Chapter 251: What a Scheming Woman
Li Hansong blocked their way in two or three steps, "Don't go!"
Lu Jinye drew out the long sword from his waist and placed it on his neck, tilting his head slightly with a gloomy look on his face, "If you get any closer to her, I will chop you into pieces."
Li Hansong didn't dare to move. As a fellow martial artist, he knew very well that this handsome young man was better at martial arts than him.
Qiao Wanyan smiled and said, "If you don't let me go, what can I do? You don't have the guts to kill me to silence me, and you can't kill Xiao Zhao if you want to eliminate the evidence."
Or maybe, even in this situation, he couldn't bear to kill Xiao Zhao.
Li Hansong was choked for a moment.
He really didn't know what to do, but if he let Qiao Wanyan leave like this, he would be really finished!
The martial arts champion he had worked so hard to obtain would leave him, Xiao Zhao would also leave him, and the General Zhongwu's Mansion would become a laughing stock in the capital because of him, and he might even be impeached by the censors.
Qiao Wanyan raised her lips slightly, "General Zhongwu has three sons. The eldest son is a nobody and only knows how to eat, drink and have fun. The second son was born weak and has been lying in bed all year round. You are the youngest son of General Zhongwu. You passed the exam to become the top martial arts scholar at a young age and became his pride."
"But if the title of Wu Zhuangyuan is lost, what will happen to General Zhongwu and his wife? There will be no successor, and your Li family will have no future."
Li Hansong's heart skipped a beat and he finally realized the seriousness of the matter.
If Qiao Wanyan told anyone, the Li family would be finished.
Even if it doesn't fall now, there will be no glorious road in the future.
Qiao Wanyan was silent for a moment and then kindly said, "How about I show you a way forward?"
Li Hansong said quickly: "What clear path? You tell me, as long as I can do it, as long as you don't tell anyone about this, I will agree to anything you ask!"
Qiao Wanyan chuckled, "My cousin is a sentimental person. She will definitely give up when she sees you like this. If she gives up, she will be depressed all day long even if she marries. My cousin and I have a deep sisterly relationship, so naturally I can't watch her fall into this fire pit."
Qiao Chuxue was moved when she heard this. She had always thought that Qiao Wanyan was the kind of selfish and domineering person who didn't take anyone seriously.
But now, it is true that a friend in need is a friend indeed.
Li Hansong asked: "If she doesn't marry, how can I, the General Zhongwu Mansion, shut up the outside world? Don't worry, I won't treat her badly. As long as she can tolerate Xiao Zhao, I will give her whatever she wants!"
Qiao Chuxue snorted coldly, "What do I need you to give me? What doesn't my Qiao family have that I need you to give me? You are such a filthy and disgusting thing, I wouldn't want to marry you even if you were a prince or nobleman!"
"you!"
Is this a gentle and obedient person?
This is clearly a Yaksha!
Qiao Wanyan said, "How about this, you take the initiative to cancel the engagement, and my cousin and I will never mention what we saw today. In a few days, my cousin will go to the countryside to recuperate because she is too sad. After a long time, no one will remember this matter."
By then, everyone would think that the daughter of the second branch of the Qiao family was a loyal person who valued feelings and had suffered a great injustice.
In this way, Qiao Chuxue could not implicate himself at all.
There are so many exciting things happening one after another in the capital. After a long time, who would remember such things?
Li Hansong frowned: "But our Zhongwu General's Mansion has already sent the betrothal gifts to the Qiao family. Why do you suddenly cancel the engagement now? Aren't you making things difficult for me?"
Qiao Wanyan half closed her eyes, "How can it be difficult? Young people are more or less frivolous for love and want to pursue it recklessly. You have a loved one, the one you want to spend your life with, but you insist on breaking off the engagement. General Li and Madam Li can't persuade you and can only let you go."
"Even if the news gets out in the future, people will just laugh at me for being immature. After a while, who will care?"
Li Hansong glanced at Xiao Zhao and said, "How can I do this? I'm afraid I can't keep it secret, so how can I tell others about Xiao Zhao?"
Qiao Wanyan suddenly laughed, "What Xiao Zhao? The person you fell in love with at first sight was my eldest sister, what does that have to do with Xiao Zhao?"
Everyone was shocked when these words were spoken.
Qiao Chuxue looked at Qiao Wanyan beside her in disbelief, "Wanyan, are you saying that Qiao Yihuan should marry Li Hansong instead of me?"
"Qiao Yihuan?" Li Hansong refused immediately. "I don't want to marry a woman who has been reprimanded by the emperor! She is not presentable, and marrying her would only bring disgrace to my Li family's reputation!"
What's more, the prince had said in public before that he liked Qiao Yihuan. Although no one knew what the situation was like now, even if the prince didn't like her anymore, he couldn't marry her. Wouldn't that be marrying someone that no one else wanted?
Qiao Wanyan was not in a hurry. "It doesn't matter. It's your choice whether to do it or not. I naturally have no right to interfere."
"but......."
Li Hansong asked: "But what?"
Qiao Wanyan did not respond, but looked at Xiao Zhao who was kneeling in front of her, "Whether Qiao Yihuan can be married to you depends entirely on your ability. If you make a scene but fail to win her, I will not bring up the past again."
Li Hansong asked suspiciously, "What about Xiao Zhao?"
Qiao Wanyan shrugged, "Xiao Zhao is yours. As long as you cancel the engagement as I said, you can do whatever you want with him."
Xiao Zhao was stunned and looked at her in disbelief. "Second Miss, you...didn't you say you would help me? You promised me that you would help me escape from him and rescue my family!"
Qiao Wanyan smiled slightly, "Nonsense, when did I ever promise you that? Before today, we have never met."
Xiao Zhao fell to the ground, as if struck by a bolt from the blue, unable to accept the present fact.
Li Hansong was also sure that Xiao Zhao had indeed looked for Qiao Wanyan before. Today's scene was not an accidental encounter at all, but a chess game carefully prepared by Qiao Wanyan, waiting for him to get into it obediently.
What a scheming woman!
He wanted to use herself to get rid of her elder sister, and then throw Xiao Zhao away after using him.
"I'm canceling my marriage with your cousin and marrying your elder sister. Aren't you afraid that the Qiao family will also be embarrassed?"
Qiao Wanyan shook her head. "How could that be? Our Qiao family will naturally not agree to this. Daddy values his reputation, how could he tolerate your Li family messing around and soiling our Qiao family's door lintel?"
"It was you who was young and frivolous and insisted on marrying my eldest sister and pestering her. It's you who is shameful. What does it have to do with our Qiao family?"
Qiao Wanyan walked slowly in front of him and removed the sword from his neck. The smile on her face just now gradually disappeared, and her eyes were deep and unfathomable.
"You choose between losing Xiao Zhao's official career and your and your uncle's career, or losing your own face. You can choose for yourself."
Li Hansong was silent for a long time, and finally nodded, "I promise you. As long as you don't tell anyone about Xiao Zhao and don't report my uncle and me, I will agree to anything you say."
Qiao Wanyan smiled with satisfaction, "Xiao Zhao will stay with me for a while. Don't look at me like that. You and I want to kill each other. How can I trust you wholeheartedly?"
Li Hansong gritted his teeth, "So scheming!"
Qiao Wanyan didn't care, "Thank you for the compliment."
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