I traveled to a very nice farm, and I was so happy to fight evil with evil

Chapter 414 Do you have a choice?

Recently, news about Qiao Ye has been spreading like wildfire in the capital.

Many families who were interested in the wedding asked their women to take the initiative to send invitations to Qiao Ye.

Let her go to visit friends or appreciate flowers or something.

After all, Qiao Ye is no longer a village woman without status, but a country lady with a high rank and status.

They also knew that Qiao Ye presented farm tools and offered advice to the emperor, which made the emperor very happy.

In addition, Qiao Ye has always been nicknamed the Golden Baby, and he can always think of ideas to make money.

As long as they don't really like her, they will try their best to make friends with her.

Qiao Ye has received more invitations in the past few days than he has received since coming to Beijing.

She didn't go to all of them, but selected a few banquets and flower-viewing parties to attend.

Sure enough, no one deliberately made trouble during the several visits she made. On the contrary, everyone was quite polite to her.

At the flower-viewing party, she also made friends with several young ladies and girls with good personalities.

Sometimes I would play polo with these people and go on outings outside the capital.

Without Wei Fenghua's help or introduction, she gradually integrated into the circle of young noble ladies in the capital.

When Qiao Ye went out to meet friends, he would often bring Erya, Siya and Qiya with him.

They also work hard to learn the rules and change themselves to be better people.

Because they wanted to make friends with Qiao Ye, everyone's attitude towards the three people was not very warm, but they did not bully or treat them coldly either.

In addition to having more social engagements, Qiao Ye and the Seventh Prince often get together to perform in the theater.

Not only the seventh prince and his men joined, but Wei Fenghua also became a shareholder.

This way, every time she accompanied Qiao Ye to discuss things with them, no one could gossip.

In a flash, Lu Shao returned to Beijing.

That night, after taking a shower, Lu Shao hugged Qiao Ye and kissed her hard, then took a cold shower to cool down.

If the two of them had not agreed to stay in the same room until he passed the imperial examination, Qiao Ye would have wanted him to stop enduring.

After taking a shower, Lu Shao returned to bed after his hair was dry and hugged Qiao Ye to talk.

He first told Qiao Ye what happened when he went out.

Qiao Ye also told him what had happened recently.

"My second brother's people have been keeping an eye on Lu Zian and confirmed that he had indeed taken opium before."

"After being sent to the Flying Dragon Guards, his addiction took effect."

"At first he endured it, but later he cried and begged for the opium to be given to him."

"The Flying Dragon Guards interrogated him, but didn't get much information."

"I only know that Shui Yuanjing gave him opium, saying that he would feel as happy as a god after taking it, so he tried it."

"After that, I couldn't quit. I wanted opioids again, but I couldn't get them."

"We can only listen to Shui Yuanjing and hand over the theater to Shui Yuanjing."

"As the cousin of the Eighth Prince, he doesn't know much."

Lu Shao frowned, "It seems that Lu Zian is not the only one in Beijing who is controlled by opium."

"I once discovered a few people who didn't need to collude with the rebels at all."

"But not only did they do it, they were also very loyal and anti-thieves."

"Now it seems that he is controlled by opioids."

In the past, because they didn't know much about opioids, they never thought about it in that direction.

After the Seventh Prince came to power, the sons of several ministers were not normal.

The capital city also seems calm, but it is actually turbulent.

The rebels wanted to bring down the Seventh Prince and caused a lot of trouble.

He suddenly remembered something, "From what you said about your reaction to taking opium and your reaction during withdrawal, the queen might have been controlled by opium in her early years."

"He seems to have become a completely different person, and he listens to the prince very much."

"If the rebel king had not been pushed out on the surface, he would have cooperated with the emperor behind the scenes and helped the emperor succeed in his bid for the throne."

"That originally insignificant prince is likely to ascend to the throne."

"The late emperor died suddenly. Could it be that opium was the cause?"

After he took over the Feilong Guard in his previous life, he saw a file that specifically recorded the previous emperor.

It was the current emperor who asked the Flying Dragon Guards to investigate, as he felt that the changes in the late queen and her sudden death were not that simple.

However, when he took over, the real reason was still not found in the files.

He originally sent someone to follow up, but unfortunately he died not long after.

Now he couldn't help but associate it with the thought.

Qiao Ye replied: "Then it is very likely that the late emperor was controlled by opium."

"People who take opioids may originally have conscience and reason, but in the end they may give up everything for that one puff."

"If he suddenly becomes a different person and becomes cold and ruthless, he is likely to be addicted to opioids."

"So in order to continue to get opioids, he had no choice but to listen to the person who controlled him."

"If you take an overdose of opioids suddenly, it can indeed lead to sudden death."

She suggested, "You should also tell the rebel king about this and ask him to investigate it thoroughly."

It would be more appropriate for Xiao Jingchen to check this.

Since it involves the royal family and the late emperor, it is better for them not to interfere.

Lu Shao obviously thought of it, "Okay."

After saying this, Lu Shao hugged her and said, "Er Ya is not young anymore, it's time for her to get married."

Qiao Ye tilted his head, "Do you have a choice?"

Lu Shao replied: "I have a classmate who is two years older than her. He has a good character and is honest."

"His family now wants to find a match for him, but he doesn't want to get married."

"He talked to me, and I said that my sister was still unmarried, and he took the initiative to propose that he wanted to marry Arya."

Qiao Ye asked curiously, "Why doesn't he want to marry the one his family arranged for him to marry?"

"I want to marry Arya, isn't it because of you?"

Arya and her friends are gentle, considerate, and likable, and have a very good relationship with her.

She now truly treats Erya and the others as her sisters, so she hopes they can all marry into good families.

Given the status of Erya and others, it is unrealistic to marry into a noble family.

If there really is a noble family who doesn't despise them and wants to marry them as his wife.

Unless it's true love, there must be something wrong.

Moreover, there are too many rules and it is too tiring to join such a family.

She had also asked Arya and the others what they thought before.

They also don't want to climb the high branch, don't want too many rules and too many restrictions.

A few pretty down-to-earth and smart girls.

Lu Shao said: "Because they had to support his studies, their family was separated by his grandfather and others."

"Luckily his father had a skill, and he had been copying books and writing letters for others, so he was able to continue his studies.

"But his parents died suddenly in an accident three years ago."

"If he had not passed the imperial examination, the family property would have been taken by his uncles."

"This time it's his aunts who want him to marry their nieces."

"But he doesn't want to get involved with those people, so he wants to marry a girl with a clean family background and not too many troubles in her family."

"We get along well, and he knows the situation of our Lu family."

"I thought my sister's temper wouldn't be bad, so I brought it up."

"After marrying my sister, he can also deal with the people in his hometown and make them stop worrying about him."

He added: "He is the only son in his family, and his two sisters are already married."

"He used the savings left by his parents to buy a small courtyard in the capital."

"He lives alone."

"I still have some money. Besides studying, I also copy books to make money."

"He is gentle and down-to-earth, and he doesn't have that kind of condescending male chauvinism towards women."

The word his young wife used to describe him was "male chauvinist".

"He is also talented in studying. He has a great chance of passing the imperial examination this time."

"Except for the fact that both his parents are deceased, his other conditions are very good. He is the potential stock you mentioned."

Qiao Ye nodded, "I see."

"In this way, if Erya marries him in the future, she won't have to serve her parents-in-law."

Otherwise, if he is the only son and meets a mother-in-law who is possessive of him, it would be difficult to get along with her.

Especially in ancient times, filial piety was more important than anything else, and it was easy to be bullied and suppressed by the mother-in-law.

She said that it was impossible for Lu Shao to find someone unreliable for her sister.

"Why don't you invite that person to dinner some other day so that the two of them can meet."

"If both of you feel it's okay, then we can talk about marriage."

"If they don't see eye to eye, or if one of them doesn't feel good about the other, then forget it."

Although nowadays we all advocate parents’ orders and matchmaker’s words.

Lu Laosan and his wife also asked them to help arrange the wedding for Erya and the others.

But she still hopes that Arya and the others can look at it for themselves and do as they wish.

Lu Shao smiled and said, "Okay!"

He also looked at more than a dozen people before choosing this classmate.

A few days later, he invited his classmates to have dinner.

Qiao Ye took Erya out to greet them.

Qiao Ye also observed this person.

He is handsome and tall. He doesn't speak or act in a smooth way, but he gives people a comfortable feeling.

He is indeed a handsome man and the first impression is quite good.

But if it's not good, my husband won't be interested in it.

Accompanied by Lu Shao and Qiao Ye, the man sat and talked with Erya.

They also talked about their respective situations, which was like an ancient version of a blind date.

When Qiao Ye brought Erya back to the backyard, he found that Erya's face was blushing.

She asked, and Erya indeed agreed to the marriage.

After Lu Shao sent his classmate back, he also said that the man had a good impression of Erya and wanted to make the marriage happen.

So the two families began to discuss the marriage, and Erya will get married next year.

Another month passed like this.

On this day, Qiao Ye was sitting and knitting with Erya and a few others.

She wanted to knit a close-fitting sweater for Lu Shao to wear.

Then she heard the housekeeper come and report that someone claiming to be her aunt wanted to see her.