They are an engaged couple, how can they do this?!

Yu Tang was stunned.

Miss Xu didn't take it seriously and continued, "I stopped talking to him, so he had no choice but to try every way to coax me, telling me this and that. I thought he knew more, so I slowly started talking to him again."

As Yu Tang listened, two cute little kids popped up in his mind, one with a stern face and looking angry, and the other one running around trying to coax people. He couldn't help but burst out laughing and said, "Is it because of this that you know so much about the wealthy families?"

Miss Xu smiled awkwardly.

Yu Tang thinks this is good.

No matter what, it's best for two people to talk.

In her two lifetimes, she has seen many couples who have nothing to talk about except household chores and children.

Yu Tang asked, "What happened next? Did you start to have wild thoughts?"

"Not entirely!" Miss Xu was a little angry when she talked about this. "It was when Yin Mingyuan was taking the imperial examination. He had to spend a lot of time writing policy papers. I asked him something and he always answered me perfunctorily with 'hmmmm'. I was very unhappy. It just so happened that the eldest granddaughter of the emperor died during that time. Many people were clamoring to make the third son the crown prince. He gave me homework and asked me to guess what would happen in the end. I thought it was very interesting and gradually developed a habit. I think this is more fun than many things."

Yu Tang thought about it and finally understood what Miss Xu said.

The emperor of the time had difficulty in having children, and only two adult sons survived. The two sons also had difficulty in having children. The second son had no sons, but only two daughters, one of whom died young. Only the third son had two sons. In addition, the empress had been dead for nearly ten years, leaving the harem vacant. Whether to establish the eldest son or the legitimate son was a constant source of turmoil in the court.

The Empress Dowager wants to select beauties to add a few more people to the Emperor's harem.

Because of this incident, many wealthy families are behind the scenes fanning the flames.

Yu Tang was slightly stunned and asked, "Master Yin is an Enke?"

Fifty beauties were selected to enter the palace, but the emperor did not take any of them as concubines. Instead, he gave all of them to his two sons. The empress dowager was unhappy, and the next year was her sixtieth birthday. In order to please her, the emperor specially opened an imperial examination.

That's why Yin Mingyuan works so hard and has no time to play with Miss Xu.

Miss Xu nodded and said aggrievedly, "My father originally wanted him to take the exam, but he insisted on taking the special exam, saying that time was running out. The people of the Yin family thought that I wanted him to take the exam, and their old lady even rushed over from Huayin and called me over to talk. My mother was so angry that she couldn't sleep for several days, thinking about how to break off the engagement with the Yin family. Later, it was Old An Li who came to my house to talk to my mother, and Yin Mingyuan "I passed the imperial examination again, so my mother didn't go to cancel the engagement." Speaking of this, she became happy again, "But it's not completely without gain. The Yin family promised that after I get married, Yin Mingyuan and I will live alone, and when Yin Mingyuan can become a third-rank official, we can move back to the Yin family's old house. Hehehe, some people can't become a third-rank official in their lifetime, I think we may live in the house I brought as a dowry forever."

Such conditions are truly outrageous!

Yu Tang asked hurriedly, "Why do you want to move out? Does their family have a house in the capital?"

Yin Mingyuan is now a scholar-official. If he had a house in the capital, he would not say this.

Miss Xu nodded and said, "You don't know, there are more girls than boys in the Yin family, and having a boy is like a treasure. Many of them are raised by their sisters before they grow up. In order to continue the family line, the girls in the Yin family are raised as boys. Not only do they learn to read and write, but they also take care of the housework. It's even more excessive when it comes to Yin Mingyuan. His second uncle took four concubines and only had one daughter. He couldn't find a suitable son in the family, and Yin Mingyuan had to take care of two concubines at the same time..."

You haven't seen it, but whenever there is any disturbance in the Yin family, all the young ladies in the family will rush back as long as they can, and the meeting hall can be filled with a room full of women.

Otherwise, why would the second brother of the Yin family come to Huai'an to serve as the prefect?

I just don’t like those aunties in their family to interfere in their family affairs.”

Then she complained, "Yin Mingyuan is great, but he has so many aunts in his family! I don't know if my grandfather is trying to trick me or is just feeling sorry for me."

Yu Tang has really learned a lot!

In other families, the daughters who marry out don't care about their parents' affairs, but in the Yin family, everything is upside down.

She couldn't help but ask, "Are you really not going to marry Yin Mingyuan?"

"How is that possible!" Miss Xu jumped up and down after hearing this, "Don't even mention that our two families have an engagement. Even if there is no engagement, Yin Mingyuan is so good to me. If he came to propose marriage, I would definitely agree. I am just a little annoyed by their family affairs, especially in the capital. Madam Li and Madam Zhang are all aunts of the Yin family. One of them likes to come to my house for everything and always wants to give me advice. I don't like it very much."

Yu Tang's heart moved, and he asked, "Mrs. Zhang?"

"Yes!" Miss Xu said listlessly, "The Yin family is also very famous for choosing aunts. I won't talk about Madam Li, you already know it. Madam Zhang is the wife of Zhang Ying, Pei Xiaoguang's mentor. She and Madam Li are cousins, so the Li family is so fond of Pei Xiaoguang and wants to marry a daughter to him! Now that the Li family is gone, the Yin family will definitely not let Pei Xiaoguang go so easily. You wait and see, it's hard to say whether Madam Yang San is here to propose marriage to our Xu family or to find a son-in-law for the Yin family."

Yu Tang was sweating and asked hesitantly, "Then why did you do that in front of Madam Yang San..."

"Like a little wife?!" Miss Xu smiled indifferently and replied.

Yu Tang blushed.

Miss Xu sighed and said, "Isn't it that I have no choice? My family had originally agreed with the Yin family to get married in September this year. The old lady of the Yin family came to the capital, and she and Madam Li and Madam Zhang came to my family every now and then to ask about the marriage. My mother is straightforward, and I can't please both sides, so I want to avoid the limelight. Yin Mingyuan knew that I was in a difficult situation, so he entrusted me to Madam Yang San, who was back in the village to handle business, so that I could go out and relax. Madam Yang San was afraid that something might go wrong, and she stared at me closely. If I didn't behave well, she was afraid that she would keep me in the Yang family and send me back when she returned!"

Yu Tang laughed out loud.

Shuang Tao came in with a maid named Ah Fu who was beside Miss Xu.

"Miss!" She bowed respectfully to Yu Tang and Miss Xu, and said, "The second young lady of the Peng family heard that you were also here, so she sent a maid to pay you respects. She hopes to come to visit you with the two young ladies of the Song family later."

Miss Xu said without thinking: "I am here with the aunt of the Yin family. Please tell her that I am afraid it is not possible today. I will visit her after the prayer meeting tomorrow."

Ah Fu bowed and retreated.

Miss Xu explained to Yu Tang: "The Peng family is very domineering. My mother doesn't like it, and she doesn't like me to associate with the women of the Peng family."

If that is the case, why did they marry the daughter of the clan to the Peng family?

It can be seen that every family has its own problems.

She didn't want to talk about this with Miss Xu, so she changed the subject: "Let me ask the Third Elder when he's going to pay his respects to Elder Pei. Maybe we can run into him."

Miss Xu said yes repeatedly.

Yu Tang sent Shuang Tao to see Ah Ming and asked her to tell Pei Yan that Miss Xu wanted to see him, so that Miss Xu wouldn't interfere and cause more trouble. As for whether Pei Yan wanted to see Miss Xu, it was up to him to decide.

Miss Xu didn't know what Yu Tang had said to Shuang Tao in private, and she talked to Yu Tang for a long time. Then the fifth and fourth ladies of the Pei family came over together.

"I didn't expect Miss Xu to be here earlier than us." The fourth young lady said in a clear voice. She asked Yu Tang about writing his birth date and gave him a red lacquer box with a picture of a happy face carved on it. "We met Aunt Ji on the road, so we brought it to you. Write it tonight and put it in the box and seal it. Tomorrow morning when you go to pay your respects to Old An, take it to Aunt Ji and give it to her. Then everyone will use the same box and no one will know which box belongs to which family."

This is very thoughtful.

Yu Tang smiled and said, "I was worried before, but I didn't expect that it was just as Miss Xu said, I was worrying for no reason."

The fifth lady hurriedly asked what happened.

Yu Tang told her what Miss Xu had said to him before.

The fourth young lady started talking to Miss Xu with a smile.

Everyone was talking to each other, and the room was very lively.

Chen stood in the hall and listened to a few words, then returned to her east room with a smile on her face.

Mrs. Chen, who was holding her, helped her sit down on the bed. She turned around to pour her some tea and said with a smile, "Young lady is much more sensible now than before. Although she was considerate and filial before, she was always childish. Now she can talk to anyone and is likable."

"That's right." Mrs. Chen answered, and said to Mrs. Chen, "I think we should tell Old An about the Wu and Wei families. Although this is a favor from the Pei family, it was because of us that the Third Elder of the Pei family arranged places for the Wu and Wei families. We should let the old man know about this, and if there is a chance, we should thank the Third Elder of the Pei family in person."

Just now, Mrs. Wei's personal maid came to visit Chen. Chen thought that she was asking her to find a place for them to stay on April 8th, just like the Wu family. She didn't expect that the Wei family came to thank her. The Wei family, like the Wu family, arrived late and had no place to stay. Knowing that Yu's mother and daughter entered the temple with the women of the Pei family, they thought about whether to borrow the face of the Yu family and mention it to the Pei family's steward. However, they ran into Hu Xing. After Hu Xing knew their purpose, he immediately went to see Pei Yan.

Just like that, the steward of the Pei family reserved a room for them in the outer courtyard.

Not only the Wei family, but also the Wu family benefited from it.

"Even if it's Old Master Pei, we should go and say thank you." Mrs. Chen thought further than Mrs. Chen, "The more courtesy, the less blame. Master Pei San made this arrangement, maybe it's not for Old Master Pei's sake."