The eldest princess said, "Perhaps I am mistaken. Compared to the second young lady, the young master is indeed too old."
The eldest princess took off the mutton-fat jade bracelet from her wrist and gave it to the young lady of the Wang family before bidding farewell to her husband.
The servant told Du Cheng'an everything he knew.
Du Cheng'an looked at Tang Ze and the others, "Didn't you say that girl was Xu Ji's cousin?"
Tang Ze looked at the Prince of Yanping and said, "Xu Ji himself said that she is his cousin, from his uncle's family. There's no way he could be wrong."
The Prince of Yanping also felt that Xu Ji wouldn't lie to them, and thought that this matter might be related to the Wang family's daughter disguising herself as a man. Seeing Du Cheng'an's anxious look, he said, "Don't worry, we'll go to the Ministry of Justice to ask Xu Ji and we'll find out."
Then the Prince of Yanping and his entourage accompanied Du Cheng'an to the Ministry of Justice to find Xu Ji.
However, Xu Ji went out of the government office to handle a case and did not return to the Ministry of Justice.
Xu Ji returned after a short while.
Seeing that they were waiting for him, Xu Ji asked, "Did you need something from me?"
The Crown Prince of Yanping asked, "Is your cousin, who is disguised as a man, a member of the royal family?"
Xu Ji, “…”
Xu Ji wished he could cover the mouth of the Prince of Yanping.
Few people know that his cousin is dressed as a man.
He told them out of trust and because he was afraid they would put their arms around his cousin.
How could they shout so loudly?
Xu Ji quickly dismissed the yamen runners and then said, "Keep your voice down. Not many people know that my cousin is disguised as a man."
The Crown Prince of Yanping said, "It can't be hidden anymore."
Xu Ji frowned. "Why?"
Tang Ze pointed at Du Cheng'an and said, "He has taken a liking to your cousin who is disguised as a man and wants to marry her."
Xu Ji, “…”
It's truly unbelievable how Du Cheng'an and his cousin got together.
But that's not the point.
Xu Ji asked, "Would the Princess agree?"
Tang Ze patted Xu Ji on the shoulder and said, "Not only did they agree, but today the Princess and the Prince Consort went to the Wang family to propose marriage. However, the Wang family misunderstood that it was your eight-year-old cousin and thought that Brother Du was too old, so they did not agree."
"We don't know what went wrong, that's why we came to you."
Xu Ji said with a black line, "My cousin is the third young master of the Wang family."
Du Cheng'an, "..."
Tang Ze, "..."
Lu Cheng, "..."
Prince Yanping, “…”
The Crown Prince of Yanping looked at Du Cheng'an and asked, "Didn't you tell your parents about the Wang family's daughter disguising herself as a man?"
Du Cheng'an said, "I thought she disguised herself as a man so she could sneak out of the manor to play..."
He was already afraid his parents wouldn't agree, so how could he dare tell them about such an unconventional thing?
Who would have thought that the girl not only dressed as a man outside the mansion, but also inside her own mansion.
Prince Yanping and the others assumed that Du Cheng'an knew the reason why the Wang family's daughter was disguised as a man, and that since they all knew she was disguised as a man to marry him, he wouldn't be unaware. So they didn't tell him. But it turned out that they knew, while Du Cheng'an was completely unaware.
The servant searched for Du Cheng'an, going from Deyuelou to the Ministry of Justice, after which Du Cheng'an returned to the Duke of Du's mansion.
Xu Ji asked Tang Ze and the others, "How did he meet my cousin?"
Tang Ze asked, "Are you aware that Du Cheng'an lost a meat bun eating contest?"
He asked his cousin how she met Du Cheng'an, and he brought up the topic of a steamed bun eating contest.
Xu Ji said, "I know."
“The person who beat him is your cousin,” Tang Ze said.
"..."
Xu Ji was struck by lightning, his eyes burning hot.
He knew his cousin had a big appetite.
But he can eat fifty meat buns in one go—
Are you kidding me?
Du Cheng'an rode back to his residence to see the Princess and her husband.
The princess sat there, taking a round fan from her maid and fanning herself vigorously. "I've never been so humiliated before! I went to propose marriage without even knowing which family the girl was from!"
The eldest son-in-law said, "Such a big matter, the Prince of Yanping and the others would not lie to An'er."
The eldest princess also suspected that her son had misremembered.
After all, besides his uncle's family, Young Master Xu's cousins also come from his aunt's and maternal aunt's families.
But this is a real loss of face.
An'er didn't grow up by their side, so there's no reason for people to misunderstand that they don't care about their son and are so careless about his marriage.
When Du Cheng'an returned, the princess asked, "Which family's girl have you taken a fancy to?"
Du Cheng'an said, "It's...it's the Wang family girl..."
"That eight-year-old child?" The princess's face darkened; she was almost unable to control herself from hitting her son.
Du Cheng'an said anxiously, "What are you saying, Mother? The girl I like will be of marriageable age in two months."
The eldest princess said, "The royal family does not have a girl of that age."
Du Cheng'an said, "Yes, I just went to the Ministry of Justice to ask Young Master Xu. His cousin had a serious illness when she was young, and a wise man said she should be raised as a boy. Since then, she has been dressed as a boy. Young Master Xu said his cousin is now the third young master of the Wang family..."
The eldest princess, "..."
The eldest son-in-law, "..."
The eldest princess didn't want to speak anymore.
She's already considering breaking her promise and getting rich.
How could the dignified Princess Huyang want a daughter-in-law who was disguised as a man?
The prince consort asked, "How did you and that girl meet?"
“I lost to her in the meat bun eating contest,” Du Chengan blurted out.
The eldest son-in-law was also heartbroken.
The eldest princess clutched her chest and waved her hand to dismiss Du Cheng'an, saying, "Go eat first, let your mother catch her breath."
Du Cheng'an was very obedient, and left while looking back every few steps.
The eldest son-in-law sighed and said, "If a son who can eat fifty meat buns in one meal marries a daughter-in-law who can eat fifty meat buns in one meal, we're probably going to have a grandson who can eat fifty meat buns in one meal."
The eldest princess said irritably, "I'd be happy if you only ate fifty of them, but I'm afraid you could eat a hundred."
The eldest son-in-law, "..."
The maids and servants around them were so frustrated they were practically bursting with internal injuries.
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