Chapter 205 - First Update
"Prince Duan, I wish to marry Princess Chao Ren," Zong Yunqian didn’t beat around the bush, speaking directly and earnestly, even wanting to state his position.
"In your dreams—" Prince Duan would not allow him to continue, already grabbing the door bolt, "Get out, you whelp."
"Prince Duan, let’s talk—" Zong Yunqian had anticipated a strong reaction from their family, but he had not expected Prince Duan to react so vehemently.
"Talk? There’s nothing to discuss, I will never agree," Prince Duan said, wielding the door bolt as if to strike Zong Yunqian. Gu Dao and Xi Feng, panicked yet not daring to intervene, quickly stepped in front of their young master.
"Prince Duan, please calm down, our Princely Heir has something to say," they pleaded.
"I have nothing to say to him," Zheng Boding gasped, the breath caught in his chest, his grip tightening on the door bolt as it came down harshly on Gu Dao’s arm.
Gu Dao winced in pain, attempting to seize the bolt in the chaos, but Housekeeper He and his men had already charged in.
"Stop, dare you strike the Prince?" Housekeeper He bellowed, breathless. How could this fight have erupted in such a short time, and he hadn’t called people fast enough?
At the sound, Gu Dao quickly dropped the door bolt in fright.
"We wouldn’t dare," they said.
"Prince, please listen to what I have to say—" Zong Yunqian persisted, knowing that once he was ejected, returning would not be so easy, so he couldn’t allow himself to be turned away, no matter how shamelessly he had to cling.