was still on beauty.

And she is such a good sister-in-law!

Is he really not understanding or is he pretending not to understand? He clearly knows that her son's marriage was arranged by the Empress Dowager, but he still wants to send a concubine in. Isn't it obvious that he wants to see chaos in the Li family?

Wei Bingyan sympathizes with beauty, but she is not overly kind-hearted. She has never thought of sharing Li Yuyan with other women.

She followed him out secretly. She could hear a pin drop in the courtyard outside. There were only two shadowy figures near the magnificent Strange Rock Mountain, stretched out in the hazy night. She held her breath and walked in the darkness, not wanting to disturb the two people.

Li Yuyan heard footsteps and turned around to see that it was Meili. A strange look flashed across her face and she opened her mouth softly, "Sister Meili."

Meili looked at him deeply. When she was a child, she had a good impression of this man who was three years younger than her.

He was different from others. His every word and action revealed a more stable attraction than people of the same age. At that time, her father was injured and dying, and his words "I will take care of you" have made her eager to do something until today.

She forgot one thing: there are many kinds of care.

"You drank a lot tonight. Why don't I make you a cup of sobering tea?" Meili asked softly, looking at him.

Li Yuyan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Meilijie. I can handle this little bit of wine."

Meili sighed, "Why do you need to be so polite to me? We were not like that before."

"How could that be? I always treat you as my real sister." Li Yuyan said with a smile.

"You don't want to marry a concubine, is it because of the arranged marriage or because of Wei Bingyan?" Meili asked without completely giving up. She knew that he never understood her thoughts and always treated her as a sister. It was just that she had a little thought in her heart, hoping that he would love and take care of her and wait for her for all these years. She didn't expect that he would be so heartless.

Li Yuyan said softly, "Sister Meili, I told you at that time that our Li family will always take care of you and treat you as one of our own. You can treat the Li family as your mother's family. No matter where you are wronged, I will stand up for you."

Meili's face changed. Yes, he did say that. She thought he would change his mind in the end. It was she who distorted his words and told Mrs. Guan, which caused the people in the villa to misunderstand for many years.

"You once said that no woman can make you change your principles willingly." Meili said.

Li Yuyan looked at her and said calmly, "That's because I haven't met her yet."

Meili was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, and finally gave up completely, "I was daydreaming, Wei Bingyan... is such a lucky lady."

"I was lucky to meet her." Li Yuyan said.

There are some things that don't need to be said too clearly. Meili looked at Li Yuyan in a dull manner, knowing that he was actually expressing his feelings clearly in a roundabout way.

"I wish you a long and happy life together," she said.

Li Yuyan nodded slightly, "Thank you."

Meili smiled and left with a faint smile on her face. In the end, she had completely given up.

Wei Bingyan listened to every word of their conversation and felt that every word Li Yuyan said sounded very warm, but when she thought carefully, she realized that he was actually very hard-hearted towards beauty.

If you don't say so, you can't let beauty give up completely.

She could no longer remember whether Li Yuyan had taken a concubine in her previous life, but in this life, she would never agree no matter what.

"Why aren't you coming out yet?" Li Yuyan's voice came from her head with a hint of playfulness. Wei Bingyan looked up curiously and saw a pair of shining eyes looking at her with a hint of a sly smile in them.

"How did you know I was here?" Wei Bingyan muttered softly, hanging her head in embarrassment. It was not a good idea for her to eavesdrop on them like that.

Li Yuyan reached out and led her out of the darkness, "How could I not know that you are by my side?"

Wei Bingyan murmured with her small mouth, "Could it be that you already knew it?"

"You've heard it all. Don't you think you should relax? When I said I wouldn't marry a concubine, it was not just talk." Li Yuyan said with a smile and lightly touched her nose with his finger.

"You left the meeting halfway. Did you actually expect Meili to come out to look for you?" Wei Bingyan asked.

Li Yuyan held her and walked slowly outside, whispering, "In fact, I was also wrong. Although I always felt sorry for Meili, I didn't care much about her. When I heard my aunt say that she didn't want to get married, I just thought that she hadn't met someone she liked. It was our Li family who was careless. Now that I came back, I understand her thoughts...

Bingyan, I really didn't know why my aunt and the others misunderstood you and caused you so much injustice."

"I'm not angry. Meili is a very good person." She could see that Meili was different from people like Shao Zhujing, so she always wanted to wait for Li Yuyan to handle it herself.

"I can only take care of her like a sister." Li Yuyan said that he should have made it clear to Meili before going to Xuanmu Mansion. It was just that he was very worried about Wang Tianbao at that time and had no time to talk about these personal matters. This delay made Wei Bingyan feel wronged.