"You want me to marry in your place? And you want to lock me up for life?" Qi Jiejing's expression turned cold. "Who do you think you are, deciding my life for me?"
Hearing her so blunt tone, everyone's expressions turned very unpleasant.
"His Highness Prince Xun is so noble. If it weren't for your status as the true daughter of the Prime Minister's family, do you think someone like you who grew up in a merchant family would be qualified to marry him?"
"Who cares about this identity! Maybe I'm not even that, maybe I don't resemble any of you at all, and maybe I've even been switched with someone else later? My life is my own to decide, and no one has the right to interfere. You think I'll cover up this fig leaf for you? Dream on!"
“You…” Prime Minister Xu pointed at her, trembling, “You are utterly ungrateful!”
"Jing'er..." The Prime Minister's wife also tried to persuade her, "This is for the good of everyone, why don't you agree? If you marry Prince Xun, you will become a princess, what a noble status that is!"
"If you like this identity, go and marry him yourself." Qi Jiejing blew on her nail, making the man's face turn pale with anger.
How could you speak to your elders like that?
"You're not even polite to me, so why should I be polite to you?" Qi Jiejing rolled her eyes. "Stop your filthy thoughts. No matter who I am, I will never marry Si Hengnian. I find it disgusting to marry someone who has someone else in his heart."
"How dare you! Who gave you the audacity to speak to us like that?"
"Of course, it's my own confidence. Why don't you ask Si Hengnian who provided him with everything he needed in the army all these years? You don't really think that our Qi family has developed so quickly because of his protection, do you?"
Everyone was stunned. Wasn't that right?
Ten years ago, I had never heard of the Qi family. It just so happens that His Highness Prince Xun began to build his military achievements ten years ago. In addition, there is the identity of Madam Qi. If it weren't for His Highness Prince Xun, how could the Qi family have developed?
"Stop trying to persuade me. I will never marry Qi Jiejing." Si Hengnian put an end to the Prime Minister's family's fantasy and gave Qi Jiejing a warning look.
If Qi Jiejing had some reservations before, now that she has found her mother, she doesn't care at all.
My mother is the most formidable. Since she is in the General's Mansion, she will inevitably become Si Hengnian's enemy sooner or later, so whether their relationship is bad or not is not important.
"Let me give you a piece of advice: investigate the matter from back then again. Because I feel that I am nothing like you, I will never change my surname, nor will I be schemed against by you. Farewell."
When Qi Jiejing arrived, she brought quite a few people with her, and no one stopped her from coming in, so naturally no one could stop her from leaving when she left.
"How dare you be so audacious!" Madam Qi's chest heaved with anger. "Huixin is so obedient! My poor daughter, why aren't you my own child?"
These words brought tears to Xu Huixin's eyes again, and the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried.
Madam Qi looked on, wanting to step forward but also afraid to, because it was her own selfish desires that had led to this irreparable situation.
“Your Highness, for the sake of Huixin’s reputation, it would be best if you two did not meet again for the time being. We will be sending Huixin to Jiangnan soon, so Your Highness should leave with Madam Qi.”
Si Hengnian and Xu Huixin looked at each other with reluctance, then sadly turned their heads away. They were siblings, and there was no way they could be together again in this life. Why was God so cruel to them?
On the way back, Si Hengnian remained silent, while Madam Qi looked on cautiously: "Hengnian, I never expected things to turn out this way."
"Enough!" Si Hengnian said with a dark face. "You abandoned me back then, and then replaced me with Huixin. How could you abandon both of your own children?"
Madam Qi burst into tears: "It was because I felt sorry for you that I wanted your sister to have a good life. I did it for her own good at first, but I was wrong. I really know I was wrong."
Annoyed by her crying, Si Hengnian took a deep breath and said, "The Qi residence is just ahead. Go back by yourself."
"Mother is not going back." Madam Qi resisted getting out of the carriage. "Now the Qi family is Qi Jiejing's personal fiefdom. No one in the family respects me, the mistress of the house, at all. If I hadn't been lucky enough to escape this time, you and Huixin would have made a terrible mistake. Hengnian, how about I come with you? I will take care of you myself from now on and make up for all the things I owe you before. Or, when Huixin is sent to Jiangnan by the Prime Minister's Mansion, I will go to Jiangnan with her to take care of Huixin."
Originally, Si Hengnian was unwilling for his mother to return to the Prince's Mansion with him, but when he thought about Huixin going to Jiangnan where she would have no relatives or friends, he thought it wouldn't be bad for his mother to go with him.
So he made the carriage continue forward: "Qi Jiejing is so bold? Is Qi Da really willing to entrust his family fortune to her?"
"She was originally in charge of most of the family business, but then Qi Da was distracted by the concubine she took into the household, so he couldn't control her anymore."
"Now that his true identity has been revealed, does Zidane not care?"
"He took his concubine and son to Jiangnan. How could he know what's been happening in the capital these days?" Madam Qi's eyes were vicious. "But no matter how much Qi Da indulged this brat before, I'm afraid he will eventually become wary of her and make her suffer sooner or later."
"I will send someone to inform Zidane of what happened in the capital. Before Huixin goes to Jiangnan to recuperate, you will stay in the Prince's Mansion and do not go out unless necessary."
"Sigh." Madam Qi finally felt relieved, as long as her son didn't resist her too much.
At this moment, neither of them considered that although Si Hengnian was Lady Qi's son, Lady Qi was married off by Qi Da through a formal marriage ceremony. How could she not return to her proper husband's home but instead live in the home of her illegitimate son? Even if the Prince Xun held a high position and great power, he still had to abide by etiquette and law, otherwise he would be challenging worldly customs and imperial authority.
Both of them thought that Qi Da would immediately break with Qi Jiejing and seize power after returning to Beijing. Little did they know that Qi Da firmly believed that Qi Jiejing was his daughter, and that Qi Jiejing had always been in control of the relationship between father and daughter for so many years, so why would he easily turn against her?
Zidane knows his own abilities well. If it weren't for his daughter, he wouldn't be living the good life he has now. He would be crazy to do what these people want and become enemies with his daughter.
In a beautiful house in Jiangnan, Qi Da and Aunt Xia watched their youngest son laughing and playing.
"I never expected that the young lady, who has never been to Jiangnan, would arrange this courtyard so well. Along the way, we didn't have to worry about anything at all, as there were people taking care of everything."
“Jing’er has always been very capable. If it weren’t for her holding up this family, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”
Aunt Xia said with a coquettish smile, "That's also thanks to your excellent teaching, Master, and the blessings of our ancestors."
"Yes, that's why I personally come back every year to offer incense. If our Qi family wants to last, we can't rely on Jing'er alone. We must hurry up and improve the clan school."
"Sir, your and Miss's wishes will surely come true."
"You understand me best, unlike Jing'er's mother whose heart isn't in this family."
Aunt Xia smiled faintly. In this family, all she had to do was cling to the eldest young lady's leg. Sometimes, even the master was not as important as the eldest young lady. Only that fool, the madam, insisted on causing trouble.
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