Hearing mention of matchmaking, and with Lu Hanting as the target, Liu Shuning could not help but shudder. The news that the Heir of the Dingguo Marquis Estate had been thrown into the grand prison by the Emperor for shielding his own concubine had already spread throughout the entire Capital.
Yet Consort Jing wanted to offer her to him?
A sense of desolation filled Liu Shuning’s heart. Could she not choose to live a simple life like an ordinary commoner? Could she not marry someone she actually loved? Why did these people insist on forcing her? Whether it was the Empress or Consort Jing, they both had their own agendas. She did not want to marry a single one of the men they had chosen for her, because her heart already belonged to someone else. Thinking back to the refined, handsome scholar she had met at Qingyin Temple some time ago, Liu Shuning could not help but blush.
Chapter 308