"He has become steady and reliable now, and will never do anything outrageous or wrong as you say."
"You, the Cui family, want to use his personal morality as an excuse to break off the engagement. This general will never believe it!"
The Cui Mansion's chief steward took a deep breath.
"General, you forced me to do this. Don't regret it later—"
Li Chaojing couldn't hide the sneer in his eyes and the corners of his lips: "Regret? You, the Cui family, are so impatient that you come here to cancel the engagement so late at night. This general wants to hear what happened that made you unable to wait even until tomorrow!"
"Since your Cui family was the first to be unkind, why should I talk about righteousness?"
The matchmaker was anxious: "General, let's go inside the palace and talk... After all, there are so many people listening."
Only then did Li Chaojing notice that the entrance to the mansion was once again crowded with people from the street.
His face suddenly turned black, and when he was about to waver in his idea of going into the mansion to tell about this matter, the housekeeper of the Cui Mansion suddenly grinned.
"Then the servant will tell you?"
The Cui family's housekeeper didn't give Li Chaojing any chance to regret and quickly said, "Today, my eldest wife took the ninth and eleventh daughters to Qingsong Temple to burn incense. Unfortunately, they ran into your eldest son and the fake legitimate daughter from before. They were talking affectionately together."
"It's nothing, after all, they used to be brother and sister. Even if they were a little too affectionate, our wife and the Ninth Miss wouldn't take it to heart."
"But just at that moment, one of your servants who had escaped from your house appeared again. General, can you guess who it is?"
"I heard that she was once a favored concubine of your eldest son, named 'Shanhu'."
"It's not surprising that my brother has a concubine, but what's surprising about it, General, do you know?"
"It's the concubine's face. It looks exactly like the fake legitimate daughter!"
"And it was from them that our Cui family learned that these two are actually blood sisters!"
"I heard from the maid that your eldest son kept calling out the name of the fake legitimate daughter when he slept with her every night... I'm afraid your eldest son and this fake legitimate daughter have been having an affair for a long time, right?!"
"Even if not, your eldest son must have had dirty and unspeakable thoughts about his former sister!"
"Such a coincidence, are you really unaware of it?"
"Your Li family has committed such an immoral and shameful act. Our Cui family will never tolerate it!"
"A man with such bad personal ethics and such a shameless character, our Cui family's daughter would never marry him, even if she had to become a nun in a Taoist temple!"
The Cui Mansion's chief steward flicked his sleeves after saying this, and turned around with a 'humph', appearing quite confident.
Li Chaojing covered his chest and retreated heavily!
Of course they knew exactly what Chuan'er felt for Liu Qingzhu!
When they caught Zhu'er having an affair with Prince Yun in Minglou, Chuan'er told them his thoughts clearly. Li Chaojing knew at that time that this matter must not be known to the world!
Otherwise, the reputation of their entire general's mansion will never be cleared!
Li Chaojing was both ashamed and angry, his face flushed red. "You and your Cui family are making this up, slandering my General's Mansion!"
"Our General's Mansion has long severed ties with that woman, and the two of them will never meet in private again!"
"Your Cui family is really going to any lengths to cancel the engagement. You even throw dirty water on something like this to harm my Li family!"
"You are so shameless! Do you know that the young lady from the Liu family is now the favorite concubine of His Royal Highness Prince Yun? You can even slander her for such a thing! Be careful, I will report it to His Majesty and prove the innocence of my Li family!"
The Cui Mansion's housekeeper smiled and said, "General Li, please don't be so hasty. The concubine who escaped is now pregnant. Her belly looks like she's at least four months pregnant, if not five."
"They've already had a bastard child before they've even gotten married. If this gets out, won't your General's Mansion be bullying our Cui Mansion and humiliating our legitimate daughter?"
"Also, our Cui family came here today to discuss the cancellation of the engagement. Even His Royal Highness Prince Yun has no say in the marriage between our two families!"
"Even if the general reports to the emperor, it is our Cui family that has the right and evidence!"
"Come here, drop both the divorce agreement and the engagement letter in front of the general's mansion! If the general hasn't signed it when we come to retrieve the divorce agreement tomorrow, don't blame us, the Cui family, for turning completely against him and making this a public spectacle!"
Isn’t this enough to be everywhere in the city!?
"Let's go!" The Cui Mansion's chief steward led his men away in a mighty procession.
Li Chaojing's face turned pale and he couldn't stop the man. He turned around and stumbled into the mansion.
Li Chaojing felt like a huge rock was pressing on his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe.
When he came to Lancang Courtyard and saw that his eldest son Li Kechuan was still leisurely sitting in the yard watching the moon and enjoying the scenery with a sad expression on his face, his blood suddenly boiled and anger rose in his heart!
"Unfilial son!! What good deed did you do today?!"
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