Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 461

The two stared at each other in disbelief before Wen forced a smile and said to Qin Jianxi, "Xi'er, do you hope your mother can find you another stepfather?"

Qin Jianxi: "My brother is the heir of the Marquis of Yongning and will inherit the title in the future. I am a young lady of the Marquis of Yongning's family. Even if my mother finds another stepfather, I don't have to go with her, so it doesn't matter. It mainly depends on my mother herself. She is still so young. I don't think she should remain a widow for the rest of her life. As long as she is happy, she can remarry."

The Shen couple: "......"

Is this child some kind of supernatural being?

Shen Wei coughed: "Well... that's what we were thinking too, but..."

But Qin Jianxi, their daughter, was still just a young girl, and for her to take the initiative to talk to them about this was truly extraordinary!

Qin Jianxi didn't care about the second half of Shen Wei's unspoken words.

"Do Grandpa and Grandma have found a suitable candidate? Can they meet and get to know each other? Mom has been observing mourning for a year now. Even if she can't remarry now, it's still possible to get engaged first."

This is an unwritten custom left over from the previous dynasty of the Northern Yi: after a year of mourning, one can start discussing marriage and even make an engagement.

It was mainly for the benefit of unmarried women of marriageable age. If a girl was fifteen or sixteen years old, the age when she should be getting married, but one of her parents passed away and she had to observe three years of mourning, then she would have to wait until three years later to be able to find a husband. By the time she was eighteen or nineteen, she would be considered an old maid and it would be very difficult for her to get married.

In the previous Northern Yi dynasty, natural disasters and wars were frequent, resulting in an extremely high mortality rate. A large number of young men and women were in mourning, leaving very few who married and had children. To address population concerns, the court encouraged marriages to be arranged during the mourning period, a practice that gradually became established.

Shen Wei never expected that Qin Jianxi would even know this. As the head of the Shen family, who was responsible for urging his children to get married, he didn't feel this much urgency!

However, after Qin Jianxi said that, Shen Wei felt that it was indeed possible to give Shen Lingjun a chance to be considered first.

He asked Wen, "Do you have any suitable candidates on your side?"

Although the Wen family has not yet put the plan on the agenda, they have long been considering candidates for Shen Lingjun.

Moreover, having learned from her previous experience, she is now extremely cautious in her selection of candidates.

“I’m thinking that this time I must find a family with whom I have a close relationship and know well, so that Lingjun won’t suffer any more grievances after marrying into it. On my side, the Wen family has a distant nephew. I’ve watched him grow up since he was a child, and I think he’s not bad.”

That nephew had been engaged twice, but both times his fiancées died unexpectedly, which damaged his reputation. As a result, he was still unmarried at the age of twenty-four.

Aside from that, he was a good person in terms of character, appearance, and temperament, and was also skilled in both literature and martial arts. However, he did not hold a high official position and his family background was only average.

However, the Shen family didn't value this too much; overall, the conditions were acceptable.

After all, Shen Lingjun was a widow with two children. In the eyes of the world, it was usually difficult for such a woman to find a husband if she wanted to remarry, and she could only lower her standards.

Shen Wei said, "I also have two candidates on my side. They are young generals under my command, whom I personally trained. Apart from their ordinary backgrounds, they are all quite good."

Wen said, "Then let's find an opportunity to arrange a meeting? If Lingjun doesn't like it, so be it. But if they really do like each other, it will be a wonderful thing."

Shen Wei: "Okay, yours can go first, it'll be more convenient."

Qin Jianxi was very satisfied. He made his graceful exit, leaving without a trace.

A few days later, Shen Lingjun was summoned by Madam Wen and taken to a Wing Chun banquet hosted by the Wen family.