On the night of the broken engagement, the paranoid prince came to me crying and asking for my statu

Hong Mansion.

Because of the previous incident at the Marquis of Changping's Mansion, there was an unpleasantness with the Earl of Yong'an's Mansion.

In order to repair the relationship with the Yong'an Earl's Mansion and make his sister reflect on herself, Hong Xiru did not find someone to look after Hong as he did in the past.

By the time he remembered Hong, more than half a month had passed since the thank-you banquet at the Changping Marquis' Mansion.

At this time, the matter of Gu Xiuyan's breaking off the engagement and the burning of Cuihonglou were causing a lot of controversy. Hong Xiru knew what Su Qishun was thinking, and in a rage he dropped the fine Junshan silver needle in his hand to the ground.

The tea splashed onto Liu's feet when she entered the room, and her embroidered shoes were immediately wet.

She frowned slightly and looked up at Hong Xiru.

"Why is the master so angry?"

Feeling guilty towards Liu, Hong Xiru's anger subsided slightly, "It's not a big deal, I just can't bear to see Su Qishun being confused."

Upon hearing this, Liu frowned, "Master, are you still planning to make plans for the Marquis of Changping's Mansion?"

As soon as Liu's cold words came out, the word "bad" immediately appeared in Hong Xiru's mind.

He quickly tried to make amends, "Madam, I am not..."

Liu smiled bitterly, "The master and my aunt have always had a deep relationship, and it is only natural that I love my wife and her family, but the Marquis of Changping's mansion has insulted my mother's family, and now for my husband, I can't even go back to my mother's family..."

"Okay, stop talking. It's my husband's fault." Hong Xiru coaxed softly.

He and the young couple Liu, although their love was not as passionate as in the storybooks, they lived in harmony for twenty years.

Especially after the thank-you banquet.

They originally wanted to help the Marquis of Changping Mansion and let the Marquis of Yong'an Mansion get involved. In the end, the second branch of the Marquis of Changping Mansion escaped unscathed, while the Marquis of Changping Mansion was in chaos, and even the Hong Mansion was dragged down, offending the Marquis of Yong'an Mansion...

Thinking of this, Hong Xiru sighed and told Liu what Hong had told him before about Su Qishun's plan, as well as his own worries.

"Su Qishun absurdly wanted to have his adopted daughter marry someone from the second house to steal a girl. The Duke Gu's Mansion cancelled the engagement. I think they knew what the Marquis Changping Mansion was up to. I'm afraid the Marquis Changping Mansion has come to an end."

Hearing this, Liu looked up in confusion, "Is the master's idea too pessimistic?"

Hong Xiru just smiled and said nothing.

At this time, the doorman came in and reported, "Master, there is a servant outside, saying that he is from the Marquis of Changping's mansion."

Hong Xiru let go of Liu's hand and his face turned cold.

"not see."

In his eyes, the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion was now estranged from them, and Liu was caught in the middle, all because of the incident at the Changping Marquis' Mansion.

But Hong remained indifferent and showed no remorse to this day. She didn't even send someone to bring a single word of apology...

Thinking about how he had always considered his sister in everything in the past and had done his best to help the Changping Marquis' Mansion, Hong Xiru felt that all his sincerity had been wasted.

The doorman heard Hong Xiru's firm attitude, looked at the blood-stained letter in his hand, and finally couldn't help but say, "...The servant didn't come in, but just gave me a letter, saying that the maid beside their lady risked her life to bring it out from Fuyao Hall."

The letter that you brought out at the risk of your life?

Hong Xiru's face turned stern and he didn't bother to make trouble.

"Send the letter here."

The servant walked into the house trembling with his head down, handed the blood-stained letter to Hong Xiru with both hands, and then retreated tremblingly.

The handwriting on the envelope cover was not Hong's.

Hong Xiru thought it was just a prank and was about to read the contents of the letter but was having trouble finding the culprit.

Who would have thought that there was another handwritten letter from Hong in the envelope.

Hong Xiru's expression, which was indifferent at first, suddenly changed from indifferent to gloomy and cold after he read the content of the letter.

His face gradually turned red from its normal color.

Angry.

After a long while, the redness on his face faded away, and he quickly walked outside to look at the doorman waiting outside, "Where is the person who came to deliver the letter?"

The doorman didn't dare to look at Hong Xiru from beginning to end.

He couldn't help but tremble when asked by Hong Xiru in a bad tone.

"Already...left."

After a pause, he added, "The servant said that Nanny Dai is dead, and Lord Su secretly took the woman who ruined the reputation of the Lord of Yong'an into the mansion, and he also planned to make her his legal wife. Fuyao Hall has become a living hell."

After all, Hong is his own sister. Although Hong Xi is a Confucian scholar, he couldn't help but feel shocked and angry after knowing Hong's current situation and Su Jinhao's tragic death.

I never thought that Su Qishun, who looked honest and simple, was such a beast in human form.

His breathing gradually became smoother, and he shouted outside the yard, "Flood."

Not long after, a middle-aged man with a round face came out of the door.

The man always had a smile on his face and looked very kind.

If you ignore the gleam in his little eyes, anyone who sees him would think he is a kind and generous person.

"master."

He bowed to Hong Xiru, and when he caught a glimpse of the contents of the letter that Hong Xiru was holding tightly in his hand, the smile on his face almost disappeared.

"This is..."

Hong Xiru smiled coldly and handed the letter in his hand to Hong Shui.

"Su Qishun is going too far, insulting my daughter who married out of the Hong family to this extent. Does he really think that there is no one in our Hong family?"

"Go and deliver this letter to the Taifu Mansion. Relying on the military merits of his adopted brother to inherit the title, it has been a long time since Su Qishun seemed to have forgotten how he wanted to marry our Hong family's daughter like a dog."

Hong Shui's eyes darkened, and a sinister look flashed across his eyes in an instant.

"Yes."

...

Duke Gu’s Mansion.

Gu Xiuyan had been very busy lately because of the messages regarding the burning of Cuihong Garden. In addition, he was beaten with a stick for asking the emperor to cancel his engagement not long ago. He had not yet fully recovered and had to start working again. However, in just a few days, his clothes had become much looser and his face was unhealthily pale.

As soon as he stepped into Duke Gu's Mansion, he was stopped by Cong Ming with a bitter face.

"Master, the old lady asked you to go to her place today."

From the first day she asked him to go to Yongshou Hall to now, this is the sixth time that Old Madam Gu has sent someone to "invite" him.

Gu Xiuyan was physically and mentally exhausted.

But this time, Cong Ming came to "invite" him with a bitter face, which meant that Madam Gu's patience had run out.

Gu Xiuyan no longer refused.

Half an hour later.

Gu Xiuyan simply washed up, changed into a set of neat clothes and appeared in Yongshou Hall.

"The grandson has met his grandmother."

Old Madam Gu was sitting at the top and turned a deaf ear to Gu Xiuyan's greeting.

She closed her eyes and let Nanny Li massage her swollen and aching temples.

Gu Xiuyan was not surprised by the scene before him and saluted again.

Madam Gu still did not give any response to Gu Xiuyan.

Gu Xiuyan did not greet him again.

The grandfather and grandson, one at the top and the other at the bottom, were silent, as if they were competing to see who had more endurance.

at last.

In the Yongshou Hall, where it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, an old woman's sigh was heard.

"Brother Yan, you are confused."