Today is a nice day with a clear sky and good weather, suitable for traveling, breaking ground, and getting married.

There were three carriages parked in front of the Shang Mansion. The front one was for passengers, and the two at the back were for food and supplies for the journey.

As for the other luggage, they were all put into Shang Wan's space.

"Sister, everything has been packed." Shitou ran to tell Shang Wan after checking the carriage.

Shang Wan put the written letter into an envelope and asked the steward to send it to the post station. After the steward left, he said to Shitou, "Wait until your brother-in-law comes back and leave."

"Oh." Shitou couldn't sit still, so he said something to Shang Wan and ran out again.

Chu Xu and Yuanyuan sat aside eating osmanthus cake. The two children took a piece each and ate until the table was covered with cake crumbs.

"You two should eat less and be careful about indigestion." Xiaohuan came in carrying a big bag filled with dried meat, meat jerky, fried meatballs and the like, which she had made overnight.

Chu Xu was in the room, so she couldn't just give it to Shang Wan to put it in the space, so she could only put it on the table first.

Yuanyuan smiled and fed the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in her hand to her, "Auntie, eat it."

Xiaohuan leaned over and took a bite, then raised her hand to take it and ate it in three or two bites.

Seeing that half an hour had passed and there was still no sign of Lu Chengjing, Xiaohuan couldn't help but look out the door, "Why hasn't my brother-in-law come back yet?"

"It should be soon." Shang Wan took a handkerchief and wiped the two children's mouths.

Qiao Yu'an also wanted to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination, so she agreed with Lu Chengjing to go together early so that they could take care of each other.

This morning, Ah Le came to invite Lu Chengjing to Qiao's house, but he didn't tell him what he was going to do. Lu Chengjing was worried that something might happen, so he followed him.

Xiao Huan muttered: "Don't tell me what it is."

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, when Shang Wan wanted to send someone to check on the Qiao Mansion, Lu Chengjing came back.

Also coming along were two carriages and four guards from the Qiao residence.

Qiao Yu'an followed Lu Chengjing into the room, with a hint of anger still lingering between her brows.

"What happened?" Shang Wan asked in a low voice as he let Lu Chengjing help him put on his cloak.

Lu Chengjing tied the belt of his cloak and shook his head gently at Shang Wan, meaning that he would talk about it later.

Shang Wan didn't ask any more questions, but just said, "It's almost time, let's go."

Everyone walked out the door. Lu Chengjing asked Shang Wan and others to get on the carriage first. He called the steward aside and whispered a few words to him. He waited for the steward to agree one by one before getting into the carriage.

Shang Wan lifted the curtain and glanced at the plaque on the gate, wondering when he would come back.

Shi Changsheng took his soldiers on horseback and went outside the city and waited at the city gate.

Shang Wan and his group's carriage was in front, Qiao Yu'an's carriage was behind, and then the carriage loaded with luggage. Four guards followed the carriages on horseback, and the carriage team went all the way to the East Gate.

In the carriage, Lu Chengjing drank a sip of hot tea, and under the gaze of several pairs of curious eyes, he slowly spoke about the affairs of the Qiao Mansion.

Qiao Weiwei's fiancé Zhang Ning suddenly came to break off the engagement. Qiao Yu'an was so angry that he wanted to beat him to death. No one in the family could persuade him, so A Le ran to find Lu Chengjing.

Shang Wan felt strange. "I remember the wedding date was on the ninth day of next month. There's not much time left. Why would you suddenly come to cancel the engagement?"

Lu Chengjing pursed his lips and whispered, "Ms. Qiao hasn't married yet, but Zhang Ning has become a father half a month ago."

Xiao Huan exclaimed, "He has a mistress?"

Lu Chengjing nodded.

Under such circumstances, there is no way the Qiao family would allow Qiao Weiwei to marry into the family.

"Zhang Ning is not such a jerk." Shitou said, "He confessed this matter before Miss Qiao got married."

Lu Chengjing shook his head. "It's not that he didn't want to hide it. The child's mother came to the door with the child yesterday evening, and all the neighbors knew about it. The Zhang family couldn't hide it at all."

That was why Zhang Ning went to Qiao's house early the next morning to discuss the cancellation of the engagement.

It’s easy to imagine how the people in the Qiao Mansion would react after hearing this.

Qiao Weiwei was so angry that she fainted, and Mrs. Qiao was so angry that she almost fainted. Qiao Yu'an kicked Zhang Ning hard several times. If Qiao's father hadn't stopped him, Qiao Yu'an would have beaten him to death on the spot.

When Lu Chengjing went there, the Qiao Mansion was in chaos. The Zhang family members were crying and shouting for help, saying things like bullying and killing people.

The shouting could be heard from far away, and if you didn't know, you would think someone was being killed in the Qiao Mansion.

If the servants of the Qiao Mansion had not stopped people at the door, many people would have run in to watch the fun.

Shang Wan asked: "How did you deal with it in the end?"

"Cancel the engagement. The Zhang family is not in the right in this matter. Even if Zhang Ning was beaten, they would not dare to really make a scene, let alone report it to the government."

Lu Chengjing felt a headache when he thought of the chaos in Qiao's house. He said, "There must be another hidden story behind this, but we are leaving soon, so we can't find out."

That's why Qiao Yu'an was in such a bad mood. He knew that he was being plotted against, but he couldn't stay to investigate.

In Lu Chengjing's opinion, if Qiao Yu'an was really hindered by this matter and missed the day of going to Beijing, then he would probably have really taken advantage of the intentions of the person behind the scenes.

Xiao Huan sighed softly: "Breaking off the engagement will damage my reputation. If Miss Qiao knew about this, she would probably be very angry."

This world is so unfair. Even if Zhang Ning was wrong, it would be difficult for Qiao Weiwei to find a husband in the future.

Shang Wan felt that Xiaohuan was just worrying about nothing. Once Qiao Yu'an became successful, would she still be worried that his sister wouldn't be able to get married?

When that time comes, Qiao Weiwei might be able to find a husband who is several times better than Zhang Ning.

As they were talking, the convoy left the East City Gate.

Shang Wan heard someone calling him outside the carriage. He raised his hand, opened the curtain and looked out, and his eyes met with Madam Shu and her group.

Lady Hua smiled and waved at her, "Wanwan, let's come together to see you off. Xiaohuan, come over too, let's talk sisters."

Shang Wan and Xiao Huan got out of the car holding Yuan Yuan. Chu Xu wanted to follow them, but Shi Tou stopped the child and said, "The women are talking, what are you doing following them?"

Chu Xu puffed his lips and sat still.

"Baby, come to Auntie Hua for a hug." Madam Hua reached out and hugged Yuanyuan, kissing her rosy little face several times, "Don't forget Auntie Hua."

"Yeah." Yuanyuan nodded her head obediently.

"Don't forget Aunt Lou." Madam Lou grabbed Yuanyuan into her arms, "Remember to come back with your mother to visit."

"If you don't have time to come back, you can just send a letter." Madam Tang came over and pinched her round little face. "Auntie Tang will ask someone to bring you your favorite snacks when the time comes."

When she heard there were snacks, Yuanyuan's big eyes sparkled and she immediately agreed, "Okay."

"Just spoil her." Shang Wan reached out and took Yuan Yuan back. "There's still a big box of it that I bought last time we went shopping."

Yuanyuan hugged her mother's neck and pouted her little mouth. The baby didn't mind having too many snacks.

"Have a safe trip." Madam Shu handed the bag on her arm to Xiaohuan, "It's just a token of my appreciation to you sisters."

Xiaohuan looked at her sister and only took it when Shang Wan nodded.

Everyone talked for a while, and as they were talking, Madam Lou turned around and wiped her tears. Her crying also moved the others to have red eyes, and their eyes were full of reluctance.

Even if I send you thousands of miles away, we must still say goodbye.

Shang Wan finally said "take care" and pulled Xiaohuan back to the carriage.

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