One sentence and she was rejected.

  Li Huaiyu felt a bit incredulous, looking at Bai Dezhong and pointing to herself: "The one who is engaged to Jiang Yan... is me? On Jiang Yans birthday, I was resting at home, does that make sense?"

  Bai Des deep voice said: "The Jiang family has already expressed their intention to reconsider this marriage early on, you dont have to be too stubborn about it."

  The implication is that he wants to take her place and push this marriage onto Bai Xueji instead.

  To be honest, whether to marry or not to marry someone was something Li Huaiyu didnt care about at all. After all, she had kept more than a dozen concubines before, what kind of man hadnt she seen? She never considered her daughters marriage as a big deal.

  However, looking down at the skirt she was wearing now, Huaiyu slightly frowned.

  "Nothing can be done about it?" she asked.

  Bai De shook his head: "You follow the governess in the mansion to relearn etiquette, and after youve learned it well, Ill find another husband for you."

  Bai Xuanji smiled with a hint of pride in her eyes, but her attitude remained proper and elegant as she said to her: "Fourth sister, dont be too heartbroken, there are many good families out there, not just the Jiang family."

  "Yes." Bai Meng also smiled and chimed in, "We can choose again later."

  Taking a glance at the mother-daughter duos misfortune, Huai Yu twitched the corner of her mouth, knowing there was no room for further action. She then bowed to Bai De: "Your daughter takes her leave."

  "Hmm." Bái Dé watched her leave, letting out a soft sigh.

  He also knew that this was a bit cruel to Zhuji, but there was no other way. Nowadays, Zhuji, let alone marrying Jiang Yan, even if she were stripped of her title as the fourth miss of the Bai family, would not be like a virtuous woman at all. Even if she were forced into the Jiang household, she would not have a good life afterwards.

  Its better to find an ordinary family and live a plain life, at least you wont be bullied.

  Hua Yu came out of the front hall, and Ling Xiu immediately went up to support her: "Miss, how are you?"

  Looking at her expectant eyes, Huai Yu pursed his lips and hesitated for a long time before saying: "We can sleep in tomorrow."

  Ling Xiu was shocked, her small face turned white in an instant, her lips trembled twice, and tears fell with a "plop".

  "How can this be?" she sobbed, "Even if the master doesnt care about you, he should at least consider the spirit of Third Madam! How can he really not let you go?!"

  Li Huaiyu is a person who is immune to swords and guns, but his only weakness is that he is afraid of people crying. In the past, even if his tendons were broken, he wouldnt shed half a tear, but this Lingxiu really cries as soon as she says cry.

  She nervously pinched her sleeve to wipe her face, and Huaiyu hastily coaxed her: "Dont worry, dont worry, the Jiang family isnt a good family anyway, if we dont go, then we wont go."

  "How can that be!" Ling Xiu wept silently.

  Holding onto her jade pendant, he pulled her back to the West Wing, walking alongside her while speaking softly: "From now on, follow me and you wont be bullied again. Its not that you must marry Jiang Yan."

  Lingxiu cried non-stop.

  Hua Yu said again: "Ill have someone buy you some delicious pastries tomorrow, okay?"

  Lingxiu couldnt stop crying.

  Li Huaiyu felt her head was going to explode, she pressed her onto the chair in the boudoir, clasped her hands together and repeatedly bowed to her: "Young lady, stop crying! Its just a banquet at the Jiang residence, isnt it? They wont take me there, cant I find my own way to go?"

  Ling Xiu shook her head with a sigh: "What can be done... what can be done..."

  "Isnt it just a matter of putting on some tattered clothes?" Huai Yu gritted her teeth and stomped her foot, "Ill have someone send over a set thats wearable right away!"

  This big talk is said as if it can really be done. Lingxiu was amused and asked with red eyes: "Who do you want to send?"

  "This has nothing to do with you," said Huai Yu. "You wait here, and if anyone asks where I went, just say Im in the outhouse having diarrhea."

  Ling Xiu was taken aback: "You really want to go find someone?"

  She waved her hand at him and, with a swish of her skirt, she rushed out.

  "Miss!" Ling Xiu hastily followed her and ran to the door to take a look, but there was no one outside.

  The night was quiet and it was time to put out the lights. The various official residences were all peaceful and still, with their gates tightly closed.

  However, the gate of Lus mansion suddenly opened from inside.

  "Auntie, cant it wait till tomorrow?!" Lu Jinghang, wearing his nightclothes and a cloak, was dragged along by the people in front, stumbling all the way, and said with a mixture of tears and laughter, "Whats the hurry?"

  Li Huaiyu said without turning his head: "I sneaked out, if Im caught, Ill definitely be dragged back and have my legs broken. For the sake of my legs, dont say any more nonsense."

  As soon as he heard this, Lu Jinghang finally straightened up and looked at the carriage that Zhaocai had hurriedly brought over. He pulled her aboard and then dismantled the horse.

  "What are you doing?" Hua Yu glared.

  Lu Jinghang smiled and said: "Arent you in a hurry? Ill take you to experience the night breeze of Kyoto in April, its quite nice."

  Having said that, he pinched her waist with both hands and gently lifted her onto the horseback.

  Hua Yu was shocked, and before she could say anything, Lu Jinghang had already turned over and sat behind her. The horse didnt even have a saddle, the two of them were pressed close together, Lu Jinghangs clothes were thin, and she could almost feel the temperature emanating from his chest.

  "Whatever." Li Huaiyu frowned, "Youre playing rogue again?"

  He spurred his horse and rode off, with Lu Jingxing humming a laugh: "Being able to toy with me, a rogue, is something that the young ladies of the capital would die for, so you should cherish it."

  "Hum!" said Hua Yu, "You just keep talking, wait till I cant find what I want, Ill tear down your shop!"

  "Dont worry." Lu Jinghang smiled with his eyes half-closed, "In my Cang Hai Yi Zhu Ge, everything is available."

  Lu Jingxing had many industries under his name, but he liked the Canghai Yizhu Pavilion the most.

  The Canghai Yizhu Pavilion is a renowned treasure shop in the capital, selling everything from large decorative items to small hairpins and jade rings. Anything precious can be found here. However, the prices are not cheap, and those who dont have several large silver notes in their pockets dare not step across its threshold.

  Li Huaiyu had never been here before, not because she didnt want to come, but because Lu Jinghang would rather die than let her in.

  "Letting you in would be no different from letting a mouse into a granary!" At some point, the elegant and refined Landlord Lu grasped the door with both hands, blocking her path. "You want to come in? Theres only one way."

  "What?"

  "Step on my corpse to get in!"

  Recalling his ferocious expression at first, Huai Yu still felt a little worried.

  "Were here." The horse was reined in, Lu Jinghang dismounted and reached out to pull her down as well.

  "Huh?" Huai Yu came back to himself, seeing that he had almost been swept into his arms, and couldnt help but tease, "This time you dont have to step on my corpse to get in?"

  Lu Jingxing smiled slightly and didnt respond to her, but instead placed her at the door, reached out to tap her forehead gently, then took the key to unlock the lock hanging on the door.

  "Ouch!"

  A dazzling treasure trove burst open before Li Huaiyus eyes.