latelenovela Chapter 183: Delaying Tactics, Signing a Contract to Sell Yourself
Chapter 183: Delaying Tactics, Signing a Contract to Sell Yourself
After Xu Yan'er ran out, she didn't expect Xiao Yan'an to keep chasing her.
She ran straight to the lake in the garden and stood on a protruding rock at the edge. Her body was staggering and she might fall into the lake at any time.
"Xu Yan'er, what are you doing!" Xiao Yan'an shouted.
Xu Yan'er finally managed to steady herself, turned around and looked at Xiao Yan'an with tears in her eyes.
"Sir, I will never be a slave! If you insist on me signing that indenture, I will jump from here today!"
"Come back quickly!" Xiao Yan'an shouted.
"Don't come over here! If you take another step forward, I will jump down immediately!" Xu Yan'er was very emotional.
Xiao Yan'an stopped and looked at Xu Yan'er angrily.
People slowly gathered around, and when they saw Xu Yan'er and Xiao Yan'an, they started talking in low voices.
"Is Aunt Xu going to jump into the lake?"
"It seems like they ran away from Mo Garden. Did they have another fight?"
"The prince really dotes on Concubine Xu too much. Which concubine can behave like Concubine Xu?"
"That's right. If it were any other store, it would have been sold long ago."
"At the beginning, the prince insisted on marrying Concubine Xu. Of course, the person he holds in his heart is different."
"Mrs. Xu dares to contradict the Madam, and she calls her by her given name at every turn. Is it common for her to quarrel with the Prince?"
These discussions reached Xiao Yan'an's ears.
Unexpectedly, the servants in the mansion viewed the matter between him and Xu Yan'er in this way.
He glanced at the people around him, and they immediately dispersed.
Xiao Yan'an walked forward.
"Stop!" Xu Yan'er shouted, "If you take another step forward, I'm really going to jump!"
"Jump!" Xiao Yan'an continued to move forward.
"You...you..." Xu Yan'er took a few steps forward and turned to look at the lake.
Although she knew that the lake here was not very deep and would only reach her shoulders at most, she was still very afraid as she could not swim!
In the end, she still didn't have the courage to jump.
Xiao Yan'an came to a position only about two steps away from Xu Yan'er.
"Jump! Why don't you jump? Xu Yan'er, you are more afraid of death than anyone else, and you even threatened me with jumping into the lake! Jump in now, and I won't let anyone go into the water to save you!"
Xu Yan'er cried even harder. She felt that Xiao Yan'an in front of her had become so strange.
He was clearly not like this before.
She had already threatened him with death, but it was useless. There was probably no room for maneuver in this matter.
Xu Yan'er slumped on the stone, tears streaming down her face.
"I don't have the courage to commit suicide. I'm terribly scared!" she retorted loudly.
"The day I agreed to enter the mansion as a concubine, I never thought I would end up in this situation!"
"I have no status, no children, and am about to lose the favor of the prince. I was secretly glad that at least I was still a free man. Now, even this has become a luxury! Why do you treat me like this? What did I do wrong?"
"You said that although I am a concubine, you will treat me as your wife! My status is equivalent to that of your legal wife. You said that you will always love me and will never look at other women. You said that you will only have children with me, and our children will be considered legitimate sons!"
"You said all of these, didn't you?"
Xiao Yan'an's Adam's apple rolled, and he responded solemnly, "Yes!"
"You broke your promises to me time and time again. I backed away step by step, but instead of cherishing me more, you pressed on."
"What you said is not wrong, but don't you have any responsibility for the fact that we have come to this point? Xu Yan'er, you know better than anyone how big the difference is between the way you act in front of me and the real you!"
"Prince, let's stop arguing, okay? I believe that you still love me, otherwise you wouldn't have been whipped so many times for me. I love you too! In fact, even if I don't want to, if you insist on asking me to sign the indenture, I will definitely sign it."
"Because I just can't leave you. I also want to have the backbone to leave you! But, I can't do it!"
Xu Yan'er was pitiful and helpless.
Xiao Yan'an slowly squatted down and looked at her at eye level.
"I broke my promises to you. I cannot treat you as my legal wife, and I have also determined that Ji Chuhe is my prince's wife. The responsibility for those broken promises is mine, not others'. If you want to hate someone, just hate me, and don't vent your anger on others, especially my wife. She has no responsibility at all in this matter."
Xu Yan'er felt a surge of anger in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it and could only suppress it deep in her heart.
"You should have some understanding of Madam's character. She is definitely not the kind of mistress who tortures concubines. As long as you do your duty, she will treat you well. You see, she takes good care of Dong Ling, and I believe that she will treat you equally."
"My Lord, I don't care whether Madam treats me well or not. I only care about you, my Lord. Dong Ling is a servant. As long as she lives well, she can recognize anyone as her master. My Lord is the only one in my heart."
"If that's the case, you should learn some manners and be a good concubine in the mansion. Madam won't make things difficult for you, and I won't dislike you either."
"Does the prince really not hate me? The prince still loves me, right?" Xu Yan'er looked at Xiao Yan'an with a pleading look.
"If I really hated you and you insisted on having a baby, would I agree to your efforts?"
Xu Yan'er suddenly burst into laughter and put her arms around Xiao Yan'an's neck.
"Prince, I am satisfied with your words. I will listen to you and sign the contract to sell myself."
"Yeah." Xiao Yan'an nodded.
"I will follow the rules in the future. I don't ask for anything else now, I just hope to have a child of my own. Whether it's a son or a daughter, I will raise them under my name. I don't want them to be legitimate sons or daughters. I just want a child between me and the prince. Can the prince agree to this?"
"I promise you." Xiao Yan'an responded softly.
"Thank you, Prince." Xu Yan'er thanked with tears in her eyes.
"Come on, I'll help you back."
"it is good."
The two held hands and left together.
In less than an hour, Ji Chuhe received Xu Yan'er's indenture contract.
"Madam Ji, please keep this indenture."
"Madam, with this indenture, Aunt Xu should know to be more restrained in the future, right?"
"Not necessarily. She will never leave the palace. The prince's attitude this time is so firm that she has no way to escape. She signed the contract just to stabilize the prince. Just wait and see. It is impossible for Xu Yan'er to be obedient with just a contract."