Chapter 78 Proposal
After eating and drinking, Xu Junyue felt bored in the house, so he said he wanted to go out for a walk to digest the food.

Princess Chaoyang did not stop him and let him go.

Xu Junyue walked around the mansion until he felt less bloated, then he headed towards his own yard.

When he returned to his yard, he found two servants fighting crickets in the corner.

He thought it was very interesting, so he went over to watch.

"Young Master." When the two servants saw Xu Junyue, they hurriedly saluted and secretly collected the crickets.

Xu Junyue glanced at the bamboo tube they were hiding behind and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

The two servants looked at each other, knelt down quickly and said, "Young Master, spare us, we have finished our work, and will only play for a while, we are really not lazy."

Xu Junyue ignored their pleas for mercy, but walked around behind them and snatched the bamboo tube from their hands.

He opened the lid of the bamboo tube, looked at the cricket inside and said, "So this is a cricket? Is it fun?"

He had heard from other children in the private school that cricket fighting was very fun.

Moreover, if you can win, you can earn money to spend.

But Princess Chaoyang was very strict and he never had the chance to play.

Unexpectedly, the servants in his yard took advantage of his absence during the day and hid in the yard to play secretly.

Seeing that Xu Junyue didn't seem to want to pursue the responsibility, the two servants secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's fun, really fun. Young master, do you want to play with us?" one of the servants asked tentatively.

Xu Junyue thought for a while, nodded and said, "I have never played it before, you two have to teach me."

"Yes, young master, we two will definitely teach you well." The two servants said in unison. After all, this was the task assigned to them by the princess.

"Also, my mother must not know about this."

"Yes, young master, we must keep it a secret."

The two boys smiled and looked at each other.
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Another day passed.

Princess Chaoyang took Xu Yaoyao to the Yongding Marquis' Mansion.

Although the Yongding Marquis's Mansion is a noble family, the Yongding Marquis of this generation holds a low position and has no real power, so it is not well-received by other nobles in Shengdu.

Only someone like Xu Jinhuai, who came from a humble background and was short-sighted, would want to cling to such a declining noble family.

When Marquis Yongding and his wife heard that Princess Chaoyang was coming, they quickly asked someone to invite her in.

Before this, they looked down on this princess who was neglected by the royal family.

But recently there have been rumors in the imperial capital that Princess Chaoyang and Emperor Mingde have reconciled.

In addition, they saw Emperor Mingde and the Crown Prince in person at Xu Yaoyao's full-month banquet, so they believed the rumors without a doubt and treated Princess Chaoyang with increased courtesy.

After Princess Chaoyang entered the flower hall, she directly explained her purpose to the Yongding Marquis and his wife.

After hearing this, Marquis Yongding and his wife were both delighted.

Although their son Zhao Yunyang was not notorious, he was also a "well-known" playboy in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital, so no noble lady in the imperial capital was willing to marry him.

Although Xu Nianyue's father, Xu Jinhuai, was born into a peasant family, he is now the Minister of Works. In addition, she is the eldest daughter of Princess Chaoyang, so this marriage can be considered a match made in heaven.

The Yongding Marquis and his wife agreed immediately.

After Princess Chaoyang left, Marquis Yongding and his wife went directly to Zhao Yunyang's courtyard.

As soon as the two entered the yard, they heard the sounds of a man and a woman flirting coming from Zhao Yunyang's house.

Marquis Yongding's face suddenly turned dark, and he kicked open Zhao Yunyang's door in anger.

When the girls around Zhao Yunyang saw that it was the Marquis of Yongding, they all changed their expressions and quickly bowed and left. The Marquis of Yongding looked at the disheveled Zhao Yunyang and angrily said, "Look at what you have been doing all day!"

"Look at what you look like!"

Zhao Yunyang was very angry when he saw that all the beauties he had found with great difficulty were scared away by Marquis Yongding.

He said unhappily, "What am I like?"

"If you won't let me go out and have fun, can't I have fun in my own yard?"

Seeing that Zhao Yunyang dared to talk back, Marquis Yongding became even angrier and kicked him directly, knocking Zhao Yunyang to the ground.

He really didn't know why he gave birth to such an evil creature.

If it weren't for the fact that he only had this one son, it would never be the turn of a playboy like him to sit on the throne of the crown prince.

Seeing this, the wife of the Marquis of Yongding quickly stepped forward and grabbed the Marquis of Yongding, "My Lord, calm down. Yang'er has changed a lot in recent days. Look, he doesn't go out to cause trouble anymore."

The more Marquis Yongding looked at Zhao Yunyang's dissolute appearance, the more he felt annoyed.

The wife of the Marquis of Yongding walked over, helped Zhao Yunyang up from the ground and said, "You kid, look how angry your father is. Why don't you apologize to him right away?"

Zhao Yunyang got up from the ground and straightened his clothes and said, "Mom, I did nothing wrong, why should I apologize?"

"What's wrong with me looking for a woman? Doesn't Dad often look for women? Look at how many concubines we have at home."

"I am like this: the top beam is not straight and the bottom beam is crooked!"

The wife of Marquis Yongding was suddenly speechless.

Thinking about the concubines of Marquis Yongding, she felt very annoyed.

"You rebellious son, how dare you criticize your father?!" Marquis Yongding was so angry that he was about to kick him again.

Zhao Yunyang dodged quickly.

He stood at a distance and shouted to the Marquis of Yongding: "What? Did I say something wrong? Dad, do you only allow the governor to set fires but not the people to light lamps?"

Marquis Yongding was so angry that he just wanted to strangle him to death.

He pointed at Zhao Yunyang and shouted, "You rebellious son, rebellious son, I shouldn't have agreed to this marriage today."

When Zhao Yunyang heard the word "marriage", his eyes suddenly lit up, "What marriage?"

The wife of the Marquis of Yongding quickly explained, "Princess Chaoyang came today and said that her daughter fell in love with you at first sight and wanted us to take the initiative to propose marriage."

"Princess Chaoyang's daughter? Xu Nianyue?" Zhao Yunyang asked with some surprise.

The wife of the Marquis of Yongding nodded, "Yes, it is the eldest daughter of the Princess Mansion, Xu Nianyue."

Zhao Yunyang suddenly became interested.

Xu Nianyue not only has fair skin, but also has eyebrows as curved as willows and eyes as clear as autumn water. Her beauty is mixed with a bit of playfulness. She is really pretty.

He had met Xu Nianyue several times in private and tried his best to make her happy. His original intention was to deceive her into getting her body, but he didn't expect that she would let Princess Chaoyang propose to her on her own initiative.

That's not bad.

If he had a wife who was married in a formal ceremony, his parents would never nag him about this matter again, and they would not have to worry about him going out to have fun and ruining his reputation, and no noble lady would be willing to marry him.

He immediately expressed his opinion: "Dad, Mom, this marriage is fine. Let's go to the princess's mansion to propose marriage now."

The wife of the Marquis of Yongding joked, "Look at how anxious you are. It seems that you really fell in love with Xu Nianyue at first sight?"

Zhao Yunyang nodded quickly, "Then Xu Nianyue is indeed very good."

(End of this chapter)