Shen Mingshu smiled with a hint of embarrassment. "I was just afraid you wouldn't believe me..."
Murong Jin sat down by the edge of the couch, took Dantai Xue's hand, and looked at the jade bracelet on her wrist with a worried expression. "What should we do now? Once a marriage is betrothed, it will be very difficult to call it off."
Dantai Xue's father was the Grand General of the Golden Scale Guards who protected Shengjing, and Tan Yurong's father was the reigning Chancellor. Both held vital positions, and once a junior's marriage was betrothed, it naturally had to receive the Emperor's approval—there was no such thing as calling off an engagement.
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