On the 24th day of the 12th lunar month, Zhao Yanping rented three carriages and took Guo Xing to Tongzhou Wharf to pick up Liu, Chen Ying and his party.

"Why are my brother so thin?"

When the relatives reunited and saw their elder brother as thin as a scholar, Chen Ying sneezed and said distressedly, and Liu also looked at her son worriedly.

Zhao Yanping smiled and said, "You can't get used to the diet here. It depends on your red nose. Are you suffering from cold?"

Chen Ying wanted to shake her head, but she sneezes again before she opened her mouth.

Zhao Yanping tightened his cloak belt for his sister and helped his mother and sister get in the car first.

Cui Niang, Qiuyue, Baoping and Ruyi, four maids, took the second car. Manager Li and Guo Xing moved all the bags and cages to the third carriage, and they sat in that carriage. They made sure that no luggage had fallen and no one was missing. Zhao Yanping turned back to the first carriage, jumped up, and reminisced about the past with his mother and sister.

Only then did Liu family and Chen Ying learn that Zhao Yanping had been awarded the title of the seventh rank official.

Chen Ying was so proud that her brother was so powerful that he even became a disciple of Mr. Lu. He naturally had to inquire about his brother's promotion process.

Zhao Yanping felt that it was difficult to hide the matter, and Gillian also said that she didn't mind interacting with her sister, so Zhao Yanping explained it briefly.

Chen Ying narrowed her eyes and asked her brother: "When did Zhu Xiucai ask you to bring Biluochun?"

Zhao Yanping said: "He gave it to me privately before leaving, and I don't want Jin to know. In short, remember that no one in the capital knows the old things about her and me, including the maids and buddy around her. If you see her, just act as a neighbor, and don't reveal any traces of your conversation..."

Chen Ying curled her lips and said, "Okay, OK, I promise I won't cause any trouble for Sister Gillian, okay? I'm verbose, I'm obviously concerned about thinking about her, but I still stubbornly refuse to admit it."

Zhao Yanping frowned.

Liu whispered to her daughter: "Why are you talking to your elder brother? The capital is not as good as the county town. You have to be more disciplined in the future. You will be eighteen years old soon. Be careful not to get married."

Chen Ying snorted: "If you can't get married, you can't get married. It's not that you have to get married. Sister Gillian can open the shop, so can I."

Liu was getting more and more troublesome. His son didn’t want to marry him and his daughter didn’t want to marry him. What’s the point?

Two hours later, three carriages turned back and forth into Lion Lane.

Chen Ying jumped out of the carriage and saw the three-entry house in front of her. Chen Ying said in surprise: "It seems that this house has just been repaired. Did it rent it newly by my elder brother?"

Guo Xing smiled while moving his luggage down, "It was not rented by the official. As soon as we came last year, Mr. Xie San was ready, and everything we needed to use. The girl and his wife also placed vases and hang calligraphy and paintings in the room. Not to mention that he was very young. Mr. San came here two days ago and asked when his wife would come to Beijing, saying that he was going to visit."

Everyone knew that Xie Ying and Zhao Yanping had a deep friendship, so there was nothing strange about it.

The coachmen finished their errands and drove away. Everyone in the Zhao family went in with a giggle. Guo Xing secretly glanced at Qiu Yue several times and found that his sister Cui Niang was laughing. Guo Xing blushed and lowered his head to move things.

We were busy until dusk, and we all settled our house. The next day, we completely cleaned up the house, pasted Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures, and just waited for the New Year.

Xie Ying, who said hello in advance, also came to visit the door as promised and brought a cart of New Year goods over.

Seeing Brother Shun bringing things in one by one, Liu was flattered and said, "Third Master is so polite. When you were in the capital, you often took care of Yanping. After Yanping came to Beijing, you were also very caring for you. Now you bring so many things here, why do we have the nerve to accept it?"

Xie Ying was wearing a jade-colored brocade robe and smiled gently and gracefully: "Auntie said this. Without Brother Zhao, I have lost my life. What is this vulgar etiquette?"

Mrs. Liu had no choice but to ask the maid to move all the things in.

Zhao Yanping accompanied his mother to treat guests. He noticed that Xie Ying frequently looked out the door, but he didn't seem to have something to leave, and suddenly he felt a sudden change in his heart.

My family has a simple population, and only my younger sister Chen Ying has not appeared. Is Xie Ying looking forward to her younger sister coming?

Zhao Yanping thought of the various exquisite furnishings that Xie Ying added to his mother and sister's room.

In the past, Zhao Yanping only thought Xie Ying was too concerned about him. Now it seems that Xie Ying’s visit today seems to have another purpose.

Not long after, even Liu noticed Xie Ying's strangeness.

Liu may not have the meticulous thoughts of his son, but she is a mother, and she is still a mother who is eager to find a marriage for her older daughter as soon as possible. Seeing Xie Ying's behavior, Liu naturally thought of her.

"By the way, the third master is young and promising, and has a prominent family background. He should have married a wife now, right?" Liu asked with a smile.

Xie Ying looked at Zhao Yanping and smiled and said, "I'm not hiding my aunt, I'm just like Brother Zhao, I'm too busy and don't have the time to consider the marriage."

When Zhao Yanping heard this, he thought that if the old lady who was born in heaven had heard this, she would definitely have to think about it again.

Mrs. Liu didn't know that the two young men had such a misunderstanding, so she was determined to talk to Xie Ying: "You young men are busy with errands, and their parents are responsible for you. The third master is 24 or 25 years old. Marquis, hasn't the wife arranged it for you?"

Xie Ying clenched his fists.

Since he returned to Beijing, his father, wife and aunt mentioned this matter. Xie Yingxin had something to do and reported to his father alone. His father did not agree much before, but after Lu Taigong accepted Zhao Yanping as his disciple, his father finally let go. What he had to do now is to win the approval of Chen Ying and Liu.

Xie Ying came over today, and he was tempted.

He is indeed not young. If Chen Ying and Liu were willing, the Marquis's Mansion would ask a matchmaker to propose marriage after the New Year.

With a slightly red face, Xie Ying lowered his eyes and said, "My father knew that my heart belonged to me, and he had never urged me. He just waited for me to ask for the woman's approval before making decisions for me."

Zhao Yanping couldn't hold on anymore.

However, Liu was very nervous and asked casually: "Which girl from the Third Master is as talented as Mr. San?"

Xie Ying rolled his throat and was about to speak, Chen Ying took Cui Niang around the screen and walked towards this side.

Liu thought that the time was not the time for her daughter to come back, Xie Ying had already stood up and bowed to Chen Ying and said, "Long time no see, Miss Chen is still safe?"

Chen Ying naturally recognized Bo Le who recommended her brother, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the third master is here. I told you why a carriage was parked at the door."

Xie Ying stood up, his eyes fell on Chen Ying's face, and he felt that her smile was as bright as spring flowers, and she was dazzling.

Chen Ying didn't notice his eyes and sniffed gently. Because of the cold, she became slightly hoarse and said to her mother regretfully: "Mom, Sister Gillian is going to stay in the general's mansion. She has to wait for the fifth day of the day before she comes back. Cui Niang and I were idle."

Liu did not have the heart to think about Ah Jiao, and said angrily, "I've been suffering from cold and I'm still running around. You're not afraid of giving me the disease to others. Go back to my room to rest."

Chen Ying said "Oh" and didn't even sit down. She nodded at Xie Ying and turned around and left.

Xie Ying felt lost.

Liu became more and more convinced of his guesses, just waiting for Xie Ying to make it clear.

Xie Ying came back to his senses and saw that his lover's mother was smiling and staring at him. Xie Ying suddenly plucked up the courage and saluted to Liu, "I'm not hiding it from my aunt. When I was still in Wu'an County, I was moved by Miss Chen. I didn't say it when Mr. Shen passed away. Now Miss Chen is filial, and I don't want to delay any more. I have already reported to my father, and my father also agreed. Today I want to ask my aunt what she meant. If you like me and are willing to betrothed Miss Chen to me, I will go back to my house and ask my elders to arrange a matchmaker."

Liu pressed the surprise and confirmed: "The family backgrounds of our two families are very different. Does the Marquis really agree?"

Xie Ying laughed at himself: "Brother Zhao has to take Lu Taigong as his teacher, and his future is unlimited. The Xie family is indeed prominent, but the younger generation is just a concubine's son in the Marquis's house. He came to marry Miss Chen, and he was the younger generation who was the one who was very proud of him."

Liu hurriedly said, "Third Master must not say that. Sakura doesn't understand the rules. It's her honor for the Third Master to like her. But Sakura is determined to reopen her rouge shop and let me ask her what she means. I will reply to the Third Master after the New Year, okay?"

Xie Ying smiled and said, "It should be, aunt doesn't need to rush to urge the girl to promise that as long as she is willing to marry me, I can wait until her new shop opens before coming to propose marriage."

So affectionate and gentle, Liu had already said his daughter to be willing a hundred times in his heart.

Zhao Yanping sent Xie Ying out.

Bypassing the screen wall, Zhao Yanping paused his feet and frowned and asked Xie Ying: "When did you fall in love with Sakura?" In my impression, the two met only a few times.

In Jiangnan, Xie Ying had indeed only seen Chen Ying three times. The first time was a Chinese New Year cruise, and Chen Ying appeared in front of him in men's clothing. The second time was Chen Ying wearing a filial clothes and went to the county government to sue her brother for being unfilial, but her eyes were filled with tears but her expression was stubborn. The third time was that he went to Shenjiagou to pay his condolences to Chen Yuanwai, who was still wearing white clothes and kneeling in front of Shen Yuanwai's coffin, with a sad face.

However, after these three sides, he was obsessed with Chen Ying and became a marriage.

As a concubine's son, Xie Ying never cared too much about family background. He just wanted to marry a good woman who made him moved.

"I can't explain it clearly. Anyway, I just like it. Brother Zhao won't object, right?" Xie Ying looked at Zhao Yanping and asked.

Zhao Yanping knew Xie Ying's character, and he was worried about whether the little girl's jade girl could adapt to the Marquis' mansion.

Xie Ying smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this. My stepmother is very good at doing face-saving work. If I marry a noble daughter, he might make things difficult for her. If we are married, you are a poor family and she will not bother to target Xiao Sakura."

Zhao Yanping reminded him in a deep voice: "Sakura may not agree, it's too early for you to change your words."

Xie Ying laughed and shook his head and said goodbye.

Zhao Yanping stood at the door and saw him off. When he turned back to the hall, Liu had already gone to the backyard to find his daughter.

"Master Xie San wants to marry me?"

As soon as Liu opened his mouth, Chen Ying felt unbelievable. Xie Ying wanted to marry her after she did something. This was more shocking than hearing that Gillian suddenly came to propose marriage to her brother.

Liu smiled and said, "If you like it or not, sometimes it's just a look. You just say whether you are willing or not. The third master said that he doesn't object to your opening shop, and he is even willing to wait until you finish opening shop before coming to propose marriage."

Chen Ying bit her lip.

She said it was nothing if she didn't get married, but her brother had already threatened to not marry her if she couldn't find her sister. If she didn't marry her, she would only worry her mother. Since she was going to marry sooner or later, Xie Ying was handsome, had a good character, and had a good family background, which was indeed a good choice.

The mother and daughter were discussing that Zhao Yanping was coming and reminded her sister not to consider Xie Ying, and to make a decision after knowing the people in the Marquis' Mansion.
Chapter completed!