Xie Wan seemed to have thought of something and nodded thoughtfully. Before Mrs. Zhao could speak, she suddenly said, "That should be allowed only after getting married."

  If it were someone else, the other party would have known that their son was in such a situation and would not have brought it up. But both parties are kind-hearted people, this conversation is obviously an opportunity, how could they let it lead to any unpleasantness?

  Madam Zhao clenched her handkerchief and said: "It's just that I haven't met a suitable one."

  After she finished speaking, her face became slightly flushed again.

  Xie Wan is only nine years old, wouldn't it be too humiliating to say these things to her? Thinking back, Zhao Zhen also discouraged her from pursuing this matter, thinking it was too unreliable. But she really didn't want to let go of this opportunity in her heart. The woman who spoke in the temple was a maid, how could she possibly go find a maid to talk about this? Who else could she find besides Xie Wan?

  She thought that after this matter was over, she would rather die than do such a humiliating thing again.

  Xie Wan, however, seemed to have not noticed her embarrassment at all and instead said with a sound of realization: "Speaking of which, I remember that Yufang told me the other day that she had a childhood friend who was looking for a family like this one, but I don't know if she found them or not."

  Madam Zhao's eyes sparkled as she exclaimed excitedly: "Really? Then please ask the young lady to help us ask, won't you?"

  Xie Wan said: "You wait a moment." Then she called Yu Fang over and pulled her into the inner room to talk.

  After a while, the two came out. The maid called Yu Fang walked towards her, bowed and said: "The mistress's words, my sister has not found her husband's family yet. She is from a farming family and her life experience is pitiful, I don't know if she is worthy of marrying the young master."

  Madam Zhao heard this and her blood was immediately boiling. She grasped the armrest, barely stabilizing her mind. Controlling her emotions, she said: "It doesn't matter what kind of family background or appearance he has, as long as he can truly care for Xiao'er!"

  Zhaos' appearance. No need to think about the husband and wife's affairs, taking care of people is easy to say, but which young woman can really devote herself to being a widow? One or two years are easy, three or five years are also easy, what's scary is that after eight or ten years, when she's in her prime, she won't be able to bear it and will want to leave.

  At first, when Wang's family mentioned the girl from the Wang family to her, she didn't expect that she would keep it for a lifetime, and thought that even if she could hold on for ten or twenty years, it was better than never having had it at all.

  "Don't worry about this." Yufang bit her lower lip, glanced at Xie Wan beside her, and said with difficulty: "My sister, she... Ah, madam, I'd better tell you quietly."

  When Mrs. Zhao nodded, she leaned close to her ear and said: "She's a barren woman, she can't have children all her life."

  Madam Zhao heard the two words "stone girl". Suddenly she was like ice frozen there, her mouth agape and unable to speak.

  Yu Fang hastily said: "I've already said that she's not a good match for the young master, so let's just pretend I never said it, madam."

  As she spoke, she turned and was about to head downstairs.

  "Is what you're saying really true?" Madam Zhao suddenly grabbed her and asked.

  "If a single word is false, heaven will strike with lightning!" Yu Fang pointed to the sky and swore.

  Mrs. Zhao's heart was filled with joy like a raging tide that surged up her head and limbs.

  Stone maiden! As a stone maiden, she naturally doesn't have any worries at all! Since there are people like this in the world and heaven has brought her right in front of herself, what else does she have to worry about?

  She gazed upwards with burning eyes, her hands clasped together facing west as she silently chanted "Amitabha Buddha" three times. It must have been after visiting the Upper Clear Spring Temple yesterday. The Bodhisattva has manifested! Otherwise, how could it be that right after she finished burning incense, she heard them talking?

  How lucky she was that she came this time, if she had listened to Zhao Zhen's words. She would have really missed this heavenly good marriage!

  "Third Sister!"

  She wiped her eyes, turned around and walked to Xie Wan's front, "It seems that this is also fate, the girl Yu Fang said, I am very satisfied. Can you find an opportunity to bring her here for me to see? I know it's not good to involve your family in this kind of thing, but accomplishing a marriage is also a virtuous deed, the Bodhisattva will bless you!"

  She said sincerely.

  Xie Wan also sincerely smiled: "Don't worry, madam, I have always been a man of my word. Three days later, at this place, you can come and see for yourself!"

  Half an hour later, Mrs. Zhao chose over ten pieces of satin and left contentedly in her carriage.

  The rest is easy.

  Xie Wan turned around and called Luo Sheng, instructing him to find two unfamiliar but capable people outside to act as middlemen. With thirty taels of silver, they "bought" Wang Anmei from Wang Geng's hands and carried her to a house in Qingyuan Prefecture that Shen Tian had already rented.

  Wang Anmei had nothing to do with the Wang family from then on, and He Shi secretly learned from her daughter that she was going to be married out, so she didn't overdo it with grief. Afraid of not being able to pretend to be sad and arousing suspicion, she pretended to return to her mother's home and avoided this scene.

  Three days later, Shen Tian sent Wang Anmei, who had changed her name to Yu Yu Chun, to Li Zi Hutong to meet Madam Zhao. Madam Zhao was very satisfied and asked her many questions, giving her a pair of earrings as a gift for meeting each other. She also immediately picked out several colors of silk fabric in the shop to make new clothes for her.

  They also discussed marriage matters.

  Zhao Ju's appearance, naturally, can only be simple. Wang Yuchun didn't have a maternal family, so Madame Zhao tactfully entrusted Xie Liang and Xie Juan to act as her maternal relatives. Although Yu Fang called Wang Yuchun "sister" in public, with the status of the Zhao family, she couldn't associate with a lowly servant. Falsely claiming to be distant cousins from the second branch of the Xie family, it was much more dignified.

  Xie Wan accepted the eighty taels of silver as a betrothal gift from the Zhao family and added twenty more to give to Wang Yuchun for her dowry.

  As a member of the Xie family, Xie Wan naturally couldn't avoid going to the Zhao residence with Xie Liang. After several visits, Zhao Zhen and Xie Liang started discussing the imperial examination and official careers, and after ten or so visits, Zhao Zhen had begun to unintentionally test Xie Liang's knowledge.

  At the same time, Mrs. Zhao's friendship with Xie Wan also deepened rapidly.

  Madam Zhao found that nine-year-old Xie Wan was actually a little adult. No matter what, as long as she said it to her, everything seemed to become easier, and she always thought of things that others couldn't think of. In order to avoid all sorts of troubles for this marriage, her composure and calmness were not fake, her cleverness and agility were not fake, and even the occasional flashes of heroic spirit and decisiveness, like a boy's, were not fake either.

  She thought that Xie Wan was like a friend, no wonder there were people in the world who were called "forgetting years of friendship", she thought that she and this Third Young Lady Xie could also be considered as one of them.

  From then on, whenever something happened to Madam Zhao, it was no longer a matter of inquiry, but rather a consultation.

  Zhao Zhen and his wife felt unprecedented goodwill towards the Xie family because of this matter and due to their gratitude towards Xie Liang and his sister.

  It wasn't until Madame Wang found out about these things that it was the month before Zhao Zhen was to return to the capital to report on his duties, when someone from the Zhao household came to deliver the wedding invitation.

  The wedding of the Zhao family was set on the 28th of December, and the welcoming procession went straight to the Erfang residence in Huangshi Town. Xie Wan and Xie Liang, as the maternal relatives of the young mistress of the Zhao family, presided over all matters. This was the second time that Xie Liang had appeared publicly as the head of the second house of the Xie family, while Xie Wan also made her first semi-public appearance in people's sight. The wedding went extremely smoothly.

  The exchanges between the Zhao and Xie families had fooled everyone, and Wang Shi stared in amazement at Xie Ceng and Xie Wan being treated as honored guests at the banquet in the Zhao manor.

  There was a moment when the elegant and refined Xie Liang, as well as the dignified and composed Xie Wan, who was completely different from girls of the same age with her shy and delicate demeanor, and even more calm and steady than Xie Liang, made her feel a subtle sense of crisis.

  She is the prestigious Mrs. Xie, the mistress of the most renowned Xie Manor in the county. Wherever she goes, she should be the center of attention. But today, the honor of being the guest of honor was taken away by this brother and sister duo. This year, due to Xie Rong's official position, the Xie family's status has risen again. While adapting to her new identity as an official's wife, did she neglect something?

  Wang silently finished the wedding banquet and returned to his residence, where he had a lot on his mind. Xie Zhu saw that everything was settled and prepared to bring the main issue to the surface.

  Xie Lang only found out that Wang Yuchun was actually Wang Si Mei's sister, Wang Anmei, when things were about to happen, and he had always felt very uneasy about Xie Yu's behavior.

  "This Zhao family is also strange, originally they colluded with the Wang family to deal with us, but now because you helped them out and made this marriage happen, they are grateful to you and me in every way. It seems that as long as someone helps Zhao Zhuo solve his marriage problem, they will look at whoever with favor, truly without distinguishing right from wrong, whoever gives milk is considered a mother!"

  He grumbled on one side and fanned the green smoke on the incense burner on the other.

  Xie Wan didn't care, "In this world, there's no such thing as unconditional kindness, only relationships based on mutual benefit are the most reliable. Even if they don't have principles because of this, I think it doesn't matter, as long as it benefits us, right?"

  Xie Lang sniffed the fragrance of the water incense in his mouth, turned around with his hands behind his back and said: "Do you think Zhao Zhen can help you?"

  Xie Wan supported her cheek with her hand, raised an eyebrow and looked at him, "Of course."

  At the age of fourteen, Xie Lang's eyes had lost a lot of childishness and were no longer confused. He could often follow her train of thought and converse with her. In the past half year at the county school, he had broadened his horizons and was gradually finding his place among so many excellent students.

  At this moment, he is wearing a celadon green changshan with a white fox fur trim around his shoulders, standing under the window, looking truly elegant and refined.

  "I've always thought you're much bolder than me." He said this while stroking the copper ring on the incense burner.

  "This year, you've really surprised me to the point where if you suddenly told me you wanted to turn the sky upside down, I wouldn't think it's too absurd. Wanwan, maybe you're the mainstay of the second house. If the second house is a ship sailing in the ocean, then you're the sail and the rudder, while I'm just the hull, looking big but without propulsion, it's like a pile of scrap iron."

  Xie Wan put down her hand, "Brother!"

  "I'm telling the truth." Xie Liang turned around, looking at her steadily: "Wanwan, just go ahead and do what you think bravely. Even if the boat capsizes, I will swear to protect you with my life and not let you fall into the water."

  "Brother!"

  Xie Wan couldn't help but smile, her nose souring up.

  PS: Thanks for the sunflower amulet, thank you very much ~~ Continue to ask for pink votes ~~