The Doctor's Concubine: Kick the Scumbag King and I Want to Be a Dandy Girl in the Capital

After hearing what the little maid said, the three people inside and outside the pavilion were stunned.

Princess Yu said, "Could it be that someone from the Xiu family has come to propose marriage?"

Xiu Luoran outside the pavilion shook his head quietly, saying it was impossible.

Yi Kezhen also shook her head: "Mother, it can't be the Xiu family. If Xiu Lingce wanted to propose marriage, he would have told me.

I will not marry anyone except Xiu Lingce. Mother, you must help me."

Yu sighed, "Kezhen, it's not that mother doesn't want to help you, it's really... You said, Xiu Lingce's leg has been broken for many years. If he wanted to marry you, he would have asked for it a long time ago.

Your father is also worried about you. If you don't get married, we won't be able to close our eyes until the day we die."

"Mother, Xiu Lingce is only twenty-three this year, and will be twenty-four next year.

You tell my father that if Xiu Lingce still doesn't agree in the autumn of next year, it won't be too late for him to help me find someone else."

"Kezhen, if you keep saying this every year, I'm afraid your father won't believe it anymore."

"For the last time, mother, this is the last time."

"Alas, I can't convince your father. You should talk to him yourself."

Yi Kezhen supported Yu and walked slowly back.

After they walked away, Xiu Luoran came out from the flowers.

On the one hand, she was happy for her elder brother, but at the same time, she was also a little worried. What if Yi Kezhen couldn't withstand the pressure from her father and got engaged to someone else? What would happen to her elder brother?

Xiu Luoran followed Yi Kezhen and her daughter from a distance to see if anyone was coming to propose marriage.

If not, you don't have to worry about it.

Yi Kezhen and her daughter entered a large room. There were many maids outside the room, and Xiu Luoran could not get close.

The room is very large and one cannot hear people talking in the back of the room.

There was no other way, Xiu Luoran had to find a place as close as possible, hide there, and secretly observe the situation in the house.

Yi Kezhen and her daughter went in. They seemed to be greeting each other, and then they seemed to start arguing.

Then, a man's loud shout was heard:

"Get out of here!"

Xiu Luoran saw Yi Kezhen and ran out of the house with her face covered.

Soon, Xiu Luoran saw Yi Kezhen's mother coming out with two men.

One should be Yi Kezhen’s father, Prince Wang’an Yi Ding’an, and the other might be the matchmaker, whom Xiu Luoran did not know.

Prince An and his wife respectfully sent the matchmaker away. They returned to their own courtyard, and Xiu Luoran followed them quietly.

Yi Kezhen's mother, Concubine Yu, said:

“Your Highness, Kezhen is a good child, and she has served you and me wholeheartedly over the years.

I thought, I have to find someone she likes. Seeing her happy makes me happy too. "

Prince An was very angry: "As a father, don't I feel sorry for her? I also hope that she can spend her life with the man she loves.

But, Xiu Lingce refuses to confess, what should I do?

Kezhen will be in her early twenties in a year, do you want to wait for her to become an old maid?"

Yu sighed, "This is the second time that Uncle Wang has come to our house to propose marriage to the Duan family."

Prince An also felt very embarrassed, as he had made his uncle make a wasted trip.

It turns out that the Duan family that Prince An and his wife were talking about was the family of Prince Duan of a different surname.

Prince Duan is called Duan Cheng. He was born a military general. Because he followed the current emperor in the fight for the throne and made great contributions to the cause, he was granted the title of a king of a different surname.

This Duan Cheng has always been arrogant and seldom takes anyone seriously.

After being crowned king, he began to be proud of his achievements and became arrogant to the extreme. Gradually, he no longer took the royal family seriously.

The emperor was extremely angry and found opportunities to suppress him severely several times.

Because the fight was so fierce, Duan Cheng was a little scared. He was afraid that his throne would be lost, so he wanted to find a powerful relative to help him stabilize the throne.

After searching for a long time, he set his sights on Prince An.

Originally, his favorite was Prince Ping's family.

Prince Ping Yi Xiangping is the uncle of the current emperor. He has always been very kind to the emperor. When the emperor was fighting for the throne, he gave the emperor a lot of help and even saved the emperor's life.

In early winter, in order to avoid being hunted down, he waded across the river carrying the injured emperor on his back. He walked in the water for a long time and developed a fear of cold, which has not been cured to this day.

After the emperor ascended the throne, the first thing he conferred on him was:

"One word stands shoulder to shoulder with Prince Ping."

This means that he is almost on par with the emperor. The implication is that the emperor respects and cares about this young uncle very much.

As the Emperor's uncle, that is naturally an honor.

Duan Cheng has good vision, but unfortunately, Prince Ping is very old, and his son and daughter are much younger than Duan Cheng's children.

No matter how jealous Duan Cheng was, there was no way he could become Prince Heping's relative.

As a second choice, he set his sights on Prince An.

Prince An is the emperor's cousin and has also contributed to the emperor.

Duan Cheng's children were exactly the same age as Prince An's children, so Duan Cheng asked Prince Ping to be a matchmaker and went to Prince An's house to propose marriage.

Actually, when you think about it carefully, this matter is a bit unkind.

You said, the emperor's uncle went to the emperor's cousin's house to propose marriage to the daughter of the Duan family. How could the nephew refuse his uncle's face?

However, Prince Ping agreed.

Unexpectedly, when Prince An's son Yi Jingxiao returned from his studies abroad, he found a princess for himself, so the marriage had to be called off.

This time, Prince Duan Cheng once again found Prince Ping Yi Xiangping and went to Prince An's house to propose marriage, asking for Prince An's daughter Yi Kezhen to marry his son Duan Jiangbai.

Duan Jiangbai is only eighteen this year, two years younger than Yi Kezhen.

Why did Duan Cheng repeatedly invite Prince Ping to be a matchmaker?

Because Yi Xiangping owed Duan Cheng a favor, Yi Xiangping thought that being a matchmaker was a good thing, so he came.

He didn't expect that it wouldn't work the first time.

Duan Cheng asked him for help for the second time. If it succeeded this time, then he would have repaid the favor.

Therefore, Yi Xiangping hoped very much that the marriage could be accomplished, and he tried his best to persuade his nephew Prince An.

It would be difficult for Prince An to refuse his cousin again and again. Besides, there was nothing wrong with his daughter marrying Master Duan.

Duan Jiangbai is an excellent choice in terms of both character and appearance. He is also two years younger than my daughter. My daughter is lucky.

My daughter has been waiting for Xiu Lingce.

As for the kid Xiu Lingce, he also likes him. He is both civil and martial, brave and resourceful.

But despite his daughter's repeated attempts to please him, Xiu Lingce refused to accept them. This showed that he did not take his daughter seriously at all.

How come the daughter of Yi Dingan is not worthy of him, the son of a marquis?

Besides, he is not yet the crown prince. Not to mention, he has a broken leg and has become a cripple.

He just didn't understand what this kid had to be proud of.

Prince An felt that Duan Jiangbai was very suitable.

But his daughter disagreed and even rejected it sternly in front of Prince Ping. He got very angry and scolded his daughter away.

Prince An thought that it didn't matter if his daughter didn't like Duan Jiangbai, she could marry someone else, but he just didn't allow her to wait for Xiu Lingce anymore.

You said you are already twenty years old, do you want to wait until the end of time?

……

Prince An looked at his old wife and said, "I am not angry with Kezhen, I just feel sorry for her.

Tell me what's not good about Kezhen. Her appearance, character, family background, and needlework, is there anything that she can't show off?

But that brat Xiu Lingce just doesn't agree. Can we still go to Xiu's house and force him to marry his daughter?

But Zhen is already twenty, not twelve, and she can’t wait any longer.”