Bab 70: Fearless (II)

Liu She listened quietly, and his expression was bland. He seemed prepared.

"So far you're not wrong. Anything else?"

"You chose to deliberately mystify things. Like letting Master Liaochen have a look at my fortune and saying things like 'I can't marry within these few years or I'll be in mortal danger.' Or that 'I'm a wife-killer' or some other excuse. That way, the Weis have an excuse to withdraw the betrothal, and both families get to keep their reputations."

Using all the knowledge she had so far, Jiang Pengji thought this was the most logical conclusion.

In the olden days, men could marry late. But according to Dongqing's laws, if a girl was 18 and still unmarried, the girl's family would need to pay double the amount of taxes! The Weis could not afford to do so, but they would be humiliated if they had to admit that.

Liu Lanting could afford to wait, but Wei Jingxian could not.