Chapter 985 Gossip Yan Funing asked: "No one came to propose marriage?"Yan Bojian also asked: "Is it because she didn't look that good when she was young, so no one liked her?" The old woman said, "There were people who came to propose marriage. When Madam was still married, anyone who came to propose marriage to Madam would also propose marriage to Miss Three. At first Miss Three agreed to meet the man, but as time went on, for some reason, she no longer agreed to meet the man." "After Madam married into the Duke's Mansion, I followed Madam here and rarely knew about the Third Miss." "However, when the Madam was pregnant with the young master, she had trouble eating and drinking, so the Third Miss came to take care of her and stayed for quite some time." "At that time, the Yongding Marquis's Mansion often sent a list of men, and along with the list were portraits of men, just for the Third Miss to choose a husband." "After the lady knew about it, she advised her several times, saying that women must get married eventually." "Miss San always says that if she meets the right person, she will marry. If she doesn't meet the right person, she won't marry." After a slight pause, the old lady continued, "She also doesn't let Madam intervene in her affairs." "You still don't want your sister to take care of it? How can your sister tolerate it?" Yan Yingying raised her voice, "If it were me, I would definitely slap him twice." Hearing this, Yan Funing smiled and glanced at her. Yan Yingying immediately smiled as well: "You are very good, sister can't bear to hit you."

The old lady said softly, "What the Third Miss said at that time was naturally not a strong statement. She said that Madam was pregnant and should not worry about other things. She said that her matter was a small matter, and the child in Madam's belly was a big matter. She also said that this was the Duke's first child, and that he would have a noble status in the future, so Madam should take good care of him." Hong Qingyi nodded: "It seems that there is nothing wrong with what she said." "That's true. He's always thinking about my sister." Yan Yu also said, "But what her purpose is, I'm afraid only she knows it." "Why are we going through so much trouble?" Long Xu said, "Just invite the old woman over and confront her face to face." "What do you know?" Yan Bojian scolded, "We need to find out her motives first." Yan Honghou looked at the old woman and said gently, "Go on." He ordered his servants to give the old woman a round stool so that she could sit down and talk. The old woman was very grateful and kept saying, "Thank you very much, young master!" Madam Hong introduced with a smile: "This is the current prince." "Thank you, my Lord!" The old woman thanked him again, and then said, "I am telling you about what happened in the past, so I will tell you according to the way I was called back then." Decades have passed, and people's identities have changed. If she were to talk about them in terms of their masters' current identities, she would probably get it mixed up. Yan Cheng said calmly: "Just tell us what you were like back then, and we will understand." "Yes." The old woman sat down on the round stool politely and continued, "When the Yongding Marquis's Mansion saw that the third young lady had not responded to which man she had chosen, they sent someone to tell Madam to take care of her sister's marriage." "The Madam naturally agreed. After all, this is a major event in her sister's life." "The intention of the Yongding Marquis's Mansion is to have Madam arrange to invite the men on the roster to the Duke's Mansion. Using the Duke's name, when the Duke meets with someone, Madam will be accompanied by the Third Miss, so that they can meet once." "I found it strange. I was suspicious at the time, thinking that the Third Miss would definitely not want to meet the men on the roster. But every time they wanted to meet, she always supported Madam." "My wife is pregnant, and sometimes when I go late, she comes to urge me." "Is she also anxious about her marriage?" Long Xu asked. The old woman replied, "This old servant used to think so too. After all, every woman hopes to find a husband of her dreams, but she never expected that every time they met, the third lady would not be interested in him." Yan Funing guessed: "The person she wanted to see at that time was not the man who came to the Duke's Mansion, but another person who was also present. That was my grandfather."

Yan Xinghe nodded: "Yes, she wants to see our grandfather." The old woman said, "The Duke was busy with military affairs at the time, so he asked Miss Three, who had a good relationship with Madam, to come and keep him company, because he himself did not have much free time. Whenever he was free, Madam would arrange for him to meet guests." "So grandparents had little time to meet each other at that time?" Yan Bojian asked. Like him, when he was in the military camp, sometimes he couldn't return home at night. I think my grandfather was probably the same back then. The old woman thought for a moment and said, "We don't meet often, because the Duke has to go out on military business. He doesn't go out very often, but sometimes he comes back at night." "When he comes back at night, he naturally sees his wife, and naturally he cannot see the third lady who is a guest. So she uses the excuse of a blind date, but in fact she is going to see her brother-in-law." Yan Yingying said it all. "That's probably the case, but I don't dare to guess blindly." The old woman continued, "The third young lady has been living in the Duke's Mansion. She will still be there when the baby in Madam's belly is born." "Madam once told her to go back to the Marquis' Mansion and let the elders in the family arrange the marriage. The third sister said she wanted to take care of her sister and nephew." "As a result, the lady felt that she owed her younger sister a debt, and always felt that she was the one who delayed her younger sister's youth." Read the error-free version at 69shuba! 6=9+shu_ba is the first to publish this novel. "Fortunately, the Third Miss was still young at that time. When the young master grew up, she had no reason to live in the Duke's Mansion anymore, so she returned to the Marquis' Mansion." "Two years later, she still hadn't found a marriage." "At that time, the lady was pregnant again." "This time, Madam would never dare to ask her to accompany her. Although Madam is not feeling well, she is even more unwell than when she was pregnant with the young master. Seeing this, the Duke proposed to invite the third young lady to come, but Madam also declined, saying that she should find a husband at home." "I never thought that the Third Miss would come here on her own initiative." "At that time, both the Duke's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion felt that the Third Miss treated the Eldest Sister very well." "The Third Miss was already nineteen years old at that time, and there were very few women who had not yet been engaged at the age of nineteen." "The masters of the Marquis' Mansion have probably come to terms with it. If she can't get married at the age of 19, it will be difficult for her to get married in the future. Rather than lowering her status to marry someone from a lower family, the masters thought it would be better for her not to get married, so they let her be." "She came to the Duke's Mansion to entertain the Madam again." "With her company and laughter, and taking care of the young master, the lady was very happy, and after the pregnancy reached full term, she gave birth to a daughter." "Miss San always says that Madam is very lucky. Her husband is a duke, and she has given birth to a son and a daughter. No one will be able to compete for her position in the future." "Madam originally thought so, and she thought that she had given birth to two children, thanks to her younger sister, and she would treat her younger sister well in the future." "Madam said this to me personally." "After that, the Third Miss returned to the Marquis' Mansion. After all, she had lived in her brother-in-law's house for nearly a year, and people had been gossiping about her." "Madam has suffered a lot because of this." "What made Madam even more angry was that the Emperor at that time gave two beauties to the Duke."