"What are your strengths?" Old Madam Feng was full of impatience.

Jiang Si said seriously, "She looks good."

"Puchi." Jiang Zhan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Madam Feng was stunned for a long time, her lips trembling with anger: "Fourth girl, is this what a lady from a noble family should say? When marrying a wife, a noble family values ​​a woman's moral character and family background, and appearance is the least important. If you spread this, do you know how many people will laugh at you?"

"Yes, grandma, what you said makes sense. It seems that the Zhen family is attracted by the virtue of their granddaughter. From this, we can see that a truly noble family will never confuse right and wrong and look down on the woman who has done nothing wrong when it is clearly the man's fault."

Madam Feng's expression changed repeatedly as Jiang Si choked her. Finally, she asked solemnly, "Boss, why didn't you tell me about the Zhen family's marriage proposal?"

"I wasn't ready to agree, so I didn't mention it."

Old Madam Feng raised her cane and slammed Jiang Ancheng's feet hard: "Are you possessed by a demon?"

Jiang Ancheng frowned: "What do you mean, mother?"

"Master Zhen is a third-rank official, and is favored by the emperor. Your son is even better than you, and at such a young age he has already become a top scholar. It is certain that he will pass the imperial examination next spring. Why don't you agree to such a good marriage?"

Jiang Ancheng quickly glanced at Jiang Si and thought to himself that he also wanted to agree, but what could he do if his daughter didn't like it?

Of course, this reason cannot be said out loud. Jiang Ancheng coughed lightly and said, "It's not the best. A daughter of a family is sought after by hundreds of families. How can we agree to the marriage proposal just because one person comes to propose marriage? We have to wait and see."

Jiang Zhan couldn't help but nodded.

Father is right. Fourth sister has finally jumped out of the fire pit. Now she must open her eyes and see clearly.

Speaking of which, if he had to choose a man for his fourth sister, he felt that Brother Yu Qi was much better than the boy from the Zhen family.

He likes Yu Qige!

"Confused!" Old Madam Feng's hand holding the cane trembled, wishing she could wake up her eldest son's stubborn mind.

If a family has a daughter, hundreds of families will seek her out. It depends on which family they are seeking. With a family like the Zhen family in the first place, what are the others looking for?

"How did you refuse?" Old Madam Feng asked unwillingly.

"Just say your daughter is still young and you want to wait a little longer."

"What are you waiting for!" Old Madam Feng finally couldn't help but waved her cane at Jiang Ancheng, her expression twisted, "You should tell the Zhen family now and agree to their marriage proposal!"

"Mother—"

Madam Feng paused, glanced at Jiang Si, and said sharply: "If the marriage of the Zhen family is successful, I will agree to let the eldest girl divorce the Zhu family!"

Zhu Ziyu and Miss Cui were trapped in the room by so many people. It was impossible for them to suppress the incident. However, the most important thing for people who were going to take the imperial examination was reputation. If such a scandal happened, Zhu Ziyu's future would be ruined.

In this case, it is not a pity to give up the marriage with the Zhu family. At most, it would be unpleasant if several girls in the mansion got into trouble one after another.

And these false reputations are certainly not as beneficial as marrying into the Zhen family.

"Mother, these are two different things. I don't agree!"

Madam Feng glanced at Jiang Ancheng coldly, and her expression from the "川" character between her eyebrows to the horizontal lines at the corners of her mouth showed that she would not tolerate rejection: "If that's the case, I will order someone to send the eldest girl back to the Zhu family. Big brother, don't forget that I am your mother. Are you going to be disobedient and unfilial?"

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the label of "unfilial piety" was enough to make people unable to raise their heads.

Before the Great Zhou Dynasty, the country was ruled by foreign races, which destroyed the national policy of governing the country with filial piety of previous dynasties. However, when the Great Zhou Dynasty was first established, filial piety was revived and regarded as the foundation of morality.

If a person has a reputation for being unfilial, he will be looked down upon even when he is trying to get a high position, not to mention being an official. His children will be looked down upon even more.

If a person is not filial to his parents, can we expect him to teach his children well?

Of course, there are still quite a few unfilial sons and daughters, but their parents often cover up for them for the sake of their family and their descendants, and dare not let outsiders know the truth.

Madam Feng used "filial piety" to force Jiang Ancheng to submit, which made Jiang Ancheng desperate and heartbroken. He looked at her in disbelief and murmured, "Mother, you can't do this..."

He could give up the title of Duke of Dongping, but what about his children? He was already an incompetent father, and he couldn't let his reputation bring trouble to his children.

Madam Feng raised her eyelids and uttered two words: "I can."

Jiang Si looked at his grandmother's coercion of his father with cold eyes and pursed his lips.

The world is so strange, the one who loves less always has the advantage, such as many spoiled children towards their parents, and grandmothers towards their fathers.

"I don't want to." Jiang Si said lightly.

Madam Feng, who was competing with her eldest son, turned her attention to Jiang Si's fearlessness and almost laughed. She said coldly, "Fourth girl, this matter is not up to you. When will the young generation be able to make the decision on marriage?"

Old Madam Feng was extremely dissatisfied with Jiang Si, but when she saw that outstanding face, she kept her anger to herself.

No matter what she said, she had to admit that Jiang Si was right: the fourth granddaughter's biggest advantage was probably her face.

Mrs. Feng is willing to be a little patient with people who are useful.

Jiang Si had already seen through Old Madam Feng.

Probably the only thing that matters to this grandmother is interests. It is not difficult to deal with such a person. Just get rid of the useless things and speak with interests.

"The granddaughter is not interested in discussing marriage, but she feels that her grandmother underestimates her."

Old Madam Feng's eyes darkened and she stared at Jiang Si.

Jiang Si looked at Old Madam Feng and smiled sweetly: "Grandmother, don't you think your granddaughter can't marry into a better family besides the Zhen family?"

Old Madam Feng was almost dazzled by that smile, and for no reason she had the patience to listen. She still thought it was absurd, "Do you think you can marry into a better family than the Zhen family?"

"Grandma, how about we make a bet?"

"What bet?"

"I'm betting that my granddaughter can marry into a better family than the Zhen family. If not, I'll let my grandmother make arrangements for her. Of course, there's a prerequisite. My eldest sister's affairs will be handled by my father, and my grandmother shouldn't interfere anymore."

Madam Feng stared at Jiang Si, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter. After a while, she said, "Fourth girl, you said you wanted to marry a family better than the Zhen family, but when? You don't even have a deadline. It's just empty talk."

"The engagement will be next year at the latest. Grandma, do you want to take a gamble?"

Madam Feng stared at Jiang Si for a long time and nodded: "Then I'll wait and see."

She can afford to wait for a year.

Jiang Si smiled and said, "Let my father and second brother be witnesses."

Since she is already in a dangerous place, there is no harm in breaking into other dangerous places, especially since there will be someone to walk with her side by side.

Jiang Si thought: It turns out that making up one’s mind only takes a moment.