As life in Shun'an Prefecture gradually stabilized, the marriage of Song Yunqing and Cheng Ziqian was officially put on the agenda.
Cheng Ziqian is still studying hard in Jingyang County. He was overjoyed when he learned that he could come to propose marriage.
After thinking for a moment, he asked Hao Qiulan to propose marriage on his behalf.
Originally, he wanted his relatives to go with him, but his situation was special and telling the Cheng family would only cause trouble.
Hao Qiulan sighed slightly, then agreed with a smile and personally instructed him on how to buy gifts for proposing marriage.
Over the past year, Cheng Ziqian has done a lot of work privately and was invited to tutor the only son of a wealthy businessman, making a lot of money.
The betrothal gift was nearly twenty taels, which was all his belongings except for the wedding banquet.
After finding a good day, Hao Qiulan brought Cheng Ziqian to propose marriage. Both families just went through the formalities and the engagement ceremony went smoothly.
Officials of all ranks and wealthy businessmen in the city are always paying attention to the situation in the county magistrate's office, and many of them want to marry into the county magistrate's office.
I was surprised to see wedding fireworks being set off at the County Magistrate's Mansion today. I went to inquire and learned that the third daughter of the Song family was engaged.
Since Song Yunqing came to Shun'an Prefecture, he opened a pastry shop in the prefecture city, so he often appears in public.
Many wives of wealthy businessmen had long set their sights on her, hoping to find an auspicious day to propose marriage, but they never expected that the engagement would already have taken place before any sign of it.
The onlookers in the crowd did not leave after grabbing the wedding candies, but waited to see who County Magistrate Song's new brother-in-law would be.
Among them was Cheng Ziqian’s stepmother, Qian…
She bared her teeth, hugged a bag of wedding candy, and smiled from ear to ear.
It was as if he had established a relationship with the county magistrate by receiving wedding candy from his family, and he showed off to everyone he met.
"You said Miss Song San has such a good background, I'm afraid the only man she's going to marry is a rich young man!"
Listening to the discussions of the people around her, Qian curled her lips, then laughed smugly, "What a country bumpkin! How can a rich young man be as precious as a scholar? I heard that the man engaged to Miss Song San is a juren!"
"Oh! So it's the Juren Master. Although the Juren Master is very kind, Miss Song San is a noble lady from the county magistrate's mansion. I'm afraid this is marrying down!"
"What a pity! I don't know which scholar has such good fortune."
There were about twenty or thirty candidates in Shun'an Prefecture, some rich and some poor, but no matter how poor they were, they were better off than these peasants.
With this marriage, do you still worry about not having a good future?
Qian was also full of regret. It would have been better if Miss Song San had married her son Liang.
With the help of County Magistrate Song, it is only a matter of time before he passes the imperial examination. At worst, he can have a child with Miss Song San, who will inherit the Song family in the future.
She had heard that all the girls in the Song family had lost their elders, and that County Magistrate Song would definitely adopt a child from the descendants of her sisters.
The more Qian thought about it, the more regretful she felt. She kept cursing the Song family for being short-sighted and not seeing that her son Liang was a pearl covered in dust.
"Look! He's out!"
The crowd began to get restless, and everyone was eager to see the appearance of the person proposing marriage to the Song family. If they could establish a good relationship with him, perhaps they could even catch the eye of the Song County Magistrate.
Qian looked as she was told and saw a handsome young man in blue and a dignified young woman walking and chatting.
After seeing the young man's face clearly, Qian froze in place. She must have seen it right!
Isn’t this Cheng Ziqian who has been kicked out by her?
Why did he come out from inside?
Moreover, the servants in the Song Mansion were extremely respectful to him, and that boy's smile was even more worthless.
Cheng Ziqian thanked Hao Qiulan gently for speaking well of him. Now his marriage with Qingqing was finally settled, and he would be able to marry her soon.
At this moment, he felt as sweet as if he had eaten candied fruit, and suddenly he felt a burning gaze.
Cheng Ziqian glanced over inadvertently and saw Qian's eyes filled with poison, and the smile on his face froze instantly.
"Ziqian? What are you looking at?"
Hao Qiulan looked in the direction he was looking in confusion, and saw that it was an ordinary woman. She frowned, as this woman looked very difficult to deal with.
The next moment, Qian rushed out with gritted teeth, pointing at Cheng Ziqian and cursing him angrily.
"You bastard! You evil-hearted thing! How dare you come back! And even climbed up to the county magistrate's mansion! I will definitely report you to the county magistrate!
All kinds of unpleasant words came out of Qian's mouth, and Cheng Ziqian's face looked very ugly.
Seeing that many people were looking at him strangely, Cheng Ziqian clenched his fists, stepped forward and pulled Qian over, preparing to leave the county magistrate's mansion.
Today is a good day for him and Qingqing to get engaged, and he doesn't want to embarrass her.
Qian refused to do as he wished and struggled like crazy, even cursing louder and louder, attracting more people to come and watch.
"You bastard! You bastard! You murdered your stepmother, and you still have the nerve to come back? I'll report you to the police and have you arrested. When the county magistrate finds out you've been hiding this from her, he'll chop off your head!"
"What's going on? Who is this person?"
"Oh! He turned out to be a liar. He looked like a decent person, but I didn't expect him to be so cruel and even dare to murder people!"
"Oh my God, if what this woman said is true, then the county magistrate's daughter has been deceived, right?"
"Should we report this to the authorities? Lord Song loves his people like his own children. We can't let her family be deceived!"
"Puchi... Why report to the authorities? Aren't we right outside the county magistrate's residence? I just saw a servant go in to report. Just wait, Lord Song will definitely come forward to handle this matter."
In the county magistrate's mansion, just after sending Hao Qiulan and Cheng Ziqian away, Song Jinshu had all the betrothal gifts delivered to Song Yunqing's yard.
At this moment, the family was talking intimately around Song Yunqing when they suddenly heard a noise outside.
When the servants came to report, they learned that Cheng Ziqian was being bullied by his stepmother.
Song Yunqing frowned and was very worried. Ziqian was so gentle and never quarreled with others, so he was afraid that he would suffer a loss.
"I understand! Bring your people and invite them all into the mansion! I'll be there right away!"
After watching the servants leave, Song Jinshu turned around to reassure everyone: "Don't worry, I'm here! Speaking of which, Cheng Ziqian's case should be retried!"
At the same time, Cheng Ziqian pulled his stepmother and barely walked a hundred meters, and Bai Ze Ruyu's face was also scratched by Qian.
Hao Qiulan wanted to separate the two people, but he didn't know where to start, so he turned around and wanted to go to the county magistrate's mansion to ask for help.
As soon as I arrived at the gate, I saw the servant who reported the news coming with a burly guard, and he quickly separated the two people who were entangled with each other.
Qian was still struggling, but two guards lifted her up and she kept kicking her feet in the air, which looked a bit funny.
Song Pingan bowed respectfully towards Hao Qiulan and said, "Master Hao, my master invites you to come back into the mansion to talk."
Hao Qiulan glanced at Qian, who had begun to panic, and nodded calmly: "Okay!"
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