Chen Qiu Nian's lips trembled, "She's cheating on me, how can I still speak to her in a gentle voice?"
Fang Qingyue cleared her throat, feeling extremely nervous, not knowing how the Lord would end this...
"Recently, there has been a daring flower-stealing thief in the capital. He breaks into the boudoir at night and harms innocent people everywhere. Yesterday, I led my men to round up and kill him, and we found that the thief came out of her room."
Shen Yuhan looked at Shen Qiu Nian seriously, "Her innocence was harmed by the thief, so I asked your mother to cancel the marriage. She was the victim, and you beat her up!"
“This… I…”
Shen Qiu Nian looked embarrassed, and then shirked responsibility, "I didn't expect it to be so complicated, and I asked her for a long time, but she refused to speak!"
Fang Qingyue was astonished that the Lord could actually come up with such nonsense...
"Alright, if you're fine, get out of here. If you lose your composure like this again, I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of your mother!"
"I understand, uncle..."
Chen Qiu Nian glanced at Fang Qingyue with disdain, his tone full of warning.
"Don't ever mention your engagement to anyone again. It's dirty."
Fang Qingyue quickly lowered her head and replied subtly, "Yes...My Lord."
"What bad luck!"
Chen Qiu Nian muttered and walked away.
After he left, Shen Yuhan reached out and pulled her up, then threw a few taels of silver on the counter.
"Golden medicine."
Fang Qingyue looked at his broad shoulders and slim waist, and felt a little grateful in her heart. If it weren't for him today, she would have died at the hands of Shen Qiu Nian.
"Thank you for rescuing me, sir."
Shen Yuhan gave her all the gold wound medicine, then said coldly: "Come with me."
After leaving the pharmacy, he pushed her into the carriage.
"Sir, where are you taking me?"
Shen Yuhan closed her beautiful eyes and leaned against the carriage.
"Once a lie is told, it will be covered up with more lies. Chen Qiu Nian is a man who can't keep secrets. He will probably spread the news that you were possessed by the flower thief very quickly. The three courts are jointly investigating the flower thief's case. If your confession is not in the files of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the people from the Ministry of Justice and Jingji Prefecture will definitely find the omission."
Fang Qingyue twisted her fingers together and bit her lips lightly.
"Have I caused trouble to the adults?"
Shen Yuhan half opened his eyes, looked at the contraceptive soup in her hand and the pinch marks on her neck, and remained silent.
When the carriage arrived at the Censorate, he took her alone to a room for 'interrogation'.
In the room, Shen Yuhan bent over the desk and wrote a "confession" and then asked Fang Qingyue to sign it.
He sealed the file after smearing it with red mud and stamping it with his fingerprints.
Fang Qingyue was sitting obediently, but out of the corner of her eye she saw three large characters written on the plaque in the room opposite her.
Her eyes were introverted and her heart was moved.
The Censorate's archives would likely contain files on my father's treason case. If only I could take a look at them...
"grown ups……"
Fang Qingyue gently tugged at Shen Yuhan's sleeve and said softly, "Can I take a look around the Censorate?"
Shen Yuhan's eyes darkened, and he said coldly: "Do you think this is your own backyard?"
He threw the contraceptive soup ingredients to her and urged, "Leave quickly and drink the contraceptive soup when you get home."
Seeing his firm tone, Fang Qingyue couldn't force him and could only leave with her head down.
Half an hour later, at the old house.
"Are you Fang Qingyue?"
Just as she reached the door of her house, she heard a voice mixed with contempt. Fang Qingyue looked up and saw a maid in a lotus green dress standing at the door.
Qingzhu, the maid of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion...
What is she here for?
"It's me."
Qingzhu pulled out a letter from his sleeve and threw it to Fang Qingyue, then sneered, "If you dare to disobey, you will have a hard time in the future."
Fang Qingyue unfolded the letter, her expression changed, and a hint of fear appeared in her eyes.
In the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, lights flickered.
The huge guest hall was filled with guests, estimated to be about sixty or seventy people, most of whom were close relatives of the Shen family and ministers in the court who were close to the Marquis' Mansion.
The lady who was in charge of entertaining the guests was named Li Junyi, Shen Qiu Nian's mother. She was in her early forties and still had some charm.
"Today is my son's engagement party. Thank you all for coming to the party."
"Madam Li, please hand over your future daughter-in-law to me. She must be a beauty."
Hearing someone praising her, Li Junyi smiled gently, "Of course I have to shout it out, but before the good news, I have a sad story to tell you."
After she finished speaking, she looked out the door.
"Come in."
The guests all looked towards the door, and Fang Qingyue came in from outside with a feeling of being on edge.
When Shen Yuhan, who was sitting next to Li Junyi, saw him, his face suddenly darkened.
How come she is here?
Li Junyi sighed softly, walked to the center of the living room, and bowed everywhere.
"Mrs. Li, what are you doing?"
Li Junyi wiped her eyes, tears welling up in her eyes. "Everyone, my son was engaged to the daughter of Censor Fang. Although Censor Fang has now been convicted and executed, the Ningyuan Marquisate cannot be so heartless and disloyal. We still want to continue the engagement and marry her off... But this child is truly pitiful..."
As she spoke, Li Junyi shed two more tears. "This child was violated by that hateful flower-stealing thief yesterday. I'm afraid everyone will know about this soon. So today, I would like to ask you all to pretend that you don't know about this matter from now on, so that this child won't be embarrassed."
Shen Yuhan's hand holding the wine glass turned green. Li Junyi had clearly agreed to cancel the engagement, but why did she now act as if she wanted to marry her?
Could it be that Fang Qingyue used some tricks behind her back to make Li Junyi accept her?
There was a turbulent undercurrent in Shen Yuhan's dark eyes as he stared at Fang Qingyue intently.
Fang Qingyue lowered her head and said nothing, her hands clenched in her sleeves. The two drops of toad urine squeezed out by Li Junyi made her feel sick!
"Madam Li, since this girl has already lost her virginity, how can she still marry the Ningyuan Marquis? This is absolutely unacceptable!"
"Yes! Wouldn't this bring shame to the Ningyuan Marquisate?"
"Mrs. Li, please think twice!"
The guests tried to persuade her, but Li Junyi looked helpless.
"I appreciate your kindness, but this child is also a victim. The Marquis' Mansion cannot be so unjust."
"Second Aunt, you are just too kind!"
Li Junyi's niece, Li Lan'er, showed disdain on her face. "So what if she's a flower thief? As long as she doesn't want to and struggles desperately, I don't believe the thief can succeed. I think she just can't stand the loneliness and is half-heartedly giving in."
"that is!"
As soon as she finished speaking, another female relative echoed her, "If I were to encounter such a wicked person, I would rather die than lose my virginity and live in vain."
"That's well said."
Li Lan'er stood up, pointed at Fang Qingyue's nose and cursed, "You bitch, you can't even protect your own body, and you still have the nerve to come to the Marquis' Mansion today! Get out now!"
Li Junyi frowned and quickly grabbed her niece.
"Lan'er, don't be so rude. That thief is very skilled in martial arts. How can a girl be so powerful..."
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