Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Since he had this idea, Zhan Zheng actually sent someone to fetch it. Sure enough, Yin Yin and Yu Miaoqi knew what he was going to do at a glance, and they both burst into laughter.

Zhan Zheng cleared his throat and slammed the paperweight in his hand onto the table.

“却说那二夫人的母亲冯老夫人大骂过后，搂着湛淑儿直接哭成了泪人儿。边哭边说'我的儿，苦了你了，等这回你堂兄大婚过后，你就跟外祖母家去，到时候，就嫁在外祖母身边，要是你舅舅敢对你不好，外祖母一定揍他！'”

"Then Patriarch Feng chimed in, 'This is my own niece, how could I not treat her well? Shu'er, you should go with your uncle. Your parents will be subject to others, but your uncle won't. You'll have plenty of talented young men to choose from!'"

Yinyin clapped the melon seeds in her hand and chimed in, "Then Old Master Zhan and the Third Branch must be furious!"

“Of course,” Zhan Zheng glanced at the cheerful Yu Miaoqi, “The Third Master immediately said, ‘Madam Feng, the Old Master has already arranged a good marriage for Shu’er. Why are you arranging another marriage for her? Isn’t that making our family break our promise?’”

"Old Madam Feng spat at him directly, 'Engaged? A marriage arranged by parents and matchmakers. Did her parents agree to this marriage, or did the matchmaker come to our door to present the betrothal gifts? Why didn't they tell us, her maternal grandparents, or invite us to the wedding banquet? Or does Third Master think we are not good enough?'"

The Third Master immediately said, "Filial piety comes first. Since the Old Master is still alive, it is natural for him to arrange the marriage for Shu'er."

“Would the old master really admit to this? Given his nature of always trying to protect his reputation in front of people who don’t know the truth,” Yin Yin tilted her head, “Even if the third branch said that the second branch had already tacitly agreed, it would be better than this.”

“Yinyin is right. The old master’s face was not good at the time, but the third master was so focused on refuting Madam Feng that he didn’t see it,” Zhan Zheng thought of the scene and couldn’t help but chuckle. Then he said regretfully, “If we really had the recording stone from the storybook, I would definitely record it for you. Seeing it with your own eyes is much more fun than me telling the story.”

Yinyin also felt a little regretful. It was fine if the other scenes were in the show, but this one had never appeared in the show before. If she missed it, she would never see it again.

"Perhaps in a thousand years or so, we'll have something that can capture images and make people feel like they're there. But by then, we'll have long since passed away, and we won't be able to see it anymore. But what you're saying, brother, is very good. Please continue."

A thousand years from now is too far away. Zhan Zheng was just saying it casually. Who knows if such a thing will exist a thousand years from now?

He took a sip of tea to moisten his throat: "The third branch said that the marriage was arranged by the old master, and the second branch immediately objected. 'If it were truly the old master who chose her, that would be one thing, but it's clearly your third branch that specifically selected her for the old master. Parents, parents, we, the second branch, aren't all dead yet! Even if we're gone, there are still her brothers. You, a distant uncle, aren't you satisfied with just making decisions for your own daughter? You want to make decisions for mine? Bah!"

Zhan Zheng imitated the Second Master's mannerisms, and he actually looked quite convincing: "After hearing this, Old Madam Feng immediately became unhappy. She pointed at the Third Branch of the family and gave them a good scolding. She went directly to the Old Master's in-laws. 'With parents still alive, marriage is of course decided by them. Some people shouldn't interfere too much, don't you think? Since this marriage wasn't arranged by Shu'er's parents, regardless of whether your Zhan family acknowledges it or not, my Feng family certainly won't accept it. It concerns the face of my Feng family, so don't blame me for meddling, in-laws.'"

Seeing the old master hesitate, the third master immediately reminded him, "Father, we agreed that the letters would be sent after Shu'er's marriage. They're already halfway there, and the wedding is almost here. There's no way we can catch them now!"

“Oh dear,” Yu Miaoqi couldn’t help but say, “I thought there might be some kind of twist, but what can the Feng family’s visit change?”

Yinyin said thoughtfully, "That's not necessarily true. The third branch went too far this time. It's no longer just a place for them and the second branch."

Zhan Zheng gave Yin Yin an approving look: "That's right, our old lady only spoke up now. 'The letter only said that a daughter of the Zhan family was to be married off, but it didn't name anyone.'"

"Beautiful!" Yin Yin clapped her hands and said to Yu Miaoqi, "Mother, you understand the old lady better. She really is a person who doesn't speak up until she makes a name for herself."

There's not much more to say now. The old lady's brilliant move forced the Zhan family to marry off one of their daughters. With the Feng family present, it couldn't be Zhan Shu'er. The other girls from the other branches were still too young, so the only one of them who could be considered of marriageable age was Zhan Hui'er.

However, Zhan Zheng, well aware of the importance of not starting something with a bang and then leaving it unfinished, briefly recounted the rest: "Old Madam Feng immediately declared, 'Whoever arranged the marriage, whoever's family is the matchmaker, their daughter can marry as she pleases; in any case, Feng's granddaughter will not marry.'"

The second wife and her husband laughed and congratulated the third wife on the good fortune of her son-in-law. The second wife even declared that she would do a good job for Zhan Hui'er.

"What about you, brother?"

"Well," Zhan Zheng leaned back in response to Yin Yin's curiosity, "since everyone went to congratulate the third branch of the family, how could I not join in? So I naturally went to congratulate them before leaving."

Yinyin was smiling when she noticed that Yu Miaoqi's expression was not good, and asked, "Mother, what's wrong?"

Yu Miaoqi's expression turned serious as she looked at Zhan Zheng: "Zheng'er, have someone keep an eye on things over there. Since their letter only mentioned a daughter of the Zhan family getting married, without specifying who it was, I'm worried they might try to take advantage of Yin Yin."

Although Zhan Zheng didn't think that after all these events, the old master would still choose to let Yin Yin replace Zhan Hui'er, knowing that they cared about Yin Yin, he still had to be careful because of the third branch of the family.

“Mother, don’t worry, I will definitely have people keep a close eye on things,” Zhan Zheng said, glancing at Yin Yin again. “I will also write to Uncle Pan.”

Although Zhan Zheng knew the Pan family as much as he did, they wouldn't dare to marry Yin Yin off without his and his mother's consent, he was just in case they suddenly had a brain fart or were swayed by others and thought this fifth-rank military officer was a good candidate and agreed.

Even if Zhan Zheng wasn't without a solution, it would be better to lay some groundwork beforehand to avoid affecting the relationship between him and his mother, as well as Yin Yin. After all, the methods he would use later wouldn't be exactly honorable.

Just as Yu Miaoqi had feared, after everyone left, the Third Master indeed sought out the Old Master alone.

"Father, the Feng family is going too far! Are we just going to let them interfere in our family affairs like this?"

Old Master Zhan said cryptically, "Didn't the Feng family say they were only interfering in their own granddaughter's affairs?"

“But if Shu’er doesn’t marry, then only Hui’er will be left,” the Third Master said cautiously. “Shu’er’s reputation is tarnished now, and the Feng family is insisting on arranging a marriage for her. If Hui’er leaves too, and there’s a marriage alliance in the family, we can’t just call back the fourth branch’s maid, can we? That child isn’t even ten years old yet.”

Seeing that Old Master Zhan did not speak, the Third Master lowered his voice even further: "So I think that Yin Yin is also our Zhan family's goddaughter. She is of humble origins as a servant girl. For her to marry a fifth-rank military officer is a great honor for her."

"Such a good marriage, I'm sure she won't refuse it."