Queen of flowers - Chapter 33
Yong Ruo didn’t care much, and calmly repeated the previous lie, “I went to the lantern festival that night to sell plum blossoms. I met an old lady who was kind. The old lady sent people the next day. The young man came and gave me some meat snacks and said he wanted to buy a plum to put it in a vase. Yesterday, the man came again to ask for another plum, but he didn’t bring anything anymore. “
“I heard that the boy also gave you a famous name post?”
“That’s the case.”
“Maybe you can show me that name post?”
“I’m sorry. The name post was given to me by an old lady who found us pitiful, to help us deal with the catastrophe and disaster. She did not allow me to show them to anyone at will. I dare not offend a noble family.”
“Who is that noble family?”
“I don’t know. The noble lady never revealed it, and I didn’t dare to ask more. There was only a name and address on the name post.”
“Will the girl bring the famous name post to the Yang house?” Yan Yan stared at Yong Ruo, seemingly inadvertently trying to get more information.
“No! The Yang family has a great career, and they have their own relatives and friends. How can I use the favor of this noble man of unknown origin? That famous name post, I will leave it to my younger brothers for emergency needs.”
After talking about the famous name post, Yong Ruo evoked a faint smile, and looked at Yan Zheng, “You questioned me, but what gossip did you hear outside? I’ve lived in this alley for years, and not all of them are good people. The Qin family in the east is pretty good. We can trust them. The Jin family in the west, most of them are worrisome except for the elders. I’d never believe their words, especially Aunt Jin’s. Among the other neighbors, the brother Wu’s family is not good enough, and they just suffered a big loss in my hands. Even though I’ve been tolerant, I’m afraid it won’t do me any good … “
She talked about the character and disposition of the neighbors in the Hutong, and said, “Inquiring about the life of your in-laws and future daughter-in-law was originally a necessary process for marriage. It’s needed. You also need to know who to believe. There are even classes of villains in this world, who liked to hurt innocent people by evil words. If you believe in a villain’s words and mistook pearls as rubble, this would lead not only me to regret, but it will also make the Yang family regret.”
Yan Xuan said, “The girl makes sense.” But she had a look of disapproval.
Yong Ruo had a dull heart, knowing that Yan Yan had come on behalf of the Yang family and Mrs. Yang.
From Yan Yan’s attitude, she could understand that she was being rejected by the Yang family. And these subordinates sent to their own house, in addition to helping her family, secretly, they had a mission to inquire about her and her family members.
She felt like she was the only piece of pork neck left in the vegetable market in the evening! Buyers were clearly unwilling to buy, but they had no choice but to buy.
It seemed that after going to Yang’s house, at least for a small while, she wouldn’t be happy.
The wedding was near, but Yong Ruo had no plans to get married before. So, she didn’t prepare dowry, and gifts, clothes, socks, or purses for Yang’s new relatives.
These things can only be bought. Fortunately, this was a very developed commercial city. It was mostly the poor who depended on needlework for a living. She took Yan Zheng to the two shops, paid the deposit, and everyone in the shop patted her chest to ensure that nothing would go wrong!
To buy these things, of course, she used the Yang family’s gifted silver.
In addition to some kind of gifts, the Yang family also gave her 620 silver ingots. Yong Ruo was going to set aside 200 silver in case of emergency, 50 for the wedding, 50 for her family. The remaining 320 would be used for dowry.
The dowry of three hundred and twenty silver plus the silver of two hundred silver, placed in ordinary people, was definitely a rich dowry for her.
But in fact, with this little dowry, she would be a laughing stock and be laughed at for a lifetime.
Yong Ruo did not take this to heart.
The huge gap between the houses was already known to her. As long as she promised the marriage, she knew what she had to do. Now that she had made a choice, she should have the courage to face it all.
She just prepared to marry peacefully, and deal with all matters in an orderly manner, neither sullen nor joyful.
But three days before her wedding, she was hit!
The Yang family said that they broke off the engagement!
Break off the engagement? !!
At that moment, Yong Ruo, who had endured for a long time, could no longer remain calm. A deep sense of humiliation severely hurt her heart!
She had known for a long time that she was a slice of suspected pig-neck meat, and did not expect to be treated with pork belly!
But why did they buy it if they hated it? Since they bought it, why should they return it? !! Didn’t they know how this piece of pork neck meat was when they paid?
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UB
someone is playing puppeteer somewhere, and I am all for it. But at the same time i feel for the FL. Its so embarrassing and frustrating for her
UB
someone is playing puppeteer somewhere..but i feel for the FL. Its embarrassing and frustrating for her
Chinesefanreader
I think somebody (wink wink) put a bit of pressure to stop the wedding to free up his girl 😉 But that still doesn’t mean she’s willing 🤨
Just as well since the Yang family disdains her bc her social status is too low
Thanks for the chapter
Gabi
I don’t understand , like, they can look down on her just because she is marrying for the money ? Isn’t ancient mentality marrying for connections or benefits? So what she is doing is just normal. And, everyone knows that a broken engagement back then was a huge deal for a woman, this would damage her reputation forever, so IF, and i’m saying IF, this was really scheemed by the prince, chip is right, he did a awfull thing to her out of selfshiness. Also, Being a concubine isn’t as safe as being a main wife, EVEN IF SHE CLIMB THE RANKS , the author already told some of the reasons in previous chapters, but as i understand, concubines couldn’t even be at the family genealogy , so they were considered slaves, of course she has the right of not wanting that. She also doesn’t want to be his main wife, she already know that it is impossible, she is not forcing or blackmailing him to give her a better position, she just refused him, WICH SHE IS ENTITLE TO. So yes, i felt pity for MC here. What did she expected ? Well, this is simple, she expected that the family would keep the marriage contract THEY sended. She just had a rough life, and this ( the broken engagement) is really humiliating, specially after all these questions and judgements the other family made. It is like saying to your face ” You’re not good enough” and i bet, ancient times or not, nobody feels good with that.
Chip
Ahhh, I really feel for this Mc! She’s already being so damned reasonable for this shitty Yang family. But of course they’re going to look down at her for being poor and of no background.But you know, it’s like Mc said; they already knew what her circumstances were when they agreed to marry her to their half dead son. They’re the ones desperate enough to look to a poverty stricken girl, so what right do they have to disdain a girl desperate enough to wed a half dead man.
Fucking assholes!
Tsk tsk tsk, and I think I’m not alone in thinking that the reason for why this marriage fell through is because of a certain young princeling.
Fuck! Mc better tear his self entitled ass a new one if he did have a hand in this. The twat even had the temerity to try to explain/convince her that he can’t do anything to get her a legit first wife position because of his elders in the earlier chapter-!
Fuck, if you don’t have the ability to protect the woman you forcibly bring in, then don’t waste her fucking time!
I don’t know about you, but if he did have a hand in breaking her engagement, then he better have the balls to stand up to his elders on her behalf. Mc already swallowed so much of her personal pride to even agree to a chongxi wedding, not to mention weathering the disdain of her supposed new in laws-
Ahhhhregghhhh!!!
*looking forward to the next update translators!!!*
Rachel
Maybe her future husband is dead so the marriage isnt needed anymore
Amon
I don’t feel pity for the mc. She chose it herself. Like, don’t judge it with your modern mindset. This is the ancient period. You can’t expect everything to be sunshine and rainbows. And yes, rich family can judge her, because they know she’s marrying for the money. Why else would she marry a dead man? So of course they are looking down on her. What did she expect? She’s feeling entitled. But she better look at her circumstances. And I don’t know what Chip has against young prince. He was honest with her. Do you think that royal family would accept her as a first wife? Not even a merchant would. This is the ancient period. There is no way in hell she ‘s going to become a wangfei. (at least not right now) And anyway, concubine can go up the ranks. And if he put her as a wife as how is she now, she is probably going to get herself killed. So being concubine is safer for her and her family.
As for why her marriage is canceled, there is 3 possibilities, the groom is dead, prince scheme or they fund a better bride than her.