Chapter 1866 Chen Qiu Has a Partner
Now that Pan's father is safe and healthy, that's good news. So, finding Chen Qiu another marriage would be even better.
Mr. Pan was quite kind to his granddaughter Chen Qiu, after all, Chen Qiu had taken good care of him during his illness.
Seeing that his granddaughter was indeed getting on in years, he began to arrange a marriage for her.
It is said that two women were introduced to him later, but the Chen family was not satisfied with either of them. Either they were not good-looking or their family backgrounds were not suitable. So the matter was delayed until the end of the year.
Xia Yan said, "I heard from the neighbors in Shili Lane that Chen Qiu seems to be pregnant recently. She's been going out dressed up nicely from time to time. They inquired about her and found out that she seems to be a scholar who just passed the imperial examination last year. She's young, promising, and has a bright future. But her name and ranking are still being kept secret by the Chen family, so they don't know yet."
A scholar?
Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng exchanged a glance. "Chen Bing is quite ambitious. He's getting on in years and he's still planning to climb the ladder step by step."
He was once penniless, but later divorced his first wife and married the daughter of a well-off family in the prefectural city.
Now he wants to use his daughter to marry into a family with official rank, and in the future he wants to be the father-in-law of an official.
Luckily they've already come knocking on our door; otherwise, if he really had a powerful backer in the future, it would have taken much more effort to deal with him.
"Do you think that if I go to their door tomorrow, I might ruin Chen Qiu's good marriage?"
Meng Yunzheng disagreed, saying, "I think it may have prevented a tragic relationship, rescued the scholar who was still kept in the dark, and preserved talent for the court."
Shu Yu, "..." You really know how to talk.
That's right. Chen Qiu, who almost drove his fiancée to jump into the river because he took a liking to Zhou Tiedong, is clearly of questionable character and is just like Chen Bing.
It's best not to let someone like that ruin the lives of scholars who have worked so hard to pass the imperial examinations.
They arrived just in time; that's truly a great kindness.
Shu Yu felt at ease and went to talk to the old lady about tomorrow's plans. The Lu family members were both indignant and extremely angry. They finished dinner early and went to bed, waiting to storm over tomorrow.
After a night's rest, the Lu family was all in high spirits.
Especially Lu Sanzhu and his son, when they came out of their room early in the morning, they looked exactly like rich young masters and noblemen, with their hands on their hips, chins raised and eyes glancing at people out of the corner of their eyes. They were wearing brand-new clothes that looked expensive, with intricately embroidered belts and jade hairpins in their hair.
Shu Yu was stunned when she saw it. Her third uncle actually had a jade hairpin? Her third aunt was willing to spend so much money on such a fine outfit for him. Could that hairpin be fake?
Somewhat bewildered, she walked up to the two of them, looked them up and down, lingering for a long time on the jade hairpin, before posing the probing question, "Is this your most valuable possession?"
Lu Sanzhu, "..." seemed to be unable to maintain his wealthy demeanor any longer.
"I'm telling you, we're not going on a blind date, we're going to fight. Is it really necessary for you two to be dressed so nicely?"
Lu Sanzhu lowered his hand and pulled his chin back, looking at Shu Yu with a disappointed expression. "Ayu, you're still too young. You don't even understand this. Although we're going to fight, each of us will only take one punch at most. We're going there more to show off."
Shu Yu's expression was complicated. "Show off...what?"
(End of this chapter)
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