Chapter 83 Quarrel
When Yu Qinghuan arrived, Yu Zhilan could no longer cry, and there was only jealousy and resentment in her eyes.
If Yu Qinghuan hadn't refused to marry, why would the Han family have set their sights on me, and now I have to marry her on behalf of Yu Qinghuan!
Li stepped forward, holding Yu Qinghuan's arm and wiping her tears, she said, "Qinghuan, you have to help your sister. The Han family won't break off the engagement and insists your sister marry them. If she doesn't, they'll report her to the authorities. We really have no other choice. You can't just watch your sister suffer."
Xie Zhiwen on the side was somewhat moved. After all, the Yu family was his in-laws of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. It was really outrageous that this small merchant family dared to force a marriage.
He immediately looked at Yu Qinghuan, waiting for Yu Qinghuan to speak.
Yu Qinghuan really didn't expect that Xie Zhili would act so quickly and even force the Yu family to marry their second daughter to the Han family.
Looking at the Li mother and daughter, she felt very happy.
She thought: Xie Zhili's knife is really good, it is very easy for her to use.
She immediately pulled her arm back from Li's grasp, pushed her away, and walked to Xie Zhiwen's side. She asked with a smile, "That's strange. The marriage with the Han family should have been decided by you and father together. Why do you want to cancel it now?"
"Actually, if Second Sister doesn't want to get married, she can just return the betrothal gifts sent by the Han family. Marriage is a voluntary decision, and the Han family doesn't seem to be the type to force other families to marry their daughters off."
Yu Qinghuan spoke, and Xie Zhiwen beside him echoed, "Ah Huan is absolutely right. Mother-in-law, if my sister-in-law doesn't want to marry, you can return the betrothal gifts and cancel the engagement between the two families. With our Marquisate at our disposal, I believe the Han family wouldn't dare force the Yu family to marry their daughter off."
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Li's eyes. "Qinghuan, our family has been in some trouble lately. Those betrothal gifts... can you ask the Marquis to help make up for it?"
If the two shops under her had not encountered problems a few days ago and were involved in a murder lawsuit, she would not have had to use the betrothal gifts for emergency use. Now she can only come to the Marquis' Mansion for help.
I had thought before that I would wait until the store's situation improved, then gather the betrothal gifts and cancel the engagement. However, in the past few days, the Han family sent someone to urge me, saying that they did not want the eldest daughter of the Yu family, but only the second daughter of the Yu family.
If the second girl is not married, the engagement will be cancelled and all the previous betrothal gifts must be returned within three days. Otherwise, the case will be reported to the government, accusing the Yu family of using their married daughter to deceive the marriage and obtain a huge betrothal gift.
Yu Qinghuan laughed out loud when she heard what Li said. "Mother, what's so funny? When I got married, the Yu family didn't give me any dowry. Why are you so kind as to take money out of my pocket now?"
She waved her hand and said, "Since you can't afford the betrothal gift, then just marry my second sister to him. After all, she's the legal wife. The Han family is rich and will definitely not treat my second sister badly."
Upon hearing this, Li's face was filled with embarrassment. Knowing that Yu Qinghuan would not help, she immediately looked at Xie Zhiwen, "My Lord, the Han family is a ruthless den of greed and despair. Their sons are dandy and lustful, and they have over a dozen concubines in their mansion. Please help my Zhilan and don't let her marry into the Han family and suffer. You can even let her stay in the mansion and serve you. Let her repay you!"
Yu Zhilan, who was standing by, began to wipe away her tears again. "Please help me, brother-in-law. Zhilan is willing to stay in the Marquis' Mansion and serve you and my sister."
When Xie Zhiwen heard the first part of the words, he thought he could help, it was just a matter of a little money, but when he heard the latter part, he felt something was wrong, and he distanced himself from the second girl of the Yu family without saying a word.
It's not that he thought too much. It was just that when they were planning to marry Yu Qinghuan, the Yu family had already thought about marrying the second daughter instead of the eldest one.
I didn't expect that even after he died once, the Yu family still hadn't given up on this idea and wanted to send the second daughter to his mansion?
Yu Qinghuan looked at Xie Zhiwen's reaction and said with a smile, "Mother, when you advised me to remarry in your previous letter, you said that marrying into the Han family was my blessing. How come now that my second sister has been replaced, you've become a ruthless and ruthless person?"
When Xie Zhiwen heard this, he looked at Li and his face darkened: "Ah Huan, did they force you to remarry before?"
Yu Qinghuan nodded aggrievedly.
At this moment, Xie Zhiwen finally understood. It turned out that the Yu family had wanted to send Ah Huan away in exchange for a high betrothal gift. Now that he was back alive, the Han family had changed the person for the marriage.
Li was shocked. How did Yu Qinghuan know that the Han family's marriage was originally intended for her?!
Could it be that someone in the mansion let the cat out of the bag?
She hurriedly explained, "I misunderstood. We were worried about Qing Huan before, so we wanted to find her another marriage..."
Xie Zhiwen's expression became increasingly ugly, his eyes filled with anger. He didn't dare to imagine what Yu Qinghuan had been through in the past year.
At this moment, Yu Qinghuan took the initiative to hold Xie Zhiwen's arm, with a look of grievance on her face, and said coquettishly: "My Lord, they wanted to use me to exchange for betrothal gifts before, and they also wanted to trick me back to the Yu Mansion to marry. You have to make the decision for me!"
Xie Zhiwen had never seen Yu Qinghuan begging him in such a soft voice before, and his heart had already softened.
His attitude towards the Yu family suddenly hardened, and he said with a cold face: "Since you are unwilling to return the betrothal gift, then you should not cancel the engagement. My mansion cannot be involved in such matters. If you have any grievances, please go to the government."
Li suddenly became anxious: "Don't!"
Seeing Xie Zhiwen's expression change, Yu Zhilan was really scared and cried. She knelt on the ground and tugged at Yu Qinghuan's skirt, "Sister, please help me. I really don't want to marry into the Han family. It was mother's idea before. I didn't know anything..."
Fearing that Yu Zhilan might hurt Yu Qinghuan, Sang Ru immediately shouted, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and pull Miss Yu away! How dare you offend the Madam and the Marquis on such a beautiful day!"
Xie Zhiwen even ordered in a cold voice, "Come here, ask Madam Yu and Second Miss Yu to leave the house. From now on, without the permission of this Marquis, no one is allowed to enter the Marquis's house and disturb Madam's peace!"
He waved his hand, and the mother and daughter of the Yu family were directly driven out of the Marquis' Mansion by the servants.
The hall suddenly became quiet. Yu Qinghuan shook Xie Zhiwen's arm with emotion, "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for protecting me. You are so kind."
For a moment, Xie Zhiwen seemed to have returned to a year ago, when he and Yu Qinghuan had just gotten married. Back then, when he took her to Xifeng Tower, she had also been swinging her arms like this...
The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he raised his hand to touch Yu Qinghuan's head, "Of course I have to protect you."
Their eyes met and they became more familiar with each other.
But at this moment, two figures walked out of the hall, one in front and one behind, two footsteps...
Yu Qinghuan heard footsteps and looked up, only to see a familiar face wearing half a mask looking at her.
Mu Huaian's eyes were calm but somewhat restrained, his gaze fixed on her hand that was holding her friend's arm. A few days ago, these hands were setting her on fire, but now they were holding another man's arm.
Yu Qinghuan didn't expect Mu Huaian to appear suddenly. She panicked and subconsciously let go of Xie Zhiwen's arm.
Sang Ru: “…”
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