Chapter 2329 - 2265: Deliberately Spreading the News

Furthermore, the Lu Family of Pingzhou is actually the main branch of this Lu Family in the Capital City. Now Lu Zhenggang’s son is engaged to Little Cai’s sister, and Gao Ming’s wife happens to be Little Cai’s aunt. These three families have clearly formed an alliance, so how could the Lu Family of Pingzhou still let Lu Shuangshuang marry into the Jiang Family?

Could it be to stand on the same line with the Jiang and Li Families?

Do they have no ambition for this position?

How is that possible?

Even someone like Chiang Xiao, who previously didn’t care about the power dynamics of aristocratic families, couldn’t believe it.

She had seen Gao Ming and had an instinctive wariness towards him. Although Gao Ming hadn’t shown anything overt at the hospital back then, Chiang Xiao could clearly sense an aura of ambition around him.

And Lu Zhenggang, she didn’t know what kind of person he was, but she believed Li Hanzhong and Meng Xinian were aware.

Since neither of them stood with him on the same line, it was proof enough of the issue.

Does Ying Qiong trust Lu Shuangshuang that much?

Chiang Xiao didn’t respond to Jiang Yingqiong’s words.

She simply pursed her lips, smiled faintly, and then turned to Li Hanzhong.

"Uncle, I’ve come this time to ask about the military deployment to Ke Ku Li."

Li Hanzhong was taken aback, "Has this been leaked already?"

"Yes."

"This is outrageous; they’re too reckless!" Li Hanzhong was furious.

The matter wasn’t fully settled yet, and it shouldn’t have been publicized so easily. Spreading such news would only unsettle people prematurely, causing unnecessary anxiety among families—what good would that do?

Those people deliberately leaked the information with ulterior motives.

Seeing his reaction, Chiang Xiao guessed that the list hadn’t been finalized and that someone had intentionally released the information early.

"Did the Long Family find out first? Are they involved in the decision-making for this matter as well?" Chiang Xiao asked immediately.

Li Hanzhong frowned.

"Little, this is not something to discuss with you. Do you want to know if Xinian is going?"

This wasn’t something she could meddle in.

Chiang Xiao replied, "I know. I didn’t intend to ask if Brother Xinian is on the list, but Little Cai reached out to him. From what she implied, Brother Xinian should be on the deployment list."

If the Long Family is involved, she at least needs to know whether they intend to target Meng Xinian, and Li Hanzhong should know as well.

"Little Cai?"

"Yes, isn’t her sister just engaged to a young master of the Lu Family?" Chiang Xiao recounted Little Cai’s visit to Anbu Town.

Ying Qiong said incredulously, "Oh, I remember that girl from the Long Family. Didn’t she always claim she didn’t want to get married?"

"Auntie, is Little Cai a non-marriage advocate?"

"What’s a non-marriage advocate?"

"Someone who doesn’t want to get married and thinks being single is better."

Ying Qiong nodded, "Yes, indeed. I’ve met her a few times, and her views are quite astonishing. She says that for a woman, getting married and staying at home to support her husband and educate her children is boring and without ambition, and in the end, she gains nothing while the children’s surname still must follow the father’s. If she wants to have children, there’s no need to get married, and so on."

Chiang Xiao felt her speculations were correct.

But doesn’t Little Cai find it laughable to seek out Meng Xinian?

"So, Uncle, what do you think gives Little Cai the confidence to think she can marry Brother Xinian and have a child who would only follow her?"

The thought was terrifying.

Could it be that Little Cai was certain that Meng Xinian would never return?

Li Hanzhong quickly understood what Chiang Xiao meant and looked visibly changed.