Mrs. Peng was unwilling to accept this and grumbled, "In Zhaohua County, only your Lu family and the Shen family are a good match. Your family doesn't have a suitable candidate, so it's impossible for the Shen family to find a family of equal status.
You said that the Shen family has a background in Huangdu. If that's really the case, Shen Yi wouldn't have been able to stay as the county magistrate in Zhaohua County forever. I think that background is just bluffing.
Good aunt, please help us to make peace. Although our Tang family is not as good as the Shen family, we can be regarded as a scholarly family in recent years. Your nephew will also start next year. If he gets good grades, he can become an official! It can be regarded as a good match with the Shen family!"
Mrs. Peng had been to the Lu family several times and had met Shen Yuezhang. She was extremely satisfied with her.
Moreover, Shen Yuezhang has a business acumen. What the Tang family lacks is financial resources. If they can marry Shen Yuezhang, it will definitely be a great help to the Tang family.
Tang understood her sister-in-law's thoughts and knew how outstanding Shen Yuezhang was. She sighed helplessly, "Okay! I can only try my best to help mediate, but I have to wait until next year's imperial examination to bring this up openly. If my nephew can get top grades, I will have the confidence to propose marriage. If he fails, I really don't have the face to ask for it."
Seeing that Tang was willing to help, Mrs. Peng smiled like a flower, "Okay, okay! As long as my sister-in-law agrees, it's fine. It's just a matter of waiting a few more months! We can afford it! When I go back, I'll let the child study hard and try to pass it in one try!"
After Mrs. Peng left, Mrs. Tang couldn't help but complain to Lu Xiang, "Your aunt-in-law has beautiful thoughts, but she doesn't know what the Shen family is thinking! Can she like your cousin? You have a good relationship with Yue Zhang, do you know what she is thinking?"
Lu Xiang didn't know anything about the question. When she got annoyed, she frowned, "Mom! If it were me, you should tell my aunt to stop thinking about Yue Zhang. It's not that I look down on my cousin, but Yue Zhang looks down on bookworms! My cousin is so old-fashioned and boring that he would definitely not be in Yue Zhang's eyes."
"How can you talk like that, kid!" Tang glared angrily, "Your cousin is calm and respects rules! Do you think that he, a man, is interesting just because he talks and laughs? I'm so angry!"
Lu Xiang curled her lips and didn't dare to say anything else to avoid bad luck.
Su Tai and Shen Yuezhang also talked about this matter in the carriage.
"Which ladies talked to you when you were in the Lu family?"
Chen Yuezhang understood what Su Tai meant and smiled, "Mother, you don't have to beat around the bush when asking me. I have met almost all the ladies who came to the banquet at Aunt Lu's place. If I were to say who was the most enthusiastic towards me, it would be Aunt Lu's sister-in-law, Madam Tang."
"Don't you have any ideas?" Su Tai continued to ask.
Shen Yuezhang tilted her head innocently, "Mom, do I need to have any ideas? I know a little about the Tang family's situation. They are a family of farmers and scholars. With the help of Aunt Lu and Uncle Lu, they can barely be considered a family of scholars in recent years, but they are a little poor!
Besides, the Tang family has many rules, and cousin Xiangxiang seems to be a man who only wants to read the books of sages. After all, the family has high hopes for him, and I can understand that, but I don’t want to shoulder this burden. "
"Hahaha!" Su Tai laughed so hard that she fell backwards. "You mischievous guy! If not someone like that, what kind of person do you want to find? Mr. Tang is ambitious, while someone who goes in and out of teahouses and theaters every day is not ambitious. We can't choose a bad one!"
Shen Yuezhang shook his head seriously, "Mom! What you said is too one-sided. If I really have to choose, I will choose someone like my dad! Unless there is a man in this world who is as powerful as my dad, I won't look down on him!"
Su Tai blinked, feeling embarrassed, "If that happens, my daughter will be in trouble!"
"Cough cough cough" Chun Xing was choked by her saliva. She didn't know whether to cough or not, and felt uncomfortable holding it in.
Shen Yuezhang was helpless, "Mother! I know you are thick-skinned, but please don't say anything shocking. Look at Chun Xing, she was scared by you!"
Chun Xing quickly shook her head, very flustered.
While they were chatting and laughing, the carriage returned to the Shen Mansion.
At the same time, Princess Huai'an in the old city also received a reply from Su Tai.
Amber whispered, “Princess, this Madam Shen must have mistaken you for the wife of the garrison commander.”
In fact, in the entire garrison camp, except Murong Jue, Xue Mao and Xue Xiang, no one knew the true identity of Princess Huai'an.
Princess Huai'an smiled meaningfully and said, "Then I will use the identity of Madam Xue to meet this legendary woman! Later, you can also call Yue'an and I will take her home."
Amber's face changed, and her expression was a little strange, "Princess, have you forgotten that Miss Shen was punished by the young master to pull coal because she let your parrot run away?"
Princess Huai'an laughed and held her forehead, "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten! No wonder the courtyard has been so quiet these past two days! Tell Ajue that the child is still young and it's normal for him to be naughty, don't go too far!"
As a mother, she could still guess what her son was thinking.
If he could get the beauty as he wished, Shen Yue Anke would be his sister-in-law. What if he bullies her like this and gets bullied in the future?
Amber agreed, "I thought so too, and I even talked to Xue Mao and Xue Xiang about it, but those two idiots didn't listen at all. They even said that Miss Shen was a troublemaker and that she couldn't stay quiet for long under their control. She would be punished every now and then, and they let me get used to it.
"I secretly went to see her, and I have to say that Miss Shen is very good at her work. I admire her efficiency!"
Princess Huai'an's forehead was slid with black lines, "That brat is really capable! I gave him a good girl to raise, but he treated her like a rough man. I wonder how he will explain to the Shen family when the time comes!"
Amber hurriedly defended Murong Jue, "Princess, the young master knows his limits. Miss Shen is not only doing hard labor here, but also has to learn martial arts, chess, calligraphy and painting.
At first, what Second Miss Shen hated most were music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Whenever she got into trouble, the young master would ask her to practice music, calligraphy and painting.
I heard that Miss Shen's handwriting used to be as bad as a dog's crawling, but now it has become more elegant and graceful."
Princess Huai'an: "."
How much trouble did she have to get into to achieve such an impressive result? It seemed that she had underestimated that girl.
"Forget it, go ask Ajue when the girl's punishment will end, so that I can arrange a date with Madam Shen to visit her."
Shen Yuean was punished for three days.
When she was finally released from the ban, the first thing she did was to run to Princess Huai'an to complain, "Aunt, Brother Jue is too much! I have no objection to him punishing me by making me practice martial arts, haul coal, or even fight bandits, but he actually forced me to copy scriptures for a whole day, saying that it was for self-cultivation! My hands... My hands are all broken from writing, wuwuwu..."
Shen Yuean was going home today, and the maid dressed her up specially. Her long black hair was tied into two buns, decorated with a pair of exquisite silver bells and two furry clips, which were specially prepared for her by Su Tai. (End of this chapter)
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