The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Emperor Mingde gave a promise. If anyone tried to get his concubines again, he would send them back home.

After the court was dismissed, the officials who wanted to send their daughters to the palace went home, got drunk, and calmed down. They stopped thinking and began to prepare to choose sons-in-law for their daughters.

"Master, I think Mr. Lu is young and promising, and has a handsome character."

"Master, what do you think of Lord Yan? I think he is very gentle and well-mannered. He is highly valued by the emperor and has a bright future ahead of him."

"Master, the young master of the Wei family is so handsome!"

"master……"

For a time, all the unmarried young talents in the capital were in great demand, especially those who had passed the civil and military examinations last year.

This made Madam Ma very happy. She told everyone she met, "Haha, even my fool has a crush on someone!"

Ma Chuyang, the fool of the Ma family, was very angry when he heard this. "Mother, do you want to listen to what you are saying? Am I ugly? Did I fail the martial arts exam? Am I not a good person? Am I your biological child? How can you say that to me!"

Madam Ma was so angry that she poked him on the forehead. "You idiot! I wish you weren't my biological child! There are so many beautiful girls in the Fu family, why don't you become sworn brothers with them! Become sworn brothers! Now, if anyone is willing to marry into our Ma family and be your daughter-in-law, I will worship her!"

Ma Chuyang fell on the chair, looking shapeless, "Mom, I have someone I like, you don't have to worry about me!"

Madam Ma was startled when she heard this, "Whose girl is this?"

In fact, she had only one request for her second son, that the other party must be a girl, but she must not be... Alas, she had been worried for several years.

No matter how good Tang Xinghe is, he is still a man.

Ma Chuyang's ears actually blushed, "She's still young, don't rush her."

Mrs. Ma's eyes lit up and she immediately guessed who it was.

Fu Xianxian! She was the only one in the Fu family who had not sworn brotherhood with her Erlangzi.

Fortunately, there was a fish that slipped through the net...Mrs. Ma was overjoyed. The girl was indeed still young and there was no need to rush.

But she calculated with her fingers. Shangxie, her son will have to wait for another five or six years before he can get married! By then, her son will be so old!

Counting over the past six years, I am twenty-four years old now!

Mrs. Ma was depressed again.

Fortunately, the eldest son Ma Chuyi was very capable and wrote to say that he had found a good marriage partner in Jiangcheng and hoped that his mother would set off immediately and bring a matchmaker to the Ming family in Jiangcheng to propose marriage.

Mrs. Ma read the letter over and over again all day long, smiling from ear to ear.

Jiang Chengming Family! Isn't that the maternal grandfather's family of Tang Chuyu, the Minister of Revenue?

She waited until the evening before her husband Ma Liyang returned home, and hurriedly took out the letter to show him.

After reading the letter, Ma Liyang said solemnly, "It doesn't matter if you are born into a merchant family. The most important thing is whether you have a decent character. Don't create another girl like the Rong family. My Ma family can't afford to lose such a person."

The last time she arranged a marriage for her son, it was Madam Ma who arranged it all by herself, and she was blamed by her husband for a whole year. This time, of course, she had to be cautious. "I'll take the matchmaker with me. I won't rush to visit her first. I'll observe her for a few days and then propose marriage if she's interested. What do you think? If the one in the capital agrees to meet, there's no need to back out. If the other side can't reach an agreement, we'll have to discuss it here."

Ma Liyang nodded, "When choosing a wife for Yi'er, you have to look at her carefully and see if she can endure hardships."

Mrs. Ma disagreed, "Why should I be able to endure hardship? I'm not choosing my daughter-in-law to dig coal."

Ma Liyang said in a deep voice, "Because Yi'er will be stationed at the border sooner or later. If my daughter-in-law can't endure hardship, she will have to endure long-term separation like me."

Madam Ma was furious when she heard this. "Master, are you playing tricks on me? Before I married you, I was a well-bred lady. My family didn't agree with me marrying you at all. For so many years, I didn't have much contact with my family. But you are taking a concubine and playing tricks on me!"

Ma Lichang sighed, "I am not a traitor to you. I was wrong about that matter. Don't worry, I will never bring them to you. I promise you, they will never come to Beijing."

Madam Ma said coldly, "Come in or not! Anyway, I have two sons by my side. If we can't live together anymore, we can just get divorced."

Ma Liyang was helpless. "We are talking about our son. Why are you talking about divorce? I just want to tell you that life at the border is too hard. If Yi'er is also separated from us... Sigh..."

Mrs. Ma, full of resentment, found two matchmakers and went to Jiangcheng.

Ma Chuyang cried and begged to go to Jiangcheng with them, and finally asked for leave, looking very happy.

They traveled by land, Madam Ma and the matchmaker took a carriage. Ma Chuyang rode the tall horse from Wan State that Ge Luo had given him, and wherever he went, he attracted a lot of attention because of the horse.

When I arrived in Jiangcheng, I heard that the Ming family had bribed the former governor of Muzhou and committed a series of crimes, and they were all imprisoned.

The people were talking about it, "The Ming family has fallen!"

"Didn't their family have a powerful relative from the capital just come? Why was he imprisoned?"

"The new prefect is very tough. He is not afraid of the powerful and dares to take real action. The people of Jiangcheng are blessed! I wonder if the prefect will be retaliated against!"

Mrs. Ma felt dizzy when she heard this.

Her future daughter-in-law's house! It collapsed before she even had time to propose marriage?

Suddenly, she saw people rushing in one direction, saying that there was a lively scene at the Ming family. Madam Ma hurriedly told the driver to follow them and go and see. If nothing worked, they could turn around and go back to Beijing.

Ma Chuyang ran away first, leading the tall horse, shouting as he ran, "Mother, I'm going to look for my brother!"

"Come back! Tell Yi'er..."

"I'm not looking for your Yi'er, I'm looking for my brother Xinghe!"

"You! Are an idiot!" Mrs. Ma was in a bad mood and gritted her teeth.

Ma Chuyang ran away in a flash. Riding horses was not allowed in the city, so he had to squeeze forward holding the horse's reins.

By the time Mrs. Ma arrived, the place was already packed with people.

She looked up from a distance and saw the words "Ming Fu" written on the plaque.

That's it! What a sin!

Someone was removing the plaque, and after that, there was a large empty space above the house.

A young girl's crisp and decisive voice could be heard faintly, "Don't panic, count according to the list first! Move the ones with the counted number to this side..."

Mrs. Ma was sharp-eyed and saw someone coming out of the house. Wasn’t that her son Ma Chuyi?

She quickly squeezed into the crowd, but her son was gone. She only saw a bright and dignified girl standing in front of the door, holding a book in her hand, directing the servants to move things.

The girl was wearing a plain skirt, her hair was as black as ink, her eyebrows and eyes were very lively, and there was a sense of dominance and majesty in her words, "Take it away, take it away, take it away after counting the number!"

Suddenly, a young girl came out crying, "Ming Zhao, what are you so proud of! You from South City bullied us from West City! You caused our West City families to be destroyed, you will be punished!"

The main branch of the Ming family lived in the South City, so they were always called the South City Ming family in Jiangcheng. The side branch lived in the West City, so they were called the West City Ming family.

At this time, the government officials read out the official document: "The Ming family of South City and the Ming family of West City have signed a letter of severance of ties, and will no longer have any ties with each other..."