Zhang Mian was a scholar from a small town near the capital. The reason why he became a classmate of Shen Chen was because Shen Chen fainted when he was about to leave the examination hall during his first imperial examination.
At that moment, Zhang Mian helped him and carried him out of the Imperial Examination Hall.
The two became acquainted with each other.
That time Zhang Mian passed the imperial examination and Shen Chen regarded him as a close friend.
Chen Chen often invited him to his house to discuss academic matters, and it was during this time that Chen Yao met him.
One time when they were out playing, Chen Jun ran into him.
At that time, I thought he was so rude. A foreigner actually stopped at the intersection of the inner and outer courtyards.
Now that I think about it, isn't he waiting for Chen Yao?
The main thing is that this person looks really ordinary, just tall. Wearing a long gown, he can be called a thin scholar.
But compared to daddy and my brothers, I'm really far behind, okay?
How did Chen Yao fall in love with him?
Tu Qingyu answered her question, "Maybe he can coax people?"
It was exactly one year since the old lady passed away. Shen Liao was busy with government affairs, and Shen Chen was busy with studies.
The two of them didn't even pay as much attention to Chen Yao as they did to her vicious stepmother.
Little girls at this time are most likely to be taken advantage of.
Just imagine, her beloved grandmother passed away, and her father and brother seemed to have given up on her. In such a huge mansion, she was afraid that even crying would be reported to her vicious stepmother by some servant, and she would be ridiculed.
Just at this moment, Zhang Mian appeared.
He was humble and polite, caring but also measured.
A girl's heart was lost.
In addition, in recent years, apart from learning etiquette from the nanny, Chen Yao has been reading storybooks most of the time.
Those storybooks were all about the elopement of a scholar and a young lady, their life on the run, and their beautiful love stories.
She felt that she was the lady in the storybook who was caught up in fate.
Thinking this way, I fell deeper into the trap.
After Tu Qingyu finished analyzing the situation with her, he took the opportunity to teach her a lesson, "You can't be like her, being coaxed away by a few nice words. Although being well-matched is important, mother isn't that rigid. If you really like someone, it's not impossible to let him marry into your family."
"When the time comes, mother will give you the entire princess title and ask the emperor to grant you a princess's mansion so you can live a carefree life!"
"Mom~" Chen Jun shook her arm helplessly, "I'm only ten years old now!"
"Besides, what kind of promising man would be willing to marry into my family? If I were to marry, I would marry the best man in the world!"
"good."
In fact, she knew more information about Zhang Mian. When he first appeared next to Shen Yao, she asked Dabao to give her all the information.
It's just that the information was a bit too dirty, and she couldn't pollute the children's ears.
In the front hall, Shen Liao looked at Shen Yao in front of him and asked in a deep voice: "Do you know the situation at Zhang Mian's home?"
"I know he only has one mother at home. She worked very hard to support him in his studies, but unfortunately, she became ill after Zhang Mian passed the imperial examination."
"Father, he is now a Juren, and will be a Jinshi in the future. Although our family is poor, he has a bright future. In the future..."
With the support of the Pingjin Marquisate in the future, there is no need to worry about the future.
Chen Liao looked at Chen Yao, who was already enjoying a bright future, and said resolutely, "Impossible, I won't agree to it, just give up on this idea."
"Why? Father, I don't understand. What's wrong with Zhang Mian?"
"There are so many bad things about him."
"What's wrong with him? Isn't it just because his family is poor? Because he is not from a noble or marquisate, if I marry him, does that mean I haven't achieved the purpose of the marriage?" She raised her head in anger, "Father, if it was Chen Jun who liked him today, wouldn't you agree?"
For a moment, Shen Liao really wanted to give up on his daughter.
But seeing her tears, I finally softened my heart and decided to try again. If she still insisted on her own way after knowing the truth, then let her go.
What her future life will be like is her fate.
"Someone come!"
"My Lord..."
"Go to my study and find the letter on the upper left corner of the shelf."
"yes."
A quarter of an hour later, Chen Yao looked at the letter with tears streaming down her face. She shook her head repeatedly, "No, I don't believe it, it's all a lie..."
How could this be possible? The elegant gentleman in her mind, the one who carried her through the most difficult years, could be such a person?
"Believe it or not, this is all true. Don't ever see someone like that again."
A boy who lost his father at a young age had the hope of survival thanks to his mother selling her body, and with this, he was able to go to school.
After passing the imperial examination, he felt that having such a mother was shameful, so he poisoned his mother.
He was also afraid that if his mother died, he would have to observe a three-year mourning period, which would affect his career, so he gave her a chronic poison.
Such people seemed cruel even to him.
I have hinted to Chen Chen in both explicit and covert ways, but unfortunately both the brother and sister are stubborn and will not give up until they reach the Yellow River.
It means being unwilling to believe what others put in front of you.
Chen Yao stood up with the letter in her hand. "Father, I'll go back and think about it. Can you please not arrange a marriage for me so quickly? I want to take it slow."
Shen Liao hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.
"Don't dwell too much on grief. Such a man is not worth it."
It’s hard to find a good marriage nowadays, especially in a situation like Chen Yao’s.
If we delay any further, Chen Yao’s future marriage will have to be postponed.
However, after experiencing what happened with Zhang Mian, Shen Liao finally came to terms with it.
Can anyone be worse than Zhang Mian?
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