Chapter 521 Extra: Lu Linlang and Chen Youlin (Part 3)

"Miss, he is just the son of a merchant. Are you sure you want to marry him?" The maid Sheng'er looked at her mistress with confusion.

"Although the Lingnan Chen family is a merchant family, they are also imperial merchants, so they are still somewhat respectable. Although the second son of the Chen family is not the eldest son, he cannot inherit the family business and become the head of the family. But I found out that he will stay in the capital after marriage, and my family will give him property in the capital. After marriage, I don't have to serve my parents-in-law, how great. Those arrogant daughters of the firstborn look down on him, which is perfect, then he will belong to me."

Han Peiwen, the concubine daughter of the Minister of Revenue, took off her hairpins in front of the mirror while speaking.

"But the lady is talking to you about a scholar." The maid still didn't quite understand the young lady's choice.

Mingming, the lady also picked a good husband for the young lady.

"So what if he's a scholar? Can he support himself?" Han Peiwen sneered.

"That scholar's family was very poor, and the six members of his family struggled to support him to go to school and take the imperial examinations. If I married him, I would be constantly worried and endured hardships. I would probably have to get up before dawn to take care of his household chores."

As she was talking, Han Peiwen sneered: "If this scholar is really that good, why didn't mother tell my eldest sister, the legitimate daughter, about him? I wasn't born from her belly, how could she choose a good one for me?"

When the maid heard this, she thought it made a lot of sense.

By then, she will also be a dowry of a young lady. If she marries into a scholar's family, she will definitely not be treated as well as she is now. She may even have to work as a maid.

It would be better for you to follow the young lady and marry a rich man.

She nodded and said, "Miss, what you said makes sense."

Then, she became hesitant again.

"But Mr. Chen, will he fall in love with someone else?"

"I am the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. I am so happy that he, the son of a merchant, can marry me. How could he possibly look down on someone else?" Han Peiwen is very confident in herself.

This morning in the small courtyard in Taoyuan, everyone was disgusted with Chen Youlin, but she was the only one who took the initiative to talk to him. The two chatted for a few words and seemed to get along quite well.

Today she went to Yuanxi Temple. Her mother wanted her to meet the scholar. She pretended to agree, but actually she was waiting for an opportunity in Taoyuan.

She saw County Lord Ming'an, and since they were classmates in college, she shamelessly approached him and started a conversation.

Out of respect for the county lord, the guards of the small courtyard turned a blind eye and let her in.

She picked out several people from among them, but only Chen Youlin was the one she liked the most.

If her mother hadn't sent someone to look for her, she would have definitely spoken a few more words to Chen Youlin instead of leaving in a hurry.

But she has already revealed her identity and given him a hint, so Chen Youlin will surely take action.

Tomorrow, she has to dress up beautifully and go out to meet Chen Youlin.

…

Chen Youlin returned to the house owned by the Chen family in the capital.

Seeing his happy face, his cousin Chen Youping joked with a smile: "You are so happy, but did you meet the girl you like at Yuanxi Temple today?"

"That's right." Chen Youlin nodded.

Chen Youping's face changed, and he was very surprised: "Did you really meet him?"

He just said it casually, but he actually hit the mark?

"Well. Miss Lu Qi is a nice person, and we have similar ideals. If she can marry me, the Chen family's business will surely rise to a higher level in the future." Chen Youlin said with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

"Oh, it's rare to see you think so highly of a girl. Come on, tell your brother, who is this Miss Lu Qi? She has bewitched our Brother Lin so much." Chen Youping became interested.

Chen Youlin showed a rare hint of shyness on his face: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm not obsessed with you at all."

"Tell me about it. I've been through this and can help you with some advice. Don't let the other person end up having feelings for you and you giving your wholehearted love to the wrong person. That would be bad." Chen Youping poked him in the waist with his elbow.

"Impossible!" Chen Youlin blurted out.

Today, Miss Lu Qi gave him a hint and accepted his invitation, so how could she not be interested in him?

Even if I didn't fall in love with him at first sight, I should have at least some affection for him.

"Are you so sure? Come on, tell me quickly..." Chen Youping kept asking him questions.

This time when he went to Beijing, his uncle gave him a mission, which was to find a marriage partner for his cousin Chen Youlin.

This brother is very stubborn. He only wants to do business and make money. He is already 18 years old and still not married.

People in Lingnan usually get married early. He was seventeen years old and his child was already one year old, but his cousin Chen Youlin didn't even have a marriage partner.

How could my uncle not be anxious?

On this side, Chen Youping was interrogating Chen Youlin about Lu Linlang, and on the other side, Lu Li was also being questioned by Lu Yanshi.

"I heard from your eighth sister that your seventh sister has a crush on someone today. Do you think that person is trustworthy?"

【Let me see what's going on. 】

Lu Li turned on the melon-eating system and watched with great interest.

[Wow, it looks like these two fell in love at first sight. ]

[Wow, you guys are having such a good time chatting, it seems like you have similar interests. 】

[That’s right, we all like to do business and make money, no wonder we can chat all day long. ]

Lu Yanshi did not have much prejudice against merchants. After all, merchants contributed a lot of taxes to their Great Xia.

It's just that the status of a merchant is indeed not high enough, but Xiaoqi likes it. When the time comes, he will let the boy take the college entrance examination and give him a basic official position.

Lu Yanshi has already started planning for his daughter.

[Okay, both of you have something to hide from each other. ]

[You two are really a perfect match. ]

Lu Yanshi listened to his daughter's thoughts and felt very nervous.

What does it mean to hide things from each other?

Could it be that this guy is not a good match?

But he couldn't reveal the fact that he had heard Xiaojiu's thoughts. He was extremely anxious but didn't dare to ask.

"Don't worry, father. Chen Youlin is a good man and a good match for the Seventh Princess." Lu Li reported with a smile after reading it.

"Oh, what's good about it?" Lu Yanshi asked.

Xiaojiu has changed.

How can she praise someone as a good person even though he has something to hide?

"Oh, you'll know later. I still have a lot of homework to do. Please stop disturbing me and leave quickly." Lu Li deliberately kept the secret.

[Humph, who asked you to give me so much extra homework today. ]

【I won’t tell you what’s going on.】

Lu Yanshi, who was kicked out of the study: ...

This child really doesn't take his father seriously anymore.

He gave her extra homework, wasn't that also for her own good?

Cao Dehai, who was standing by, watched the situation without saying a word, and just looked up at the sky.

Alas, the emperor's status is getting lower day by day.

…

The next morning, Lu Linlang showed up at Lu's Rice Shop on time.

All the people in the rice shop were hers, and they had all received her orders in advance, so they obediently changed their addresses to calling her Miss Seventh instead of the boss.