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”Sister Yi and Sister Yuan won first place and second place at the embroidery event. This matter has already spread. The wives and ladies of the various families wish them well, and the gifts they receive are recorded on this list. Old Granny, please take a look.” Li You took the gift list and handed it to Old Madam He. Madam He only glanced at it for a moment before saying, ”Wait for them to handle matters in their own residences. After returning the gift, we'll go back according to our own considerations.”
Li You agreed and smiled, ”Sister Yi and Sister Yuan are definitely going to do well. This time, they actually won the first and second place as well. They must come back to congratulate us.”
Ning Xueluo, the mother of congratulation, was also moved. She was the second wife of the eldest wife, but Li Jiayi was able to make her speechless. Now that their daughter had gotten the chief's face, all the rooms once again went to her room to congratulate her. It was truly a different story. Furthermore, the news that came from the palace was that when the congratulatory words came back, they would be sent to the palace to be embroidered as female officials, causing people to laugh from the bottom of their hearts.
When Li Jiu saw Ning Xueluo's radiant expression, he gave her a quick glance. You think that even if you entered the palace, you would still be able to become a phoenix if you became an embroidery lady? If he wanted to get close to the crown prince, he would need the assistance of the government. Besides, the Crown Prince might not even like Sister Yi. He didn't see that Madam Zhen Nan's eldest daughter was originally an embroidery female official. Was she going to be married into an ordinary family? As he glanced at his elder sister again, his expression was the same as usual, but he did not fly up high. Instead, he secretly nodded and praised her. That was enough!
As they chatted, someone from the Grand Princess Mansion came to invite her over. Old Madam He smiled when she heard this and said, ”Sister Yuan, your face has risen in the embroidery event. The Grand Princess's face is also glowing. I'm sure you've invited her over to talk about this.”
The elder sister laughed, ”The eldest princess loves Sister Yuan the most, I still don't know how to rejoice!” As he spoke, he followed the Grand Princess Mansion's men out of the mansion and into her mansion on a palanquin. He saw that Shang Jie had also arrived. She greeted him and everyone sat down to wait for the little girl to serve tea. Then, he began to talk about the North and South Embroidery Meet.
After praising them for a while, she brought up the matter of the marriage between the north and the south in Jiang Huanan's letter. She said to her elder sister: ”Since the two countries came together, it is impossible to marry a girl with royal blood. Furthermore, the girl chosen from the royal family has also been bestowed the title of Prefecture Lord. Right now I have a princess and a princess. If I were to marry her, I wouldn't have worried about us. Only since the North-South alliance, I embroidery and other things are popular in the North Cheng, the North Cheng country is determined to get the girl skilled in embroidery. However, when they invited the embroidery mother to teach the young lady over there, the embroidery mother was still wholeheartedly trying to return to the south. If we can get our good embroidery lady to marry into the Beicheng royal family and use the name of the royal family to gather the embroidery ladies for our tutelage, it would be much safer than inviting the embroidery lady over. Now it has been said that one of the ten embroidery ladies will be married through marriage. However, in a letter from Hua An, he said that after the embroidery event, Empress Zhou would only be able to summon three young ladies of high rank to the palace. It seemed that she was going to choose one of the three young ladies. Once the envoy from their side arrives, as long as we start discussing, the Emperor will naturally issue an edict. When that happens, it will be irrevocable. ”
The Grand Princess continued, ”Because Tang Jiali had come to Nanchang Country before, and lost a few jigsaw puzzles to Sister Yuan, the fact that Sister Yuan is so skilled has been spread all the way to Beicheng Country. And because Shi Yue was fourteen, but one year older than Tang Zhili, she was afraid that Empress Zhou might not think well of her. This time, he was the chief. He was originally a good candidate, but Tang Zhi Li himself might not have taken a liking to him. This time, even Empress Zhou might not be able to decide who would be the perfect girl to take care of her. ”The plan now is to betroth Sister Yuan to someone else and end this matter.” As he spoke, he looked at Shang Jie and smiled, ”Hua An is naturally a good person. However, he is ten years older than Sister Yuan. This makes people hesitate.”
”Although she is ten years older, seeing that she is on good terms with Sister Yuan, Hua An will naturally love her wholeheartedly in the future. In a few years, Sister Yuan will be in her prime. She's only twenty-six years old. Shang Jie pointed out that although Jiang Huanan was ten years older, after a few years, he would be a perfect match. As she spoke, she turned to the noble elder sister and smiled, ”When a woman marries, she will have children, and she will manage all sorts of things. Of course, there were those who maintained themselves well, but in short, they maintained themselves better and better day by day. ”If a man is ten years older than a woman, then no matter what, in his eyes, she will always be his little sister. In the end, her heart will still ache …”
After Shang Jie finished speaking, the elder sister smiled and said, ”Being ten years old is not a problem, but Sister Yuan is too young. Logically speaking, the marriage should naturally be decided by the master of the family. However, the two of them also liked it and thus, it was only successful. ”
”I've never seen him look at other girls, but I've always liked to hug him when I was young.” This time, after sending the letter back, we said that Zhou Kuangzheng had brought up the topic of marriage, that he was afraid that we would look down on Sister Zhong, that he would speak the truth, and that he was obviously afraid that Sister Yuan would marry into the distant past. Shang Rui paused for a moment, and then said with a smile: ”The brothers and sisters in the other houses come and go often. Usually, Hua An is different from Sister Yuan. As a mother, I am sure of Hua An's intentions. ”
Other than his age, Jiang Huashan didn't have anything else to pick at. She thought for a while, but still smiled and said, ”We can't discuss marriage this month. When Sister Yuan and the others return, I'll ask her for her opinion.” Although she was young, she had her own thoughts when she was young. This marriage, she had to do it herself. They will not get there any faster than our ship. And there's still time for them to slowly discuss about it. ” Well, you guys are in a hurry anyway, not us. In the event that someone from the State of Northern Cheng arrived early, your General's Estate would be informed of this matter. They would rush to our Estate to propose marriage, and at that time, we would agree to it. She was only eleven years old, but she was going to be given away. How could she bear to part with it! Besides, how could I agree so easily to raise such an astute person? They still have to be hung. If you know that it is a treasure, you will be able to love it even more after it has passed.
After she finished speaking, she slowly drank her tea. However, she was too anxious for Shang Jie to continue, so she shot a glance at the Grand Princess. The Grand Princess could only open her mouth and mutter to herself, ”Madam Anping and Madam Shang Shu actually whispered to me for a while, and also said that they would be going to the He Mansion to propose marriage next month. I said that Shaoyang and Ringel were born and raised on the same level as Sister Yuan, and they grew up together, so it's not that bad. It was expected that the Old Granny and Madam would have different opinions. At that time, who knew which family would end up with the flowers? ”Hua An, on the other hand, is a steady man. The old lady and Madam naturally won't disagree.”