The old lady was a little disapproving and said, "Why did she just find someone to marry? With a family as prestigious as the Shanjun Prince's Mansion, our family is considered to be marrying up."
Lin said calmly, "That also requires Qingyu's consent. If she doesn't want to, even the royal family and nobles can't do it."
The old lady frowned, put down her chopsticks and said coldly, "This is my granddaughter, how can I harm her? If she doesn't marry someone suitable now, she will only be able to marry into a small family in the future."
Lin was not to be outdone, "Then marry into the Lin family. I still have a nephew who hasn't married yet."
Su Qingyu was shocked by Lin's words. Her mother actually wanted her to marry her third cousin?
She was afraid that Lin would get angry and hurt herself, so she changed the subject and asked Gu Ruoyun, "Did you take good care of your cousin after her miscarriage?"
Gu Ruoyun said a few perfunctory words and stopped talking, for fear of talking about Cheng Rujin again.
After dinner, Su Qingyu accompanied Lin back to Ziwei Garden. To reassure her, she told her about her relationship with Shen Zhixiu.
Lin was a little hesitant, "He is thirteen years older than you, isn't the age difference too big?"
Su Qingyu could only praise Shen Zhixiu repeatedly, describing him as calm and steady, handsome, gentle as jade, and a gentleman of integrity. In short, she used every possible word she could think of.
Lin didn't say anything else, but she was thinking that she should meet Shen Zhixiu. She had to check on her daughter, after all, it was a lifelong event.
For the next two days, Su Qingyu stayed with Lin in Ziwei Garden. She also checked all the servants to make sure there were no omissions.
That day, Su Qingyu was about to go to Lin's for breakfast when Manju came in to report, "Miss, the Third Young Master has sent news that two thousand refugees have died outside the city."
"The government now suspects they ate the porridge we provided as disaster relief, and all the people distributing the porridge have been detained."
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