Chapter 467 - 170: Hope for a Door to Widowhood_2
Yueyao sneered, "If they truly had kindness and integrity, they wouldn’t have deceitfully arranged the marriage. I just wonder if this family will agree? It all depends on whether they truly cherish their daughter or not. If this family is as fearful as the Lian family, this girl might not escape her grim fate."
Upon hearing the news, Yueying trembled uncontrollably. At this moment, she desperately wanted to talk to someone, but she couldn’t confide in her maternal auntie. Now, whenever her auntie saw her, she would persuade Yueying to take out her dowry and start a business, and would give her the cold shoulder if she disagreed.
The more Yueying thought about it, the more she felt that Yueyao was someone she could talk to. Unfortunately, when she arrived at Lanxi Courtyard, Yueyao was in the studio, and Nanny Hao would not allow her to be disturbed: "Eldest Miss, no one is to disturb Third Young Lady when she is painting. Please return!"
Yueying waited for half an hour and Yueyao still hadn’t come out of the studio, eventually running out of patience to wait any longer, she returned to her own courtyard.
Cai Qing was also incredibly relieved upon receiving the news: "Thank goodness the Old Madam treasures the Miss, and has fully looked into the Chen family. Otherwise... spit, spit, what inauspicious words am I saying. Miss has nothing to do with the Chen family." As a personal maid, Cai Qing’s future was tied to Yueying’s. If Yueying were to be engaged to a husband with a poor reputation, surely proposals would be hard to come by for her. It wouldn’t bode well for their maids either.
The Chen family’s newly arranged marriage, unlike the situation with the Lian family, did not involve a mourning period, and within a couple of days, there was news that the Chen family wanted the bride’s family to send their daughter over right away. That man was dead, and to marry over merely meant becoming a widow bound to guard the empty home.
The family that had been matched with the Chen family this time was not like Lian Dongfang and Lady Mo. Upon discovering that the Chen family had hidden their son’s illness and deceived them into marriage, they were already burning with rage, let alone when the Chen family dared to demand that their daughter wed and become a widow guarding the threshold. The family immediately threw out the person proposing the marriage. The disagreement between the Chen family and this family stirred up trouble, and they became sworn enemies over the arranged marriage. The dispute made a big commotion in Capital City, and it was difficult even for the Lian family to keep abreast of it.
Upon getting this information, Yueying, recalling what Yueyao had said, felt a chilling fear, and now, nothing but gratitude.
Cai Qing kept chanting amitabha. Having been in the mansion for so many years, she understood that if the engagement to the Chen family had been finalized, the Old Master and Madam might not have made enemies with the Chen family as this family did; maybe the Miss would indeed have had to marry over and become a widow. In that case, it would be the ruin of their young lady’s entire life. And her own life would be over as well.