After Yan Guangyi finished talking about the troubles he had encountered, it was Chu Yuan's turn to say why he sighed.
"My second brother's wife wants me to help Su and Wen find girls."
At this point, Chu Yuan sighed again: "I have not been in the capital for as long as she has. How can I know the ladies of the capital, and how can I know the character of these girls?"
Yan Guangyi also agreed with his wife's words and felt that his second brother and sister-in-law had chosen the wrong person for the matchmaking.
My family has stayed in Yulin Prefecture for nearly ten years. Three years ago, I went to Beijing for a few months and then returned home to observe mourning. Now I have only been in Beijing for a few months, and I really don’t know as many people as the second branch.
"Why is Second Sister-in-law looking for someone to meet Wen'er now? Wouldn't it be better to wait until Wen'er passes the imperial examination before meeting her? As for Su'er... isn't he already engaged?"
The second son of the second wife, Yan Wen, was born in the same year as Yan Zhuo, but a few months earlier.
Yan Zhuo had said long ago that he wanted to get married after passing the imperial examination, so neither Yan Guangyi nor his wife had arranged any marriages for him over the years.
Before, the second wife had never revealed that she wanted to marry Yan Wen, so the couple thought that the second wife had the same idea as them.
Unexpectedly, on the eve of the provincial examination, Ming suddenly told Chu Yuan that she wanted to find a partner for Yan Wen.
Chu Yuan already knew the reason from Ming and explained it to Yan Guangyi.
"My second brother's wife said that Zhuo Ge'er felt that Wen Ge'er's writing was not up to standard and that he would not be able to pass the provincial examination, so she asked him to take the exam again in three years. Wen Ge listened to his brother."
"My second brother's wife thought that in three years, Wen Ge'er would be in his twenties, and it would be too late to get married then. So she planned to let Wen Ge'er get married first and then start a career. She said that my second brother also had the same idea."
Yan Guangyi understood that his second brother and sister-in-law were anxious to have a grandson.
By the way, when will he be able to hold his grandson in his arms?
Zhuo'er will take the provincial examination this year, pass the imperial examination next year, and get married before the New Year. His daughter-in-law has been pregnant for ten months, which means that he will be able to hold his grandson in his arms at the earliest the year after next.
Yan Guangyi was distracted for a moment. What does his grandson look like?
Like him or like his son?
No, if his son looks like him, then his grandson must look like him too.
Thinking of his soft and super cute grandson, Yan Guangyi couldn't help but smile, with the corners of his mouth curved, and a sense of happiness drifted around him, making Chu Yuan, who was talking, confused.
"Master?" After thinking for a moment, Chu Yuan poked Yan Guangyi's arm, "Did you listen to what I said just now?"
"Um?"
Yan Guangyi came back to his senses and tried hard to recall what he had heard while multitasking. "Oh, you said Su Ge'er's engagement was canceled, right? Huh? What? Su Ge'er's engagement was canceled!!?"
After saying the previous sentence, Yan Guangyi suddenly reacted, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he typed a string of exclamation marks in shock.
"When Su'er's accident first happened, the Ying family didn't say anything about cancelling the engagement. Why are they suddenly asking to cancel the engagement three years later when the wedding is about to begin?"
The Ying family is also quite famous in the capital. They are descendants of founding heroes. The head of the family is Marquis of Haining. He is neither good at literature nor martial arts. He does not even hold an official position and does nothing all day long.
However, the woman Yan Su was betrothed to was not the daughter of Marquis Haining, but the eldest daughter of Marquis Haining's third brother.
Compared with the Marquis of Haining who was just idling around, the third brother of Marquis of Haining was not much better. He was even worse than Yan Guangsheng, and had been stuck in the position of Yuwenlang of the Ministry of Works for many years.
Yan Su was smart since childhood, and he grew up to be talented and handsome. Before the incident, he was very famous in the capital, and many unmarried girls had a secret crush on him.
The eldest daughter of this official unexpectedly fell in love with him at first sight. When she returned home and told her family, her family also thought that Yan Su was a good person and had a suitable family background. They asked someone to secretly ask the second wife and her husband what they thought.
After meeting the girl from the Ying family, Ming thought she was good-looking and well-educated, so she was a good match for the marriage. Soon the two families got engaged, and then Yan Su got into trouble.
After Yan Su knew that he was dead, he did not want to implicate the girl, so he asked someone to secretly go to the third branch of the Ying family and say that he could cancel the engagement and let Miss Ying go free.
Unexpectedly, the Ying family was unwilling to cancel the engagement, saying that the Ying family was not a family that was untrustworthy and greedy for power, and they were willing to marry their daughter to him even if Yan Su was a disabled person.
Everyone in the second house was moved and vowed to treat Miss Ying well after she married into the family.
After Yan Su finished his mourning period, the marriage between the two families was just about to be put on the agenda. Old Madam Ying passed away, and Miss Ying had to observe mourning, so the wedding was postponed. They could finally get married this year.
Three years have passed, and now the Ying family is proposing to cancel the engagement. Yan Guangyi believes that there must be something hidden behind this, and Chu Yuan also thinks so. He asks Ming, but Ming knows nothing about it.
After marrying into the Yan family, Chu Yuan had not been pregnant for many years. Yan Su, the second son of the family, was the only child in the family for a long time. The couple had deep feelings for him and cared deeply about his affairs.
"Let someone find out."
The incident happened too suddenly, and Yan Guangyi couldn't let it go. It would be better to find out the truth in case there was something they didn't know.
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Yan Guangyi, who was planning to arrange for his brother to be transferred to another place, acted quickly. Within a few days, he got an official position as the Deputy Censor of Yinan, a fourth-rank official.
Yinan is a salt-producing area and is extremely rich. Its annual tax revenue is several times that of other areas, making it a place coveted by countless people.
The position of Deputy Censor was a hot commodity. If the Minister of Personnel, who had just taken office, had not been good at calligraphy and painting, and Yan Guangyi had not produced an authentic painting by a master, he might not have been able to get the position.
After the matter was done, Yan Guangyi turned around and told Yan Guangsheng the good news.
However, Yan Guangsheng was not as happy as Yan Guangyi thought. Hearing Yan Guangyi's joy, Yan Guangsheng said that he would think about it.
Yan Guangyi's good mood disappeared in an instant. He curled his lips and said that he would let people leave. After Yan Guangsheng left, he went to find Chu Yuan to vent his unhappiness.
"I think my second brother doesn't like the position I found for him. What's wrong with being the Deputy Censor of Yinan? He's a fourth-rank official with real power. If he stays for a few more years and does something, he'll be promoted sooner or later."
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