Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

"Asaka?"

"Miss, you are awake."

Qianxiang hurried in and poured a glass of water for Meng Xiyue.

"How long have I slept?"

"The young lady has slept for a whole day and night."

Asaka sighed, feeling that her young lady was either eating or sleeping all day.

After enduring two days, others could make up for it by sleeping for one night, but her lady would need to make up for it as long as she had endured.

Just as I was thinking this, I heard Meng Xiyue say.

"I am starving."

"It's ready, Miss, hurry up and wash up and eat."

"it is good."

Meng Xiyue regained her spirit, but she did not forget the reason why she stayed in the governor's mansion.

Meng Qingru came to the front yard, where her older sister lived.

Meng Qingru married into the governor's house five years ago. She has a three-year-old son and became pregnant a few months ago.

Although they were sisters, Meng Qingru was a legitimate daughter and was seven or eight years older than her, so they were not close.

"big sister."

"The moon is here, sit down quickly."

Meng Xiyue felt a little awkward, but Meng Qingru changed from her previous coldness and became very enthusiastic.

"You haven't come to see me for a long time. You don't know how much I miss you. This time you must stay in the mansion and accompany me."

"Our two residences are not far from each other. If you are bored, you can go back to the Meng residence. The sisters are all very happy."

Meng Qingru touched her belly and said, "This body is too heavy, it's not convenient."

"Yue'er, Big Sister also knows about you and Jiang Chubai. Don't worry, Big Sister will naturally stand on your side. He is just a top scholar. We don't care about him."

Meng Xiyue was stunned. She knew that no one in the Meng family was willing to cancel the engagement and wanted her to be Jiang Chubai's concubine.

I didn't expect that this big sister who always thinks highly of herself and only cares about her own interests would say such a thing.

"Thank you, big sister."

"It's okay. Yue'er is so beautiful, are you afraid that you won't find someone better? The person Yue'er will marry in the future will definitely be of higher status than Jiang Chubai."

Meng Xiyue shook her head and said, "I just want to marry an ordinary person and live a peaceful and stable life."

She lowered her head and did not notice the flash of contempt in Meng Qingru's eyes.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Today we will open the warehouse to release grain. Let's go and help."

"Big sister, your stomach is not feeling well."

"Look, you were only thinking about the refugees, but you forgot that I'm too heavy to go. Why don't you let Fifth Sister go in my place?"

"it is good."

As long as there are granaries, all of them will be opened and grain will be released today.

Xie Junyi was even at the city gate, personally supervising to prevent those people from pretending to obey but actually disobeying.

Meng Xiyue arrived at the city gate and saw a long queue already formed.

All the officials appointed by the imperial court were here to distribute food and grain, and there were also some wives here, but not many young ladies.

"Meng Xiyue, what are you doing here?"

Just as Meng Xiyue was about to step forward, she heard a sharp shout from behind her.

Turning around, I saw a woman who was a bit bloated and had a slightly mean look.

"Aunt Jiang."

This person is Jiang Chubai's mother.

"It's broad daylight, everyone is busy distributing food. Chu Bai is also very busy as an official appointed by the court. Can you please stop pestering him all the time?"

In the past, Mrs. Jiang treated Meng Xiyue very well. But ever since Jiang Chubai passed the imperial examination, she changed and started to dislike everything about her.

"Aunt, I am here to distribute food today as well."

"You can still fool me with this little trick. You are just afraid of being abandoned by Chu Bai, so you want to seduce him. Look at your seductive appearance. How can you be the legal wife?"

Mrs. Jiang became more and more excited as she spoke, as if this could show that she was superior to others.

"Our Chu Bai's wife is a noble lady in the capital. It's an honor to let you be a concubine."

"I warn you, you must behave yourself from now on and never forget your identity."

Being humiliated in public like this is unbearable even for someone with the best temper, not to mention that Meng Xiyue has always had a bad temper.

"My identity? In the past, your Jiang family knelt down and begged me to marry you. Now, after one stroke of the penultimate stroke, you want to break off the engagement. That's Jiang Chubai's betrayal."

"I am a generous lady and will not argue with him. He is still shameless and wants me to be his concubine. I, Meng Xiyue, will make this clear today. Not to mention being his concubine, I don't want to be his wife, Jiang Chubai."

"You...you actually contradicted me like this. I will definitely cancel the engagement with Chu Bai. Don't even think about entering the Jiang family."

"It's not him who wants to break off the engagement, it's me, Meng Xiyue, who's breaking off the engagement now. I don't care about your Jiang family."

The quarrel between the two attracted a lot of onlookers.

Jiang Chubai, who was standing next to Xie Junyi, turned pale when he heard these words.

"My lord, I'm sorry, this is a family scandal. I will deal with it right away."

"Let's go and see it together."

Xie Junyi raised his eyebrows, still a kitten who only knows how to bite people.

Several people came down from the city wall, and when Mrs. Jiang saw her son, she felt like she had finally found a supporter.

"Chu Bai, you can't marry me. You dare to contradict me before you even enter the house. What will happen after you enter the house?"

"Mom, stop talking."

When Meng Xiyue came, he saw it. It was clearly his mother who insulted people first.

"No, I can't have this daughter-in-law, not even as a concubine."

Mrs. Jiang started to throw a tantrum.

She had never liked Meng Xiyue's appearance before. She was too seductive and her honest son could never control her.

But considering that she was the county magistrate's daughter, she had to accept it.

Now that her son had graduated from high school, the first thing she did was to call off the engagement. Her son agreed, but only promised not to make her his legal wife. He was determined to take her as a concubine.

For the sake of her son, she agreed. But today Meng Xiyue dared to humiliate her like this, and she would not agree no matter what.

"I, Meng Xiyue, will not be a concubine. Jiang Chubai, our marriage is over now."

"Yue'er, what nonsense are you talking about? This matter is not your turn to make the decision, why don't you apologize to Madam Jiang quickly."

Meng Qingxiang also rushed over.

Seeing Meng Xiyue being scolded, Mrs. Jiang looked very proud. She knew that the Meng family was reluctant to give up this marriage because her son was the top scholar.

"Since Miss Meng doesn't want to, why force her to do it?"

As soon as Xie Junyi opened his mouth, he instantly attracted everyone's attention.

"Sir, this matter..."

"Jiang Chubai, forget about this marriage. Don't do anything that will affect your future."

Xie Junyi sneered, what a coward, he couldn't even protect a woman.

Looking at Xie Junyi's leaving back, Jiang Chubai looked at the governor blankly, "Sir, what does this mean?"

"You want the imperial edict of appointment, don't you? If the marriage is cancelled, you will get the imperial edict."

Jiang Chubai was stunned. What did his appointment decree have to do with breaking off the engagement?

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and seemed to have thought of something.

He glanced at Meng Xiyue reluctantly and said, "Okay, let's call off this marriage."

Once he has established his foothold in the court and gained power, he will have all kinds of beauties at his disposal.