"Huh? Sister, didn't you want the top scholar? Why did you fall for the general?" Gu Xin asked, puzzled.
"Oh my! Little Xinxin, this shows your sister has good taste! My cousin is not only a great general but also a top scholar in the imperial examination! My cousin became the top martial arts scholar when he was sixteen. Back then, so many girls in the capital threw him flowers and handkerchiefs! I was only a few years old then, but I heard many girls say they liked my cousin!" Su Yan's eyes lit up when she heard this.
When she looked at Gu Nian again, she found him even more pleasing to the eye.
If we could help my uncle and aunt resolve my cousin's major life event, oh my, with just one word from my uncle, would her father still dare to interfere with her?
Su Yan seemed to see a free and joyful future beckoning to her.
"How old were you when he was sixteen? How old is he now?" Gu Nian asked again.
Su Yan then began to tell Yan Mo's information.
Yan Mo is twenty-three years old this year. He is the eldest son of Marquis Wu'an and also the heir apparent of Marquis Wu'an.
At the age of sixteen, he passed the imperial examination with top honors in martial arts and was subsequently appointed by the emperor to accompany General Peng on his expedition.
He repeatedly distinguished himself on the battlefield and was promoted to the rank of Second-Rank General in just five years.
People prefer to call Yan Mo a general rather than the heir of the Marquis of Wu'an.
From the moment Yan Mo passed the martial arts examination and became the top martial arts scholar, matchmakers from the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion thronged to propose marriage. By the time Yan Mo turned twenty, a full four years had passed, and his mother had arranged five marriages for him. However, whenever a girl approached his family for a marriage proposal, she would complain of some ailment, and then she would break off the engagement and become perfectly cheerful.
Everyone thought it was eerie, and for two years they dared not propose marriage at the Marquis of Wu'an's residence.
At the beginning of last year, there was another girl who was infatuated with Yan Mo. It is said that she was ten years old when she saw Yan Mo's demeanor when he was crowned the champion of martial arts. She has been obsessed with him ever since. When she finally came of age, she begged her family to come to her home and the marriage was arranged. However, at the end of the year, when they were to get married, the girl went out to worship the gods in the winter. The carriage was startled and the girl fell off a cliff.
The girl died.
People in the capital were all saying that Yan Mo was a jinx, so this time none of them dared to come to their door.
Lady Wu'an took the initiative to arrange a marriage, but no one responded.
Just last month, Lady Wu'an, the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an, wrote a letter to her sister-in-law, Lady Su, who is also Su Yan's mother, to complain about this matter. She even asked Lady Wu'an to help her look for a girl with a strong destiny in Qingzhou.
Yan Mo himself didn't say anything about it. Anyway, his family arranged his marriage. He would get married if someone was available, and he was fine living alone if no one was available. He wasn't the only son in his family. His mother had given birth to four younger brothers, so there were plenty of people to carry on the family line.
"Huh? All the girls he's betrothed to aren't good? Then I don't want them anymore, I don't want them anymore!" Gu Xin hugged Gu Nian's arm and shook her head vigorously.
What if my sister ends up with him?
"Oh right, Gu Nian, you need to think this through, really. All the girls who like my cousin are scared. I consider you a good friend, so I won't hide anything from you. But, if you ask me, it's not that my cousin is a jinx. The girl who died in that accident died suspiciously. How could a horse suddenly get frightened? Her family is in chaos! The stepmother is the kind who runs the household. Who knows if there's a conspiracy!" Seeing Gu Xin's frightened look, Su Yan suddenly felt that her free and easy future was about to say goodbye. Sigh.
"It's okay, I know a girl who's in a similar situation to your cousin. They've been talking about marriage recently and have agreed to get married at the end of the year. The guy is great!" Gu Nian waved her hand, she didn't believe any of this.
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