Chapter 433 Cousin
Madam Shen came to see the princess, not for anything else but to express her gratitude. Not only did the prince and princess give Chen Ling a generous dowry, but even the marriage was made possible because of the matchmaking of Xie Jingyu and Shen Wan, with the princess helping to act as a matchmaker.
No one knows how long this snow will last. Mrs. Shen is impatient and has to get things done as soon as possible, otherwise she will always have things piled up in her heart.
Now that she was here, Madam Shen had a long conversation with the princess before saying goodbye.
It was almost time for lunch when Dong'er came in holding a red jade vase with plum blossoms in it and said, "Princess, the fourth lady sent her maid to bring you the plum blossoms..."
Xie Zhiyao said she would fold the best looking one for her and bring it back, it was really nice.
However, given Xie Zhiyao's personality, he would have delivered it to her personally. She must have been tired from playing at the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion.
"Bring it here quickly."
Dong'er placed the plum blossoms on the small table, and Chen Wan could imagine how beautiful the plum blossom forest in the Weiguo Mansion was.
Shen Wan thought Xie Zhiyao was tired from playing, so she asked the maid to bring plum blossoms. But a moment later, Chun'er came in and said, "Princess, the fourth lady fell at the Duke of Wei's mansion and sprained her ankle..."
How could I be so careless...
Chen Wan immediately ordered Shanhu, "Go and take a look, and bring some ointment for the sprain."
Shanhu went to deliver the medicine. Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu had just finished lunch and came back. "The fourth lady's ankle is a little red and swollen. The Duke of Weiguo's Mansion called a doctor for her. There are no broken bones. She will be fine after two or three days of rest."
I hope it's nothing serious.
However, even if there was nothing serious, the wife of Duke Weiguo and Wei Mingzhu still came to the mansion to visit Xie Zhiyao the next day.
Xie Zhiyao sprained her ankle at the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion, and the Duke of Weiguo's wife came to visit her, which shows that the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion knows how to behave politely.
Chen Wan didn't think they came to the mansion for other things, but less than two quarters of an hour after they entered the mansion, Yin Chuan, who had been serving tea, came in and said, "Prince's Consort, the wife of the Duke of Wei is here today, not only to visit the fourth young lady, but also to help propose marriage..."
Shen Wan was surprised, "Propose marriage?"
Shanhu's eyes widened. "Are you here to propose marriage to the Prince of Wei?"
Shen Wan thinks not.
Firstly, Yinchuan was talking about helping to propose marriage, but the wife of Duke Weiguo was proposing marriage on behalf of her own son, which was not helping. Furthermore, when Wei Mingzhu sent someone to deliver the invitation yesterday, Xie Zhiyao's face was filled with the joy of going to appreciate the plum blossoms, without any shyness. If she and the prince of Duke Weiguo were in love with each other, she would definitely reveal her daughterly thoughts.
Besides, the Prince of Weiguo is currently busy keeping an eye on the Prince of Yuzhang and should not have the time to take care of himself.
Prince of Yuzhang, “…”
That's really not polite at all.
Although the Fourth Master was promoted twice, he is only of the fifth rank now. Unless Xie Zhiyao and the Prince of Weiguo are in love with each other, the wife of the Duke of Weiguo will definitely not ask for Xie Zhiyao in marriage on behalf of her son.
Shen Wan asked, "Who are you helping to propose marriage for?"
Yin Chuan said, "He's Miss Wei Si's cousin, the nephew of the wife of Duke Wei, Young Master Luo..."
It turned out to be Young Master Luo.
Mr. Luo is an official who serves as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War. Although Mr. Luo is only twenty years old this year, he has already served in the army for two years and is considered a well-known figure among the children of aristocratic families.
Of course, Young Master Luo’s status cannot be compared with that of the Prince of Weiguo, but for Xie Zhiyao, it is already an excellent marriage.
The Fourth Master and the Fourth Mistress would probably agree.
As Chen Wan expected, news soon came that the Fourth Master and the Fourth Lady had agreed to the marriage.
As soon as the news reached Shen Wan's ears, Wei Mingzhu arrived.
Wei Mingzhu smiled brightly, "I never thought Zhiyao would become my cousin's wife..."
Chen Wan chuckled and said, "Have you been eyeing Fourth Sister from the beginning?"
Wei Mingzhu raised her hands to swear, "I didn't do that. Who knew that my cousin fell in love with Zhiyao after seeing her once in the mansion? These days, my cousin has been coming to my Weiguo Mansion every now and then to talk to me. My parents thought my cousin had taken a fancy to me and wanted to protect me from that bastard Prince of Yuzhang. My father even thought that my cousin knew everything about me and that marrying me to him would be a good idea. They scared my cousin into telling the truth..."
Wei Mingzhu wanted to laugh when she thought about her mother wanting to marry her to her cousin, who looked like he was struck by lightning.
Wei Mingzhu said, "My cousin is a very nice person. He likes Zhiyao. I think Zhiyao and my cousin are a good match, so I invited Zhiyao to appreciate the plum blossoms under the pretext of seeing if she might also like my cousin. Otherwise, if I rashly propose marriage, Zhiyao will not dare to come to my Weiguo Mansion in the future, and I will lose a good friend. But I didn't expect that she would sprain her ankle, and..."
She stopped.
But Shen Wan's gossipy heart had been aroused, "What else?"
Wei Mingzhu leaned close to Shen Wan's ear and whispered, "It sprained in my cousin's arms."
Shen Wan, “…”
If they were not engaged, even if Wei Mingzhu trusted Shen Wan, she would not dare to tell Shen Wan about this.
But now that the marriage is settled, there will be no problem telling Shen Wan.
After Shen Yu's marriage after falling into the water, Shen Wan's ideas were not so pedantic. She did not think that she had to marry the other person just because she was hugged. But she was curious, "How did this sprain happen?"
Wei Mingzhu laughed for a long time before telling Shen Wan what had happened.
It snowed heavily and there was snow accumulated in the plum forest of Weiguo Mansion. Wei Mingzhu and Xie Zhiyao both loved to play, so they started playing with their snow sticks.
You throw the snowball to me and I throw it back to you.
There was constant laughter and joy.
Xie Zhiyao threw a snowball over, and Wei Mingzhu squatted down to dodge it, but Young Master Luo, who was walking over, didn't dodge it and it hit him on the head.
Xie Zhiyao didn't expect to hit Young Master Luo. Her face turned red and she quickly ran over to apologize. As a result, she accidentally slipped and fell into Young Master Luo's arms.
Xie Zhiyao blushed at the time, feeling so embarrassed that she wished she could die in Young Master Luo's arms.
Wei Mingzhu helped her down and asked a doctor to treat her sprained ankle. Wei Mingzhu told Xie Zhiyao the truth, "My cousin usually doesn't come to my Weiguo Mansion once a month. Since he saw you in the mansion, he has come no less than ten times in the past few days. My cousin likes you. Are you willing to be my cousin's wife?"
Xie Zhiyao was so embarrassed that she couldn't speak.
Wei Mingzhu said, "If you don't say anything, I will assume that you also like my cousin a little bit. I will ask my mother to help my cousin propose marriage tomorrow."
Xie Zhiyao thought Wei Mingzhu was joking, but she didn't expect that the wife of Duke Weiguo would actually come.
Wei Mingzhu was in a very good mood when she mentioned her cousin and Xie Zhiyao's engagement, but she couldn't resist Shen Wan, who was also a person who would pour cold water on her. "What about you?"
Wei Mingzhu didn't react for a moment, "Me what?"
"You and Prince Yuzhang."
The smile on Wei Mingzhu's face froze instantly. "Did you know this a long time ago?"
Chen Wan looked innocent, "I didn't hide it from you. You said you always ran into Prince Yuzhang when you went out and felt it was unlucky. I said he liked you, but you didn't believe me."
Wei Mingzhu, "..."
No rebuttal.
but!
Wei Mingzhu said, "He doesn't like me, he's deliberately bullying me!"
"It's not enough to bully me openly, you even put on a lousy mask to deceive me!"
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