In the past few days, Ye Wanqing looked like she was dying. Nanny Jiang arranged servants around the bedroom and kept Murong Yan outside the bedroom in an impeccable manner.
That’s right, those days of Shen Xu are here again.
The sky is falling and the earth is collapsing.
Drinking the warm brown sugar ginger tea and feeling the repeated beatings of her period, Ye Wanqing felt so sympathetic to Shenxu.
Every time I think of how she had to dress as a boy for the sake of her parents' business, and how she was bullied, mocked, and bullied by her own father...
It’s too hard, Master Shen.
Ye Wanqing wanted to jump up from the bed and slap herself.
I deserve to die!
"Madam Jiang, what do you mean? Even I can't see Ah Xu!" Murong Yan stood outside the door angrily. Although he was stopped outside every time, he still tried his best to get the opportunity to visit Ye Wanqing.
Nanny Jiang continued with her usual explanation, her attitude towards this matter being remarkably firm. "Your Highness, the Crown Prince has been seriously ill these past few days and it's been inconvenient for him to see you. Your Highness, please come visit him again in a few days."
"Then let me ask the imperial physician to come in and take a look!"
"Your Highness, don't you trust my medical skills?" Nanny Jiang stood outside the door, refusing to budge an inch.
"Your Highness, I'm really much better. Please don't make things difficult for Nanny Jiang and stop making noise outside. I want to rest for a while." Ye Wanqing was lying on the bed. When she heard the noise outside, she quickly spoke up to help Nanny Jiang.
Murong Yan stood outside the door, hearing her extremely weak voice, and asked with concern: "A Xu, were you poisoned by them? Did they threaten you with anything?"
"No, really not. I'm really not in a good position. Please leave quickly."
Just as Murong Yan and Nanny Jiang were still pushing and pulling outside the door, Butler Shen hurried over with a visiting card.
"Madam Jiang, Lord Liu Xiaoru from the Prime Minister's Mansion and Lord Liu Zhang from the Dali Temple have sent invitations, hoping to visit our Crown Prince."
"What?" Nanny Jiang, momentarily hard of hearing, took the card and checked it, then asked in surprise, "Who is it? What brings you here to visit our prince?"
Butler Shen hesitated for a moment, looked at Murong Yan, frowned and whispered: "It looks like he is here to propose marriage."
"Proposing a marriage, are you proposing for County Lady Liu and our Young Master?" When Nanny Jiang heard that the Liu family was proposing a marriage, her temples suddenly throbbed. Why has the Young Master been so restless recently? It would have been fine if he had provoked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but why did he even provoked the Liu family!
The Liu family is famous for being arrogant. They look down on military generals and merchants, and they are not worthy of those who are superior to them.
If not for this, Liu Shaoqing of the Dali Temple would not be still unmarried at the age of 25.
"Minister Liu has been waiting outside the door for a long time and is determined to see our prince. Madam Jiang, please go out and see him." Butler Shen was a little anxious. They all knew that the relationship between the Marquis' Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion in the court was delicate. Now that they suddenly came to propose marriage, Butler Shen was undecided. He didn't think that his prince had caused any trouble outside.
Now Nanny Jiang is behind the door and says that the prince is ill and cannot see guests. It is equivalent to there being no one in charge of the family, and she can't help but feel anxious.
Nanny Jiang also seemed very anxious. Murong Yan was standing at the door and refused to leave. The prince was in a special situation. And the Liu family came to propose marriage at this time. How could she not be anxious?
"If we want to propose marriage, we have to wait for the Marquis to come back!"
Murong Yan thought to himself that Liu Zhang's speed of doing things was really amazing. He had just finished discussing countermeasures a few days ago, and he came to propose marriage today. His efficiency was extremely high.
So he added fuel to the fire and said, "Let's go and take a look. Don't neglect Minister Liu and get into trouble."
Nanny Jiang helplessly called A Rao over and asked her to guard the door and repeatedly warned her not to let Murong Yan in. Then she followed Butler Shen to the front hall to welcome the guests.
Murong Yan stood outside the door. Seeing that A Rao was also stubborn and refused to let him in, he had no choice but to persuade her with both words and deeds.
"Miss A Rao, please let me in to see Ah Xu. I'll bring you some osmanthus cake from Zhihezhai next time."
A Rao stood at the door with her arms outstretched, saying, "No, Your Highness, the Crown Prince has already said that she needs to rest, so Your Highness should not go in and disturb her."
Murong Yan was ultimately unable to persuade A Rao and was stopped outside the door.
On the other side, Liu Zhang and Minister Liu were also turned away.
Nanny Jiang originally thought that Minister Liu and his son came to propose marriage on behalf of County Master Liu, and her attitude was very polite and humble. She also said that Lord Shen was on his way back to the capital, so it might be a good idea to wait a few days to talk to the Lord Shen in person.
But when he heard that the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple actually wanted to marry his daughter, he was extremely surprised.
He was a high-ranking official of the third rank in the court. The girls who usually wanted to marry him were all daughters of wealthy families or famous ladies from the aristocracy. Even so, Minister Liu still felt that he was not tall enough and turned down many marriage proposals.
Although the Jiang family is well-known in the southern border and has accumulated a lot of wealth, the eldest son follows his father in business, and the second son follows his teacher in studying medicine, and they are already able to travel around the world.
Only the youngest son and the daughter were a little more successful, having earned some insignificant military rank in the Southern Border Army, but in the end they were just ordinary merchants who could not join the ranks of the gentry.
The door lintel is a million miles away.
Today, the Liu family actually came to the house and personally asked for the Liu family's eldest son to marry their daughter. What a joke!
Nanny Jiang politely asked why they had to choose A Rao from the family. Liu Zhang also casually gave a reason and praised A Rao.
Minister Liu's expression was obviously displeased. He did not say much, but only said that since the two were suitable, they should get married as soon as possible.
However, Nanny Jiang immediately rejected his proposal, saying that they were not a good match and he really didn't dare to marry into the Liu family.
Seeing that Nanny Jiang refused so straightforwardly, Minister Liu was immediately annoyed. He and his son had already condescended to come to the Marquis's residence in person to propose marriage, and the girl he was seeking was the daughter of a money-grubbing merchant. It was understandable that Marquis Chen was not at home and could not go out to greet her.
Prince Shen was so arrogant that not only did he not even see him in person, he also sent an old servant to get rid of him casually.
I feel more and more disgusted.
However, in order to cooperate with his son's plan and help the Liu family's cause, he had no choice but to swallow his anger.
He tried to force a polite smile and praised A Rao again. The words used by scholars and writers were always exquisite, and he was so confused by what he said.
He brought out the story he had used to propose marriage on Liu Zhang's behalf to Xu Yushi's family, and it sounded very sincere: "My Liu family intends to marry Miss Jiang off in a formal ceremony with a grand sedan chair and formal matchmaking. Besides, my Zhang'er has become the Minister of Justice at such a young age, and he has a bright future ahead of him. Since we are asking for your hand in marriage sincerely, we will definitely treat you well."
But Nanny Jiang was unmoved and replied, "I appreciate the Shangshu's kindness, but to be honest, my A'rao is a crude martial artist and is not worthy of a young talent like the Shaoqing."
"Besides, my family has been taken care of by Master Fu's family in the Southern Territory. A Rao grew up with Master Shen and is supposed to stay in the Marquis' Mansion to serve him. As for whether or not I will have a title, as a servant, I never dared to hope for it, and I'm afraid I can't promise her to anyone else."
(Why haven’t I been funny lately? Because I have to get down to business. The pervert is about to come out and bite me. Awww~)
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