The Lucky Farmgirl

This time visiting Wang Ruile was not rushed at all, as Liu Sanniang was going to the palace for duty, Manbao went over leisurely by herself.

The people at the Tang Residence were initially surprised to see her, then stepped forward with a smile to guide her, "Why are you here at this hour? Our Madam mentioned preparing your favorite meatballs for lunch, hoping you would come by midday."

Manbao, amused, said, "You all know about the happenings in the backyard, huh?"

After laughing, she explained, "I’m on break, don’t need to rush for lunch, so I came earlier."

The person escorted her to the second gate where the stewardess of the backyard hurried over to greet her with a smile, "Miss Man, our Madam is waiting for you in the guest courtyard."

Manbao walked through, didn’t see the Ma Family’s servants until she entered the main room of the guest courtyard and saw Wang Ruile sitting on the soft couch. She looked at the two maids beside Wang Ruile and the familiar Tang Residence maid newly switched in the room, raised an eyebrow at Madam Tang, "Will I be doing the acupuncture alone today?"

Should I still put up a cover for you all?

Madam Tang gently tapped her forehead with a smile, "Being so mischievous, check if she is able to travel far."

While taking out the pulse pillow, Manbao asked with curiosity, "Travel far? Are you going back home? That’s not possible, you still need to take at least four more months of medicine."

Madam Tang said, "Just going to Yongzhou, not long, back in two or three days."

"A two-hour drive, that’s not far," Manbao waved her hand, "Go ahead, just don’t catch a cold."

She laughed, "Coincidentally, I’m going to my estate tomorrow to stay for a few days, might need to go to Yongzhou too. If anything happens to your health, just send someone to find me at the estate."

Manbao asked, "When are you going to Yongzhou?"

"In the afternoon." Madam Tang suddenly thought of something and laughed at Manbao, "Since you’re going to the estate, why not just go straight to Yongzhou tomorrow? I’ll treat you to a meal and give you some gifts."

Upon hearing about gifts, Manbao asked immediately, "What kind of gifts?"

Madam Tang smiled, "Won’t tell you yet, you’ll find out when you come tomorrow."

Manbao thought about it and nodded, feeling it’s no big deal to go since her estate is not far from Yongzhou.

Wang Ruile was recovering well, able to go out without any problem, only she shouldn’t exert herself excessively.

Manbao gave her acupuncture and changed her medicine before leaving.

After she left, Wang Ruile puzzled, asked Madam Tang, "Why did Big Sister invite her?"

Madam Tang said, "Just in case."

Wang Ruile understood and after a moment of silence asked, "What about the child?"

Madam Tang spoke slowly, "Don’t worry, Father said in his letter the child will stay at the Ma Family, they will hand him over to us."

Wang Ruile felt relieved and at ease.

Manbao happily returned home.

Bai Erlang was still on leave, leisurely sitting in the flower room drinking tea. Upon hearing that Manbao was going to Yongzhou, he immediately said, "I want to go too."

Manbao looked at him, "Aren’t you going back to read books?"

Bai Erlang replied, "There’s no point in studying now, the Chongwen Pavilion is very busy these days. I heard they are selecting a new batch of people to accompany the Crown Prince in reading. Last time three of our Assistant Lecturers missed classes."

Manbao asked, "Is the teacher busy?"

"The teacher is alright, the busiest is Libationer Kong. He needs to teach the Crown Prince governance strategies and also conduct classes for us. Because of his busyness, our course load is reduced, so it’s particularly easy to request leave now."

However, whenever Libationer Kong got busy, he liked to assign lots of book memorization and copywriting tasks, so when they applied for leave, Libationer Kong assigned them a lot of memorizing tasks.

Bai Shan asked him, "How many days of leave can you get?"

Bai Erlang counted on his fingers and sighed, "It depends on when they select the right people. Chongwen Pavilion adds so many people, and soon half the court will be mentioned when talking about the Crown Prince’s companions."

"That depends on whether half of them have passed the Ming Classic exams," Bai Shan said, "How many have passed so far?"

Anyway, Bai Erlang’s free time was not much, so he decided to drag Yin Huo along, thinking if Yin Huo also applied for leave, he would likely get approval too.

So in the afternoon, Chongwen Pavilion received Bai Erlang and their leave application, and the reviewing Assistant Lecturer considered their busy schedule, thinking there was only a few days until their regular break, and simply approved their leave.

By the time Libationer Kong knew about it, Bai Erlang and the others had already cheered and happily headed to Yongzhou.

Liu Huan packed up his luggage and went with them, with a valid reason, "Once I choose an official position, I won’t have such freedom anymore. Grandmother, just tell Grandfather to let me go."

Guo Clan just waved and said, "You can go, no need to even tell your Grandfather."

She smiled at Liu Huan, "Get along well with Lord Zhou, she is an elder, listen more to people..."

Liu Huan shivered, stepped back two steps, and looked at his grandmother, "Grandmother, what’s gotten into you lately, saying such strange things? Bai Shan and I are classmates, and Zhou Man is like half a classmate to me, at most she is a senior in the officialdom, how is she an elder..."

Guo Clan thought for a moment, then decided to tell him, "Your Grandfather and I have asked for her niece’s hand in marriage for you, the little girl named Liru."

Liu Huan’s eyes widened in surprise.

Guo Clan continued, "But they’ve refused."

Liu Huan’s eyes widened even further.

He didn’t feel like going to Yongzhou anymore, how would he face people?

Guo Clan understood what her grandson was thinking and said, "They thought our family background was too high. So in the end, you might have to win her over yourself."

Liu Huan asked, "How, how should I win?"

"Appease their elders more. Aren’t you getting along well with Bai Shanzhou and Zhou Man? Get along first. By the way, do you like the little lady from the Zhou Family?"

Liu Huan blushed, speechless for a while, not knowing if he liked her or not, but he didn’t dislike her. However... "They’ve already refused."

"Silly boy, she probably doesn’t know about it, it’s her family that politely declined, thinking our family background was too high, and they felt for the child, worried their daughter would be wronged in our family. So you should treat the girl well, and she’ll naturally come around."

Liu Huan complained a little, "Grandmother, why didn’t you tell me about such a big matter earlier?"

"It was just a tentative inquiry, no definite answer, noting yet on paper. If I told you, and it didn’t work out, would you dare to meet her?"

"But now it’s not happening, so why tell me now?" It would have been better if she kept it from him; he really didn’t want to know.

Guo Clan said, frustrated, "Because Grandmother really likes her, and thinks even if they’ve refused, you can still try to win her over."

Originally, Guo Clan and Minister Liu thought that if the Zhou Family agreed, it would be best, then they’d tell the kids and continue on. There were many more steps to follow later; if they didn’t like it, the engagement would be canceled;

If the Zhou Family refused, then they wouldn’t tell the children at all, just act like it never happened.

However, after visiting the Zhou Family, Guo Clan grew more unwilling to let go, felt more that her grandson was suitable for Zhou Liru; so she told Liu Huan, suggesting he try himself.

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