Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

Just like that, with Xie Junyi's words, the engagement between Jiang Chubai and Meng Xiyue was completely dissolved.

Jiang Chubai also got his appointment imperial edict as he wished.

Holding the imperial edict, he couldn't wait to take his parents to the capital.

Meng Xiyue was delighted and went to find Xie Junyi to express her gratitude.

"This is the sweet-scented osmanthus cake I made myself. Thank you, sir, for helping me break off the engagement."

Looking at the exquisite osmanthus cake on the plate and its fragrant aroma, it is even better than the one made by the imperial chef.

"No need to thank him, he really doesn't deserve you, you deserve better."

"My daughter feels the same way."

Hearing Meng Xiyue's shameless words, Xie Junyi could hold back, but the guards behind him couldn't help laughing.

After being glared at by Xie Junyi, he immediately endured it back.

"Sir, I have lived in the Imperial Censorate for some time and want to go home."

"If you want to go back, just go back. Why bother reporting to me?"

Meng Xiyue didn't say anything, but looked at Xie Junyi.

The governor said that he wanted her to accompany her elder sister, but the residence he arranged for her was next to Xie Junyi's courtyard.

His meaning was self-evident, and Xie Junyi was not stupid, so how could he not understand it?

"Are you deliberately avoiding me?"

Xie Junyi took a piece of osmanthus cake and put it in his mouth. It was soft, sweet and not greasy. His cooking skills were really good.

"No, I miss my aunt."

Listening to Meng Xiyue's soft words, Xie Junyi sighed.

"I won't force you. If you want to go back, go back."

"Yes."

After getting the answer she wanted, Meng Xiyue's tone suddenly became cheerful.

Looking at her leaving back, Xie Junyi lost his appetite. It was a trivial matter, but why did he feel so upset?

After returning home, Meng Xiyue couldn't wait to discuss with Wen that she wanted to go out.

"Impossible. How can you, a weak woman, survive outside Qingyun City?"

"Why can't I survive? I can earn money and survive anywhere."

Traveling has always been something Meng Xiyue wanted to do but never did. Now that she is no longer engaged, she is relaxed and can go out.

"How much money can you earn from the handkerchief you embroidered?"

"I earn a lot of money, but you don't know it." Meng Xiyue muttered softly.

Seeing Wen chattering away, Meng Xiyue suddenly grabbed her hand.

"Mom, since you are so worried, why don't you come with me and see the outside world."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm not going anywhere, and neither are you."

There was a flash of panic in Wen's eyes.

"Mom, you've been staying in Qingyun City and the Meng Mansion all your life. Aren't you curious about what the outside world is like? Don't you want to go see it?"

"We women just need to stay at home and take care of our husbands and children. Don't think too much. You look obedient, how could you have such wild thoughts?"

Meng Xiyue sighed. Modern mothers living in the 21st century only want to depend on men for survival. How could she possibly persuade a mother living in the feudal era?

"Don't think too much. I will ask my wife to find you another marriage."

Hearing this, Meng Xiyue decided to leave secretly.

But before she could get ready, something happened at home.

The governor embezzled disaster relief grain and was thrown into jail by the governor.

The older sister knelt in front of him with her belly bulging.

"Fifth sister, please save my father-in-law. If he is convicted, our entire Li family will be finished."

"Big sister, this is a matter for the imperial court. There is nothing I can do to help."

"You can, as long as you ask Lord Yan for help."

Hearing this, Meng Xiyue's eyes darkened, "Big sister, are you asking me to sacrifice myself?"

Only now did she understand that the purpose of the governor letting her live in the Li family in the first place was probably for today.

"Yue'er, this is not only for Lord Li, but also for our Meng family."

Meng Qingxiang looked dazed, which made Meng Xiyue's heart skip a beat. "Did Daddy also embezzle the disaster relief grain?"

"No, when the relief grain reached my hands, there was only so much left. I did not embezzle, but I was also guilty of concealing the truth."

Meng Qingxiang slumped on the ground. "Besides, our family and the Li family are connected. If one prospers, all prosper. If one suffers, all suffer. If something happens to the governor, our family will not be able to escape."

He didn't say it explicitly, but Meng Xiyue guessed that he probably helped Li Youtian do a lot of things.

"I can't help."

"If you don't help, you will die too. My father-in-law said before he went to jail that if you don't want to, the same fate will happen to the Li family and the Meng family."

Meng Qingru's words were full of threats, as if she was not born in the Meng family.

"Yue'er, you have to save Dad."

"Yue'er, you can't just stand by and watch something happen to our Meng family, can you?" Cui was also frightened by the scene before her and quickly knelt down and begged.

"Mother, please get up quickly."

Meng Xiyue quickly reached out to help Cui, but unexpectedly her own biological mother also knelt down.

"Yue'er, think of a solution."

Meng Xiyue's eyes were red, and she smiled bitterly, "Even if the governor is interested in me, he is not a person who would use his power for personal gain. It would be useless for me to ask for his help."

"How can we know if we don't try? Besides, we are not asking him to abuse his power for personal gain, we just want him to be lenient in his sentence."

Seeing her let go, Meng Qingru quickly said, "Can you bear to let the Meng family get into trouble?"

"let me see."

Looking at the people kneeling on the ground, including her father and mother, it was ridiculous that they were forcing her to sacrifice herself.

"Fifth sister, think about it carefully. We will wait for you outside the door."

Meng Qingru would not leave without getting an answer.

But before Meng Xiyue could think it through, Meng Qingxiang was taken away by soldiers.

Now, even the old lady couldn't sit still.

"Yue'er, go and see what's going on."

"Yue'er is a woman, what does she know? I'd better go and ask around."

Meng Fan said that he had just returned home and heard that something had happened in both the Li and Meng Mansions.

Before she could figure out the situation, she saw that everyone in the mansion gathered around Meng Xiyue, forcing her to find a solution.

This puzzled him.

"If you go, will the governor be able to see you? He might even arrest you."

Cui held him back and looked at Meng Xiyue pleadingly, "Yue'er, as long as you can save the Meng family this time, I am willing to make your mother my co-wife, and you will also be a legitimate child in the future."

"Meng Xiyue, you were raised by the Meng family since you were a child. Now that the Meng family is in trouble, you are so far away from it. Do you still have a conscience?"

Meng Qingge started cursing angrily.

Meng Xiyue smiled and said, yes, because she had been eating and drinking at the Meng family’s restaurant since she was a child, she should repay the Meng family with her life.

She looked at her biological mother and silently called out, "Auntie."

"Yue'er, just go."

Just like in her previous life, in her mother's heart, her father is the most important.

"Okay, I'll go."