My Lady Always Lacks Ambition-Chapter 271 - 270: A Forced Melon is Not Sweet

Qin Liuxi suddenly said such a sentence, which caught everyone in the hall off guard.

Old Mrs. Qin’s eyes sparkled with sharpness as she asked, "Miss Xi, what do you mean by that?"

"She said that Miss Wen was seriously ill, and she was not wrong," Qin Liuxi replied indifferently. "Since the girl’s family is breaking off the engagement, Auntie, let’s take that token back and return it."

Mrs. Xie’s eyes darted around, hesitatingly she said, "What token? Our Qin Family was ransacked, that thing, surely it stayed in our home in the capital, how could it be brought out?"

The round-faced servant was initially puzzled by Qin Liuxi’s words but, upon hearing Mrs. Xie say this, couldn’t help but frown.

"What token did the Qin Family give?" Qin Liuxi asked.

The round-faced servant pulled out a square box from her sleeve and opened it, inside was a pair of concentric sheep fat white jade pendants.

Qin Liuxi stepped forward to take it, saying, "Grandmother, if there is no token to return, then please write a letter by hand to serve as proof. After all, the two families only agreed verbally and exchanged tokens, the marriage contract wasn’t exchanged; your hand-written letter will suffice as evidence."

Old Mrs. Qin frowned.

"A daughter-in-law who is not dedicated is meaningless to marry into the family," Qin Liuxi looked at her and said, "A melon forced off its vine is not sweet."

Old Mrs. Qin locked eyes with her for a long while before saying, "Enough, if there’s no fate, then let’s not delay the girl any further. Nanny Ding, go and fetch some paper and ink."

The round-faced servant felt a surge of happiness and exchanged a glance with the long-faced servant. Things were proceeding so smoothly, and this so-called miss could actually make decisions for this family.

She couldn’t help but look Qin Liuxi over carefully, finding more and more that this lady carried an extraordinary air. It was a pity, being born into the Qin Family; securing a marriage proposition would be difficult in the future.

Qin Liuxi looked back, meeting her gaze; the servant was startled and hastily lowered her head, calming her rapidly pounding heart.

Nanny Ding brought paper and ink, and after grinding the ink, Old Mrs. Qin personally took up the brush, wrote the letter breaking off the engagement, and affixed her seal.

Qin Liuxi glanced over it. The content of the letter breaking off the engagement was somewhat sarcastic, but it could still pass, so she asked the servant to also come forward and verify the seal.

The round-faced servant still hesitated, "What about the token?"

What if the Qin Family does not acknowledge it later?

Qin Liuxi said, "With my grandmother’s handwritten letter here, that serves as proof. When you go back, just tell your noble master to report a theft at the relevant governmental office, register the token as stolen, and that will do. If anyone brings that token to stir up trouble at the Wen Family in the future, your house could also pull out the records from the office to block idle talk."

The round-faced servant thought about it, and it made sense.

Mrs. Wang felt extremely gratified, and appreciation flickered in her eyes. This child didn’t need to be taught such worldly matters; she was too clever.

Old Mrs. Qin also looked at Qin Liuxi, her expression complex.

Only Mrs. Xie pursed her lips and said, "Rest assured, since your noble house has come to break off the engagement, our Qin Family, no matter how down and out, will not cling and pester your house. We just hope that your esteemed house also remembers today’s insult and not to bully us when we are down. A day will come when we too will rise again."

The round-faced servant carefully accepted the handwritten proof, smiling and saying, "We wouldn’t dare. Your esteemed house is reasonable, naturally, you wouldn’t resort to such lowly actions as persistent pestering, it’s just that our young lady is not fortunate."

Qin Liuxi said, "There’s no need to say more. Our families were on good terms at one point, I wish your young lady good health."

Is this miss foolish?

Does she not know that this excuse for breaking off the engagement was made up on the spot?

Yet, when the round-faced servant looked into Qin Liuxi’s eyes, she inexplicably felt a pang of apprehension, as if sensing an ominous premonition.

"Qi Huang, see the guests out."

Immediately stepping forward, Qi Huang said, "This way, please."

With matters having reached this point, there was no sense for the Wen Family’s servants to stay any longer. They left the Qin family’s threshold, standing before the Qin Family gate, the two exchange glances, both feeling somewhat surreal. Was everything too smooth?

The intense difficulty they had imagined hadn’t occurred. At most, the legitimate mother of the Eldest Young Master made a few unpleasant remarks, but who wouldn’t say unpleasant things when faced with such an event?

Didn’t they see Old Mrs. Qin being so agitated that her face turned green with anger?

Yet upon the arrival of that eldest young lady, everything went extremely smoothly. A few casual words, and the marriage was annulled.

However, the round-faced servant couldn’t stop thinking about what Qin Liuxi had said, feeling persistently uneasy.

The long-faced servant spit out: "Look at their smug expressions, as if they still consider themselves the family of a third-rank official."

"Stop talking, I’m not feeling comfortable about this. Let’s ride back to the capital at full speed," said the round-faced servant.

In the hall of Old Mrs. Qin, Qin Liuxi was being pressed to explain the meaning of her words, what exactly was not wrong?

"On the way here, I calculated Eldest Brother’s birth dates. He has a false Pure Yang Life Chart, which makes his martial matters prone to be unfavorable. Not only will his marriage be delayed, but he also is likely to remarry, and would find discord with his wife. In his Four Pillars, this year’s grand flow is unfavorable; the day branch combines with the hour branch, both branches meeting and turning into an aversive God, indicating his wife will have frequent illnesses."

Qin Liuxi’s voice was cold, but it left everyone listening stunned.

What kind of gibberish was she talking about? They couldn’t understand.

Mrs. Wang swallowed hard and said, "You mean, your words don’t imply your Eldest Brother’s fate is too hard to subjugate his wife, right?"

This could not be spread around, otherwise Qin Mingmu’s future marriage prospects would be troubled.

"I have said, he has a false Pure Yang Life Chart; his marriage encounters many difficulties, and he won’t marry early. Only after turning twenty might the red strings of fate move. As for whether he will subjugate his wife, it depends on the strength of the Seven Killings in his Four Pillars, whether it’s favorable or adverse. As long as the day master is strong enough to wield the Seven Killings, it will only present good fortune. As the saying goes, all things counteract each other, yin and yang contradict each other, but there is always a match in the Four Pillars and Eight Characters. If one finds a wife with the right birth dates, then there would be no talk of subjugating the wife."

"But you said Miss Wen is ill?"

"The marital arrangement with Eldest Brother has not yet been completed, but since both families have fixed the marriage contract earlier, there’s already an engagement, making her his fiancée in all but fact. Eldest Brother’s Four Pillars encountering the aversive God indicates that the wife would be prone to illness, without a doubt. Unless my Eldest Brother’s birth dates are wrong, then my calculations would be mistaken," Qin Liuxi said indifferently.

Mrs. Xie asked, "How do you know your Eldest Brother’s birth dates?"

Birth dates are important and usually only known by parents and close relatives. Although Qin Liuxi has seen Qin Mingmu, it was when they were young, so how could she know his birth dates?

Nanny Shen said, "This old servant, this old servant mentioned it in passing."

Mrs. Xie glared at her but said nothing. After all, it was just a bastard, and she couldn’t care less if his birth dates were known to all. When that woman gave birth, she pretended to be sick and it was her sister-in-law who played the good person and stayed by her side. It was not surprising that the nanny knew as well.

Old Mrs. Qin said, "So you’re saying, that Miss Wen is truly ill?"

"They used this as an excuse to annul the marriage and hurried on their journey to Li City; they are probably unaware of whether Miss Wen’s condition has worsened. Of course, I have not yet mastered my art and am just talking nonsense, you might as well treat it as though listening to a mantra in front of a God Stick. Anyway, the marriage has been annulled, and we can’t possibly act like those people, clinging on desperately, right?"

Old Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Xie: "!"

How could this child be so maddening?

Qin Liuxi looked at the Old Lady and continued, "Given Eldest Brother’s current situation, it is not possible for him to marry. You getting angry is of no use, you better take care of your health."

Always getting angry so easily, if you’re not careful and your blood rushes to your head, you could have a stroke and that would be the end of it!

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