Long Live the Empress

Chapter 166 Pakho's Marriage Proposal (1)

The next day

Yue Jinghong was washing up in her room when she saw her maid running in.

Zhenzhu saw that Yue Jinghong was somewhat dissatisfied, so she shouted, "What are you doing! You are so impatient!"

The maid shook her head, "This servant did not mean it! It's... Oh no... Miss, something bad has happened! Someone has come to propose marriage!"

Yue Jinghong looked at the maid fiercely, "What did you say? Who proposed to whom?"

"It's the eldest son of the Zhenbei General's Mansion who is here to propose to the Second Miss!"

Yue Jinghong panicked and knocked over the rouge she had just bought. She had noticed from Ning Bohao's behavior yesterday that he was interested in her, but she had never expected that Ning Bohao would actually come to propose marriage...

Yue Jinghong lifted her skirt and wanted to go to the front hall to take a look, but was stopped by Zhenzhu: "Second Miss, this is against the rules!"

How could Yue Jinghong care about the rules at this moment? She pushed Zhenzhu away and walked quickly to the front hall.

As soon as Yue Jinghong walked out of the door, she heard Yue Hanwen say in a flattering tone: "It is an honor for Jinghong that the Madam can come here in person to propose marriage!"

Yue Jinghong quickly went around from the side door to the screen in the hall and secretly listened to their conversation.

But Yue Hanwen had been talking for a long time but no one responded. Yue Jinghong looked through the gap into the hall and saw Ning Baihao sitting in the guest seat with a smile on his face, but a lady sitting in the main seat was sipping tea gently with disdain on her face, "It turns out that Lord Yue is the Prime Minister, and our two families are a good match! But now Lord Yue... If it weren't for my stupid son threatening to die, I..."

"Mother! Why are you saying this?" Ning Bohao interrupted Madam Ning hastily when he saw that she was not giving Yue Hanwen face.

Mrs. Ning glanced at Ning Baihao, then shut her mouth and said nothing more.

Yue Jinghong rolled her eyes secretly. Even though Ning Baihao wanted to marry her as a general's son, she didn't even like him!

But Yue Hanwen didn't feel embarrassed at all after hearing Madam Ning's words, he just smiled along. "Madam Ning is right! Now I am only a third-rank official, it's really too high for me to marry!"

"It's good that Lord Yue knows it! Yesterday, Pakho came back and told me that he wanted to marry Miss Yue Er, so I wanted to come and see how beautiful Miss Yue Er is!" Madam Ning saw that Yue Hanwen was quite sensible, so she said so. "Why not ask Miss Yue Er to come out and let me take a look at her. What do you think, Lord Yue?"

Madam Ning's request was really unreasonable. How could a woman in ancient times come out to meet guests casually? Not to mention on the day of the marriage proposal!

But Yue Hanwen didn't think there was anything wrong with Madam Ming's proposal, so he waved his hand and said to the servants, "Please ask Miss Jinghong to come over!"

The servant was stunned. Didn't Miss Yue come in? But after hearing Yue Hanwen's order, he quietly retreated, came to the screen, and whispered, "What should we do with Miss Yue?"

Yue Jinghong waved her hand and said, "You go down first. I will go to the front hall to meet the guests later."

Yue Jinghong did not go out immediately, but listened behind the screen for a while.

“Miss Yue Er is extremely talented. She is truly a rare talent among women! I think that if I miss Miss Yue Er, I may never meet a woman as perfect as her in this life. So today I beg my mother to propose to Miss Yue Er, and I hope Uncle Yue will agree to it.” As he said that, Ning Baihao knelt down in front of Yue Hanwen and bowed deeply.

Yue Hanwen quickly helped Ning Bohao up from the ground, "Mr. Ning thinks so highly of Jinghong, it is Jinghong's blessing! When Jinghong comes soon, I will take out Jinghong's engagement letter and let Mr. Ning take it back."

When Ning Bohao heard this, he couldn't help but be delighted. He immediately bowed to Yue Hanwen and said, "Thank you...thank you Uncle Yue, thank you Uncle Yue! I will treat Jinghong...I will treat Second Miss Yue well in the future."

Yue Jinghong heard that Yue Hanwen had decided on his marriage without even asking for her opinion! That wouldn't do. She, Yue Jinghong, was going to marry the prince and become the queen of a country in the future! Not to marry the son of a mere general!