Chapter 162: Why Break Off The Engagement?
Seeing Old Madam Zhong’s stubborn and muddled appearance, Zhong Ding suddenly felt powerless. “Mother, you are truly confused. The Yu Family broke off the engagement, but the Wei Family has come to propose marriage.”
As soon as his words came out, everyone’s gazes turned to her.
But Jiang Ruanxi seemed to have known about it long ago, showing no surprise at all.
“Son, are you talking about the son of Prince Yong from East of the City?” Old Madam Zhong asked cautiously.
“Exactly.”
Old Madam Zhong staggered and nearly lost her balance, but Zhong Ding held her up. “Mother.”
Old Madam Zhong waved her hand. “I’m fine.”
She was quite shaken by this news.
Wei Qing was Prince Yong’s only son.
And Prince Yong was His Majesty’s own younger brother, with Lingnan as his fief.
This was a noble of the Royal Family.
But such a prestigious family actually took a liking to Jiang Ruanxi, a woman from the countryside who had just been dumped after a broken engagement.
Not only was Old Madam Zhong shocked, even Zhong Xintong was stunned with her mouth agape.
“Father, did you hear wrong? How could the Wei Family possibly take a liking to her?”
Even if they did, it should have been her.
She was far more noble and much younger than Jiang Ruanxi.
Her face was full of jealousy.
Apart from having a slightly prettier face, Jiang Ruanxi was nowhere comparable to her.
“How could there be a mistake? The Heir Apparent himself came to propose marriage. Could I possibly get that wrong?” Zhong Ding scolded. “The Wei Family’s people are still outside, and you’re making such a big commotion inside. Do you want the Wei Family to know that our Zhong Family is dissatisfied with this marriage?”
Forming a relationship with the Royal Family was eight generations of good fortune for the Zhong Family—how could they possibly be dissatisfied?
“Quickly tidy up here, and don’t do such foolish things again.” After all, she was his own mother, so although Zhong Ding was angry, he wouldn’t go too far. “Mother, you should come with me to the Front Courtyard to take a look.”
From beginning to end, Jiang Ruanxi had only silently watched this mother and son pair without speaking. After the servants tidied up the Main Hall, Jiang Ruanxi merely curtsied to Zhong Ding before returning to her room.
And Zhong Ding understood that she was probably angry.
Old Madam Zhong immediately felt a surge of anger. “Look at her, acting so arrogant. Does she even take her grandmother seriously?”
“Mother, say a few less words. You just wanted to kill her with a cup of poisoned wine. How could she be happy about that? You’d better treat her well. If she marries into the Wei Family, she will truly become the Heir Apparent’s Wife, and even our Zhong Family won’t be able to afford to provoke her.”
Old Madam Zhong didn’t take it seriously. “What is there to fear? No matter what, she is still a member of the Zhong Family. Even after marrying out, she must still listen to the Zhong Family.”
Zhong Ding frowned. If Jiang Ruanxi were truly a member of the Zhong Family, that would be one thing, but the key was that she wasn’t.
Never mind. He would still find an opportunity to explain things to Jiang Ruanxi.
Originally, after Jiang Ruanxi’s engagement to the Yu Family was broken off, everyone was waiting to see her become a laughingstock. But who would have thought that the Wei Family would propose marriage with the speed of lightning—before anyone could react. Instead of seeing a joke, there was a pile of envious people.
After all, this was forming a connection with the Royal Family. A sparrow flying onto a branch to become a phoenix—who wouldn’t envy that?
At this time, Wei Chang also received the news. He had originally been lying in bed recuperating, but now he could no longer sit still and stormed angrily to Madam Yu’s courtyard.
“Why break off the engagement?”
The engagement was broken off, fine, but why did that kid from the Wei Family come to propose marriage right after his Yu Family broke it off?
Facing his questioning, Madam Yu didn’t even look up, merely sipping her tea faintly. “Chang’er, since you were unwilling to touch Miss Jiang, there was no need to marry her. It would delay Miss Jiang, and our Yu Family couldn’t do such a thing, so I decided to break off this engagement.”
Wei Chang was furious, stewing for a long time before squeezing out a sentence.
“Even so, you can’t break it off like this. She’ll be gossiped about afterward. You’re not saving her; you’re harming her.”
Madam Yu looked up nonchalantly. “Chang’er, why are you so agitated? Don’t worry, that girl is in high demand. See, you just broke off the engagement on your side, and Wei Qing came to propose on his. Now, not only won’t she be ridiculed, many people will envy her for becoming the Crown Princess.”
Wei Chang was choked speechless.
“Wei Chang, I know you don’t like Miss Jiang. I’ve now found her a good next match. Why are you angry instead?”
How could he not be angry?
She was about to marry someone else—how could he not be angry?
But facing Madam Yu’s words, he had no way to explain himself openly, so the more he thought, the angrier he got, and in the end, he simply stormed off in fury.
Seeing his appearance, Madam Yu had a smug smile on her lips and couldn’t help laughing.
Seeing this, the Nameless Daoist was a bit worried. “Madam, won’t this backfire?”
“I don’t know, but if I don’t force him like this, with his personality, he would never agree to consummation. For his sake, I can only use a little tactic. If even then he remains indifferent, then that’s his fate. For Miss Jiang to marry Wei Qing is also her good fortune.”
After all, she was Wei Chang’s fated one. Even if she couldn’t save Wei Chang, she hoped Jiang Ruanxi would be happy.
After Wei Chang left, he felt an unbearable ache in his heart, as if it were being tugged.
It was so stifling he could hardly breathe, so he went straight out the door.
As he walked, he saw a familiar figure not far away.
Jiang Ruanxi was strolling on the street, and he stopped in his tracks.
He was wondering in his heart whether to go up and greet her, but before he could step forward, Wei Qing appeared in front of her.
He handed her a string of candied hawthorns, and Jiang Ruanxi smiled brightly at him.
It looked very glaring..
He felt as if something had been snatched away from him.
The anger in his heart grew greater and greater.
“Second Master, what’s wrong with you? Are you still going?”
The guard beside him asked puzzledly.
Go where? He had no mood to go anywhere now.
Wei Chang silently turned around directly and headed toward the Yu Family, but after a few steps, he turned directly and walked toward the Wei Family.
Wei Chang had just arrived at the entrance of the residence when Wei Qing also happened to return to the entrance.
Seeing Wei Chang, he was very surprised. “Second Brother, why are you here?”
This time when he went out, Wei Chang did not wear a mask.
Thinking of the scene he had just seen, he now looked at Wei Qing and found him displeasing no matter what, indifferently saying, “Came for a walk. Where did you go just now?”
He had always been this cold and icy in demeanor, so Wei Qing did not mind his attitude.
“I went to find Miss Zhong just now, but she left first because she had something to do, so I came back.”
When speaking of Jiang Ruanxi, Wei Qing’s expression softened quite a bit.
It was clear that he really liked Jiang Ruanxi.
This discovery made him feel extremely uncomfortable deep down.
“She just broke off the engagement with the Yu Family’s Second Master, and you went up to propose marriage right
Wei Qing knew that Second Master Yu and Wei Chang were cousins, but he did not know that they were the same person.
So hearing him say that, he couldn’t help but feel indignant for Jiang Ruanxi.
