Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 592: Prince Ning's Marriage Proposal

Princess Ning glanced at her son and saw that he was extremely anxious. She wanted to scold him and ask him what he had been doing that morning.

But seeing her son in such a miserable state and so anxious, it would be a lie for her as a mother to say that she didn't feel distressed.

Moreover, after so much effort, the goals of the mother and son finally became the same. How could she let go of this opportunity?

Well, now is not the time to scold her son, she has to quickly grab the person!

How could the daughter-in-law she had chosen first be snatched away by the Gu family!

"Madame Quan."

Princess Ning spoke very quickly: "Go and ask for a matchmaker, go to the Shen family and propose marriage. Remember, we want the second daughter of the Shen family, not the eldest daughter."

"Yes, princess."

Xiao Qingyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he quickly said, "Mother, the matchmaker hired by the Duke's Mansion is the wife of the Marquis of Anyuan. We can't hire a bad matchmaker!"

Princess Ning glared at him. "You're not the one to tell me? Hiring a bad matchmaker is not only disrespectful to the woman, but it also makes our Ning Palace look bad!"

Xiao Qingyuan laughed dryly: "I'm just reminding you because I'm worried that my mother doesn't have experience."

"I have no experience, do you have experience?"

"I don't have any experience either, but I just heard people talking outside. They said that the Duke's Mansion invited the Anyuan Marquis' wife to propose marriage, which shows that the Duke's Mansion attaches great importance to Shen Wantang. I don't want to be outdone."

Princess Ning was stunned. "What? Everyone outside already knows that the Duke's Mansion went to the Shen family to propose marriage?"

"Yeah, what's the problem?"

Princess Ning frowned. "Something's wrong. This is very wrong. Who would propose marriage with such fanfare that it would be known to the whole city in no time? Did the Shen family spread the news themselves, or did the Duke's Mansion spread it?"

Xiao Qingyuan looked bewildered: "I don't know, isn't this how marriage proposals should be done?"

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An hour later.

The Shen family welcomed the second matchmaker of the day - the wife of Minister of Personnel Cheng Yunda.

Shen Guannian didn't expect Mrs. Cheng to come. He was surprised and happy. He treated Mrs. Cheng more warmly, thoughtfully, cautiously and respectfully than he treated the wife of Marquis Anyuan.

It's nothing else, it's just because Mrs. Cheng's husband is the Minister of Personnel, who is in charge of the selection and appointment of officials of all ranks in the court and is deeply trusted by the emperor. Whenever the emperor wants to promote someone, he will ask Cheng Yunda for his opinion.

If Shen Guannian wants to be reinstated or make further progress in officialdom, he cannot bypass Cheng Yunda.

This was the closest he had been to being reinstated since he had been in mourning!

How could he normally get in touch with Madam Cheng? But now, Madam Cheng was very kind and polite to him, constantly praising him for raising his daughter so well, so the princess specially asked her to propose marriage for the prince.

If someone else had praised him, he would have been arrogant long ago, but now the person praising him was Mrs. Cheng, and he didn't dare to be arrogant at all. He remained polite and even unconsciously regarded himself as an inferior, with a hint of panic in his tone.

Because Mrs. Cheng said that she had not met Shen Wantang yet, he immediately asked someone to call Shen Wantang to come and pay her respects to Mrs. Cheng.

Shen Wantang arrived soon.

She was dressed in plain clothes, not humbled by Madam Cheng's noble and special status, nor was she complacent because of the successive marriage proposals from the Duke's Mansion and the Prince Ning's Mansion. She saluted calmly and calmly: "Greetings, Madam. How are you?"

Mrs. Cheng took her hand and praised her from head to toe. Even Shen Guannian began to show his satisfaction, but Shen Wantang remained silent.

After Mrs. Cheng finished praising her, she just smiled softly: "Madam, you are too kind."

Mrs. Cheng looked at her with some surprise. She had seen many girls, but this was the first time she had seen one who could withstand such praise.

She also has a daughter, who is a few years older than Shen Wantang, but her own daughter can't stand being praised like this, and will either feel complacent or shy.

Being able to withstand praise and being able to withstand humiliation are, to a certain extent, the same thing. Both require inner strength, a clear understanding of oneself, and not being swayed by external things.

Madam Cheng couldn't help but nod secretly. Shen Wantang's composure in the face of praise or criticism was indeed very rare. No wonder Princess Ning was so anxious to snatch her away.

Half an hour later, Mrs. Cheng left.

It was already dark at this time, and in the room, Shen Guannian's white teeth reflected in the candlelight.

Shen Wantang looked at him with a happy face and wanted to roll her eyes at him.

She reminded him coldly, "Father, a daughter cannot be promised to two families. You clearly promised the Anyuan Marquis' wife to be a matchmaker for the Duke's Mansion, and now you've promised Madam Cheng to be a matchmaker for the Ning Wang Mansion. If this gets out, how will you end up? How will your daughter live?"

Shen Guannian tried hard to suppress the corner of his mouth that was rising. "Then what do you want me to do? My father has little influence. Do I dare to refuse the Duke's Mansion or the Prince of Ning's Mansion?"

Shen Wantang looked at him coldly: "Father doesn't dare to refuse everything, but dares to agree to everything. It's really amazing. He is so greedy, he is not afraid of putting too much pressure on himself!"

Shen Guannian was so happy at the moment that he didn't care about Shen Wantang's sarcastic ridicule at all. He even asked in a good-tempered manner, "Then Tang'er, which family do you think I should reject? And which one should I agree to?"

If her father truly loved her, Shen Wantang would tell the truth, but Shen Guannian didn't, so she threw the question back: "Which family does your father prefer his daughter to marry into?"

Sure enough, Shen Guannian didn't care at all which family Shen Wantang wanted to marry into, so he didn't take it seriously when Shen Wantang didn't choose.

He leaned back in his chair, drumming his fingers on the armrest, and said in a cocky and arrogant manner, "Of course it depends on which family shows me the most sincerity! If you want to marry my daughter, you have to give me enough benefits!"

Shen Wantang couldn't help but frown. She really had a good father! To be so arrogant, she really didn't know how to live or die!

However, Shen Wantang herself was actually surprised that Prince Ning's Mansion would come to propose marriage.

She was mentally prepared for the Duke's Mansion to propose marriage. After all, Gu Qianning had already reminded her, and Gu Qianhan was making preparations for it.

But what happened to Prince Ning’s Mansion?

She had clearly never tried to curry favor with Princess Ning in her life. She had gone to Prince Ning's Mansion several times, but no matter what bad things Qi said about her or how Princess Ning misunderstood her, she had never explained.

She allowed the misunderstanding to happen because she didn't want Prince Ning's Mansion to propose marriage again.

However, she miscalculated.

It was very rare that she miscalculated.

What was the problem? Where was Xiao Qingyuan? Why didn't he stop Princess Ning? If he had insisted on marrying Liu Nanshi, Princess Ning would have agreed.

Now, two families came to propose marriage at the same time, and Shen Guannian was so spoiled that he didn't even know his own last name. He also wanted both families to give him benefits before he would agree to marry his daughter!

Shen Wantang said coldly, "If my father treats his daughter as a bargaining chip, a rare commodity to be sold at a high price, then he won't marry anyone, lest he be ridiculed!"