Fang Ruotang followed the servants of the Huo family directly to the main hall of the Huo family. When she met Old Madam Huo, Fang Ruotang greeted her as a junior.
"Madam Ci'an."
Li Shiyun and Jin Wuyou also bowed.
Sitting in the seat of honor, Old Madam Huo remained composed and steady. She glanced at Fang Ruotang below before slowly speaking, "Sixth Miss Fang."
Fang Ruotang looked up at her in surprise.
"Please sit down. I've invited you here today because I have something to tell you."
Fang Ruotang noticed that Old Madam Huo was displeased with her neglect and did not indulge her. She sat down with a pout and a sullen face, responding casually.
"I heard you are good at physiognomy. Could you pick an auspicious wedding date for Wenyu and my son?"
"Her and Huo Zhige?"
Fang Ruotang was a little surprised.
[Does Huo Zhige also have a fiancée?]
Fang Ruotang was used to this before, but this was the third time, and to be honest, she felt nothing.
[Don't listen to her nonsense! Huo Zhige is an innocent, grown man; besides you, he has no other women and is not engaged.]
So that's what she said?
[Perhaps this old hag made the arrangement privately while Huo Zhige was away in Beijing!]
As soon as the words "old hag" were uttered, Old Madam Huo's face suddenly darkened.
His already harsh facial features became even more pronounced, going from three points to seven.
"Does Huo Zhige know?"
"Marriage has always been a matter of parental arrangement and matchmaker's words. Besides, Wenyu is a good match for him, what could he possibly complain about?"
"That's true! She's quite pretty."
Fang Ruotang even commented on Wen Yu's words.
Wen Yu then stepped forward and performed a greeting as a peer.
"Miss Fang Liu."
Fang Ruotang's eyes flickered slightly, and she glanced at it before looking away.
Li Shiyun and Jin Wuyou glared at each other at the same time.
This girl Wen did it on purpose, didn't she?
When Fang Ruotang arrived in the capital, everyone who saw her greeted her respectfully.
Call me the Imperial Advisor.
Unlike the woman in front of him, who addressed him as "Sixth Miss Fang," placing them on equal footing and revealing her intricate thoughts to everyone.
[Please help me calculate which day would be the best for Huo Zhige and Wen Yu to get married.]
"Are you sure you want to calculate this?" Little Mirror asked anxiously.
Yes, it counts! Why doesn't it?
[Huo Zhige is your man. Do you know when he'll marry another woman? Are you alright?]
No, no, no! You must understand, it's not that I want Huo Zhige, but that Huo Zhige wants me. Therefore, these obstacles are problems he should overcome, not problems I should solve.
When Fang Ruotang responded to the little mirror in her mind, the gentle expression on her face also softened a bit.
She's just not very smart, but she's not stupid.
Madam Huo is using the excuse of choosing an auspicious day to warn her!
[Hurry up, the sooner the better.]
【Tsk! Okay then! The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, an auspicious day!】
【fine!】
"The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is an auspicious day for marriage, when the sky will be clear and the sun will shine brightly." Fang Ruotang's casual gaze moved from Wen Yu's face to Old Madam Huo.
Old Madam Huo did not expect Fang Ruotang to be so cooperative.
The prepared words were no longer available to be spoken.
"If there's nothing else, I'll be going now." Fang Ruotang stood up and took a few steps outside on her own. Suddenly, she turned back, smiled, and said, "Oh, right! Just a reminder, next time you invite my tutor, remember to kneel and kowtow all the way to the Prime Minister's residence!"
“You…” Old Madam Huo suddenly stood up.
Fang Ruotang looked directly at Old Madam Huo and said, word by word, "I don't want this kind of thing, where someone puts on airs in front of me, to happen again. You need to understand that I give you face because you are Old Madam Huo. If I don't give you face, you are nothing. Do you understand?"
"How dare you speak to me like that? Do you believe I'll make Huo Zhige..." Old Madam Huo angrily pointed at Fang Ruotang.
"Stop!" Fang Ruotang cut off what Old Madam Huo was about to say, and said with a sneer, "Please get this straight, it was your Huo Zhige who begged me to take pity on him, not me begging him. Next time something like this happens, just break his legs and lock him in the room. There's no need to invite the Imperial Preceptor here, understand?"
Fang Ruotang walked straight out of the hall, exuding a chilling aura.
[Sir, are you angry?]
A little bit!
"You're reluctant to part with Huo Zhige? Don't worry, sir, if this marriage doesn't happen, Huo Zhige definitely won't marry any woman other than you."
Fang Ruotang rolled her eyes.
Who he marries is none of my business! But I'm being humiliated because of him, and I'm not done with him yet!
【ah!】
Little Mirror hadn't expected that her focus would be on this.
[Tsk! Troublesome.]
Aside from her poor health, Fang Ruotang grew up smoothly and without any major setbacks. Even her grandparents would never speak to her like that.
She came to the Huo family early in the morning to suffer this insult. If it weren't for the Huo family's loyalty and the fact that the other party was an old man with one foot in the grave, she wouldn't have just retaliated verbally, but would have had Shishi take action directly.
"Grand Preceptor, Grand Preceptor..."
Fang Ruotang hadn't even left the Huo family's garden when someone called out to her.
She raised an eyebrow at Wen Yu who was running towards her, crossed her arms, and asked inquiringly, "What's up?"
Wen Yu knelt down respectfully this time and performed a deep bow before replying, "I was rude in the hall just now, please forgive me, Grand Preceptor."
“It’s just that my great-aunt is getting old, and as a junior, I can’t go against her wishes to her face. I know that my cousin is in love with you, so I can step aside and let you be together.”
"No need!" Fang Ruotang refused without even thinking.
This girl, Wen, gave her a very different feeling than Li Mingyu.
Both girls were undoubtedly beautiful, but Fang Ruotang never judged beauty by gender; as long as someone was pretty, that was enough.
However, she felt close to Li Mingyu at first sight, but couldn't like this Miss Wen. She didn't even need to ask Xiao Jingzi to know that Miss Wen was no good.
Miss Wen has seen those eyes of hers on so many people ever since she got her little mirror.
Although she was under the Crown Prince's tight protection, no one could get close to her unless she took the initiative, but she wasn't blind and could see.
"Really? Does the Imperial Advisor not believe me? I won't even need to appear in front of my cousin anymore, and I will never be in your way again."
Fang Ruotang tilted her head and answered somewhat speechlessly.
"Really, there's no need! If you two are in love, then you should be together! I love seeing lovers get married in the end. This isn't a secret in the capital, you must know that, right?"
Any family that had even a slight connection with the Prime Minister's residence.
Before any family arranges a marriage, they must send gifts to the Prime Minister's residence to inquire whether the couple is compatible and whether they are a perfect match.
"Your Excellency, please don't say that. My daughter really won't compete with you for it." As Wen Yu spoke, she kowtowed several more times.
Fang Ruotang rolled her eyes, gestured towards Jin Wuyou with her lip, then stepped forward and lifted him up, saying with displeasure, "What are you doing? Does this make it seem like my Imperial Preceptor is using his power to bully people? Is he trying to steal your fiancé?"
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