Chapter 147
Li Zhiwei didn't say anything after hearing Huo Yunxuan's words. She just lowered her head and thought about her father being alone in the capital.
She actually had some doubts about what Huo Yunxuan had said before.
But a little voice inside her told her it was true.
Huo Yunxuan's idea was much simpler. Since he had feelings for Li Zhiwei, he naturally wanted to make his presence felt while Li Zhiwei was in Li'an County.
“Miss Li, what I’m saying is true. Prince An is clearly not sincerely asking for your marriage. Otherwise, why would he be willing to buy fake wine for your father? He’s obviously after the Li family’s wealth. But we are different. The Huo family and the Li family are of equal social standing. My family is not short of money. We would never harm you and your family for this reason, would we?” Huo Yunxuan coaxed Li Zhiwei gently.
Li Zhiwei did not respond to Huo Yunxuan's words, but in her heart she recalled what the Marquis of Ru'an had done in her previous life when he asked her for marriage.
All they're after is the Li family's wealth.
If it were anything else, Li Zhiwei might have a rebuttal, but when it comes to money, although the Li family is the richest, the Huo family is really not much worse off than the Li family.
Moreover, the Li family had prepared most of their assets as her dowry, which has now been added to the national treasury.
It's not surprising that the Huo family now has more money than the Li family.
"Young Master Huo should know that His Majesty has arranged a marriage between me and Prince An, right?" Li Zhiwei reminded him.
As someone who is already engaged, she has no reason to have any involvement with the Huo family before she breaks off her engagement with Xu Heming.
"Well, I knew it! So that's why you were always against Xin'er's marriage! It's because of her!" A sudden voice rang out.
Li Zhiwei frowned.
I had a bad feeling.
Huo Yunxuan never expected to run into his older sister here.
"Big sister, what brings you here?" Huo Yunxuan looked at Li Zhiwei apologetically before standing up and looking at Huo Yunlan beside him, asking.
"If I hadn't come, how would I have known that you were associating with some shady people behind your family's back?" Huo Yunlan glared at Li Zhiwei beside her with displeasure.
“Miss Huo, aren’t you being a bit harsh with your words? What do you mean by ‘disreputable person’?” Li Zhiwei frowned, stood up, and expressed her disagreement with Huo Yunlan’s words.
"Heh, who do we have here? It's Miss Li. Didn't you marry into the capital? The noblemen in the capital don't want you, so you're thinking of coming back to curry favor with my brother?" Huo Yunlan still remembered that her brother had said he wanted to marry her, but the Li family patriarch said he was only taking in a son-in-law.
My younger brother is the root of the Huo family in this generation, how could he possibly become a son-in-law in the Li family?
For this reason alone, Huo Yunlan was unwilling to give Li Zhiwei a friendly look.
"Miss Huo, you'd better watch your words, lest you bring trouble upon yourself!" Li Zhiwei said unhappily.
"Big sister, don't talk nonsense. I invited Miss Li over," Huo Yunxuan said, his head aching.
He sensed that his older sister harbored obvious hostility towards Li Zhiwei, but he couldn't understand where this hostility came from.
The Li family is on par with the Huo family. Wouldn't it be great if the two families joined forces?
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