The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 360 Successful annulment of engagement

While instructing someone to report to Master Huang, Old Mrs. Huang held onto Tong Huaqiong tightly.

The reason why her granddaughter and the Lian family broke off their engagement has finally been found, but it's a pity for the Luo family's daughter.

Grandma Huang said to Tong Huaqiong, "Why is my Jingshan's marriage so unlucky? First she was tricked by Fan Tong, and this time she was almost tricked by the Lian family. What a coincidence that you were the first to notice something was wrong with both of them."

Tong Huaqiong tried to escape underground.

Old Mrs. Huang meant that Tong Huaqiong shouldn't be blamed for Huang Jingshan's unsuccessful marriage.

Yes, she also felt that Huang Jingshan's marriage was so coincidentally ruined by her.

Tong Huaqiong said stiffly, "The bad things don't go, and the good things don't come. Luckily, it was discovered before the wedding, so it can still be salvaged. Your Jingshan looks like she's blessed; things will definitely turn around for the better."

Grandma Huang said, "You're right. This means that the Lian family is not the right match for my granddaughter. To be honest, I never liked the Lian family. This marriage was arranged by her maternal aunt. If it weren't for my daughter-in-law, I wouldn't have agreed to it at all."

Seeing that Grandma Huang was about to steer the conversation toward the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Tong Huaqiong quickly stopped and stood up to say goodbye.

Grandma Huang grabbed Tong Huaqiong and said, "You can't leave. Big Foot, you're the one who discovered something was wrong with both of my granddaughter's marriages. This means that you've got her good marriage in your hands. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that you're involved every time?"

Tong Huaqiong: "."

Grandma Huang continued, "Why don't you find a good match for my granddaughter?"

Tong Huaqiong was holding Lu Zhaoyang's marriage proposal in her hands. Lu Zhaoyang had already expressed his feelings for Huang Jingshan to her. She originally planned to wait until Huang Jingshan and the Lian family had completely broken off the engagement to confirm Huang Jingshan's feelings for Lu Zhaoyang before proposing marriage to the two of them.

Now that Old Mrs. Huang has directly pushed Huang Jingshan's marriage onto her, it seems she's destined to be unable to escape it.

Tong Huaqiong then asked Grandma Huang, "Grandma, have you found a suitable person?"

Grandma Huang was very straightforward and said, "I've taken a liking to him. He's the young man who came to your house when you were granted the title of Lady of the Township."

"Are you talking about the young man from the Lu family?"

Tong Huaqiong understood; Old Mrs. Huang had taken a liking to Lu Zhaoyang at Qinghe Bay last time.

This coincides with Tong Huaqiong's opinion.

Grandma Huang beamed and said, "He and my Jingshan are a perfect match. Aren't you trying to arrange a marriage for him? My Jingshan is just right."

Tong Huaqiong said, "Judging from the two children, it is indeed a suitable marriage, but..."

Old Mrs. Huang interrupted, "No, it's just that the Lu family and our Huang family are a perfect match."

One is a yellow merchant, and the other is a rice merchant. They're not both merchants, so they're a perfect match!
Tong Huaqiong knew that Old Madam Huang had misunderstood, so she quickly explained, "That's not what I meant. Jingshan's demeanor is so impressive that she's a match even for royalty. What I meant was that we're arranging a marriage for Jingshan, so we should at least ask Jingshan's opinion, right? If she doesn't like it, wouldn't that be harming her?"

Grandma Huang said, "That's easy. Let's call Jingshan over and ask her first."

Tong Huaqiong held him down firmly.

"No, let's break off the engagement properly first before we talk about it again."

Grandma Huang was extremely anxious, fearing that Lu Zhaoyang would be snatched away by someone else.

Tong Huaqiong said, "Grandma, since you've taken a liking to Zhaoyang, I might as well give you a heads-up. Last time at our house, Zhaoyang took a fancy to Jingshan and wanted me to be his matchmaker. I told him that Jingshan was already engaged, and he was quite disappointed."

When Grandma Huang learned that Lu Zhaoyang had feelings for Huang Jingshan, she smiled broadly.

No wonder my granddaughter's marriage prospects are so bad; it turns out a good match is waiting for her here.

Tong Huaqiong said to Old Madam Huang, "Old Madam, we must keep Lu Zhaoyang's feelings for Jingshan a secret. We'll wait until the Lian family's engagement is called off before I openly represent the Lu family to propose marriage. If we propose now and it gets out, even if we're in the right, it will turn into us being in the wrong."

Tong Huaqiong's words reminded Old Mrs. Huang.

That's right. Now that the Lian family has done something shameless, the Huang family has a reason to break off the engagement.

Now that she knows Lu Zhaoyang's thoughts, she's not in a hurry. As for her son and daughter-in-law's ideas, she believes that once they've met Lu Zhaoyang, they won't refuse.

Grandma Huang was very grateful to Tong Huaqiong. It must be said that if she hadn't met Tong Huaqiong, and if she hadn't gone to Qinghe Bay to celebrate Tong Huaqiong being granted the title of Lady of the Township, her granddaughter would never have met Lu Zhaoyang.

Huang Jingshan stood behind the old lady's screen for a long time before quietly walking out.

She was chatting with Old Mrs. Huang when she heard people talking inside the room, so she hid behind the screen and overheard everything Tong Huaqiong and Old Mrs. Huang said.

Tong Huaqiong exchanged a few more words with Old Mrs. Huang, then took her leave and came out.

"Aunt Tong." Huang Jingshan walked towards her.

Tong Huaqiong said with a smile, "Jingshan looks like she's lost a lot of weight these days."

Huang Jingshan stood in the snow, with red plum blossoms against her back, exuding an even more aloof and ethereal aura befitting a supermodel.

Huang Jingshan smiled brightly in the snow and said, "Aunt Tong, I just went to Grandma's room and overheard you and Grandma whispering to each other."

Tong Huaqiong instantly understood why Huang Jingshan was greeting her in the courtyard; she had been waiting there on purpose.

Tong Huaqiong asked directly, "So what did you think after hearing those words?"

Huang Jingshan said, "Didn't Aunt Tong say she wanted to ask my opinion? I'm in love with Young Master Lu."

Being a girl of this era, Huang Jingshan lowered her head after speaking, a blush rising on her face.

Her cool and aloof demeanor, coupled with her shy expression, created a charming contrast in Tong Huaqiong's eyes.

Tong Huaqiong smiled.

Huang Jingshan raised her head, then quickly lowered it again, and asked in a barely audible voice, "Aunt Tong, do you think I'm too... too indecent?"

Which girl would take the initiative to confess her feelings to a particular man?
Tong Huaqiong said, "What's wrong with that? It's a good thing that you dare to actively pursue happiness. You must not let those so-called rules bind you."

Tong Huaqiong thought to herself, "This is what you call being indecent? Gu Taohua used to chase Fan Tong all over the streets."

When Huang Jingshan heard Tong Huaqiong say that, she looked up and smiled.

Tong Huaqiong said, "Jingshan, I understand your thoughts. After you break off your engagement with the Lian family, I will act as matchmaker for you and Lu Zhaoyang."

Huang Jingshan said, "Thank you very much, Aunt Tong."

When Master Huang learned that the second son of the Lian family had behaved improperly and forced a maid to become pregnant, leading to her death, he was naturally furious.

However, he did not rush to break off the engagement; he first went to Moon Bay to inquire about it.

Coincidentally, the person they encountered was Liu Yuechang. Liu Yuechang took the person to Luo Qiuyu's house, where they happened to meet Luo Qiuyu's younger brother who had been beaten half to death and was being carried back from the Lian family in Pingchuan County to seek justice for his sister.

Master Huang was furious. He summoned a doctor to treat Qiu Yu's younger brother, and then rushed to the Lian family in Pingchuan County to break off the engagement.

The Lian family naturally did not want to break off the engagement.

They thought it was perfectly normal for any young master to be a womanizer and take in maids before officially getting married.

The Lian family dismissed the pregnant maid and did not take a concubine precisely because they respected the Huang family and Huang Jingshan.

Compared to other wealthy families, the Lian family has done quite well.

Upon hearing this absurd logic, Master Huang flew into a rage and berated the entire Lian family from head to toe.

However, the Lian family firmly disagreed with announcing the engagement.

The dispute eventually went to the government, and it was only through the intervention of Magistrate Liu that the engagement was successfully annulled.