Chapter 245 Bastard
She was determined to cut off Lu Jing's thoughts, and told him bluntly that there was only hatred between them, and there was no need to mention the past engagement. Su Qingwan hoped that Lu Jing would be smart and stop holding on to this matter, which would only add to the troubles of both parties.
"Your Highness, just assume that you are coming to Huainan on official business!" Su Qingwan's tone was gentle, but with an unquestionable determination, hoping that Lu Jing would regain some of his rationality and not bring up those sensitive topics again.
"If it was just for official business, why would I have come all the way here?" Lu Jing's eyes were fixed on Su Qingwan, and he had already speculated about the story of the twins of the King of Huainan. One of them married into the Lu family, but was forced to death, and the other one pretended to be someone else and sneaked into the Lu family for revenge. But he knew in his heart that hatred was hatred, and feelings were feelings, and he had never done anything wrong to her.
"This marriage was granted by the late emperor. It is written in black and white. The imperial edict clearly states that I am granted marriage with the Princess of the Southwest. If you are unwilling to fulfill the marriage contract, then I can only marry the Princess of the Southwest." Lu Jing was determined to force Su Qingwan to submit, and his words were full of determination.
Su Qingwan devoted herself to the political affairs of Huainan and had no interest in love affairs.
In the future, for the sake of stability in Huainan, the marriage may become a transaction, just like the marriage between the Eighteen Mountains of Huainan and the royal palace. If it weren't for General Xiaoning and Zhang Huaining's mediation, she might have to marry the bandit leader Zhang San. After all, this is the fastest way to subdue the bandits. With her personality, she really can do such a thing. Because of this, when the news came from Huainan that the royal palace was going to marry the bandits, Lu Jing couldn't sit still in the capital.
Fortunately, he heard halfway that the marriage was between General Xiaoning and Zhang Huaining. Although the princess and Zhang San had discussed a marriage, it just didn't come through. But this still made Lu Jing feel a deep sense of crisis.
"What did you say?" Su Qingwan frowned, her eyes full of surprise and displeasure.
"The marriage was granted by the late emperor, and the imperial edict is still enshrined in the palace. If you don't fulfill the marriage contract, I can only marry the princess appointed by the imperial edict!" Lu Jing has already disregarded everything and used all means to arrange this marriage.
Su Qingwan has a very good relationship with the Southwest Prince's Palace. The Southwest Princess is weak and cannot leave Southwest. The Southwest Prince loves his daughter and will only recruit a son-in-law. He will never marry his daughter far away, let alone marrying her to Lu Jing. The capital is a long way away, and the mansion is deep. The princess is weak and may not be able to adapt to the climate and diet in the capital. If the marriage is really to take place, I am afraid that half of her life will be lost.
"You dare!" Su Qingwan's face suddenly changed, and anger burned in her eyes.
"You can try!" Lu Jing's attitude was even tougher than hers. During this period of time, he had figured out Su Qingwan's personality. She would not tolerate any hard tactics, and ordinary methods would not work on her. He could only force her like this. "The imperial decree has granted us marriage, so why should I not dare?"
Su Qingwan was angry and annoyed, and was caught in a dilemma.
"Who was it that used me to kill General Mu and promised to marry me? She was so sincere when she promised, but now she is ungrateful. Princess, I am not a soft persimmon that you can manipulate at will!" Lu Jing said mercilessly, "I heard that you Huainan people value your promises the most. Is this how you play tricks on me?"
Su Qingwan was about to refute, but Lu Jing interrupted her first: "You want to say that your alliance and marriage with me as the Princess of Southwest County does not count? Fine, then I will go find the Princess of Southwest County, which is also reasonable!"
Su Qingwan thought to herself that Lu Jing was clearly a hooligan. She must not involve the Southwest Palace in the trouble she had caused, and she must not let Lu Jing do whatever he wanted. "Lu Jing, a forced marriage is not sweet. Besides, I was your eldest sister-in-law. How can I marry you? Your uncle, aunt, brother, and your mother, all members of the Lu family have seen me. In front of the emperor, I insisted that Li Xueying attempted murder, and this was known to the whole court. Everyone knows that the former eldest lady of the Lu family was only divorced, not dead. If the truth is revealed, this divorce letter will be invalid, and my sister's household registration will still be in the Lu family. She will be buried with the Lu family for the rest of her life. I will never agree to it! I pretended to be your sister and entered the Lu family for revenge and to help my sister get out of the Lu family. So, I will not reveal the truth. Then... in the eyes of everyone, I am your former eldest sister-in-law. If your brother marries your brother's wife, can your reputation be good? How can you face the ancestors of the Lu family? When you were in the Lu family, there was a scandal of uncle and sister-in-law secretly going to Chencang. You want to marry me. Isn't this confirming the rumors? Aren't you afraid of being stabbed in the back?"
"I don't mind!" Lu Jing is a stubborn person. Once he makes up his mind, no one can change his mind. "You want your eldest sister-in-law to be free, leave the Lu family, and take her place forever. I respect you. But you promised to marry me, and that's also a fact!"
Before Lu Jing came to Huainan, he had expected that Su Qingwan would not expose the fact that she had replaced her sister's identity.
Once the truth is revealed, it will be revealed that the eldest sister-in-law had died a year ago and was still the daughter-in-law of the Lu family when she died. The divorce letter will be invalid. Xie Zhaolan is a member of the Lu family in life and a ghost of the Lu family in death. Her body cannot be moved out of the Lu family's ancestral tomb and she will be trapped in the Lu family forever.
Su Qingwan has already moved her eldest sister-in-law's body to Huainan, so it is naturally impossible for her to reveal the truth, otherwise everything she has done before will be in vain.
But so what?
"You don't mind?" Su Qingwan sneered angrily, "My sister has been in charge of the Lu family's finances for three years. She has organized banquets, burned incense to worship ancestors, entertained guests and given gifts. Everyone in the Lu family knows her. Now she has changed her identity and has become the third young master's wife. She also has to organize banquets, worship ancestors and entertain guests. When the time comes, the ancestors in your ancestral hall will probably question you, how dare you marry your eldest sister-in-law. Your clansmen will also poke your spine and scold you for disregarding ethics and coveting your eldest sister-in-law and secretly having an affair. Of course, you don't care about your already precarious reputation, but I will be accused of being fickle and seducing my uncle, don't even think about it!"
Su Qingwan felt it was extremely absurd just to imagine the scene when Lin, Zhang and Lu Feng saw her face when they went to serve tea the next day after the wedding. By then, she and Lu Jing would probably be drowned in the spit of everyone, and all the rumors in the mansion would come true, saying that she was shameless and seduced her younger uncle, and that Lu Jing disregarded ethics and secretly had an affair with his eldest sister-in-law. It was as ugly as it could be.
Lu Jing, however, acted like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, and said calmly: "In that case, just announce to the public that you are the little princess of Huainan, but you look similar to the eldest sister-in-law, there is no need to reveal the truth of the substitution!"
Su Qingwan was so angry at his rogue remarks that she almost laughed. She pointed at her face and said angrily, "Same face, same voice, same preferences, same temperament. Do you think everyone is a fool? Everyone can recognize it. Do you want to piss off all the elders of the Lu family to death?"
Lu Jing looked calm and said calmly: "Xiao Wu, I am now the regent, and the Jinyiwei are all under my control. If I call a deer a horse and put the wrong hat on someone else, others must recognize it. If they don't, they will die!"
Su Qingwan was speechless for a moment when she heard this, but she had no way to deal with Lu Jing.
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