I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 154 Proposal
In this case, let the Xie family find another "high-class" marriage!

At the Xie family, Zhuang Wenxiu was worried about Xie Jing's marriage.

There is no doubt that Xie Jing is beautiful. After just a few appearances at major banquets around the year-end, her fame spread.

If we say that in the past, her fame was only spread by people who knew her well, many people would not believe it.

But now, the title of "the most beautiful woman in Beijing" has been truly recognized.

As a result, there was an endless stream of people coming to propose marriage.

Among them, there were none of the ones that Zhuang Wenxiu liked.

She asked people to inquire around and compared them in terms of age, appearance, family background, character, talent and other aspects. The one she liked the most was the fourth son of the Qishan Wang family.

This fourth young man is suave, handsome, and has passed the imperial examination at a young age. In time, he will surely become a pillar of the country.

He is also a good person and has never been heard to have done anything wrong, unlike his elder brother, the Second Young Master, who has a bad reputation.

But unfortunately, the Fourth Young Master never sent anyone to propose marriage, otherwise Zhuang Wenxiu would have been able to prepare the dowry immediately.

She was feeling sad when Xie Yang came back from outside angrily.

Seeing his mother looking for his sister again, Xie Yang was furious.

"Mother, you are too partial! You have always only thought about my sister and never thought about me!" Xie Yang felt more and more aggrieved and kicked the stool over.

Zhuang Wenxiu said angrily: "With your temper, even if you really get married in the future, you will suffer when you go to your husband's house!"

Xie Yang was angry but dared not say anything, he sat down angrily.

Zhuang Wenxiu softened her tone again and asked, "You went to the polo club today. Did you find a chance to spend time with the young master of the Zhao family?"

Speaking of this, Xie Yang became even angrier.

"Brother Minghuai treats me like a child and hardly talks to me at all!"

Watching Zhao Minghuai talking and laughing with another woman, Xie Yang was so angry that his lungs almost exploded.

Zhuang Wenxiu felt that Zhao Minghuai and the Ningguo Mansion were probably not interested in Xie Yang.

Otherwise it wouldn't be the case that they are so close and yet others are still indifferent.

Zhuang Wenxiu was thinking that she should prepare herself mentally early and find a new marriage for Xie Yang.

She was lost in thought when Xie Yang asked again, "Didn't the Qishan Palace come to ask for marriage from my sister?"

Zhuang Wenxiu came back to her senses and said with a worried look on her face, "The Fourth Young Master has not met your sister yet, so he doesn't know how pretty she is."

The girl was also disobedient. After the New Year, she refused to stay in the capital city and even ran away in a carriage before dawn one morning.

She wrote back to inquire about it, and the other person said that he was now concentrating on worshipping Buddha in the mountains and asked her not to disturb him.

Although she was furious, there was nothing she could do.

"She shouldn't have been raised by her grandmother and aunt. Now she has developed such a cold and noble personality!"

Do you really think that you can live in peace with the world by marrying a country bumpkin?
Little do people know that one must first be well fed and warmly clothed before one has the mood to talk about love and romance!

Zhuang Wenxiu was troubled by the marriage of her two daughters. Even Xie Yang didn't dare to lose his temper anymore, for fear of being scolded by her.

Outside, Mother Cao walked in quickly and whispered, "Madam, the housekeeper from the Qishan Palace is here."

Zhuang Wenxiu was immediately startled, "Qishan Palace?"

The room suddenly became silent.

After a long while, Xie Yang finally calmed down and asked Mother Cao, "Are you here to propose marriage to my sister?"

Mother Cao said, "It's hard to say, but judging from her posture, it's probably true."

Zhuang Wenxiu pressed her chest, almost crying with joy. Xie Yang pursed his lips, feeling mixed emotions.

If her sister married well, she would be unhappy, and if she married poorly, she would feel ashamed.

If she really married into the prince's palace, she would be superior to the duke's family.

She couldn't help but say sourly: "Why is mother so excited? There are many young men of marriageable age in the Qishan Palace. The one from the main branch of the side branch may not necessarily be the fourth young master, right?"

"What do you know?" Zhuang Wenxiu quickly fixed her hair and clothes, and said with great joy, "Your sister is well-known. If it weren't for the Fourth Young Master, who would be qualified to marry her?"

Xie Yang snorted coldly and followed him to see.

In the hall, the housekeeper said that she just wanted to meet the fifth young lady of the Xie family.

She didn't say why she came, she just wanted to see someone.

Zhuang Wenxiu felt a little uncomfortable, but thinking that the Fourth Young Master was a good destination, she had to endure it.

She said, "My fifth daughter is not in the capital right now. I wonder what the palace wants to see her about? If it is urgent, I will write a letter immediately and send it as fast as I can to ask her to come back to the capital."

The housekeeper said unhappily, "If the palace wants to see someone, just let him see it. Why do you need so many excuses?"

Xie Yang was dissatisfied and shouted: "Mother, our Xie family is in front of the palace, although we can't reach it. But the women in the family don't have to meet them just because they want to. We can't run around for a while because of your words, right?"

Zhuang Wenxiu quickly pulled Xie Yang, but Xie Yang refused to accept it and looked up at the housekeeper.

The housekeeper sneered, "Is this the Seventh Miss of the Xie Family? It's just like what people say outside, she is unruly and unreasonable with a hot temper."

Zhuang Wenxiu said, "How can you say that? The girls in my family are all very docile. But I still have to ask mom, what do you want from my fifth girl?"

If she wanted to propose marriage, she had never seen anyone so tough and arrogant, so she couldn't help but be a little wary.

The housekeeper then said, "I heard that Miss Xie is very beautiful and well-educated, so our princess sent me to take a look at her."

Is it really a marriage proposal?

Before Zhuang Wenxiu could get excited, she heard the housekeeper say, "Our second young master has lost his beloved wife, and his children need a mother. If the fifth young lady of the Xie family is really as beautiful as a fairy and dignified as the rumors say, she is qualified to be one of the candidates for the second young master's wife."

In the hall, everyone except the housekeeper's face changed.

Filling the house?

Still on standby?

A playboy, who has many concubines and many children, does he really think he is so popular that everyone would be vying to marry him?

Zhuang Wenxiu almost fainted. If Mother Cao had not secretly comforted her and asked her to be patient, she would have kicked everyone out of the Qishan Palace immediately.

After everyone left, Zhuang Wenxiu kept cursing.

"Although my Xie family is not a very noble family, our family is clean and honest. My husband and son both hold official positions! There is absolutely no reason for my daughter to be someone's concubine!"

Xie Yang's lively eyes rolled around in her sockets, but she felt that it was not a bad idea for Xie Jing to get married.

"Mother, this is the royal palace."

Zhuang Wenxiu scolded, "What's wrong with the palace? His second son has no chance of inheriting the title, and he got a small official position by relying on his ancestors' influence. He's not even as good as your father!"

What's more, this person has bad character.

The news spread throughout the capital that the second son of the Qishan Wang family was eager to marry his beautiful concubine, who had once been a court prostitute, before his wife's body was cold.

If it weren't for the pressure from King Qishan, the entire palace would have become a laughing stock.

No girl from any official's family would marry into this kind of man's family as a concubine.

(End of this chapter)