Chapter 69: The Wedding is Off

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  Man Shuang immediately furrowed her brow, "What is Fifth Young Miss up to now? We haven't provoked her."

  Since the Liu Wenxuan incident, they no longer expected the relationship between Fourth Sister and Fifth Sister to ease up, but only hoped that both parties would be calm and peaceful, and as long as neither provoked the other, everything would be fine.

  Lin Zhaoyan furrowed his brow, but before he could think deeply, Lin Ruoyan burst in.

  Lin Ruoyan saw the embroidery in Lin Zhaoyan's hand and said irritably, "You still have the mood to embroider?"

  "Why not?" Lin Zhaoyan ignored her and continued to embroider flowers with his head down.

  Lin Ruoyan took a few steps forward and snatched the handkerchief from her hand, throwing it to the ground. "It's your own business, stop making others worry about you all the time!"

  Lin Zhaoyan raised his head and looked at her indifferently, "What do you want to do?" His tone was unusually cold.

  Lin Ruoyan was not afraid and looked down on her, saying: "Do you know who you are going to marry?"

  Lin Zhaoyan furrowed her brow.

  "What? Is there something wrong with the second son of the Li family in South City?"

  Lin Ruoyan coldly laughed and said, "Having a problem? It's not just having a problem! If I don't help you pay attention, once you get married, let Man Shuang and Man Hua collect your corpse for you!"

  Her words were too severe, and even Lin Zhaoyan's face turned pale, let alone Man Shuang and Man Hua.

  "How could this be?" Liu had said just a few days ago that Li Er Gongzi was quite good, and the two families had already reached an agreement, they were just waiting for the auspicious day to send out the betrothal gifts.

  Liu wouldn't harm her, but Lin Ruoyan didn't need to lie either. There must be something wrong somewhere in between.

  "How could it not be?! That Second Master Li is a pervert! He has a habit of abusing people, how many maids in his mansion have been abused to death?! The people in the Li Mansion are all no good, and this kind of scum still wants to ask for the hand of a good family's daughter, I spit on him!"

  Lin Zhaoyan's heart skipped a beat as he listened.

  Man Shuang and Man Hua were also shocked. "How could this be?!"

  Lin Ruoyan suddenly grabbed Lin Zhaoyan's hand, "Mother has already discussed with Mrs. Li and will go to match your birthdates tomorrow. The most urgent thing now is to tell Mother clearly, otherwise it will be difficult to regret the engagement after it's settled!" After finishing speaking, she pulled her out.

  Lin Zhaoyan took a few steps forward, then shook off Lin Ruoyan's hand and asked solemnly, "Where did you hear this from?"

  She didn't distrust Lin Ruoyan, but rather was unwilling to easily believe anything. Lin Ruoyan was just a lady from a secluded family, and even if she reached the highest point, she couldn't compare to Liu Shi or Lin Chen. They couldn't find out about this matter, so how did she know?

  Lin Ruo Yan impatiently glared at her. "Why are you asking so many questions? This matter concerns your future, can't you be more careful?"

  "I'm not being careless, it's just that this matter hasn't been investigated clearly, and I shouldn't wrongfully accuse the second young master of the Li family." Lin Zhao said with a calm and composed expression.

  On the other hand, Man Shuang was so anxious that she jumped up and down, "Miss, Fifth Miss would never deceive you, let's hurry up and explain to Madam, otherwise it will be too late!"

  Refuse before the BaZi is combined, just say that the eight characters clash and it's fine. Once they are combined, if you want to back out, you'll have to come up with a valid reason.

  It's clear that the second son of the Li family is involved in a private matter within their household, so how did people from the Hou estate find out? Once it gets exposed, I'm afraid there will be discord between the two families.

  Lin Zhaoyan wanted to investigate whether this rumor was true or false, but by the time she investigated, everything would be too late.

  "I just heard the news and rushed to tell you, Mother doesn't know yet, let's hurry." Lin Ruoyan grabbed her hand again and walked out directly.

  Lin Zhaoyan had no choice but to follow her with a thud, his mind racing with thoughts.

  Liu was also shocked upon hearing this news, "Can such a thing really happen?!"

  Lin Ruoyan nodded repeatedly, "We were all deceived by Madame Huang!"

  It was the wife of Huang Jia, the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple, who mediated between Lin Zhao and Li Er Gongzi. She was a very enthusiastic person in her daily life.

  Lin Zhaoyan slowly said: "These are internal family matters. As long as the Li family is determined to keep it a secret, Madame Huang will not know."

  Liu also calmed down, nodded and said: "This matter is probably unrelated to Madame Huang." As he spoke, he stroked his chest and continued: "Fortunately, we found out early, otherwise it would have been troublesome after the engagement."

  After the engagement, it's not that you can't break off the engagement, but doing so would damage Lin Zhaoyan's reputation and there's no suitable excuse to be found.

  "I think we should get to the bottom of this." Lin Zhao said, biting her lip. She didn't want another marriage arrangement to fall through. Moreover, she had a faint premonition that someone was secretly sabotaging things behind her back. If that were true, then no matter how many marriage arrangements she made in the future, they would all end in failure.

  Liu nodded thoughtfully, "Investigation must be conducted, but we can't act rashly, or else offending the Li family would not be worth it. Moreover, this marriage of yours is definitely not going to happen."

  It's not necessary to investigate the truth of the matter, but if this is indeed a deliberate trap set by someone, then no matter what, Fourth Miss and Second Master Li will never be able to get married. Insisting on struggling will only make things worse.

  Lin Zhaoyan also understood and lowered his eyes in a depressed manner.

  Liu let them go back first and then found Lin's mother and Chen Gui's family to discuss this matter in detail.

  Lin Zhaoyan was in a bad mood and didn't say a word on the way back, but Lin Ruoyan rarely showed kindness, "If I were to say, you should be happy. If it was discovered after getting married, you wouldn't even have time to cry."

  Lin Zhaoyan turned his head and looked at her sideways, "How did you know about this?"

  Lin Ruoyan hesitated for a moment before saying, "I received a letter."

  Letter?

  "Uh-huh." Lin Ruoyan nodded, pulled out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Lin Zhaoyan: "It's this letter, Qing Shuang just gave it to me, she said it was given to her by a maid from the outer courtyard. I thought it would be better to believe in its existence rather than not believing in it, so I came looking for you."

  Lin Zhaoyan clenched the letter in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Let's go to your room to talk!"

  Upon entering the Qing Xiang Pavilion, Lin Zhaoyan unfolded the letter and indeed it detailed the various crimes of the second son of the Li family, explicitly stating facts that made it impossible not to believe.

  She carefully examined those handwriting, neither was a person she knew well nor Lu Yan's.

  She had seen Lu Yan Zhi's handwriting before.

  It may not be his handwriting, but it doesn't mean he didn't do it.

  That day in Lin Chen's study, his words still echoed in her ears, he was determined to get her.

  Lin Ruoyan saw Lin Zhaoyan's gloomy face and couldn't help but comfort him, "No matter what, this one doesn't work out, there will always be the next one."

  "It's nothing." Lin Zhaoyan waved his hand and forced a smile. "Let's see how Mother handles it!"

  The Liu family's decision was not to go through with this marriage.

  On the second day, someone tampered with the eight characters of birth and came up with a great calamity.

  In this way, there was no need for Liu's family to refuse, and the people from Li's household immediately came to apologize and called off the engagement.

  Liu happily accepted and after receiving the gift, he asked Li Er Gongzi some questions in a roundabout way. As a result, none of them were different from what he had known before.

  Liu was suspicious and had someone investigate, finally learning the truth from a maid who worked in the outer courtyard of the Li estate. Although Second Master Li's temper was somewhat violent, it only went as far as smashing things; he had never hit anyone before, let alone abused them.

  Liu knew she had been outsmarted and was furious. But there was nothing she could do, so she comforted herself by thinking, "This Li Er Gongzi is a bad-tempered person, completely opposite to Shao'er's personality. I'm afraid Shao'er will suffer a lot after marrying him. Forget it, forget it, they just don't have this fate."

  Mrs. Lin anxiously said, "Many families in Shengjing City have considered it, but the fourth daughter has a gentle temperament and wants a quiet life. The high-ranking families are not suitable for her, while the low-ranking families are too humble. There are few families like the Li's that are simple yet wealthy!"

  "There will always be, everything depends on fate. Now someone is secretly sabotaging us, I'm afraid if we look again, there will be more complications, so let's put this marriage on hold for now! Didn't your mother say that the palace will soon conduct its annual spring inspection? Can you find out if Ruo'er has been selected to go?"

  It's about Wu Niang, and the matter of Si Niang can only be put aside for now.

  "Hong Ying said that Old Lady had brought several letters for Big Aunt, so it should be no problem."

  "Hmm." Mr. Liu nodded, "This time let Ruo Er go alone, don't have anyone accompany her. I won't believe there will still be problems."

  The royal family has set the date for the spring search as May 8th.

  Spring hunt, as the name suggests, is hunting outside in spring.

  Hunting in a royal family is not only for entertainment and relaxation but also for physical exercise and training soldiers.

  It is not advisable to hunt in the spring, unlike autumn and winter. Spring is a season of renewal for all living things, animals give birth to their young, and species multiply, so it is not advocated to go hunting in order to conform to the natural law.

  But the affairs of the imperial court were complex, and the emperor needed a way to release pressure. It was obviously not feasible for him to put aside his ministers and go out to play, so the spring outing became a good excuse and opportunity.

  Then every year on the day of Chunxiao, the emperor would gather his military generals and civil officials, princes and nobles to have fun together, among whom there were also many imperial concubines and famous ladies cheering them on.

  This can be considered a large-scale gathering of like-minded people.

  Moreover, it is also on this day that ladies from respectable families can meet with men in the open.

  It is said that Emperor Huiwen was still a crown prince when he saw his future empress at the Spring Hunt, and later the two were married and became a legendary couple.

  So, this spring search has evolved into a kind of disguised blind date gathering.

  Lin Ruoyan was very resistant after hearing about it, but later found out that Lu Yan would also be going together, and she eagerly wanted to participate.

  The imperial palace finally issued a message stating that all legitimate unmarried ladies over 12 years old from various official residences were eligible to participate.

  Legitimate birth, naturally requires orthodox legitimacy.

  There are three eligible candidates in the Hou Mansion, namely the third, fourth and fifth young ladies.

  Liu originally didn't plan to let Lin Zhaoyan go, but later heard that Lin Jinming would follow him, so he hastily pushed Lin Zhaoyan out and said: "Take care of your sister a bit, tell her to be careful in everything, don't be reckless."

  Lin Zhaoyan had no choice but to agree reluctantly.

  Lin Xing couldn't help but feel suffocated, and in her frustration, she slammed things around the house and cried out: "Aunt always said that this status doesn't matter, saying that as long as I behave well, I can trample them all under my feet! Now it seems like it's all just nonsense! What good behavior, what good talent, can compare to a single word 'di' ( legitimate/true)! You tell me why Aunt would want to be someone's concubine! She was a proper young lady from a good family, why did she have to go and become a concubine?!

  The room was silent as a crow, and the maids were so frightened that they didn't even dare to breathe.

  Even if you are a legitimate child, you can't go since you're not yet twelve years old! But she didn't dare say these words out loud.

  Lin Xing couldn't get a response and lay on the table wailing in sorrow.

  At this time, however, there was a "noble guest" who came to visit.

  Double ended, but seeking pink road continues, seeking powder ~