The next day.

After breakfast, Li took Qinghe and his siblings to pack up their few luggages, and then moved them one by one to the mule cart parked outside the door.

After everything was packed up, Li said to Qinghe, "You and Bilian Furong go back first. I'll go to the county government office and come back soon!"

When Qing He was about to get on the mule cart, a guard from the Jiang residence suddenly came forward and said respectfully, "Miss Yao, Master Jiang wants to see you."

Li smiled awkwardly and said, "My dear guard, my Qinghe has already made it clear to Mr. Jiang yesterday. From now on, she has nothing to do with your Jiang family! If there is anything, I will go and make it clear with the county magistrate. She will not go with you."

The guard acted as if he hadn't heard what Li said. He didn't even look at her, but just said to Qinghe, "Miss Yao, please!"

Li was very embarrassed, standing there in a dilemma. She didn't dare to force Qinghe to get on the mule cart, but she was also unwilling to let her follow the guards of Jiang's mansion. She stood there for a while, not knowing what to do...

Qing He was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Okay, I'll go with you."

After saying that, he got on the Jiang Mansion's carriage. The driver whipped the whip and the carriage drove all the way to the east of the city, leaving Li and Bilian and a few others standing there in a daze.

Bilian got off the mule cart first and shouted to Li in a hoarse voice, "Are we going to leave or not?"

Upon seeing this, brother and sister Yao Furong and Yao Chengzu quickly got out of the car and, together with Bilian, stared at Li with wide eyes.

Li said solemnly, "There's no rush to move today. Lian'er, come with me!"

After that, he pointed at Yao Furong and her brother and said, "You two should move your luggage down first. We are not leaving today."

Yao Furong and Yao Chengzu agreed verbally, and then unloaded the luggage from the mule cart one by one, piled them on the ground, and then moved them one by one into the gate.

When the mule cart was empty, Li took Bilian on board and said to the driver, "Brother Liu, let's not go back to Qingtang Town today. Let's go to Qingxiang Street first."

"okay!"

The driver agreed and drove the mule cart towards the west of the city...

Yao Furong and her brother watched the mule cart go away before they closed the gate and walked into the yard.

Yao Chengzu looked around as he walked, and when he found that there was no one around, he quietly leaned over to Furong's ear and whispered a few words.

Yao Furong was shocked after hearing this, and then she asked anxiously, "Is it true? Did you see it clearly?"

Yao Chengzu nodded very affirmatively, and then said with certainty: "It's absolutely correct!"

Yao Furong fell into anxiety after hearing this...

After a long silence, she frowned and said, "Chengzu, we might be in trouble!"

……

The mule cart that Li's mother and daughter were riding in came all the way to Qingxiang Street and finally stopped in front of Prince Jing's Mansion.

The mother and daughter got off the car and came to the corner gate. They smiled and said to the guarding soldier A, "Please tell the general that Miss Qinghe's mother and sister want to see Princess Jingying!"

Soldier A looked the mother and daughter up and down, wondering whether he should go in for these two seemingly insignificant women. The way they were dressed did not seem like the wives of officials, but rather like the wives of some nouveau riche family.

How could a country bumpkin who couldn't even afford a decent carriage have anything to do with their distinguished princess?

Just as the soldier was sitting on the deck with a cold face, wondering whether he should go in and report to them, Li said gently but firmly, "I came here today to report something important to the princess. If I delay, I'm afraid you will be punished."

These words really worked. Soldier A thought for a moment, then turned to Soldier B next to him and said, "Xiao Jia, take these two people to the second gate and ask. They said they are looking for Princess Jingying."

Soldier B nodded and said, "Come with me! Don't ask around or look around along the way, understand?"

Li said softly, "I understand. Thank you very much."

The three of them came to the second gate. Soldier Ding Yi said a few words to a maid. After the maid went in for a while, she came out with a maid and pointed at Li's mother and daughter and said to the maid, "Miss Bingsui, these two people want to see the princess."

The maid nodded, looked them up and down, and then said to Li: "Follow me!"

A few people came to the back garden, and through the lush green bushes, they could hear the sound of a piano coming from the pavilion in the distance.

When I walked in, I saw a beautiful woman playing the guqin in the pavilion. She had a yellow crystal orchid hairpin on her bun, long black hair hanging down to her waist, and she was wearing a light yellow gauze dress.

Incense was burning quietly in an exquisite lotus-patterned incense burner at the corner of the piano table. A little maid stood in each of the four corners of the pavilion, and two personal maids stood by the woman's side to serve her.

When the song ended and the lingering sound remained, the beautiful woman raised her head. It was Princess Jingying.

She looked at the Li mother and daughter and asked calmly, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

After Li bowed respectfully, she looked around carefully. Jingying glanced at the maids, and they retreated silently.

Jingying said in a cold and calm voice: "Go ahead."

Li took a step forward and whispered, "My lord, the girl had already agreed to cancel the engagement yesterday, but today when we were preparing to move, they suddenly sent someone to pick her up, saying that Mr. Jiang wanted to see her. I'm afraid they won't cancel the engagement easily and want the girl to compensate for the loss!"

After Jingying heard this, a sneer appeared on her lips, and she said slowly: "You underestimate the Jiang family. They won't embarrass her for a little betrothal gift."

Li was puzzled: "What is that for?"

Jingying sneered, "For the sake of face! Mr. Jiang is a very proud man, how could he tolerate being rejected by a country girl?

Since the wedding date has been set, if word gets out that the marriage is cancelled midway, and it was the woman who brought it up, not only will the Jiang family lose face, but the entire four major families will also lose face."

Upon hearing this, Li's mother and daughter were both shocked and asked in unison, "What should we do?"

Jingying smiled and said sweetly, "Don't worry about it. I have a way. You can go back today. I will send someone to inform you if there is anything. Don't come here in the future, and don't tell anyone when you go back."

Li and Bilian looked at each other, then bowed respectfully and said, "Yes!"

On the other side, the Jiang Mansion's carriage arrived at the gate of Lvliu Pavilion and stopped. After Qinghe got off the carriage, she followed the guards to the second floor.

The guard stood at the door of Ya Ge'er and said, "Mr. Jiang, Miss Yao is here!" Then he turned to Qing He and said, "Miss Yao, please come in!"

Qinghe pushed the door open and walked in gently. At a glance, she saw Jiang Yaonian standing in front of the window with his back to the door. His tall and burly figure looked elegant and lonely, full of an indescribable sense of arrogance and coldness.

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