Chapter 510: Victory over the Sun (4)
Shengxia turned around and saw a handsome face. She took two steps back and said, "Brother Crown Prince."
Shen Zhuo nodded, his face expressionless, "Grandmother asked me to ask you to go see her."
"Thank you, Brother Prince, for telling me. I'll go right away." Shengxia walked towards the old lady's yard.
Chen Zhuo stood there with his hands behind his back, looking at her back.
"Prince, thank you for inviting you to meet at Manxing Tower." Someone came running over and informed him.
"Yeah." Shen Zhuo strode out.
Shengxia came before the old lady and saluted, "Old lady."
"Since you're in the mansion, just call me Grandma."
"Yes, Grandma."
"Well, your parents are getting married next month, and you should be at the banquet, but your etiquette isn't very good. I'll have the nanny next to me go to your courtyard and teach you for a few days."
"Okay, thank you for your concern, Grandma."
The old woman saw her lowering her head and eyes, but she didn't show it on her face. She just said, "Straighten your shoulders and back, hold your head up, and be more generous."
Shengxia did as she was told, looked up at her, not letting herself show her timidity, "Yes, Grandma."
Apart from glaring at Yin Yiyi, she hadn't looked anyone in the eye for a long time. While chasing Wanqi Muzhao, there were always people around her saying derogatory words. She always lowered her head and walked around them. After a long time, she didn't even have the courage to look up.
I almost forgot what kind of person she was.
The old lady nodded, "That's right. Your eyes should be straight and your manners should be good. Now, every word and action you take when you go out represents the Duke's Mansion. You must not bring shame to the Duke's Mansion."
"I understand, Grandma."
"Okay, go back." The old lady looked at her and didn't know what to say. After saying what she needed to say, she waved her hand and let her leave.
"Granddaughter, take your leave."
After five days of etiquette study, the nanny saw that she could learn it quickly and had a very good understanding, so she went back to report to the old lady with satisfaction.
The old lady asked her to come forward again, "Your father said that you are engaged."
"yes."
"The eldest son of the Zhao family is seventeen years old this year. He has a close relationship with the Lord of Changning County and is ready to discuss marriage. I heard that the Zhao family wants to propose marriage to the Marquis of Ping'an Mansion."
Shengxia pursed her lips, exerting some strength, her lips turned slightly pale, and her body stiffened for a moment.
The old lady's expression remained calm as she continued, "You and he were childhood sweethearts. Do you want to continue this engagement?"
Shengxia lowered her head, "I..."
"Look up and talk to me again. What's the point of being so timid?"
She looked up and said, "I've been engaged to him since I was a child. I always thought I would marry him in the future. I thought that because my biological father had saved his father's life, he would treat me well and protect me to have a safe and secure afterlife."
"But the older I get, the less I can contact the Zhao family. When we were down and out, my mother and I tried to ask for their protection, but there was no news from them. The servants I used to contact said they had moved away due to promotions. I became increasingly unsure whether this engagement could still guarantee me stability."
"I heard that the Zhao family intends to propose marriage to the Marquis' Mansion, which means they don't want to fulfill this engagement. If they don't want to, then so be it. We know that things are different now and we have no one to rely on and can't marry someone of higher status. But they haven't even told us to come to our house to cancel the engagement, so we can give up the idea."
"Grandma, I don't want to marry him in the future. Marrying an ungrateful person will not end well."
The old lady looked up at the door. Shen Ling and Li Wan stood there listening for a while.
"Mother."
"Sit down, did you hear me?" It was really a troublesome matter. I thought I was marrying someone with a clean background and not too many connections, but I never expected that there was a girl who was engaged to the son of a Beijing official.
"If you want to cancel the engagement, I will help you, but you must be on the same page with the Duke of Wu's Mansion in the future."
"Of course I will listen to Grandma. From now on, Xiaoxia will treat Grandma as her real grandmother and be filial to her."
"Don't go to your parents' wedding banquet in half a month, lest they recognize you and try to claim marriage. After the wedding, I will go to the Ping'an Marquis Mansion and make it a beautiful wedding for you."
"It's all up to you."
After leaving the old lady's courtyard, Shengxia tightened her cloak. Breaking off the engagement was not difficult, and she had taken a big step forward.
If it is really a novice task, for the sake of the Duke's Mansion, the old lady will also eliminate anything that is not beneficial to the Duke's Mansion.
The original owner asked Li Wan to keep the matter secret. After the Zhao family and the Ping'an Marquis's Mansion got engaged, she ran to the public and questioned Zhao Yan in tears with the marriage certificate in her hand.
The engagement continued like this. The Ping'an Marquis' Mansion angrily broke off the engagement, but the Zhao family did not lose out. Instead, they approached the Wuguo Duke's Mansion and explained to the outside world that they renegotiated the engagement because they thought the mother and daughter were gone and could not be found after all these years.
Shengxia couldn't say that the original owner was stupid because she herself was not much better.
When she was leaving, she ran into Chen Zhuo who came to greet the old lady. Sheng Xia thought for a moment, then greeted him and called him, "Brother Prince, can I ask you for a favor?"
Shen Zhuo nodded, his gaze falling on her calmly.
Shengxia met his gaze, then suddenly looked away. "I've only been in Beijing for a short time, and I'm not used to the spring weather here. I always feel cold. Can you help me find a female martial arts master? I can learn from her and get stronger."
"Okay." Shen Zhuo nodded.
"Thank you, Prince Brother."
"Yeah." Shen Zhuo strode away.
Shengxia returned to the house, practiced the Sheng family's body-building techniques, and reviewed the laws of the dynasty.
"System, can I leave after ensuring that the Wuguo Mansion doesn't collapse?" she asked in her heart.
The system ignored her.
The system has ignored her for the past few days. If Shengxia hadn't seen the gray system mall and the system monitoring screen, she would have thought it didn't exist.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of Shen Ling and Li Wan's wedding. Shengxia got up early in the morning, dressed up, went to Li Wan's room, and sat beside her to accompany her.
After Li Wan went to the wedding hall, Shengxia returned to her room and saw Chen Zhuo standing outside the courtyard gate with a woman in martial arts uniform.
"Brother Prince." Shengxia looked at the woman twice.
She thought Shen Zhuo had forgotten about it.
"I've found the person you want."
"Thank you, Prince brother."
"Yeah." Shen Zhuo strode away again.
Shengxia felt that the way she and Shen Zhuo got along was to say hello when they met, thank him when he bothered her, and then he would stride away without any expression.
On that day in midsummer, she started learning martial arts with Master Wu. Although she was already twelve years old, she had long passed the best age for practicing martial arts. However, Master Wu did not expect a girl like her to learn anything, so he only taught her some basic physical fitness skills.
As a thank you gift, Shengxia had some cakes sent over.
The old lady helped her cancel the marriage, and when Shengxia heard that Zhao Yan wanted to see her, she refused.
Every day he would go to sit with the old lady, read some books in the yard, and then go to accompany Li Wan. Days passed and summer came.
Shengxia asked, "Linzhi, can you ride a horse and shoot arrows?"
"meeting."
"I want to learn. Please teach me. There is a martial arts field in the mansion where I can learn archery."
"Yes, miss."
When they arrived at the martial arts arena, they found Chen Zhuo there as well, and the sound of arrows breaking through the sky could be heard from time to time.
Seeing her approach, Shen Zhuo shot the last arrow and asked, "What are you doing here?"
The arrow shot into the bull's eye.
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