Huo Tong, after all, came from the Duke's mansion, and she couldn't help but think about her family's reputation.
She looked at her husband and asked, "Then what should we do? How can we take the initiative to annul the engagement?"
"If the affair between Huo Jiwen and Shi Lingqiao were exposed, I wonder how others would view the Duke's Mansion."
Qiao Mingxuan knew his wife's thoughts and concerns.
To be honest, although he disliked Huo Jiwen, he couldn't bring himself to be angry with the Duke's mansion.
Several dukes died on the battlefield, their families becoming heroes. His mother-in-law and the current duchess are also reasonable and affectionate.
"Take this information you've found to the Duchess and ask for her opinion."
If it were him, he would definitely use this incident to his advantage and break off the engagement, making those two shameless people lose face.
But after thinking it over, I still have to consider the Duke's mansion to some extent.
Huo Tong nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to the Duke's Mansion to find my sister-in-law tomorrow."
Then he sent someone to the Duke's mansion to deliver the invitation.
Qiao Mingxuan suddenly remembered something, "By the way, remember to remind Madam tomorrow that the Shi family is secretly getting close to the Fourth Prince."
"To be precise, Shi Lingqiao and the Fourth Prince often contact each other in private, and their relationship seems to be more than just casual."
"I have some suspicion that Shi Lingqiao was arranged by the Fourth Prince to seduce Huo Jiwen. After all, because of the fact that his mother's clan was exiled to the frontier, he and the Consort have always regarded me as a thorn in their side."
When the Vice Minister of Revenue was exiled, the Imperial Concubine and the Fourth Prince were forced to keep a low profile, which is why they hated him so much.
"Stealing Yue'er's fiancé is a kind of revenge."
"No matter what, we can't be careless when it involves the prince."
The Duke's mansion may inadvertently become involved in the struggle for the throne.
This matter was discovered by his people accidentally when they investigated Shi Lingqiao's past, which startled him.
However, he did not forgive Huo Jiwen because of this, after all, it takes two to tango.
If Huo Jiwen had his daughter in his heart and had self-control, he wouldn't have been seduced and insisted on breaking off the engagement to marry a merchant's daughter.
This was all thanks to the Duchess's reminder.
Therefore, they also had to give a reminder that the Duchess, being a favored princess, had a special status and could very well be dragged into the vortex of the struggle for the throne by her son, Huo Jiwen.
The fourth prince is narrow-minded and ruthless. Like his maternal grandfather, he only cares about power and not the safety of the people. He is definitely not a good candidate to succeed to the throne.
Moreover, if the fourth prince were to ascend to the throne, their family would definitely be among the first to suffer retaliation and purge.
Born into a Duke's family, Huo Tong naturally knew the consequences of being caught in a struggle for the throne.
Her expression changed, and she felt even more resentful towards her nephew. "Huo Jiwen is such a scoundrel! He's going to ruin the entire Duke's Mansion!"
I will remind my sister-in-law tomorrow.
Her family's fate was also closely related to hers, and she absolutely could not allow the Duke's mansion to be placed in such danger, to be schemed against by the Fourth Prince and that woman.
Mentioning that woman made her feel even more disgusted. She was seducing her nephew while also having an affair with the Fourth Prince. She was simply a shameless and promiscuous woman.
Qiao Mingxuan warned, "If you go to the Duke's mansion tomorrow and run into Huo Jiwen, please don't mention these things."
"If Huo Jiwen is in the madam's courtyard, then you should send him away first."
If Huo Jiwen finds out they're investigating this matter, Shi Lingqiao and the Fourth Prince will probably find out too.
It's best not to alert them.
Huo Tong nodded. "Yes, I understand."
The Duke's Mansion.
Qingyou wasn't surprised to receive the invitation from Huo Tong, and she roughly understood that he wanted to ask her what he meant.
She smiled as she looked at the post; the real show was about to begin.
The next day, Huo Tong came to the Duke's mansion by himself.
Upon entering, I saw my sister-in-law and nephew sitting inside, but neither of them looked well.
When Qingyou saw Huo Tong come in, she smiled and waved to her, "You're here, come and sit down."
Huo Jiwen forced a smile and greeted her, "Auntie!"
Suppressing the urge to question Huo Jiwen, Huo Tong looked at him and said, "Shouldn't you be at the Imperial Academy at this hour?"
Huo Jiwen said awkwardly, "I'm not feeling well today, so I took the day off."
Qingyou snorted coldly, "You were full of energy when you talked back to me just now, but I didn't see anything wrong with your body."
This char siu bao just came over on his own initiative, but she teased him a bit, and he got angry and upset.
But this time, instead of storming off like before, he remained sitting there angrily.
This means that the char siu bao was also waiting for Huo Tong to come over.
It seems that someone in her courtyard knows about char siu bao (a type of steamed bun), which is why he found out yesterday when someone sent out invitations.
Upon hearing her sister-in-law's words, Huo Tong said to Huo Jiwen with displeasure, "You're becoming more and more outrageous. How can you talk back to your own mother?"
Huo Jiwen was surprised that his own mother would embarrass him in front of his aunt, and his face darkened. "I didn't."
Qingyou raised an eyebrow. "So, you're saying that I, your own mother, have wronged you?"
Huo Jiwen: "..." Is this something we can't get through?
He said unhappily, "Mother, how could you do this?"
Qingyou waved her hand dismissively, "I don't want to see you, you can leave."
Huo Jiwen wanted to hear what his aunt had come for, feeling it was related to his desire to annul the engagement.
Otherwise, it's impossible that his mother went to the Qiao family just two days ago, and his aunt came to the house again today.
So he said, "I haven't seen my aunt in a long time, I'll sit with her for a while."
Huo Tong was a smart man, and he could naturally see that his nephew was not being sincere.
She began to wonder why he insisted on staying.
She waved her hand, "I need to have a private chat with my sister-in-law, I don't need you to come with me."
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