If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Shen Sui'an lowered the car curtains. She felt unlucky if she looked at them for even a second longer.

She wanted to go back and discuss with her grandparents that she didn't want to be involved in the Lu family's marriage at all.

"Go back." Shen Sui'an said coldly.

Lu Heng looked at the carriage which was gradually moving away with displeasure hidden in his eyes.

This Shen Sui'an... is too strong-willed. It seems that her reputation for being beautiful and intelligent may not be entirely true.

The rosy clouds gradually disappeared from the western sky, and Shen Suian returned to the Shen family.

She couldn't wait to see her loving grandparents.

In the previous life, my grandfather learned about the rumors about Lu Heng and Song Xiuzhi, and went to the Lu family in person to seek justice for her.

After she came back, her grandfather asked her if she wanted to cancel the engagement.

At that time, she liked Lu Heng in her heart and thought that as long as they got married and spent time together day and night, Lu Heng would eventually live in harmony with her.

So she was determined to marry him.

After she and Lu Heng got married, Lu Heng received full support from his grandfather, who worried about Lu Heng's future.

The Lu family was able to regain its footing amid the emperor's suspicion, but my grandfather became increasingly ill and passed away within two years.

She didn't want her grandfather to worry about her anymore.

not worth it.

"Grandma." Shen Suian's eyes became hot when he saw the old figure standing in the corridor.

The old lady, who is nearly fifty years old, has gray hair and her ruddy face also shows traces of time, but her temperament is still dignified and she has an aura of majesty without even being angry.

"Sui Sui, you're back." Old Madam Shen smiled gently.

Shen Sui'an suppressed his nasal pain and gently hugged the old lady's arm, "Grandma, where is grandpa? How is his health?"

"Doctor Zhou came to see me this morning and wrote a new prescription." Old Madam Shen said, "I feel better after taking the medicine."

Shen Sui'an went to visit Old Master Shen. The old man's skinny face was covered with a sallow complexion, and the room was filled with a faint smell of medicine.

Shen Suian could no longer hold back her tears.

"How does Lu Heng explain?" asked Old Madam Shen in a deep voice.

"Grandma, I want to break off the engagement with Lu Heng." Shen Sui'an said.

Madam Shen said angrily, "Did he really have an affair with that woman?"

"Not yet." Shen Sui'an said, "Grandma, I don't want to marry a husband who protects other women in front of me."

"But if you cancel the engagement, it will cause great damage to your reputation. What should you do in the future?" Old Madam Shen asked with a sigh.

"Even if I have to be with you forever, I don't want to marry Lu Heng." Shen Suian bit her cheeks tightly, trying not to reveal her resentment for dying alone and in despair in her previous life.

Old Madam Shen fell into deep thought. She felt sorry for her granddaughter who lost her mother at a young age, so she had always brought her up by her side.

She has a good character and is a lady from a noble family praised by everyone in the capital. No one can find any fault with her.

How dare Lu Heng let her down like this.

"Sui Sui, your marriage with Lu Heng is not so easy to cancel. Your marriage was verbally agreed upon by the late emperor." Old Madam Shen's voice was helpless and distressed.

Shen Suian was surprised, she didn't know this existed.

"Although the late emperor is no longer with us, if you cancel the engagement and someone with ulterior motives brings up the matter of the marriage, both families will have a hard time explaining it."

Even if it was just a casual oral instruction at the time, it was a grace from both families.

If I cancel the engagement, it would be disobeying the emperor's order.

Shen Sui'an didn't expect that there would be such a thing as an arranged marriage.

No wonder in the previous life, Duke Lu firmly disagreed with Lu Heng marrying Song Xiuzhi. He was probably afraid that the marriage between the Lu and Shen families would be criticized.

The Lu family has been prosperous for so many years, it is inevitable that some people will be jealous and want to stab them in the back.

If the Lu family is attacked on the grounds of disobeying the emperor's order, will the emperor miss this opportunity to take back power from the Lu family?

"I have asked Lu Heng to come and cancel the engagement tomorrow." Shen Sui'an clenched his hands. He thought that he could get rid of the nightmare of the Lu family immediately after his rebirth, but he didn't expect that there would be such trouble.

Madam Shen said, "You really don't want to think it over again?"

"Grandma, I... would rather die than get married." Shen Sui'an lowered his eyes, his tone more firm than ever before.

"Then don't marry." An old and weak voice came.

Shen Sui'an turned around suddenly and rushed forward to support him, "Grandfather, why did you get up? Did your granddaughter bother you?"

"You've been lying down for a whole day. If you don't get up, your bones will be stiff." Old Master Shen smiled and waved his hands.

"That kid Lu Heng bullied you so much, and you didn't even tell your grandfather."

Shen Sui'an lowered her head. She was afraid that her grandfather would be so angry if he knew about it, so she wanted to go to Lu Heng in person to find out.

She just wanted to know that if Lu Heng really had someone in his heart, she wouldn't have to marry him.

"Grandfather, I can handle it. Don't worry about me." Shen Sui'an said.

Old Master Shen put his finger to his lips and coughed a few times, "Although grandpa is old and can't protect you forever, grandpa can still do justice for your marriage."

"Grandfather will accompany you to the Lu family tomorrow. If Lu Heng cannot give you a satisfactory answer, then this marriage...even if we ask the emperor, we will withdraw."

Shen Sui'an looked at his grandfather's wrinkled face and tears fell silently.

If her grandparents, who loved her so much, knew that she had lived a lonely life in the Lu family's backyard after marrying Lu Heng in her previous life, they would not know how heartbroken they would be.

"Grandfather, Lu Heng is not a good match for me. It is not worthy for you to go to the Lu family. Even if you want to explain, they should come to us." She was really afraid that her grandfather would continue to compromise with the Lu family for her like he did in his previous life.

Old Master Shen nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to Sui Sui."

Different from the warm and harmonious scene of the Shen family's grandparents and grandchildren, the old man of the Lu family had a sinister look in his eyes at this time, and was angrily scolding his most beloved grandson.

"Don't even think about breaking off the engagement with the Shen family in your lifetime. How can that wine-selling woman compare to Sui Sui? You are blinded by greed!" Duke Lu pointed at Lu Heng and cursed.

Lu Heng sighed, "Grandfather, it's not me who wants to cancel the engagement, it's Shen Sui'an who said so."

"If there hadn't been so many rumors about you and the woman surnamed Song, would Shen Suian have said these things to you?" Duke Lu shouted.

"Heng'er is a man, and it is common for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Besides, there is nothing between him and Miss Song. Shen Suian is presumptuous enough to be a girl from a noble family and can't even see through such a thing." Old Madam Lu had a gloomy face, and was angry that Shen Suian dared to propose to cancel the engagement.

She really doesn't know what's good for her! Her brother Heng is so good. If it weren't for the previous emperor's oral order to grant the marriage, she would not have to marry Shen Sui'an.

Lord Lu impatiently scolded his wife: "Don't add fuel to the fire at this time."

"Grandfather, I will take care of this matter." Lu Heng said with a frown.

"How do you want to solve it? Why did you run to protect that woman today? Why don't you let Shen Suian vent his anger?" Duke Lu said unhappily.

Madam Lu tried to appease him, "Shen Sui'an is trying to force Heng'er to break off his relationship with the Song family's wife. Tomorrow I will take Heng'er to the Shen family to apologize and make things clear."

"You'd better apologize to Shen Sui'an and ask her to take back her words of breaking off the engagement." Lord Lu said, "Otherwise, the Song lady won't be able to stay either."

Lu Heng's cold eyebrows showed a little more irritability, "Grandfather, Miss Song and I are innocent."

"You lost your integrity when you spent money on her." Lord Lu glared at him.

"Forget it, I'll explain it again to Shen Suian tomorrow." Lu Heng felt disgusted.