Chapter 1584 Unmarried
Xiao Chonghuan and his wife’s facial expressions stiffened.
The housekeeper awkwardly called out again, "Husband and wife, pay respects to each other!"
From the reactions of the guests and from beneath the veil, Gongsun Qianru could see the feet of the groom facing her, making it clear that the man opposite her had not moved.
"Chuan’er, it’s your big day, hurry up and finish the ceremony!" Xiao Chonghuan urged anxiously.
"Some time ago, when I was ’unwell,’ Gongsun Qianru visited me at the Mansion, and I expressed ’gratitude,’" Xiao Yuchuan spoke calmly.
Lady Shen Yun, Xiao Chonghuan’s wife, chimed in, "Ru’er is just that thoughtful."
Under the red veil, Qianru’s face took on a shy and bashful look.
Xiao Yuchuan continued, "I had already asked her to return to the Gongsun Mansion, but she refused. Last night, when I returned to my room, I found Gongsun Qianru lying half-naked on my bed, and the room was filled with aphrodisiacal sandalwood scent..."
"Chuan’er, what are you talking about!" Xiao Chonghuan’s face turned ashen.
Gongsun Qianru’s face beneath the veil also turned deathly pale.
"A woman who tries to seduce a man in such a promiscuous manner before marriage is utterly despicable. How could she be worthy of me, Xiao Yuchuan?" Xiao Yuchuan cast off the red silk that he and the bride each held an end of, "I told Gongsun Qianru yesterday not to get into the bridal sedan chair, because the shame would fall on me, Xiao Yuchuan. I gave her a chance, but she threw it back in my face. Today, I will not go through with the ceremony!"
"How dare you!" Xiao Chonghuan, enraged, slammed the table and stood up with a surge, his face paling with pain from his unhealed broken leg before he fell back into the chair.