Fortunately, her young lady was born from the madam's womb, and she was taken care of by the madam on a daily basis. Miss Linglong didn't dare to do anything to her young lady, and at most she would just look at her with disdain.
"Although I am a young lady, I know myself too well. My personality is not likable. How could that young master from the Thirteen Famous Families possibly be interested in a young lady from a prestigious family like me?"
He's a young master from one of the thirteen prestigious families. If he wanted to get married, wouldn't all those families be eager to send their daughters to him? What outstanding young ladies couldn't he choose? How could he possibly be interested in someone like me?
"Your young lady is very self-aware. Someone like me is suited to marrying down. I think that cousin of yours is quite good." Yan Qingxue went on and on about how she and the other person had analyzed her situation, finally focusing on Qiao Zhishu.
Xiaoya was having a headache. Why did her young lady keep bringing up that cousin again? How could she have fallen for such a poor farmer?
This is not a good question; it's a world apart, completely mismatched.
“Miss, we can go to Hongcheng, or visit my little cousin, but you can’t keep bothering her cousin.”
You absolutely mustn't do something so shameless and disrespectful again. I think you've really terrified his cousin."
Yan Qingxue frowned seriously, thought for a moment, and then turned to ask Xiaoya.
"Although I'm not very likable, am I that scary? I'm really serious about marrying him."
Xiaoya sighed, "Miss, I think you should seriously consider the candidates that Madam has chosen for you."
After the master and servant finished getting ready, they went straight to Zhao's place. At that time, Zhao was leaning against the couch, choosing a portrait.
Yan Qingxue felt a chill run down her spine as soon as she entered the room, and involuntarily took two steps back, wanting to make a quick escape.
Zhao glanced at Yan Qingxue slowly and deliberately, and uttered a sentence.
"stop."
“Hey, Mother—” Yan Qingxue swallowed hard, her smile forced.
"Where are you going? Come on in and sit down. Come and take a look at these portraits. These are a few handsome young men that I carefully selected from that pile of portraits."
There are two of them here, but they belong to one of the thirteen prestigious families, as I mentioned before.
I think you should go and visit them in person. I'll send them two invitations, and then we'll pay them a visit.
Let you get to know those two young masters and find out what their temperaments are like.
Hearing others talk about it is not as good as seeing it for yourself.
I particularly favor these two young masters from the thirteen prestigious families.
Yan Qingxue twitched the corners of her mouth. Xiaoya had mentioned it to her while she was getting ready, so why was her mother bringing it up again now that they were here?
Isn't this just too much of a coincidence?
"Hey... Mom, I'm not in a hurry, let's talk about it later."
"What do you mean 'no rush'? You're already so old, you're at the age where you should be thinking about marriage. You should just find a man to marry."
"Once you miss this prime age for marriage, and become an old maid in a couple of years, who will want you?" Zhao Shi shifted her chin-resting posture, sat up straight, and picked up the portrait from the low, four-cornered tea table.
"Come over here and take a good look at this young master of the Bai family. He is my favorite. Although he is an illegitimate son, if he were the legitimate son, the difference in status would be too great, and you would not be able to marry him!"
"Your status as a son of a concubine is just right, so you have a chance to marry into the family. I'll then smooth things over with the Zhao family's influence. Even if you marry into the family, they won't mistreat you."
Yan Qingxue's smile was somewhat stiff, forcing out an expression that was more like a grimace. "Mother, I wanted to stay with you for another two years, and you're already in such a hurry to send me away?"
Zhao was well aware of her daughter's little scheme. She scoffed and said dismissively, "Spend two years with me? I think you just want to have another two years of crazy fun, don't you?"
When have you ever sat down and kept me company properly?
And also, I've already hired a musician for you. He's highly skilled, so you should learn from him. Even last-minute cramming can be helpful. Learn a few tricks first, so you can make a good impression when you go to his place. I don't expect you to be outstanding among all the ladies from prominent families, just be decent. That way, I can help you navigate things.
You're just too careless. If you had settled down a couple of years ago and properly learned a trade, I wouldn't be in this mess now.
That little bitch, although I don't like her, her skills are truly undeniable. She can learn anything and do it perfectly, excelling in everything.
No wonder your dad likes her so much!
On this point, I have to say, you really need to learn a thing or two from them.
“Um… Mother, I came here to… cough, to show you this. A friend of mine invited me to visit Hongcheng, and I’m planning to go. It would be really impolite not to go, wouldn’t you say?” Yan Qingxue couldn’t stand it anymore and took out the invitation, interrupting Zhao Shi.
Why bring up that little bitch again? She hates that little bitch the most. Her mother really knows how to rub salt in the wound.
"Red City?" Zhao glanced at the invitation.
"Yes, Mother, it was the invitation to the commercial building in Jincheng that Linglan and I went to last time. It was given to me by this friend from Hongcheng."
"Speaking of which, your father has mentioned this to me before. Your friend might be of some use to your father. He has mentioned this to me several times."
"Who is your friend? Does he have any connection with the Jincheng government?" Zhao asked suspiciously, casually placing the invitation on the table.
"With the Jincheng government? They shouldn't have any connection, right?" Yan Qingxue blinked, somewhat puzzled.
Why would Mother ask that?
"It was your father who asked me about it. He thought that your friend might have some connection with the Jincheng government because he was able to deliver the invitations to you."
Otherwise, this invitation could sell for several hundred taels of silver; it wouldn't be so easily given to you.
Now it was Yan Qingxue's turn to be stunned and dumbfounded. "Huh? What? Several hundred taels of silver? Those invitations sell for several hundred taels of silver? That's outrageous!"
Zhao took a sip of tea.
"Of course, otherwise your father wouldn't be so concerned."
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