Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Although Chu Yue was not among Linlang's targets for marriage, it was because she was self-aware enough to think that the other party would not propose to her, so she did not want to continue the relationship.

But if Chu Yue is willing to be with her, she naturally has no objection. Firstly, he is better than the heir of the Duke of Chengen, meeting the original owner's requirements; secondly, Chu Yue is good-looking and pleasing to her eye, so she naturally wouldn't refuse.

Upon hearing Chu Yue's words, Linlang immediately said, "Let's go to Tianyi Tower to see the variety show."

Tianyi Tower was a top-class restaurant in the capital. It not only had storytellers but also various performances. In ancient times, there were no cell phones, so people could only eat and drink while watching the performances, which was just like watching TV.

Fortunately, the food in this world is similar to that of modern times; otherwise, if we couldn't even eat well, we really wouldn't be able to stand it.

Chu Yue naturally had no objection to Linlang's suggestion.

Seeing that the person he liked was with him, Chu Yue was in high spirits. He immediately said to Linlang, "When we get back, I will have my mother go to your maternal grandmother to propose marriage. As for your aunt's obstruction of your marriage to me, I will handle it. You don't need to worry about it."

Chu Yue glanced at Linlang and saw that she nodded, not saying she didn't want to marry him. He felt even better, thinking that he had expected this. Linlang was clearly having a lot of fun with him. How could she not want to marry him? It was all that old hag, Madam Cheng'en, who had interfered and caused him and Linlang to be separated for so long.

Thinking of this, Chu Yue became even more dissatisfied with the Lady of Chengen.

So after parting ways with Linlang and returning home, Chu Yue immediately rushed to his mother's place and asked her to go to the Chengen Duke's Mansion to propose marriage to Linlang.

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince's wife was speechless and said, "I remember I had already proposed marriage to her, but she was unwilling."

She thought her silly son had let it go, so why is he bringing it up again after all this time?
Upon hearing what the Crown Prince's wife said, Chu Yue said with great enthusiasm, "Who said that? She is willing. Last time she proposed marriage, it wasn't her who refused; it was her aunt who interfered."

Then, he mentioned that Linlang's maternal aunt, the Lady of Chengen, had interfered and taken matters into her own hands, returning Linlang's marriage proposal and even taking away her letter, preventing anyone from delivering it to Linlang.

Upon hearing what the Lady of Cheng'en had done, the Crown Prince's wife raised her eyebrows and exclaimed, "What a wicked old woman! How could she treat my son like this!"

She was already plotting how to get revenge for her son, and then said to Chu Yue, "Since Miss Shen is willing, then fine, I will send a matchmaker to the Chengen Duke's Mansion to talk to the old Duchess about this matter."

Chu Yue was overjoyed to see that the Crown Prince's wife had agreed.

Now that the matter has been exposed, the Crown Princess of Zhou can send someone to talk to the old Duchess about it, and the matter will naturally be successful.

Of course, the matchmaker also mentioned that she had previously proposed marriage, but the Duchess of Cheng'en had taken it upon herself to reject the proposal on behalf of Linlang, which shocked the old Duchess once again.

Last time, the Duchess of Cheng'en falsely accused Linlang of sleeping with someone else and tried to ruin her. The old Duchess was already surprised by the Duchess of Cheng'en's vicious treatment of Linlang, but she was even more surprised—seeing that Linlang had a good marriage, she actually interfered and prevented Linlang from marrying into a good family. The old Duchess's face darkened immediately.

Originally, she felt that the man was too young and unpredictable, and wondered if marrying her granddaughter to him was the right decision. But now that the Chengen Duke's Mansion had become a den of dragons and tigers, it was better to marry her granddaughter off as soon as possible. After all, even if things were bad, could they be worse than her granddaughter staying in the Chengen Duke's Mansion?
She's getting old and her energy is waning; she can no longer protect her. Otherwise, this kind of thing, which harmed her granddaughter, wouldn't have happened right under her nose. Since that's the case, she might as well take a gamble and marry Linlang off first.

So the old Duchess asked Linlang, and after Linlang had no objection to the marriage, she agreed.

As for what Lady Chengen did to Linlang, she will tell her son later and let him talk to his wife. That's all she can do. After all, she's old now, and her words are less effective than her son's. So it's better to let her son scold his wife instead of her personally scolding her. If she does scold her, the other party will probably just pick her ears and pretend she didn't hear it.

With the Duke of Cheng'en's family agreeing to the marriage, the formalities naturally began.

But that will take time; we have to take it slowly.

However, since Linlang had already been betrothed to the Prince of Zhou, the Duchess of Chengen dared not do anything to Linlang. This was because the Prince's Crown Princess and Chu Yue knew that the Duchess of Chengen wanted to harm Linlang and were afraid that something would happen to Linlang. So they had already said that if anything happened to Linlang, the Duchess of Chengen would be held responsible.

Of course, the main reason was that her shameful deeds were exposed, she was scolded by her husband, and the old Duchess of the State kept a close eye on her to prevent her from harming Linlang again, so it was difficult for her to harm Linlang.

In addition, rumors spread throughout the capital that she had interfered and didn't want her niece to marry into a good family, and her reputation began to suffer.

If it weren't for the fact that she falsely accused Linlang of sleeping with someone, which would have damaged Linlang's reputation if the story got out, Linlang would have exposed it too, and the reputation of the Duchess of Chengen would have been even worse.

Although Linlang did not spread the rumor in the capital, she told Chu Yue that she had known all along that her aunt was malicious and wanted to harm her, but she did not expect that her aunt would also harm her in the matter of marriage.

Chu Yue was furious when he heard Linlang say that the wife of the Duke of Chengen and her son had falsely accused her of sleeping with someone else.

He couldn't handle the Lady of Cheng'en, but surely he could handle the Heir Apparent of Cheng'en? So he immediately sent his guards to secretly put a sack over the Heir Apparent's head and give him a severe beating.

Then he told his mother about it, to see if she had any ideas on how to teach the Duchess of Chengen a lesson.

When the Crown Prince's Consort heard that the Duchess of Chengen and her son had slandered Linlang in this way, she immediately investigated to see if it was true or if Linlang was lying. Perhaps she had actually slept with him and was afraid that her son would find out about it and treat her badly, so she deliberately said that the Duchess of Chengen was slandering her. As a result, after investigating—especially after questioning the insider Madam Song, she found that it was indeed the Duchess of Chengen and her son who were slandering her. Many people in the Chengen Duke's mansion knew about it, but the Duchess of Chengen had given them a gag order and forbade them to talk about it.

Seeing the viciousness of Lady Cheng'en and her son, the Crown Prince's Consort was worried about Linlang's safety. That's why she warned that if anything happened to Linlang, Lady Cheng'en would be held responsible. She was afraid that if Linlang found a good marriage, Lady Cheng'en might become desperate and kill her outright, which would be troublesome. So, she gave this warning beforehand, indicating that they would stand up for Linlang if anything happened to her, hoping it would serve as a warning to Lady Cheng'en. (End of Chapter)