Su Ningshuang had also reached the age to be betrothed.
The Su Family had arranged her marriage to the young master of Zhao Ning Manor, Pei Di.
Upon learning this news, Yan Xu was stunned for a long time.
His career had been progressing even more smoothly by then, with a higher position than before, but he remained disliked among his colleagues. He saw the listless Su Ningshuang in the Tea Pavilion and hesitated for a long time before he spoke to her for the first time, "You don't want to marry?"
"Of course," Su Ningshuang pouted, "I don't even know him."
After returning, Yan Xu thought it over for a long time and sent for a matchmaker to propose marriage to the Su Family on his behalf.
His thinking was simple: if Su Ningshuang disliked the matrimonial match with the Pei Family, he could use his own proposal to block it. If she was willing, it would also be nice to spend a lifetime painting maple leaves at Danfeng Pavilion.
