A peasant girl travels through time with a hospital, rising to become an empress.

"Don't agree?"

Huang Xiuxiu said in a high-pitched voice, her voice full of surprise, and her smile vanished instantly.

Liu Yan repeated, "Yes, I won't agree. Sister Xiu, you don't need to help me find a match anymore. I have no intention of getting married."

Huang Xiuxiu hadn't expected Liu Yan to react this way. Holding her handkerchief, she pointed directly at Liu Yan and said, "You won't agree? How could you not agree!"

Nie Qianqian narrowed her eyes; no one could point at her mother like that in front of her.

Nie Qianqian stepped forward and seemingly just lightly flicked Huang Xiuxiu's wrist, but in reality, she used a hidden force on Huang Xiuxiu's wrist. Huang Xiuxiu stumbled back several steps and almost fell. Fortunately, Li Rong caught her. She didn't even see what Nie Qianqian did, but she felt that she couldn't move her right hand at all and was in great pain.

However, this was not the time to worry about her aching hand. She was extremely flustered. She had taken the initiative to act as a matchmaker, wanting to introduce Wu Tongguang and Liu Yan to each other. If this matter was ruined and both Wu Tongguang and Steward Zhou lost face, Li Rong would not only fail to get a good job, but if Steward Zhou was ruthless, he might even be expelled from the Jiang family.

Li Rong was so anxious that a layer of cold sweat seeped out from his back. It would have been fine if he hadn't called Steward Zhou, but now that he had, if things didn't go well today, Steward Zhou, who valued his reputation the most, would definitely skin him alive.

Sure enough, Butler Zhou frowned, his face showing displeasure.

Li Rong immediately bowed to Butler Zhou, behaving with utmost respect, "There must be some misunderstanding, there must be some misunderstanding. Xiuxiu, what are you standing there for? Go ask her quickly."

In front of so many people, Liu Yan directly refused, and Wu Tongguang felt as if he had been slapped in the face.

Even Nie Erzhuang, who had been struggling on the ground, stopped moving and froze.

Rejection? Liu Yan actually rejected him? Such a good family, and she, Liu Yan, rejected them too? What was she thinking? He felt his face wasn't burning with embarrassment anymore.

Huang Xiuxiu forced herself to calm down. "Yan, what exactly do you mean? If you have any conditions you want to make, just say so. We've shown our sincerity, so don't try to fob me off with something like 'I don't want to get married.' Do you mean you'll never get married and will grow old alone?!"

Huang Zhenzhu was both angry and anxious: "I told you long ago that Liu Yan has no intention of getting married, so why do you still insist on proposing marriage!"

After saying this, Wu Tongguang looked at Huang Zhenzhu with deep dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Huang Xiuxiu knew perfectly well that Liu Yan didn't want to remarry, yet she still solemnly promised to act as matchmaker in front of him and brought him to propose marriage.

Butler Zhou also looked displeased, his eyes filled with coldness. He glanced at Li Rong and Huang Zhenzhu, and both of them felt a chill run down their spines.

Nie Qianqian: "Whether my mother gets married or not is none of your business. Anyway, she doesn't like the person you brought."

Wu Tongguang's eyes widened as he pointed at himself, "You didn't like me?"

Nie Qianqian raised an eyebrow. "Yes, she just didn't like you. What could my mother possibly like about you? Did she like your age or that you don't bathe?"

Wu Tongguang was taken aback. How did she know he didn't shower?

"Look at your face, your complexion is sallow, your eyes are cloudy, your forehead is dark, your lips are blue, and you are weak inside. Why did my mother marry a short-lived ghost like you?"

Wu Tongguang was furious. "Who are you calling a short-lived ghost? Watch your mouth, you little brat!"

Butler Zhou narrowed his eyes and looked at Nie Qianqian. This young lady was truly extraordinary. She was so pretty and had a fiery personality.

He slowly stood up, handed the hand warmer to the maid beside him, and shook his clothes. "What a sharp-tongued little girl. But you should know your place before you speak. Do you know who I am? Let me give you a piece of advice: don't mess with people you can't afford to offend. It's your mother's good fortune that my uncle took a liking to her. Now that I've come to this marriage, you have no choice but to agree!"

Nie Qianqian said coldly, "Is this all the memory you have, Steward Zhou? How can you manage a household? Huang Xiuxiu already introduced you when she came. You think you're superior and come here with an air of superiority. Do you think my mother would be happy to agree to this marriage? You overestimate yourself. Your status and family background are worthless in the matter of marrying my mother!"

“If my mother ever wants to get married, it will be because the person treats her sincerely, loves and protects her, not because of their wealth. Besides, no matter what your status is, there is no reason to force a cow to drink water. If my mother doesn’t want to get married, there is no reason to force her to marry.”

After hearing Nie Qianqian's words, Liu Lizheng was the first to clap his hands and cheer, "Qianqian is right! She has ambition. What good is money if you can't force someone to marry you just because you have money?"

Upon hearing this, the other guests nodded unconsciously, a sense of pride rising within them.

"That's right, if we don't want to get married, we won't!"

"I was too short-sighted. What good is money and power? Life isn't about living off money."

"What's wrong with city people? City people have more eyes and mouths than us country folk. Why should we force them to marry?"

Steward Zhou looked at the group of people from Qinghe Village with disdain. These villagers were all dressed in coarse linen clothes, looking rustic and unsophisticated. If he had seen them in the city, he wouldn't have bothered to give them a second glance. Yet here they dared to yell at him, "A bunch of ignorant scoundrels, do you think you can reason with me?"

He ordered the servants he had brought, "You four take Liu Yan away, cook her up, and see how she still won't agree!"

The four servants he brought were about to attack, but Nie Qianqian shielded Liu Yan behind her. During this time, she had been exercising and practicing martial arts, and her martial arts skills were now vastly different from when she first transmigrated. She was confident that she could take on four opponents at once.

Nie Qianqian crouched down slightly, preparing for battle.

But it didn't come in handy.

Liu Lizheng shouted, "Everyone, protect Liu Yan! Protect the people of our own village!"

Upon hearing this, all the men present stood up, rolled up their sleeves, and shielded Nie Qianqian and Liu Yan behind them, glaring angrily at Butler Zhou and his group.

The women hid behind the men, occasionally throwing vegetable leaves from the table, pebbles from the ground, and their own shoes at Butler Zhou and his group.

Grandma Zhao took Liu Yan's hand and kept comforting her, "Yan, don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

Big Mouth Juan, with her long mouth, cursed, "You call yourself a city person? Shameless! You're trying to rob someone!"

Aunt Wang often discouraged Liu Yan, but as a woman, she knew the helplessness of encountering such a situation, and shouted, "Yan, the whole village will support you, let's see who can take you away."

The people of Qinghe Village were unusually united at this moment.