Noble Lady

No one has been up there for many years. Who knows if the floor is damaged?

What if she accidentally steps on empty air or a broken board while she is struggling with the fourth girl and falls down? Who will be responsible?

Xiaocao didn't believe that if she really had an accident, Ji Minrou would be so kind as to pay for her medical treatment. It would be considered a good thing if she was just kicked away.

"Why are you so timid?!" Ji Minrou said in disdain. Realizing that her tone was too harsh, she softened her tone and said, "If you can't go up, you can always think of other ways, right?"

At this moment, Xiaocao was extremely grateful that she had already become the lady's man. Otherwise, if she had really followed Ji Minrou, who was ambitious and self-righteous, she would have been doomed sooner or later.

"Girl, how about you think of a solution?"

The ball was kicked back, so Ji Minrou naturally didn't give Xiaocao a good look.

When she was furious, she suddenly heard someone outside calling "Old Madam".

Ji Minrou hurried out to check.

But when he went out, he found nothing there. When he came back, He Jixiang was nowhere to be found.

"So cunning." Ji Minrou cursed.

But she quickly came to her senses and realized that someone was obviously helping her, but who could it be?

After thinking about it, apart from Xue Chenyu who was bored, there was no one so kind as to help a concubine's daughter who was ignored by everyone.

So this grudge was quickly blamed on Xue Chenyu.

Of course, Xue Chenyu herself doesn’t care. She suspects her, but does she have any evidence?

He Jixiang's way of escape can only provide a temporary solution, but it is not a long-term solution.

After two days, good news came.

He Minzhi didn't know where he got the exact information from, but he was sure that Cui Hua was the concubine of Mr. Cui Erye of the Cui family's East Mansion. He Liushi discussed it with him and took people to block Cui Hua's door the next day.

Cui Hua was born with fair skin and regular facial features, and she has the same appearance as He Minzhi.

It is indeed something that girls will like.

Cui Hua was like a guilty thief and wanted to run away when he saw He Minzhi.

However, he was surrounded by several servants brought by He Minzhi and was forced back into the house.

"What are you guys doing? Why can't you just talk it out?"

"You know exactly what you did. If you don't give us an explanation that satisfies everyone, you won't be leaving this room today."

Cui Hua laughed dryly twice and wanted to find an opportunity to escape, but He Minzhi directly ordered Shi Tou to go forward and tie him up.

Where had the servants in Cui Hua's house ever seen such a scene?

Seeing this, they were frightened and ran away in all directions.

But no one escaped.

He Minzhi also threatened that if no results were produced today, he would risk the reputation of the He family and go to the Jingzhao Yin Mansion to file a complaint, accusing him of rape.

In short, he was determined to make Cui Hua give a satisfactory explanation.

Cui Hua originally wanted to laugh it off and get away with it, but when He Minzhi said she would sue him, he just behaved himself.

"This matter can be discussed. As long as you don't file a complaint, anything is fine."

"What do you mean by negotiable? What do you mean by anything is fine as long as I don't file a complaint? I don't need to discuss anything with you, I just want to see your attitude!"

"You know exactly what you did. If you dare to do it, you must take responsibility. I hope you can take responsibility as a man. Otherwise, hmph!"

He snorted coldly, and the servants picked up sticks. Cui Hua was finally frightened to the point of his legs going limp.

"No, no, no, my dear friends, please don't do anything. I will marry her. I will marry her."

He Min didn't waste any time talking to him that night. She just took out the red paper that she had prepared long ago and asked him to write the marriage certificate.

Cui Hua originally wanted to delay it, but now he couldn't delay any longer.

He could only ask the servants at home to bring pen and ink, write the marriage certificate on the spot, press his fingerprints, and write a letter of guarantee, promising to come to propose marriage in the next two days.

He Minzhi put away his things and glanced at Cui Hua's cowardly look, not afraid that he would go back on his word.

"Three days from now will be an auspicious day. If I don't wait for you to come and propose marriage, you know the consequences."

Cui Hua had no choice but to say no again and again, almost swearing an oath.

"That would be great." He Minzhi said with a confident look, "To tell you the truth, I'm not afraid of you running away. I already have your identity and evidence of your crime."

"Don't think that just because the He family has fallen on hard times, you can bully them. If you dare to run away, I will make sure you can never hold your head up high again in your life."

The sentence "I already know everything about your identity" shocked Cui Hua greatly.

He looked at He Minzhi, as if trying to find a clue from his face.

but no.

He was so determined, without any hesitation.

Cui Hua felt as if his true identity had been seen through, and the last shred of hope in his heart was shattered into ashes at this moment.

Three days later, Cui Hua honestly found a matchmaker and brought gifts to the He family to propose marriage.

Accompanying him today was Butler Hu, the second steward of the Cui family's East Mansion.

Liu had swept away her previous dejection and had already packed up neatly. She was waiting in the style of an old lady of the He family, with an unconcealable smile on her face.

She is finally going to establish a relationship with the Cui family. This will be of great benefit to her Dalang's future. How can she not be happy?

Butler Hu was also very polite. He said that Cui Hua was a descendant of their Cui family's branch, but his parents died early, so he was entrusted to the second master of the East Palace to help take care of him.

He also said that for such a big matter as proposing a marriage, Mr. Cui, as the elder, had originally planned to come in person, but he was too busy with official duties to come, so he had to let him come.

"I hope the old lady won't take offense."

"No, no, my eldest son is also an official in the court. Even though I am just a woman, I know that serious matters are important."

Butler Hu repeatedly praised her for her understanding, saying that she was worthy of being the mother of a Hanlin scholar.

Liu naturally benefited greatly from it.

……

When Xue Chenyu heard the news, she was leisurely helping the maids set up a swing in the yard.

It is said that summer is coming soon, and it is a perfect place to set up a swing under the wisteria flowers to enjoy the cool air.

While they were busy, a maid from Ciwenyuan came to tell them that someone from the Cui family had come to propose marriage.

As soon as the word "propose marriage" was mentioned, the expressions of Yuzhu and the others were quite interesting.

Chenyu glanced at them, and the warning was very obvious.

You can laugh, but not now.

When the maid saw that Xue Chenyu was slow to speak, her heart was in her throat.

"The old lady said that you are the mistress of the house and the second young lady's sister-in-law, so you can't be absent at such an occasion. So..."

Xue Chenyu was not in a hurry to answer, but asked who came to propose marriage and what gifts they brought.

When he learned that it was Cui Hua who came by himself and brought with him some steward Hu from the Cui family, he laughed.

As expected, Cui Hua was not a very important person, otherwise why would he be a butler?

"I understand. Go tell the old lady that I'm going to change my clothes and leave."

The maid breathed a sigh of relief and ran away quickly.

All the servants knew that the lady was the one who treated them best before.

Nowadays, the old lady and the adults kicked people away after they had used them, and replaced them with someone else to take charge. They were afraid that the lady would refuse to go, so before coming, Mother Huang found an excuse to ask her to come over.