Pei Guangzong answered eagerly, "Of course I'm willing. I'm truly in love with Lixue. Even Chief Fu and his wife agree and want to bring Lixue and me together. Father-in-law, please grant us your blessing?"
Du Lixue refused to compromise, even at the cost of her life. "I don't want Pei Guangzong. He's an imposter, not the real young master of the Pei family. I want Fu Jingchen..."
This time, it was her own father, Battalion Commander Du, who rebuked her, saying, "Commander Fu is not a member of the Pei family either. You need to understand the situation. Commander Fu's father is Fu Yanzhou, not Pei Zexing. The man you were engaged to is Pei Guangzong of the Pei family. If you don't agree to marry him, then we will sever our father-daughter relationship."
Madam Du knew that if she didn't abandon Du Lixue, the entire Du family would be ruined. "You brat, wake up! Chief Fu is not someone you can even dream of. He's the son-in-law of the Gu family, do you understand? Our Du family can't possibly be worthy of him."
"Pei family, since Chief Fu isn't your biological son, you should have said so sooner. Because of your arbitrary decisions, you've harmed our Du family. We'll remember this debt. From now on, our Du family will have no dealings with your Pei family. Even if my daughter marries Pei Guangzong, you can forget about getting any benefit from it. Anyway, Pei Guangzong isn't from your Pei family either!"
Grandma Fu promptly gave them a piece of her mind, saying, "The Pei family is used to being selfish and self-serving. They don't care what you think, they only care what they think. Even if Fu Jingchen isn't their biological son, they'll still claim he's their own. They just want to step on the Fu siblings to gain power for the Pei family. The ridiculous thing is that the Fu siblings don't pay any attention to them at all. No matter what they say, you can just treat it as bullshit."
“I can tell you clearly that the Fu siblings have absolutely no relation to the Pei family. Twenty years ago, Cui Hailu told me about her own suspicions. Although Pei Zexing tried his best to explain that the child was his, Fu Qingning was already showing when she agreed to be Pei Zexing's roommate. Moreover, at that time, Fu Qingning and Fu Yanzhou had been separated for less than half a month. Before that, she had been living in the Pei family's adopted son's house, which is her future in-laws' house.”
"Later, I investigated it myself and confirmed Cui Hailu's suspicions, but I didn't tell Cui Hailu. I know that Fu Qingning has never had any contact with Pei Guangzong. Even if they were roommates, they slept in separate rooms. It's impossible for her to be pregnant with Pei Zexing's child."
"Why is the Pei family's adopted son willing to let the Pei family bleed him dry? Because their youngest son's two children, their grandchildren, are being held in the Pei family's hands. The Pei family's adopted son can't take them back, and he doesn't want the Pei family to abuse the children, so he can only give the Pei family more money, hoping that the Pei family will treat the children better for the sake of money!"
"That's why the Cui family can switch children so easily. After all, Fu Jingchen isn't their biological son. The Pei family probably doesn't like Fu Qingning and her son, and they probably haven't realized it. Sure enough, after twenty years, they're still foolishly treating Pei Guangzong like a treasure!"
Pei Guangzong seized the opportunity to make his stance clear: "Father-in-law and mother-in-law, rest assured, after we get our marriage certificate, I will immediately sever all ties with the Pei family. If the Pei family looks down on me, then they shouldn't even think about using me for a marriage alliance!"
The Du family was fairly satisfied with Pei Guangzong's performance, and their only option now was to expedite the marriage and appease the anger of the Crown Prince and his sister. Unfortunately, they had run into Du Lixue, a woman who was a burden to her parents.
Enraged, Du Lixue retorted, "Mom and Dad, this is an arranged marriage, disregarding my wishes! Great men said that marriage is a matter of freedom!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the onlookers erupted in mockery.
"She also knows that marriage is a matter of freedom and that arranged marriages are not allowed. So she broke the law and forced Chief Fu to marry her, forcing Chief Fu to break up with Gu Zhiqing."
"Du Lixue is a hypocrite. She wants to be a mistress, but she ignores the words of great men and advocates for arranged marriages and disregards freedom of marriage."
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