At the same time that Lu Qingrong went to the South Courtyard, the second lady of the Chengping Marquis Mansion came to the East Courtyard.

Originally, Geng came over early in the morning to hand over the account book to Yin Pingru, and the two were reconciling.

At first glance, when she heard that the second lady of the Chengping Marquis Mansion was coming, Yin Pingru was very surprised.

Before that, she and the second lady had only met once on the day of the Duanyang Festival, and they hadn't said a few words, why didn't they even say hello today?

Geng's hearing this was a little clear, after all, she had been staying in the capital, and she had heard a little about the deeds of this second lady.

"I'll go back first, and when you're done, send someone to call me." Geng stood up, "I hope there will be good news then!" ”

Geng's tone**.

Yin Pingru was confused.

Soon, the second lady was invited to the flower hall that she entered.

Yin Pingru hurriedly changed out of the home-style Hangzhou silk jacket on her body, put on a lake-green gourd pattern engraved silk gown, and an emerald blue eight-panel skirt, her hair didn't have time to be combed, but she was only slightly tidied up, and then came to the flower hall.

"I didn't know that the second lady was coming, and I missed the welcome." Yin Pingru said politely: "Fang Cai is taking care of family affairs, and he is late, so please don't be surprised by the second lady." ”

The second lady didn't care, but said a little strangely: "Oh? It seems that you have already received the middle feed from the house, I really have to congratulate you in advance! ”

The last time we met, I heard Geng's say that the Lu Mansion was presided over by her, but I didn't expect that it would change hands in just a few days.

The second lady's words made Yin Pingru sound very twisted, but it was not good not to respond, so she had to bite the bullet and said: "Let our younger brothers and sisters suffer for so many years, we really can't help it." ”

The second lady didn't say much when she heard this, but just looked at Yin Pingru with a vague smile.

Yin Pingru looked back calmly, and saw that the second lady was wearing a bright purple pink-edged soft silk armor, a peach-colored embroidered peony long skirt, her hair was combed in a high bun, and the southern pearl at the top of the golden hairpin between her hair was the size of a thumb, and the tassels made of golden willow leaves below swayed slightly, lining her face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, which made Yin Pingru feel that it was so incompatible.

In the end, it was the second lady who broke the silence.

"I also have nothing to do today to go to the Three Treasures Palace, I don't know what your fourth lady is, have you ever been married?"

The second lady smiled on her face and expressed her intentions.

When Yin Pingru heard this, she chuckled in her heart.

Her intuition told her that the second lady in front of her was unlikely to propose a candidate to her satisfaction.

But just when she was hesitating, the second lady on the other side continued: "Look at your expression, it's just not yet!" ”

This is indeed the truth, Yin Pingru was just silent and did not deny it.

"I was entrusted by Mrs. Jingyuan Marquis today to tell their family and the fourth lady of the mansion!"

After speaking, the second lady folded her hands, and she was originally sitting on the carved mahogany circle chair, but at the moment she straightened her waist, as if she was waiting to see Yin Pingru's flattered expression after hearing it.

Yin Pingru's face was indeed slightly stunned when she heard this, and her heart was churning like a stormy wave, but it was far from the feeling of "flattered".

Her instinctive reaction was to say no right away.

He is still young, his body is weak, and he is a fortune teller, etc., and the reason is that he came out of his mouth. And since you want to refuse, it's better to say it right now than to delay it later.

But after all, this matter involved the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion, Yin Pingru really didn't dare to be arbitrary, and after a thousand turns in his heart, he still decided to wait for Lu Yiduo to come back and discuss with him before replying.

"That's right, Qingrong is still young now, and our master and I have never mentioned this, so we must always ask him what he means." Yin Pingru said slowly: "I'm afraid that if he has any verbal agreement with someone else......

She wanted to leave as much room for manoeuvre as she could.

The second lady didn't think so, just thought she was pretending.

It has always been a matter of marriage, and it is common for the woman to be extra reserved.

She couldn't think of any reason for people to resist the temptation to marry into the Hou Mansion.

Moreover, the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion is not an ordinary noble family.

At that time, the old marquis repeatedly built immortal achievements, so that the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion has stood tall among the nobles in the capital for many years. Although it is not as good as in the past, it is still the first among the marquises, and even the Yanguo Mansion has to give them three points of courtesy.

Although the prince of the Marquis of Jingyuan is a little stubborn now, after all, he is going to be the lord in the future, and whoever marries in the past will be the future Mrs. Marquis of Jingyuan!

What's more, the fourth young lady of the Lu family is not quite the same as others......

Lu Yiduo's family has not been in the capital for many years, so many people don't know the details of this Miss Lu Si, but the second lady's heart is like a mirror.

What puzzled her was that Mrs. Wu knew that Lu Qingrong was not Lu Yiduo's own child, but the oil bottle that Yin Pingru brought when she married into the Lu family, why did she give up other noble girls and ask to marry?

At this time, she obviously didn't care about these things, and it was important to finalize the matter first.

"It is said that if you raise your head to marry your daughter, you will bow your head to marry your daughter-in-law, even if you are in the Hou Mansion. How can anyone come to the door once and say it? The second lady kept smiling on her face, "You can discuss with Lord Lu, I'll come back in two days!" ”

Yin Pingru's face turned blue and white for a while when she said this, so she was not embarrassed, but she also forced herself to settle down.

"Then there is Second Mrs. Lao, I hope you don't be surprised." Yin Pingru paused slightly, "It's good if this thing can be done, but if it doesn't work out, don't alienate the contacts." ”

It was just a kind word, but the second lady admitted it: "Did you say this to me, or to Mrs. Jingyuan?" ”

"Both, naturally all."

Yin Pingru had thoroughly understood the second lady's way of speaking, and began to smile and no longer took the initiative to speak.

And the second lady also felt that she was not as good as Geng's conversation with Yin Pingru, and when she saw that everything that should be said was finished, she got up and left.

Sending the second lady to the door of the flower hall and looking at her departing back, Yin Pingru began to fall into deep thought......

At this time, Lu Qingrong, who was walking on the way back to Wisteria Pavilion, was even more uneasy in his heart.

Coming out of the South Courtyard just now, she thought that since Lu Qianyu didn't call her in the morning, she ran to find Jiang Yunpei alone, probably because she had something to think about again, and she didn't want to disturb her, so she didn't go back to Wisteria Pavilion directly, but went to the main house first.

Hearing that Yin Pingru had a guest, Lu Qingrong, who had already planned to leave, heard his name when passing by the flower hall......

She had never thought about getting married.

Not to mention that she is just over eleven years old now, she is still a little girl, even if she lived for more than 20 years in her previous life, she has not yet had the experience of talking about marriage.

Now it's still the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion who comes to propose marriage!

It's true that Jiang Xuan has reached the age of marriage, but there is no need to find someone as young as her, right? Besides, she thought that she really didn't leave a good impression on Mrs. Wu that day, why did it take her turn to propose marriage?

Lu Qingrong was puzzled.

And she doesn't want to marry so early, it's not that she has any prejudices against Jiang Xuan, but Yin Pingru's living example is in front of her, which makes her feel inexplicably resistant to getting married.

In this era of blind marriage and dumb marriage, who knows whether the person waiting for her is the same as Lu Yiduo or like He Kai?

Lu Qingrong has all these worries, and Yin Pingru also has them, and I'm afraid it will be even worse.

Throughout the day, Yin Pingru was a little distracted, and she no longer went to Geng's family to reconcile, until Lu Yiduo came back from the yamen in the evening, and she didn't care about eating, so she first talked about someone coming to the door to propose marriage today.

"The second lady of the Chengping Marquis Mansion came to propose marriage for the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion, saying that she had taken a fancy to our family's Qingrong, and I said that you would reply after discussing it......

"For whom? The second master of the Hou Mansion? Lu Yiduo looked dazed, "Isn't the prince still married, why do you all talk about the second master's family?" ”

"It's not the second master, it's for the prince Jiang Xuan to propose marriage." Yin Pingru sighed, if the second master was fine, she said secretly in her heart.

Yin Pingru didn't express her thoughts, she wanted to hear what Lu Yiduo thought first.

Lu Yiduo understood this, his face was stunned, and he just said first: "You didn't answer her right away, that's right." ”

Then he was silent and thought for a long time.

After about half a pillar of incense, Lu Yiduo said slowly: "Regarding the affairs of the Marquis of Jingyuan's mansion, I have more contact than you, I think this time it is better to listen to me." ”

When Yin Pingru heard this, she felt a little uneasy in her heart.

didn't think about it, Lu Yiduo followed up and said: "This thing, it can't be done." ”

Seeing Yin Pingru's surprised look, Lu Yiduo thought she was a little disappointed.

"You can't just look at the glamorous appearance of the Marquis of Jingyuan's mansion, and the fact that you can be Mrs. Hou after marrying the prince or something, these are all arguments that outsiders take for granted." Lu Yiduo thinks it's better to explain it to her once, "Let's not say that this Hou Mansion is not so easy to do, just say that it is still unknown whether it can wait until this day." The prince is not Mrs. Wu's biological son, and the Hou Mansion has all been under the control of Mrs. Wu over the years, so it is really difficult to say what will happen in the future. What's more, I also heard that since the prince fell into the water on the day of the Duanyang Festival, his body seems to have been suffering from very strict symptoms...... In any case, you can't marry Qingrong at such a time! ”

Yin Pingru couldn't tell what she felt in her heart when she heard this, but she felt that her eyes seemed to become a little blurry.

"Listen to the master." She could hear the trembling of this voice herself, and quickly calmed down, and asked, "The prince is so sick?" ”

"Actually, it's not a secondary thing, it's better anyway." Lu Yiduo hesitated for a moment, but continued, "It's just that the reputation of the prince among the nobles in the capital has never been very good...... Whether those rumors are true or not, he must have had some problems with himself. ”

Yin Pingru nodded again and again: "I'm not worried about this either, have you heard those rumors?" ”

She hadn't talked to Lu Yiduo about this before.

"I heard it mentioned in the yamen that the grandson of Master Shangshukong of our military department was beaten by him, and he lay in bed for three months before he recovered. It is said that at that time, Master Kong sued the emperor and finally failed......"

If you marry Qingrong to this kind of person...... Yin Pingru broke out in a cold sweat when she thought about it.

The worries in her heart are far more than this, but it is not good to say it in front of Lu Yiduo.

Jiang Xuan is already sixteen years old this year, if he really marries him, I am afraid that it will not be long before he will have to marry Lu Qingrong, but his daughter is still so young...... RS