Wei Hanzhang, who Ning Hai called the reincarnation of a wooden pole, hurried back to his yard with his hands covering his burning cheeks, and immediately asked Lulan to bring him a cup of cold tea.
Her shy look frightened her two personal maids. After looking at each other, they knelt down together.
Wei Hanzhang was stunned. "What's the matter? If you have something to say, come up and talk."
Both maids refused to get up.
"Young lady has been going to the next courtyard every day these days. I am really worried." Lu Zhu was a little bit jumpy. She said in panic: "If Madam knew..."
Wei Hanzhang frowned and said, "Don't worry, you are my people, so you will obey me. If my mother finds out, I will take all the punishment and won't let anything happen to you."
"I am not worried about myself," said the more stable Lu Lan, touching her forehead to the ground. "It is not appropriate for a young lady to meet with a man outside her family every day."
Although there is a difference between master and servant, Luzhu and Lulan grew up together with Wei Hanzhang since childhood and have an unusual relationship with them.
Lulan Lulan knew early on that the man waiting for her daughter in the next yard was a young man, and she had been worried for a long time. Today, seeing her daughter so lustful, she was even more frightened. She had to persuade her daughter even at the risk of being punished.
Wei Hanzhang knew their loyalty and that this was indeed for his own good.
They were right. It was indeed inappropriate for her to spend every day with that Prince Xiao. Perhaps it was because her level was too low. She couldn't control her heartbeats these past two days...
Wei Hanzhang put down the teacup in his hand, personally helped the two maids up, and comforted them: "Don't worry, I know my limits. I didn't go to the next door to meet my lover for love... I won't go there in a few days."
After a few days, the Jiang family case will be settled, and according to the agreement, she won't have to go there anymore.
She should keep some distance from that person and use time to cool down her somewhat agitated heart.
It's really hard to blame her. That Master Xiao is too skilled and he must have seduced countless girls using this method.
This man's power, appearance, and the temperament he displayed were very attractive to all girls. It was amazing that she could resist for so long.
Wei Hanzhang sighed lightly. She couldn't afford to be moved.
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At lunch time, as soon as Wei Hanzhang entered the inner room of Jingya Hall, he saw Jiang lying on the couch with a very bad look on her face, and Wei Heng's two concubines were serving their mistress.
The original heroine, Shen, was also there. When she came in, the two concubines all bowed and greeted her.
Wei Hanzhang paused for a moment, and while casually agreeing, he quickly walked forward and sat down beside the couch. Looking at the crookedly lying Jiang, he asked with concern, "Are you feeling unwell? Why do you look so bad?"
Seeing the little girl coming, Jiang sat up straight from the couch and shook her head, saying, "It's okay for mother."
After sending away the two concubines Shen and Lin, and leaving only the mother and daughter in the room, Jiang held her daughter's hand and sighed softly: "Ran Ran, your marriage with the Gu family will not be successful."
Jiang's voice was very soft, but it was like thunder that exploded in Wei Hanzhang's ears.
After being stunned for a moment, her first reaction was surprise. How could it be so sudden that it couldn't be done?
Didn’t Gu Yunran say that he would come to propose marriage when his father came back?
"This morning, the Gu family came to apologize in person, saying that the previous verbal engagement was not well thought out and no longer counts. In the future, you and his eldest son will marry separately and have no further ties."
Jiang was afraid that her daughter would not be able to accept it for a while, so she spoke softly and soothed her, "Ranran, don't be sad. We are not married to this kind of family yet. I will definitely find a better marriage for you and make them regret it."
After slowly digesting the news, she looked up in shock: "Who from the Gu family came to cancel the engagement? Did Gu Yunran come?"
"Perhaps because he knew that his behavior of trying to climb up the social ladder was shameful, the young master of the Gu family did not come."
Speaking of the Gu family, Jiang couldn't help but reveal disgust in her eyes. "It was his parents who came. They were very polite and humble. They didn't look like the kind of people who would do such a treacherous thing."
She sneered: "I want to see how long their family can survive in the capital with such behavior."
Wei Hanzhang felt mixed emotions. The combination of bitterness, sadness and regret made her unable to calm down for a long time.
It is said that if I get it, I'm lucky, if I lose it, I'm doomed, but when things really happened to this point, she was still at a loss.
Who is Gu Yunran? He is the future husband she has been grooming for herself since childhood. They grew up together as childhood sweethearts. The relationship of more than ten years cannot be faked.
If Wei Hanzhang's "Future Husband Training Plan" for Gu Yunran is compared to starting a business, then she has definitely put all her effort into it.
Breaking off the engagement not only meant that there was no chance for her and Gu Yunran anymore, but also meant that all her efforts of more than ten years had gone to waste.
Really, rather than being sad about the breakup of this relationship, Wei Hanzhang was more sad that her more than ten years of hard work was ruined.
How is this different from going bankrupt?
Wei Hanzhang finished his lunch in a daze, and after Jiang's repeated persuasion, he returned to Tingfeng Pavilion.
There was a small pond beside Tingfeng Pavilion. Wei Hanzhang sat on a stone chair beside the pond, staring blankly at the pink lotus bud with a pointed tip sticking out of the water for a long time before he remembered that he had to go next door in the afternoon.
As soon as I pushed open the gate, I saw Master Xiao standing in front of the door. The afternoon light was bright, and the coldness around him faded a little, making him look more gentle and elegant.
Wei Hanzhang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "You didn't want to go to my yard just now, did you?"
Ning Hai stood aside with his head lowered and his eyes pleasing to the eye, thinking: If you had come a moment later, not to mention your courtyard, even the entire Mansion of the Loyal and Brave Marquis would not be off limits to His Highness.
Xiao Junzhan had an indifferent expression. He looked down at the girl in front of him without saying a word.
There are no tear marks on her face, and her eyes are not red, so she must not have cried.
However... compared to this morning, your complexion is a little pale...
Was he still affected by the broken engagement? Wei Hanzhang stretched out his hand and waved in front of him: "What's wrong with you? Why are you in a daze?"
Xiao Junzhan held her hand, which she hadn't had time to withdraw, and said softly, "Then the marriage is completely broken off. Are you sad?"
"!!!" Wei Hanzhang looked at him in doubt, not even noticing that his hand was being held, and asked curiously, "How come you are so well-informed?"
She had only known about this for a short while, but this man stayed in this yard almost every day. Whenever she came, he would wait here. She hadn't expected that he had so many eyes and ears!
Xiao Junzhan's eyes trembled, and he exerted a little force in his hands, restraining the urge to hold the person in his arms, and repeated: "Ran Ran, you came here so late, are you sad?"
(End of this chapter)