The daughter of the first wife grew up in the countryside and was extremely powerful

Yet, he was like an invisible man, ignored by everyone. Even his father was unwilling to look at him. Why was this? Was it simply because he didn't have a powerful force behind him?

No, he was unwilling to be ignored like this. He wanted to fight for a place for himself! It was precisely because he had the support of the General's Mansion that he agreed to the engagement with the Marquis' Mansion. Otherwise, the Pingdongqing Marquis' Mansion was now so destitute, how could it be qualified to marry him?

Besides, although Qin Mingzhu was stupid, she was the legitimate daughter of the Tongzhengshi family after all. In the past, he had used her to solve some difficult problems.

Everything he did was for his own future and status, so what was wrong with that? However, he absolutely could not let his fifth brother discover his true intentions, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous...

There is no such thing as brotherhood in the heavenly family.

"I misunderstood? I heard everything you said, how could I still misunderstand? You two actually colluded with each other behind my back, you... you..."

Meng Hewan was so angry that she walked up to Qin Mingzhu and grabbed her clothes. Without giving her a chance to react, she slapped her twice. Two red marks immediately appeared on the woman's fair face.

"I thought you were a good sister, but you dared to seduce my man, you bitch!" Thinking that these two people might have been together a long time ago, Meng Hewan was even more angry and pulled Qin Mingzhu's hair hard.

For a moment, the originally neatly combed hair was pulled apart and spread out in a messy manner.

The more Meng Hewan thought about it, the angrier she became. Her eyes were filled with anger and hatred. She felt deeply betrayed and hurt. She clutched Qin Mingzhu's clothes tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force.

Qin Mingzhu's face was beaten red and swollen, tears welled up in her eyes, but she didn't dare to fight back. She just lowered her head and endured it all silently.

Qin Mingzhu's hair was tangled and her scalp was in pain, but she still didn't resist. She knew she was in the wrong and could only silently endure Meng Hewan's scolding and beating.

"Ah... let go... let me go." Qin Mingzhu only felt pain on her face and head. Finally, she couldn't help but fight back and wanted to push Meng Hewan away.

Unfortunately, Meng Hewan was very strong and there was no way to push her away. The two of them got entangled together and the room was in chaos.

Among this group of people, the one with the most ugly expression was probably Ye Yunhao, the legitimate son of the second branch of the Changning Marquis's Mansion. He was the young man who was engaged to Qin Mingzhu. His expression had been very ugly from the beginning, but in order to maintain his manly demeanor, he did not take direct action like Meng Hewan did.

However, others noticed that Master Ye's hands were clenched tightly, his lips were tightened into a line, and his face was full of resentment. The other masters all looked at him with sympathy.

"Alright, if they keep tearing each other's clothes like this, they don't look like ladies from noble families anymore. Hurry up and separate them." Seeing that the two had already started to tear their clothes, the fifth prince scolded them coldly and told the maids beside them to hurry up and separate the two people who were entangled with each other.

"What are you doing? Pulling and tugging in public, how can you be so disrespectful!" The fifth prince frowned and said unhappily.

"Your Highness, she...she started it first." Qin Mingzhu pointed at Meng Hewan and said aggrievedly.

"You bitch, how dare you say that! You actually dared to seduce my fiancé. You even have a fiancé yourself, how can you be so shameless?" Meng Hewan retorted.

"Alright, stop arguing. Let's put today's matter aside for now. If it happens again, I will never let you off easily." The fifth prince said majestically.

But now the matter has become tricky.

Ye Yunhao, who had been silent the whole time, said coldly, "Since Miss Qin is not satisfied with this marriage, I will ask the elders of my family to cancel the engagement after I return. I am marrying above my station."

After saying this, without giving anyone time to react, he turned around and left the bamboo forest.

Qin Mingzhu trembled, finally realizing the seriousness of the matter! If her father knew that she was hooking up with the Third Prince and that the Ye family had broken off the engagement, he would beat her to death!

Her body was shaky and her face was pale.

However, Meng Hewan looked very happy. Didn't this bitch like to seduce other people's fiancés? Now that her engagement has been broken off, let's see how she can hold her head up high in the capital in the future.

"Third brother, I'm afraid you have to give an explanation to the leaders of several families now. Take care of yourself." After saying that, he left first with an indifferent look on his face.

When Gu Fanchu and his group saw that the situation had almost developed, they lowered their heads and left silently, leaving only three parties involved.

The third prince Pei Qing'an also shook his body, stammered a little, his eyes were panicked, but he couldn't speak.

"Wan'er..."

He looked at the woman on the side and wanted to hold her back. What happened today must not be known to others. If it got out, those who had finally stood by him would probably reconsider their stance.

But he didn't know that when the two were fighting, Gu Fanchu still asked Qiutang to sneak out and spread what happened here.

At this point, most people at the banquet probably already knew what was happening here.

Meng Hewan was very angry at this time. She didn't expect that as a modern person, she would be seduced by her fiancé in ancient times. This was really unbearable. She didn't want to see this man again for a while and ran out without caring about her image.

Pei Qing'an's eyes narrowed, he turned around and followed him out.

"The Third Prince..."

Qin Mingzhu had completely lost her composure at this point. She could only hope that the Third Prince would give her a status, otherwise, she would probably be finished in the capital.

The third prince paused, but did not stop and continued to walk out.

Qin Mingzhu, who was left there in a mess, immediately collapsed to the ground with a look of despair in her eyes. The maid who had rushed over did not dare to step forward and was also very scared.

The young lady has been having a secret meeting with the third prince for a long time. As maids, they naturally couldn't say anything and were always sent away to do other things. They didn't expect to be caught by such a group of people today. I'm afraid... they will have a hard time when they return.

I couldn't help but blame my young lady in my heart. He was my best friend's fiancé, so why did she get involved with him? Now she is in such an embarrassing situation, and her future will probably be ruined.

As Gu Fanchu expected, Qiutang went to the front yard, took out a bag of silver and gave it to a strange little maid, asking her to promote the business well.

The little maidservant was a clever villain. She ran among the other maids and shouted in panic, "Miss Qin from the Tongzheng Envoy's family and the Third Prince, the fiancé of the Marquis' daughter, are having a secret meeting in the bamboo forest."

At first, the maids and old women from various families did not believe it, but after she explained it in a very convincing way and said that it was the Fifth Prince who personally discovered the affair, everyone believed it.

So the maids immediately went into the house to report the matter to their wives, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little subtle.