"Yun'er is here." Xie Yi smiled when he heard footsteps. He doted on this granddaughter the most, even more than his grandson. He taught her to read since she was young and always gave her everything she wanted. This made her so arrogant, but she was actually not a bad person at heart.
Xie Yun walked over to his grandfather and helped him grind ink. He smiled and said, "I haven't seen you in a long time. How are you? It's so hot in summer. Can you still eat?"
Xie Yi said slowly, "Yun'er, I heard from your mother that you seem to have a sweetheart."
Xie Yun coughed. The Xie family was a family of scholars with a rich and profound background. She had been raised in a scholarly environment, setting her apart from the ordinary women from aristocratic families. When she spoke of these things, she became somewhat shy, like an ordinary woman. "Grandfather, I have my own plans. Mother was just saying that."
"Yun'er, I saw Luo Shenyuan a few days ago." Xie Yi said calmly, "This man is too scheming and uses many people. You can't be with him with your personality."
Xie Yun suddenly raised her head, a little surprised, because her grandfather had always loved her the most.
"Grandfather... Shen Yuan is very good!" Xie Yun was a little anxious. "He has that kind of personality. Don't you like him?"
Xie Yi sighed. Having lived for seventy or eighty years, he saw these things as being quite insightful. "Yun'er, I admire him very much. But he's a person... whoever marries him won't be good. Grandfather loves you, so he doesn't want you to have too close contact with him. I was drinking with Old Cheng a few days ago, and I think their Lang'er is quite good. He's handsome and a famous talent in the capital. Old Cheng is also interested. I think it would be better for our two families to marry. You have a proud temper, so you should find someone with a gentle personality who can tolerate you."
Xie Yun felt very uncomfortable with what Xie Yi said. Her eyes were red, and she whispered, "Even if he wanted to marry me, I don't want to marry him! I only like Shen Yuan, I don't like anyone else..."
Xie Yi knew that his granddaughter had a stubborn personality. He shook his head and said, "Yun'er, whether you like it or not, you have to see it first before you decide."
Xie Yun pursed her lips and put down the ink stick in her hand. Without saying anything more, she turned around and left Xie Yi's study. The silver incense ball hanging from the curtain hit the door frame. She seemed very angry.
Xie Yi said to the maid beside him, "Come and see her."
Xie Yun sat in the west side room, sulking. Sometimes she thought of Cheng Lang's proposal, her grandfather's beaming smile. Then she thought of Luo Shenyuan's tall figure, his unhurried tone as he spoke. She leaned against a large red pillow with a four-happiness pattern, plucking a crabapple blossom into a pulp.
"Second Miss," the wet nurse who served her personally advised her reluctantly, "I heard that Cheng Lang is very handsome, there is no one more handsome than him. And he will soon be promoted to the position of Deputy Censor-in-Chief... Such a good husband is hard to find even with a lantern."
"No matter how good he is, what can he do?" Xie Yun was a little angry. But the grandfather was definitely the most authoritative person in the family. As long as he spoke, even his mother would not dare to say anything.
She suddenly sat up straight and said, "Give the order and we will go to the palace tomorrow. I want to find my aunt." The Queen Mother loves her and will definitely speak up for her!
The wet nurse said helplessly, "Second Miss, the Queen is an outsider after all. If the old master knew about this, he would definitely be angry with you."
Xie Yun straightened his back and lowered his voice: "I can't just stand by and watch..."
The wet nurse was the one who had nursed Xie Yun to adulthood, and she loved her like her own daughter. She held her hand and continued to persuade her, "The old man has been an official his entire life, and he's experienced everything. You can always be right if you listen to him. Besides, Cheng Lang is a modest man, and there are so many girls who want to marry him but can't..."
"He is as modest as jade, but I seem to have heard... that he has a romantic affair outside?" Xie Yun recalled the gossip she had heard among the noble ladies from aristocratic families.
"Old Master is always right in judging people. It doesn't matter what they were like before; what matters is what they become after marriage," said the wet nurse. "Besides, nowadays, it's common for men to have maids who serve them as their concubines..."
Xie Yun shook her head and said, "Mother Dong, please call Cuiyu in for me... I have something to tell her." Cuiyu was the most capable maidservant around her, and her mother had specially assigned her to her.
Xie Yun leaned against Yingzhen, her eyes determined. No matter what, she would definitely not marry Cheng Lang.
Then let’s first find out what kind of person Cheng Lang is.
If there is really something bad, tell it to grandpa, he might just let it go.
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