After the wrong flirtation, I became the villain's favorite

The marriage between the Xie family and the upstart Lu family was favored by many people, but also not favored by some.

Academician Xie, who was originally going to be promoted to the position of Prime Minister, petitioned the emperor to marry the daughter of the Lu family before taking up his post in Yunmeng Prefecture.

Everyone said that Lord Xie had finally let go of the past and was ready to move forward.

After going through complicated wedding ceremonies, Lu Man finally arrived at the Liufeng Courtyard of the Xie Mansion. The maids all left, giving her time to rest alone.

Lu Man lifted the veil and looked carefully at everything in the room.

The elegance is full of luxury, and the red silk and red candles all show the joy of the wedding. Until now, Lu Man is still thinking about the man who held her hand when she was worshipped in the hall just now.

Through the red veil, she could vaguely see the man's profile.

He is really as handsome as the rumors say.

He is her husband.

Even if he was demoted, wasn't it because he pleaded for his ex-wife? His ex-wife was already someone else's wife, but he was still so affectionate and loyal... He should also treat her well, right?

My brother said that Lord Xie is a leader among the nobles. He has been doing the right things over the years and is a good official. Although it is not his first marriage, there are many people who want to marry him.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Lu Man's pretty face.

The door opened and she quickly covered her head with the red veil.

Her husband was also wearing a red wedding dress, and there was not the slightest nasty smell of alcohol on his body, but instead there was a cool and pleasant fragrance.

With a smile on his lips, he lifted her red veil and extended his hand to her.

Lu Man finally saw him clearly. The fleeting profile during the wedding ceremony had left a deep impression on her. But now, the man had a pair of gentle eyes, like a piece of jade sliding into the rippling spring waves. Being over thirty years old, he had even more gentle and elegant charm. He had a dignified posture, and the brightly colored wedding clothes made him look unique and stunning.

Not like a human thing.

"Miss Lu? I'll call you Man Niang." The man smiled, "Are you tired?"

Lu Man's cheeks flushed, and she lowered her head shyly, "I'm not tired."

She knew what to do on her wedding night, but facing such a god-like husband, was she going to take off his clothes? Why did she feel nervous about offending him?

what can we do about it……

Looking at her shy and timid appearance, Xie Yunji raised his eyebrows.

When she mustered up the courage to put her hand up to his collar, he suddenly held her hand down.

"The second son of the Ling family, you and I are in love." Xie Yunji's eyes were still smiling, and his tone was normal, "Is that so, Man Niang?"

Surprise and fear flashed across Lu Man's eyes, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.

She did have an affair with Erlang of the Ling family.

Since the age of sixteen, she had been in love with him and decided to spend her life with him. However, the Ling family and her brother had different political views and looked down on each other, which made the eldest brother unhappy.

Later, in order to make her give up, her brother promised her to someone else. But she was unwilling to accept that and asked the monks in the temple to tell her that she had an unlucky fate and would bring bad luck to her husband, so that the family that wanted to marry her would give up.

Three years passed in a flash.

No one dared to propose to her anymore, including the second son of the Ling family, who only had a secret affair with her.

Her husband looked at her gently, waiting for her answer.

"I don't mean anything else." Xie Yunji smiled, "If you say yes, I will find a way to let you go with him. If not, after tonight, you must break up with him completely."

Lu Man clenched the sleeves of her wedding dress; the intricate gold thread patterns on the sleeves hurt her palms.

How should I answer... If I say yes, will Ling Jilang really abandon his family and fame and fortune and take her away? Four years, the best years of a girl's life, are all given to him.

If she said no, she could get close to the man in front of her and become his wife, with a legitimate identity from then on. The most dazzling person of this generation of the aristocratic Xie family, gentle and affectionate, upright and honest, whoever mentions him, will praise him. He is Xie Yunji...

"Manniang." Xie Yunji called her, "So, is it, or is it not?"

"Sir, I, I..." Lu Man hesitated.

"You don't need to worry about Ling Er. I have sent someone to inform him. As long as you agree, he will take you away from Beijing." Xie Yunji said, looking a little impatient. "Man Niang, I'm waiting for your answer."

But she still had a hard time deciding.

Xie Yunji lost his gentleness and turned cold. He said, "He found me before we got married and told me everything about you and him. He was willing to give up everything and begged me to let you elope with him. Humph, it seems that I trusted Ling Er wrongly. If you really had an affair with him, how could you not make a choice?"

"That Ling Er has ruined my wife's reputation. He is truly despicable. His crimes of corruption and dereliction of duty over the years are not small. I have presented his crimes to the emperor. I guess Ling Er has already embarked on the road of exile and left Yunjing."

Lu Man sucked in a breath of cold air, his eyes immediately turned red, and he blurted out: "No! Sir, no! Please save him! Please let him go..."

A lazy smile appeared on the young man's cold face, but the smile did not reach his eyes at all. He looked at his newlywed wife and said, "Why let him go? He covets my wife."

"No, no." Lu Man's tears fell, and she stood up and knelt in front of Xie Yunji. "It's true that he and I love each other. It's my fault. I shouldn't have lied to you. Please forgive me and save him..."

Xie Yunji stopped laughing, leaned forward, and asked Lu Man, "What have you decided on this time?"

Lu Man no longer hesitated, bowed her head, rested her forehead on the cold ground, and cried, "Erlang and I have a deep relationship... Please forgive me, sir. Please try to save Erlang. For this, Man Niang is willing to do anything."

"Well, okay." Xie Yunji withdrew his gaze from her, stood up and walked to the burning dragon and phoenix candle, flicking the candle flame with his fingers. After a moment of silence, he said, "There is nothing to forgive. I am not an unreasonable person. You have feelings for him, and there is nothing wrong with that."

"I didn't do anything to him. I just said that to scare you." Xie Yunji said, looking up at his newlywed wife with tears on her face, "Is it interesting?"

Lu Man stared at her husband blankly.

The flickering light of the red candle made the handsome face look like a deity, but the face no longer had the gentle expression it had just had.

It was as if the mask was shattered, suddenly revealing the terrifying truth.

He sat down, straightened his clothes, and found a comfortable position against the back of the chair.

Xie Yunji pursed his lips into a sharp arc, his eyes full of teasing and disdain, "Being able to marry into the Xie family and marry me is a destination that you are very satisfied with, right? But why did I choose you?"

Lu Man came to her senses and met his gaze. "Yes, there are many spies of the Xie family in Yunjing City. If you know that, why are you still..."

"Not only do I know, your brother used to be in charge of the Northern Pacification Office, and now he is the Censor of the Censorate. How could he not know that you and Ling Er have been secretly having an affair for the past three years? He also knows that I know." Xie Yunji said, paused, and stared at her, "Man Niang, my engagement with you has nothing to do with love, do you understand?"