Favoring a Hidden Mistress? Engagement Broken-Chapter 73 - 69: Means

Means...

Pei Yuqing raised his eyes and looked at her steadily. Xie Wanqing met his gaze without a trace of fear. After a long while, he suddenly chuckled softly, "Wanwan, I would never use tricks on you."

He couldn’t bear to force her in the slightest, let alone use tricks to bind her.

From the beginning to the end, all he wanted was her willing heart, full of joy, running towards him.

The scorching summer sunlight shone through the curtain of the carriage window, casting a glow around Pei Yuqing, making him, who was already as noble as snow, appear even more gentle and elegant, like a deity on a temple top, embracing all things in the world.

As Xie Wanqing watched, she started to doubt if she had misunderstood.

A person this gentle, how could he have schemed so deeply just to obtain her?

Her aversion to Lu Ziyuan originated from a dream, intensified by his tireless entanglement. What did that have to do with others?

How could she justifiably place the blame on him?

Besides, that time by the rockery, if the man before her hadn’t arrived in time, she wouldn’t even know how Lu Ziyuan would have bullied her...

Thinking of this, Xie Wanqing’s suspicions dissipated, realizing that she shouldn’t have wronged someone just based on her instincts.

But she always remembered what Lu Ziyuan said, that Liu Manrou was his cousin’s concubine, and the child in her womb was also Lu Zishuo’s posthumous child.

Pei Yuqing, who manages the Qingtian Guard, would not be unaware of the inside situation...

Slowly clenching the knuckles within her sleeves, her feelings were mixed.

On one hand, she felt that there was nothing wrong with what they did; no one would specifically explain things to their romantic rival.

On the other hand, she felt that his actions didn’t align with the honest and open image of a gentleman she had in her mind.

As they left the city gates, the road wasn’t as smooth as inside the city, and occasionally passing through uneven areas made the carriage sway.

Xie Wanqing held onto the corner of the small table to steady herself, deciding not to bother thinking about those things.

In any case, she was determined to break off the engagement with Lu Ziyuan.

No matter what the inside story was, no matter whether Lu Ziyuan and Liu Manrou had any entanglements, her mind was made up to call off the engagement.

The brutality from the dream constantly reminded her that there was no turning back, and since that was the case, it didn’t matter whether Pei Yuqing told her the truth or not.

She couldn’t take out her anger on him.

Xie Wanqing took a deep breath, just about to say something, when the carriage suddenly stopped abruptly.

"How dare you stop the Duke Mansion’s carriage?"

Pei Er’s questioning voice came through the curtain of the carriage.

Immediately following, a voice Xie Wanqing was very familiar with sounded.

"Apologies for the sudden disturbance, please forgive me, Heir Pei," a steady male voice neither humble nor pushy, firm and steady: "Is Miss Xie in the carriage? My princely heir has a letter..."

At this point, Mingjian’s voice stopped.

Because Xie Wanqing had already lifted the curtain, revealing the scene inside the carriage to him.

Just as he had heard, the girl who nearly became his master’s wife had boarded the Duke Mansion’s carriage, alone with the heir of the mansion in the enclosed carriage.

Mingjian’s face turned unpleasant, yet he still bowed, took out a letter from his sleeve, and said, "Miss Xie, when Yun Jin went to your residence, he didn’t see you. The letter for you from the princely heir ended up in my hands..."

"Enough," Xie Wanqing interrupted sharply, impatiently, "I have already broken off the engagement with your princely heir. His letters can go to whoever he wants to give them to, please don’t block the way."

"Before he left, the princely heir said you promised to receive the letter delivered by Yun Jin."

The master’s letter was met with such disdain by her, and Mingjian’s heart was indeed boiling with anger, his voice tightened with restraint.

Hearing Lu Ziyuan’s name infuriated Xie Wanqing. Seeing him still blocking the way, her expression turned cold as she was about to speak, but her hand was held by someone.

Pei Yuqing held her hand, gently squeezing it to reassure her, coaxing, "Anger is harmful to the body, don’t get easily angry over trivial matters."

He said, while looking at the person blocking the way ahead, he said flatly, "Move aside."

Not only did Mingjian not step aside, but he raised his head to look at the man and woman in the carriage, his gaze sharp: "You broke off the engagement with my princely heir less than a month ago, and he left the Capital less than a week ago. Dare I ask, Miss Xie, what are you doing?"

Having followed Lu Ziyuan for many years, Xie Wanqing was not unfamiliar with Mingjian. The man had always been respectful and polite when he met her before, never being this tactless.

Even in the dream where Lu Ziyuan had a new love, Mingjian’s attitude towards her had never changed; he respected her as his mistress.

Now seeing him act on behalf of his master, Xie Wanqing was slightly taken aback, then she laughed out loud.

"What am I doing?" The impatience in her voice disappeared, and she swayed her hand, interlocked with Pei Yuqing’s, before the young man in front of the carriage, smiling, "What do you say I am doing?"

The colors of the two intertwined hands were as cold and white as jade, dazzling even in the sunlight.

She smiled brightly, "Of course, I am taking a walk with my new fiancé."

The word ’new’ she deliberately slowed down, seeming a bit lingering, making Pei Yuqing beside her couldn’t help but glance sideways at the beautiful side of the girl’s face, his Adam’s apple rolling.

His lips pressed lightly together, he ordered the guards nearby to clear the road.

The lifted curtain fell down, blocking Mingjian’s sight, the last scene in front of him was the tender-eyed exchange between the pair.

When the guards from the Pei Mansion approached, he no longer blocked the way, standing to the side looking stunned.

In his ears, only the sweet voice of the girl and the words ’new fiancé’ echoed.

...It was over.

He thought, the woman his princely heir was determined to have was indeed ruthless.

Should he deliver this news to his master who had just arrived in Yunzhou?

Upon receiving this news, would he still be able to calm his mind, quell the rebellion, and return victoriously to the Capital? 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

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The moment the wheels slowly moved, the smile on Xie Wanqing’s face completely disappeared.

Mingjian, who followed Lu Ziyuan closely, did not follow him to Yunzhou this time.

No matter why he stayed in the Capital, once he knew about her impending marriage, he definitely wouldn’t just ignore it.

He would surely report to Lu Ziyuan, and once Lu Ziyuan got the news, would he come to disrupt her marriage?

The journey to Yunzhou wasn’t too far, with fast horses, it could be reached back to the Capital within five to six days...

The girl’s face looked quite displeased, Pei Yuqing squeezed her palm and asked, "What are you thinking?"

Xie Wanqing didn’t hide anything from him, she expressed her worries, and added, "That man is somewhat crazy now, I really cannot foresee what he would do upon knowing I am going to marry."

She had always believed that growing up with Lu Ziyuan gave her some understanding of him, but those dreams had shattered her confidence significantly.

Until that night when he broke into her boudoir, she couldn’t believe that the aloof and emotionless young man she knew could do such a thing.

Cornering her on the bed, forcing her to promise to wait for him to return.

Even ignoring her struggles to hold her, deliberately trying to scare her.

Rude and unbridled, almost manically intense.