Yan Funing asked, "Is there no one coming to propose marriage?"
Yan Bojian also asked: "Is it because she was not good-looking when she was young that no one liked her?"
The old woman said, "There were people who came to propose marriage. When Madam was still married, anyone who came to propose a matchmaker for Madam would also be looking for a matchmaker for the Third Miss. At first, the Third Miss agreed to meet with the man, but as time went on, for some reason, she no longer agreed to meet with the man."
"After Madam married into the Duke's Mansion, I followed her here and rarely heard of the Third Miss's affairs."
"However, when Madam was pregnant with the young master, she had trouble eating and drinking, so the Third Miss came to take care of her and stayed for quite a while."
"At that time, the Yongding Marquis's Mansion often sent a list of men, along with their portraits, for the Third Young Lady to choose a husband."
"After the lady found out, she advised her several times, saying that women must get married eventually."
"The Third Miss always says that if she meets the right person, she will marry. If she doesn't meet the right person, she won't marry." After a slight pause, the old woman continued, "She also doesn't let Madam interfere in her affairs."
"You still won't let your sister take care of it? How can your sister tolerate this?" Yan Yingying raised her voice. "If it were me, I would definitely slap him twice."
Hearing this, Yan Funing smiled and glanced at her.
Yan Yingying immediately smiled as well: "You are very good, sister can't bear to hit you."
The old woman said softly, "Third Miss's words at the time were naturally not forceful. She meant that Madam was pregnant and shouldn't worry about other things. She said her issues were minor, while the child in Madam's belly was the major one. She also said that this was the Duke's first child, and that he would have a noble status in the future, so Madam should take good care of him."
Hong Qingyi nodded: "It seems that there is nothing wrong with what she said."
"That's absolutely fine. I'm always thinking about my sister." Yan Yu also said, "But what her purpose is, I'm afraid only she knows it."
"Why are we going through so much trouble?" Long Xu said, "Just invite the old woman over and confront her face to face."
"What do you know?" Yan Bojian scolded, "We need to find out her motives first."
Yan Honghou looked at the old woman and said gently, "Go on."
He ordered his servants to give the old woman a round stool so that she could sit down and talk.
The old woman was filled with gratitude and kept saying, "Thank you very much, sir, thank you very much, sir!"
Madam Hong introduced with a smile: "This is the current Crown Prince."
"Thank you, my lord!" the old woman thanked him again, and then said, "I am telling you about what happened in the past, so I will tell you according to the way I was called back then."
Decades have passed, and people's identities have changed. If she were to talk about them based on their masters' current identities, she would probably get it mixed up.
Yan Cheng said calmly, "Just tell us what you were like back then, and we'll understand."
"Yes." The old woman sat down politely on the round stool and continued, "When the Yongding Marquis's Mansion saw that the third young lady hadn't responded to which man she had chosen, they sent someone to tell Madam to take care of her sister's marriage."
"The Madam naturally agreed. After all, this is a major event in her sister's life."
"The Marquis of Yongding's intention is to have Madam arrange for the prestigious men on the roster to come to the Duke's Mansion. Using the Duke's name, Madam will be accompanied by the Third Miss when the Duke meets with someone, so that they can meet once."
"I find it strange. I have doubts in front of me. I think the Third Miss would definitely not want to meet the men on the roster. But every time they want to meet, she always supports the lady."
"My wife is pregnant, and sometimes when I go late, she comes to urge me."
"Is she also worried about her own marriage?" Long Xu asked.
The old woman replied, "This old servant used to think so too. After all, every woman hopes to find her ideal husband. However, I never expected that every time they met, the Third Young Lady would not be attracted to him."
Yan Funing guessed, "The person she met at that time was not the man who came to the Duke's Mansion, but another person who was also present. That was my grandfather."
Yan Xinghe nodded: "Yes, she wants to see our grandfather."
The old woman said, "The Duke was busy with military duties at the time, so he asked the third young lady, who had a good relationship with his wife, to come and keep him company, because he himself had little free time. Whenever he had free time, his wife would arrange for him to meet with guests."
"So grandparents had little time to meet each other at that time?" Yan Bojian asked.
Like him in the military camp, sometimes he couldn't return home at night. I think my grandfather might have been the same back then.
The old woman thought for a moment and said, "We don't meet often, because the Duke has military duties and needs to go out. He doesn't go out often, but sometimes he comes back at night."
"When he comes back at night, he naturally sees his wife, and naturally he doesn't see the third lady who is a guest. So she uses the excuse of a blind date, but in fact she is going to see her brother-in-law." Yan Yingying said it all.
"That's probably the case, but I wouldn't dare to guess blindly." The old woman continued, "The third young lady has been living in the Duke's Mansion. She will still be there when the madam's unborn child is born."
"Madam once told her to return to the Marquis' Mansion and let the elders in the family arrange the marriage. The third sister said she wanted to take care of her sister and nephew."
"As a result, the lady felt she owed her younger sister a debt, feeling she had wasted her younger sister's youth."
"Fortunately, the Third Miss was still young at that time. When the young master grew up, she had no reason to live in the Duke's Mansion anymore, so she returned to the Marquis' Mansion."
"Two years later, she still hadn't found a husband."
"At that time, the lady was pregnant again."
"This time, Madam would never dare to ask her to accompany you. Although Madam is not feeling well, she is even more unwell than when she was pregnant with the young master. Seeing this, the Duke suggested inviting the third young lady to come, but Madam politely declined, saying that she should find a husband at home."
"I never thought that the Third Miss would come here on her own initiative."
"At that time, both the Duke's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion felt that the Third Miss treated the Eldest Sister very well."
"The Third Miss was already nineteen years old at that time, and there were very few women who were still unmarried at nineteen."
"The masters of the Marquis' Mansion have probably come to terms with it. If she can't get married at nineteen, it will be difficult for her to get married again in the future. Rather than lowering her status to marry someone from a lower family, the masters thought it would be better for her not to marry, so they let her go."
"She came to the Duke's Mansion to entertain the Madam once again."
"With her company and laughter, and taking care of the young master, the lady was very happy. After the pregnancy reached full term, she gave birth to a daughter."
"The Third Miss always says that Madam is very lucky. Her husband is a Duke, and she has given birth to a son and a daughter. No one will be able to compete for her position in the future."
"The lady originally thought so too. She thought that her two children were due to her younger sister's contribution, so she should treat her younger sister well in the future."
"Madam said this to me personally."
"After that, the Third Miss returned to the Marquis' Mansion. After all, she had lived in her brother-in-law's house for nearly a year, and people had been gossiping about her."
"For this, Madam suffered a lot of anger."
"What made Madam even more angry was that the Emperor at that time gave two beauties to the Duke."
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