In the main hall, Madam Zhou and Sisi had just finished breakfast. The autumn banquet was coming soon, and she wanted to take Sisi to the banquet to broaden her horizons. After all, she had married into the family and would have to attend many social events.
Sisi agreed, "Can Ayan go?"
"I don't know if he wants to go. I'll ask Sisi later. If she wants him to go, I'll definitely let him go."
Sisi smiled helplessly, "Auntie, please don't hit him."
Madam Zhou laughed and said, "No, no."
Just then, a maid rushed in and said, "Madam, Madam Yu has arrived with many gifts. It seems she has come to propose marriage."
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Madam Zhou stood up abruptly. "Has the Yu family lost their minds? My Zhou family has no daughters!"
The maid whispered, "Madam Yu said that she came to ask Miss Yu for her son's hand in marriage."
"What?!"
Madam Zhou slammed her hand on the table and sneered, "That old bastard, he's got his eye on my Sisi! He doesn't even think much of that Third Brother Yu, yet he dares to covet my Sisi! Where are they? Throw them all out!"
“We can’t fight our way out,” the maid said tremblingly. “Madam Yu and Prince Zhou came together.”
The Yu family belongs to the Zhou Wang faction. Even the Zhou Wang himself has come. Madam Yu has invited him here to coerce and entice them!
Madam Zhou cursed Madam Yu in her heart, but she had no choice but to have her maid invite them in.
Madam Zhou and Madam Yu were not on good terms, but unexpectedly, as soon as she entered, Madam Yu grabbed her hand as if she had seen a long-lost friend.
"Oh, Sister Zhou, it's been so long! My sisters and I have been catching a cold lately, which is why we haven't been able to visit. It's made us sisters a little distant."
Madam Zhou couldn't help but want to slap her when she saw the fake smile on her face, but she held back and forced a smile.
"Sit down, have a seat."
She then bowed to Wan Zhou, and Si Si followed suit with a graceful bow, saying, "Your Highness."
No need for formalities.
Although Wan Zhou was a prince, he was not very old, about the same age as Yu Wenguang, and already possessed a certain air of authority. He sat in the main seat, his gaze sweeping over Sisi with a hint of surprise.
Her face was covered, but it did not affect her temperament in the slightest; she was enough to attract attention at first glance.
Yu Wenguang sat obediently, glancing quietly at Sisi. Madam Yu knew who he favored, and first scanned her twice, her eyes showing admiration, but also some worry.
This person is like an immortal being, how could she possibly be interested in her son? Perhaps her son is just daydreaming.
Once you're here, there's no turning back.
Madam Yu smiled and said, "This must be your niece, right? She's so beautiful, like a fairy."
Mrs. Zhou gave a lukewarm response.
"This..." Madam Yu coughed, "Why is she still wearing a veil?"
"He caught a cold."
"I see."
After exchanging pleasantries, Wan Zhou brought up the matter of the betrothal. Madam Yu nodded happily, "Yes, the main purpose of our visit today is still for my good-for-nothing third brother."
"I don't know where my third brother met your niece, but he fell in love with her at first sight. He went back and made a big fuss with me. This is the first time my third brother has been so serious. I couldn't refuse him, so I had to come and propose marriage."
On the surface, these words seemed to express the deep affection of the third brother of the Yu family, who insisted on having Sisi. However, a hint of dissatisfaction was also revealed in his words. He implied that she only came because she couldn't resist his advances, and that she didn't genuinely like him.
Mrs. Zhou apologized, "I'm so sorry, although my Sisi is my niece, I cherish her very much. She's still young and I don't have any plans for that."
Madam Yu looked extremely unwell.
Wan Zhou slammed his teacup down on the table, his tone laced with threat, "It's not like we're getting married right away. Since Madam Zhou thinks she's too young, we can set the engagement and get married after the New Year. It's the same thing."
"It seems this marriage can't be arranged."
Madam Yu couldn't keep a straight face, and Yu Wenguang said somewhat anxiously, "Why? Madam Zhou, rest assured, I have married Miss Sisi, and I will treat her sincerely. If she has any disloyal intentions, may I be struck by lightning!"
Just as Madam Zhou was about to speak, footsteps came from outside the hall.
"Because she's already engaged to me!"
Zhou Qiyan swaggered in, looking annoyed. With Wan Zhou around, he suppressed the urge to hit Yu Wenguang.
"Your Highness, my cousin and I have been betrothed since childhood, and she has come to Shengjing to marry me."
"Didn't you say you didn't like her? That you wouldn't marry her?" Yu Wenguang stood up uncontrollably.
"You said she's fat and ugly, that you don't like her at all, and that you still want to hold onto her even though you don't like her. Do you want to ruin Sisi's life?"
Mrs. Yu immediately chimed in, "The worst thing a woman can do in her life is to meet a fickle man. If a man can take you when he wants you and discard you when he doesn't, in the end, it's the woman who suffers!"
"You're talking nonsense, Yu Wenguang! Do you want to die? If you keep spouting this nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart!"
Sisi glanced at Zhou Qiyan when Yu Wenguang mentioned Zhou Qiyan's evaluation of her.
He did indeed call her ugly, and he really didn't like her. The fact that he could say that to his playmate shows that he genuinely disliked her.
Sisi felt that she should talk to her aunt about the marriage, as she did not want him to marry a woman he did not like.
"It's just like you said, you wanted to lie to Sisi."
Zhou Qiyan was furious. If their servants tried to stop them, the two would start fighting again.
He was pinned to the table, and he didn't dare look at Sisi.
Wan Zhou frowned. "Madam Zhou, is what he said true?"
"Your Highness, what my second brother said is true. Sisi is indeed his fiancée. They were betrothed when they were young. After Sisi's parents passed away, I brought her here, intending to arrange their marriage after the mourning period."
"I see."
Wan Zhou had no intention of breaking up a marriage. He spoke a few words to Madam Yu, who could only reluctantly leave with the betrothal gifts and Yu Wenguang.
"Does Second Brother truly love Miss Sisi?"
"Of course," he said frankly.
Unable to discern anything amiss, Wan Zhou left.
Zhou Qiyan breathed a sigh of relief. He subconsciously looked at Sisi, who was also looking at him.
"What are you looking at? I was just kidding the prince, you didn't actually believe me, did you?"
Madam Zhou slapped him across the face. "You brat, what nonsense are you spouting?"
"I'm not lying. I don't like that ugly woman at all, Mother. I don't want to marry her!"
Mrs. Zhou got angry and rolled up her sleeves to hit him, but Sisi stopped her with a gentle smile on her face.
"Auntie, don't hit Ayan."
"Don't stop me, I'm going to beat him to death."
“It’s not that Ayan doesn’t want to marry me, it’s that I have someone else in my heart. Ayan is doing this to make my life better.”
Madam Zhou and Zhou Qiyan were both stunned.
After a long pause, Madam Zhou asked, "Do you have someone you like?"
She felt a pang of sadness. She had thought that Sisi could marry her second brother and become part of the family, so she could have both a son and a daughter. But who knew…
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