Chapter 1103: The Tenderness of Prince Xiao (XV)
"Yingying is here!"
When Mrs. Wang saw Ye Yueying enter the room, she quickly waved to her to sit next to her.
Ye Yueying walked to the old lady's side, but did not sit down immediately. Instead, she stood in front of the charcoal brazier to dispel the coldness on her body.
Seeing this, Madam Wang pulled Ye Yueying over and touched her cold hand. Her expression suddenly darkened. "Why is it so cold? Did your aunt give you a hard time again?"
Ye Yueying smiled and shook her head: "No, I just stayed outside for a little longer because the snow scene was so beautiful."
Old Madam Wang pulled Ye Yueying to sit down, hugged her in her arms, and sighed secretly. How could she not know what kind of person her eldest daughter-in-law was? She had a kind face but a cruel heart. Over the years, she had always been very mean to her granddaughter.
"Yingying, do you still remember the second young master of the Qi family?"
Hearing this, Ye Yueying suddenly looked up at Madam Wang, then slowly lowered her head: "Grandma, I don't want to get married yet."
Madam Wang took Ye Yueying's hand and said, "Silly child, there is no girl who doesn't get married. I think the second son of the Qi family is not bad. He has a gentle temperament, handsome appearance, and good knowledge. He is a good man who can be entrusted with life."
"The Qi family's wife isn't the type to torture people. Besides, the Qi family is only a sixth-rank official, a lower official than your uncle. If you marry into their family, they will definitely not treat you harshly."
Ye Yueying lowered her eyes and remained silent. She wanted to refuse out loud, but swallowed the words back. She knew that the Second Young Master Qi was the candidate her grandmother had repeatedly chosen for her, and she had spent a lot of effort on him. If she refused, she would be very ungrateful.
Mrs. Wang saw her granddaughter's displeasure and patiently counseled her, "A girl's best years are numbered. You'll be eighteen next year. If you put it off any longer, you won't be able to find a good family in the future."
"While my old bones are still able to move and I can still do what I want, I must quickly settle your lifelong affairs. Otherwise, even if I go to the underworld, I will never be able to see your parents."
After hearing what Mrs. Wang said, Ye Yueying couldn't say no, so she could only lie in the old lady's arms and listen silently.
Madam Wang touched her granddaughter's head, her eyes full of pity: "If your parents were still alive, they would surely hope that you could marry a man of your dreams, live a loving life with your spouse, and have many children and grandchildren."
When Ye Yueying first met Ye's father and mother, her nose felt a little sore and tears welled up in her eyes.
After coming out of Mrs. Wang's yard, Ye Yueying walked in the heavy snow with a dazed look on her face. Xuehua called her back to the house several times, but she did not respond.
Do you really want to marry the second son of the Qi family?
She knew that it was not easy for her to find a good family as an orphan. The Qi family was a family of officials after all, so she should be satisfied. But why did she feel so uncomfortable and unwilling?
Before she knew it, Ye Yueying had reached the back door of the Wang residence.
Listening to the noisy sounds on the street outside the wall, Ye Yueying's confused eyes gradually became firm, as if she had made some decision.
Ye Yueying looked at Xuehua and said, "Give some money to the gatekeeper. I want to go out and see Uncle Leng."
Xuehua quickly said, "Then I will accompany the young lady."
Ye Yueying shook her head and refused: "You stay here and wait for me, otherwise you won't be able to get in when I come back."
Hearing this, Xuehua had no choice but to nod in agreement.
After bribing the gatekeeper with silver, Ye Yueying quickly left the Wang Mansion and headed straight for the next street.
She didn't want to get married so hastily. Her grandmother asked her to get married simply because she was worried that the Wang family would not treat her well after she passed away.
In that case, she would transfer her household registration to Uncle Leng.
Uncle Leng treats her like his own daughter. With Uncle Leng taking care of her, grandma should be able to rest assured and there is no need to rush to arrange a marriage for her.
She wanted to establish a female household, but the conditions for establishing a female household were too harsh and required the signatures of all clan members.
But my uncle and aunt would never agree. It was because when she went to the Wang family, she brought all the property of the Ye family with her.
For the sake of the Ye family's property and to avoid a reputation of mistreating their niece, they would not agree to let her set up a household.
Soon, we arrived at the next street.
After the Ye family was destroyed, Leng Feng sent Ye Yueying to the Wang family, but he did not live there himself. Instead, he rented a small courtyard and lived alone, making a living by working as a blacksmith.
There is a shop in front of the courtyard and a residential yard in the back.
Maybe because of the heavy snow, the blacksmith shop was closed today. Ye Yueying took a detour to the backyard. As soon as she pushed the door open, she heard a woman's voice coming from the shop.
A look of surprise flashed across Ye Yueying's face. Why is there a woman here with Uncle Leng?
Ye Yueying instinctively slowed down her pace and walked towards the shop in front. Then, through the back door of the shop, she saw a woman in her twenties affectionately wiping the sweat from her forehead and neck with a handkerchief while swinging a hammer in the cold wind.
And Leng Feng would smile at the woman from time to time.
Looking at this scene, Ye Yueying was stunned on the spot.
"Um. Didn't you say you could give me an answer when you came back this time?" The woman asked hesitantly, then looked at Leng Feng with anticipation.
Leng Feng paused and took the woman's hand: "Now that I'm back, of course I have to marry you." This woman has been waiting for him for so many years. Now that the Ye family has been avenged, it's time for him to start a family.
When Ye Yueying outside the house heard this, her heart was shocked. Seeing Leng Feng hugging the woman in his arms, she quickly looked away and fled out of the yard.
Ye Yueying rushed back to the Wang Mansion. After returning to the yard, she locked herself in the house.
At this moment, she felt lonely and abandoned by the whole world.
But she couldn't feel any resentment about this.
Her grandmother was looking for someone to marry her out of genuine concern for her own good and was making plans for her; Uncle Leng had been dragging his feet until now for the sake of the Ye family, and now that he had someone he liked, she should be happy for him.
Ye Yueying lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling with lifeless eyes.
When did Uncle Leng fall in love with that woman? Over the years, every night, she would go to Uncle Leng's yard to practice swordplay, and she didn't even notice!
Uncle Leng is probably afraid that she will overthink it, right?
Is that why you kept this matter secret so tightly?
Ye Yueying closed her eyes silently. In the end, she had to walk the path of this life on her own. She had been a burden to her grandmother and Uncle Leng for many years and could not cause them any more trouble.
Two days later, Mrs. Wang invited the Qi family to visit.
Mr. Wang is the fifth-rank Tongzhi of Youzhou Prefecture, and happens to be the immediate superior of Mr. Qi. Naturally, the Qi family would honor their superior by inviting them.
Ye Yueying knew what the Qi family was up to this time. She sat by the window and pondered for a long time, then asked her nanny to take out the new winter clothes and change into them.
Unexpectedly, just after I changed my clothes, I saw Xuehua running into the house angrily.
Seeing Xuehua's angry face, Ye Yueying couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Xuehua looked at Ye Yueying, her eyes full of pity: "The eldest lady has gone too far. She deliberately ran to the front yard and ran into the Second Young Master Qi, and then bumped into the Second Young Master Qi's arms in public."
"Second Master Qi is really something. He doesn't even know how to avoid it."
After hearing this, Ye Yueying was not angry, but a smile appeared in her eyes.
Xuehua and the wet nurse were quite angry.
Especially the wet nurse Ye. Ye Yueying will be eighteen next year. She is so anxious that she can't sleep all night. The old lady has finally found a man from the Qi family for the girl, but he is snatched away by someone else.
"Who is this person? The Second Young Master Qi was clearly chosen by the old lady for the young lady. What the young lady is doing is clearly an attempt to snatch the young lady's marriage."
As he spoke, tears began to fall.
"My poor girl, the Wang family is too bullying!"
(End of this chapter)
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