Chapter 13: Broken Engagement

Three days passed quickly.

Under the auspices of the eldest daughter Su Chengnan, Su Weimin was buried smoothly.

During this period, she acted decisively and used both kindness and severity. The second young lady, Su Linhua, also obeyed his orders. Everyone felt that her attitude represented Han's attitude, so they all began to put their thoughts aside and do their work honestly.

At this critical juncture, the Ningyuan Palace actually sent a butler to help, which was really rare. The Su family is very grateful!

The people from the Song family arrived late, after the burial was completed. Anyone with a discerning eye would know what the Song family meant.

So after Chen Nan discussed with Su Weimin's soul, they decided to take the initiative to cancel the engagement and accumulate connections and goodwill for the Su family!

"Please come in, both of you."

"Miss, you are too polite."

Chen Nan asked the representatives of the two families to sit down and served them two cups of tea.

As soon as the people sat down, Chen, the steward of Ningyuan Palace, stood up and spoke first:

"Miss, the prince should have brought the crown prince here these two days, but unfortunately the prince is far away at the border, and the young master is ill, so they sent me here. Please don't blame me, Miss."

"Butler Chen, please don't say that. King Ningyuan is an important minister of the country. The border fortress cannot be relaxed for even a moment. It is our honor for the Su family to have such a friend."

"The Song Mansion is also inconvenienced. Please forgive me, Miss."

The Song Mansion’s housekeeper followed suit. However, he did not explain in detail, and just mentioned it in such a simple sentence, which seemed very pale.

Chen Nan took a sip of tea with a calm expression.

But before he could swallow the tea, the other party couldn't wait to speak.

"Miss!"

"The Song family owed the Marquis a favor.

The marriage is naturally a good one as they are well matched. ”

"But now Lord Su is gone. Things are different now. This..."

Chen Nan raised his eyelids and twitched the corners of his mouth. She didn't even need to look at the expression on his face. She knew what he meant just by listening to the content.

Humph, her tone couldn't help but become harsh!

"Originally, my father wanted my second sister to inherit the position of head of the family!"

"It was only because she was still young that she was handed over to me. But my health is not very good. In the future, the burden on my second sister will definitely not be lighter than mine."

The housekeeper of the Song residence is a middle-aged man with a shrewd look. He has a mole under his nose, and his eyes roll back and forth when he is not talking, always giving people the impression that he looks down on others.

“Even if the position of the patriarch is important, it’s a pity that the Su family has collapsed.”

"There is no need to say more, young lady."

Chen Nan made a sound through his nose, stretched out his right hand and slapped it heavily on the table.

"Butler Song, are you speaking on behalf of the Song family?"

“That’s too much!!”

The mole-faced man glanced at me sideways, then sneered and took out a letter from his arms. Chen Nan had sharp eyes and saw at a glance what was written on it: Breaches of Engagement.

Her face suddenly turned black!

Su Weimin was wronged.

When the Queen Mother pardoned the Su family from exile, she did not convict him, but explicitly allowed the Su family to bring his body back for burial.

This attitude is enough to show that Su Weimin was not actually convicted.

Chen Nan really didn't expect that the Song family, as friends whom Su Weimin entrusted his son to, would turn against each other so quickly? !

I really don’t know whether I should scold the Song family for being so heartless?

We should blame Su Weimin for being blind and trying all kinds of methods to cure his illness!

If the Su family really had a daughter who married into the family, who knows how much grievance she would have to endure facing such a family? ! No matter what others do, Lin Hua will definitely cry to death.

Chen Nan narrowed his eyes and became fierce.

"Someone come here! Bring the things over here."

Uncle Fu, who had been waiting outside the door, walked in quickly as soon as he heard the voice and respectfully handed the two letters in his hand to Chen Nan.

Chen Nan took it and smiled meaningfully:

"We in the Su family know that the situation is difficult, and we don't know what to do in the future. But no matter what, my second sister and I have to shoulder the heavy responsibility, protect our parents and siblings, and protect everyone from the wind and rain."

"So, why don't we call it a day here..."

Butler Chen from the Ningyuan Palace stood up in a hurry and said, "Miss, you must not do this! This is the marriage arranged by Lord Su, how can it be easily changed now?"

On the other side, Butler Song was leisurely drinking tea.

Chen Nan glanced at the other person, then turned his gaze to the steward of Prince Ning's Mansion and explained to him with a smile in a friendly manner.

"The engagement between Ningyuan Palace and me was indeed arranged by my father and Ningyuan King, but I am now shouldering the heavy responsibility of the Su family. I really don't have the energy to be a wife and a mother..."

"So, as the head of the Su family, my daughter Su Chengnan proposes to cancel the engagement. Please ask Butler Chen to take this letter back."

"I believe that Prince Ningyuan and the Crown Prince can understand Chengnan's difficulties... Prince Ningyuan's Mansion is a top-tier family, and there will be women who are more suitable than me."

After Chen Nan finished speaking, Butler Chen knew that she had made up her mind and had to continue writing the letter. However, he was only a butler and could not make decisions for his master.

"Miss... our prince is worried that you won't be able to hold on, so he specially found a famous doctor to come with me. I hope you can let him stay in the Su family."

"I will send this letter back to the palace immediately. As for what the prince and the crown prince will decide, I dare not speculate."

Chen Nan was surprised. Send a famous doctor? What's this!

Butler Chen didn't say much, just said that the famous doctor was waiting outside, and it wouldn't be too late to see him again when the young lady was done with her work.

Chen Nan thanked the other party first and said nothing more.

However, the one from the Song Mansion had a completely opposite attitude.

He stood up from his seat at the bottom, picked up the letter of withdrawal of engagement that belonged to the Song family, and then asked Chen Nan with a smile.

"Miss Su, does this letter of withdrawal of engagement count?"

"Butler Song, what you said is interesting. Would you also question the decision of the Patriarch of the Song family?"

Chen Nan raised his eyelids and glanced at him with a forced smile.

"It seems that the Song family's education and ability to judge people are just so-so."

"Miss, stop talking nonsense!" the other party was angry.

"Our Song family is a century-old family that has stood firm through several dynasties. How can we allow a woman like you to have so much say?!"

How could Chen Nan be intimidated by him? If it came to pulling off a tiger's skin or something like that, she had already mastered it in the entertainment industry.

“No matter how powerful the Song family is, you are just a housekeeper.”

"Even if our Su family is in trouble, the Queen Mother has never said that she wants to take away the Su family's title."

"What qualifications do you have to be so arrogant and talk nonsense in front of me?!"

The other party was choked with surprise written all over his face.

He thought to himself: Isn’t the eldest daughter of the Su family terminally ill? Why does she look not only rosy-cheeked but also so imposing? The sharpness of his body almost blinded his eyes.

Chen Nan ordered his servants to put the letter of breaking off the engagement in front of him.

"The marriage between the Su and Song families is over!"

"There is no need to contact each other anymore..."

Just then, Lin Hua rushed in, she looked a little anxious:

"Eldest sister, someone is coming from the palace."