Favoring a Hidden Mistress? Engagement Broken-Chapter 160 - 124: Troubles Over an Arranged Marriage (3)

Her nephew is now twenty-one after the New Year, and has already achieved the top scholar title, his future is limitless. Now all he needs is a wife to manage the household, bear children, while he stabilizes his career.

Mrs. Zheng, as his aunt, has considered everything thoroughly, and has chosen well.

Although the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel doesn’t have as much power as several elders, he is still an important official who can speak in front of the Holy Emperor. As for the Yue Family, they don’t expect much support, at least it won’t be a hindrance.

If Xie Wanqing didn’t know about Cao Yingying and the Second Prince, she might also think this is a perfect match.

But now, looking at her smiling mother, she hesitated for a while, unable to say anything.

Such a royal scandal is only known to Your Majesty and Pei Yuqing, and she cannot just expose it.

... So, should Ji Chengfeng marry Cao Yingying?

In all fairness, Cao Yingying has a very good temperament, she is straightforward, and would certainly be a very competent lady of the house. Being forced by the Second Prince was not her fault.

But...

Can she escape the control of the Second Prince?

If after marriage, she still has dealings with the Second Prince, causing confusion in the bloodline...

There are no walls that don’t leak, once this matter is exposed, Mrs. Zheng, as the person who arranged this marriage, will only end up being unappreciated for her efforts.

As far as Xie Wanqing knows her mother, Mrs. Zheng would probably blame herself for the rest of her life.

......

On the carriage ride back, Xie Wanqing was still pondering the issue.

Actually, this is currently just an idea of Mrs. Zheng’s, nothing is finalized yet.

Nowadays, people don’t advocate arranged marriages without the couple’s consent. If there is to be a discussion of marriage, they usually ask the child’s opinion.

Ji Chengfeng might not necessarily take a liking to Cao Yingying, and Cao Yingying, being entangled with the Second Prince, probably wouldn’t think about marrying so soon either.

So, things shouldn’t reach that point.

Yet Xie Wanqing was still very worried.

She sometimes frowned, sometimes sighed, entirely lost in her thoughts.

She didn’t even notice that the carriage had been quiet for a good while, and during times the two were alone, her husband, who loved holding her small hand, seemed to be in low spirits.

Pei Yuqing quietly looked at the girl opposite him, her face full of a tangled expression. Observing for a while, seeing she truly had no intention of addressing him, he smiled bitterly to himself.

How did he assume this girl would be willing to properly explain their cheerful conversation with Ji Chengfeng in the morning when they were alone together?

Clearly, she not only didn’t plan to do that, but she even refused to glance in his direction.

At this moment, what occupied her little head certainly wasn’t him.

The man, who always believed he could maintain his composure, couldn’t hold it this time and was the first to speak, "What are you thinking about?"

Xie Wanqing couldn’t understand the twists in his heart, yet she was brought back to her senses by his words, raising her eyes to look at him.

At the moment they exchanged glances, Pei Yuqing reached out, held her hand on the small table, gently squeezed it, and asked in a low voice, "What’s wrong?"

"..." Xie Wanqing hesitated for a few moments, but still revealed Mrs. Zheng’s plan.

Hearing this, Pei Yuqing was also slightly taken aback.

Xie Wanqing said worriedly, "Do you think I should interfere in this matter?"

If she didn’t know, she could just let it be, but since she did, she couldn’t bear to watch her mother make a well-intentioned mistake.

She wanted to ask the opinion of her very intelligent husband.

But Pei Yuqing just watched her silently for a while, before slowly saying, "Are you worried solely because you’re afraid that once the matter is exposed, your mother will blame herself?"

"...?" Xie Wanqing looked puzzled, but soon understood and replied frankly, "Ji Chengfeng is my cousin, of course, I also don’t want to see his family in turmoil."

If he truly married Cao Yingying and she couldn’t escape the Second Prince, who can guarantee whose child would be born?

Confusing the bloodline is the most serious issue for a family.

Pei Yuqing’s lips curved into a slight smile, "Wanwan’s only met Brother Ji twice, yet worries about him."

The tone was so subtly sarcastic that even Xie Wanqing, slow as she might be, sensed something was off.

"What do you mean?" she frowned, looking at the man opposite her with hesitation, "Could it be that you’re still bothered about the coincidence of me meeting my cousin and chatting for a bit this morning?"

Pei Yuqing didn’t respond.

This tacit acknowledgment slowly widened Xie Wanqing’s eyes in astonishment, because she truly hadn’t expected him to be this petty.