Chapter 1847

"What?"

"Five versions?"

"Damn it, the storytellers have even bought new houses? God damn it, I, Gao Yang, am usually the only one fleecing others; I didn't expect to be fleeced today. Is there any justice, any law left?"

Gao Yang looked at Shangguan Wan'er, extremely indignant.

"Are the people of Changan so bored? Do they like listening to gossip so much?"

Shangguan Wan'er said unhappily, "Yourong disguised herself as a man to enter the army camp just to protect you, Minister Gao; your name has spread throughout all of Da Qian, known to everyone."

"Once this matter spread, how could it not be a sensation? Not to mention the common people are saying that Prime Minister Gao used evil arts for love, willing to lose ten years of his life just to snatch Yourong's life from the hands of Yama."

Shangguan Wan'er glanced at Gao Yang, saying with a hint of jealousy.

Gao Yang looked ashamed.

But thinking about it, the elements of this matter were indeed a bit dense: disguising herself as a man for love, involving him, and the blood transfusion technique, which in the eyes of the common people, could be called a ghost-defying life-saving art.

But losing ten years of life is too exaggerated!

"Wan'er, that wasn't an evil art, just a blood transfusion, a method for emergency life-saving on the battlefield," Gao Yang said with weak momentum.

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Gao Yang, crossed her arms, and said, "None of that matters now; the most important thing is, what do you plan to do?"

"What can I do about this?"

Gao Yang looked away.

He hadn't expected this matter; under public opinion, he, as a man, could just let it be.

But what about Lu Yourong's reputation?

Damn it, it's only a matter of time before a yellow novel about him and Lu Yourong is born.

How is Lu Yourong supposed to marry?

How could her future husband not have a knot in his heart?

Shangguan Wan'er widened her eyes, her beautiful eyes filled with a hint of anger, "Gao Yang!"

"Now that public opinion has spread like this, Yourong's innocence is ruined, and countless people are saying Yourong must have been ruined by you long ago. How is Yourong supposed to marry in the future? How can you say such cold-blooded words with that mouth of yours?"

Gao Yang sighed.

"The Lu family is a powerful clan in Da Qian, and Grandpa Lu is a high-ranking general in the court, a person of status in Da Qian; how could Yourong marry as a concubine?"

"This matter... is not up to me!"

Shangguan Wan'er was silent for a moment, then raised her head and took a deep breath.

"The matter has reached this point; Yourong lost her reputation to save you. If you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. You owe Yourong a life, and I, Shangguan Wan'er, also owe Yourong a life."

"I can be a concubine; you can marry Yourong into the residence with proper ceremony. This will stop the gossip of the world. As long as you promise me that you will treat me well in the future, that is enough!"

Shangguan Wan'er was extremely serious, her pair of clear, beautiful eyes fixed on Gao Yang's face.

But Shangguan Wan'er was only calm on the surface; in reality, her heart was also stinging.

But there was no other way.

The Lu family is a powerful clan in Da Qian; if she were to be a concubine, it would make the whole world laugh.

This is the only solution!

Hum!

Gao Yang raised his eyes, looking at Shangguan Wan'er in disbelief.

A warm current surged in the bottom of his heart.

But,

Gao Yang shook his head and said to Shangguan Wan'er, "This won't do."

"Why?"

Shangguan Wan'er looked stunned.

Gao Yang took Shangguan Wan'er's jade hand; it was boneless and carried a chill.

On the bustling street, this intimate action made Shangguan Wan'er instinctively want to dodge, but Gao Yang's hand held on tightly.

"Wan'er, the Lu family is a powerful clan in Da Qian, but isn't the Shangguan family one too?"

Shangguan Wan'er raised her head, looking stubborn, "My father and brother have never been able to control me; I don't care."

"There is no one in this world who can stop what I, Shangguan Wan'er, want to do; you don't need to worry about that."

Gao Yang gave a bitter smile, his heart filled with emotion: "Do you know how much gossip you will have to face if you do this?"