Chapter 210 Beauty's Schemes (13) - Who Will Break Off the Engagement?
Ning Shu quickly turned to the page with the character "Gao" on it, where the name "Gao Song" was clearly written, along with his official position and the family he came from.
The document also describes his relationship with the women he was considering, with the word "father" indicating that he was the father of one of the women.
Ning Shu glanced at the name of the candidate, Gao Rong, whose name was noted as the third young lady of the Gao family, aged sixteen.
Upon seeing the other person's age, Ning Shu couldn't help but get goosebumps.
She's only 16 and already going on blind dates. This world is truly unbelievable. The worst part is that she has to marry a man whose wife has died.
Although the other party is Si Zhong, whose stunning good looks are unparalleled, he is also a widower.
"Tsk tsk."
She couldn't help but click her tongue twice, completely unaware that Granny Zhao had quietly moved to her side and was looking at the booklet in her hand.
Ning Shu had some questions and was worried about who to ask for answers when she saw Zhao Mama beside her. Without questioning her motives, she naturally asked for advice.
"Granny Zhao, does the Gao family have another daughter named Gao Zhi?"
Granny Zhao was suddenly called upon and immediately became nervous.
Observing Ning Shu's expression, it seemed she was genuinely asking a question. After relaxing, she replied, "Yes, that is the fourth young lady of the Gao family."
Ning Shu considered for a moment, then continued, "I heard she's engaged, and her fiancé was chosen by Master Gao through a 'bride selection' process?"
Granny Zhao was surprised to find that the person she was interested in was Miss Gao Si, who wasn't even on the list: "Yes, I heard she gets married after she comes of age."
Ning Shu found it strange: "Why wasn't Miss Gao the third-year student engaged first, but Miss Gao the fourth-year student?"
Judging by age, shouldn't the high school senior be more eager?
Granny Zhao said expressionlessly, "Because Miss Gao the Fourth is a concubine's daughter, and her fiancé who was chosen to marry her is from a commoner family, his status is not high enough to be considered as legitimate as Miss Gao the Third."
Ning Shu suddenly realized, "There are so many intricacies to marriage in ancient times?"
She still didn't know who Gao Zhi's fiancé was, so she took the opportunity to gossip with Granny Zhao: "Granny Zhao, who is Miss Gao's fiancé?"
Since she wanted to help someone all the way, she took the opportunity to ask about the graffiti.
"I heard he is one of the current Dali officials, I think his surname is Cui, but I don't know his exact name. I only remember that his name has the character 'Yu' in it."
Wait a minute, did she hear that right?
Each piece of information matched a familiar person, so she tentatively asked, "Is his name Cui Zeyu?"
"Perhaps, I can't remember clearly."
Granny Zhao thought about it carefully, but she wasn't quite sure.
How could a woman confined to her home know so much? She'd be lucky to even have a general idea.
puff!
Ning Shu felt like she was about to vomit blood; Cui Zeyu was actually engaged!
This game is so unfair! Why didn't they just give her a married man?
She was tasked with breaking up a couple, trying to matchmake a promising young man with a female prisoner, which ultimately made her a laughingstock.
What is Cui Zeyu after? What is the game after?
Are you trying to glorify love with such a melodramatic story?
This is really something else. It's one thing to have her investigate cases, but she also has to act as a matchmaker. I thought acting as a matchmaker was outrageous enough, but she also has to break up couples.
This is truly outrageous!
Ning Shu felt she needed to calm down, so she handed the booklet back to Granny Zhao, thanked her, and left.
Seeing Ning Shu suddenly looking lost and bewildered, Zhao Mama took the booklet and went back to the Dowager Princess's room to report.
After hearing this, the Dowager Princess instructed Zhao Mama to report the matter to Prince Rui.
After hearing this, Prince Rui opened the booklet and looked at the page about the Gao family. Suddenly, he told Granny Zhao that Gao Rong had been chosen as the princess consort.
This terrified the Empress Dowager, who went to Prince Rui herself to demand an explanation.
The Dowager Consort looked at Prince Rui with disapproval: "If it's your own preference, then your mother won't say anything."
If it's just to investigate her, there's no need. We can simply deal with her directly and that'll be the end of it.
She didn't approve of her son risking his own life to investigate a spy.
To her, Ruyi was just a distant relative who pitied her, not as important as her own son. She could give up Ruyi without hesitation when faced with the choice.
Prince Rui understood his mother's meaning: "There is still a long time between the engagement and the wedding. Anything can happen during that time, so Mother doesn't need to worry."
These words implied many things, and the Dowager Princess immediately understood that her son wanted to use the engagement as a pretext to investigate.
The Dowager Princess was relieved: "Regardless of whether the Gao family has any connection with her, they cannot be included in the candidates. After you have dealt with this, we will choose another candidate."
Prince Rui made no further comment, and it is unclear whether he agreed with the Empress Dowager's suggestion.
The Dowager Consort seemed to have grown accustomed to her son's autocratic ways and remained silent.
After Ning Shu left, she went to find Tuya and shared the news. Tuya was secretly relieved to hear it.
He had been worried that Ning Shu wouldn't help him fully, since she hadn't even resolved her own issues.
However, if their missions are related, Ning Shu will definitely do her best to help him.
Graffiti suddenly felt a little smug. Don't blame him for being unkind; it's already quite restrained of him not to laugh when he heard the news.
He asked cautiously, "So what do we do next?"
Ning Shu stared at the graffiti, feeling as if the graffiti was taking advantage of her.
The graffiti, feeling her gaze, broke out in a cold sweat: "What's wrong?"
He pretended not to understand the relationship between the two tasks.
Ning Shu suddenly felt deflated. Even if the graffiti took advantage of her, she still had to do the task. Otherwise, the graffiti was innocent. Sigh~
She sighed heavily: "Let me think of a way to see if I can get the Gao family to annul the engagement."
Graffiti suddenly asked, "Why can't we ask Cui Zeyu to annul the engagement? He's also one of the parties involved."
Ning Shu knew he was one of the parties involved, but would he?
Is it more difficult to get him to give up his pursuit of a wealthy family to be with a female prisoner, or to get rejected by a wealthy family and then be with a female prisoner?
The answer was clearly the former, so subconsciously she thought that the Gao family's decision to annul the engagement was a better option.
Ning Shu explained the situation to Tuya, but Tuya was unwilling to give up: "How will we know the result if we don't try? Maybe Cui Zeyu will be willing."
Tuya believed that she knew Cheng Chuan well enough to think that he wouldn't abandon the girl he liked just to climb the social ladder.
Ning Shu, however, was not so optimistic. After all, Cheng Chuan had a criminal record; when they were in school, he knew that Cheng Chuan had feelings for him but did not explicitly reject him.
She finally gave up when he directly announced that he was dating the most beautiful girl in another college.
Therefore, Ning Shu believes that from a human nature perspective, it is reasonable for Cui Zeyu not to take the initiative to break off the engagement.
She tried to persuade Tuya: "Don't do anything foolish. You're going to try to persuade him to break off the engagement."
If he finds out that the Gao family intends to break off the engagement, he will definitely think that this matter is related to you.
If he targets you, you'll be out of the game early.
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