"Do you want to cancel the engagement?" Miss Han raised her pale face, looked at Yuxiu's face in disbelief, and said hesitantly.
It has been such a short time since we last met, but the young and beautiful Miss Han seemed like a different person. Her face was pale and slightly yellow, and it was obvious that she was seriously ill. If Yuxiu hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would not have believed it. The person who was fine before was now lying in bed sick.
"Miss Han, don't you know?" Yu Xiu asked tentatively, seeing that although she was pale, she was not frightened.
Miss Han smiled bitterly, then started coughing violently. The maid beside her hurriedly patted her back gently, and it took a long time for her to stop.
"Our young lady has heard about this, and it's vaguely said that she dislikes our young lady and thinks that our young lady is not worthy of him. If that's not the case, how could our young lady be so sick... so seriously." The maid complained angrily.
"A vague statement?" Yu Xiu thought about it and looked at Miss Han.
Although Miss Han had calmed down at this time, her face looked very bad. She was breathing hard and seemed unable to speak for a while.
It was the maid from the Han residence who took over: "When the servants from the Qu residence came, they openly said they were bringing gifts, but in fact they were making all kinds of sarcasms, saying that our young lady was blocking the path of the second young master Qu, and that our young lady had a bad fate, saying that the second young master Qu could have passed the exam, but it was our young lady who caused him to fail."
The maid became more and more angry.
He was clearly looking for an excuse to cancel the engagement, saying that the two of them were not compatible. What had he done before? After so many years of lukewarm relationship, suddenly they said they were not compatible
"Always come here?" Yuxiu heard the key.
“Yes, they always come here and find all kinds of excuses to come here, saying that they are doing good to our young lady, but in fact, what they said is very unpleasant. Our young lady was originally fine, but she was irritated by them... those vicious old women and maids and became sick.” The maid wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
Miss Han finally recovered, opened her eyes, shook her hands, and said with a wry smile: "Thank you, Princess, for warning me. Since the two families are really incompatible, and I really am in the way of Mr. Qu, I should retreat. I can't ruin Mr. Qu's life and ruin others' lives because of me."
Her smile was bitter, but there was also a kind of peace in it as she was relieved. Her eyes were staring straight into the sky, and her whole body seemed to have been drained of all its energy and spirit, and she was very dazed.
Although she had some obsessions before, thinking that the two families were incompatible and that it must be an excuse, but now that she heard that the Imperial Observatory had said so, she had no reason not to believe it.
It turned out that she was the one who dragged down the Second Young Master Qu. She wished that the people who had been sent by the Qu family to deliver gifts had looked so good and spoke in a sarcastic tone, so that her family would take the initiative to cancel the engagement.
Now that I think about it, it was the Qu family who gave me face, but I just didn't believe it and insisted on getting a result.
Now that the result is out, it is like a sword hanging over one's head that has finally fallen. Miss Han feels that she has nothing else to say. This was originally her fault. If she were not there, there would not be this kind of trouble, and she would not have brought shame to her parents and brothers.
I am indeed the root of all trouble!
“Miss…Miss…” When the maid saw her appearance, she bent down and called out anxiously.
When Yuxiu saw that something was not right, she hurried forward to help pour a cup of warm water and handed it over.
The maid glared at her angrily and took
, he carefully helped Miss Han up, half-supported and half-held her, fed her a few sips of water, and shed tears.
"Ms. Han, are you okay?" Yuxiu reached out to take the teacup and asked in a low voice.
"No, how can it be good? Your family sends people to tell our young lady this every day. It's strange that our young lady is fine. Our young lady is not a troublemaker. She won't bother anyone. She is very lucky." The maid was very angry. She glared at Yuxiu fiercely and cried, "You keep forcing us. If anything happens to our young lady, our family will definitely not forgive you."
Although she appears strong on the outside but is actually weak on the inside, the maid's anger is evident in her expression.
So, the Second Young Master really sent a lot of people here!
"Ms. Han, are you unwilling to cancel the engagement?" Yu Xiu asked after a moment of silence.
"Why not cancel it? Of course you have to cancel it. This marriage is no longer necessary." Miss Han sighed lightly, almost talking to herself.
Her eyes were still fixed on a certain spot in the air, and two tears slowly slid down from the corners of her eyes. She had been very happy since she knew she was going to marry Qu Mingcheng.
Qu Mingcheng is not very old, but he has become famous in Beijing. He is indeed a talented young man. With such a family background, his future is limitless.
Even if the Qu family was not close to her before, it could only be said that the second young master Qu was young and did not understand such things. He was also devoted to his studies and had no intention of caring about the Han family. Even if Miss Han had been waiting, she was waiting willingly.
Over the years, although her family conditions were not as good as the Qu family's, she had always abided by her duties and worked hard to learn something so that when she got married in the future, she could serve Qu Mingcheng wholeheartedly.
She had waited for so many years and guarded for so many years, but now she was suddenly told that her existence was an obstacle to Qu Mingcheng's future and that everything Qu Mingcheng had would be ruined because of her. How could she bear this
I had some expectations before, but they were false. But now that these were words from the Imperial Observatory and the Princess of England secretly sent someone to tell me, they must be true.
Tears fell one after another. What was the point of her living
She covered her chest with her hands and suddenly started coughing violently. The maid hurriedly helped her up, patted her back, and cried with sobs: "Miss, Miss... Don't be sad. Since Mr. Qu dislikes you, we will cancel this marriage. Maybe it will be a good thing."
Everyone could tell that these words were meant to comfort her. The reason for cancelling the marriage with the Qu family was that the woman would hinder the man's future. So who would dare to marry her, and who would marry her
Moreover, in Miss Han's heart, for so many years, she always thought that she was going to marry Qu Mingcheng, and always felt that she was going to marry the second young master Qu.
He pressed the handkerchief to the corner of his lips and coughed violently.
After finally stopping, there was a stain of blood on the snow-white handkerchief, bright red and glaring...
"Ah, blood...blood..." The maid screamed and fell to the ground in panic. Yuxiu hurried forward, stretched out her hand to take Miss Han, and supported her. She lowered her head and saw Miss Han's hand falling weakly. The blood on the handkerchief was shocking. She said anxiously, "Miss Han, our queen has something else for me to tell you. The matter about the horoscope...may not be true."
"It's not... true?" Miss Han forced her eyes open, looked at Yuxiu and muttered to herself, "What the Imperial Observatory said... How could it not be true!"
"Our queen said that even if it was said by the Imperial Observatory, the people inside were so
"There are many, but in fact it is not necessarily true." Yuxiu said, "If someone deliberately wants to cancel the engagement, it is not impossible to bribe the Imperial Observatory."
“But this matter… wasn’t it Princess Ying who came forward?” Miss Han finally perked up a little. She wasn’t stupid, but she had lost all hope and was at a loss for a moment. Only now did she slowly appreciate some other implications.
Yuxiu first helped Miss Han to lean back, then stepped back two steps, giving her place to the maid of the Han Mansion, and then whispered: "Our queen also feels that this matter is very strange. If you really want to ask the Imperial Observatory, you can go directly to His Royal Highness Prince Jing. Why did you deliberately find our princess? Although the people in the Imperial Observatory cannot be ordered by just anyone, this certainly does not include His Royal Highness Prince Jing."
Everyone in the court and the country knew that Prince Jing was a threat to the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, which showed that many people still had high hopes for Prince Jing.
If he spoke, the Imperial Observatory would naturally not dare to offend him.
Qu Mingcheng's biological sister is King Jing's concubine. Although she is not the principal wife, she is Qu Mingcheng's biological sister. As for Qu Moying, everyone knows that she is not close to the brother and sister in the Qu family. Although they are blood relatives, they are separated by a great hatred for their mother.
"Miss Han is so seriously ill, the Qu family should know about it, but our queen has never heard of it. The lady came to our queen and asked us to ask the Imperial Observatory about this matter. Then the Imperial Observatory sent these words to us. Our queen was afraid that there was something else going on, so she sent this servant on purpose. Now it seems that this matter is really not right."
Yuxiu continued to analyze.
"So... this... may not be true?" Some anger slowly appeared in Miss Han's eyes, but it was very faint.
"Yes, our queen asked me to tell Miss Han that the second young master has definitely changed his mind, just like the prince of Yongning Marquis's mansion at that time, who was determined to deceive our queen. Even if the engagement was not cancelled, the prince of Yongning Marquis's mansion had already been secretly in love with Miss Yu."
Yuxiu said.
These words made Miss Han feel ashamed. She and Yu Qingmeng were actually cousins. Although they had different personalities and had never been close, this did not completely sever their relationship.
She knew something about Qu Moying's affairs before. Yu Qingmeng had told people in the mansion many times that she would become the wife of the prince of Yongning in the future. She belittled Qu Moying and said she was not worth even a piece of sugar, had no talent, no looks, and was blind. Now her engagement had been broken off, which almost pushed her into a desperate situation.
At that time, she only secretly sighed that the Fourth Miss Qu had a miserable life, and that the Prince of Yongning was not as good as the rumors said. However, she could only watch from the sidelines and could do nothing. Now it sounded more like a mockery of herself. How she viewed the Fourth Miss Qu in the past was how the Princess of England viewed herself now.
However, the British princess was not herself after all, and she actually extended a hand. For this, she was very grateful.
Thinking of this, she suddenly had an idea. Should she also investigate secretly
Princess Ying was able to get over the deadlock of breaking off the engagement, so what about me? Can I also go on? The current situation is not that my fate is bad, but that Mr. Qu has other intentions and has another woman
This thought made her angry, but also gave her some strength. She did not harm Qu Mingcheng, but was it Qu Mingcheng who wanted to harm her, just like the Prince of Yongning at that time
She was also unwilling...