Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life Chapter 1466 - 1455: The Lady Who Doesn’t Want to Climb the Ranks

"The girl doesn’t have those kinds of thoughts about you." Old Madam Jiang cautiously looked at her youngest son, "Why don’t we consider someone else?"

"No." Jian Yunchi’s eyes were firm, "It must be her."

Old Madam Jiang was in despair, "But she only sees you as a senior."

"I’m not her senior." Jian Yunchi paused, "Mother, I’ll go and win her over myself."

Old Madam Jiang said coolly, "Do you have a chance? How often does a noblewoman go out? You can’t even see her."

Jian Yunchi paused, a layer of low pressure enveloping him.

Old Madam Jiang asked again, "Xiao Wu, what do you like about that girl? Is it because you’ve read her stories? Then you like her works, not her as a person. I hope you clear this up, otherwise, it’s unfair to the girl if you marry her for the wrong reasons."

Jian Yunchi paused; he really hadn’t thought it through, but he could confirm that the first time he saw her handwriting, it was purely admiration. When did he get the idea of wanting to marry her? It seemed to be just after speaking with her a couple of days ago.

No one has ever made him want to talk so much, no one has ever made interacting feel so light and enjoyable. If it weren’t for his elder sister-in-law mentioning that it was already noon, he would have continued the conversation.

And Ye Qiu’s skills in arts and crafts—if he never had the chance to experience them again, wouldn’t it be a pity?

But thinking this way made him unsure; did he want to marry Ye Qiu because he liked her, or merely because he was reluctant to part with her knowledge and skills?

"Mother, please give me some time to think about it." He pondered.

Old Madam Jiang teased him, "Then hurry up and decide; the girl is very popular."

Exactly how popular Ye Qiu was couldn’t be said, but it was quite real that Second Aunt Duan didn’t like her, especially after losing the race last time, Li Family had severely weakened her control in the mansion. Even her son looked at her with suspicion, let alone letting her younger son and niece Duan Yinyin get engaged.

"What’s wrong with Yinyin? She’s the legitimate daughter of the Duan Family. Not only would she be helpful for your future, but she’s also smart and pretty. She’s fit to be a Princess Consort, more than qualified to match with you." Duan Shi exclaimed.

Zhang Yanwei was angry too, bluntly sneering, "Then let her be the Princess Consort, why bother to stoop to me?"

"You... you’re simply ungrateful." Duan Shi trembled with anger.

Zhang Yanwei, seeing this, fell silent, his cold face showing his stance.

Duan Shi pointed at his nose, "You fancy Ye Qiu, don’t you? I knew she wasn’t good, saying nice things about treating you as elder brothers, but actually can’t part with the glamour of this Marquis Mansion. She’s just a fox."

Zhang Yanwei was shocked that his mother would describe his cousin like that. To avoid suspicion, his cousin had repeatedly refused his visits, hadn’t she? Even when he finally took a break to take her out, she refused. And still, she was called a fox? He could swear on his future that his cousin had no ulterior motives toward him; it was he himself who had feelings.

"Mother, do you have such a deep prejudice against my cousin? Is this what you’d say as a senior? What’s good about Duan Yinyin? She’s arrogant and willful, a troublemaker, apart from using her family background to pressure others, what else does she have? If my cousin wanted to seduce me, I wouldn’t have hesitated to marry her."

"You still say she wasn’t seductive. For her, you dare to slander your cousin and argue with me. Has there been a day of peace since she came to this family?"

"Mother, you have a prejudice against my cousin, so I have nothing to say to you about it, but as for Duan Yinyin, I will never marry her."

Having said that, he walked away, leaving Duan Shi’s face alternating between green and white in anger in the room.

However, Zhang Yanwei didn’t know that Duan Yinyin was right behind the screen today, and she heard every word he said without missing anything. At this moment, her eyes were bloodshot, and she gritted her teeth.

"Ye Qiu!" Her eyes glowed with jealousy, "I won’t let you have it easy."

The sky began to snow heavily, and Ye Qiu looked out the window, unconsciously realizing that the year had already passed. This life’s days were better than she imagined, whereas the previous life’s original self was really pitiful. Except for the Old Lady, almost everyone treated her as an enemy.

But since she came, she quickly assured everyone that she wasn’t interested in her cousins. It was first Zhang Yanjing, the elder cousin, who showed kindness, and then after the elder cousin got engaged, the Aunt’s opinion of her changed significantly, although she didn’t like her writing stories and putting her face out there; she wasn’t hostile.

Moreover, her cousins treated her as a younger sister and not as a scheming girl using every means to climb to wealth and power. Her two uncles didn’t often come to the inner court, but during the New Year’s visit to the great-great-grandmother, they all gave her red envelopes.

Only the Second Aunt, Duan Shi, seemed hateful and dead set that she seduced Fifth Cousin, making her wary and politely declining all his advancements. In this life, she intended to live simply, not wanting to get embroiled in the Marquis Mansion’s grudges.

However, some things weren’t hers to avoid; as long as she remained unmarried, she was always a thorn in others’ eyes, a pain in their flesh.

"There’s a lantern festival tonight; aren’t you going out to take a look?" Earlier, Zhang Yanwei came to invite her, but Ye Qiu refused, so the Old Lady asked this way.

"No, Ye Qiu shook her head, there are too many people."

No sooner had she spoken than a servant came saying that Zhang Yanjing sent a message.

"What message?"

"The Third Princess Consort says she is currently at Huiben Building inviting Lady to enjoy the lanterns together."

The Old Lady chuckled, "Your cousin invites you; are you not going?"

Ye Qiu sighed, "Alright, great-great-grandmother, I’ll bring back two lanterns for you."

"Alright, go have fun; wear warmly and take along more servants."

In recent years, the weather has been pleasant, and the people’s lives have gotten better; therefore, the lantern festivals have become more flourishing each year. Faces were full of smiles in the crowd, and gender constraints mattered little today, with many unmarried men and women walking together.

Everywhere was crowded with people; carriages couldn’t pass, so Ye Qiu got off along with two maids, finally showing a smile as she felt the buzz.

"Come have a look! Mr. Yang Liu’s latest work, the whole set for only one tael of silver."

Suddenly hearing something related to herself, she paused in surprise, unknowingly walking over and picking it up, realizing it was a pirated copy. Looking at the coarse paper and the terrible layout, she thought, selling at such a price, piracy can’t be avoided in any era!

Fortunately, her regular book subscribers were mostly officials and wealthy merchants, people who were affluent and disdained buying pirated copies. Even though she’s only published two books, the Silver Coin earned already suffices for her to buy two large mansions with three courtyards in this opulent capital.