It was because she had learned that Zhou Tianyou had gone to Liu Family Village to find Xia Xiaodie before dawn, right before the exams. She believed her son had done poorly entirely because Xia Xiaodie had distracted him.
"..."
"Could there be something fishy about that family?"
Would they be in such a hurry to have Xia Xiaodie marry if there were nothing fishy?
"Now that you mention it, that really is possible. I'll go investigate." 444 immediately became interested.
Before 444 could get to the bottom of it, something major happened.
The reason it was called major was that a matchmaker had actually come to arrange a marriage for Su Qiao.
And the prospective groom was someone Su Qiao knew—someone she had never expected.
"Damn, why aren't you worried at all? What if your parents and the others get happy and agree to it?" "The old man won't agree."
Su Qiao sat calmly on the kang in her room, drinking flower tea.
"That's hard to say. The old man has always worried that Feng Han will take you to the capital. He's also worried that if a eunuch like him really wants to marry you, the old man might grit his teeth and agree."
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"Aiya, it's such a wonderful match. What is there to consider?"
"The county magistrate's assistant's family has such an excellent background, and Young Master Zhou is so handsome and talented. He'll surely become an official in the future, too. Once you marry into that family, you might become an Official's Wife before long."
When Su Qiao sauntered toward the main room, a woman around fifty, dressed in red, was coming out of the upper room.
Her mouth was like a machine gun. As she walked, she kept turning back to speak to the