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

Chapter 761 This marriage is invalid

"Girl, your pastry has rolled off."

When Lu Yin'er was shouted at from behind, her mind instantly cleared, and she realized that the oil paper bag containing pastries she was holding was empty.

All the pastries fell and rolled onto the ground.

"It's a pity that these pastries are all dirty; they can't be eaten even if you pick them up."

The man who had reminded Lu Yin'er about the spilled pastries came to her side, looking regretful.

Lu Yin'er composed herself and forced a smile, saying, "It's gone, it's gone."

This man is Gao Ming, Su Chengmin's subordinate. He was on his day off today and came to Peach Blossom Dessert Shop to buy pastries for his mother. He happened to run into Lu Yin'er.

During this period, Lu Yin'er would often come to the Imperial Guard to ambush Su Chengmin, and he was very familiar with Lu Yin'er.

Su Chengmin was clearly avoiding her, but the girl still kept coming to confront him. Every time he saw her, he would privately sigh, wondering why such a good girl would be so fixated on one man and do something that made people look down on her.

Now that his family has arranged a marriage, this girl should finally give up.

Lu Yin'er was pale and her body swayed precariously.

Gao Ming asked, "Miss Lu, are you alright?"

Lu Yin'er recognized the person in front of her as the subordinate who had always advised her to leave whenever she went to see Su Chengmin, and couldn't help but ask, "Is my cousin really engaged to Gu Taohua?"

Gao Ming nodded and said, "How could it be fake?"

Lu Yin'er bit her lip, her eyes reddening.

Gao Ming advised, "Miss Lu, forced relationships are never sweet. Please don't worry about my husband."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yin'er wiped away her tears and hurriedly left.

Gao Ming shook his head and went into Peach Blossom Dessert Shop, where he happened to run into Gu Taohua on her rounds.

Gu Taohua met Gao Ming.

When her peach blossom dessert shop opened, Gao Ming was one of the first customers.

Upon seeing Gu Taohua, Gao Ming congratulated her on her engagement to his master.

“Sister Peach Blossom, you have no idea how popular my husband is. His stepmother’s niece has been blocking him every day for the past few days, but my husband has been ignoring her. I just saw her coming out of your shop, looking completely lost. Could it be that she was upset by the news of your engagement?”

Gao Ming felt that he told Gu Taohua about this so that his family wouldn't be misunderstood.

At the same time, Gu Taohua was reminded to be wary of Lu Yin'er's mischief.

Gu Taohua didn't take Lu Yin'er seriously and said, "Let them block it. If your master is determined, no one can stop him."

Gao Ming said, "Don't underestimate a woman's jealousy. What if she tries something wicked and manages to get rid of Lord Su?"

Gu Taohua said, "How can he be the leader of the Imperial Guard if he can be schemed against by a woman?"

Gao Ming gritted his teeth and said, "Anyway, I've told you the news, so give me two extra pounds of pastries."

Gu Taohua laughed and scolded, "You have a good monthly salary, yet you still want to take advantage of this little bit. I don't know what you're saving your money for."

Gao Ming said in a serious tone, "For the sake of getting married."

When the topic of marriage came up, Gao Ming sighed.

His father was a soldier who raised warhorses for a mighty general, and he died on the border when he was young.

Under the care of the mighty general, he learned martial arts from Su Chengmin from a young age. Due to his limited talent, he was loyal but could not show his skills on the battlefield. He was transferred to the Imperial Guard because he benefited from Nie Xiaofeng's merits in this border war.

Su Chengmin became the leader of the Imperial Guard, and Gao Ming was assigned to work under him. Gao Ming's elderly mother was in poor health, and the cost of medicine and medical treatment was considerable each month. In addition, he also had to provide financial assistance to his grandparents in the countryside from time to time.

Therefore, although Gao Ming received a considerable monthly salary, he did not live a comfortable life, and several girls introduced by matchmakers did not lead to marriage.

The daughters of wealthy and powerful families looked down on him, while girls from humble families didn't want to marry soldiers, fearing that if war broke out again, their husbands would be sent to the battlefield and they would be left alone to guard their homes.

Knowing about Gao Ming's family situation, Gu Taohua had the shop assistant pack several kinds of pastries and hand them to him so he could give them to his mother.

Gao Ming accepted the pastries and said to Gu Taohua, "Sister Taohua, your Taohua Dessert Shop and Jufulai have quite a few girls working there. Is there anyone who wouldn't mind me and could introduce me to a wife?"

Gu Taohua rolled her eyes at Gao Ming and said, "I don't do matchmaking. If you like someone, go after them yourself."

Gao Mingxin said, "I'm just not as capable as Commander Su."

"Sister Peach Blossom, the Grand Commander has arrived, so I won't disturb you any longer. I'm leaving now."

When Gao Ming saw Su Chengmin arrive, he grabbed the pastries and ran off like the wind.

Su Chengmin had just finished criticizing his own father, Su Shihang.

He thought Su Shihang had lost his mind, immediately telling him to break off his engagement with Gu Taohua.

After angering her father and leaving, Su Shihang worried that he would cause trouble for Gu Taohua at Peach Blossom Dessert Shop, so she took a shortcut to Peach Blossom Dessert Shop to find Gu Taohua.

Su Shihang was indeed so angry with Su Chengmin that he had a headache.

No matter how he analyzed the pros and cons, Su Chengmin remained unmoved, determined to marry Gu Taohua.

He hated the old lady of the Min family and Min Han Niu for not only not stopping them, but also for joining in the trouble and personally going to the Jun family in Suifeng Township to propose marriage.

No matter how much Su Shihang hated the Min family, he didn't dare to cause them any trouble. Even without his brother-in-law's intervention, his mother-in-law could block the Su family's door and curse them for three days straight without repeating herself.

After much thought, he decided to start with Gu Taohua.

If Gu Taohua takes the initiative to break off the engagement, then Su Chengmin's marriage will not be possible.

Su Shihang arrived at Peach Blossom Dessert Shop. Before he even stepped into the shop, he saw his son and Gu Taohua busy inside.

Good heavens! His son, a dignified commander of the Imperial Guard, was actually standing behind the counter helping customers wrap pastries. Su Shihang was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

The son arrived at Peach Blossom Dessert Shop before him, to prevent him from looking for Gu Taohua.

Su Shihang went to Tong Huaqiong's place with a gloomy face.

When Tong Huaqiong received the news that Lord Su had come to her door, she thought she had misheard, as she and Su Shihang had never had any interaction.

After thinking it over carefully, I realized that Su Chengmin had bypassed the Su family and arranged the engagement with Gu Taohua. Now that Su Shihang knows about it, he has come to demand an explanation.

However, Tong Huaqiong was not afraid of Su Shihang. She tidied herself up and invited him in.

"What brings Lord Su to my door?" Su Shihang hadn't even taken a sip of his tea. Ignoring Lord Su's gloomy face, Tong Huaqiong spoke first.

Su Shihang placed the teacup on the table and said, “Lord Suifeng, let’s not beat around the bush. As the saying goes, marriages have always been arranged by parents and matchmakers. My son and your daughter got engaged without their parents’ consent, so this marriage is invalid.”

Tong Huaqiong was so angry she almost laughed.

Su Shihang is unilaterally announcing the annulment of the engagement; he's really shameless.

Tong Huaqiong said, "Lord Su, you came here for the marriage between Cheng Min and Tao Hua. The marriage has already been arranged, and it's not something you can just change your mind about. Whether you agree or not is not important. If your opinion were important, why doesn't your son let you make the decision? Don't you know how you've been as a father? Old Madam Min is right. Apart from trembling a bit, you haven't done anything as a father. So don't come here and talk about your parents' orders."

Su Shihang: "."

He was really careless to come to our door so abruptly.

As expected, Suifeng Township Lord came from the countryside, with the same shrewish nature as his mother-in-law, speaking in equally vulgar and offensive language.