Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 69 Visiting to Propose Marriage, Fame Issues

After Su Ran returned home, she immediately told Wang Xifeng about going to the Qin family to propose marriage.

These days, Su Ran has been running outside for most of the day. A person can tell that there is something wrong.

Wang Xifeng is naturally not stupid. After a little inquiry, she found out that it was related to the girl from the Qin family.

Therefore, she had already been mentally prepared for this day to come.

However, in front of Su Ran, she did not show too much indifference, but looked very surprised.

The purpose is naturally to make Su Ran put her first, love her more, and pamper her more.

Su Ran could only agree to this. After all, in his opinion, fire was not allowed in the backyard under any circumstances. Only when the rear was stable could a man let go and fight outside.

Seeing that her goal was achieved, Wang Xifeng put away her tricks and quickly arranged for people to prepare things for the next hire.

Regarding this betrothal gift, Wang Xifeng actually didn’t know what she needed to prepare.

Fortunately, there are a few older stewards in the house, and they have some knowledge about this kind of thing.

After a lot of busy work, it took just half a day to get everything ready.

Mainly, Su Ran's request to them was very humane. As long as they saw something good, they just had to pay money.

Everything is ready, but now there is a question.

It stands to reason that no matter who proposes marriage, they have to find a matchmaker.

However, it was love at first sight between Su Ran and Qin Keqing, and they made a lifelong commitment in private.

Therefore, this matchmaker is actually a shill.

However, having said that, Qin Ye is also an official of the imperial court after all, so he must save face, so he still needs this matchmaker.

After thinking about it, Su Ran felt that Zhao Wenyuan, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, was more suitable.

Although Zhao Wenyuan is a little younger than Qin Ye, he is still a third-rank official in the imperial court, so having him be the matchmaker does not mean that he is underestimating Qin Ye's status.

After deciding on the matchmaker, Su Ran prepared some things and went to Shuntian Mansion in person.

Zhao Wenyuan was already familiar with Su Ran, and since it was such a happy event, he agreed immediately.

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The next day, Su Ran and Zhao Wenyuan came to Qin's house as soon as they had an early morning meeting, bringing the gifts they had prepared. There were more than twenty people carrying the gifts.

Although Qin Ye had been mentally prepared for a long time, Su Ran made the scene so big all of a sudden, which still made him feel a little passive.

However, everyone had already arrived, and Zhao Wenyuan, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, was also there, so Qin Ye had no choice but to invite people in.

It has to be said that Zhao Wenyuan, a cheap matchmaker, is quite competent. He made a serious opening statement at the beginning, and then immediately made a long story short and solemnly explained his purpose.

However, after Qin Ye heard what Zhao Wenyuan said, he did not express his position immediately, but only greeted the two of them for tea.

When Su Ran saw this posture, she felt something bad.

Zhao Wenyuan had been involved in official circles for a long time, so he naturally saw some clues from Qin Ye's expression.

The next moment, he put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Qin Ye and smiled and said: "Master Qin, just say it directly if you have anything to say. Although my rank is not as high as that of Brother Su, I am several years older than him after all. Since If you agree to protect this matchmaker, you can't give up halfway. If Mr. Qin has any conditions, feel free to ask for them. I believe Brother Su will definitely satisfy you."

Speaking of this, Qin Ye winked at Su Ran.

Seeing this, Su Ran immediately expressed his position: "Master Qin, as long as I can marry Keqing, I can agree to any conditions." Seeing that Su Ran had reached this point, Qin Ye no longer acted like before Pan Yu stopped talking and immediately started talking.

"To be honest, my little girl was ill last time. If you hadn't taken good care of her, she would not have recovered so quickly. I have seen the relationship between the two of you these days, but Qing I like you. As a father, I can also see this. However, I am a father after all, and there is always a little bit of Xiao Jiujiu in my heart. I am not worried about anything else. I am worried that if my little daughter marries you, what will happen to her in the future? If you are an aunt in the Su family, you will be bullied."

When Su Ran heard this, he finally understood Qin Ye's feelings.

In fact, Su Ran had thought about this problem before.

In this world, concubines are indeed taken very seriously.

If you are the legitimate son of the family, then you can get the most abundant resource supply from the family.

And once you are born to a side wife, you can only serve as a foil for your legitimate son, and what he doesn't want can be yours.

As a woman, the situation is basically the same.

Take the Rongguo Mansion as an example. Mrs. Wang is Jia Zheng's official wife. Not only does she have a distinguished status in the Jia family, her son Jia Baoyu also lives a pampered life all day long.

As for Jia Zheng's concubine, Aunt Zhao, her status in the Rongguo Mansion was even lower than that of some of the eldest maids.

Her son Jia Huan also had little status in the Jia family, and even a little maid dared to make fun of him at will.

What determines these is mainly the woman’s background.

Most of those who were born into the families of officials and wealthy people were able to marry as head wives.

And for those women from poor families and no background, if they want to reach high places, even if they are beautiful, they can basically only be aunts.

Su Ran was disgusted with this approach. When Qin Ye brought it up, he took advantage of the situation and expressed his thoughts.

He looked at Qin Ye, who had an inquiring look in his eyes, and slowly said: "I can understand Master Qin having such concerns, but I, Su Ran, am not a pedantic person, so, I have an immature idea, and I want to say it and let adults check it out for me."

When Qin Ye heard this, he nodded towards Su Ran: "You can tell me, but Qing has a weak temper, as long as she is not bullied."

When Su Ran saw this, he immediately expressed his initial thoughts.

In the Su family, no matter who enters the door, it will not be an aunt, nor a concubine, but a wife, which has nothing to do with his background.

There is no distinction between ladies in terms of status, they are only sorted by age. The older lady is the eldest lady, and so on.

No matter who gave birth to a child, they are all legitimate sons, men and women are the same, and everyone has the same amount of monthly pocket money.

In other words, everyone is equal among the wife's children, and there is no distinction between high and low.

Hearing such a novel and avant-garde idea, Qin Ye was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.

As a matchmaker, Zhao Wenyuan was also shocked by Su Ran's thoughts.

But no matter what, Qin Ye finally accepted such a plan, because in such a plan, his daughter Keqing at least got a chance to compete fairly.

At this point, Su Ran finally obtained Qin Ye's approval.

Immediately afterwards, the two parties discussed some details and decided to choose another auspicious day to get married.

As a client, Qin Keqing did not come forward, but she had been eavesdropping from behind the screen.

When she heard Su Ran's novel remarks, she couldn't help but feel secretly happy.

She had originally planned to be an aunt, but now that she could be an upright wife, she was naturally very satisfied.

(End of this chapter)