readsfreenovel Chapter 522 Who Knows My Secret?
Chapter 522 Who Knows My Secret?
Zhou Chang also said without hesitation: "But, have you ever thought about how Yuan Qi would feel if you just married someone else?"
Wen Qingyan was stunned at first, and then her starry eyes moved, as if hiding unspeakable pain.
Every word Zhou Chang said definitely hit the other party's sore spot.
This was not her intention, so she had to change the subject: "We don't even know the identity of the kidnappers yet. Have you ever thought that a large-scale attack might force the kidnappers to kill the hostages? And your intention to save Mr. Yuan is commendable, but it is unnecessary. Today's wedding could have been canceled, and it's not too late..."
Before Zhou Chang finished speaking, Wen Qingyan suddenly sneered: "Haha, you speak so easily, but how can you know the torment that Qihua and I are going through?"
Zhou Chang didn't know, but now that things have happened, they have to be solved one by one: "At least, now that we've talked it out, you don't have to marry to save someone. You and Yuan Qi..., you suddenly ran back to Jindu to get married, does Yuan Qi know? Is she still waiting for you in Beiji?"
When "Yuan Qi" was mentioned, Wen Qingyan's face was twisted with pain, and he suddenly roared like he had lost his mind: "What do you know? You are not qualified to mention her. It doesn't matter whether she knows it or not, I just want to help her, as long as she can be happy..."
Zhou Chang did not stop her and was speechless. After all, she was the one who broke them up in the first place. If she wanted to make amends later, Yuan Qi left on his own and she couldn't do anything.
Wen Qingyan, however, had obviously been suppressing his emotions for too long, and seemed to have something to hide. He stopped talking after only two roars. He calmed down again and again, and returned to normal: "Qihua said that if giving the money once doesn't work, she can give it a second time, and if two times is not enough, she can give it a third time, but I'm afraid that even if she gives it a fourth or fifth time, it still won't work. Even... she might be more worried, wondering if Uncle Yuan is still alive?"
Zhou Chang had long wanted to ask: "How is Yuan Qi now?"
Wen Qingyan managed to calm down and didn't explode again, but his eyes suddenly revealed an unconcealable pain.
"What happened to Yuan Qi? Did something happen to her too?" Zhou Chang's heart trembled.
Wen Qingyan pursed his lips tightly and shook his head in pain.
Zhou Chang became more and more worried: "How is she doing now? Tell me..."
"She's fine. There's no need for you to worry about her." Wen Qingyan said perfunctorily, obviously to avoid Zhou Chang's further questioning.
Zhou Chang knew that Wen Qingyan couldn't possibly tell the whole truth.
According to He Xi's previous memory, the Yuan family's business spread all over the world, and they had laid a foundation in the south and north of Lin State over many years.
But the Yuan family's ancestral home is in Danlu, which belongs to the south. Beiji is not as good as Danlu after all. It has suffered from the war on the Vietnam-North border for many years. I am afraid that the resources that can be mobilized are limited.
Since Wen Qingyan followed Yuan Qi all the way to Beiji City, and calculated the time, there would always be a chance for them to spend time together, so why did she miss Yuan Qi again and again?
Since Wen Qingyan has also stated that she doesn't care whether Yuan Qi has been married before, then as long as she can be with Yuan Qi again, she should do whatever it takes.
Was it delayed just because Yuan Yu was kidnapped?
However, what Zhou Chang didn't know was also what Wen Qingyan had buried deep in his heart.
He chased all the way to Beiji, met Yuan Qi, and confessed his feelings to him.
Yuan Qi also stated that he was not interested in matters between men and women for the time being and only wanted to help the family business.
However, the Ministry of Rites immediately issued an order to strip Yuan Qi of her title of "Princess Jinning County" and abolish the imperial decree of Princess Yi.
The order from the Ministry of Rites came in an odd way, and before Wen Qingyan had time to figure it out, he discovered that something was very wrong with Yuan Qi.
However, he no longer cared and expressed his feelings to Yuan Qi.
Although Yuan Qi didn't say anything on the surface, he began to avoid him as much as possible, using the excuse of feeling unwell.
Later, Yuan Yu was kidnapped on his way back to the city after discussing business.
Yuan Qi was panic-stricken and at a loss, and the matter between the two had to be put on hold temporarily.
During that period, although the two saw each other every day, they rarely had the opportunity to talk alone.
Yuan Qi discussed it many times and sought help everywhere. After getting news from the kidnappers, he began to raise the ransom.
Although Wen Qingyan was with him day and night, he was reduced to a bystander.
As a bystander, you can see some things more clearly.
The clearer it is, the more painful it is.
Seeing Yuan Qi losing weight day and night, worrying and working hard, asking for help everywhere and spending a lot of money, but all to no avail, naturally he had the idea of helping Yuan Qi no matter what.
So he said goodbye and returned to Jindu, and the first thing he did was to ask King Rong for help.
Prince Rong felt obliged to do so, and he really thought of many ideas and even wrote personal letters to Mao Jian, the garrison commander of Beiji, and Lin Fang, the governor-general of the three northern states of Vietnam, but they were of no practical use.
Finally, it was Prince Rong who reminded him that the county magistrate was not as good as the current one. It was more practical for him to write a letter from afar for help than to have a soldier on hand.
Wen Qingyan was so panicked that he had no idea what to do.
Prince Rong then suggested to Wen Qingyan that he transfer to the Ministry of War to serve as the Left Army Assistant and team up with Wuwei General Lu Hui.
Many of the garrison commanders in northern Vietnam were once Lu Hui's subordinates. Even if the garrison commander in northern Vietnam Maojian didn't give face to Prince Rong and the Minister of War, he would definitely give face to Lu Hui.
Lu Hui's legitimate daughter had long heard of Wen Qingyan's name "Master Wuxia" and had admired him for a long time. Lu Hui then discussed with Prince Rong to facilitate this marriage in exchange for the transfer of troops.
Otherwise, what would be the use even if Wen Qingyan was appointed as the left commander and joined the army?
However, things have come to this point and it is too late for anyone to say anything.
Wen Qingyan's only thought now is to rescue Yuan Yu, which can be regarded as repaying the Yuan family's support over the years.
Zhou Chang had already tried to persuade Wen Qingyan, and no longer cared about Wen Qingyan's muddled marriage: "You mean, Yuan Qi is now raising the third batch of silver, which requires 5 million taels of silver?"
Wen Qingyan had never thought about himself, and nodded: "Five million taels, still need to be in silver, at the very least, 500,000 taels of gold is also acceptable, but even gold is not that easy to come by."
"The kidnappers took the money the first two times, but you didn't even see Mr. Yuan?" Zhou Chang felt that this matter was messed up. "If that's the case, how did you confirm that Mr. Yuan was really kidnapped by this group of people and is still alive?"
At this point, if it could help Yuan Qi, Wen Qingyan was willing to answer one by one: "The first time, the kidnappers brought Uncle Yuan's personal seal and jade pendant. These two things are personal and cannot be easily obtained. In addition, the kidnappers killed all the bodyguards, the accompanying managers and servants, and only left a coachman to bring the things back. The coachman saw it with his own eyes, and the things and the people could not be fake. Uncle Yuan was kidnapped, it is true, there is no doubt about this."
Zhou Chang followed the line of thought in these words, but could not find any loopholes, unless the coachman was an insider, but he might also be someone who was simply left behind to report the news.