She is not afraid of marriage, but she also appreciates people who are beautiful on their own.
She believes that the more outstanding a woman is, the more freedom she should have to choose, rather than becoming so outstanding that she is limited by the so-called concept of individual beauty.
She is outstanding and has the right to choose her own life; whether she marries or not is her freedom.
Get married if you want to, and enjoy life on your own if you want to.
Being able to make choices is a prerequisite for an excellent life.
The magistrate's wife paused, then said, "Not for now? But you haven't even met him, so how can you be sure you don't like him?"
Ye Caiping said, "Thank you for your concern, Madam, but I really don't have that thought right now."
The magistrate's wife was furious, and the kind smile on her face had long since vanished.
"Madam Ye is just relying on her youth and beauty. She's already thirty. In another four or five years, when she's past her prime, she won't be able to get married even if she wants to."
Ye Caiping said, "Then it proves that I am not destined to get married. Let everything be as it may. Thank you for your concern, Madam."
"Insolence!" The magistrate's wife slammed her hand on the table. She, the dignified wife of a magistrate, had never been treated badly by a mere merchant.
Granny Fang said, "Miss Ye, don't be so shameless as to offend Madam."
Grandma Ye and Ye Daquan were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
Ye Caiping stood up and curtsied, looking puzzled. "Madam, it is you who wants to act as matchmaker for me. I have no intention of getting married at the moment. How have I offended you?"
The magistrate's wife was speechless. From the moment they entered, they had treated her with utmost respect, performing the proper courtesies without saying anything wrong. She wasn't one of those high-ranking officials; how could she possibly arrange a marriage for someone else?
Even so, the magistrate's wife still felt offended.
With the emperor far away and the heavens high, they were the only ones in Yue'an County!
Ye Caiping lowered her head and said, "I came today because of the rumors circulating outside. My reputation is not important, but the magistrate's reputation is precious and cannot be slandered like this."
"Now that I have finished reporting, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave."
The magistrate's wife gave her a cold look: "I understand. You may go back now!"
"Madam Xie."
"Granny Fang, please see them off."
Ye Caiping followed Granny Fang out the door and got into her own carriage.
Granny Fang lifted the carriage curtain and looked at Ye Caiping inside, smiling as she said, "Miss Ye may not know, but our eldest daughter is the eldest daughter-in-law of Prefect Qin."
“Our young master is a fourth-rank official in the Ministry of Works in the capital.”
Ye Caiping's eyes turned cold, but the shadows inside the carriage concealed the frost in them.
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