Transmigrated as the Treacherous Official's Childhood Sweetheart-Chapter 355 - 354: Marriage Proposal

The tone was filled with pride: I’m smart, right? Quickly praise me.

Ye Zhi’s eyes shone brightly, nodding in approval, then said to Xiao Chun: "You can speak now."

Xiao Chun, trembling, replied: "Yes, Sister Xiao Tao told us to inform her immediately if there was any news, especially about Miss, so I dared to come after accidentally encountering it just now."

This statement piqued everyone’s curiosity even more.

What’s the matter concerning Ah Zhi?

"Just now I saw a man bringing a matchmaker over, seemingly for a marriage proposal."

She quietly stood at the doorway with her head lowered, her voice soft, yet every word reached everyone’s ears.

In the Capital, who doesn’t know of the third Miss of the Ye Mansion, Ye Zhi? Naturally charming and exquisite, she had the grace of snow in the courtyards, bright as spring flowers, and clear as the autumn moon.

However, due to a slightly difficult personality and a fondness for swords and spears, at the tender age of twelve, no matchmaker had yet knocked on her door.

A man bringing a matchmaker? For a proposal?

Ye Zhi felt a tumult of anxiety in her heart. Had someone taken a liking to her? She wondered which family’s young master it could be.

Thinking about marriage and having children, her mind was in turmoil. The orders of her parents, the words of the matchmaker, her marriage had to be decided by her parents.

Ah Tao glanced at the bewildered Miss, and said: "Understood, Xiao Chun, you may leave now."

The little maid standing at the door received the order, and quietly tiptoed out, carefully closing the door, disappearing in a flash.

Xiao Chun came from a poor background; her family was in dire straits, and at the age of ten, her father sold her to the Ye Mansion. She didn’t start working at Qingyi Garden but was instead assigned to the kitchen.

The stewards in the kitchen were big and rugged, their voices thunderous, their appearances fierce, and their hearts even fiercer.

The stewards had a trait, they especially loved to bully newcomers.

Xiao Chun, with her ordinary appearance, led a life of hardship in the kitchen. On a winter morning, while the snow had yet to melt, amidst the icy and snowy weather, she was called upon to draw water from the well.

There were many people in the kitchen, yet the task was always given to her, a skinny little maid.

There were many similar instances...

Just when Xiao Chun felt life was hopeless, one day she was informed that she was to become a second-class maid at Qingyi Garden, attending to the sculpted and delicate third Miss.

This was undoubtedly a blessing in disguise, a renewal in barren woods.

Compared to the kitchen, serving the Miss in the garden was a wonderful task. No one was in charge, the work was light, the monthly pay was generous, and she was well-fed and warm.

At the same time, the fierce-hearted stewards were replaced by a few kind-faced ones.

After this, she only wished for her Miss to have endless blessings, like the enduring moon, like the rising sun, living a long and healthy life.

Her heartfelt words were only silently recited in her heart, unbeknownst to anyone.

Ye Zhi did not expect, because when she first arrived at the Daqing Dynasty, she accidentally passed by the kitchen, witnessing the fierce stewardesses bullying, speaking rudely; back then, Xiao Chun was emaciated and pitiful, so she went to tell her mother about it.

She later forgot about it, yet because of this gained someone who cared for her.

After Xiao Chun left, Ye Zhi remained bewildered, momentarily unable to react.

Huanhuan, next to her, offered advice: "Ah Zhi, don’t worry, if you find that man displeasing, you can easily reject him with just a word."

"No, that’s not necessarily the case." Qinglian’s opinion differed, she shook her head and slowly expressed her views.

"Marriage is a major affair for a girl, decided by parents and the matchmaker’s words, like my royal sister, slightly older, my father had already betrothed her to a minister’s son, and when the time came, she was to be married off from the palace."