Jie teaches the Immortal Sweeping Heaven’s Cultivation of All Heavens

Chapter 1419 A man disguised as a woman 8
Qi Mingcheng expressed his feelings for Cheng Yixue to his parents and asked his mother to propose marriage to the Cheng family.

Madam Qi's face was extremely ugly: "The mistress of the Duke's mansion cannot be a concubine's daughter."

Qi Mingcheng: "But my father and mother promised me that as long as I pass the imperial examination, they will grant me one request. I don't want anything else, I just want Yixue to be my wife."

The Duke of Qi and his wife looked even more displeased.

The two of them felt utterly disgusted with Cheng Yixue, believing her to be a vixen.

The two parents firmly disagreed with proposing marriage to the Cheng family, and Qi Mingcheng, the obedient and well-behaved boy, unusually stood up and resisted his parents.

He began a hunger strike.

The Duke of Qi could remain cold-hearted and unperturbed, but Lady Qi was heartbroken.

Madam Qi: "I will go to the Cheng family to propose marriage tomorrow. You should eat first."

Qi Mingcheng's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Madam Qi: "Really."

Qi Mingcheng was overjoyed; he was indeed starving. He picked up a spoon and began to drink the porridge.

Naive children don't realize that there are many possibilities involved in marriage.

The next day, Madam Qi indeed went to the Cheng family and proposed to them that she marry Cheng Yixue.

However, she was not in the name of the principal wife, but as a concubine.

In fact, for Cheng Yixue, a concubine's daughter, to become a noble concubine in the Duke's mansion would not be a disgrace to her.

However, Cheng Huaiyu possessed the pride of a scholar and would not easily allow his daughter to become someone else's concubine.

Moreover, Cheng Yixue herself was unwilling to be a concubine.

Even if she's called a noble concubine, isn't she still a mistress?
Cheng Yixue's mother was a concubine, so when she was murdered, all she was done was have her body taken out of the coffin and buried.

The culprit, protected by men, escaped punishment entirely.

At that time, Cheng Yixue knew that the lives of concubines were worthless, and she would never become someone's concubine when she grew up.

She liked Qi Mingcheng, but this liking wouldn't make her compromise herself.

Cheng Yixue firmly refused Madam Qi's offer.

Madam Qi: "Have you thought this through? If you don't become a concubine, you won't be able to enter the Qi family."

Cheng Yixue said proudly, "If I don't want to go, then I won't go."

With a mother-in-law who looks down on her background, even if she marries into the Qi family, her life won't be easy.

Madam Qi left in a huff, feeling that Cheng Yixue was being incredibly shameless.

How dare a concubine's daughter aspire to the status of a duke's wife?
That's quite a big face.

Cheng Yixue returned to her courtyard, chased everyone out of the house, and burst into tears.

Her relationship with Qi Mingcheng was over!
Qi Mingcheng ran expectantly to Madam Qi: "Mother? How is he?"

Madam Qi said angrily, "Son, I'll find you a good girl from a noble family. Forget about Cheng Yixue, she doesn't know what's good for her."

Qi Mingcheng's eyes widened: "Mother? What happened?"

Upon hearing that his own mother had asked Cheng Yixue to become his concubine, and that he had refused, Qi Mingcheng immediately rushed out of the Qi State Duke's mansion and headed to the Cheng family.

He wanted to explain to Cheng Yixue that this was not his idea, and how could he possibly humiliate her by making her a concubine?
But Cheng Yixue refused to see him, even though Cheng Yifeng and Cheng Yiyun stood by his side and led him to the Cheng family home, to the outside of Cheng Yixue's large courtyard.

Cheng Yixue also did not show up.

Qi Mingcheng could only stand by the window and explain to the people inside.

Cheng Yixue actually knew that Madam Qi was just acting on her own initiative, and Qi Mingcheng had no intention of making her a concubine.

But could Qi Mingcheng go against his mother's wishes? Or even his father's?

Her status was indeed too low in the eyes of the Duke and Lady Qi. What they wanted was a daughter-in-law of equal social standing, not her, a concubine's daughter.

Cheng Yixue was actually quite self-aware and had once thought that she could not become Qi Mingcheng's wife.

But the romance between the young man and woman was so beautiful that she forgot about the difference in their social status. In the end, reality woke her up.

Cheng Yixue asked, "If you can only choose between me and your parents, which one would you choose?"

Qi Mingcheng didn't want to give up on either side: "Can't we choose both?"

Cheng Yixue was very disappointed: "Go away, and don't come looking for me again."

This indecisive, obedient child is not a good match for me.

After that, Qi Mingcheng came to see Cheng Yixue every day, but Cheng Yixue insisted on not seeing him.

Cheng Yixue was devastated. She came to the Cheng family again, only to learn that Cheng Yixue had left the family to go out and clear her head.

Neither Cheng Yifeng nor Cheng Yiyun knew where they had gone.

Qi Mingcheng returned to the Qi family dejectedly and began to indulge in drinking, trying to numb himself with alcohol.

Madam Qi couldn't bear to see her son like this, so she decided to quickly marry her daughter-in-law so that her son could shift his attention from Cheng Yixue to his daughter-in-law.

Madam Qi began selecting people.

She felt that her son was exceptionally talented, even marrying a princess.

However, becoming a prince consort would mean losing the right to participate in politics, so she directly excluded princesses from her daughter-in-law options.

He could marry a princess.

However, there are not many princesses of similar age to her son these days.

After getting to know them, Madam Qi discovered that each of the princesses had their own shortcomings and did not meet her standards for a daughter-in-law.

Some are arrogant and domineering; some are too plain-looking and not good enough for their sons; some are ignorant and incompetent...

One appears to be perfectly formed, but secretly harbors a habit of pricking maids with needles.

How could such a gloomy person be a duke's wife?

Madam Qi could only turn her attention to the daughters of other noble and high-ranking officials.

This gives you a much wider range of choices.

However, compared to the other girls, Madam Qi found that none of them were as capable as the three maids from the Cheng family.

To be honest, aside from not being a good match for her son in terms of social status, Cheng Yixue is indeed outstanding.

The Cheng family certainly knows how to raise their daughter.

Or, how about we betroth that eldest daughter of the Cheng family to our son as his wife?
As soon as the idea came to mind, Madam Qi dismissed it.

She knew all three of the Qi family's maids.

Cheng Yishuang is a straightforward and naive woman who is completely incapable of shouldering the responsibilities of the Duke's mansion.

A girl with this kind of personality is suitable for a simple family or a family where the husband is strong-willed.

Oh, right, there are two girls of school age in that primary school.

Born into a Duke's family, she is good-looking, and also quite talented and capable...

It's a pity that these two girls are not in the capital.

Madam Qi sighed and continued searching for a suitable daughter-in-law.

On the Third Prince's side, he was discussing with Liu Shicheng the matter of winning people over.

The Duke of Qi's mansion was their next target for recruitment.

The Third Prince said, "Your two nieces are classmates with Qi Mingcheng, right? You can start with them."

Liu Shicheng: "But I don't get along well with those two girls."

The Third Prince said, "But they are, after all, from the Cen State Duke's Mansion, and are members of your Liu family. They cannot be separated from your Liu family. Besides, they are just two maids, and they still have to rely on you, their uncle."

Liu Shicheng: "That's true..."

The Third Prince said, "You should first make contact with the Duke of Qi. You are both Father's 'confidants,' so he won't be too wary of you."