"Xu Qing, don't force yourself. Take your time. I'll wait for you. If you still can't do it in the end, I'll ask the emperor to cancel the engagement. Don't deceive yourself just to consider my feelings. I don't want to see you forcing a smile, okay?"
"Yeah." Rong Xuqing nodded, tears already wet her eyes.
Jiang Lingyu raised his thumb to wipe away the tear that was about to fall.
"It's getting late. The banquet should be starting soon. Let's go back."
"Um."
Jiang Lingyu withdrew his gaze from his slightly parted red lips, put down his eager hands, turned around and walked ahead.
Rong Xuqing lowered his head and followed with small steps.
When the elders saw the two people coming back one after another, their worries finally subsided.
It seems that the wedding day is not far away.
…
"Hurry, they're all out tonight, let's get out of here."
The night is hazy.
A dark shadow hung on the wall of the general's mansion.
He stretched out his hand to pull the mother and her children inside the wall.
"Husband... I..." The woman held the child and was unwilling to reach out.
"I think it's great here. The general and his wife are both very nice people. They've treated us like guests these past few days, providing us with good food and drink, and even hired a doctor for my mother. Why should we leave secretly?"
"Women are so short-sighted!" the man murmured. "There's no such thing as a free lunch! Mother knows a secret they want, so we can be treated well. If the secret is revealed, we'll be useless. Do you think they'll let us go?"
"Leave now and give me your hand!"
"Where are you guys going?"
Suddenly, fires lit up everywhere, illuminating the dark corner as bright as day.
Wang Ren stepped forward and looked at the man sitting on the wall, a hint of sneer on his lips.
"Do you think that once the general and the others leave, there will be no one left in the mansion?"
Then his face darkened, "Take it back."
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