As soon as Jiangmen Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she was paranoid that the prince had come to steal her

Ji Hongyu froze.

He prepared a bunch of words before Priscilla Qiu arrived, but now he can't say any of them.

There was a time when every sentence was a point.

Nowadays it seems like every sentence is nonsense.

After maintaining a stiff silence like this for a long time, Ji Hongyu took a deep breath, put away the embarrassment on his face, and asked, "Is the marriage true?"

"Yes."

"why?"

"No reason."

"Why!" Ji Hongyu's voice suddenly rose, "How can there be no reason? Why on earth!"

"..."

Qiu Huixian was silent for a moment and then spoke slowly, "Prince Xie is very sincere and I have no reason to refuse.

"What kind of sincerity?" Ji Hongyu said hurriedly: "Did he promise you anything? Did he say he would help the Qiu family?"

"I said I can also help you, help the Qiu family gain a foothold here, and I will work hard to do it. Why can't you wait?"

"We have broken off the engagement."

"That was what you and my grandmother discussed, not what I meant."

Priscilla Qiu asked calmly: "So, can you disobey your grandmother?"

Ji Hongyu's face turned green and white this time, and he was completely speechless.

Qiu Huixian smiled lightly and said, "That's it, you can't be your own master."

Five years ago, the Qiu family made an engagement with the Ji family.

At that time, the Qiu family father and son had not yet offended King Liang, and they were also among the highest ranking noble families in Youyun.

The Ji family's ability to marry the legitimate daughter of the Qiu family is an absolute achievement.

Because the two families had some kindness in their early years, and because Ji Hongyu was a progressive and steady young man, Qiu's father agreed to the marriage.

At that time, I don’t know how many people laughed at the Qiu family.

They said that they had no face among the nobles and were excluded. Even at such an old age, their daughter could not marry into an official family, so she had no choice but to lower herself to a merchant family.

Qiu's father believed that a person should behave uprightly and sit upright. He always taught Qiu Huixian not to be incompetent in family status, and also gave Ji Hongyu some advice on how to become an official.

Later, the Qiu family's father and son offended the King of Liang and the entire Qiu family was convicted and imprisoned.

The Ji family was also implicated, and Ji Hongyu's career as an official was naturally cut off.

The old man of the Ji family is an extremely loyal person. On the surface, he has drawn a clear line with the Qiu family, but in fact, he has been secretly helping the Qiu family and running the business.

After King Dingxi's Xuanjia Army entered Youyun Ground, King Liang was recruited into the capital.

After the Qiu family was released from prison, it was Mrs. Ji who took care of the Qiu family.

At that time, the number of men in the Qiu family was withering, and the family was old and weak. As the eldest daughter, Qiu Huixian could only support everything, and her engagement with the Ji family could only be postponed.

Mr. Ji said at that time that it would not be too late to discuss marriage until she had stabilized her family.

But something unexpected happened. Mr. Ji was very old, and his old illness relapsed and he passed away soon after.

The old lady of the Ji family did not want her grandson to wait for Qiu Huixian, so she reminded Qiu Huixian with words.

Priscilla Qiu had no choice but to break off the engagement. She also sold some properties and raised some money to return to the Ji family. She thought it was a thank you to the Ji family for their help over the years and the friendship between the two families.

Ji Hongyu was away on business, and when he came back, the engagement had been called off.

Ji Hongyu visited the Qiu family's door, but before he could say anything, news came from the Qiu family that the old lady was seriously ill, and Ji Hongyu was hurriedly called away.

Qiu Huixian is not an ordinary girl in a boudoir. Why can't she see that Mrs. Ji is deeply afraid that the Ji family will have anything to do with the Qiu family again?

From then on, Priscilla Qiu avoided Ji Hongyu whenever she could.

But Ji Hongyu was still unwilling to let go, and handed Qiu Huixian several letters, saying that he would persuade his grandmother, help the Qiu family, and marry her.

At first, Qiu Lingyun was also very optimistic about this matter, and even helped Ji Hongyu deliver a letter to persuade Qiu Huixian to give Ji Hongyu a chance.

But Qiu Huixian saw clearly that Ji Hongyu was too filial. He didn't dare to say anything after Mrs. Ji cried twice.

It's not that Qiu Huixian doesn't want to give her a chance, it's that Ji Hongyu can't overcome the old lady's hurdle, and she can't force people to be unfilial and disobey their grandmother.

So she chose to give up.

Gradually, Qiu Lingyun stopped trying to persuade her and could only sigh about this matter.

Ji Hongyu was stiff for a long time and then spoke with difficulty: "Just give me a little more time. As long as I have a little more time, I will definitely be able to persuade my grandmother. I will definitely be able to do it -"

"There's no time."

Qiu Huixian said: "I have promised Prince Xie, and the engagement has been concluded."

"The fate between you and me is over. We don't want to meet again in the future."

"..." Ji Hongyu didn't expect to hear the sentence "The fate is over", and he sneered in anger.

"The sincerity you just mentioned is the sincerity given by the power of the Xie family, right? At the beginning, you regarded power, fame and wealth as dirt, but you told me that sincerity is priceless."

"Now you just sold yourself for the power of the Xie family——"

Qiu Huixian looked extremely calm and said quietly: "Yes."

Ji Hongyu's words stopped abruptly.

Priscilla Qiu said calmly: "I need power, and if he can give it to me, what you think is true."

After finishing her words, Qiu Huixian turned and left without looking back.

Ji Hongyu was frozen for a moment and then quickly recovered. When he quickly chased out, he only saw Qiu Huixian's carriage had gone away.

He stood at the door of the silk and satin shop, the cold wind blowing on his face, and he felt as if his bones were cracked by the cold.

*

After Qiu Huixian returned home, she ordered the manager of the silk and satin shop to be transferred.

The steward later came to see me and said he recognized his mistake and begged for mercy.

Qiu Huixian did not see him again.

Since she has set a wedding date with the Xie family, she will abide by her duties from now on and will not have anything to do with her past.

This steward has no sense of proportion and is of no use.

Qiu Lingyun heard about this incident and came to see Qiu Huixian to scold the manager.

Seeing Qiu Huixian's calm expression, Qiu Lingyun hesitated for a while, and finally did not mention Ji Hongyu's matter again.

At that time, Mrs. Ji's words were very unpleasant.

He said that in order to help the Qiu family, the Ji family had made many connections, offended many people, and the business had plummeted.

He also said that Qiu Huixian was getting older and she didn't know when she would have to go, which would be a waste of time for her family, Ji Hongyu.

He said that if Qiu Huixian was really grateful to the Ji family, she would let them go.

I burst into tears and felt aggrieved.

It was like setting up Priscilla Qiu, so what else could she do if she didn't break off the engagement?

Qiu Lingyun felt that her sister was right. No matter how good Ji Hongyu was, he would not have a good life after marrying such a grandmother.

What's more, Ji Hongyu didn't dare to resist his grandmother.

To put it bluntly, he is a weakling.

After Qiu Lingyun figured this out, she immediately put the messy things out of her mind, moved to her sister's side, and talked about getting married.

"Sister, please make more clothes for Prince Xie. We are not as wealthy as the Xie family, and the Xie family is not short of those things, so let's do more."

Qiu Huixian smiled lightly: "It's like the Xie family is short of clothes?"

Xie Changyu also doesn't lack people who pay attention to him.

Qiu Huixian knew very well that the key to being able to stand up after marrying was the young master of the Xie family.

That was a big club she needed to take seriously.

Prince Xie has to be ranked second. (End of chapter)