After several hours of slow processing, Qian Youxue gradually accepted those cruel facts. Her mother's heartlessness, Lianxin's death—these were realities.
As darkness fell, she sat in the courtyard lost in thought, intending to go home, but was greeted by her father, whom she rarely saw.
When Qian Sheng returned from outside, he heard that Qian Youxue had woken up and rushed over to see what was going on. He never imagined that the daughter he once hated so much was the hope of the Qian family. Over the past few days, his feelings had been extremely complicated, and coupled with Su's unreasonable demands these past two days, he was somewhat physically and mentally exhausted.
Qian Youxue saw her father standing in front of her with a haggard face. Most importantly, the look in his eyes no longer seemed as hateful as before, but rather contained a hint of complexity.
"Father!" she called out in a daze.
Um!
Qian Sheng responded in a low voice and sat down on the stone bench next to him.
Over the years, he had always had a dark expression on his face towards this daughter, and now he really didn't know what to say, so the two of them just sat there in silence.
"Master, please have some tea!" Yunhe's voice broke the awkward silence.
Qian Youxue remained silent, wary, always feeling that her father had ill intentions. After all, for so many years, the original owner had never felt fatherly love from him; they were more estranged than strangers.
"I don't know what to say anymore. Just take good care of yourself. As for your marriage to the Crown Prince, I'm afraid..." Qian Sheng stopped speaking with difficulty. The Emperor had already summoned him to the Imperial Study for a talk today, and his meaning was very clear.
This was exactly the result he had wanted, but he couldn't be happy about it now.
"A broken engagement?" Qian Youxue's eyes lit up; this was incredibly good news for him. Although he hadn't left the house these past few days, the rumors in the city were probably already flying everywhere.
Um!
Qian Sheng let out another low sigh, stood up, put his hands behind his back, and looked his daughter up and down. If it weren't for the birthmark on her face, those eyes would definitely be quite beautiful with that face, but unfortunately, fate had other plans!
Fate played a cruel joke on the Qian family. If his mother hadn't discovered the mark, he would have almost ruined the Qian family because of this joke.
"It doesn't matter if you can't be the Crown Princess, I'll find you a son-in-law who will live with you in the family!" This was his answer after much thought. The Qian family had chosen a daughter for this generation, which meant that one of the children born to this daughter had to take the Qian family surname.
Well……
This art style seems a bit off!
Shouldn't my father be using this as an excuse to scold me? Why is his tone so gentle now?
Qian Youxue stared blankly at Qian Sheng, who felt a little embarrassed by her gaze. He turned and left, stopping at the gate and saying, "Father knows about Lianxin's matter. Granny Chen will arrange for someone else to serve you in the next two days."
After saying that, Qian Sheng strode away.
Qian Youxue frowned. She had heard Yunhe mention before that her father had visited her once while she was unconscious, and had sat by her bedside for a long time. Now, his attitude was different again. What was behind this sudden change that she didn't know?
"The master is acting strangely!" Yunhe muttered to himself.
"It's strange, nothing unusual has happened these past few days?" Qian Youxue turned to look at Yun He.
Yunhe thought about it seriously for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't know what's happening outside. I haven't dared to leave here these past few days. But I have seen the maidservant from Aunt Liu's side sneaking around a few times."
Aunt Liu's servants came to scout things out, probably because of the annulment of the engagement. Aunt Liu probably didn't know anything about what happened to her mother. Before she fainted that day, she was suppressed by a powerful spiritual force, which made her think that besides those illicit herbs, her mother's courtyard probably also had some kind of formation set up. Otherwise, how could her mother dare to lay a hand on her in the mansion?
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