Chapter 413 - 145: Colorful Ribbon_2
Chengteng was very displeased with the candidate Ruolan Zhuang and suspected that she was not diligent enough.
Ruolan felt uneasy inside. To be able to choose within ten days, already very challenging, she said, "Father, I’ve approached the families you favored, but their madams and leading grandmothers have all tactfully declined. Father, there’s nothing I can do." The families would refuse as soon as they heard it was for the Second Young Master. Ruolan understood why these madams would decline; Ma Yue was not empathetic and was considered at best, clean-looking, not appealing enough for those families.
In Ruolan’s own opinion, Ma Yue was not even worthy of these two families’ daughters. Not to mention the case with Keyue, a grown man who, failing to pass the examination, blamed it on his daughter who was just a month old; such a man could not be relied upon.
Chengteng felt that his eldest daughter-in-law was outwardly compliant but secretly opposed him.
Ma Yuan felt that the families chosen by the Eldest Young Madam were all decent, especially the merchant’s daughter—aside from her ordinary appearance, her dowry was definitely very generous. Ma Yuan added, "Old Master, the fact that the Second Young Master blamed his failure to become a Scholar on Miss Ke may have caused some resentment in the Eldest Young Master and Eldest Young Madam." As a servant, Ma Yuan was not supposed to discuss the rights and wrongs of the Ma Family’s masters. Still, having grown up with Chengteng, he was utterly loyal and disliked the Old Master disparaging the Eldest Young Master because of the Second Young Master. The future of the Ma Family relied on the Eldest Young Master; the Old Master would depend on him in the future as well. As for the Second Young Master, it would be good if he could not depend on the Old Master.
Hearing this, Chengteng sighed slightly, "Forget it, I will look for one myself." Even if he needed to find a merchant’s family for a marriage alliance, he must choose a girl with good looks. His eldest son was so excellent; the younger son could not fall too far behind; otherwise, conflicts would only increase in the future.
If Yueyao knew what Chengteng was thinking, she would undoubtedly laugh and cry. Ma Peng was extremely fortunate to have married Ruolan and only just managed to be worthy of her after he became a Palace Graduate. Although Ma Yue was talented, he was not practical and had now developed an addiction; he could only find an ordinary family, dreaming of finding a wife like Ruolan would mean staying single for a lifetime.
Ruolan was also pondering whether to find a clever or a foolish girl. Being clever had its advantages, but overly clever people could be troublesome to deal with.