Chapter 2426: Chapter 2423: Zhao Hou, Second Son of the Marquis of Southwest

"However, you just said something incorrect: if we can utilize a daughter of a concubine who has no significant use to provoke the Chu family into taking action, then that’s a golden opportunity for us. Now, go ahead and proceed as such," Minister Qi whispered.

Qi Yuan’s eyes lit up, instantly grasping his grandfather’s intentions. He couldn’t help but admire his grandfather’s cunning strategy; proactively setting a trap for the Chu family was far more interesting than staying passive.

In less than a day,

someone from the Huo family came to propose marriage, targeting none other than Huo Ning.

Lu Sangqi, upon hearing the news, rushed there in haste.

The two sides almost broke out into a fight.

The one proposing marriage was Zhao Hou, the notorious playboy and the Marquis of Southwest’s second son. At only eighteen, his health was already depleted. He was fond of frequenting The Brothel Area and was rumored to have venereal diseases. Despite several engagement arrangements, the young brides typically succumbed to mysterious illnesses soon after their marriages.

Outsiders might not know the reasons, but anyone with a bit of status was aware of his immoral lifestyle and brutality. The deceased ladies were tortured to death by him.

Anyone respectable in the capital would never send their daughters to their demise.

Evidently, Zhao Hou’s marriage proposal put the Huo family in an awkward position.

Yet, Lu Sangqi’s intervention slightly salvaged the Huo family’s reputation, at least making it appear that there were still decent families willing to marry their daughters to the Huo family, and Zhao Hou’s proposal was merely absurd.

However, if Lu Sangqi and Zhao Hou broke into a fight at the doorstep, it would be disgraceful regardless of the reason.

"Oh, isn’t this Doctor Lu? Does Physician-in-Chief Lu know you’re here fighting Zhao Hou over a woman? To be honest, she’s merely a somewhat attractive woman. Doctor Lu, why compete with me over this? If you like this type, I can find you ten or eight similar ones, guaranteeing your satisfaction."

"As for Miss Huo, let her be for your brother. Of course, if Doctor Lu insists on having a taste, I don’t mind sharing her with you," Zhao Hou said, laughing boisterously, his words lewd and his gaze licentious, blatantly insulting Huo Ning.

Lu Sangqi clenched his fist tightly by his side. The servant boy quickly held his arm, urgently advising, "Young master, please don’t make a move. If you do, it would tarnish Miss Huo’s reputation further. Besides, this is the Huo Residence. As long as the Huo Residence acts wisely and decisively rejects Zhao Hou for the sake of their other young misses, nothing will come of it. If you take action, the situation will blow up, and everyone will know, only piquing more interest in Miss Huo." As for the unsavory thoughts curious men might conjure, nothing good would come of them.

Lu Sangqi fought the urge to punch Zhao Hou’s repulsive face, biting down hard to restrain himself, though he was livid enough for his face to turn green.

"Where are the people of the Huo Residence?" He ignored Zhao Hou, gritting his teeth as he asked.

The servant boy noticed that the Huo family’s servants were not stepping in to stop anything, merely peeking around, which also made him anxious and uncertain about the mindset of the Huo family’s masters.

Today, if you protect Miss Huo Ning’s reputation, do you think it would benefit the reputation of the Huo family’s other young misses?

In the future, any mention of the Huo family would first recall Miss Huo associated with Zhao Hou, leading to doubts about the character of the other young misses. Even to avoid being entangled with someone as despicable as Zhao Hou,

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