"Huh?" Tian An was a little stunned, thinking he had misheard, and asked again: "What did you say?"
Zhao Yiming raised his hand and opened a small box that he had been holding in his hand for some time. He knelt on one knee in front of Tian An and said, "I say, let's get married soon!"
Looking at the sapphire ring he had drawn for Zhao Yiming lying quietly in the small box, Tian An finally realized it.
So, Zhao Yiming is proposing to her!
It was the proposal scene in the future that she had described to him. She didn't expect that he would remember it even though she had just mentioned it so casually. Not only did he remember it, but he also put it into action.
However, this sudden proposal made Tian An a little at a loss.
Blushing, she asked, "Why, why is it so sudden?"
"We have been engaged for a long time, and getting married is a matter of time. Why is it happening suddenly? Or, An An, you regret it now and don't want to marry me?" Zhao Yiming still held the ring, looking at Tian An steadily, waiting for her to express her opinion.
Of course Tian An knew that getting married was a matter of time, but she wasn't even sixteen yet. Wouldn't it be too early for her to get married now?
Besides, Xiaokang and Xiaoqi are still so young. Once she leaves, there will be only three men, two children and one adult, who know nothing, left in the mansion. Wouldn't everything be in chaos?
Such a huge pile of things fell on her shoulders, and she would be affected by any single move. How could she just leave like that?
Seeing Tian An's embarrassed look, how could Zhao Yiming not know the worries in her heart since they had been together day and night for so long.
"You once told me that women shouldn't get married or pregnant early, so this time we're just setting a date. Even if we get married sooner, we'll have to wait until next year. Even if we do get married in the future, I will definitely not do anything to hurt you."
When Zhao Yiming said this, his ears turned red, and Tian An was also a little embarrassed.
But in order to dispel Tian An's concerns and successfully marry a wife, Zhao Yiming had no choice but to continue.
"As for Xiaokang, Xiaoqi, and my father-in-law, you only need to promote capable people to manage the affairs of the mansion, and then supervise and inspect them from the side. When Xiaokang gets married in the future, you can hand over these mundane affairs to the new wife, and you can completely withdraw.
Those two guys are still so young, you can't really wait until they get married and have children before considering yourself! As for my father-in-law, he loves my mother-in-law deeply and will probably never remarry in this lifetime. In the future, we should be more filial to him and come back to visit him often.
Everyone is in Beijing anyway. If you really can't bear to leave them, you can always come back to visit or stay for a while."
Seeing that Zhao Yiming had considered everything carefully, Tian An found it hard not to suspect that he had been planning this for a long time.
"Have you told my father about this?"
Zhao Yiming felt a little guilty and said, "I have to wait for your consent before I go to see my father-in-law."
Tian An was not used to him. "That means it hasn't happened yet! Marriage is a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words. My father wasn't around when we got engaged, but now that we're father and daughter, you should go find him first! Mr. Zhao!"
Seeing that Tian An was not easy to fool, Zhao Yiming began to use the strategy of inflicting pain on himself.
The hand holding the ring moved forward and said, "Then I'll go find my father-in-law now. Since I've been holding it for so long, An An, please accept the ring first!"
As he spoke, he glanced outside the courtyard a few times, "The servants are watching us! It's not good for me to kneel like this all the time..."
Tian An followed his gaze and saw several maids and servants pretending to pass by the door, but their eyes were looking inside uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Tian An hurried to help Zhao Yiming up from the ground. As a result, Zhao Yiming took advantage of the opportunity when Tian An reached out his hand and quickly picked up the ring in the box and put it on her middle finger.
Of course, it was Tian An who told him which finger to wear the engagement ring on.
"Once you put on the ring, you can't regret it. I'll go find my father-in-law right now. An An, you go back and wait for my good news." As he said this, as if he was afraid that Tian An would really take off the ring and return it to him, he ran out of the yard.
Tian An looked at his hurried back and couldn't help laughing.
I didn't expect that a person who used to be mature and steady would also have such a flustered, childish and green-eyed side. It's really rare.
Gently stroking the exquisite gem ring on his finger, Tian An walked out of the yard and said, "Let's go back too!"
Zhao Yiming was right. She couldn't wait until Xiaokang and Xiaoqi got married before getting married. Instead of waiting to hand over the general's mansion to Xiaokang's future wife, it would be better to let them learn to handle things on their own early on, so that they could help his wife quickly become familiar with these things in the future. Besides, Tian An didn't want to raise them into idiots who only knew how to study and didn't care about the world.
However, since we have decided to schedule the wedding, we must prepare everything in advance...
Maybe it was because he knew he was getting married soon, or maybe it was because he was excited or something else, but Tian An had a rare sleepless night.
It was unknown how Zhao Yiming talked to Tian Mingwu. Anyway, the next morning, Zhao Yiming was waiting at the gate of Tian An's yard.
The whole person was as refreshing as a spring breeze, and he told her in person, "An An, you can start embroidering your wedding dress."
But just as she was about to say that, she thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. Embroidering a wedding dress is too tiring. I'll find an experienced embroiderer to do it. You can just add some symbolic embroidery then."
He was waiting here early today simply to tell Tian An the good news as soon as possible.
Seeing Tian An nod in agreement with a red face, he went to get down to business.
The results of the Imperial Examination had been announced, and he had to report to the Ministry of Rites today. He would then spend the next few days there learning the rules and etiquette until the Palace Examination.
This is something that every tribute student who is eligible to take part in the palace examination must attend, because they are afraid that these newcomers who are about to enter the court will offend others or even anger the emperor and lose their lives before they take office because of their inappropriate words and lack of etiquette.
After Zhao Yiming left, Tian An decisively followed his advice. Although she was good at needlework, if she really stayed at home every day to embroider wedding dresses, it would delay a lot of things!
However, she couldn't leave everything to the embroiderer, so she decided to at least embroider the round fan for the wedding day herself, and immediately took Xiangtao to the warehouse to pick out the fabric.
She remembered that the last time she treated the queen's injuries, the reward she received included a piece of particularly good yarn that was just right for making a round fan.
If you want to choose a pattern, you can embroider lilies, which symbolize a happy marriage and harmony.
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