The journey of giving birth to a son

Chapter 9 Proposal
The weather was fine, and a carriage stopped in front of the Dingbei Hou Mansion.

Mrs. Hou Zhang came back from the banquet and got out of the carriage happily, "Let's go to the ancestor's courtyard first."

Songhe Hall.

When Linglong saw Mrs. Zhang coming, she went down the steps to help her. As Mrs. Zhang walked, she asked Linglong, "Has our ancestors taken a nap?"

"Ancestor just woke up!"

Zhang was in a good mood, "Let's go and talk to our ancestors."

Mrs. Zhang walked into her mother-in-law's room and said, "Ancestor, I'm here to see you. My daughter-in-law wants to pay my respects to my ancestor."

Mrs. Tai gave up her seat with a smile when she asked her daughter-in-law to come over. Madam Zhang saw Linglong coming over with a glass of milk and quickly took it over to serve her mother-in-law herself.

The lady drank the milk from Mrs. Zhang's hand, "Sit down quickly and come to me."

A maid came over with a round stool, and Mrs. Zhang sat in front of it.

"Tell me quickly, how was it going to the banquet with Marquis Zhongyong today? Is there anyone in the Marquis's house that you like?"

"I went to the Zhongyonghou Mansion today and fell in love with Xu Ying, the second daughter of Zhongyonghou."

"How is this girl?"

"I think he's very good, very well-behaved, well-educated, and a perfect match for Zhan'er."

Madam Tai nodded, "Marquis Zhongyong is a new rich man, and we are a century-old family, so our status is a bit low, but now, our Lu family can't be too ostentatious, otherwise we will wrong Zhan'er."

"Yes! Hao'er married the daughter of Duke Rong Guo. There is a bit of a time difference in terms of status, but the Marquis said that in this situation, our Lu family must be more cautious."

The madam nodded, "That's all we can do now."

"Then my wife will go back and reply to the Marquis."

The madam nodded.

Mrs. Zhang stood up, with bright eyes and white teeth, a sweet smile, and bowed with her hands folded, "Congratulations, ancestor, for marrying your granddaughter-in-law!"

The maids in the room all joined in the fun and saluted in unison, "Congratulations, ancestor!"

The madam chuckled, "Congratulations on marrying your daughter-in-law."

The maids all saluted Mrs. Zhang, "Congratulations, madam!"

When Mrs. Zhang returned to her Shi'an Courtyard, she ordered her maid to serve her with pen and ink. She sat at the table and wrote a letter to her husband, Lu Tingyuan, who was far away in Xuan Mansion. One after another beautiful hairpin flowers fell on the white rice paper.

Lu Zhanfeng walked in the same way, "Mom, do you want to get me engaged?"

Zhang put down her pen slowly and said, "No rules!"

Lu Zhan bowed obediently, "I don't want to get married now."

Lu Zhan didn't expect that his mother would propose marriage to him so soon.

"Isn't your eldest brother engaged at your age?"

"But I don't know that Miss Lu at all, how can I live with her?"

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said, "Don't your eldest brother and your eldest sister-in-law also know each other? They are not living well now."

"I have someone I like, and I don't want to marry a daughter of the Xu family."

"What nonsense are you talking about? How can you accept the words of a matchmaker when your parents order them to do so in private?"

"I will not marry a daughter of the Xu family."

"Okay, I can't control you anymore. I'll write a letter to your father and ask him to come back and educate you."

Lu Zhan suddenly knelt down and said, "Mother, my son has someone he likes. Please kiss his mother to make it happen."

Mrs. Zhang patiently said, "Okay, tell me, which family is the girl from?"

"The person my son likes is the Shiyi girl next to me. I want to marry her."

Zhang thought for a long time before she remembered who Shi Yi was.

"Nonsense, you actually want to marry a maid."

"What's wrong with marrying a maid? My son is willing to do so!"

Mrs. Zhang was so angry that she could not speak, "Kneel down in the yard, reflect on it, and go back after you have thought clearly!"

Lu Zhan stood up and walked to the yard and knelt down, "My son wants to marry Miss Shi Yi, and I beg my mother to grant her permission."

Lu Zhan knew that his mother cared about him the most and would definitely agree. Mrs. Zhang remained unmoved and sat in the room drinking tea, admiring flowers, and doing whatever she should. At dusk, it started to rain heavily, and Lu Zhan kept kneeling in the yard.

"Second Master keeps kneeling like this..." Yun Jin whispered.

Ms. Zhang came out and asked, "Do you realize your mistake?"

Lu Zhan felt the rain hitting his face, "My son has made up his mind to marry Miss Shiyi."

Mrs. Zhang was so angry that she said, "Then you should reflect on it carefully. When will you think clearly and when will you go back to your room? Do you feel that your father is not here and no one cares about you? You can kneel down if you want." Kneel down."

Yun Jin held an umbrella and went over, but was pushed away by Lu Zhan, letting the wind and rain hit her face.

After Mrs. Zhang fell asleep, Yun Jin came over and said, "Second Master, if you still want Miss Shi Yi to live, then get up early!"

Lu Zhan suddenly realized this.

The next day we walked, the rain stopped and the wind stopped. The sun fills the earth.

Mrs. Zhang was sitting in front of the dressing table and saw someone kneeling in the yard, "Who is that?"

"It's Miss Shiyi!"

"You let her in."

Zhang looked at the person in front of her. He was indeed handsome. No wonder Lu Zhan liked him.

"Of these two hairpins, which one do you think looks better on me?" There are two hairpins on the table, one gold hairpin and one jade hairpin.

Jiang Shiyi lowered his head, "I think Madam will look good in whatever she wears, because Madam is naturally beautiful!"

Mrs. Zhang burst out laughing and said, "Go and stand aside!"

If Mrs. Zhang doesn't let him go, she can't leave.

The whole day, Jiang Shiyi followed Mrs. Zhang. Mrs. Zhang went to the Mrs. Tai's room to say hello, and she and Yun Jin stood in the side room waiting. When Mrs. Zhang came back to paint, Jiang Shiyi was grinding ink aside. Mrs. Zhang was eating, and she After serving soup and dishes, Mrs. Zhang frowned and waved her hand, "Go back!"

After Jiang Shiyi left, Mrs. Zhang sighed, "He is a well-behaved and obedient person, and he is considerate of everything! Why can't I be cruel?"

Yun Jin said, "Madam is kind-hearted."

If it is in another house. If something like this happened, the little maid would have been killed long ago.

Mrs. Zhang sighed, "I am also a mother and child. The eldest son of the Jiang family died trying to save Hao'er when he was only a teenager. Mother Jiang must be heartbroken. If something happens to her daughter again, my conscience will be uneasy. My ancestor said Yes, you must be kind to the Jiang family, there is no permanent hard-core crop, and it may be these humble people who can help you in the future."

Zhang didn't expect that what she said would come true later.

Lu Zhan was relieved to hear that Jiang Shiyi had returned from his mother's yard.

Lu Zhan pulled Jiang Shiyi to sit beside the bed, "Will you agree or not?"

Jiang Shiyi lowered his head and agreed to be his wife? So shameful!
Jiang Shiyi covered his face and looked at Lu Zhan through his fingers, "What do I want to promise you?"

"What did you say you promised?" Lu Zhan opened her hand.

"I want to marry you and be my wife." He said solemnly.

"But we are not a good match. I am a slave."

"I'm going to tell my grandmother to cancel your slave status."

"That won't work either. Our identities are completely different." Jiang Shiyi analyzed it for him carefully.

"I can find you a wealthy family in the capital and adopt you as my adopted daughter."

"What about my parents?"

Lu Zhan walked around anxiously: "I still have a lot of money. Let me take you and the two of us away!"

"This is an elopement. You are not afraid that people from the Marquis' Mansion will find us in the future. You can return to the Mansion at will. My little life will be gone."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Lu Zhan asked irritably.

"Married a daughter of the Xu family."

"Then you want to be small?"

"I won't be small."

Jiang Shiyi knelt on the ground, "I just want to work as an errand in the mansion. I will leave the mansion and go home in the future. I beg the second master to help me."

(End of this chapter)