"Lord Zhao, are you planning to trespass into the princess's compound? Do you even take the prince seriously?"
"Butler! What are you still standing there for! Go and invite the prince! How dare you bully others like this!"
Chunhua hurriedly asked the old housekeeper to invite Li Guanghan, while they blocked the door and prevented Zhao Chao from entering.
The housekeeper knew he couldn't stop him, so he left in a hurry to find Li Guanghan.
"You are really in cahoots! It was clearly you who conspired to kidnap my concubine! And you turned around and bit me! Let me go! Let me in! Rou'er! Rou'er! Are you okay? Rou'er!" Zhao Chao's shouting was so loud that Zhang You and the others felt like their ears were going to explode.
After a while, the sound of broken porcelain was heard in the room.
The door opened and Qiao Si walked out first, but Jiang Xiaorao didn't come out.
"Qiao Xiting! Where's Rou'er? What did you do to her? Come to me if you have anything to say. Why did you touch her?" Zhao Chao raised his arms angrily, but Qiuyue held him down firmly and he could not move.
"What could I have done to her? Weren't you the one who did it to her?"
"Silent-tongued? Give him back to me!"
"No." Qiao Si said slowly, and his words were really irritating.
When Zhang You and the others heard this, they knew that she wanted to play a trick on him. She would let him go, but not easily. She would make him suffer at least.
"Qiao Xiting!" Zhao Chao wanted to take action, but Dongmei pushed him several meters away with a palm.
"She will only suffer if she follows you. Don't forget what kind of person your fiancée is. Will she tolerate a substitute for Jiang Xiaorao? If she follows you, she will only encounter danger."
Qiao Si's words weren't alarmist. Xie Qingyu had admired Zhao Chao since childhood and had always pursued him. When Zhao Chao was young, he disliked Jiang Xiaorao's rudeness, and Xie Qingyu disliked her too, often leading the other noble ladies to isolate and mock Jiang Xiaorao.
They have been at odds since childhood.
After years of unrequited love, Xie Qingyu finally waited for her and Zhao Chao to finalize their marriage. Suddenly, a woman who looked like Jiang Xiaorao appeared. How could Xie Qingyu possibly tolerate her?
If Xie Qingyu knew about Rou'er's existence, she would definitely cause trouble, and Zhao Chao would know that.
"I will handle this matter myself and will never let Rou'er suffer any injustice!"
"What are you going to do? How can I trust you? If you really love her, why did you marry her as a concubine? And why did you look for her in the image of Jiang Xiaorao?"
"...I don't need to tell you about my feelings for her. I know you want to support her because of the relationship between her and Jiang Xiaorao. I can promise that I won't treat her unfairly. I have long wanted to cancel the engagement, but I still need time to convince my parents. But I will never let Rou'er suffer any injustice."
Seeing the determination in Zhao Chao's eyes, Qiao Si sneered, "Ha! Zhao Chao, sometimes, I really want to know, do you love Jiang Xiaorao? Or do you love Rou'er? Now that you're disobeying your parents' orders and breaking off the engagement, is it for Jiang Xiaorao or for her?"
“…”
Zhao Chao did not answer.
Maybe even he doesn't know who he loves.
But no matter who he loves, Rou'er is within his reach, and he will only be with her.
Zhao Chao avoided talking about it, which was another option.
"Can you give Rou'er back to me now?"
"You want to get someone back just by talking? How can it be that easy?"
"What else do you want to do?"
"You are just empty talk. How do I know if you will go back on your word? Why don't you cancel the engagement today?" Qiao Si was enjoying the fun.
Zhao Chao was furious and argued with her. When the two were arguing, Li Guanghan arrived.
Li Guanghan was caught between the two of them and felt a bit awkward. He wanted to win over both sides and didn't want to offend them, so he acted as a peacemaker.
For his sake, Qiao Si decided to stop while he was ahead and asked Jingzhu to invite Rouer out.
As soon as she appeared, Zhao Chao's eyes fell on her, carefully checking whether she was injured.
"Since there is nothing else, Lord Zhao should take the lady back. The princess's residence is not suitable for outsiders to stay."
After Li Guanghan spoke, Zhao Chao calmed down and said goodbye to him politely.
"Master Zhao, don't forget your promise? If you are unfaithful, I will still take her back."
Qiao Si shouted at him from a distance. Zhao Chao paused, without turning back, but his voice grew colder: "That day will never come."
Li Guanghan didn't want Qiao Si to cause him any trouble, so after Zhao Chao left, he took the opportunity to say a few words to her.
Qiao Si just smiled and agreed. As for whether this would happen again in the future, it was never his decision...
After two days of silence, Li Guanghan began to show his courtesy to Qiao Si again. He came to Qiao Si's yard on time for three meals a day, and was as attentive as if they were a loving couple.
"Come, eat this." Li Guanghan picked up the dish and put it in Qiao Si's bowl.
"Hmm." Qiao Si responded lightly, took a small bite and put the rest down.
Zhang You and the others secretly watched them from the door, complaining in their hearts, but they couldn't complain because Jinfu and Jinlu were around.
Suddenly, the housekeeper came hurriedly from outside, walked quickly into the house, bent down and whispered to Li Guanghan.
Li Guanghan's face darkened and he lost his desire to eat.
After the old butler finished speaking, Li Guanghan stood up and said to Qiao Si, "No need to wait for him, he has something to do," and then hurried away.
"What happened?" Zhang You looked at them hurriedly leaving curiously and asked in confusion.
"I'll go take a look." Dongmei said and followed him out.
Zhang You and the others walked into the house and looked at Qiao Si curiously. Qiao Si just shook his head and asked them to sit down and wait for news.
In the afternoon, the shop assistants from Zhenbao Pavilion and Daixiangfang delivered today's new products.
Dongmei also came back at this time.
"What happened?" After the people walked away, Cui Liu couldn't wait to ask Dongmei about the news she had heard.
"Princess, the prince hurried to the palace. I heard that the emperor summoned him, and not only the prince, but also the crown prince. I don't know what it is about."
"Yeah." Qiao Si nodded. She opened the mechanism in the new rouge box and took out a secret letter.
Zhang You and the others waited quietly on the side. Qiao Si's expression was a little serious, which made them feel nervous.
"Princess? But what happened?"
Qiao Si put down the secret letter, Jing Zhu quickly took out a candlestick and asked Qiao Si to burn the secret letter.
"During the Chiyan Rebellion, Li Xianyu's marriage party was slaughtered. Li Xianyu sought a letter from the Emperor. Li Guanghan and the Crown Prince entered the palace, presumably for this matter."
"What?"
"The Blazing Rebellion?"
"They actually acted so quickly?"
"We originally deduced that they would take action after the New Year, but we didn't expect it to be so early. Li Xianyu has been married for less than three months, and the alliance between Chiyan and Tangye had just been established, but they tore up the alliance so abruptly. It seems that someone accelerated this matter." Qiao Si analyzed calmly, frowning slightly.
"Chiyan has wolfish ambitions and has been prepared for this. Those small nations in the west have all submitted to Chiyan. If they break the alliance and start unrest, the emperor will definitely send troops to deal with them."
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