Chen Yao noticed her and immediately focused her attention on her, "Is it you? Ah? It was you and your daughter who persuaded our father to marry me off so hastily!"
"You're crazy." Chen Jun rolled his eyes at her. "You're sixteen now, and it's time for you to get engaged. It's okay for me to keep you at home. Don't blame Daddy later and ask why he didn't let you get married."
After saying that, she walked past Chen Yao and tried to go in. Chen Yao stretched out her hand to stop her, but Chen Jun quickly dodged.
Seeing her go in, Chen Yao also wanted to follow in, but the people guarding the yard stopped her.
"Let me in!" she began to argue. "Father, Madam, your daughter wants to see you."
Chen Jun ran all the way to the back garden of the main courtyard, holding up her skirt. At this time, Shen Liao was accompanying Tu Qingyu to plant flowers.
Or it could be that Tu Qingyu was lying on the rocking chair under the porch, watching Shen Liao plant flowers for her.
It was because Shen Liao saw that she liked camellias and roses that he specially demolished the small courtyard behind the main courtyard and built a garden.
Chen Jun ran to Tu Qingyu and drank the tea on the small table next to her.
"Why are you running so fast?" Tu Qingyu looked at her with a smile and sat up slightly. "Is the Grand Tutor's Mansion fun?"
Chen Jun nodded, "It's fun. Madam Qi treats me very well, and Sister Yuanyuan is also very nice."
Tu Qingyu: "Just be happy."
When Shen Liao heard his daughter's voice, he put down the tools in his hand, took a handkerchief in his hand, wiped the sweat from his face and walked over here.
The sleeves are slightly rolled up, revealing the muscular lines on the arms.
That is Tu Qingyu's favorite part. It has muscles, but not too thick, with just the right sense of lines and strength.
As he approached, he consciously let down his sleeves and let others put on his coat.
"Why don't you play there for a while? Wait for daddy to pick you up."
"I don't want to play anymore. I always win at backgammon or polo. They don't want to play with me anymore."
Shen Liao frowned, "Don't want to play with you?"
A picture instantly popped up in his mind of his daughter being isolated by a group of little girls.
Because I was too outstanding, I couldn't fit in and had to stand alone on the side.
Just thinking about it made him feel heartbroken.
How could Chen Jun not know what his father was thinking? He waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, I was just kidding. My sisters treat me very well. We just don't want to play those games today. They are playing Qushui Liushang Feihualing, which I don't like."
It’s not that she doesn’t know how to write poetry and songs, she just finds them boring.
After she finished speaking, she looked at her handsome old father and whispered, "Dad, the elder sister is here. She's outside the yard. Don't you want to go out and see her?"
Shen Liao frowned: "She never comes to the main courtyard, what is she doing here now?"
Chen Jun muttered softly, "What else can I do? Swear in the street."
This was said quietly, but Shen Liao still heard it.
He looked at Tu Qingyu and saw no reaction on Tu Qingyu's face.
He reached out and patted the back of her hand. "I'll go take a look. If you feel annoyed, you don't have to show up."
"Your Majesty, please go ahead. I'll just stay here and chat with Jun'er."
[Go ahead, go ahead. I didn’t intend to show up.]
When Shen Liao walked to the door, he heard Shen Yao shouting loudly: "What's wrong? Daddy also feels guilty about his daughter and doesn't want to see me?"
"Hmph!" Shen Liao snorted heavily. "Feeling guilty towards you? Tell me, how have I ever felt guilty towards you?"
"Daddy, are you finally willing to see me?"
The personal servant behind Shen Liao said, "Miss, you misunderstood. The Marquis was in the garden behind, planting flowers for his wife, and he really didn't hear anything in front."
To Shen Yao, these words were more painful than Shen Liao not seeing her.
Shen Liao glanced at her and said, "Come in. It's not proper to yell at the door."
After sitting down in the main courtyard, Shen Liao asked her, "Tell me, what are you doing here?"
Chen Yao was still a little afraid of Chen Liao over the years. She lowered her head and stammered for a long time without being able to say a word.
There was not a bit of the arrogance he showed at the gate of the yard.
“Click—”
The sound of Shen Liao putting down the teacup startled her, and she raised her head. "Father, why are you arranging a marriage for me so soon?"
"Quick?" Shen Liao looked at her puzzledly. "You're sixteen now. Men and women should get married when they're old enough. Isn't this perfectly normal?"
"May I ask what kind of family your father plans to marry you off to?"
Shen Liao frowned even tighter. In his mind, marriage was decided by parents and matchmakers. No girl would ever ask her father who the man was for her.
However, thinking of Chen Yao's years without her mother, he finally answered, "The one he is destined to be is the youngest son of the Duke of Liguo, who is seventeen years old, exactly one year older than you."
In theory, it is acceptable for the eldest daughter of a marquis to marry the eldest son.
It’s a pity that Chen Yao has not been kept by the mistress over the years, and she is never willing to go with Tu Qingyu to parties.
Lady Jingzhong's impression of her still lingers on that banquet.
Even if they wanted to marry into the Pingjin Marquisate, they would mostly ask Chen Jun.
Although she is still young, she is the county princess, and the current emperor and prince both dote on her.
Whoever marries her, whoever has the favor of two emperors, will have an additional guarantee for the family's prosperity.
As for the marriage with Duke Li, it was achieved thanks to the long-standing friendship between the two families.
Seeing that Chen Yao didn't say anything, he continued, "The Duke of Liguo's family has a clean and upright tradition. Although he is the youngest son, he is very studious and will take the imperial examination next year. In the future, he will enter the Hanlin Academy. With the Duke of Liguo and his father around, his official position will definitely not be too low."
"Father, my daughter doesn't want it."
"Um?"
"Father, I already have someone I love." She knelt on the ground, "Please grant me your blessing!"
Shen Liao couldn't believe what he heard, "What did you say?"
"Father, my daughter already has someone she likes. Please support us."
Shen Liao controlled his inner anger, picked up the teacup, and took a big gulp.
Only then did he calm down and speak, "Who is it?"
Chen Yao looked up and observed Chen Liao's expression. Seeing that there was no obvious anger on his face, she whispered, "Yes, it's Zhang Mian."
"Zhang Mian?" Shen Liao felt that the name sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.
"He's my brother's classmate."
On the other side, Chen Jun was also discussing with Tu Qingyu why Chen Yao was so excited.
Chen Jun: "Mother said that she had already secretly decided to spend her life with Zhang Mian, my elder brother's classmate?"
Under the influence of Tu Qingyu, Shen Jun's thoughts were very different from those of women of that era.
Shen Liao never forced her to learn anything like women's rules and regulations.
It’s okay as long as outsiders can understand what’s going on when you learn etiquette from the nanny.
The reason why she was so surprised was simply because she had also seen the scholar named Zhang Mian.
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