Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 709

Qi Xuan lowered his head and said, "It's because I haven't done enough. Miss Sheng is too outstanding, so it's understandable that her family has high expectations."

Shen Lingjun secretly rolled her eyes.

This naive young man, just beginning to experience love, is incredibly single-minded.

Her marriage proposal was also a test of the Sheng family. If the Sheng family really agreed to the marriage, it would prove that Sheng Qiongluo was not eyeing the position of Crown Princess, or at least that she had given up the position of Crown Princess now and obediently accepted her fate to marry someone else. In that case, Sheng Qiongluo would be cleared of suspicion.

But the Sheng family didn't agree, which means they still have ambitions.

It's possible that Lord Sheng wasn't involved; it was most likely Madam Sheng and her daughter, Sheng Qiongluo, who orchestrated it.

Shen Lingjun glanced at Qi Xuan, whose love life had been fraught with difficulties, and casually asked, "So what are you planning to do now?"

Qi Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "I want to see Miss Sheng first."

Shen Lingjun waved his hand speechlessly: "Go, go."

She doesn't have any real evidence right now. Even if she tells Qi Xuan that Sheng Qiongluo isn't truly in love with him and is just deceiving and using him, Qi Xuan definitely won't believe her. He'll probably just say, "Junior sister, you don't understand her at all!"

The only way is to let him hit this wall himself and see what the truth is behind his deeply moving love story.

......

Nighttime, the back garden of the Sheng Mansion.

Qi Xuan waited for Sheng Qiongluo behind the artificial hill, just as expected.

This was the meeting place they had arranged back at the hunting grounds, so they wouldn't have to wait until they left the Sheng residence to meet. Anyway, with Qi Xuan's high level of martial arts, sneaking into the Sheng residence undetected was a piece of cake.

As soon as Sheng Qiongluo arrived, before Qi Xuan could even speak, she threw herself into his arms and began to cry in a low voice.

“Young Master Qi… I didn’t even know the official matchmaker had come to propose marriage to you… My mother only told me later that she had already rejected you… I had a fight with my mother, but she just wouldn’t agree… My mother values ​​family background very much. She said you’re good in every way, except for your family background… It’s all my fault, I couldn’t convince my mother…”

Sheng Qiongluo cried her heart out, and as she spoke in broken sentences, Qi Xuan understood everything and felt only heartache for her.

"No, Miss Sheng, I absolutely do not blame you. It was an arranged marriage, and you couldn't make that decision yourself... Please don't let me cause any unpleasantness between you and your mother. I... I will think of another way!"

As he said this, he felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.

According to Sheng Qiongluo, Madam Sheng did not agree to the marriage because of his family background.

He can work on other aspects if he's not satisfied, but his family background is something he simply can't overcome.

Could he possibly go back decades or centuries and find a way to secure an official position and a title for his ancestors, then bring glory to the family and pass it down to his generation? He doesn't even know who his own parents are.

He simply couldn't meet Madam Sheng's conditions, but Sheng Qiongluo's parents were still alive, so her marriage had to pass their approval. And if he wanted to grow old with her, it had to be a proper, open, and legitimate marriage; he would absolutely not consider eloping.

Sheng Qiongluo hugged Qi Xuan, her voice choked with sobs, "Young Master Qi, even if we are destined to be apart, no matter what, my heart will always be yours, always with you..."

The danger to the Sheng family is not yet completely over, and she still cannot kick Qi Xuan away.

Even if she becomes the Crown Princess in the future, she'd better still keep him hooked. The disciple of the Old Man of Apricot and Orange, a master of both poison and medicine, is incredibly useful.

It's just a few tears and a few sweet words, it doesn't cost anything.