Time Travel: The Noble Family

Yueyao felt Mingzhu’s hand trembling.

Yueyao could not speak, but she could move. On Mingzhu’s hand, Yueyao wrote, "It’s okay." Yueyao knew why Bai Yi had sealed their acupoints; one careless move and they would have burst out, which would have spelled disaster.

Guan Jingshuo did not believe Ning Lixuan’s words; he heard from Heping that Luo Mingzhu’s reputation in Capital City was not bad. As for her being willful in the past, that was understandable. The Legitimate Daughter of a large family had been pampered since childhood; a bit of entitlement was not a big deal, as long as she became sensible and understood reason when she grew up. Guan Jingshuo said, "Cousin, you must be mistaken. The Third Miss of the Luo Family could deceive one person, how could she deceive everyone? If she could deceive everyone, she would be too good at acting. But as a noblewoman of a wealthy family, she certainly doesn’t need to."

Ning Lixuan shook off Guan Jingshuo’s hand and said, "What mistake? I saw with my own eyes the day she whipped a Maid with a leather whip until she was bloody. I still remember how the Maid looked. What kind and gentle, she is nothing but a wicked woman."

Guan Jingshuo frowned slightly; although it was wrong for the young lady of the Luo family to personally beat someone, declaring Luo Mingzhu a wicked woman based solely on that was too one-sided. One had to look at what the Maid did to make such a judgment.

Guan Jingshuo muttered to himself but asked anxiously, "Cousin, I heard from mother that the two families are discussing a marriage and have already taken a Marriage Proposal Letter to check for compatibility. If you hate her so much, why don’t you talk to your uncle and aunt? If the compatibility is good, won’t you have to marry her? Marriage is a lifelong matter, not child’s play."

Ning Lixuan showed a pained expression: "I pleaded with my parents, but they won’t agree. They say Duke Ning’s Mansion is on weak footing and must rely on Marquis Jingning’s power. Otherwise, our Duke Mansion will be marginalized. I don’t want to marry her, but I have no choice, I really have no choice."

Guan Jingshuo’s face was full of sympathy, "Then what? If you hate her so much, how will you live the days ahead? It can’t be a life of mutual loathing, right?" Guan Jingshuo put on a solid front, but his heart was spitting contempt for Ning Lixuan. If he detested the girl, he shouldn’t marry her. The cow won’t eat grass when forced, and if Ning Lixuan truly made up his mind, would Marquis Jingning’s Residence force him to marry? Yet he coveted the power of others while slandering their daughter; Guan Jingshuo had truly lost respect for Ning Lixuan.