"Tell me, why did Mother suddenly stop letting me call her Mother, and why is she not treating me the same as before?" Xu Qingshi said, resting her chin on her hands, looking troubled.
"Your Highness, the Prince and Miss Li are not yet married. Perhaps they don't want people to misunderstand?" Mo Yu guessed cautiously.
"My lord, this is too difficult to understand. I really hope Father can come soon, so that Mother won't be unhappy." Little Xu Qingshi still felt that Li Zhiwei was unhappy perhaps because she couldn't see Xu Heming.
As soon as Li Zhiwei stepped into the Cao family's gate, she heard someone exclaim in an exaggerated tone, "Oh, isn't this our Miss Li who married into the capital?"
Li Zhiwei frowned and turned to look at the woman who had spoken. She was Jiang Qiaohui, the daughter of a wealthy man from Li'an County.
However, he had no connection with her. After all, the Li family was not a family that the Jiang family could easily curry favor with.
Li Zhiwei didn't want to pay attention to this kind of person, so she turned around and left.
"Li Zhiwei, I'm calling you! Didn't you hear me?" Jiang Qiaohui didn't expect Li Zhiwei to ignore her. She was about to marry into the Duan family.
Back then, rumors circulated throughout Li'an County that Li Zhiwei was in love with Duan Qingyan, the eldest son of the Duan family. However, Duan Qingyan did not reciprocate Li Zhiwei's feelings. The two families had even discussed marriage, but for some reason, it came to nothing. The more jealous she was then, the more smug she is now.
"Miss Jiang, is there something you need?" Li Zhiwei looked at the rude Miss Jiang with impatience. She didn't remember having any relationship with her, and she had to pretend to be polite to her even though she knew that Miss Jiang had ill intentions.
"Li Zhiwei, I'm going to marry Brother Qingyan!" Jiang Qiaohui said to Li Zhiwei with a smug look on her face.
"Oh, congratulations, Miss Jiang," Li Zhiwei replied indifferently.
She didn't even know who the "brother Qingyan" Jiang Qiaohui was talking about was.
"No, you're just like this?" Now it was Jiang Qiaohui's turn to be dumbfounded. Wasn't it said that Li Zhiwei was in love with Duan Qingyan but couldn't get him?
Knowing that she was going to marry Duan Qingyan, shouldn't she be jealous of herself?
"What else does Miss Jiang want from me?" Li Zhiwei asked Jiang Qiaohui, somewhat puzzled.
Didn't she already congratulate her?
What else is there to complain about?
"I wish you and your Qingyan brother a long and happy marriage, and many children!" After thinking for a moment, Li Zhiwei added.
"Zhiwei, is it really you who's back?" A surprised female voice came from behind.
"An'an, it's been a long time!" Seeing her old friend Shen An'an, Li Zhiwei finally showed a rare smile.
"You said you came back, but I didn't see you looking for me," Shen An'an said with a dissatisfied expression.
"I've been busy these past few days. I was planning to visit you, but something came up and I couldn't," Li Zhiwei said somewhat apologetically.
"Alright, we're like family, I knew you wouldn't forget me!" Shen An'an actually had a lot of questions for Li Zhiwei.
Just now in the hall, everyone was discussing why Li Zhiwei suddenly came back, and whether it was true or false that Li Zhiwei had been jilted by her fiancé.
However, Shen An'an also knew that this was not the place to talk.
The most urgent task is to shut those people up.
"Why are you walking with that guy from the Jiang family?" Shen An'an asked in a low voice after pulling Li Zhiwei into the inner hall.
"No, I just ran into her at the door. I didn't want to talk to her, but she grabbed me and insisted that she was going to marry Brother Qingyan. I congratulated her, and she got angry. What's going on?" Li Zhiwei asked, puzzled.
"No way? You didn't know? There were rumors before that you were in love with the young master of the Duan family? Later, there were even rumors that your two families were discussing marriage. The rumors were quite detailed. I even asked you about it at the time, and you said it wasn't true. Before anything else could spread, you were going to marry someone from the capital, and the matter was dropped." Shen An'an quickly told her friend about this.
"Huh? I don't know the young master of the Duan family?" Li Zhiwei said, puzzled.
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