Fang Ruotang nodded vigorously at Jin Wuyou's words.
She told the truth, but no one believed her.
With her current status, she could have any man she wanted. Why would she lower herself to compete with another woman for a man?
She must have some serious illness!
"Alright, let's go!" Fang Ruotang said, then turned and left.
Wen Yu quickly bypassed Jin Wuyou and tried to hug Fang Ruotang, while shouting, "I will leave my cousin, break off the engagement, and beg the Imperial Preceptor to give me a chance."
Li Shiyun gently raised her hand and pushed the person back several steps.
"What are you doing? Don't come forward. If you dare to stop the sect leader again, I'll capture you as an assassin." Li Shiyun, despite her young age, had a rather intimidating look when she put on a stern face.
Wen Yu knelt down again, "I will break off the engagement and never see my cousin again. Please, Grand Preceptor, give me a chance."
"Opportunity?" Fang Ruotang looked around in confusion.
Both Li Shiyun and Jin Wuyou looked extremely pale. They understood all too well what kind of opportunity this man was talking about, since it was precisely through such an opportunity that they were able to change their fate.
Under Fang Ruotang's puzzled gaze, Jin Wuyou stepped forward and explained softly.
"She wants to use the excuse of abandoning her engagement with General Huo to negotiate with you."
"Huh?" Fang Ruotang was completely stunned and speechless.
"No, is Huo Zhige yours? You dare to use him to negotiate with me?"
Fang Ruotang was angry at Old Madam Huo's neglect of her, but she did not doubt Huo Zhige's sincerity. After all, he pursued her so ardently, and she was not a dead person.
She didn't want to get involved in this matter, not because she thought Huo Zhige was dispensable, but because she felt it wasn't her place to face and resolve it.
This is Huo Zhige's business, just like how his elder brother, the Crown Prince, was also engaged back then.
Li Mingyu later told her that before she became the Grand Preceptor, when she was still a court attendant, the Crown Prince sent a letter to her family on horseback to annul the engagement, withdrawing the imperial decree and tokens of marriage.
Huo Zhige's status was not as noble as the Crown Prince's, so he might not be as domineering as the Crown Prince, who could simply cancel a marriage proposal with a letter.
But this wasn't the first time Fang Ruotang had faced this situation.
Initially, both the Crown Prince and the Prince Rong were engaged. To win her over, they first had to manage their relationships with those around them before they could stand before her and express their feelings.
Instead of making her rush to give herself to them.
"But I am engaged to my cousin. If the Grand Preceptor gives me a chance, I will stay far away from him and never bother him again."
Fang Ruotang smiled and asked, "What kind of opportunity are you talking about? The Marrow Cleansing Pill? Or is it a chance to join the Heavenly Sect and cultivate?"
Wen Yu looked at Fang Ruotang with ambitious eyes.
"I know that the Grand Preceptor pities weak women like us the most, which is why he was so kind to the Crown Prince's former fiancée."
Fang Ruotang suddenly realized, "So you wanted the same treatment as Mingyu!"
"But what can I do! I can't! I like Mingyu, and I'm happy to treat her well, regardless of whether she is the Crown Prince's former fiancée."
Entering the Heavenly Sect was her compensation for breaking off the engagement, but the various preferential treatments she received afterward were because Li Mingyu and she could get along well.
To be honest, besides her sisters, Li Mingyu is her closest confidante.
Moreover, both Li Mingyu and Yan Yan, whom she brought, possess spiritual roots and talents, which is the main reason why they are given important positions.
"Grand Preceptor, don't you like my cousin at all?" Wen Yu panicked. What was supposed to be a sure thing had gone wrong.
If she wasn't trying to replicate Li Mingyu's path to success, she would be crazy to agree to marry her cousin while he was away in the capital. After all, she wasn't so stubborn as to try and steal a man from the Imperial Advisor.
"Are you mistaken? Isn't it your cousin who likes me? He's pursuing me, begging me to pity him, love him, and promise him my life, not me begging him, understand?"
Fang Ruotang rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky, and her tone wasn't very friendly either.
Just as Wen Yu was about to persist, the young prince barged in, looking fierce. When he saw Fang Ruotang standing properly in front of him, he breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief.
"Are you alright? Did you suffer any injustice?"
Fang Ruotang shook her head. "Why are you here?"
"I heard you came to the Huo residence, so I came to check on you. What happened?" The young prince stared intently at Fang Ruotang's expression.
Fang Ruotang gestured with her lips, indicating that the young prince should look at Wen Yu kneeling on the ground.
"It's Old Madam Huo! She called me over and asked me to calculate the auspicious date for Miss Wen's wedding with Huo Zhige."
"Huh?" The young prince was taken aback for a moment, then grinned. "Miss Wen, right! Get up, get up! Congratulations! When are you and General Huo getting married? I will definitely send you a generous gift."
The text froze.
The young prince continued, "General Huo is a rare talent, and Miss Wen is also very beautiful. You two are a match made in heaven. You must live a good life together from now on."
The young prince practically said that the two of them should be locked together forever, never to be separated again for all eternity.
Wenyu panicked, "That's not how it is!"
After refuting the young prince, she immediately looked at Fang Ruotang.
"Your Excellency, I truly cannot continue to disturb you. Please, just give me a chance! I beg you."
The young prince's smile faded slightly, and he raised an eyebrow to ask.
What does she mean?
"What could it mean! She's trying to negotiate with me, saying she'd break off her engagement with Huo Zhige and never bother him again, hoping I'd give her a chance."
Fang Ruotang snorted twice and added, "You just want the same treatment as Mingyu, you get it?"
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