1065: Chapter 1067: Mo Ziqi’s Marriage Proposal (7) 1065: Chapter 1067: Mo Ziqi’s Marriage Proposal (7) Lady Du paused for a while before saying, “Fei’er, even if it’s the third day of March, you’re only twelve years old!”
Fei’er continued to embroider with a blushed face, neither arguing nor speaking.
Lady Du sat for a while, sighed, and said, “Well, well, well, since you’ve already made up your mind, Mother won’t be the villain caught in the middle anymore.
Fortunately, Duke Li Guo’s Mansion is a very good family.
Since he wants to marry you and you want to marry him, I’ll set the date for you!”
Saying this, she helped Dou Momo to her feet and went out…
At this mont, Cai Wei was accompanying another group of female guests.
The joy of Fei’er’s betrothal naturally wouldn’t include only prestigious guests; people like Sixth Aunt Mu, Eldest Lady Mo, and several shop managers’ wives were also among those invited.
These won were not from the sa world as the ladies from Duke Li Guo’s Mansion and the Mansion of Marquis Jian’an; naturally, they couldn’t sit together, so Cai Wei and her mother had agreed upon separate arrangents to entertain them.
At alti, Cai Wei deliberately sat next to Eldest Lady Mo, eager to gossip about Manager Ma’s affairs.
She originally wanted the wife of Feng, the shopkeeper of Zhenbao Pavilion, to sit on her other side, but Sixth Aunt Mu took the seat first.
It was just one seat, and Cai Wei didn’t mind; however, during the al, she noticed that Sixth Aunt Mu always seed to be preoccupied and hesitant to speak.
Her body inherited the real Cai Wei’s mories.
In those mories, Sixth Aunt Mu was straightforward and optimistic, never hesitating like this.
Cai Wei felt puzzled and, taking advantage of the mont to go back to her room to change her clothes, she gave her a aningful look.
Sixth Aunt Mu hurriedly followed her to the courtyard where Cai Wei lived.
Just as her daughter Cai Lian had said, the Mu Family, nowadays, was indeed extrely wealthy.
Cai Wei alone lived in a separate large courtyard, which was fenced with bamboo and covered in many unrecognizable vines, lush and vibrant with blooming flowers, extrely beautiful.
The courtyard was paved with cobblestones, and in front of the room was a pond about seven or eight feet wide with stone-lined edges, its clear waters hosting many brilliant red koi, lazily swimming to and fro.
Above the pond, two white stones were laid horizontally to cross over, leading to the front of Cai Wei’s house.
Cai Wei walked ahead.
An old maid waiting outside lifted the light green floral curtain for them, and they both entered.
Upon entering the room, Sixth Aunt Mu’s eyes widened, and she couldn’t help but click her tongue.
Cai Wei’s boudoir looked like the residence of immortals.
All four walls were exquisitely transparent; zither, sword, bottle, and furnace were all mounted, adorned with brocade and bejeweled in gold.
Even the tiles underfoot were green and ornately carved, dazzing her vision.
Cai Wei sat in an armchair and laughed, “Aunt has seed troubled for a while now; is there sothing you wish to tell your niece?”
Sixth Aunt Mu’s face turned red with embarrassnt, and she lowered her head shyly muttering, “Arguably, I shouldn’t be discussing this with a young girl, but it concerns Your Sister Lian’s lifelong happiness, so I have no choice but to broach the subject with you.”
Cai Wei asked curiously, “What’s wrong with Sister Lian’s lifelong happiness?
Has soone made things difficult for you?”
Sixth Aunt Mu shook her head, uneasy, and said, “Cai Wei, you know that your Uncle and I have only your Sister Lian as our child.
Naturally, we wish her a good future.
Now that Sister Lian is sixteen and at the age to discuss marriage, she sets her sights high and despises the sons of those businessn who deal with your uncle.
So, we thought, since you are to be the future Empress of our Great Jin Nation, perhaps you could look out for your Sister Lian and help her find a good family like Fei’er’s.
Even if it’s not quite as good as Fei’er’s, as long as it’s a proper official family, that would be sufficient!”
Cai Wei paused for a mont and said, “Auntie, it’s not that I’m unwilling to help you, but historically, among scholars, peasants, artisans, and rchants, no official family wishes to marry into a rchant family.
Sister Lian’er is gentle and lacks scheming; if she were to marry into an official family, she would most likely be manipulated and looked down upon.
You should go back and advise Sister Lian’er not to make the wrong decision and to find a decent young man to marry, for living a stable and honest life is what truly matters!”
Sixth Aunt Mu sighed, “Isn’t that the truth?
The girl herself never had high aspirations, but ever since she t you sisters, she has beco ambitious.
Your Sixth Uncle initially favored that young man who ca to deliver flowers to our house, thinking of having him as a son-in-law who would marry into our family.
Sister Lian’er was never against it before, but ever since she returned from your engagent ceremony, she’s changed completely, insisting that she must marry into an official family, no longer seeing the worth in honest and simple n from poor families!”
Unexpectedly, Cai Lian harbored such vanity, which left Cai Wei feeling sowhat disappointed.
She hesitated for a mont, and although reluctant to voice it, she still spoke up.
“Auntie, Fei’er and I were actively sought after by the Prince and Young Master Mo for marriage.
Otherwise, we wouldn’t have entertained the idea of aiming too high….”
Upon hearing this, Sixth Aunt Mu’s old face turned red, and she said with embarrassnt, “Ah, let it be, I’ll go back and persuade her not to harbor such unrealistic thoughts anymore!”
The two returned to their seats, Sixth Aunt Mu feeling utterly ashad.
After finishing her al, she claid to have other matters to attend to and hurriedly left.
After Sixth Auntie left, Cai Wei finally had free ti to gossip with Eldest Lady Mo.
“Eldest Lady Mo, there hasn’t been anyone irrelevant bothering the Nursing Hos these days, right?”
Eldest Lady Mo understood what Cai Wei ant and laughed, “That beast has enough troubles of his own now; where would he find the heart to bother ?”
“Oh?
What happened?”
Cai Wei excitedly raised her eyebrows, showing a look full of curiosity.
Eldest Lady Mo laughed, “As they say, those who act unrighteously will destroy themselves in the end.
That beast has now really fallen upon bad tis…”
Speaking of which, she looked around and whispered, “During that scuffle the other day, Lady Bai sohow got her face injured, and after so many days of treatnt, not only has it not healed, but it’s beco inflad.
Lady Bai keeps seeking death at ho every day, making him so distressed that he can’t focus on anything else.”
Serves him right!
Cai Wei inwardly exclaid.
A heartless man who abandoned his wife deserves to suffer bitterly and end up with nothing!
However, now that Eldest Lady Mo ntioned her ex-husband, she appeared to be completely over it, a magnanimity that Cai Wei greatly admired.
How many won, after being abandoned by n, beco dispirited, their hearts dead, spending their days crying and blaming heaven and earth?
Such won not only fail to evoke guilt and self-reproach in n but make them feel relieved instead, thankful for having left such a morose old woman, otherwise, they themselves would be drowning in those tears daily.
Yet, those won who let go of the past and face the future positively are the most enchanting.
Many such won, after leaving their n, bravely face life, create their own value, and make the n who abandoned them regret it imnsely!
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