Peach Blossom.

When Xiao Rui heard that his daughter-in-law wanted to leave the Wang family and marry someone else, he was overjoyed and asked hurriedly, "Which family do you want to marry into? As long as the family background is a good match, I will do my best!"

Tao Ye smiled brightly: "They are a perfect match, definitely a perfect match! He is the brother of the Grand Marshal, the former consort Chen Ji who was just kicked out by Princess Si Yao."

When mother-in-law Xiao Rui and sister-in-law Zhou Yunniang heard this, they were stunned.

"We are both divorced people in the world, so aren't we a good match?" Tao Ye's smile became more and more proud.

Xiao Rui and Zhou Yunniang looked at each other, not knowing whether that smile was one of happiness or ridicule!

Seeing this, Tao Ye stopped smiling and asked with a straight face, "Does mother think that my request is too high?"

“Not high, not high…” Xiao Rui replied hurriedly.

Zhou Yunniang explained to Tao Ye on behalf of Xiao Rui: "Sister-in-law, you also know that the Chen family has no female relatives, and my mother is a womanizer. It would be difficult for me to act as a matchmaker rashly."

Tao Ye got angry when she heard this: "You complain about the difficulty of finding a matchmaker, but don't you think it's difficult when the whole family is homeless late at night? These people just want to clean up their own house and then sit back and relax as royal relatives from now on! How hateful!"

Unconsciously, Tao Ye's dissatisfaction was written on her face: "You know that my family is declining. Are you going to ask me to seek refuge with my distant relatives? Which of the powerful officials in the court would be willing to marry an abandoned woman like me? How could I be interested in a white pudding? Only Chen Ji and I share the same suffering!"

Xiao Rui forced a smile, stood up, and looked at Tao Ye: "Don't be angry, I have already treated you as my daughter, how can I not consider you?"

Tao Ye said silently in her heart: What a hypocrite. If she had been treated as a daughter long ago, would she have been expelled last time?

"It's just... the princess is going to get married tomorrow, and it's a bit inappropriate for you to be here. I just want... you to give me a definite answer. If I go to act as a matchmaker today and Mr. Chen agrees, can you... can you marry him earlier?" Xiao Rui stammered, as if he was embarrassed to say such words, but he had to say it.

Tao Ye smiled faintly: "Mother, it's already noon today, and tomorrow is their wedding day. How can I be "early"? You won't ask me to marry secretly tonight, right?"

"No... of course not..." Xiao Rui forced a smile, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Zhou Yunniang quickly took Xiao Rui's arm and said with a smile, "Mother, tomorrow is an auspicious day, it's perfect for you to marry your daughter-in-law and your daughter-in-law!"

Xiao Rui had no choice but to nod.

Zhou Yunniang took Tao Ye's arm again and said, "Sister, you have always been the most filial. You must be considerate of your mother and leave before the princess comes in!"

Tao Ye also nodded in pretense, but in her heart she was thinking: What a good sister! Who is your sister? Just now she was "brother's sister", now she is "sister", you are used to changing your attitude according to the situation!

There is less awkwardness when there are more people. It was not convenient for Xiao Rui to go to Chen's house to propose marriage alone, so he had to bring his eldest daughter-in-law Zhou Yunniang with him.

Grand Marshal Chen Xi was not at home, so it was Chen Ji himself who received the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Wang family.

After the greetings, Xiao Rui had to reveal the real purpose of his visit: "I have no daughter, so I recently adopted a daughter who is also a beautiful, well-educated and well-mannered girl. I am planning to marry her off. If Mr. Chen doesn't mind, why don't our two families become friends?"

Chen Ji was shocked and doubted deeply: Could this be something that happened after Tao Ye came to the Wang family?

So Chen Ji asked tentatively: "May I ask, Madam, what is the name of your adopted daughter?"

Xiao Rui glanced at Zhou Yunniang. After the two of them awkwardly ignored each other, Xiao Rui still forced a smile and said, "Come to think of it... come to think of it, we are all family, it's just... Mantangjiao..."

"So that's it..." Chen Ji pretended to be enlightened, and then secretly wondered: What does Tao Ye want to do? Didn't we agree to go to Wang's house to avenge Mantang Jiao and take care of her daughter?

At this point, Chen Ji couldn't refuse, so he just accepted it. "It is an honor for me that Madam Situ came to propose marriage in person. How can I refuse? I would like to pay my respects to my mother-in-law and my elder sister-in-law first!"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Wang family both said "No need to be polite", Xiao Rui then said: "Since Master Chen has not abandoned us, we might as well get this done quickly. Tomorrow is an auspicious day, I hope that my family will be blessed with double happiness, and I hope Master Chen will help me!"

Chen Ji already understood that the Wang family wanted to send Mantangjiao away before the princess got married to avoid a messy wedding.

Since ancient times, when men and women get married, the man's family always chases the woman's family. It is really rare for the woman's family to chase the man's family, and in such a hurry!

Chen Ji already had a plan in mind, so he just agreed: "Mother-in-law, you are so kind, I am willing to obey your instructions in everything. But time is tight, I have to prepare for the wedding, so I can't go to propose, please forgive me!"

Xiao Rui seemed to have put down a heavy burden, and smiled: "Of course, we have to make an emergency decision! Please come to my house early tomorrow!"

"Please rest assured, mother-in-law, I will come to your house as early as possible tomorrow!" Although Chen Ji promised this, he thought in his heart: I'm afraid Tao Ye would rather come to your house later so that she can bump into the princess's sedan chair!

After the Wang family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law agreed on the matter, they said goodbye to Chen Ji and hurried back.

Chen Ji sent them out of the Chen Mansion and looked at the carriage carrying the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law away. He couldn't help but laugh secretly: These two people are too fanciful. They want to pair two divorced people together and expect these two people to willingly help the couple?

That night, Yu'er slept soundly beside Taoye. She was so dependent on her mother that she even tried hard to snuggle into her mother's arms when she was asleep.

This made Tao Ye very sad and even felt guilty. She felt that she had deceived this innocent little girl.

It was late at night, and Tao Ye couldn't fall asleep. She was worried about many things, such as what if Chen Ji came early to pick up the bride tomorrow? What if the Wang family forced her to leave before the princess entered the palace?

What she couldn't understand the most was why she didn't see Wang Jing during the whole day and night she had been at Wang's house?

She didn't know which one was Wang Jing's room, nor did she know which one was anyone else's room, so she didn't dare to walk around all day and could only stay in this room honestly - she guessed that this should be Yu'er's room.

Since Mantangjiao and Wang Jing have already divorced, even if they get back together, the Wang family naturally cannot arrange for her to live with Wang Jing. The safest way is to arrange for her to live with their daughter.

But since it was Wang Jing's daughter's residence, it shouldn't be too far away from Wang Jing! So why didn't Wang Jing show up? Could it be that Wang Jing didn't visit his only daughter for a whole day in order to avoid his ex-wife?

But tomorrow is Wang Jing’s wedding day, so he has to show up, right?

Tao Ye was lost in thought for an unknown amount of time and fell into a sleepy state for a while. Later, she was woken up again by the sound of firecrackers outside.

Tao Ye sat up alertly. The sound of firecrackers meant that the wedding had begun, but she knew nothing about the situation outside. As she was unfamiliar with the place, she did not dare to go out to inquire.

She sat quietly for a while, then looked down and saw the sleepy Yu'er.

There was no good solution at the moment, so she had to wake Yu'er up.

Yu'er was too sleepy to open her eyes. She rubbed them sleepily and said, "Mom, why did you call me so early? Grandma said we don't have to go to school today."

After hearing this, Tao Ye smiled and asked, "Then do you know why I didn't go to school today?"

Yu'er seemed to have fallen asleep again.

Tao Ye just asked and answered herself: "Because that bastard princess is going to get married today!"

"Ah?" Yu'er suddenly woke up and got out of bed: "I have to go and check it out!"

Tao Ye was startled and hurriedly chased after Yu'er to put clothes on her.

Yu'er dressed much faster than Tao Ye had imagined. She was like a little adult and had her own ideas. "Mom, stay in the room and don't move. I'll go find out what's going on outside and come back to tell you in a while!"

Tao Ye nodded, and looked at Yu'er running out, smiling knowingly: "What a thoughtful daughter!"

She put on her clothes and looked out the door. Before Yu'er came back, she saw a maid. Tao Ye recognized that it was Xiuping, whom her mother-in-law Xiao Rui had asked to take Yu'er to school.

Xiuping walked up to Taoye with the wedding dress in her hand, slightly bent her knees and called out, "Second Madam..."

As soon as she finished addressing him, Xiuping slapped herself in the face and changed her words: "Miss Man... I spoke out of turn, please forgive me! This is the wedding dress that Madam asked me to bring, please change into it as soon as possible, Mr. Chen's sedan chair will be here soon!"

Tao Ye nodded, took the wedding dress, and closed the door, silently hoping that Chen Ji would come later!

The door rang again, Tao Ye was startled, and turned around to see that it was Yu'er who came in.

Yu'er closed the door and ran to Taoye like a ghost, reporting the news: "The bastard princess hasn't come yet. I just saw the wedding procession set off."

Tao Ye immediately understood that the sound of firecrackers just now was the wedding procession about to set off. She hurriedly asked, "Did you see your father?"

Yu'er shook her head: "I haven't seen Dad for two or three days. Grandma said he was sick."

Tao Ye felt very depressed: "Who is going to welcome the bride?"

"It was Uncle San who went to welcome the bride."

Tao Ye was stunned. There was actually a "Third Uncle"? The Wang family really had no shortage of sons!

Yu Er continued to add: "There is another very strange thing. My aunt told my grandmother that 'I sent someone to ask two or three times, and they said that Master Chen had a stomachache and kept going to the toilet all morning. He hasn't come yet.' My grandmother seemed to be very anxious!"

When Tao Ye heard this, she couldn't help laughing and secretly felt lucky that Chen Ji really had the same thoughts as her.

Yu'er was confused: "What are you laughing at, mother? Who is Mr. Chen?"

"Mr. Chen is..." Tao Ye had just opened her mouth when she heard footsteps approaching outside. She immediately stopped talking and cautiously crawled under the bed.

Sure enough, the next second someone knocked on the door: "Miss Man, the wife is here to see you!"

Tao Ye said nothing, but waved gently to Yu'er.

Yu'er seemed to understand, and hurriedly spread the bed sheet to cover Tao Ye, then went to open the door.

Outside the door, Xiao Rui and a few maids looked around the room and asked, "Isn't your mother in the room?"

Yu'er shook her head: "When I woke up, my mother was gone. I was just about to ask my grandmother if she had seen her!"

Xiao Rui became more and more anxious and ordered his attendants: "Go and look around quickly."

So everyone went to look for it separately.

Xiao Rui was extremely anxious, pacing back and forth outside the door. Sometimes he could see into the house, sometimes he couldn't. Tao Ye was so scared that she had to stay under the bed obediently.

A servant brought breakfast to Yu'er, and she ate while sitting not far from the bed. The aroma of the breakfast spread throughout the room.

Somehow, Tao Ye's stomach rumbled.

Yu'er seemed to have heard the sound, and hurriedly grabbed a few meatballs and stuffed them under the bed when Xiao Rui couldn't see.

Tao Ye saw a small hand and meatballs, the fragrance was so strong that she couldn't resist the temptation. She took them and started to eat them voraciously.

Yu'er quickly returned to the dining table.

Tao Ye ate too fast and accidentally choked, and couldn't help coughing twice.

Xiao Rui, who was walking to the middle of the door, noticed the cough at once and stared at the bottom of the bed.

Yu'er was startled and quickly pretended to cough.

However, Xiao Rui can distinguish between the coughs of adults and children.

Xiao Rui immediately walked into the room and shouted under the bed: "Who is hiding there?"