Chapter 179 Matchmaking in Progress
Gao Xun is getting on in years and still hasn't gotten married, so he feels quite anxious about it.
But it's no use being anxious yourself, others aren't in a hurry.
"Have you really forgotten?"
Chiu Chiu nodded: "Mmm!"
"Hmm?" Gao Xun raised his voice. Why didn't the other person feel any remorse at all!
Chirp scratched his head and carefully handed over a grasshopper woven from straw.
Yun Jinglan thought her mischievous daughter was about to get a beating, but she never expected that the stern-faced Imperial Guard Commander would be so easily appeased by a grasshopper.
Gao Xun carefully put away the grasshopper, and the expression on his face finally improved a lot. "Chirp chirp, you have to keep your promise to me."
Yun Jinglan immediately stepped in to explain, "Lord Gao, Qiuqiu was just fooling around last time, it can't be taken seriously. Marriage is not a trivial matter. I know the best matchmaker in the capital, how about I introduce you?"
"How's your eldest son's wedding going?"
Yun Jinglan was hit where it hurt: "I haven't met the right person yet."
Upon hearing this, Gao Xun rejected Yun Jinglan's suggestion without hesitation, "Thank you, Madam Su, but I trust Qiuqiu. If possible, I suggest you find another matchmaker."
Yun Jinglan: “…”
It had nothing to do with the matchmaker; she felt it was all because of her son!
Gao Xun patted Chiu Chiu: "I trust you completely!"
Chuchu was so touched!
Believe and you will gain eternal life!
Yun Jinglan: Oh no, he's getting more and more outspoken!
Chen He and Dong Xiao couldn't stop him. When they met Gao Xun, he was happily leaving with a grasshopper woven from straw.
Dong Xiao: "He doesn't seem like the type to take his anger out on our young lady."
Chen He: "I never said I was taking it out on our young lady. She's been appeased."
I never expected Gao Xun to be so easy to coax!
When it comes to coaxing people, and how to do it, Chiu Chiu is very experienced. It has no emotion, just techniques.
She hugged her mother's neck, stomped her chubby little legs on hers twice, and rubbed her round little face against hers intermittently, saying, "Cool~"
"cold!"
Chiu Chiu has grown quite a bit now, and she's quite sturdy. It's incredibly fun to see her bouncing all over my lap!
Dongxiao immediately saw the situation and stepped forward to take Qiuqiu away, but the little dog, Pipiyao, clung to her mother's neck and refused to let go.
[I can't let go! I want to leave the manor! I must beg my mother!]
Yun Jinglan wondered, was this how she asked for help? This was clearly a threat!
"Are we going to the Yun residence? Let's go!"
Once given permission, Qiuqiu immediately let go and started hugging Dongxiao's neck instead, "Dog!"
"Alright, Miss, let's go!"
She also wanted to see how her family's young lady, who couldn't even speak properly, managed to be a matchmaker!
Qiuqiu said she was going to act as a matchmaker, but in reality she just went for a casual stroll.
Her eyes were like a ruler; these two didn't need an introduction—they were already mutually attracted. Otherwise, she wouldn't have dared to take on this relationship!
The Yun family had many daughters but only one son born to a concubine. Consort Yun and the youngest sister were both born to the first wife, while the son was born to a concubine favored by Lord Yun. Because the first wife had no son, she was disliked by her husband's family, and Consort Yun was not favored and could not contribute to the household; therefore, the mother and daughter held only average positions within the family.
In the past, when Qiuqiu went to the Yun residence, someone would have come to greet her long ago, but today only Yun Xiangling's maid came with red eyes.
Dongxiao: "Fang'er, what's wrong with you?"
Fang'er glanced timidly at Qiuqiu with red eyes, then looked at the two servants behind them who had been glancing at them out of the corner of their eyes. She hurriedly shook her head: "It's nothing. Miss is in the courtyard. This servant will lead Miss Su there."
Chiu Chiu and Dong Xiao exchanged a glance. Oh no, something's definitely wrong!
The Yun family mansion is usually filled with women, their chatter never ceasing. Today, however, it's unusually quiet, almost deathly still.
After passing through the long corridor and the small courtyard, there was a stone formation that Lord Yun had specially brought back to help people have sons. Fang'er knelt down in front of the stone formation for Qiujiu.
"Miss Chuchu, please save my young lady!"
"If she really marries into the Chen family, she'll be beaten to death!"
When Jiujiu tried to grab Fang'er, she couldn't manage it and ended up pulling her hair instead.
Dongxiao untangled the strands of hair from Qiuqiu's head, then pulled Fang'er up and whispered to her, "This isn't the place to talk. Let's find a better place."
Fang'er had nowhere else to take them, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Having no other choice, she had to take Qiuqiu to the servants' quarters.
Her roommate was a fellow villager. The two exchanged a glance, and the petite girl took her embroidered handkerchief and went to the yard to embroider.
With the room empty, Fang'er knelt down before Qiuqiu again without anyone watching, and this time she wouldn't get up no matter how much they tried to persuade her.
They'd go all out for their young lady!
"The Fourth Young Master is a gambler and owes Master Chen a huge sum of money. Since the family can't pay it back, they want to use my young lady as collateral. How can this be so outrageous!"
"Master Chen is no saint; his first three wives were all tortured to death by him. It's hard to say whether our young lady can even survive if she marries him!"
Fang'er wiped her eyes, feeling wronged on behalf of the madam and young lady, "It was all Aunt Zhao's doing, stirring things up. The madam disagreed and was beaten and placed under house arrest, and the young lady was also locked up."
Fang'er truly didn't know who to ask for help from, and she longed day and night for Miss Qiuqiu to come to her door.
"You are my master's elder, why don't you try to persuade him?"
That's right, Qiuqiu actually has another identity - she is a distant cousin of Lord Yun who is only remotely related to him!
Qiuqiu wasn't quite sure how the generational order was calculated, but the Yun family and her maternal grandfather's family were related by blood.
You can't write two clouds in one stroke, so Chiu Chiu definitely won't ignore Yun Xiangling.
Don't worry, don't worry, Chuchu is worth two people!
Chiu Chiu beckoned to Fang'er and handed her the flattened grasshopper, [You know what I mean, right?]
Fang'er was clever. She realized that since Qiuqiu often took away large quantities of grasshoppers from her young mistress like a wholesale purchase, they needed somewhere to go.
Could it be...?
"You mean you want me to go find Lord Gao!"
Chiu Chiu gave a thumbs up, "Smarter than Aunt Dongxiao!"
Fang'er's eyes lit up. She knew Lord Gao; it seemed promising. However, since neither of them had ever crossed that line, she, as his maid, couldn't say anything.
But no matter what, he's much better than that Mr. Chen who's over forty!
"Miss Qiuqiu, please make yourself at home. I'll go find Master Gao right away!"
Where are you going?
Fang'er got up and ran outside, but before she could even step out, she was blocked by a tall woman outside. The maid who was keeping watch outside had already been gagged and forced to kneel in the courtyard.
Aunt Zhao, with her phoenix eyes narrowed, slapped Fang'er across the face without saying a word. "Smack!"
"Where do you think you're going, you treacherous little bitch?"
Fang'er shrank back: "Aunt Zhao, this servant... this servant didn't... didn't..."
Dongxiao disliked it and covered Qiuqiu's eyes to prevent her from seeing the dirty people. She then spoke up to help Fang'er out of the predicament: "My young lady is hungry. Fang'er is going to find something to eat. Where are the pastries?"
Aunt Zhao didn't believe it, but out of respect for the Marquis of Wenyang's household, she couldn't contradict Dong Xiao. Even if she was just a servant, she was still a servant of the Marquis of Wenyang's family.
"That brat Fang'er is getting more and more unruly. How can she be in the servants' quarters when Miss Su is here?"
"Someone, quickly invite Miss Su to rest in my courtyard."
Qiuqiu pried Dongxiao's hand away, stared at Aunt Zhao's face, which was covered in thick makeup, for a while, then rolled her eyes and fainted.
【ah!】
I was so scared I fainted!
Dong Xiao's face darkened: "Aunt Zhao, you're in trouble!"
Aunt Zhao: "What...what did I do?"
(End of this chapter)
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