Chapter 120
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The days were getting colder and colder. Late autumn had passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was winter. This year's General residence was exceptionally bleak. Shen Miao was grounded in the Shen residence and Shen Qing was bedridden. Every day only Shen Yue went up and down Guang Wen Tang and even at the Mid-Autumn Banquet, only Chen Rou Qiu brought Shen Yue along. Naturally it was Shen Yue who was in the limelight but these matters had nothing to do with Shen Miao.
However, as time went on, Shen Qing's matter couldn't be delayed any longer. Ren Wan Yun asked Physician Chen to prescribe some pills to alleviate Shen Qing's morning sickness. Others would not be able to see any problems, but if it continued, the paper would not be able to wrap the fire.
"This cannot go on." Ren Wan Yun frowned as she pressed her forehead, "One must think of a way to let Qing-er go out to avoid it." Moreover, he would bring Shen Qing back after she gave birth to the child. In order to avoid other people's eyes and ears, he would say that Shen Qing was suffering from a malignant disease. Perhaps the world would be at peace once the storm had passed.
"But with your current body, if you give it away, you will inevitably suffer." Xiang Lan was a little worried, "Moreover, this trip will definitely take some time. Young Lady's youth will also be delayed …"
Ren Wan Yun's brows frowned. It was correct that Shen Qing's nominal age was sixteen and after one more year, she would be seventeen. In this Ding capital, it was just right for females to marry at sixteen or seventeen years of age but Shen Qing was an official's daughter and naturally the in-laws that she would choose would be of high status. If he waited another year, he was afraid that all the good noble children would have already been picked by others.
"Yuan-er can only rush back at the end of the year, but Qing-er's body cannot be delayed." A trace of hostility flashed across Ren Wan Yun's brows.
"Furen," Cai Ju, who had not spoken all along, spoke, "Nubi heard that the Assistant Minister of the Secretariat Wei family Furen had recently discussed with Third Furen, and seemed to want to come to our residence to propose for the Wei family di eldest son, and to ask for Fifth Young Lady."
"Shen Miao!" Ren Wan Yun gritted her teeth, "She is really lucky!" The Assistant Minister of the Secretariat was a rank four official. For a rank one military general like Shen Xin, coming to propose was overestimating himself. But the eldest Di son of the Wei family, Wei Qian, was a youth with superior talent and looks. To marry an idiot female in the Ding capital, at least in terms of talent, he was definitely worthy of Shen Miao. Moreover Wei Qian had already entered officialdom at such a young age and one fear that in the future he would be successful in his youth, thus it was Shen Miao's great luck to come to propose.
"Heard that it is the Wei family that has the intention to climb up to the residence." Cai Ju said, "So they reluctantly used their son to exchange for a chance to be on good terms with the Shen residence." The meaning in Cai Ju's words was that Shen Miao was a very despicable person and was not worthy of that Young Master Wei.
"She was lucky." Ren Wan Yun's expression was somewhat sinister. For so many years, even though Shen Xin's official prestige was great, there was almost no one who came to the Shen residence to propose marriage for Shen Miao. It was not because of anything else but because Shen Miao was too weak and stupid. With Shen Xin's official rank, the husband that Shen Miao was looking for would definitely be from a noble family, but among the noble families, they were unable to accept such a matriarch who was almost the laughing stock of Ming Qi.
So even with Shen Xin's official rank, no one was interested in Shen Miao.
Now that the Wei family suddenly came to propose marriage, even though Cai Ju said that she wanted to climb up, but upon careful thinking, most likely it was because of Shen Miao's performance at the academy examinations that made everyone feel refreshed and the original stupid look had changed, thus the Wei family could not help but take action.
Even if it was in the past, Ren Wan Yun would not tolerate such a good marriage to land on Shen Miao. Moreover now that Shen Qing was like this, she could not see Shen Miao, the initiator of all this, living well.
"Furen need not worry." Xiang Lan said, "Old Furen will definitely not agree to this marriage."
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