After my rebirth, I was the most favored person in Beijing

The Xie Mansion finally became quiet after the chaos. Many people looked at the situation in front of them and didn't know what to say.

If it were a side family, they would have dispersed by now.

Lin Xi returned to sleep in the guest room, with two maids, Chunhua and Liuyun, beside her.

"Miss, look at the Xie Mansion, how could it have become like this?" Chunhua has always been a maid following Lin Xi. She naturally knows that Lin Xi has complicated feelings towards the Xie Mansion. Even now, she doesn't want the Xie Mansion to completely collapse because of this, and is still waiting for this matter to continue.

It’s too difficult to wait for this matter to become a big deal now.

Lin Xi did not respond. She put her hands in the basin and asked in a deep voice, "Liu Yun, did you find out anything outside?"

Liuyun took out a handkerchief and helped her wipe her hands clean, then continued, "After all, this matter is naturally related to the Xie family, but it can also be seen from now on that it is not just the student's hand behind this, but Yorun must be fanning the flames. Are you sure you must intervene in this matter, Miss?"

Liuyun also came from the palace. Although she was a young palace maid, she also understood these things. If there was no one guiding her, how could things turn out like this? One can only say that the mastermind behind this was ruthless.

He even figured out the old man's thoughts so well that he was described as not saying a word in prison.

"You're right." Lin Xi took off his coat and suddenly heard a crying sound outside. He couldn't tell what she was saying and couldn't hear clearly.

Chunhua was so frightened that she looked at Lin Xi and said, "Is the Xie family haunted?"

She had been afraid of these things since she was a child. Now, when she heard the voice outside, which sounded like a female ghost, she was even more frightened. She held Liuyun's hand tightly and refused to let go.

When Lin Xi thought of this, he shook his head and said, "How could it be haunted? There must be someone crying outside. Let Liuyun go out with you to find out who is outside and what is happening outside."

Hearing this, Liuyun squatted down, bowed, and then pulled Chunhua out with her. After all, she was also afraid in her heart, but she had to appear strong and calm on the surface.

Unexpectedly, I could hear it more clearly once I went out.

"Grandfather, how could such a thing happen? I heard from the servants that Mrs. Lu is preparing to cancel the engagement."

The girl who said this had a choked voice and was just standing in the darkness. Qiao couldn't see the haggardness on her face, but there were some things that could not be said.

break off an engagement?

"Just cancel it! Second sister, it's no use for you to cry now. Our marriage is not what they say. Your engagement with Lu was made a long time ago. They want to cancel the engagement."

"If you want to take advantage of someone's misfortune, our Xie family is not someone that can be easily bullied."

The girl who was speaking had a stronger voice, even a little sharp.

"Don't cry, we agreed to come to see your cousin, why are you still crying?"

As she spoke, the woman pulled another person towards Lin Xi's guest room.

Liuyun had listened to most of it, and took Chunhua to the door. The two of them smiled and responded. Looking at the two girls in front of them who looked similar to the eldest lady, they asked, "Ladies, my eldest lady has rested."

Hearing this, another girl with a sharp and resolute expression smiled and said, "Sorry to bother you. I forgot that you came from a long distance and need to rest. I will come again tomorrow!"

"Please tell my cousin that the eldest and second daughters of the Xie family are here to greet her."

Liuyun smiled back and bowed to the two of them. He watched them walk away, then closed the door, walked in, and saw Lin Xi sitting on the bed. He then told her everything that had just happened.

Lin Xi pondered secretly. She remembered that the Xie family had an engagement with the Lu family of Fanyang, but the person for this marriage had not been chosen for a long time. It seemed that after she left Yecheng, both parties had already decided on someone.

"Let's go see them tomorrow!"

Lin Xi didn't actually have much emotion towards the other members of the Xie family, but because she thought of the relationship between her mother and grandfather, she had to care about them somehow.

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The next day.

The people from the Fanyang Lu family arrived as promised, and everyone was in the main hall.

Mr. Xie and the visitors sat high up in the hall.

"Your Xie family is indeed a family of scholars. You have been in Yecheng for so many years and have built up such a large fortune. My Lu family is far inferior to you." The people from the Lu family said to Mr. Xie.

Mr. Xie had a smile on his face and didn't even glance at him. He already knew the purpose of the man in front of him. He was still able to act polite and gentle, saying that the latter part was just to cancel the engagement.

At the beginning, their Lu family valued the influence of the Xie family in Yecheng and the court, and deliberately arranged such a marriage for the old man. Now they are coming to cancel the engagement without hesitation.

"Really? Your Lu family is no less capable than others." Mr. Xie said calmly, looking at them and waiting for their next words.

The second young lady standing next to Mr. Xie looked at the people from the Lu family with slightly red eyes. She knew that the people from the Lu family came specifically to break off the engagement with her. When she knew that this marriage would fall on her, she didn't know how happy she was.

What's more, she had already found out that the man who was engaged to be married to the Xie family this time was the eldest son of a family of two outstanding people. He was handsome and gentle, and many people wanted to marry him but couldn't. Now, the man fell to her. How could she not be happy?

However, now that the Xie family is in danger, people from their Lu family actually came to cancel the engagement. They really don't care about the face of the Xie family. But how could she not know about this? Ever since her grandfather set the rule that the head of the family cannot enter the officialdom.

The most promising person in the clan must be the head of the clan and cannot enter the officialdom. The Xie family would have been on the verge of collapse long ago.

"Thank you, Master. We came here this time to talk about the marriage that was originally arranged. Let's call it quits. Our eldest young master still wants to focus on studying in the next few years. As for the marriage contract, he wants to choose it himself."

"This child has a stubborn temper. We can't control him. We can only wait and come to cancel the engagement."

The people from the Lu family who came to cancel the engagement this time were not even the ones who arranged the marriage. They did not take this matter seriously at all and did not even take the Xie Mansion seriously, so they directly sent two people from the concubine's room to discuss the cancellation of the engagement.

"Did you bring the marriage certificate?"

Mr. Xie asked calmly, his eyes deep and cold as he looked at the Lu family members in front of him.

"Brought it."

That person was also frightened by Mr. Xie's gaze, but he had no choice but to go ahead with the marriage.

"Humph!"

Mr. Xie slammed the marriage certificate on the table and said to the man, "Is this the marriage certificate from that year?"

"Thank you, Master. Please don't act like a spoiled child here just because you don't want to cancel the engagement!" Mrs. Lu was nervous. She remembered that she had prepared the marriage certificate when she came. How could it not be this marriage certificate?

"Back then, our Xie family and Lu's family both made secret marks on the marriage certificate. Only people from the Xie family can identify these marks, but there are no such marks on the marriage certificate. What? You, Lu's family, still want to cancel the engagement without the marriage certificate?"

Mr. Xie spoke in a loud and clear voice and asked the person in front of him.

The people from the Lu family were also confused by the question, and they couldn't help but doubt in their hearts whether they had handed over the real marriage certificate to them. But now it has come to this point, and it doesn't matter whether the marriage certificate is real or not. What she has to do is to cancel the engagement. The most important thing now is to get Mr. Xie to agree to cancel the engagement.

"Master Xie, the marriage agreement is about the same. The most important thing now is the marriage of the two children. My eldest young master has also stated that he does not want to delay the future of Miss Xie. If this engagement is broken off early, it will be a happy thing for both families, isn't it?"

Mr. Xie slapped the table, "Everyone is happy?"

He snorted coldly, which directly angered the people from the Lu family. She was also angry, and her gentle expression just now gradually became disdainful. All her patience was exhausted by Master Xie's actions, and she became very impatient.

She had always looked down on the Xie family, which had long been on the decline, and now she hoped to do things well in the future.

"Why? You haven't thought about this matter yet?"

"Could it be that the girl from your Xie Mansion must be married to the Lu family? If she doesn't marry into the Lu family, will she never get married? Now that you've said so many twists and turns, you just don't want to cancel the engagement, right?"

The people from the Lu family also followed Master Xie in banging the table and speaking in loud voices.

This matter, after all, is a matter between two families, and also a game between the two families.

Second Miss Xie raised her head abruptly. She had pinched her penis until it bled before she could even breathe. The words that the Lu family's visitor had just said had made her unable to raise her head. With tears in her eyes and a pale face, she said in a serious tone, "Dad, let's not have this marriage."

"Can you just say no to this marriage?"

Lin Xi suddenly walked in from outside. She had long disliked the people from the Lu family. Seeing that they were becoming more and more aggressive, Second Miss Xie looked like a weak person, so how could she possibly be a match for these people?

It is normal for the marriage to fail, but you shouldn't cancel the engagement at this time.

"What? Another girl has come. Your Xie family must be my Lu family? I see that your girl is very charming and too pretty. I can tell at a glance that she is not a good person. She will definitely seduce your husband in the future and won't be able to concentrate on studying."

"And you, Second Miss Xie, you haven't even said a word for such a long time. You are not worthy of being in a respectable place. How can you be worthy of marrying into our Lu family?"

"You two, why don't you look at what you look like? I was talking to you in a friendly way just now, but now you have to make me say something so ugly, are you willing to do it?"

Hearing these words, everyone was stunned, especially the second Miss Xie. She had never thought that someone from the Lu family could speak so badly to them. There was no way she could say these words.

Her cheeks turned pale. She wanted to say something in response, but she couldn't say anything. Tears kept falling down her face, completely out of her control.

Originally, she didn't want to tell them about these things.

But now it has become like this.

Lin Xi knew that the person in front of her knew that the Xie family had strict rules, so she acted like a shrew and forced the person to cancel the engagement.

Seeing this, Lin Xi laughed sarcastically and asked, "Why? Our Xie family is not going to break off the engagement with the Lu family, so what can you do?"

She glanced at the second Miss Xie, who was already shaky, and could only signal Chunhua to help her up. "I remember that your Lu family is now contacting people from the Li family! If I tell them about this, will the marriage you want be successful?"

After saying this, she took a sip of the tea handed to her by Liuyun and said, "You are just the sister-in-law of the Lu family's side branch. How can you talk about canceling the engagement? It was your master who came to our house in person to arrange this marriage. Today..."

She turned her head and looked at the items that Mrs. Lu brought in. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, you only brought these little things to cancel the engagement. Could it be that your family is so poor that you can't even afford to eat? Can you even afford these things?"

After hearing what Lin Xi said, the people from Lu's family were almost furious. She didn't expect that the girl in front of her could be so good at talking. She couldn't even say a word of rebuttal.

"Logically, the gift for breaking off an engagement should be three times more than that for an engagement. How come you only bring so little? How dare you!"

At this point, her dark eyes were heavy, revealing a coldness without any warmth, "You, the Lu family, want to cancel the engagement, it's fine."

"Return the marriage certificate from that year."

"That's one of them."

"Send the three times engagement gift to the Xie Mansion."

“This is the second one.”

"Tell your eldest young master to come and apologize to my second young lady in person."

“This is the third one.”

The Lu family member was dumbfounded. She didn't expect someone to say something like this. She said hesitantly, "How is that possible?"

Not only the matter of the marriage certificate, but just the last one, the eldest young master is arrogant, how could he come to Yecheng and apologize specifically for this marriage?

These three things are simply impossible.

"How is it impossible?"

Miss Xie's lips trembled and tears stopped in her eyes. She raised her head and looked at Lin Xi. No one had expected that Lin Xi would actually put forward such a condition.

How is it possible to accomplish these three things?

She knew in her heart that if the people from the Lu family wanted to return the marriage certificate in good faith, they would have taken it with them long ago, as well as the return gift. If they had really prepared seriously, they would not have treated it so casually.

As for asking the eldest son of the Lu family to apologize to her, she had never thought of this.

Even in her heart, she felt that Lin Xi's request was too much, and the people of the Lu family would naturally not agree to it.

"promise?"

"Still, it's not up to you to agree." Lin Xi said lightly.

This matter was settled when she came.