After a brief moment of shock, Zhang Mingyu sighed softly, then quickly stood up and tried to follow the nanny to the front hall.
Zhang Mingbao saw that her sister looked worried and thought that she was also unwilling to get married. Suddenly, an idea struck her and she shouted to the nanny, "Mammy, my sister and I are going to the front hall to meet an honored guest. We must wash and dress ourselves."
When Nanny Yang heard this, she stopped.
Yes, since you are meeting a distinguished guest, you must dress up.
Nanny Yang nodded.
"Mammy, I'm going to take my sister back to the boudoir to get dressed. Please go to the front hall and report first. We two sisters will be there soon." Seeing Mammy Yang nod, Zhang Mingyu turned around and said softly.
Nanny Yang turned around again and looked at Zhang Mingbao carefully.
Indeed, because she had just been dancing with a sword in the garden, she was still covered in sweat.
Nanny Yang nodded again and said, "Miss, if that's the case, then please wash up and bring the second young lady to the front hall as soon as possible. Don't keep the distinguished guest waiting anxiously. Nanny, I'll go to the front hall and report to the old lady."
After saying that, Nanny Yang didn't wait any longer and went straight to the front hall.
As soon as she returned to her boudoir, Zhang Mingyu turned around and sat in front of the dressing table. She said to her personal maid with some helplessness, "Dongmei, I think I should change my hairstyle."
No matter who the distinguished guest is or which family he is acting as a matchmaker for, Zhang Mingyu doesn't want to neglect him.
She didn't want to give others an excuse to criticize her for her casualness, and the Zhang sisters' upbringing and appearance would be criticized in the future.
Dongmei has always been good at dressing up, and she quickly dressed up Zhang Mingyu.
She changed into a goose yellow long dress, and her eyes and eyebrows were quite beautiful, just like a fairy from a painting.
When she reached Zhang Mingbao's boudoir, she went in again and pulled her reluctant sister out, trying to persuade her with kind words along the way.
The moment Gu Meixiang saw the twin sisters, she couldn't help but admire them in her heart.
"What a pair of beautiful sisters."
The girl on the left is gentle and elegant, with clear eyes, and her words and actions are graceful and graceful, comparable to any noble lady in Kyoto.
The girl on the right is lively and pretty, with a graceful look and a hint of heroism in her words.
Although they are twins, their appearance and facial features are difficult to distinguish, but in terms of temperament, the girl on the right is more bold and chivalrous than the girl on the left.
Gu Meixiang stood up with a smile on her face. She pulled the two sisters and looked at it again and again. She really liked it in her heart.
If Shen Yuyao hadn't asked her for the person, she would have wanted to ask for the Zhang family's daughter to marry for her youngest son.
As expected, Shen Yuyao has great vision.
Gu Meixiang thought to herself.
Seeing the two girls, Gu Meixiang greeted them with a smile without any pretense. She took the two girls' hands, took off the bracelets on their wrists and the jade pendants around their waists, and gave them to the two sisters.
"Well, you two are really good kids."
The two sisters smiled and thanked her, then at the old lady's signal, turned back to their boudoirs.
After seeing the two sisters leave, Gu Meixiang formally explained her purpose to the old lady.
"Madam Zhang, to be honest, it was my sister-in-law Shen Yuyao who asked me to be the matchmaker yesterday. Her eldest son wants to marry the daughter of the Zhang family."
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Zhang couldn't help but be secretly shocked. If she remembered correctly, Gu Meixiang only had one sister-in-law, and that was Princess Ning!
Could it really be the Ning Wang Mansion that has taken a fancy to his granddaughter?
However, Old Lady Zhang seemed to remember her son once saying during dinner that after Prince Ning became the commander of the Black Dragon Guard, he assisted the emperor in punishing many corrupt officials. Later, all the civil and military officials went to the Shenwu Gate to ask the emperor to abolish the Black Dragon Guard, and Prince Ning was demoted to a commoner.
Seeing the look of disbelief on Mrs. Zhang's face, Gu Meixiang couldn't help but feel a little hesitant.
It’s not Madam Zhang’s fault. She was also shocked when she heard Shen Yuyao say that she wanted to marry Zhang’s daughter to Xia Linan.
You know, everyone in Kyoto City knows that Prince Ning Xia Yu has been demoted to a commoner, and all the princesses and princes in Prince Ning's Mansion have also been demoted and become ordinary people without titles and salaries.
Although General Zhang was a low-ranking military officer, he was still an official in the court, and he was serving in Kyoto, so he was still of higher social status than ordinary common people.
Madam Zhang hesitated and said, "Madam Shen, this..."
If Prince Ning had not been demoted, she would never have dared to agree to marry her granddaughter into Prince Ning's mansion, because in that case, the family background... would be too far behind.
But the person who came to propose marriage at this time was her savior, and it was also the time when the entire Ning Wang family was demoted. Old Lady Zhang really didn't want to be that powerful villain.
Because Prince Ning was demoted, the Xia family's men still had a gap in social status compared to the Zhang family, or even the opposite.
If the daughter of the Zhang family marries the boy of the Xia family, it is no longer a case of marrying up to a rich and powerful person, but rather a case of marrying down.
Because she didn't know what the Xia family was like now that they were demoted, she was also very worried that her granddaughter would suffer if she married into the family, so the elder lady was very hesitant at this time.
Gu Meixiang also saw the dilemma facing Old Madam Zhang. She spoke softly and bluntly, "Old Madam Zhang, don't worry that the Zhang family's daughter will be wronged if she marries into the Xia family. Not only is my nephew talented in both civil and military matters, and kind and benevolent, but his mother, Shen Yuyao, is not only the true mistress of Jingren Hall, but was also a female scholar praised by the emperor himself."
"Yesterday, my sister-in-law came to me specifically to ask for help on this matter. You know, she never asks for help easily. She actually asked me to help facilitate this marriage."
"I know my sister-in-law's character best. She is gentle and kind, and doesn't care about trivial matters. If the Zhang family's daughter marries into her house, she will definitely be treated well."
"As for the family status issue that Old Madam Zhang might be worried about, my sister-in-law Shen Yuyao has also specifically instructed that if the daughter of the Zhang family is willing to marry into her family, she will marry her with a grand ceremony spanning ten miles. She will also make this wedding ceremony the highest standard for marriages in her family, and no future generations will be able to exceed this standard when marrying their first wives."
Gu Meixiang spoke with such sincerity that every word she said touched people's heart.
Although Old Madam Zhang had never seen Shen Yuyao in person, she had heard many anecdotes about Prince Ning's Mansion on the streets of Beijing.
In her heart, she also had some admiration and respect for Shen Yuyao.
Moreover, Shen Yuyao is the only legitimate daughter of Duke Shen's mansion. A lady from such a noble family will definitely not make things difficult for her granddaughter. Although she has been demoted now, with a business like Jingrentang, her granddaughter can marry into a good family and will surely live a happy life.
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