From an old woman back to a young girl, she vowed never to marry into a marquisate

Tang Mansion, Qingyu Courtyard.

Tang Yue'er was sitting in front of the bronze mirror, slowly taking off the hair accessories on her head. She had dressed up today, waiting for Zhou Ziyue to propose to her.

According to the rules, when a man comes to propose marriage, her father will ask her to go out and ask for her opinion.

She would agree on the spot.

Then she formally arranged her marriage with the prince of the Marquis's Mansion, and then married into the Marquis of Yongning's Mansion as the mistress.

She successfully rose from being a concubine's daughter to obtaining the honor that many legitimate daughters in the capital city coveted.

But, while she was waiting.

Zhou Ziyue's servant brought her a message saying that something might happen in the Marquis' Mansion and Zhou Ziyue could not marry her.

He wants to marry her elder sister Tang Wanru!

"What? Tang Wanru?"

As soon as the servant who came to deliver the message to Tang Yue'er left, Tang Yue'er's mother, Aunt Liu, exploded. Tang Yue'er and the prince of the Marquis's Mansion had been flirting for a while, and Zhou Ziyue had given Tang Yue'er a lot of love letters. At first, she thought it was just a play of the children of the noble family and didn't need to be taken seriously, until Zhou Ziyue promised Tang Yue'er that he would marry her.

Only then did Liu officially take this matter to heart.

Tang Yue'er is a concubine's daughter. If she could marry into the Marquis's family, it would be a great turn of events. Even she, the concubine, would be able to hold her head up high in the Tang family.

Who wouldn’t be looking forward to this?

Liu originally wanted to accompany Tang Yue'er today to wait for the good news of their engagement, but she didn't expect to wait for such news.

Even if Zhou Ziyue had selfish motives and didn't want to marry Tang Yue'er, he couldn't marry Tang Wanru.

This is too much!

"What does this Zhou Shizi mean?" Liu was puzzled. "He has shown his affection to you many times before, written you letters, and even hid your name in the poems he wrote at the banquet! His feelings are so strong that he can't live without you, but now at this crucial step, he doesn't even want to move forward?"

"Do you still want to marry Tang Wanru?"

"He is such a despicable person!" Liu was very angry and felt that her daughter was being played with.

Listening to her words, Tang Yue'er said nothing. She took off the gorgeous jade hairpin she was wearing today from her long hair and slowly placed it on the table.

Staring at the beautiful and charming self in the mirror, she said calmly, "The man just gave a reason. He said something might happen in the Marquis' Mansion."

"What? Something happened?" Liu was shocked.

"Yeah." Tang Yue'er said softly, "Something big must have happened in the court, otherwise Prince Zhou would not have abandoned me."

Liu hesitated: "You mean he doesn't marry you because he's protecting you?"

Tang Yue'er didn't know about Liu's question, and she wasn't interested in knowing it now. She took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and turned her bright eyes to Liu: "Mother, it doesn't matter whether he protects me or not. What matters is that he wants to marry Tang Wanru."

After hearing this, Liu felt relieved.

"what do you mean--"

Tang Yue'er's bright lips slightly lifted up, revealing a smug smile: "You and I know that something is going to happen in Yongning Marquis' Mansion, but Tang Wanru doesn't know. If she marries into the Marquis' Mansion at this time, what do you think is waiting for her?"

Yes.

Liu's heart brightened instantly when she heard this.

Liu's anxious expression disappeared. After thinking for a moment, she still asked hesitantly, "But Yue'er, your marriage is going to fail."

"Mom, I just lost a marriage." Tang Yue'er raised her eyes and smiled softly, "But Tang Wanru lost her entire life."

"When I think of this, I feel happy and it's worth losing anything."

Mrs. Liu nodded.

Indeed, Lin had oppressed them too much over the years. They had been hidden by Tang Jiang for more than ten years. If Liu had not been trying to make trouble for Tang Jiang for several years, they would not have been able to enter the Tang family. Even if they entered the family, they could not compete with the noble Lin family.

How refreshing it would be if I could ruin Tang Wanru's life so quietly.

Thinking of this, Liu felt excited.

"But even if Prince Zhou proposed to her, Tang Wanru might not marry her," said Liu.

"Most definitely!"

Tang Yue'er knew Tang Wanru best. How could she refuse with her gentle personality? Even if she refused for a moment, she couldn't resist being persuaded.

Her tone was very certain: "Don't worry, mother. She will definitely marry the Zhou Shizi, and only the Zhou Shizi."

Tang Yueer curled her lips gently at herself in the mirror: "Just watch if you don't believe me."

*

Yongninghou Mansion.

Zhou Ziyue got off the carriage and saw that the servants were being lazy. The gift box tied with a bright red silk that was carried back was placed at the door without being carried in.

Zhou Ziyue was so angry that he kicked the box hard, making a dull "bang" sound.

The steward of the Marquis's Mansion took a look and was shocked.

He hurriedly asked the servants to carry the things in.

Zhou Ziyue strode into the yard and walked inside. Madam Du of the Marquis's Mansion had just asked the maid to serve her some cakes.

Seeing Zhou Ziyue coming back with a gloomy face, he asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing!" Zhou Ziyue said coldly, sat down, raised his head and took a sip of tea.

Mrs. Du looked outside and saw the servants carrying the gift boxes in. She was also very surprised and asked, "Why didn't the marriage proposal come through? The concubine of the Tang family is not at home?"

Concubine! Concubine!

Zhou Ziyue was annoyed that Madam Du called Tang Yue'er like that, but he was in no mood to argue with her about it, so he corrected her: "Legitimate daughter."

"Legitimate daughter?" Madam Du sneered, "What's the difference between the legitimate daughter and the illegitimate daughter of the Tang family? They are all equally lowly."

"Mother!" Zhou Ziyue was angry.

Mrs. Du didn't bother him. After all, he had taken a fancy to her. If she liked him very much, she would let him do what he wanted. "If she's not with you, you can go there next time. How can a girl from a small family run away?"

"It's not a matter of being here or not." Zhou Ziyue said coldly, "She doesn't want to get married!"

what?

Mrs. Du seemed to have heard some outrageous joke.

"You said that the eldest daughter of the Tang family is unwilling to marry you and wants to marry into the Yongning Marquis' Mansion?" Mrs. Du asked in disbelief.

Zhou Ziyue said coldly: "Yes. You don't want to marry me."

Mrs. Du was going to be amused.

Then, as if she had thought it through, she sneered, "You are such a naive girl, you are so scheming."

"Mother, what do you mean?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Mrs. Du said, "The legitimate daughter knew that her status was low and she was afraid that she would have no status after marrying into the family and would not be able to control the family, so she deliberately took advantage of Qiao'er."

"They want money, power and face. The lower the status of the family, the more they want." Mrs. Du said with a look of disgust.

"What's her reason for not marrying?"

Zhou Ziyue replied: "The marriage proposal is incomplete and the sincerity is not enough."

"You see, I guessed it right, didn't I?" Mrs. Du said, "Three boxes of engagement gifts must be too little for her. She won't agree unless there are eight or ten boxes."

"I told you long ago that the Tang family is of too low status. If the daughter of a small family gets involved, she will be in big trouble."

Zhou Ziyue didn't want to hear her say this. His mind was full of Tang Wanru's rejection of him. He felt suffocated.

He will feel uncomfortable if he doesn't express this!

"Mom, prepare all the etiquette, I want to marry her!"

Mrs. Du was stunned. She stood up and said, "You are out of your mind. The daughter of a fifth-rank official is not worthy of any etiquette. Do you want your father and I to go in person? If this gets out, won't everyone laugh at us?"

"Mother!" Zhou Ziyue said, "Marriage is the parents' order, not to mention that I want to marry my legal wife. If you two don't show up, how can I bring her back?"

"Hmph!" Mrs. Du slammed the table and sat down.

Sure enough, I fell into the trap of that scheming girl!

"Mother! Please agree to my request for my filial piety. Let's bow our heads and marry her first!"

How could Mrs. Du bow her head so easily?

She thought for a moment and curled her lips: "Zi Yue, don't worry, your father and I don't need to show up."

"What does mother mean?"

"She said she didn't want to marry, so we can make sure she can't marry anyone but you, so she can only come to you and marry you."

Zhou Ziyue was stunned and looked at his mother suspiciously.