Rebirth of the poisonous concubine

Chapter 84 Forced Marriage
Chapter 84 Forced Marriage
Lin Mingyu turned her head and saw Zhao Menglan glaring at her viciously, her eyes seemed to kill her.Lin Mingyu's heart skipped a beat, she didn't know how she offended the mistress of the Ye family.

Zhao Menglan and Ye Wanrou came out together, Zhao Menglan looked at their family with particularly resentful eyes.The two sides had a face-to-face meeting, and this time they passed by without even saying a word of greeting.

Lin Mingyu looked at the back of them leaving, not knowing why, "Muxi, what did I say to make sister-in-law unhappy?"

"Ma'am, the eldest lady saw that our lady is fine, but Miss Ye Wanrou was burned and disfigured, she felt unbalanced." Wan Qiu said.

Ye Muxi bent her lips, "Mother, don't worry. Let's go, let's go back."

"Sister." Ye Hong took Ye Muxi's hand and held it tightly.

Ye Muxi took him with one hand and Lin Mingyu with the other, and returned to Xiaoxiang Garden.

The news of Ye Wanrou's disfigurement spread throughout Jiangzhou in an instant. Everyone knew that the number one beauty in Jiangzhou was disfigured.

The next day, the major families in Jiangzhou sent people to visit. On the surface, they were all concerned and sad, but behind the scenes, many people were secretly happy.

Without the number one beauty in Jiangzhou, they would lose a strong competitor.

Shen Yunpei was sent back to the Shen family.

On the same day, the Shen family sent people to the old matriarch's gate to beg not to report to the officials, not to divorce his wife, including the old matriarch's own sister, which made the old matriarch extremely embarrassed.

The Shen family also gave Ye Wanrou a large amount of compensation, but the big house didn't make a statement, but the matter was temporarily deadlocked.

Whether it's reporting to the government or divorcing his wife, the Shen family can't afford to lose face, and the marriage between Shen Yunpei and Ye Linghai is a high priority of the Shen family, so naturally they must spare no effort to maintain it.

But these have nothing to do with Ye Muxi, Ye Muxi does not intend to get involved in the wrestling between the first room and the second room, just thinking of finding an opportunity to go out and do something with 1000 taels of silver, but something happened to the Ye family.

On the second day after Ye Wanrou was disfigured, Cheng Yuanjie, the son of the wealthy Cheng family in Jiangzhou, came to the door in person to propose marriage to Ye Muxi.

This piece of news stirred up thousands of waves, and the degree of shock was almost comparable to Ye Wanrou's disfigurement.

Because of Ye Wanrou's disfigurement, many good people are already choosing Jiangzhou's No. [-] beauty, and Ye Muxi, who won three Chaohuangya Bamboo plaques in the Jiangzhou Poetry Association, is undoubtedly the most popular candidate.

Originally, before Ye Wanrou was disfigured, others already thought that Ye Muxi was far superior to her.

The former No. [-] beauty was disfigured, and the new No. [-] beauty is about to marry?

Now the girls in Jiangnan are about to wake up laughing from their dreams, and there is one less opponent.

"Miss, something is wrong! Mr. Cheng is forcing you. Although the old lady does not agree with this marriage, she dare not offend him." Wan Qiu hurried in and said, "He is The younger brother of the crown prince's side concubine, this time let the crown prince's side concubine act as a matchmaker, the Ye family can't afford to reject the nobles of the royal family."

Ye Muxi was taken aback, "Cheng Yuanjie? The crown prince's concubine as a matchmaker?"

There was no such thing in her previous life, so she wasn't mentally prepared for it at all.

"Yeah, the old lady is not willing to hear the news from the servant girl's inquiry, but the Cheng family is powerful and the Ye family cannot afford to offend." Wan Qiu said worriedly, "Miss, what should I do now?"

Ye Muxi and Cheng Yuanjie only met once at the Jiangzhou Poetry Fair, so he didn't expect him to come to propose marriage.

"As long as grandma doesn't agree, there is still room for maneuver." Ye Muxi said calmly, "Don't worry, grandma won't agree so easily. Wait for the news first."

Ye Muxi knows the old matriarch's thoughts best. The old matriarch especially hopes that Ye's family will produce a lady from Chaohuang Academy, who can enter the capital and become a nobleman in the capital.

The Cheng family is rich and noble, but the old lady has high expectations for Ye Muxi, hoping that Ye Muxi can fly on a branch and become a phoenix, and she doesn't like a mere dude.

However, Cheng Yuanjie's elder sister was the prince's side concubine and personally acted as a matchmaker, which put endless pressure on the Ye family.

At this moment, Aunt Kui came, "Miss Si, the old lady invites you to meet the guests in the Ming Hall."

Although Cheng Yuanjie came to propose marriage to her, no matter whether the old matriarch agreed or refused, logically speaking, he didn't need to come forward.Marriage matters, parents' order and matchmaker's words, the old lady will not ask her opinion.

Apparently, something happened in the front hall.

Ye Muxi followed Aunt Kui to the Ming Auditorium, and saw the old matriarch sitting in the main seat, and the first on the left was a graceful woman, her clothes and jewelry were not ordinary, she was from a wealthy family at first glance, but her appearance was different. Like people to deal with.

Next to her was Cheng Yuanjie who had met once.

"You are Ye Muxi?" Mrs. Cheng looked at Ye Muxi with critical and mean eyes.

Cheng Yuanjie's eyes lit up when he saw Ye Muxi walking in, and he said with a smile, "Mother, she is Ye Muxi. How about it, your son has a good vision, right?"

"Being the daughter-in-law of our Cheng family is so-so." Mrs. Cheng said calmly, and turned to look at the old matriarch, "Old matriarch, although I have high vision and I am not satisfied, but since my son likes me Yes, then I agree to this marriage. This is the marriage contract, please sign it. "

The betrothal gift for the engagement has been brought over this time, and the marriage contract is legally binding. As long as you sign this paper marriage contract, although you are not married yet, Ye Muxi is already the daughter-in-law of the Cheng family.

After Ye Muxi entered the door and saluted the old matriarch, she stood aside calmly. Even though she heard Mrs. Cheng being so rude, she didn't take the initiative to speak, and kept going forward and back.

The old matriarch said politely, "Mrs. Cheng, you misunderstood. You want to see Mu Xi. I should let her, a junior, visit you. However, I did not agree to this marriage."

"What? The old lady looks down on our Cheng family and thinks my son is not good enough for your granddaughter?" Mrs. Cheng's face darkened and she said displeased.

She is just such an only child, and she plans to find a good marriage in the capital, so she doesn't like the Ye family in Jiangzhou at all.Ye Muxi's father "died early", and his mother was a descendant of a criminal minister. Such a lady is really poor.

If Cheng Yuanjie hadn't been shocked by Ye Muxi, he would have written letters to the capital since the Jiangzhou Poetry Conference, and persuaded his own sister, who is also the concubine of the prince, to be a matchmaker, and the old lady Cheng doted on him. Mrs. Cheng's vision is not to look down on Ye Muxi no matter what.

Now that I came to propose marriage with Cheng Yuanjie, I was not satisfied at first, but I didn't expect Ye Fu to be unwilling.

"Mrs. Cheng should know that Mu Xi has already obtained three high-ranking ivory and bamboo plaques. She is the first lady in the south of the Yangtze River to be appreciated by the Jing'an prince. She is very likely to enter Chaohuang Academy. The standard for participating in the assessment of Chaohuang Academy is unmarried Once she gets married, she will not be able to participate in the assessment. If we can marry the Cheng family, our Yefu will feel very honored. However, Madam should also be able to understand that there is no lady in the world who does not want to take the exam of Chaohuang Academy. Please also Mrs. Cheng forgives." The old lady said with an apologetic expression as she weighed her words.

Mrs. Cheng sneered, "What does the old lady mean, that she doesn't want to marry our Cheng family?"

"Of course not. Apart from Mu Xi, there are other daughters in the Ye family. If Mrs. Cheng intends to marry the Ye family, why don't you consider it?" The old lady said tactfully.

Although the old lady was dissatisfied with Mrs. Cheng's attitude in her heart, she cared about Cheng's family's face on the surface.It shows that it is an honor for the Ye family to be married to the Cheng family, but Ye Muxi is going to take part in the examination of Chaohuang Academy and cannot give up this opportunity.

Everyone knows that Chaohuang Academy is to ladies what imperial examinations are to scholars.It is vicious for you to prevent a person who is very likely to be the number one scholar from taking the imperial examination and cut off his future.

Ordinary people would not be entangled anymore, otherwise it would not be marriage, but enmity.

But Mrs. Cheng sneered, "Other daughters? You just use those rags to fool me? Old Majesty, you have to think carefully. This marriage is my daughter, the crown prince, and the side concubine. How dare you refuse the nobleman?" ?audacious in the extreme."

Mrs. Cheng's words were particularly unpleasant, and the old matriarch had seen the world, and she was angry in her heart and kept her face calm, "It is really an honor for Mu Xi to be a matchmaker. However, the words of the side concubine are not imperial decrees after all. Our Ye family Refusal is not disrespectful, Madam Cheng?"

"You!" Mrs. Cheng's face darkened, and she sneered, "I didn't expect your Ye family to be so ungrateful. If Yuan Jie hadn't taken a fancy to her, our Cheng family wouldn't accept such a woman."

The old lady said lightly, "Since Mrs. Cheng is not satisfied, then don't be in a dilemma."

"Mother, what are you talking about?" Cheng Yuanjie glared at Mrs. Cheng, then smiled at Ye Muxi shyly, "Miss Ye Si, I really like you. Don't listen to my mother." Nonsense, as long as you marry into our Cheng family, I promise not to bully you. I will treat you well, so you will marry me?"

Mrs. Cheng couldn't help having a headache when she heard this, why did she have such a sinful obstacle.However, his heart sank. The Ye family's resolute refusal seemed to have great expectations for Ye Muxi to enter Chaohuang Academy.

The assessment of Chaohuang Academy is very difficult. There are 36 prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, and each prefecture has hundreds of counties under its jurisdiction. There are tens of thousands of ladies who are eligible to participate in the assessment, but each time only a hundred people are selected, which can be said to be one out of ten thousand.

And even if you enter Chaohuang Academy, you have to rank and grade, and only the top ten have a future.Mrs. Ye is protecting Ye Muxi so much, is she betting that she can become the top ten?
That was a big gamble.Ye Muxi is quite famous in Jiangzhou, but there are 36 states in Jiangnan, so if he dares to make such a bet, it seems that Ye Muxi really has some confidence.

It's really time to finalize this marriage, and it's my eldest daughter who thinks thoughtfully.

The reason why the crown prince's side concubine acted as a matchmaker in person was not only because Cheng Yuanjie fell in love with Ye Muxi, but also because the Cheng family had a daughter who was waiting for her daughter to participate in the assessment this year.By sweeping away Ye Muxi, who had already obtained three ivory carving bamboo medals, he solved an opponent for Miss Cheng's family ahead of time.

There is a fixed number of places for the draft in Chaohuang Academy, one less person, one more position.

Kill two birds with one stone.

(End of this chapter)