Marquis of Changping's Mansion.
"My Lord, we still haven't found the young master." Lin Bo, the steward of the Marquis's Mansion, reported to his master helplessly.
Shangguan Sui, the Marquis of Changping, could not help but frown upon hearing this. "That guy disappeared while suppressing bandits. There's no sign of him anywhere?"
"My Lord, our people dug deep into the ground where the young master disappeared, but we still couldn't find any trace of him." Lin Bo said.
Shangguan Sui waved his hand and said, "Keep looking."
"In two months, it will be his wedding day with the Zhang family's daughter. If he can't find her, how will he explain it to the Zhang family?"
The Marquis of Changping's Mansion has an engagement with the Minister of Rites, Lord Zhang, and the wedding is scheduled to take place in two months. Who would have known that the young master of the Marquis of Changping's Mansion, Shangguan Ya, has disappeared?
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The residence of Mr. Zhang, the Minister of Rites.
"Second sister, I heard that the young master of the Marquis of Changping is missing? Will the wedding in two months be delayed?"
Wushuang just opened her eyes and heard these gloating words. She looked at the person who spoke.
"Second sister, if anything happens to the young master of the Marquis of Changping's mansion, will you be widowed?"
"Second sister, your luck is really bad. Do you have a constitution that will bring bad luck to your husband?"
The person who was speaking was really enjoying watching Wushuang's excitement, and when he spoke of Wushuang, he was trying to belittle him in the most derogatory way possible.
As long as Wushuang is defeated, more resources in the family will be tilted towards her.
Wushuang took a closer look at the person who was speaking and finally confirmed who she was.
Her cousin, Zhang Wusi.
The Zhang family is a very large family. The Minister of Rites Zhang Shucheng is Wushuang's grandfather, and this old man is the head of the Zhang family now.
The old man's wife gave birth to three sons and two daughters, and his concubines gave birth to seven sons and six daughters. It can be said that the old man had many descendants.
By Wushuang's generation, there were more children.
After all, the Zhang family had no rules against taking concubines. Wushuang's father and her uncles all had concubines, so the population was even larger.
Wushuang alone has two legitimate brothers, one legitimate brother, five illegitimate brothers and four illegitimate sisters.
Wushuang: I really admire her grandfather. How did he raise so many children and grandchildren? Did he have the money to support them?
Wushuang is the second legitimate daughter of the Shangshu Mansion. The eldest legitimate daughter, Zhang Wuyou, is her uncle's legitimate daughter and is now married.
Wushuang has also reached the marriageable age. She has already been engaged to Shangguan Ya, the young master of the Marquis of Changping's mansion, and the wedding will be in two months.
But who knew that at this time, Shangguan Ya had disappeared?
"Second sister, it seems that you are not lucky enough to become the wife of the Marquis of Changping's son, and you can't dream of becoming the wife of the Marquis of Changping in the future." Zhang Wusi said to Wushuang with a smile.
Wushuang looked at her, "Are you cursing Young Master Shangguan?"
"Young Master Shangguan is just missing, not really dead. What you said means that you hope he is really dead?" Wushuang stared at Zhang Wusi and said.
"I didn't say that." Zhang Wusi quickly defended herself, "Second sister, your luck has also caused trouble for Master Shangguan, right?"
"We shouldn't have gotten you engaged to Young Master Shangguan in the first place. If someone else had been engaged to Young Master Shangguan, perhaps he wouldn't have been in trouble." Zhang Wusi said.
"Zhang Wusi, are you saying bad things about me?" Wushuang asked, "How will it benefit you to spread rumors that I'm unlucky and smear my reputation?"
"Don't forget, from me to you and all the other sisters, none of us have ever gotten married. If my reputation is damaged, how can you sisters expect to find a good marriage?"
In ancient times, large families attached great importance to reputation. If Wushuang's reputation was really ruined, it would also affect the marriages of other girls in the family.
"Zhang Wusi, are you going to make life difficult for our entire Zhang family?" Wushuang stared at her.
"I don't!"
"Okay, Wu Si, stop talking nonsense." Mrs. Zhang, the Shangshu's wife who was sitting at the head of the table, looked at her two granddaughters who were about to quarrel, and finally spoke up to stop them from continuing.
Just like Wushuang said, if her reputation is ruined, it will really affect the marriage of girls in the entire family.
The Zhang family has many daughters, and Wushuang is only the second one. She has many unmarried sisters.
If she really had a reputation for being unlucky in marriage, would others suspect that all daughters of the Zhang family were unlucky in marriage?
"Wusi, you should stay in your room obediently and don't go out recently. Come out when you learn to speak." Old Madam Zhang looked at Zhang Wusi and said.
"Grandma!" Zhang Wusi looked at Old Madam Zhang in surprise.
How can you ban her?
She is the one that grandma loves the most, why would she treat her like this?
The reason why Zhang Wusi spoke without restraint and mocked Wushuang everywhere was because she was the most beloved granddaughter of Minister Zhang and Old Madam Zhang.
Zhang Wusi is the legitimate daughter of Madam Zhang's youngest son. Because of her love for the old lady, Zhang Wusi is the most favored one besides Zhang Wuyou, the eldest granddaughter of the Zhang family.
"Grandma..." Zhang Wusi said coquettishly. She didn't want to be confined to her room.
She also made an appointment with her sisters to go out for a spring outing, so how could she be confined to her room?
"Wu Si." Old Madam Zhang looked at her granddaughter and said, "Just stay here quietly. When you learn to speak, come out."
If Zhang Wusi were allowed to continue going out and telling others that Wushuang was destined to be a husband-killer, Wushuang's reputation would be ruined, and the Zhang family would also be implicated.
Old Madam Zhang did love her granddaughter Zhang Wusi, but she was not her only granddaughter.
Moreover, compared to her granddaughter, she cares more about her son and grandson.
She didn't want Zhang Wusi to implicate her son and grandson at all.
Zhang Wusi pouted, knowing that he could not shake Madam Zhang's decision.
She turned around and glared at Wushuang fiercely.
Madam Zhang looked at Wushuang and said, "Wushuang, it's almost time for you to get married. During this time, you should stay at home and prepare for your wedding."
The most beloved granddaughter was under house arrest, so of course Wushuang, the granddaughter, also had to be under house arrest and not allowed to go out.
Anyway, girls who are about to get married should stay at home and not go out, so Wushuang should stay at home too.
Wushuang looked at the old lady and said, "Yes."
She'd better not provoke the second most powerful person in the family. Anyway, she could sneak out of the small Shangshu Mansion whenever she wanted, and they couldn't hold her there at all.
Seeing that Wushuang was also "under house arrest", Zhang Wusi gave her a provocative look.
Wushuang ignored this childish guy. She was thinking that there was no need to continue this marriage.
Yes, Shangguan Ya, the young master of the Marquis of Changping’s Mansion, did disappear, but he was rescued by the heroine, and then the two of them fell in love with each other.
As his fiancée, she was destined to be cannon fodder.
After all, Shangguan Ya is the male protagonist, and the original work of this derivative world is called "The Prince's Concubine from a Farming Family".
Although, this "Crown Prince" is not the Crown Prince of a royal palace, but the "Crown Prince" of a marquis's palace.
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