"Not only that, she actually had murderous intentions towards me today!"
At this moment, in the bushes at the entrance to Lancang Courtyard, the second-house servant, who had been eavesdropping and watching for quite a while, turned around excitedly and rushed into the darkness...
After a while, the servant came to Li Chaohuai and said, "Second Master, Second Grandfather—there's a commotion in the main house again!"
Li Chaohuai was too lazy to even lift his eyelids and just glanced at the servant.
"What's going on? There was a commotion outside just now, and now they have a lot of things going on in the main house, don't they?"
Li Chaohuai didn't feel comfortable at all in the city.
Ever since the concubine was sent to the temple, these two illegitimate families have been like being imprisoned in this general's mansion all day long!
They dare not go anywhere, let alone cause trouble.
She had to endure the humiliation of her aunt and sister being kicked out of the general's mansion at the same time!
It would have been fine if his useless brother Li Chaoan didn't dare to step forward, but now he couldn't find a way to rescue his aunt, which made the always filial Li Chaohuai very depressed.
The servant clapped his hands and said, "It's the Cui family, the family that was engaged to the eldest son. They came to the mansion tonight to break off the engagement!"
"Also, I heard that the eldest son had a bastard son, but he seems to be dead now. But just now, the eldest master was so angry that he vomited blood and even spit it all over the eldest wife's face!"
Li Chaohuai then raised his voice a little excitedly: "What did you say?"
Could it be that Big Brother is almost too angry to bear?
The next day, news spread that two people had died in the Liu family.
But at the same time, the fact that the Cui family couldn't wait to run to the General's Mansion in Dongyin Lane to cancel the engagement early in the night once again became known to everyone in the entire Jinling City.
There were quite a few people watching the excitement at the gate of the general's mansion last night.
For a time, all kinds of rumors were spread in the streets and alleys.
The General's Mansion really couldn't afford to lose this person, so no matter how thick-skinned they were, they still wanted to go out and meet people.
So when the Cui family came to pick up the letter of withdrawal of engagement, Li Chaojing had already signed it and sent it to them.
The housekeeper of the Li Mansion said politely, "Our master said that it is our General's Mansion that has wronged your Cui Family..."
However, the Cui family's butler didn't even listen. He just took a look, picked up the letter of cancellation of engagement, and ran away.
He looked as if he was afraid that the General's Mansion would go back on its word.
Li Mansion’s housekeeper: “…”
The cancellation of the engagement between the Cui and Li families is a foregone conclusion.
However, only one day later, the Cui family hurriedly arranged a new marriage for Cui Jiuniang.
This time, Cui Jiuniang chose Pei Jingzhe, the eldest son of the main house of Pei Guogong Mansion.
Li Qingluo was surprised when he heard this: "Why are the Cui family so anxious? Aren't they afraid of what people will say about them?"
Mrs. Pei was also very confused about this.
"Besides, why are you talking to Big Brother?"
Li Qingluo didn't know much about the eldest son of Duke Pei, so she asked a few more questions.
Madam Pei sighed, "He should be around twenty-six or twenty-seven now, right? However, he's the eldest son of the Duke of Pei's family, and the oldest man of your generation. He shouldn't be this young."
"But my eldest brother had a youngest son, and then the eldest son was born later by the eldest wife in the eldest house. That's why the descendants are always young."
"But wasn't he married before? I think he was married ten years ago?"
Aunt Zhang mentioned, "Yes, Madam, my eldest brother is married."
"But you forgot that my eldest brother's wife passed away due to illness four years ago, and my eldest brother was also implicated in the dethronement of the crown prince... So, he was sent to the border by the Pei family long ago, supposedly to be punished, but in reality, to gain experience."
"But now, I haven't heard any rumors about anything famous."
Madam Pei: "Then he's probably coming back. No matter what he does, won't he inherit the title of Duke Dingguo in the future?"
"This marriage arranged by the Cui family can be considered a disadvantage."
Li Qingluo was shocked inwardly, but didn't dare show it on her face.
Isn’t this a disadvantage?
She already had a vague guess about what kind of man-eating den the Pei family was.
Moreover, even if the Pei family has always been hiding their abilities and strength, the fact that the Cui family arranged this marriage for Cui Jiuniang in such a hurry, doesn't this reveal that they have other intentions?
What's more, the eldest son of the Pei family actually had a relationship with the deposed crown prince.
Thinking of Pei Sanlang again, Li Qingluo was almost certain that the Pei family was indeed on the side of the deposed prince!
The deposed prince’s men could also be thrown into the military camp... Was it the Pei family’s connections, or... the person above, or the connections used by the deposed prince?
Could there be a deeper conspiracy hidden in this?
Li Qingluo didn't think about it anymore.
But then I thought of the head of the Cui family, who is now the prime minister of Daliang!
Moreover, Li Qingluo felt that for a straightforward woman like Cui Jiuniang to marry a man so much older than her as his second wife...it was really depressing and not worth it.
The Cui family is indeed biased.
If she really wanted to marry the daughter of the Cui family to the Pei family, why didn't she marry Cui Shiyi Niang, the eldest daughter of their eldest branch?
It was Cui Jiuniang who had traveled all the way to Jinling and came up alone to find a way to cancel the engagement.
This is like escaping from the wolf's den and entering the tiger's den.
Li Qingluo could only sigh in his heart, unable to do anything to help anymore.
However, she was worried about Nan Jia's matter. She wondered how the investigation by Prince Su was going and whether there was any clue.
It seems that she must try to ask Prince Su about this matter!
Soon, the day arrived when the grandfather and grandson borrowed the mansion to entertain Duan Rongshi...
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