Greetings, Ninth Uncle

Ch.33 - Marriage

The madams looked at each other. They lived in the capital all year round and were well informed. This incident was particularly lively, so the madams had heard about it. Jingyong Marquis manor first making a marriage proposal to Yichun Marquis manor, but suddenly said that they had recognized the wrong person, and changed the fiancee from the eldest miss to the second miss.

First meeting on a snowy night, life-saving grace, broken engagement, changing fiancee. So many gossips emerged from this one affair. These days, the matter between Cheng family's eldest miss and Marquis Jingyong has been passed on rapidly among the high families' madams. Although they had been discussing it in private, now they suddenly saw one of the main characters in person, they were surprised.

This is Cheng family's eldest young miss? Her appearance obviously first-rate, with excellent etiquette and good family background, so why did the Huo family choose to break off the engagement?

Since ancient times, those with noble character honored promises, and people always attached great importance to contracts. Especially marriage, which was a contract between two families. It was no trifling matter. If one side wanted to break, it had to be done cautiously, and only as the absolute last resort.

If the Cheng family's eldest Miss looked ugly, has a disability, her personality was defective, or was unfilial, then Huo family's action was understandable. However, eldest Miss Cheng had no blemish. She had the looks, the talents, and the family background. Many people would regard such a girl as an ideal daughter-in-law. What medicine did Huo Xue-shi take wrongly that she actually broke off the engagement?

The madams who had daughters-in-law at home cast doubtful glances at Huo Xue-shi. This girl was so good. Many people would be willing to take her as a daughter-in-law. Moreover, women could marry high, and many men marry low. Therefore, when looking for a prospective daughter-in-law, these madams more or less would have to low some of their standards. In many cases, they couldn't get someone with a perfect score. Getting one advantage would mean tolerating some other disadvantage. If they wanted their daughter-in-law to look pretty, then some other criteria should have to be lowered. Sometimes, it meant getting a girl whose temperament wasn't good. The matter of selecting a wife wasn't trivial. She was the woman who would affect three generations of descendants. This Cheng Yujin was sensible and had nothing to fault. What did Huo Xue-shi still not satisfied with, that she had to replace this eldest Miss with the younger sister?

The madams really couldn't understand. In the end, they simply thought that the second Miss probably was particularly outstanding, with ability far better than her elder sister, so Huo Xue-shi cast away one good girl and replace her with a better one.

Otherwise, they really couldn't come up with a logical reason.

Ruan-shi did not expect that Cheng Yujin would stand up and deny it. Ruan-shi believed that Huo Changyuan was young and talented, and he had a promising future. It was a great honor to be engaged with him. Cheng Yujin's marriage contract was changed to Mo'er. Cheng Yujin must feel angry and secretly held a grudge. Whenever she had a chance, she must wish that people would misunderstand. How could she take the initiative to say that she was not Huo Changyuan's fiancée?

Ruan-shi was stunned, but Huo Xue-shi was also equally surprised. Cheng Yujin explained too quickly, as if in a hurry to avoid, causing Huo Xue-shi to have an absurd feeling that her son was being disdained. Huo Xue-shi was displeased. She had suffered a lot from dealing with Cheng Yujin before. Now when she saw this girl again, she became more and more certain that she did not like Cheng Yujin.

Huo Xue-shi said coldly: "Last time, didn't eldest miss Cheng said that after the marriage contract was dissolved, both sides would no longer have anything to do with each other? Why are you coming here today?"