The doctor concubine who broke off the engagement was forced to rush to the wedding, but became the

Lu Xiuzhu didn't expect the reason to be like this. He then realized that his grandmother was also forced. Thinking of the difficulties the two had faced in relying on each other over the years, he only blamed all his resentment on Princess Yongtai, but he dared not speak out.

I couldn't help but pat my grandmother on the shoulder and comforted her: "Grandma, it's my fault that I didn't know the details and wrongly blamed you. If you want to blame someone, blame Princess Yongtai for being too bullying and blame me for not being destined to be with Ayuan. However, Princess Yongtai is so domineering, and Princess Anle must be arrogant. I don't want to marry such a woman."

Seeing that the conversation had already started, Madam Lu advised, "Brother Zhu, Princess Anle is the apple of Princess Yongtai's eye. Even if she has set her eyes on the moon in the sky, Princess Yongtai will probably give her a ladder to reach it. Since she has set her eyes on you, how can you escape? Although Princess Anle is inevitably arrogant, she must be sincere to you since she is obsessed with you. The most feared thing for a woman is to fall in love with a man. For you, she will try her best to be a good wife."

Lu Xiuzhu said, "But, Grandmother, my engagement with Ayuan has just been called off, and I don't want to be engaged to another woman so soon and cause criticism to our family."

Madam Lu could see that Zhu Ge'er was still thinking about the girl from the Xie family, so she said, "I'm afraid Princess Yongtai won't let you wait that long. Since Princess Anle must marry, why don't we take the initiative to go to the Princess's mansion to propose marriage? Princess Yongtai may agree to let you take the girl from the Xie family into her mansion as a concubine in the future, considering our sincerity."

Lu Xiuzhu thought of the beautiful face and the eyes like a little deer in her mind. Although it was unfair for her to enter the mansion as a concubine, it was the best way to keep her by her side. She had no choice but to say, "In this case, I will trouble my grandmother to arrange my marriage."

If that person was not Ayuan, he would have lost the enthusiasm to participate and would have just let his grandmother make the arrangements.

At this moment, the nanny who was in charge of the mansion came to report that Miss Qiao'er had jumped into a well out of depression. When she was fished out, her body was as cold as the well water. Nanny Qiu fainted while holding Qiao'er's body and crying.

Lu Xiuzhu felt a pang of fear again and was glad that the person in the room today was not Ayuan.

Madam Lu just sighed and said to the housekeeper, "She is also a left-minded girl. I just wanted to sell her off and save her life, but she herself has not thought it through. Aunt Qiu served me for decades, but her husband died early, and she only has this one daughter to take care of her in her old age. It's pitiful. Go to the account office and take out 20 taels to let Aunt Qiu bury her girl properly, and give her another 100 taels as her future retirement money."

The servant received the order and went to make arrangements.

Although the Lu family strictly ordered the servants not to talk about this matter anymore or spread it outside, there were too many ladies present that day. Even though Madam Lu greeted them and gave them gifts to keep their mouths shut when she sent them away, they still have mouths after all, and when these women in the deep house get together, it is inevitable that they will gossip.

Within a few days, rumors spread among the people that the eldest daughter of the Xie family had almost had her innocence defiled by a beggar in the Lu Mansion and that she was threatening to go to the Jingzhao Mansion, forcing Madam Lu to cancel the marriage.

But within a few days, the rumor spread that the eldest daughter of the Xie family was shameless and went to her fiancé's house for a banquet and ended up hanging out with beggars. The top scholar could not bear the humiliation and angrily broke off the engagement, and got engaged to Princess Anle instead.

It was only then that the Duke of Weiguo realized that his son-in-law had flown to the Princess Yongtai's residence, and his colleagues looked at him with eyes that seemed to say, "I didn't expect that the girl in the residence of the Minister of Rites would be so ignorant of etiquette."

He was so angry that he didn't even get in the carriage. He rode his horse home at full speed and rushed into Feiniao Pavilion, wanting to drag this unfilial girl to the ancestral hall to make her kneel in front of the ancestors and be punished by the family law.

Xiao Liu'er couldn't bear to let her master be beaten by anyone, not even her own father, so she stubbornly stood in front of Xie Zhichan, glaring at Duke Weiguo and refusing to move aside.

Unfortunately, Xiao Liu'er's kung fu was not as good as Xie Chushan's. When Xie Chushan wanted to bypass Xiao Liu'er to catch Xie Zhichan, he couldn't even touch the corner of Xie Zhichan's clothes. He was so angry that his face turned red and he kept pointing at Xie Zhichan and calling her an unfilial girl!

The noise soon alarmed Madam Xie and Aunt Liu. Xie Zhining wanted to see Xie Zhichan punished so much that he followed Aunt Liu to Feiniao Pavilion.

Thanks to the old lady for not sleeping well these past few days. She finally had an afternoon nap today, so no servants dared to disturb her.

For a moment, the small courtyard, which usually had few people, was crowded with people.

Aunt Liu and Xie Zhining originally came to see Xie Zhichan make fun of himself, but they didn't expect to see Duke Weiguo almost fainting from anger, while Xie Zhichan was sitting in the room drinking tea, unharmed.

As someone who knew what happened that day, Xie Zhining couldn't help but exaggerate the story and said to Duke Weiguo, "Father, you don't know how arrogantly my sister treated Old Madam Lu that day. She refused to listen to mother and Mr. Lu's advice and insisted on contradicting Old Madam Lu and asking for a 'breakup'. Later, Old Madam Lu softened her temper and said that my sister's engagement letter was left at Daxingshan Temple. She wanted to take a step back, but my sister refused to give in and insisted on taking the engagement letter back and canceling the marriage."

When the Duke of Wei heard that the marriage could have been saved and it was Xie Zhichan who had to back out, he was so angry that he held his forehead and scolded Xie Zhichan, "You unfilial girl! You really are here to overthrow the elders of the family! I should have thrown you on the farm and let you fend for yourself!"

Xie Zhichan glanced at Duke Weiguo at this time, but he felt sorry for the original owner. He thought, "Your daughter really died on the farm. I came back to seek justice for her. Naturally, I can't let you have a good life."

For some reason, Duke Weiguo felt uncomfortable when Xie Zhichan looked at him.

Aunt Liu said, "Madam asked the master to take her back because of the marriage with the Lu family. Now that the marriage is off, and the eldest daughter's horoscope is in conflict with the elders in the family, the old lady has been complaining about not being able to sleep well these past few days. It would be better to send the eldest daughter back to the manor as soon as possible."

When Xie's mother heard this, she immediately said sadly, "Master, I only have this one daughter. I just brought her back a few days ago. I have enjoyed the days of having a daughter to enjoy. How can I separate my daughter from her again? Ah Yuan is just young and can't stand being bullied. Just educate her well. If you say that she is cursed by fate, I am her biological mother. If she wants to be cursed, she should have cursed me first. I am not fine now, so this statement is not true."

Xie Zhichan couldn't bear to see his mother sad, so he said to Duke Weiguo, "Father, do you know what happened in the Lu residence that day? Why don't you let mother tell you in detail?"