Ye Cunjin took a deep breath: "Your Highness, Qingxue has admitted to having a secret rendezvous with Young Master Pan Heng all night. Just now in the backyard, I was reprimanding Qingxue."
"But Sister Qingxue has committed such a grave mistake that a mere reprimand is insufficient to make her repent. Therefore, I have punished her by making her kneel in the backyard. Once she has been punished enough, I will personally bring her to my door to apologize!"
"It's good that she admitted her mistake." Prince Ding's face was frosty. "However, Lord Ye, I think that since the eldest young lady knew that she had returned this time to marry me, why would she still make such a grave mistake?"
Ye Cunjin frowned slightly, not daring to reply for a moment, after all, they had not completed the task that Prince Ding had given to the Marquis's mansion.
Prince Ding told him to stand up and continued, "In my opinion, Miss Ye must not want to marry me as a concubine, which is why she spent the whole night having a secret rendezvous with another man!"
Ye Cunjin was startled and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Prince Ding.
"When I was twelve years old, after being betrothed by my father, I was wholeheartedly preparing to grow up and marry Miss Ye as my concubine."
"It's just a pity that she met the eldest son of the Pan family first and they developed feelings for each other. Even if I still want to fulfill my promise to marry her as my concubine, I'm afraid she won't be willing."
"A forced marriage is never sweet. They wasted their lives and became bitter enemies, losing sight of the original intention of the Marquis who asked the Emperor to grant them a marriage."
As Prince Ding spoke, he picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and then put it down, as if he had made up his mind.
He said, "Therefore, I have come to your door today to annul the engagement. I have decided to set Miss Ye free. I wonder if Lord Ye can agree to this?"
Ye Cunjin was stunned. He had thought that the Marquis's mansion had failed in its duties and that the Prince of Ding had come to interrogate him. He was prepared to pin all the blame on Ye Qingxue.
Now, Prince Ding is telling him that he came to annul the engagement with Ye Qingxue on his own initiative.
That's great, that's wonderful. Ye Qingxue dared to be so arrogant in the backyard, taking him hostage, cutting off her second uncle's arm, and burning down Wanxiang Hall. She didn't take anyone seriously. She probably only did it because of her engagement with Prince Ding.
She thought that the emperor had decreed the marriage, that the marriage was a done deal and no one could change it, and that she was destined to become the Princess Consort of Ding. That's why she was so arrogant and disdainful of everyone.
Seeing that he remained silent, the eldest princess assumed that he was unwilling and said angrily, "What Miss Ye did not only humiliate Prince Ding, but also trampled on the dignity of the royal family. Prince Ding did not punish her, but only took the initiative to break off the engagement, which is already an extraordinary act of mercy. Surely Lord Ye would not refuse?"
Prince Ding stared at Ye Cunjin, thinking to himself, "What's wrong with Ye Cunjin? I never wanted to marry Ye Qingxue in the first place; I wanted to marry Ye Yabing. Doesn't he know that?"
"We asked their Marquis's family to voluntarily annul the engagement, but they failed. Now that I, the Prince, have taken this opportunity to come and annul the engagement, what's wrong with Ye Cunjin? Why won't he agree?"
Prince Ding's deep gaze fell on Ye Cunjin, who was startled and quickly said, "No, no, no, I did not refuse. I was just thinking that since this matter is so sudden, will Sister Qingxue cause trouble?"
"However, I have now figured it out. It was Qingxue who wronged Your Highness first. As the Princess said, the Emperor and Your Highness have already shown great magnanimity and leniency by not punishing Qingxue or the Marquis's Mansion. The entire Marquis's Mansion should be grateful to the point of tears."
"If Sister Qingxue dares to be dissatisfied with this, then it is her fault, and I will reprimand her! Your Highness and the Princess can rest assured!"
Prince Ding stood up from his chair, walked up to Ye Cunjin, and said, "Lord Ye, please remember this: it was Miss Ye who was unwilling to marry into Prince Ding's mansion, so I came to break off the engagement and grant Miss Ye's wish to marry Young Master Pan."
"Yes...yes!" Ye Cunjin replied.
Since the betrothal ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow and there is no marriage certificate between the two parties yet, there is no such thing as tearing up the marriage certificate.
However, before arriving here, Prince Ding had written a letter of annulment, which he immediately produced, saying, "Today, with my aunt, the Eldest Princess, here as witness, the engagement between this prince and the eldest daughter of the Ye family is hereby terminated!"
When the eldest princess visited yesterday, she heard how arrogant Ye Qingxue was in the backyard and how she even beat a nanny to death. This made her feel resentful towards Ye Qingxue.
Yesterday, she wanted to go to the palace to tell the emperor about this matter after leaving the Marquis's residence, but she was delayed by other matters and did not go.
Today, news spread that Ye Qingxue had been having an affair with another man all night. She despised Ye Qingxue even more. Prince Ding then personally came to her door, asking her to come to the Marquis's residence to annul the engagement. So she angrily followed along.
Now that she can witness Prince Ding annul the engagement, and that despicable people like Ye Qingxue no longer have the chance to become Prince Ding's consort, how could she not be happy?
He immediately said, "I am both your aunt and the matchmaker for your marriage to Miss Ye. Today, I will witness the annulment of your engagement with Miss Ye Qingxue, Wang Yunchi. From now on, your marriages will be separate matters!"
The eldest princess took the letter of annulment from Prince Ding's hand, unfolded it, and found that Prince Ding had already stamped his seal and written his name in the place for the person announcing the annulment.
The letter of annulment also stated the reasons for the annulment, which were no different from what Prince Ding had said earlier: he did not want to take away someone else's love, so he set Ye Qingxue free.
The eldest princess then wrote her name in the place where the witnesses were, and then handed it to Ye Cunjin. Ye Cunjin also stamped his seal and wrote his name in the place where he agreed to annul the engagement.
The matter of Prince Ding Yunchi and Ye Qingxue annuling their engagement was thus concluded.
Ye Cunjin's feelings were somewhat complicated. Although the engagement was called off and Ye Qingxue no longer dared to be arrogant, the marriage alliance between the Marquis's Mansion and the Prince Ding's Mansion had also fallen through.
Who doesn't know that Prince Ding is currently the most popular candidate for crown prince? He is very likely to ascend the throne in the future!
I originally thought it would be easy to get Ye Qingxue to break off the engagement and have Ye Yabing take her place.
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