Chapter 605. Choosing a Husband (1/2)

However, when he realized that Zhou Zixu only had his mind and soul on improving his family’s business, Fang Zizhen decided to pass on this fellow as a prospective marriage candidate. He definitely didn’t want his future son-in-law to only be preoccupied with the family business, leaving his daughter alone to live a lonely life in the inner courtyard. Furthermore, perhaps the fellow only saw his daughter’s abilities and talents as a way to further the family business. Neither of these scenarios was something he wanted for his daughter!

At the time, his daughter might have been too young and not mature enough to consider the relationship she could have with the opposite sex. He rejoiced in the fact that she hadn’t been entranced by that fellow’s good looks and gentle treatment of her. Naturally, this also couldn’t be separated from the fact that the tyrannical Royal Prince Yang had clung onto her, which put out the Zhou Family’s youngster’s slight flame of desire.

Fang Zizhen felt his head ache again once he thought about Royal Prince Yang. In his opinion, Royal Prince Yang wasn’t the best choice of husband for his daughter despite the fact that he was the youth with the most promising future at court. First of all, that fellow had an explosive temperament. The prince was like an unsteady cannon that could explode at any time.

After all, didn’t the prince almost completely destroy Official Wu’s residence earlier? If it wasn’t for the fact that the prince’s two loyal bodyguards had given their all to stop him, then it was likely that the whole Wu Family would have perished at his hands! His daughter had a weak figure with slender arms and legs, so she absolutely wouldn't be able to survive one blow from him.

Even if his daughter could stop him from bursting into violence, wasn’t the fellow just too good looking as well? Was it really alright for an adult man to be more beautiful and better looking than most women? If this guy didn’t have his violent and temperamental reputation, Fang Zizhen was willing to bet that almost all of the young maidens in the capital would be willing to go up to the guy and stick themselves to him! If his daughter ended up choosing Royal Prince Yang as her husband, wouldn’t she have to guard him from wolves every day and have to try to stop other women from throwing themselves at him?

Argh! The emperor was truly too much. Why did he have to send a little girl out to handle official work and also allow that large wolf, Royal Prince Yang, go along with her? The capital already had many rumors swirling about how Royal Prince Yang had his eye on Royal Princess Jinan. If this news also came out, who knew what the rumormongers would spin this story into?!

Hmph! Regardless, he couldn’t allow any of this to benefit that brat, Royal Prince Yang! If that guy refused to treat his daughter well and keep her as his one and only, Fang Zizhen was willing to raise his daughter for the rest of her life rather than allow her to be tormented at the royal prince’s residence!

That being said, it was not as if Royal Prince Yang was the only suitor available for his daughter. The second young master of Duke Ronggu’s Estate was cultured and refined, and it was obvious the man had a gentle temperament. From what he had observed, it seemed as if Second Young Master Ning had some good feelings towards his daughter.

Furthermore, there was his martial teacher’s grandson, Zhao Han. He had a handsome appearance and was also childhood friends with Xiaocao. Currently, that youth was doing quite well in Tanggu. By relying on his own abilities, Zhao Han was already the head of a battalion   there. As for the large and small military campaigns at sea, he always managed to complete the missions in a satisfactory manner.

Fang Zizhen was in charge of the garrison at the harbor, so he was very close to where Zhao Han was stationed. In addition, because he had a close relationship with his martial teacher, he had always kept an eye out on this young marital nephew of his. He was quite satisfied with the youth’s performance. Furthermore, the Zhao Family had a family rule where they didn’t take concubines, which made Fang Zizhen even more satisfied with the youngster.

All in all, his daughter didn’t have to worry about not being able to marry someone. Thus, she didn’t need to place all of her hopes on the crooked tree that was Royal Prince Yang!!

Yu Xiaocao obviously didn’t know that her godfather had gone through all of the marriageable young men in the capital in the blink of an eye, weighing them to see if they were suitable and finding Royal Prince Yang quite lacking. She was currently preoccupied with her own thoughts as she was trying to figure out just what sort of wedding gift she should give Third Young Master Zhou, who was her good business partner.

Figuring out the intricacies in a relationship was not one of her strengths. In her opinion, things were much simpler in modern times. When friends got married, all you had to do was give them some wedding money. If you were closer to the person, you gave more money. If you were not as close, you gave less. This saved the hassle of trying to figure out what was a suitable gift to give to the other person!

“Daughter...just what are you thinking about now?” Fang Zizhen noticed that Xiaocao was frowning and had a ‘depressed’ expression on her face, so he felt his heart drop. Was it possible that his daughter had finally realized she liked that youngster surnamed Zhou after she saw the wedding invitation…

General Fang, you’re going down the wrong rabbit hole!

Yu Xiaocao’s frown became even more severe and her entire face scrunched up as she sighed, “I’m trying to figure out just what sort of wedding gift is appropriate to give to Third Young Master Zhou ah!”

When Fang Zizhen heard this, he felt his heart completely relax. He grinned and spread his hands open, “Your godmother is the one who’s in charge of these matters. Why don’t you ask her ah?”