On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness-Chapter 174 - : Betrothal Meets Obstacles

Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Betrothal Meets Obstacles

Song Guo carefully placed the Scar Removal Ointment like a treasured possession and turned around to see Mo Chen following closely behind, so he glared at him, “Mo Chen, with your thick skin, go get a box from the Imperial Physician.”

Mo Chen raised his hand, “Your Highness, just share a little with me. Why go through all that trouble?”

“Hmm?” Ye Yiheng suddenly exclaimed.

Mo Chen quickly added, “I’ll go find the Imperial Physician right away.”

Before he finished speaking, he ran off like a puff of smoke.

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For some unknown reason, over the next few days, a rumor began to spread in Jiangzhou City that the Crown Prince’s official reason for visiting Jiangnan with Prince Qing to manage the water disaster was just a pretext. In reality, they were there to look for the Zhang Family’s granddaughter.

And the Zhang family granddaughter had come to Jiangzhou in search of her biological father.

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Suddenly, people discarded the previous narrative that the Zhang family’s granddaughter was chaperoning the Crown Prince around to salvage a marriage engagement.

With that, many harbored ulterior motives.

The struggle between the Crown Prince and Prince Qing over the Zhang family’s granddaughter, coupled with the Zhang family’s wealth, if they could be her biological father,

would certainly promise a future of soaring prosperity and endless wealth and honors.

That day, three middle-aged men claiming to be Leng Yu Yan’s father appeared at the Zhang Family’s doorstep.

Elder Mrs. Zhang laughed angrily, pointing at their noses, “Don’t you all use your brains?”

“My granddaughter is beautiful; her father must also be handsome. Even if my granddaughter isn’t actually Leng Zongfa’s biological daughter, could any of you with your looks have a daughter like her? Hahaha, did you guys not look in the mirror before stepping out today?”

Zhang Ruohai, with a stony face, shouted, “My sister is pure and innocent, how could she know you?”

“Someone, take them to the government!”

At her command, the Zhang Family’s security immediately came out, bound the three men, and took them to the government.

After this debacle, those who wanted to impersonate gave up their plans.

Meanwhile, the rivalry between the Crown Prince and Prince Qing made Elder Mrs. Zhang more vigilant, deciding she needed to secure a marriage for Nannan soon.

Strangely, Lin Xiang, who previously said he would soon come to propose marriage, hadn’t shown up for several days.

In her urgency, Elder Mrs. Zhang sent the steward to inquire at the Lin Family.

Four hours later, Lin Xiang personally came over and told Elder Mrs. Zhang he was unworthy of Leng Yu Yan.

Elder Mrs. Zhang asked why, but Lin Xiang just shook his head, unwilling to elaborate, and merely bid farewell.

Such a sudden change in Lin Xiang made Elder Mrs. Zhang finally realize the Crown Prince’s tactics.

It must have been something the Crown Prince did behind the scenes that made the Lin Family back off. As Elder Mrs. Zhang blamed Lin Xiang for his lack of backbone, she contemplated whom else she could betroth Leng Yu Yan to.

Suddenly recalling her initial idea, Elder Mrs. Zhang called over her other grandson, Zhang Yuming.

“Yu Ming, grandmother asks you, if Nannan were betrothed to you, would that be acceptable?”

Zhang Yuming was somewhat surprised and asked, “If my cousin is willing, I naturally am as well.”

A wife as stunning as a cousin, what a beautiful life that would be!

Hearing this, Elder Mrs. Zhang nodded in relief.

Just then, Ms. Qu suddenly entered, her voice sharp, “I disagree!”

The atmosphere immediately tensed.

Elder Mrs. Zhang looked towards her grandson, “Yu Ming, state your position.”

Ms. Qu was harsh and unreasonable, and Zhang Yuming, used to obeying her since childhood, fell silent.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started arguing.

Ms. Qu’s words were extremely harsh, especially targeting Leng Yu Yan’s mother.

“Mother-in-law, you know what kind of person your daughter is. As for this child Yu Yan, who knows how she was born. You want to push her onto my son before even figuring out her background.”

“There’s no reasoning in that! And besides, I am Yu Ming’s mother, should Yu Ming’s marriage not also consider my approval?”

“My niece decided against your advice and father’s, persistently marrying Leng Zongfa. Now, it turns out that the daughter she bore is not Leng Zongfa’s, ha, what kind of character can a daughter born from such a woman have?”

“Even if she is my mother-in-law’s granddaughter, I am the first to disagree!”

“Our Yu Ming is innocent and pure, can’t we find another woman in the world to marry other than insisting on her as his wife!”

“What a joke!” Ms. Qu said, hands on her hips, laughing coldly.

Elder Mrs. Zhang was so angry her liver hurt, and with a roll of her eyes, she collapsed on the floor.

“Grandmother!” Zhang Yuming hurried to support her.

“Enough, enough, there are so many servants in the room,” Ms. Qu hummed as she spoke, pulling Zhang Yu Ming away.

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Meanwhile, at the Zhang Family’s store.

Ji Qingyu found an opportunity to speak with Zhang Ruohai, saying candidly, “Commandery Prince is fond of Ah Yan, Uncle Zhang, could you consider betrothing her to the Commandery Prince?”

Zhang Ruohai was playing with an abacus when he saw the visitor, quickly inviting him to sit down.

“Commandery Prince, this matter depends on Yu Yan herself.”

Although he said so, Zhang Ruohai had his reservations; the current Commandery Prince matched well with Yu Yan, but after all, Yu Yan had been previously betrothed to the Crown Prince.

As the Commandery Prince and the Crown Prince were cousins, how could they live peacefully seeing each other often in the future?

Ji Qingyu was troubled; how should he address it with Ah Yan?

He had confessed to her once when he kidnapped her but was rejected.

If he wanted to confess now, how should he word it?

Zhang Ruohai couldn’t help him pass the message, he had to think of something else.

Thinking this, Ji Qingyu then took his leave.

After Ji Qingyu left, a servant came to report that the old lady had fainted.

Upon hearing his mother had fainted, Zhang Ruohai panicked, dropped what he was doing, and rushed home.

When Zhang Ruohai arrived home, Leng Yu Yan had just reached Elder Mrs. Zhang’s courtyard.

Seeing his mother’s pale face, Zhang Ruohai shouted angrily, “Find Ms. Qu for me!”

As soon as Ms. Qu entered the room, Zhang Ruohai harshly slapped her, “Is this how you treat my mother?”

Ms. Qu immediately sat on the floor, beating her thighs and screaming, “I bore two sons and a daughter for the Zhang family, if not merit, then it’s tough work. Can’t I, as their mother, marry my son to a virtuous wife instead of this fox whose real surname isn’t even known?”

Zhang Ruohai grabbed her collar, “What do you mean her surname is unknown?”

“Hmph, she is a bastard!” Ms. Qu mocked, “Who knows which man’s bastard she is!”

Even though Leng Yu Yan knew Ms. Qu was extremely shrewish, she was still shocked to hear such unrestrained remarks.

To brazenly call her a seductress was one thing, but to outright say she didn’t know who her father was, and call her a bastard was another.

The Elder Mrs. Zhang who was lying in bed was about to wake up, but upon hearing this, she fainted again.

Zhang Ruohai was furious, raising his hand and slapping Ms. Qu again on the face.

Ms. Qu, holding her face, cried and yelled that she wanted to return to her maiden home.

“Even if I go back to my maiden home, I do not agree for my son to marry her!”

She pointed her finger towards Leng Yu Yan’s face.

Leng Yu Yan calmly said, “Even if Aunt agrees, I also do not agree to marry my second cousin.”

Upon hearing this, Ms. Qu choked.

Leng Yu Yan then turned to Zhang Ruohai and said, “Uncle, a harmonious family leads to prosperity in everything. As your niece, I cannot bear to see you and grandmother distressed because of me. In Jiangzhou, unable to find my birth father, Yu Yan will leave soon. Your many years of marital affection with Aunt must not be destroyed because of your niece.”