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He raised his hand and asked the servants to quickly take Liu Ruyan away, but Liu Ruyan hugged Chen Qianmo's arm instead and refused to leave.

"Lord Meng, Elder Chen, please help us."

Seeing that Liu Ruyan was about to make a scene, Chen Qianmo was so frightened that his whole body froze. He didn't even have the courage to look up at Lord Chen.

Earlier in the bamboo forest, he was seen and ridiculed by everyone, and he blurted out the words of breaking off the engagement without even thinking.

Now, after kneeling in the main hall for such a long time, he still hasn't heard Lord Chen say a word, and he is already regretting it to the core.

Everyone knows that Lord Chen is a friendly and kind person, but as Lord Chen's son, how could he not know that his father climbed to the position of Lord Chen step by step, not by being easy to talk to.

If he had begged Lord Chen privately, there might have been a chance to cancel the engagement, but now that things had turned out like this, he knew that he was finished.

Even if he succeeded in breaking off the engagement, the possibility of him marrying Liu Ruyan was probably low.

He pushed Liu Ruyan who was leaning on him and whispered, "Go down first. The elders will discuss the marriage."

Unexpectedly, Liu Ruyan was not as determined as before after hearing Chen Qianmo's words. She was afraid that something unexpected would happen. Now the whole capital knew that she and Chen Qianmo had an affair. If she couldn't marry into the Chen family, she was afraid that she would have no good place to go in her life.

She knelt straighter and her voice became louder.

"I won't leave. I want to stay with you. No matter how Elder Chen and Lord Meng punish you, I will bear the consequences with you."

"What a love-crazy thing!"

Someone muttered something, and Chen Ge Lao's face, which had been smiling faintly, slowly became silent. He opened his eyelids, glanced at his son who had his head lowered on the floor, and snorted softly.

"Qianmo, are you really having an affair with this girl?"

Hearing what Elder Chen said, Chen Qianmo suddenly looked up, met his father's gaze, and quickly lowered his head.

When he was a child, he was unwilling to practice calligraphy and lied that he had already learned it. Later, that year, Mr. Chen asked him to write all the Spring Festival couplets at home by himself.

His ugly handwriting made everyone who went to the Chen Mansion to pay New Year's greetings laugh at him privately.

He knew very well how Lord Chen punished people. It was not whipping or making them kneel in the ancestral hall, but completely destroying a person's heart.

Now that things have come to this point, he really wants to say that he and Liu Ruyan have no personal relationship, and he regrets his impulsive behavior.

Unfortunately, he didn't dare to lie, so he could only bite the bullet and said, "My son didn't know she was a woman before, but we exchanged more letters. When he found out that she was a woman, he couldn't get away from it."

Although this statement admitted that there was a private affair, it also made it clear that he did not intentionally embarrass Meng Wen Yao. It was all a coincidence that things had come to this point.

Chen Ge Lao's expression eased a little, and then he looked at Liu Ruyan and said expressionlessly: "Are you willing to be my concubine?"

Liu Ruyan was stunned. She was just retreating to advance. She said she was willing to be a concubine. Doesn't this show that she and Chen Qianmo have a deep relationship?

Mr. Chen wouldn't really let her be his concubine, would he?

But it doesn't matter even if she becomes a concubine. With Meng Wen Yao's personality, even if she becomes Chen Qianmo's wife, she will not be as favored as her. As long as she holds Chen Qianmo's heart, she will not have to worry about suppressing Meng Wen Yao.

What's more, she heard that Meng Wen Yao was very arrogant, and even if she was willing to be a concubine, Meng Wen Yao might not be willing to share a husband with her.

She shed tears and nodded: "As long as I can be with Master Chen, I am willing to be a slave."

"There's no need to be a slave or a maid. They are all daughters of officials. Since you are willing to be a concubine, then come into the mansion and be a concubine."

"what?"

Chen Qianmo and Liu Ruyan screamed out loud. They had been making such a fuss for so long, but all they had done was to help Liu Ruyan get a position as a concubine. Wasn't it all in vain?

However, Chen Qianmo did not have the courage to question. After being surprised, he immediately lowered his head, fearing that he would anger Lord Chen again.

Liu Ruyan's face looked much uglier. Although her father's official position was not high, there was no reason for him to be someone's concubine.

She didn't dare to question Lord Chen and turned to provoke Meng Wen Yao.

"Ms. Meng, Master Chen and I love each other. I really didn't mean to make Miss Meng sad. We will become a family in the future, and I will definitely give in to Miss Meng."

let?

Which wife needs a concubine to give way to her?

If a wife is reduced to the point where she needs to be humble like a concubine in order to be respectable in front of her husband, then she will become a laughing stock.

These words really successfully irritated Meng Wenyao. She knew that Liu Ruyan was deliberately provoking her, but even if Liu Ruyan was humble and submissive, she still felt disgusted.

Are men still a rare commodity that you need to fight for?

What's more, her target was not Chen Qianmo at all.

She raised her head to look at Elder Chen and said calmly, "I don't want to."

"Miss Meng can't even tolerate a concubine like me? I said I will never compete for favor with Miss Meng in the future." Liu Ruyan cried in grievance.

Meng Wenyao was so disgusted that she almost vomited the buns she had eaten that morning. She sneered, "Miss Liu, you misunderstood. It's not that I don't want Master Chen to take you as his concubine. It's that I don't want to marry Master Chen. Whether you are his wife or concubine is none of my business!"

"Really?" Liu Ruyan became happy. If Meng Wenyao didn't want to get married, she could still be his wife.

She looked at Lord Chen with a scorching gaze, only to see that his eyes were cold and devoid of warmth. She lowered her head cautiously, thinking that after today, she could ask the elders in her family to come over to discuss the matter.

Meng Wenyao didn't want to get involved with Liu Ruyan, and reiterated: "I don't want to marry Chen Qianmo, please grandpa and father to help me."

After being slapped in the face by her fiancé in public, Old Master Meng and General Meng were very scared that Meng Wen Yao would cry and make a fuss, and she was caught in a whirlpool of emotions and couldn't extricate herself.

Seeing Meng Wenyao handle the matter decisively, Old Master Meng was very pleased. He smiled and said, "We naturally know that it would be unfair to you to let you marry Young Master Chen again, so we have discussed it with Elder Chen before and canceled the marriage. Let you and Young Master Chen become sworn brothers."

"What? You guys already agreed to cancel the engagement?" Liu Ruyan was about to collapse.

If the Meng family and the Chen family had agreed to cancel the engagement early on, and she had waited patiently for her family to discuss it with the Chen family, she might not be unable to become his wife.

It's not like now, she jumped out hastily to fight for it, but ended up offending the Meng family and Lord Chen, and was directly transformed from a wife to a concubine.

She was so angry that she wanted to bang her head against the wall, pass out, and wake up to find that it was all a dream.

Meng Wenyao didn't care what Chen Qianmo and Liu Ruyan thought now. She thought that by canceling the engagement, she could win over Chen Ge Lao. If she really became sworn brothers with Chen Qianmo, wouldn't she have to call Chen Ge Lao her godfather?

She instantly felt a chill and shook her head firmly, "I don't want to. I don't want to be brother and sister with Master Chen."