"No." Luo Yiman turned around and looked him up and down with a mocking look, saying, "Xiao Changan, you don't think I'll stay single after breaking off the engagement with you, do you?"
"I didn't mean that." Xiao Changan said quickly: "Yiman, what happened before was all a misunderstanding. There's nothing between Yun Yuan and me. I like you."
"So that woman's name is Yun Yuan." Loiman sneered, "Why, were you beaten by her lover? Look at your bruised face."
"It's not her." Xiao Changan was a little embarrassed to speak: "I met a bad guy on duty..."
"I'm not here to care about you, or to know who hit you." Luo Yiman was more concerned about something else: "Now that we've broken off our engagement, and I'm no longer an obstacle, why don't you marry Yun Yuan?"
Xiao Changan was helpless: "Yiman, the relationship between her and me is really not what I thought."
"If it's not that kind of relationship between a man and a woman, what kind of relationship is it?" Luo Yiman said disdainfully. "Indeed, Yun Yuan is just a commoner. How can she be as valuable as a daughter of our Luo family? Xiao Changan, you're just coveting my family's power. It's ridiculous that I actually believed your lies and believed that you would never take a concubine. I persuaded my father to get engaged to you."
"Yiman." Xiao Changan painfully tried to grab her hand, but she dodged him. He felt empty inside: "Yun Yuan is still useful now, I can't let her go yet."
"What's the use? Is it for lovemaking?" Loiman said with disgust: "Don't come to me again in the future. You really make me feel sick."
She turned around to leave, but was stopped by Xiao Changan.
"Wait, do you think you can sit back and relax just because you marry the prince? After he marries his principal wife, he will have two concubines and countless maids. Only I can give you exclusive love and favor."
"I don't want it," Loiman said. "Since I'm destined not to receive undivided love, why don't I find someone of higher status? It's better than marrying you and becoming the wife of a minor official."
Xiao Changan was hurt: "Yiman..."
"You should call me Miss Luo Er." Luo Yiman pushed him away ruthlessly: "Let's part ways amicably."
Xiao Changan wanted to say something more to her, but Chun Xin stopped him: "Mr. Xiao, please stay. If you continue to bother me, I will call for help."
Xiao Changan stopped, watched Loiman walk away, then turned and returned to the men's seat.
"Hey, isn't this the top scholar? I heard that you got drunk last time, took off your clothes and slept in Luoyu Hutong all night. Is that true?"
"It's definitely true. I specifically asked someone to inquire about it, and the people living in Luoyu Hutong described it with great certainty. They even knew exactly how many black moles there were on Xiao Zhuangyuan's butt."
"It's immoral, it's really immoral! I will definitely report him tomorrow..."
Xiao Changan explained and assured that the person in Luoyu Hutong was not him, and it must be those people who slandered him.
Some people enjoy watching the fun without any hesitation.
"Xiao Zhuangyuan, your breaking off of the engagement with Second Miss Luo caused a huge uproar in the city. I thought you were getting married soon. How come I haven't seen an invitation from the Marquis of Zhaoxin's Mansion in such a long time?"
Xiao Changan said with a forced smile: "It's all a misunderstanding. There's nothing between me and that woman. It's Miss Luo Er who misunderstood."
Lord Luo snorted coldly: "Whether it is a misunderstanding or not, you know it yourself. Since the engagement has been cancelled, you should keep your distance from Yiman. If I find out that you are pestering her, I don't mind breaking your legs again."
Thinking of the pain of a broken leg, a murderous look flashed in Xiao Changan's eyes.
At this moment, a servant came in and whispered in his ear: "Second Young Master, the Marquis wants you to go back."
Xiao Changan frowned: "What's the matter?"
The attendant lowered his head and said, "Second Master, you will know once you go there."
Xiao Changan said: "Wait first, I will go back after the banquet is over."
"This..." the attendant said, "The eldest son was frightened by a horse during training in the military camp, fell off, and the horse trampled him and broke his leg. Everyone said it was incurable, so he had no choice but to ask you for help."
Thinking of his elder brother who had been superior to him since childhood and was trained as a prince, Xiao Changan's face turned cold.
"What's the point of asking me to go back? I don't know any medical skills."
The attendant lowered his head and said, "The eldest son's situation is similar to your last situation. The Marquis wants you to go back and take a look so that we can discuss a solution together."
Xiao Changan said indifferently: "Let him wait, I have more important things to do now."
The attendant dared not disobey, and he came and left in a hurry, returning to the residence of Marquis Zhaoxin to report.
Upon hearing this, the Marquis's wife smashed her cup and shouted in anger, "What's more important? Is Ping'er's banquet more important than this? This incident is clearly a case of being taken out on. Xiao Chang'an angered the Luo family, so why should my Ping'er suffer for him?"
Xiao Changping was lying on the bed, completely unconscious. His face was frighteningly pale, without a trace of blood. His lips were chapped and trembling slightly, as if telling of the pain and torture he had experienced.
Seeing her grandson like this, Old Lady Xiao felt very distressed, her eyes filled with turbid tears, and she tapped the ground twice with her cane in anger, her voice trembling.
"The Luo family is so powerful that they dared to use their in-laws to plant spies in the army to harm my Ping'er. I must go and get an explanation for this matter!"
After saying that, she turned around and prepared to go to the Luo Mansion to settle the score.
"Mother, don't go." Marquis Zhaoxin supported her. "We have no evidence. The Luo Mansion has the support of General Pingxi and the Imperial Concubine here. We can't touch them."
"Are we just going to let it go like this?" The Marquis's wife said unwillingly, "My Lord, send someone to tell Xiao Chang'an to come back quickly. He had his leg broken by the Luo Mansion's men last time, and now he looks completely fine. He'll definitely find a way. Ping'er has a high fever, we can't delay any longer."
Marquis Zhaoxin was naturally worried about his only legitimate son, so he sent people to call him, but Xiao Changan still didn't come. The marquis's wife was angry and irritated, and glared at where the second son was standing.
"It was someone from your Second House who did something wrong and implicated my son, and now you're just standing by and watching without any reaction?"
The second wife said coldly: "Xiao Changan is not my son. I only have one son, and that is Changsheng."
It was originally forced upon her by the old lady. Even if he was the top scorer in the imperial examination, she didn't like Xiao Changan at all, and Xiao Changan also hated her in every way.
Marquis Zhaoxin had no choice but to go and call them in person. When he arrived on a fast horse, the banquet had just entered the poetry-writing session.
Loiman glanced at a certain noble lady in front of him, raised his lips secretly, and began to write a poem on the paper, and handed it in slowly when the time came.
The eldest princess and the queen were sitting at the top of the table. Suddenly, the eldest princess stopped and took out two pieces of paper and placed them in front of the queen. The queen frowned more and more as she read, and her sharp eyes fell on the two women at the bottom.
"Fu Qingyan, Loiman, can you please tell me why the poems you wrote are exactly the same?"
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