Jiang Xuejun bit her lip and choked with sobs before speaking: "I was wrong about what happened before. I shouldn't have meddled in Miss Xu's affairs. A wife of the Xie family should be tolerant and generous. It was my negligence..."

Xie Xianyu interrupted her: "The engagement has been cancelled, there's no point in talking about this anymore."

Jiang Xuejun said anxiously, "You know, it wasn't my intention to break off the engagement. I've reflected on this over the past few days, and this lesson has etched itself in my mind. I won't make the same mistake again."

As she spoke, her eyes reddened again: "My father forced me to enter Prince Xuan's mansion as a concubine, and I was unwilling. Since I was a child, I have only liked you..."

If Xie Xianyu was still willing to give her another chance, her father would naturally prefer her to marry someone from the Xie family.

Ever since the break-off, she had been severely scolded and lectured by her parents. She herself regretted it terribly. She shouldn't have put that little orphan girl in her eyes, and instead lost a great marriage that all the ladies in the capital envied.

That's why she risked her dignity to see him. As long as the engagement could be resumed, she would do anything.

I only hope that he can have a little pity and give her a chance to repent.

Xie Xianyu, however, had a cold expression on his face. “Since you’re going to Prince Xuan’s Mansion, I’d like to congratulate Miss Jiang in advance.”

Jiang Xuejun stood there stiffly, his face covered with tear marks, looking ridiculous and funny.

Xie Xianyu threw the reins to the gatekeeper and strode into the Xie Mansion.

When Xie Xianyu returned to Songhe Garden, Su Yan was already waiting in the waterside study, drinking tea.

"Oh, so fast? Looking at Miss Jiang's look, it seems like she will need at least half an hour to talk to you about her heart." Su Yan waved the fan.

"Do you think I'm idle?"

"What's going on with her?" Su Yan asked curiously.

Xie Xianyu poured himself some tea from the teapot: "The Jiang family wants to send her to Prince Xuan's mansion."

Su Yan's eyes paused slightly, and he laughed again: "The Jiang family sees that they can't get close to you, and they are afraid that the salt tax case will be exposed, so they want to openly cling to the thigh of King Xuan."

"It's as expected. The Jiang family is panicking and needs to find a backer."

Xie Xianyu looked up at him. "Since we're going to be working together with King Xuan for a while, there's bound to be some contact. You should be aware of this."

Su Yan lazily leaned back in the armchair: "Just take care of yourself."

As he was speaking, Cuizhu walked in and said, "Sir, the eldest lady asked you to go to Qingshui Garden."

Su Yan gloated: "I guess they are coming to punish you. Let's see how you end up."

Xie Xianyu glanced at him and said, "Mind your own business."

Then get up and go out.

When he entered Qingshui Pavilion, the eldest lady was already waiting for him with a sullen face.

"Mother."

"Where are you coming from?"

"Yangzhou."

The eldest lady glared at him. "Yangzhou? But Governor Li just wrote to your father saying you weren't in Yangzhou at all! Where on earth did you go?!"

Xie Xianyu's dark eyes were as calm as water. "Don't you think mother knows exactly where I'm going?"

The eldest lady slammed the table in anger: "You went to Qingzhou, didn't you?!"

When she heard that Xie Xianyu had dug up Xu Wanruo's grave, she guessed that he would not give up. He left Beijing the next day. When she asked Cuizhu, Cuizhu said that he was going to Yangzhou on business.

Xie Xianyu said calmly, "Yes."

The eldest lady angrily said, "Are you going to turn the world upside down for a woman? You're even chasing her to Qingzhou. She's already married, what else do you want?"

"Don't worry, mother. The ceremony is not over yet."

The eldest lady's face froze, and her head suddenly started buzzing.

"What do you mean? Where is she?"