Chapter 44 Marriage Proposal

After hearing what Jiang Yulang said, Xu Qingyan exclaimed, "It really is her! Cousin, you should have seen clearly now who she is. You won't believe her anymore, right?"

After Jiang Yulang heard this, he looked at Xu Qingyan awkwardly and said seriously, "I see it clearly. This time I really see it clearly! From now on, I will never believe her again. Thank you very much for this time."

In fact, Jiang Yulang still felt a little guilty. After all, when he heard Xu Qingyan's thoughts before, he didn't believe her and even suspected that they had bad intentions. Now, he was severely slapped in the face. Facing Xu Qingyan's concern, he always felt ashamed in his heart.

However, Xu Qingyan didn't care about these things. She looked at Jiang Yulang, then at Chen Feifei. Suddenly, she felt that the two of them were inexplicably well-matched. What was going on?

So, Xu Qingyan said to Chen Feifei: "Miss Chen, are you really not going to consider Mr. Jiang again? He is a good man, and the legitimate son of the Jiang family. His character is much better than that of the illegitimate son of our Duke's Mansion. If you marry him, it will definitely be better than marrying Pei Jingyuan!"

Chen Feifei was a little embarrassed after hearing what Xu Qingyan said, "But marriage has always been decided by parents and matchmakers since ancient times. Besides, my parents have already agreed to marry me to your family's second son as his equal wife."

Xu Qingyan looked at Chen Feifei and said to her seriously, "Do you really want to listen to your parents? Pei Jingyuan already has a wife, and his wife is not a generous person! But Mr. Jiang is still single. If you marry him, she will be his only wife."

Xu Qingyan looked at Chen Feifei and said anxiously, "Oh! My Miss Chen, don't be silly! The reason why Pei Jingyuan fell in love with you is because of your family's wealth, so he asked to marry you! If you marry Pei Jingyuan, your life will be over! He will empty all the property of your Chen Mansion to help him raise private soldiers. He doesn't like you at all, and you will be tortured and framed by his wife, and the children born will be killed by him. When Pei Jingyuan succeeds, he will kick your Chen Mansion open, let your parents die with regrets, and then you will not even have relatives, and you will be executed by Xu Qingyue for the crime of murdering her!"

After Jiang Yulang heard Xu Qingyan's inner complaints, he was stunned and a little shocked. He didn't expect that Miss Chen would be so miserable in the future! If it was really as Xu Qingyan said, then he couldn't watch such a virtuous and polite woman like Miss Chen jump into Pei Jingyuan's fire pit!

So Jiang Yulang said firmly to Chen Feifei, "No! Miss Chen, now that your innocence has been tarnished by me, I'm sure you will be despised if you marry someone else. I, Jiang, am a responsible person. Today, although I didn't mean to offend you, I must be responsible for you. Moreover, I don't have a wife or concubines at home. As long as you marry me, you will be the only woman in my backyard."

Xu Qingyan looked at Jiang Yulang on the side and admired him in her heart, "Jiang Yulang, you are really good! I really didn't realize that you are so responsible. I like you! You are a real man. If Miss Chen could really marry you, she would definitely avoid a tragic fate! After all, although you are a bit pedantic and stubborn, you are a good person. As long as you don't continue to be deceived by Miss An, the Jiang family will not be wiped out because of you. The future should be good!"

After hearing this, Jiang Yulang glanced away in shame. Now, whenever Miss An was mentioned, he suddenly felt that he was really embarrassing.

Chen Feifei didn't expect Jiang Yulang's attitude to be so tough. She hesitated and said, "But, my parents... they have already agreed to the marriage proposal of the second son of the Duke's Mansion. I'm afraid..."

At this time, Jiang Yulang heard what Chen Feifei said and spoke again: "Miss Chen, I will prepare the betrothal gifts in the next two days, and then go to your Chen Mansion to propose marriage. I will also explain the situation to your parents. As for the marriage between the second son of the Duke's Mansion and you, I will also help you solve it."

Jiang Yulang thought, since he had already decided to be responsible for her, he would have to take responsibility for this matter to the end.

As for Pei Jingyuan, he would go there in person to explain everything to the Duke and the Duchess. He believed that with his relationship with the Duke's Mansion, the Duke and the Duchess would understand and would ask Pei Jingyuan to cancel the engagement.

——The next day——

Early in the morning, Jiang Yulang got up and went to the Duke's Mansion. He explained the causes and consequences of the matter in detail to the Duke of England and the Duke's wife, hoping that the Duke and the Duke's wife could help him. The result of the matter did not disappoint Jiang Yulang. The Duke and the Duke's wife agreed very readily.

The Duke looked at Jiang Yulang and said kindly, "Yulang, what you said makes a lot of sense. Since you and Miss Chen have come to this point, I will naturally not let Jingyuan marry her. Don't worry, I will send someone to the Chen Mansion to cancel the marriage between Jingyuan and Miss Chen. You can make preparations and go to the Chen Mansion to propose marriage when the time comes."

In fact, Qin Jun coming to tell him this made him feel much more relieved.

Originally, the Duke was still a little entangled because of Xu Qingyan's complaints, but now that Jiang Yulang came to talk about this matter, he couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed, and he had a reason to stop Pei Jingyuan from marrying a concubine. In this way, he would not feel so guilty when facing his first wife.

Otherwise, recently, when he saw his wife, she always looked at him with a resentful look, which made him feel guilty. He was really worried that it would be like what Xu Qingyan said, and that this bastard would cause great harm to the entire Duke's Mansion.

"Thank you, Lord Duke and Lady Duke, for your understanding!" Jiang Yulang saluted towards the Duke and Lady Duke to express his gratitude.

After Jiang Yulang got the Duke's consent, he immediately returned home to prepare the betrothal gifts.

——Chen Mansion——

Mr. Chen was still worried after sending away the people sent by the Duke's Mansion to cancel the engagement, when Jiang Yulang came to propose marriage with a generous betrothal gift.

Mr. Chen didn't react for a while. He looked at the generous and exquisite betrothal gifts several times and repeatedly confirmed his identity with Jiang Yulang.

Master Chen looked at Jiang Yulang and asked, "Sir, you...you said you are from General Jiang's mansion? You are the young general of the Jiang mansion? Is what you said true?"

"Yes, Master Chen. I really am the Major General of the Jiang Mansion!" Jiang Yulang looked at Master Chen and answered seriously.

At this moment, Jiang Yulang looked quite serious, and his face was very tense. In fact, he was a little nervous when he came to propose marriage this time.

After hearing what Jiang Yulang said, Master Chen staggered and gasped. He looked at his wife and said in disbelief, "Madam, did I hear it right? Did he...did he really say that he was the young general of the Jiang family?"

Mrs. Chen was also very surprised at this time, but she still said calmly to Master Chen: "Master, you heard it right, this young master said so."

"But how can our Chen family be worthy of the general's mansion! Especially the general's wife. Our Feifei is just the daughter of a merchant, and Feifei's engagement was just broken off. It's not a good reputation either. Are you confused, young general?" Master Chen looked at his wife, then pounded his thigh hard, wondering.

When Jiang Yulang heard Master Chen mention this reputation, he couldn't help but look guilty and said, "Master Chen, this is all my fault. I offended Miss Chen unintentionally in public. I came here today to ask for Miss Chen's hand in marriage, and it was also sincere. Miss Chen is a good girl. After I marry Miss Chen back to my house, I will definitely treat her well. I hope you two elders can rest assured."

"Young General Jiang, are you really not kidding us? Are you really going to marry our Feifei as your general's wife?" Master Chen still couldn't believe what he heard.

Jiang Yulang looked at Master Chen and said confidently, "Master Chen, I don't like to joke! I came to the Chen Mansion today to sincerely ask to marry Miss Chen. I hope Master Chen can agree."

"This...can I call Feifei to ask?" Mr. Chen looked at Jiang Yulang and asked.

Mr. Chen thought that when the illegitimate son of the Duke's Mansion came to ask for marriage, the threshold was already high enough. But that was just a concubine, which was better than a concubine, but it was not as good as a wife! Therefore, he was not too worried that he would be looked down upon by his in-laws because of his status.

But it is different now. The young general Xu's wife is the general's legal wife. If the daughter of the Chen family marries into the family, it would be considered marrying up. He is a little worried that because of the huge difference in social status, his daughter will be wronged in the future in her husband's family, so he wants to ask his daughter what she thinks.

When Jiang Yulang heard what Mr. Chen said, he naturally would not object.