The Princess Wei Yang

98.1.Closer Than Ever

Paternal female cousin

Li Wei Yang wanted to know what Jiang Guogong Furen and Jiang Da Furen had done that day, but Lao Furen was evasive and did not reveal anything. Li Wei Yang disliked unpredictable people and situations the most and was left in the dark about this.

On one morning half a month later, Li Wei Yang went to offer well wishes to Lao Furen. They talked for a while, then Lao Furen slowly set down her cup of tea: "Wei Yang, there is something I want to tell you."

Li Wei Yang nodded with a smile: "Go ahead, Lao Furen."

Lao Furen began: "In truth, it's not a big deal. I plan to let your Fuqin remarry." She did not need to say anything about Li Xiao Ran's new wife to the children, but Li Wei Yang was different. Lao Furen always wanted to talk with her whenever something happened.

Li Xiao Ran's Furen had died, so naturally, he must marry someone else. No matter who it was, Jiu Yiniang or Si Yiniang and Jiu Yiniang, both of whom were always favored these past years, no one had the right to become Furen. It had nothing to do with the favor they received nor the children they had. It was simply their status.

Li Wei Yang did not expect Lao Furen to bring this up so quickly. In any case, when the wife of a prestigious, noble household dies, one must wait a year before remarrying. If someone was to remarry three months after their wife died, it would attract others' ridicule. Li Wei Yang thought it would be at least a year before Li Xiao Ran remarried. She had not expected it to be so soon until Lao Furen mentioned it.

There was no female head of household now. This was ideal for her, so she did not want anyone else involved. However, since Lao Furen mentioned it, she must have made up her mind. Li Wei Yang smiled: "I wonder which household's daughter it must be."

Lao Furen, seeing she did not express the slightest displeasure, smiled and nodded: "It is Guang Ming General's daughter."

Guang Ming General? Li Wei Yang was a bit surprised, then immediately realized. Her smile began to fall: "Is that Muqin's tang mei?"

Guang Ming General was a 4th rank general in the Imperial court and Jiang Xu's tang di. He had always followed Jiang Xu on his military campaigns. Three years ago, he returned to the Capital to mourn his Muqin's passing. Wasn't his daughter also the late Da Furen's tang mei? Li Wei Yang quickly understood what Jiang Guogong Furen came for last time.

"Yes, she is your Muqin's tang mei. She will be eighteen this year. She should have been married three years ago, but her zumu passed away, so she had to remain in the home and mourn for three years."

At the age of eighteen, she was just a few years older than Li Wei Yang herself. In any case, this was nothing strange. When the scholar Liu Shang remarried, the bride was even younger than his youngest grandchild.

Li Xiao Ran was in his prime and at the height of his career with status and authority. Countless noble households had their sights set on him. For those with equal or higher status, they may feel they have lost some status by entering the Li family. As for those with more humble origins, they would not dare to dream of climbing so high. The families in between did not have suitable candidates, so Li Wei Yang thought Lao Furen would bring this up a year later or so. Arranging the marriage would take at least two years, except now, there was an unexpected candidate, personally introduced by the Jiang family.

"Has a date been decided?" Li Wei Yang asked with a smile.

Lao Furen pondered over it: "Let the year long mourning period pass first."

Li Wei Yang nodded. Neither said anything more and just looked at one another.

Lao Furen heaved a sigh: "I know you will be conflicted, but I also did not have a choice in the matter. The Jiang family was persistent and even had the Empress offer a few words on their behalf. One of the Empress's close nuguans also came here that day."