Pei Yuan opened his mouth, not expecting Qiao Xiuyuan to react this way. Before he could think of what to say next, he heard Qiao Xiuyuan say, "Since the marriage is settled, Young Master Pei can only marry my daughter. Could it be that Young Master Pei is trying to steal her from Prince Yong'an?"
"I...I didn't! I simply didn't want to marry someone as vicious as Miss Qiao! Lord Anyang, you may not know, but Miss Qiao actually had a beggar's limbs broken in the street. That beggar is right here in Shanci Hall. If you don't believe me, you can ask Miss Su!"
Pei Yuan blushed and, no longer caring about saving face for Qiao Xiuyuan, directly revealed the evil deeds Qiao Zixi had committed in front of everyone.
As for the matter of competing with Prince Yong'an for someone, he had never even considered it.
Although he had fallen in love with Su Muxi at first sight, this infatuation was only in his fantasies about her.
After seeing Su Muxi's true face, his feelings for her changed.
It gave him the illusion that he was a heartless man.
So now he has very complicated feelings for Su Muxi, but he is quite certain that he wants to break off his engagement with Qiao Zixi!
He would never marry someone as vicious as Qiao Zixi!
Su Muxi raised an eyebrow. It turned out that Pei Yuan had come here today to use Azhu's matter to break off his engagement with Qiao Zixi.
Just as she was wondering whether she should say a few words for Pei Yuan later, she heard Qiao Xiuyuan sneer: "Ha! So, after taking advantage of my daughter, Young Master Pei finds it boring and wants to break off the engagement? What a gentleman you are!"
What?
Trying to get a bargain?!
Everyone looked at Pei Yuan in surprise upon hearing this, which made Pei Yuan's face turn even redder.
He did indeed have physical intimacy with Qiao Zixi, but he never expected that Qiao Xiuyuan would find out...
He subconsciously looked at Su Muxi, opened his mouth, and thought about explaining.
But after seeing the fleeting look of disdain in Su Muxi's eyes, he swallowed all the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
What was he explaining?
He couldn't control himself and was bewitched by Qiao Zixi's beauty, so he took advantage of her.
He was the one who caused it all; he has no one to blame but himself, not even Xie Xuan.
Xie Xuan had only told him that the Empress was going to bestow a marriage upon Qiao Zixi; he hadn't found out the details before rushing to the Marquis of Anyang's residence to propose marriage.
Later, Xie Xuan went to his residence to persuade him to break off the engagement, but after thinking about Su Muxi's appearance, he chose to believe Qiao Zixi's lie.
So he brought all this on himself...
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