Chapter 180: Proposal
While waiting, the old lady suddenly raised her hand to rub her eyes, turned to Lu Xiang and said, "Strange, why are my eyelids twitching non-stop? Could it be that Madam Wang's visit is not a good thing?"
Lu Xiang was stunned: "No way."
However, she didn't know much about the wife of the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple.
There are so many officials’ wives in the capital. She had only been there for a few years in her previous life, so she didn’t know all of their personalities and characters clearly.
She would only take the trouble to get to know the families of officials who had come into contact with Xiao Muheng in the past or who had been beneficial to him.
Qiao Jingru: "Grandma, maybe this is just a coincidence."
The old lady nodded: "Maybe I am overthinking it."
As he spoke, a maid led a woman into the house.
The woman had a round face and was in her forties. She was wearing a jacket woven with gold thread that covered her plump body, making her look elegant and noble.
"How is Madam Lu?" Madam Wang smiled and bowed to the old lady.
"Hello, Madam Wang. Please take a seat." The old lady had a perfect smile on her face and told Madam Wen, "Madam Wen, serve the tea."
"Thank you, Madam." Madam Wang sat down and said, "I came here unexpectedly today because someone asked me to come."
The old lady was puzzled: "I don't know what it means?"
Mrs. Wang looked at Lu Xiang with a smile, but that look gave Lu Xiang a bad feeling.
Sure enough, Mrs. Wang said, "I'd like to congratulate the old lady first. The Zhang family has taken a fancy to your third daughter. They came to me a few days ago and asked me to come to their house to propose marriage."
The old lady was startled, but she couldn't help feeling happy.
My granddaughter is outstanding, so she is proposed to in marriage.
What's more, they invited the wife of the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple to come. Lord Wang's rank is higher than Lu Youping. In a sense, the Zhang family gave him enough face.
"Which family in Beijing is this Zhang family from?"
Madam Wang smiled softly with her hands covering her lips. "It's the eldest son of the Zhang family, the Marquis of Jinyuan. Unfortunately, he is also the third child."
The old lady couldn't help but be shocked when she heard this.
The legitimate son of the Earl's Mansion?
This marriage sounds good.
"This... is really too sudden. We don't have any connection with the Jinyuan Marquis's Mansion." Although the old lady was satisfied, she would not rush to marry her granddaughter.
"At the banquet at the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion a while ago, the wife of the Marquis of Jinyuan took a liking to your Third Miss at first sight. After much consideration, she decided to ask me to come and speak for her. Although Lord Zhang is in the Hanlin Academy, if the emperor takes a fancy to him, his future achievements will be beyond our imagination. The deceased old master of the Zhang family was the mentor of the current emperor. With this relationship, the Zhang family has always been deeply favored by the emperor, which is unmatched by others."
BANG——
As soon as Mrs. Wang finished speaking, the teacup in Lu Xiang's hand suddenly loosened and fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.
"What's wrong with Xiangxiang?" the old lady turned her head and asked.
Lu Xiang lowered his eyes and shook his head secretly.
Mrs. Wang looked at her in confusion. When she heard the name called by Old Lady Lu, she knew that this must be Miss Lu San.
So she said, "This must be the Third Miss, she is so beautiful, there are not many like her in the whole capital. Is the Third Miss shy? This marriage is the best, many young ladies want to marry into the Zhang family, but Madam Zhang only has this one legitimate son, so she has very high standards."
Bah…
Is this still the best marriage?
Even though the Zhang family is deeply favored by the emperor, it cannot change the fact that the eldest son of the Zhang family is a fool.
Marquis Jin Yuan had only one legitimate son.
The Zhang family has always been good at hiding their secrets, and almost no one knows that Zhang Xiaowen is a fool.
Does Mrs. Wang know the true situation of Zhang Xiaowen?
If she didn't know, it meant that she had also been cheated by the Zhang family.
What? He fell in love with her at first sight at the banquet at the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion. It was clearly premeditated.
She didn't know much about the Wang family, but Lu Xiang, the Marquis of Jinyuan, knew it very well.
The Zhang family depends on Concubine Shu. It seems that the Queen Mother failed to outwit her at the last palace banquet, so Concubine Shu has come up with this vicious trick again.
If she were to marry into the Zhang family, the Zhang family would have the final say on her life and death.
Even if he didn't die, Lu Xiang almost foresaw the miserable life he would have to face for the rest of his life, facing a fool, who might even have violent tendencies.
She lived her life again just to marry a fool again?
Even if Zhang Xiaowen was a normal person and the Zhang family did not depend on anyone, her marriage was not decided by others.
Concubine Shu is really good at calculating.
Lu Xiang's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, her long eyelashes cast a shadow, and the depths of her eyes that were hard to see clearly flashed with a strong coldness. But she smiled politely and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Madam Wang, but Lu Xiang wants to stay with my grandmother for a few more years and doesn't want to get married for the time being."
Madam Wang thought Lu Xiang was being shy and said, "Hey, there's no girl who doesn't want to get married, isn't that right, Madam?"
The old lady was touched by Lu Xiang's filial piety and wanted to accompany her, but she also agreed with Madam Wang's words: "Madam Wang is right, but although our Lu family is weak, we can't just marry our daughter off casually. I wonder what the character and appearance of that young master Zhang is like?"
"To be honest, Madam, I have never seen Young Master Zhang, and I don't know what he looks like, but Lord Zhang and Madam Zhang are both good-looking, so their son will not be bad either. They are also from a family of scholars, and I heard that the illegitimate sons of the Zhang family are all good at writing and polite to others. Madam Lu can rest assured."
Old lady: “…”
This sounds fine at first glance, but why does it seem a bit strange when you listen carefully?
She was asking about the Zhang family's legitimate son, and Mrs. Wang was asking about what the illegitimate son did?
The nine sons of the dragon are all different. Bastard sons are good, so legitimate sons must be good?
But seeing how confidently Mrs. Wang spoke, the old lady wondered if she was overthinking.
"Madam, why don't you give me Miss Lu San's birth date and horoscope so that I can take it to the wife of Marquis Jinyuan to compare it with Mr. Zhang's birth date and horoscope." Madam Wang said again.
The old lady was stunned. She didn't expect that Madam Wang would ask for Lu Xiang's horoscope so soon.
After thinking for a while, she said, "Madam Wang, this is a matter of a lifetime. I can't bear to force my granddaughter to get married. Let me think about it."
She didn't know Madam Wang, and she didn't know Marquis Jin Yuan either. It was too hasty to hear Madam Wang arrange Lu Xiang's marriage just by talking to her for the first time.
Not to mention that this is her most beloved granddaughter.
No matter what, we have to wait until they find out clearly.
Mrs. Wang thought of the important trust placed in her by the wife of Marquis Jinyuan, and hurriedly advised, "Old Madam..."
Just as she opened her mouth, the old lady interrupted her with her hand: "Madam Wang, would you like to stay and have lunch together?"
Madam Wang sighed inwardly, knowing that this was Madam Lu's reluctance to continue, so she smiled awkwardly and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Madam. I have other things to do at home, so I'm going to leave now."
The old lady understood and said, "Then we won't keep Madam Wang any longer. I'll invite you to dinner someday."
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