There are many other good girls in the world besides Miss Yun Er. She can keep looking and at least proves that she has a good eye for men.
Today was supposed to be the day the Yun and Li families were to get engaged, but Madam Li came to the door, returned the betrothal letters, and also retrieved her own son's betrothal letter.
The Yun family was baffled by the Li family's decision to abandon the marriage proposal. Old Madam Yun said, "The horoscopes of our third young master and my granddaughter are compatible, so why did the Li family...?"
Madam Li said, "It's not that I don't want to form a marriage alliance with your family, but my son is willing to help you achieve your goal. Your second daughter has an even better marriage waiting for her."
Madam Yun was confused. "A better marriage?"
Seeing that Old Madam Yun was completely unaware of the situation, and that the rest of the Yun family was also kept in the dark, Madam Li thought to herself, "That's understandable. If the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping were to admire the Second Miss Yun and intend to marry her, the Yun family would never have given her the Second Miss Yun's betrothal certificate."
Madam Li simply smiled, said nothing more, and got up to take her leave.
After Madam Li left, Old Madam Yun called Yun Rui over and asked her what Madam Li meant by what she said.
Yun Rui's heart pounded at the question, but no matter how much Old Madam Yun and Second Madam Yun questioned her, Yun Rui didn't reveal a single word.
She didn't know how Lu Cheng had persuaded the Third Young Master Li to give up on marrying her, but she knew she was not good enough for the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping. If she told him, the Marquis of Xuanping's family wouldn't come to propose marriage, which would be too embarrassing.
Even in front of her mother and grandmother, she was unwilling to lose face.
They refused to say a word.
When Madam Yun and Second Madam Yun realized they couldn't get any information, they gave up and instead asked Yun Rui's maid, Dai Mao.
Unfortunately, the hawksbill turtle knew nothing about it.
Madam Yun and Second Madam Yun pretended that Yun Rui didn't know either, since Dai Mao was Yun Rui's personal maid and followed her everywhere.
After two days of rain, the sky cleared up and Lady Xuanping arrived at the door. While Lady Yun was surprised that Lady Xuanping would come to the Yun family, she quickly had tea and snacks prepared to welcome the distinguished guest.
Upon learning that the Lady of Xuanping Marquis had come to ask for Yunrui's hand in marriage on behalf of her son—
Madam Yun, "...???"
Second Madam Yun, "...???"
The better marriage that Lady Li mentioned could very well be referring to the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping…
How could the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping have taken a liking to Rui'er?
Madam Yun suppressed her excitement and said, "My Yun family and the Xuanping Marquis's mansion are of vastly different statuses. Madam Xuanping Marquis, please don't joke with my Yun family."
Lady Xuanping said, "Old Madam Yun is too modest. The Yun family has repeatedly rendered meritorious service to the court. The young master and young lady of the manor are in no way inferior to those of aristocratic families. It was my good-for-nothing son who misunderstood that I had a class difference with the Marquis and delayed revealing his feelings to us. It wasn't until the third young master of the Honglu Temple proposed to marry the second young lady of the manor that he panicked and climbed over the wall in the middle of the night to ruin the marriage between the Yun and Li families. The Marquis discovered this and interrogated him before he found out. Otherwise, why would I have waited until today to come and propose marriage?"
Madam Yun never expected that the one who gave the Yun family's horses laxatives was actually the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping.
Black lines were dripping down my forehead.
Lady Xuanping apologized to the Yun family, and then said, "The Marquis has already severely punished his unfilial son for doing such a despicable thing."
The Yun family didn't know much about Young Master Li and had to send people to inquire. However, they had met the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping several times, even though the old lady of the Yun family rarely left the house. The old master of the Yun family spoke highly of Lu Cheng and the heir of the Prince of Yanping. Furthermore, even if they didn't trust their own judgment, they had to trust Prince Ling and Shen Du. They were very close to the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping, so the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping must be of good character.
Lady Xuanping asked for Yunrui's hand in marriage on behalf of her son. Old Madam Yun, upon confirming that Lady Xuanping was serious, agreed.
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