Time Travel: The Noble Family
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Chapter 315: Chapter 116: Duty_2 Chapter 315: Chapter 116: Duty_2 Lady Mo didn’t pursue the topic further, “When will the Duke Mansion reply? If they agree, when do you plan to leave?”

After some thought, Yueyao replied, “If nothing goes wrong, there should be news by this afternoon. I think I’ll leave the day after tomorrow at the latest.” The sooner she could get away from here, the better, so she wouldn’t have to deal with the anxiety Lady Mo caused her.

Lady Mo nodded.

After leaving the Main Courtyard, Yueyao turned a corner and saw Yueying. Yueyao’s heart tightened, hoping that she wouldn’t again suggest that Yueyao take her to Zhaohua Temple.

This time, Yueying didn’t plead with Yueyao to take her to the temple but wanted to borrow a few scriptures: “Sister, Mother says you have more scriptures here. I want to copy the ‘Diamond Sutra’ and ‘Classic of Filial Piety’ for Grandmother, her favorites.”

Yueyao didn’t believe that Lady Mo didn’t have these two scriptures. She was just about to refuse, but Zhuang Ruolan’s words came to mind, and she reluctantly changed her response: “If elder sister wants them, come with me to Lanxi Courtyard to get them.” Zhuang Ruolan had said that it was necessary to maintain good relations between sisters, even if their personalities clashed, and one should not make an enemy of them. Being alone and without support was truly terrifying. Yueyao had no expectations that Yueying would do anything to help her, she only wanted to change her strategy.

The two stood facing each other in silence.

Yueyao didn’t want to speak because she had nothing to say to Yueying; Yueying wanted to speak but couldn’t find a topic, and so they remained silent all the way to Lanxi Courtyard.

Yueyao found the two scriptures Yueying wanted in the Small Buddhist Hall. Yueying, seeing they were not hand-copied by Yueyao, said, “Third younger sister, why did you give me the originals?” Yueying had thought Yueyao would give her hand-copied scriptures; she didn’t expect to receive the originals.

Yueyao no longer needed the originals; to be precise, it had been a long time since she had needed them. She had memorized hundreds of scriptures.

After a long thought, Yueying said, “Third younger sister, I heard it’s colder in the mountains than here; take more clothes with you.” If it were possible, she sincerely wished she could go to Zhaohua Temple to pray for her grandmother.

Yueyao was surprised that Yueying actually showed concern for her. She thought to herself, cough, it’s all because of Maternal Aunt Chen’s meddling, without her Yueying would have returned to normal.

At this moment, Yueyao was unaware that Yueying was keen on having Maternal Aunt Chen return. If that were the case, she definitely wouldn’t engage in much conversation with Yueying: “Elder sister, there’s something I’m not sure whether I should tell you.” She deliberately paused.

Yueying hadn’t expected Yueyao to have something to say to her: “Go ahead.”

Yueyao decided to tell her about the help she had given Yueying before. Doing a good deed should be acknowledged. Not to claim credit was foolish: “Elder sister, when the Chen family came proposing marriage, I felt something was off. I had Grandmother look into the Chen family, especially into the second young master of the Chen family.”

Yueying’s expression shifted: “You brought it up with Grandmother about the Chen family?” She had thought it was the Old Madam who noticed something amiss and had people check it out. She didn’t realize it was Yueyao who had spotted something wrong. That meant, if it weren’t for Yueyao’s warning…

At that moment, Yueying grew curious; to this point, she still didn’t know what was inappropriate about Young Master Chen. And because of this ignorance, Yueying couldn’t shake off a persistent feeling of loss.

Yueyao nodded, “I reminded Grandmother. Elder sister, the second young master Chen’s scholarship is not bad. His teacher expects that he will certainly pass the Juren in the next examination, and with persistent effort, he has a seventy to eighty percent chance of passing the Palace Graduate exam. Elder sister, excuse my bluntness, but if the second young master Chen truly has such learning, why couldn’t he wait until after he passed the Juren exam – or even the Palace Graduate exam – before discussing marriage? What’s the rush to matchmake at such a young age?”

Yueying, being part of the Lian family, naturally knew that the Lian men waited to discuss marriage until after earning academic titles because higher titles meant better marriage prospects. This was why Tingli and Tingyi had not yet been promised in marriage; it was for the same reason. Passing the Palace Graduate exam with a high ranking meant better marriage propositions. Of course, cases like Ma Peng’s were purely fortuitous.

Seeing that Yueying was taking her words to heart, Yueyao continued, “I know telling Grandmother about this wasn’t proper, but I genuinely felt there was something very suspicious about it. Elder sister, when things are out of the ordinary, there is a demon at work. This matter affects your whole life, I couldn’t keep silent upon having doubts. Grandmother checked, and indeed, there is a serious issue with the second young master Chen.”

Yueying let out a deep sigh and asked, “So what’s the problem with the second young master Chen?”

Yueyao was surprised, “How come Grandmother hasn’t mentioned this… The second young master Chen has a secret illness. It doesn’t show outwardly, but the doctors have said he won’t live past eighteen.” In her previous life, he had died during the mourning period, so Yueyao claimed he would pass at eighteen to be cautious.

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