Chapter 27 I Don't Want to Call Guan Zhiyi Fifth Aunt
Guan Zhiyi looked at Madam Guan in front of her in extreme shock: "Mother, what did you say? Madam Qin is here to propose marriage?"
"Yes, the carriage of Uncle Qin's family has not gone far yet. This is not a verbal engagement, but a real proposal to set the marriage. Even the engagement token has been given. Your father and I have agreed to it, so you can rest assured and wait for your marriage."
Guan Zhiyi frowned and said, "Mother, there must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. How could the Qin family marry me for no reason?"
"Old Madam Lu can arrange a marriage between her eldest grandson and you..." Madam Guan said, "How can it be impossible for the Fifth Master of the Qin Family?"
Guan Zhiyi said, "Mrs. Lu was obtained by my daughter's scheme. The Qin family has never seen my daughter, so how could they suddenly come to arrange a marriage? I don't know what kind of person Mr. Qin Wu is."
Madam Guan smiled and said, "Mr. Qin Wuye's mother met him once. He was very handsome. He was a little older, ten years older than you, exactly twenty-six. He lost his wife before, and he waited for her for a year before getting engaged.
Master Qin Wu only has two concubine daughters and concubine sons, but no legitimate son. If you marry him, you will be the wife of the fifth room of the Qin family, and you can just enjoy your life in the future. This marriage is better than your elder sister's.
Master Qin Wu and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are not much different in age. They have been good friends since childhood. When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince inherits the throne, your good days are still to come!"
Guan Zhiyi felt something was not right the more she thought about it. Could there really be something fishy about such a pie that fell from the sky?
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Prince Qi’s Mansion, in the study.
Lingling woke up in the morning and was very excited to go hiking, but unfortunately the weather was not good and the drizzling autumn rain didn't stop for an hour.
Lingling was extremely disappointed and said in Lu Ze's arms: "Daddy, why can't we climb the mountain when it rains?"
"It's slippery when it rains and it's easy to fall down the mountain. Wait until the weather clears up before climbing."
Lingling said: "Then Daddy, please teach me how to draw a portrait. I want to draw a portrait of my mother!"
Qi Yuning, who was looking at the account book, looked up at Lu Ze and asked, "Why did you draw me when I was missing teeth?"
Lu Ze said: "I remembered it and drew it."
Lingling got down from Lu Ze's arms and ran to the side to get the rice paper and brush. "Daddy, draw."
Lu Ze held Lingling's hand and wrote a stroke on the rice paper.
Lichun hurriedly approached Qi Yuning and whispered, "Princess, the Qin family went to the Guan family to propose marriage."
Qi Yuning raised his eyebrows and looked at Lichun, who said, "It's Master Qin Wu and Miss Guan Liu."
Qi Yuning put down the account book in his hand and said, "How could Guan Zhiyi be engaged to the Fifth Master of the Prince's Mansion?"
Lu Ze raised his eyes and looked at Qi Yuning, "Princess Qi, what does this mean?"
"It won't be long before Master Lu will call Miss Guan Liu his fifth aunt."
Qi Yuning said, "The Qin family and the Guan family have just got engaged."
Lu Ze was stunned.
Qi Yuning said, "Master Qin Wu is the prince's cousin. He manages the Shengjing City Imperial Guard and has 50,000 soldiers under him. He is a military commander under the emperor. He has a bright future and a quiet backyard. He only has a concubine's son and daughter whose aunt has died. This can really be considered a very good marriage."
Lu Ze sneered and said, "It is indeed a good marriage."
Qi Yuning's fingers were inadvertently playing with the small golden abacus beads beside him, and he said puzzledly: "Old Madam Lu has been suppressed by her noble princess daughter-in-law all her life. She didn't want to be suppressed by a noble granddaughter-in-law again when she was old, so she arranged a marriage between you and Guan Zhiyi.
What do you think Qin Guojiu's wife wanted to marry Guan Zhiyi? Could it be that she really wanted Guan Zhiyi to be virtuous and good at managing the household? That's impossible."
Lu Ze said, "Princess, my grandmother only wanted to marry Guan Zhiyi in return for saving her life."
Qi Yuning ignored Lu Ze's self-deception and said, "If there really is a noble family that is interested in the virtue of Guan's daughter, Guan Zhiyi should marry a young dandy boy from a noble family like her fourth brother-in-law, or a bastard from a noble family like her fifth brother-in-law.
"Master Qin Wu has no shortage of young, noble, virtuous daughters from aristocratic families to be his concubines, so why would he choose Guan Zhiyi?"
Although Lingling said that the throne will not belong to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future, no one can say for sure now.
The prince trusts the Qin family very much. The Qin family's military power is approaching that of Prince Qi's Mansion. The Qin family is very powerful both in the court and the country. It is a time when flowers are blooming and oil is boiling.
Master Qin Wu is not an incompetent person from aristocratic family. On the contrary, he holds military power in the capital and is the closest cousin to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
This marriage is weird no matter how you look at it.
Lu Ze said: "Why does the county supervisor care so much about other people's weddings?"
Qi Yuning said: "What do you mean someone else's family? I don't want to call Guan Zhiyi my fifth aunt in the future!"
Lu Ze chuckled when he heard this.
Qi Yuning frowned slightly when she saw Lu Ze smiling, secretly hating herself for speaking too quickly. Didn’t what she said just now mean that she had tacitly agreed that she would marry Lu Ze?
Qi Yuning no longer paid attention to Lu Ze, nor did she think about Guan Zhiyi becoming Mrs. Qin Wu, and continued to look down at the account book.
Lu Ze also continued to teach Lingling how to draw portraits.
The silence didn't last long before Lu Baozhu's voice was heard from outside.
"Don't stop me!"
"Princess, you cannot go in. Please wait, we will go and report to you."
"I have something to ask your Princess Qi, why are you stopping me?"
Qi Yuning in the room couldn't help but hold his forehead and looked at Lu Ze and said, "Your family is really well-educated. Lu Baozhu came to the palace ten times, and seven or eight times she just barged in."
When Lu Baozhu broke into Qi Yuning's room, she saw Lu Ze with a livid face, "Brother, you are here too?"
Lu Ze frowned and said, "Baozhu, how dare you trespass into someone else's palace?"
"How can it be considered trespassing? Isn't this my sister-in-law's house sooner or later?"
Lu Baozhu sat opposite Qi Yuning very familiarly and patted the water droplets on her body.
Qi Yuning said, "If you keep talking nonsense about my sister-in-law, I will ask the guards to ask you to leave."
Lu Baozhu said, "No, I won't talk nonsense anymore. Have you heard about my fifth cousin and Guan Zhiyi's engagement?"
"That's my brave and handsome fifth cousin. Isn't that Guan Zhiyi's advantage? She is two years younger than me. In the future, won't I have to call her fifth aunt? I wonder what my great-aunt thinks?"
Lu Ze said, "As a junior, you don't need to interfere in the affairs of our elders."
Lu Baozhu snorted angrily, "You can call me Fifth Aunt if you want, but I can't bring myself to call her that."
"Princess, Miss Song has sent a letter to come and see you."
Qi Yuning looked at the raindrops outside which did not seem to be getting smaller and said, "It's a rainy day like this? Let her in quickly. Lingling, you can go to the next door with your father."
Qi Yuning was afraid that Lingling would call Song Heqing "Pa Pa" again when she saw her.
Lu Ze understood and stood up, holding Lingling and went to the side.
When Song Heqing arrived at Qi Yuning's study, he saw Lu Baozhu was stunned for a moment, then bowed and said, "Greetings to Princess Lu."
Qi Yuning smiled and said, "No need to bow to her. Come and sit down. It's raining. What are you doing here?"
Song Heqing hesitated to speak.
Qi Yuning pointed at Lu Baozhu and said, "You go next door too."
Lu Baozhu looked at Song Heqing and said, "I know you. You are the granddaughter of Master Song. Every time you see my uncle, the crown prince, you can't take your eyes off him. Do you like my uncle?"
Song Heqing's face flushed, "Lu, Princess Lu..."
Qi Yuning frowned and said to Lu Baozhu, "Go quickly."
Lu Baozhu snorted, "I'm going to go play with Lingling."
After Lu Baozhu left, Song Heqing said to Qi Yuning, "Yuning, I really have no other choice, so I come to ask you for help. My mother wants to arrange a marriage between me and the eldest son of the Guan family."
Qi Yuning said coldly: "What is the status of the Guan family? How can they marry you?"
The daughters of the Guan family all married into wealthy families, so how dare the Guan family dream that Song Heqing would marry into a lower class and become their daughter-in-law?
Song Heqing's eyes turned red as she said, "After my grandfather passed away, although my father was a fourth-rank official, he is still in mourning and I don't know what his future will be like.
I am not my mother's biological child. Seeing that the betrothal gift offered by the Guan family is really generous, and my mother also saw that the six sisters of the young master of the Guan family all married into good families, and that my brother's connections in the officialdom could also be used to gain an advantage in the future, she decided to marry me to the Guan family..."
Song Heqing found it difficult to speak, but still said with a red face: "It's embarrassing to say this, but you and I have been sisters for many years, I won't hide it from you, I like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I got the news that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely choose a concubine in the spring of next year. Yuning, I want you to help me postpone my marriage until the spring of next year."
Qi Yuning looked at Song Heqing deeply. Lingling said that when she went to see Aunt Song, the bad guys pinched her neck.
So, did Song Heqing end up together with the prince?
However, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not ascend the throne after five or six years, his fate will surely be extremely miserable, perhaps imprisoned or exiled...
Qi Yuning pursed her lips and said, "He Qing, I will help you postpone the marriage with the Guan family. I can help you delay it for a year or two, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really not a good son-in-law."
(End of this chapter)
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