Ye Xingchen remembered that in the storybook, it was said that the Ye family was a merchant family and was looked down upon by the wealthy families in the capital. The third son of the Ye family gave up business and turned to literature in order to fight for the Ye family.

Ye Laosan took part in the provincial examination and the metropolitan examination, and his results were good, but he failed to pass the palace examination three times. From then on, he was unable to recover and suffered a great blow.

His fiancée Xia Lan broke off the engagement with him and married the minister's son. After that, Ye Laosan drank all day long and indulged in depravity. Finally, when Prince Mo eliminated the Ye family, Ye Laosan died to protect Ye Xingchen.

In fact, it’s not that Ye Laosan has no talent, but because King Mo is interfering.

Because Prince Mo does not want to give the Ye family any chance to gain power, he wants to suppress the Ye family into the dust, so that the Ye family can only rely on him, and the Ye family’s money will support him with all its strength.

Now that she has become Ye Xingchen, she will naturally not let King Mo succeed.

"Third brother, there will be another palace examination in three months. You can take it again this time." Ye Xingchen said.

Ye Lao San, however, looked depressed: "I, I'd better give up. I haven't passed the exam for three years. I can't do it."

"You couldn't do it before because------" Ye Xingchen was about to tell the truth, but the servant came in to report.

"Master, Madam, the Xia family is here."

"They dare to come, let them in!" Mrs. Ye snorted angrily.

The two elders of the Xia family walked in with their daughter Xia Lan. Mrs. Xia looked arrogant and said, "Sorry for disturbing you by coming here uninvited today."

In the past, the two elders from the Xia family would always be humble and polite when they came to the Ye family. This is the first time they are acting so domineeringly.

Mrs. Ye's face immediately darkened: "Why did you come to my Ye family?"

"Let's be frank today. We are here to cancel the engagement." Mrs. Xia snorted coldly.

"Madam, why do you have to be like this? Let's talk it out." Father Xia said apologetically.

"Ye Lao San has taken the palace examination for three years, but he didn't even get his name on the list. How can I bear to marry my Lan'er to a mediocre person?" Xia's mother retorted.

"Madam Xia, what do you mean? Even though my third son didn't pass the palace examination, he ranked among the top in the provincial and metropolitan examinations. How can you look down on him like this?" Ye's mother snorted angrily.

"What's the use? I only have Lan'er as my daughter, so naturally I hope she will live a prosperous and glorious life in the future!" Mrs. Xia retorted.

"Miss Xia will marry into our Ye family. With our family's wealth that rivals that of a country, she will naturally live a life of wealth and glory!" Ye's father analyzed.

"Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants are ranked at the end. The Ye family has always been looked down upon by the Taoist families in the capital. How can my daughter marry into a merchant family? She will be looked down upon by others, and how can I, as a mother, bear to let her go?" Mother Xia was so angry.

"Madam, that's enough." Father Xia snorted angrily, "I'm sorry, my wife has always been outspoken, please don't mind."

"Xia Hancheng, when your Xia family was in trouble, it was my Ye family that helped and made the Xia family recover. Now you actually come to cancel the engagement. How can you be so shameless?" Ye's mother said mercilessly.

“What you said is wrong. The Ye family did help the Xia family, but you did it voluntarily. We didn’t ask you to do it.

I might as well tell you that my daughter has been favored by the son of the Minister of Revenue. He is a high-ranking official, and he has promised Lan'er to be his legal wife, so today, regardless of whether you agree or not, we will cancel the engagement!" Xia's mother said solemnly.

The third son of the Ye family was extremely pale. He was humiliated in public, and that person was his future mother-in-law. He immediately felt humiliated.

Ye Xingchen looked at Xia Lan and saw that she didn't dare to look up, her eyes were dodging, and her face became a little colder.

Such a person is indeed not worthy of marrying the third brother.

"Should we ask the person involved, Miss Xia?" Ye Xingchen's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and everyone heard it.

When Xia Lan heard her name being called, her expression became even uglier.

"Okay, then let Lan'er decide for herself whether she wants to cancel the engagement." Mother Xia said proudly.

Ye Lao San took a few deep breaths, mustered up the courage and walked up to Xia Lan: "Xia Lan, I'm useless. Can you give me another chance? I can do it this time."

Ye Xingchen was stunned. His third brother, who had just said he couldn't do it, actually made a promise to Xia Lan. The power of love is really great.

It’s a pity that he and Xia Lan were not destined to be together.

Xia Lan's face tensed up a bit: "I'm sorry, Ah Chang, I've been waiting for you for three years, but we are destined not to be together."

Ye Lao San looked at Xia Lan in front of him in shock and disbelief: "Lan'er, how could you say such a thing? You and I have been engaged for many years, and I have long regarded you as mine------"

"A Chang, please forget everything that happened between you and me in the past. I only have this one chance, please agree to it, I beg you." Xia Lan begged.

Ye Laosan was in disbelief. In his mind, the white moonlight was the most considerate, gentle, well-educated and sensible. But she actually begged him to let her go in order to cling to power.

Ridiculous, so ridiculous.

"Since Xia Lan has said so, the engagement should be cancelled. The men of my Ye family can have any kind of woman they want. It's better not to have relatives from your family who are so vain and greedy for power. Someone, show us away!" Ye's mother roared.

Madam Xia was humiliated in public and couldn't hold back her face: "You agreed to cancel the engagement, and there will be no relationship between the two families from now on."

"Madam, please say less." Father Xia said apologetically, "Brother Ye, I'm sorry."

After the Xia family left, Ye's mother overturned the whole table in anger. "The Xia family is a bunch of ungrateful people. How dare they humiliate my son? They really think they are nothing. If the Ye family hadn't helped them, who knows where they would be begging now. I don't believe that my son can't find anyone better without Xia Lan. What a joke."

"He is so heartless." Ye's father was also very angry.

"We can't find the three-legged Eighth Prince, but there are two-legged women everywhere. I must find the best one in the whole capital for my third brother, and then the Xia family will be pissed off to death!" Ye Xiaosha agreed.

"I'm sorry, Mom and Dad. It's all my fault." Ye Laosan blamed himself.

“Third brother, don’t blame yourself. The reason why you failed to pass the palace examination is not your fault, but Prince Mo’s obstruction. He doesn’t want our Ye family to succeed. So the Ye family can only rely on him.” Ye Xingchen said the key.

Everyone was shocked, and Ye's mother looked incredulous: "Xingchen, are you telling the truth?"

"Daughter, how did you know?"

"I overheard the conversation between Prince Mo and his confidant and learned the truth about why my third brother failed the imperial examination." Ye Xingchen explained.

If they said it was a storybook or that they calculated it themselves, they would definitely not believe it.

"This damn King Mo is a piece of shit. He actually persecuted the third brother like this. He is despicable and shameless!" Ye's mother roared.

"The third son is the most talented in the Ye family. I said it was impossible for my son to fail so many times. It turned out to be the work of that villain King Mo. How shameless." Ye's father agreed.

Ye Xiaosha looked at Ye Xingchen: "Sister, if you knew, why didn't you say it just now?"