Being a reborn legitimate daughter is not easy

Chapter 34 034 The Secret of the Crimson Lotus Pavilion

Chapter 34 034 The Secret of the Crimson Lotus Pavilion

Ye Pianran followed An Shihou to the study. After closing the door, An Shihou turned around, stared intently at her face, and asked, "Ran'er, what is the current condition of the injury on your face?"

Ye Pianran couldn't help but find it amusing. It had been almost a month since she was injured, and Marquis Anshi had never once inquired about her injury. Now, his concern seemed to have ulterior motives.

"The wounds on my daughter's face have scabbed over, but it will probably take quite some time for them to fully recover," she said.

Marquis Anshi paced anxiously in his study, "What should I do?!"

"Father, you yourself said that I am engaged to Ouyang Shaoyu, so it is reasonable for me to wear a veil to the banquet. What are you worried about?" Ye Pianran asked.

Marquis Anshi turned around, glaring at her through gritted teeth: "Do you know that the Ouyang family came knocking on our door today? They heard the rumors that Ouyang Shaoyu can't marry a woman with a tarnished reputation and wants to break off the engagement with you!"

Oh? She went to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet with the intention of getting Ouyang Shaoyu to annul the engagement, but she didn't expect him to act so quickly.

Ye Pianran lowered her head and asked, "Then what does Father mean..."

"This engagement is absolutely not to be called off! Marriage is a serious matter, not a child's play!" Marquis Anshi took a deep breath and looked at Ye Pianran with anticipation: "Ran'er, this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is of utmost importance. I don't care what methods you use, you must keep Ouyang Shaoyu's heart this time! Do you understand?"

Ye Pianran suppressed her intense disgust and asked, "Even if Ran'er doesn't like Ouyang Shaoyu, and doesn't want to marry him?"

Marquis Anshi sneered, "The eldest daughter of the Marquis's mansion behind you, do you think you have a choice?"

"I understand. Ran'er will do her best to maintain the marriage agreement between the Marquis's Mansion and the Ouyang family," Ye Pianran replied with her head down, her heart filled with disappointment.

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On the other side, Ye Bijun, who was under house arrest, suddenly sat up after hearing her maid's report.

"What did you say? Is that really what's being said outside? Did the Ouyang family really come to the Marquis's residence to annul the engagement?"

Her maid, Qiaoyi, nodded: "I heard it with my own ears, it's absolutely true."

Ye Bijun was overjoyed. The feeling of pent-up frustration from being confined for a month had finally vanished without a trace!

There is nothing better than hearing with one's own ears that the most beautiful woman in the capital has fallen into the laughing stock of the world and has been rejected by the Ouyang family. It is truly a blessing from heaven!

But why, even after all this, does Uncle still want Ye Pianran to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet? Could it be that he wants Ye Pianran to seduce Ouyang Shaoyu at the banquet in order to salvage the marriage?

No! She had to find a way to stop Ye Pianran from marrying Ouyang Shaoyu! Only she, Ye Bijun, could marry Ouyang Shaoyu!

Her expression changed, and she beckoned to the maid, "Qiaoyi, come closer!"

Qiaoyi bent down, and Ye Bijun whispered something in her ear with a solemn expression, then took out a token. After listening, Qiaoyi stuffed the token into her pocket, then turned and quickly walked out of the courtyard.

After circling the Marquis's residence twice and finding that no one was paying attention to her, Qiaoyi left through the back gate and headed towards the East Market.

Upon arriving at the East Market, she went straight into a brothel called "Red Lotus Pavilion," showed the token in her hand, and gave the young and handsome shopkeeper a secret signal:

"Wealth and honor are ordained by heaven, a lifetime of glory and honor."

The shopkeeper glanced up at the bronze nine-petaled lotus in Qiaoyi's hand, then led her into the inner room. Qiaoyi waited in the inner room for a while, and then a woman dressed in a pale yellow gauze dress, surrounded by two maids, pushed open the door and walked in.

"Excuse me, are you the owner of Ronghua Tower?" Qiaoyi stepped forward and asked respectfully.

The woman looked down at Qiaoyi and asked, "So, you're the one who wants to see me?"