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Chapter 1703 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 24
When Linlang heard Madam Zhou complaining about her second aunt's mistreatment of the Zhou family, she naturally wouldn't cover for her. She said that the other woman probably didn't know that the girl had a problem, and at most she thought that the girl might have a bad temper. After all, her second aunt had spent a lot of time with the girl and knew that the girl had some issues, so why should she cover for her?

In any case, it's a good thing to make the Zhou family more wary of the second aunt.

Seeing that Old Master Zhou and the others thought it would be good to marry a member of the imperial clan and receive double the stipend, Linlang said, "I'll go to the Prince of Ying's residence to see if there are any suitable girls, or if any are willing. If none of the girls in the Prince of Ying's residence are willing, I'll go and see if any other girls from the imperial clan are willing. However, Grandfather should also urge my elder brother to study more. Even if he doesn't take the imperial examinations, he should at least have some knowledge so that he can get along with those girls. Otherwise, the girls might not even look at us."

Most people are afraid of failing the imperial examinations in the future, so they don't like to marry women from the imperial clan. Zhou Dalang didn't have this problem at all, since he only planned to learn some characters and didn't intend to take the imperial examinations. Therefore, it was indeed very suitable for him to marry a woman from the imperial clan.

When Old Master Zhou and the original owner's parents heard Linlang's words, they naturally nodded in agreement, saying that they would supervise Zhou Dalang's studies. They also said that not only Zhou Dalang was studying, but they had also hired someone to teach all the girls and boys in the mansion to read, so that they wouldn't be illiterate and have difficulty finding suitable partners, whether they were girls or boys.

Actually, Grandpa Zhou had taught the girls and boys in the family to read before, but the Zhou family didn't seem to have much talent for studying, and no one really liked learning, so although they knew a few characters, they didn't know many.

In order to integrate into the upper echelons of Beijing, one needs to study more. Otherwise, one will not understand what others are saying, embarrass oneself, and be laughed at. That won't do.

Old Master Zhou added, "If we could find a girl from the imperial family, that would be perfect. It seems that marrying you off to the Prince of Ying's mansion was the right decision. Look at you now, you have the power to investigate the situation in the capital, and you also have connections within the imperial family. That's really good."

This is what he is most satisfied with.

Because everyone in the Zhou family was unwilling after hearing Linlang's words, the marriage naturally fell through.

Later, when Auntie asked Linlang what the Zhou family thought, Linlang said that her family had heard that the girl had a bad temper and dared not marry her, fearing that she would be bullied.

This girl has a bad temper, which is well-known in the capital, so it's normal that the Zhou family found out about it and were unwilling to accept it.

However, the second aunt still didn't give up. Fearing that Linlang was fooling her, she personally went to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion to inquire.

Madam Zhou looked at her with a real temper, thinking how lucky Linlang was that she had noticed something was wrong, otherwise she would have been tricked by this woman. Now that she heard her bring up this matter, she naturally followed the agreement beforehand, saying that the girl had a bad temper and they dared not marry her, without mentioning that the girl was mentally ill. She questioned her about how she could push such a girl onto her family and trick them, because her own daughter had said that no one outside had mentioned the girl's suspected illness, they only said that the girl had a bad temper. So if the second aunt came back to ask about this matter in the future, just say this point and don't mention the illness, lest it get out and people say that their family was spreading rumors, and then they would be in trouble.

Anyway, just saying that he has a bad temper and he doesn't dare to marry her is enough to reject the second aunt's proposal.

The second aunt was annoyed to see that the Zhou family really didn't agree, and that Zhou Linlang wasn't just fooling her. After all, she had thought that she could arrange this marriage and benefit both sides, but even the Zhou family looked down on the girl. She couldn't help but curse the Zhou family in her heart for being so arrogant. They were just peasants, yet they dared to look down on a girl from the imperial family.

—The second aunt and others have always looked down on the Zhou family for their peasant origins. They probably forgot that she and the other family share a common ancestor for four generations and are not even beyond the fifth degree of kinship. If they say the other family is peasant origin, then what is she?

Besides, she was born out of wedlock, and her birth mother was just a maid in the household. How could she possibly look down on the Zhou family?

After getting rid of her second aunt's ill-intentioned arrangements, Linlang investigated the situation of the imperial daughters in the mansion to see if any of them were willing to marry Zhou Dalang. Zhou Dalang was a decent person and intelligent enough; at least he wasn't as foolish as Master Zhou, who was tricked into helping someone settle a lawsuit.

His greatest strength is his obedience. He knows his abilities are average, but he also knows that Linlang and Old Master Zhou are capable, so he follows their arrangements.

This is already considered a good advantage, because some people lack self-awareness, don't realize their own limitations, and refuse to listen to good advice from others, doing things their own way.

This is also why Linlang was willing to help Zhou Dalang find a wife.

She definitely wouldn't introduce someone like Zhou Erlang, as she wouldn't want to ruin the woman's life.

Soon, Linlang found a suitable candidate at the Prince of England's residence.

The daughter of the fourth wife of the British Royal Family.

The fourth branch of the Prince of Ying's family was also born out of wedlock, and like Li Yu's father, they held the title of General of the State.

Then, because his wife had only given birth to daughters, this scoundrel knew that his title would have to be downgraded and passed down for three generations. So he promoted his concubine, who had given birth to a son, to be his legal wife, and demoted his original wife to a concubine. He even said that he was a good person and didn't divorce her and marry someone else. After all, some families with titles would divorce their legal wives and marry someone else if their legal wives didn't give birth to a legitimate son, so that the title could be inherited smoothly.

It was only because Master Li's wife came from a merchant family and was not of high social standing that he was able to do such a thing. If his wife had come from a much more prominent family, he would not have dared to do it.

The reason he promoted his concubine to the rank of principal wife instead of divorcing his wife and marrying another was because he was afraid that his new wife would only give birth to daughters. So when he saw that one of his concubines had given birth to a son, he simply promoted her to the rank of principal wife, so that he would not have to worry about not having a legitimate son.

Because his wife was demoted to a concubine, the eldest daughter born to his former wife could only obtain the title of County Lady when she reached the age to be granted a noble title—originally, the legitimate daughter of the General of the State could obtain the title of County Lady.

Because the concubine was promoted to the position of principal wife, the three daughters of the original wife were naturally in an awkward and inconspicuous situation in the mansion. After all, their father only liked the son born to the concubine and did not like them or their mother at all. He felt that their mother had only given birth to daughters, which forced him to do this and damaged his reputation. After all, if their mother had given birth to sons, he would not have needed to do these things, and people would say that he was not decent.

Because they disliked their mother, they also disliked them, which made their lives in the mansion very difficult.

Therefore, Linlang thought that this girl might be willing to marry Zhou Dalang because she wanted to escape her family of origin as soon as possible.

When Linlang found the time, she asked the girl if she was willing, and the girl was indeed willing.