Shen Jiao's face turned pale, and she had no reason to refuse anymore, so she had to walk over slowly.
"Master! Master! Master is going to rest soon! You can't go in!"
The door was suddenly opened with great force. Huo Changze came in and looked around. After confirming that Shen Jiao was still safe, he slowly said, "Is Jiu Yiniang here too? It seems that I came at an unlucky time."
When Huo Qi saw him suddenly barging in, he frowned and scolded: "Why are you here so late?"
Huo Changze's words were not formal, "I'm not just passing by and seeing that the light in your room is still on. I came here specifically to say hello to you."
Huo Qi's face was almost crumpled with anger. How could anyone greet someone so late at night? It was a waste of time to disturb his good business.
Huo Qi said impatiently: "After greetings, leave quickly."
"There's no rush." Huo Changze sat down directly, picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea. He said in a slow tone, "I still have something to say."
"If you have anything to say, we'll talk about it tomorrow, don't rush it now."
"No, it's urgent. Otherwise some people will always use this to frustrate me." When Huo Changze said this, his eyes fell on Shen Jiao.
Shen Jiao's eyelashes trembled, she lowered her eyes to avoid his scorching gaze, and said, "Master, I will go down first..."
"Jiu Yiniang, please stay."
Shen Jiao stopped leaving and looked at him doubtfully.
What is Huo Changze going to do?
Huo Changze said: "While Jiu Yiniang is here today, I would like to ask my aunt to be here to bear witness for me."
Huo Qi couldn't understand. He frowned and asked, "What are you going to say?"
Huo Changze put down the tea cup, which made a crisp sound when it hit the table. Huo Changze said calmly: "I want to dissolve my marriage with that girl from the Jiang family."
Huo Qi opened his eyes wide and asked in disbelief: "What did you say?! Say it again?!"
Huo Changze's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was as calm as if he was just talking about what the weather was like today, "I said, I want to dissolve my marriage with that girl from the Jiang family."
Not only Huo Qi was stunned, but Shen Jiao was also stunned.
She didn't expect that Huo Changze would actually break off the engagement for her, let alone that he would suddenly speak at this time.
The scene and atmosphere in front of me is really not a good time to say this.
Huo Qi had been in a very anxious mood since he woke up. Huo Changze almost made him faint when he said this.
Huo Qi threw the pipe at Huo Changze and hit him hard, "Damn it! This is a marriage that has been planned for a long time! How can we cancel it just like it! How do you want me to explain to the Jiang family?! How to explain to the Jiang family girl? Explain!"
Huo Changze didn't react at all after being hit. His tone was firm, as if he had already thought of everything: "I will come to apologize and let them do whatever they want. They can also ask for an end of the engagement, and I will give them a satisfactory compensation."
Huo Qi still didn't understand why Huo Changze wanted to cancel the engagement, "Why?! You have to give me a reason!"
Huo Changze said: "I already have someone I love."
Huo Qi immediately asked: "Who is it? Which girl is she from?"
Huo Changze was silent for a while, then suddenly raised his head with a serious look on his face, "I will never marry anyone but her."
Huo Qi's hand pointing at him trembled with anger, "You! You..."
"Come to the ancestral hall with me!"
It was very dark in the ancestral hall, so the servants quickly lit candles.
The bright candlelight illuminated a whole row of black tablets, arranged neatly, giving a silent sense of oppression.
It started raining outside at some point, and the rainwater drifted in with the wind. When it falls on people, the coolness penetrates directly into their hearts.
Huo Qi shouted angrily: "Kneel down!"
Huo Changze knelt down heavily, his knees making a dull sound on the black stone ground.
Huo Qi pointed to the tablet and said, "Say it again in front of your mother, what do you want to do?"
Looking at the tablet in front of him, Huo Changze's eyes were filled with darkness.
"What qualifications do you have to mention her?"
Huo Changze clenched his fists. If Huo Qiyu hadn't tricked his mother into marrying into the general's mansion, his mother wouldn't have ended up in a miserable state!
"Okay, okay, I'm not qualified to mention it." Huo Qi took a deep breath and said, "But your mother agreed to this marriage in the first place! Are you really going to disobey your parents' orders now?"
Huo Changze's expression changed for a moment, and then he knocked his head heavily: "My son is unfilial and wants to cancel the engagement with the Jiang family girl. Please allow my mother to agree!"
Seeing Huo Changze being so stubborn, Huo Qi was really angry, "You are so stubborn, don't blame me for being cruel!"
"Come here, let's do some family law!"
After a while, the guards from the palace came over with sticks. They were all veterans who had retired from the battlefield, and they struck quickly and harshly.
The sound of a stick as thick as a bowl falling on a person is very dull, bang! Bang! Bang! Again and again, everyone on the side became frightened.
However, Huo Changze gritted his teeth and endured it without saying a word.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Shen Jiao couldn't stand it anymore. Huo Changze's back was covered in blood from the beating.
why? Why would Huo Changze do this for her? Obviously he could have avoided this kind of torture...
She couldn't tell how many times she was hit, but Shen Jiao felt that the sound never stopped.
It wasn't until Huo Qi felt that it was almost done that he slowly spoke: "I'll ask you again, do you still want to cancel the engagement?"
Huo Changze raised his eyelids and glanced at him, then laughed, his eyes full of contempt, "If you dare, beat me to death."
Huo Qi was irritated and shouted: "Keep beating me!"
Gradually, the speed of the two guards waving their arms slowed down. Huo Changze's originally straight back was now bent, and large beads of cold sweat on his forehead hit the ground.
Huo Qi finally stopped.
Huo Changze took a few breaths and stood up.
Under the candlelight, his expression was unruly and arrogant, "I've canceled this marriage."
…
Although Huo Qi was furious, Huo Changze was his only son after all, and no matter how angry he was, he would not really beat him to death.
With a cold face, he asked someone to take Huo Changze away for treatment. Huo Qi returned to the room. He recalled what Huo Changze had said, and he felt more and more wrong.
Why did Huo Changze come over suddenly? Why did he suddenly mention breaking off the engagement? And who is the person he said he would not marry except her?
The doubts in Huo Qi's heart grew bigger and bigger, and a slight uneasiness arose in his heart, so he ordered the housekeeper, "Go and check, which women from the family have been close to the eldest young master recently?"
"yes."
