The next day.
"Sister Yue, come to the hall later. Your parents have something to discuss with you." After finishing breakfast, Ye's mother left this sentence before leaving.
"Yes." Ye Qingyue said respectfully.
Even if Ye's mother didn't look for them, Ye Qingyue would find them. She wanted to confess to them that she and Shen Ci were in love with each other.
In the hall, Ye's mother and Ye's father were both there.
Mother Ye lowered her head and took a sip of water. A faint smile appeared on her usually serious face. It was obvious that she was in a good mood today.
She put down the teacup and said, "Sister Yue, I'm so happy that you passed the imperial examination. All these years of training have finally paid off. You are my proudest child."
Ye Qingyue stood there in a daze, feeling dazed for a moment.
This was the first time in fifteen years that she had heard her mother praise her.
From childhood to adulthood, her mother gave her a strict education and repeated dissatisfied reproaches.
When she was young, she studied hard, not for her mother's words about revitalizing the Ye family, but for her mother's praise.
But she waited for fifteen years for this compliment.
She was praised and recognized by her mother, but for some reason, she did not feel the joy she had expected, but instead her heart was filled with bitterness.
Maybe she had waited too long, or maybe she gave up hope a long time ago, but now she no longer needs her mother's praise.
Ye Qingyue lowered his eyes and quickly calmed down.
"That's what a daughter should do."
Mother Ye nodded. Although she praised Ye Qingyue, she didn't want Ye Qingyue to become proud and complacent because there was still a long way to go in the future.
"I've come to you today to tell you something. Now that you've passed the imperial examination and reached the age of marriage, it's time for you to get married. My parents have agreed with Academician Cao that you and Cao Cheng will be engaged in two weeks. September 20th, two weeks from now, is an auspicious day, and you will marry Cao Cheng then."
"No, Mom and Dad, I can't marry Cao Cheng." Ye Qingyue couldn't wait to speak as soon as his mother finished speaking.
Mother Ye, who had never been contradicted before, suddenly turned cold from her originally happy expression. Suppressing her anger, she said in a cold and hard tone, "What do you mean by that? Could it be that you still look down on Cao Cheng?"
Ye Qingyue immediately knelt down, kowtowed to the two of them, and said firmly: "Father and mother, Mr. Cao is a good young man, but I don't like him and I am not his ideal partner. I like Chen Ci and we are in love. I hope that you can help me marry him."
Mother Ye narrowed her eyes: "Chen Ci? Who is that?"
Ye Qingyue did not hide anything and told Shen Ci's background, including the fact that Shen Ci could not speak.
Mother Ye stood up, laughing heartily, staring intently at the kneeling Ye Qingyue, her lips filled with coldness: "Well, you don't want the husband I worked so hard to find for you, and you actually want to marry a mute who has nothing. Ye Qingyue, you are really capable. Tell me, was it that mute who seduced you? Does he have eyes for our Ye family, and does he see your future in it?"
Ye Qingyue would not allow Shen Ci to be slandered: "Mother, Ah Ci is not that kind of person. Although he can't speak, it's not his fault, nor is it what he wants. Although he can't speak, he has no problem communicating with us. Ah Ci is smart. He only occasionally attends private school, but he can read and write on his own, and can even write storybooks. In this Tangzhou Prefecture Storybook Competition, he won second place, and he also relied on his own ability to pass the examination and enter the prefectural school."
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