Chapter 408 - 179: Scheming Against Each Other (Part 2)
Between them, there lies the power of the empire, unable to be together with him, yet unable to let him go.
Why must there always be such despairing matters in this world?
"I won’t marry anyone, Yun Wanye, and you are not allowed to take a wife. It was you who first enticed me. If you dare deceive me, I will never let you go."
Suddenly, the girl coldly warned, with a glint of darkness and madness flickering in her eyes.
He had said that he wouldn’t marry anyone else, that he only liked her. If he dared to break his promise, then she...
It seems that the mansion ought to prepare a place for an iron cage.
Even if she couldn’t be with him, he must not marry another woman.
"Fine, if I deceive you, then let the Princess deal with me."
At this moment, Yun Wanye was unaware of what she was scheming in her heart, lazily replying and once again bringing the topic back to its original point.
"However, Princess, you should dissolve your engagement with Lu Huaixin as soon as possible."
"These days, he’s been chasing after Su Qianxue every day. If you don’t cut ties with him, and they cause some sort of scandal, won’t it just bring you shame?"
Lu Huaixin’s newfound affection for Su Qianxue made Yun Wanye realize that this world was not as he imagined.
Nothing is absolute.
Who knows, perhaps one day the system might give Su Qianxue a tool that would truly cure Lu Huaixin.
As the saying goes, the longer the night, the more dreams. It would be best for the Princess to dissolve the engagement as soon as possible.
Upon hearing this, Mo Zhaozhao was quite surprised.
"He’s incapable now. What’s he doing chasing after Su Qianxue? Does he have some ulterior motive? Wait, how do you know he’s been chasing Su Qianxue? Have you also been secretly watching Su Qianxue?"
The last sentence was so sharp it could almost burst with acidity, clearly suggesting that if Yun Wanye dared to admit it, she’d pounce on him and bite him.
Yun Wanye was both amused and helpless, yet he felt quite pleased in his heart.
He gently pinched her cheek and said helplessly, "I’ve been watching her, but not in the way you imagine."
Before Mo Zhaozhao could question him further, he proactively confessed, revealing almost everything except for some untellable matters.
"You know, after that incident, my father went to their door himself and annulled her marriage with my brother."
"Her reputation was completely ruined, causing her to hold a grudge against my family. I feared she might do something unfavorable to us, which is why I’ve been keeping an eye on her."
"As for why Lu Huaixin is chasing her, I have no idea."
Reluctantly accepting his explanation, Mo Zhaozhao furrowed her brow tightly, feeling quite angry inside.
That damn Lu Huaixin, knowing she despised Su Qianxue the most, still went after her. What could a cripple like him do by chasing a woman?
Could it be that the medicine forced down his throat before didn’t work?
If that’s really the case, the previous punishment was indeed too lenient. He should have been cut off completely.
"You’re right, this engagement should be dissolved as soon as possible."
She originally wanted to use this engagement to fend off her elder brother’s marriage orders, but since Lu Huaixin is chasing after Su Qianxue, then forget it.
To avoid making a fool of herself, it’s better to sever ties with someone like him early.
But about her elder brother, sigh...
Thinking of Mo Yuanlin, Mo Zhaozhao couldn’t help but feel a headache coming on.
Her elder brother is clearly of a certain age, yet he hasn’t taken a consort, hasn’t established an empress, and doesn’t have a single woman. He’s still a bachelor, yet he keeps pestering her about her marriage.
The day after the Lu Huaixin incident, he had already selected several potential Prince Consorts for her, just waiting for her to dissolve the engagement, and then immediately pick one and get married.
She really needed to think carefully about how to deal with him after dissolving the engagement, and temporarily extinguish his urge to force her into marriage.
"Yes, dissolve it, Princess, I await your good news."
The next day.
A decree was sent to Changle Marquis Mansion.
Eunuch Feng, on behalf of the current Holy Emperor, brought the token from the time of the engagement to dissolve the engagement between Mo Zhaozhao and Lu Huaixin.
The process went very smoothly.
Marquis Chang Le respectfully returned Mo Zhaozhao’s token and also prepared some gifts as a gesture of apology, asking Eunuch Feng to convey them to Mo Zhaozhao.
Thus, the engagement was completely dissolved.
When the engagement was made, it was widely publicized; now that it is dissolved, it naturally cannot be silent and unnoticed.
Fearing that the public wouldn’t know that Mo Zhaozhao no longer had any connection with Lu Huaixin, Mo Yuanlin instructed someone to summon the Capital Governor to post notices throughout the streets and alleys of Haojing.
The content of the notice was naturally about the dissolution of the engagement.