The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 320 - 316 Fate

Ruo Xuan finished watching the encounter between Ruo Shan and Countess Zhaohua and felt somewhat unable to comprehend, "Is human fate so strange? Just by bumping into each other, fate arrives? Could it be that the old man in charge of marriage is slacking off and not doing his job properly?"

Xuanyuan Que calmly said, "It takes a hundred years to share a boat crossing, a thousand to sleep on the same pillow. Fate might only start with a passing glance, yet it might be the result of countless backward glances from a previous life."

Ruo Xuan sympathetically responded, "Then didn’t my fifth uncle almost break his neck in his past life?"

Xuanyuan Que: "..."

Once back in Shaxi County, this flower should focus on her studies!

After dinner, when everyone was heading downstairs together, the brothers Ruo Shan and Ruo Chuan were at the back, just behind Princess Zhaohua.

Princess Zhaohua was distracted and didn’t pay attention while walking down the stairs. She missed a step, and Ruo Shan instinctively reached out to catch her, "Be careful!"

Princess Zhaohua’s face turned pale with fright and then flushed with embarrassment, "Th-thank you, Master Ruo!"

It was over, why did she always make a fool of herself in front of him!

Ruo Shan quickly let go, "Princess, you are too kind."

The Empress Dowager and the others, hearing the noise, all turned their heads back.

The Empress Dowager smiled contently; when fate arrives, it is irresistible!

Ruo Xuan asked Xuanyuan Que, "Brother Xuanyuan, how many times in his past life did my fifth uncle have to break his legs to exchange for this moment of the hero saving the beauty?"

Xuanyuan Que: "..."

Xuanyuan Que felt that, having lived for over ten thousand years with a heart in good condition, he lately started to feel as if he were having heart attacks.

When they return, he will definitely have Master Han give her more homework!

The Empress Dowager asked Ruo Shan, "Ruo Shan, what are your plans after the competition?"

Princess Zhaohua was somewhat surprised, why was the Empress Dowager asking this?

She already knew that Ruo Shan had won first place in the competition. By achieving first place, wouldn’t he enter the Imperial Medical Bureau?

Ruo Shan replied, "I plan to return to Shaxi County to open a medical clinic."

Upon hearing this, Princess Zhaohua inexplicably felt a sense of loss. Returning to Shaxi County?

Wouldn’t that mean they wouldn’t see each other anymore?

The Empress Dowager nodded, "Opening a clinic is a good idea."

In Capital City, there are many famous doctors with good medical skills. In comparison, places like Shaxi County have fewer skilled doctors, so the Empress Dowager also thought it was a good idea for Ruo Shan to open a clinic there.

However, if he returned to Shaxi County, it was likely that the Qingping Prince Residence would no longer consider this marriage proposal.

Prince Qingping had only this one daughter, and he couldn’t bear to have her marry so far away.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Princess Zhaohua, who looked somewhat despondent, and shook her head.

Fated to meet, but not destined to be together!

However, she still intended to help the child by inquiring on her behalf.

The Empress Dowager planned to go directly to the Qingping Prince Residence to ask, not returning to the palace for the time being. freёnovelkiss.com

She asked Xuanyuan Que, "Xiaojiu, Grandmother wants to visit the Qingping Prince Residence, would you like to come?"

Xuanyuan Que: "I won’t go."

The Empress Dowager then asked, "Then will you return to the palace or go play with Ruo Xuan?"

"Back to the palace!"

He wasn’t a child and did not like to play.

Ruo Xuan, having had her fill and nothing to do, suddenly wanted to have a street parade like a Top Scholar. With her good looks, surely many would throw flowers, handkerchiefs, and red envelopes her way. Tugging on Xuanyuan Que’s sleeve, she shook it: "Brother Xuanyuan, I want to have a parade, will you ride a horse and lead me through it?"

Xuanyuan Que: "..."

Such attention-seeking and embarrassingly extravagant behavior, was that something for him, the Divine Lord Nine Heavens, to do?

The Empress Dowager was always ready to accommodate Ruo Xuan and laughed as she said, "Xiaojiu, take Xuanbao out to the main street for some fun, just sitting in the carriage will do."

Ruo Xuan nodded, "Sitting in a carriage works for me!"

"Brother Xuanyuan, let’s go!" Ruo Xuan pulled him toward the carriage that had been waiting at the entrance of the restaurant.

Xuanyuan Que: "..."

Wait, had he agreed?

He clearly hadn’t!

Was this flower being too overbearing?

Xuanyuan Que found himself coerced into the carriage.

But he really had no interest in strolling through the streets, so he said to Ruo Xuan, "The Empress Grandmother is heading to the Qingping Prince Residence, undoubtedly to propose a marriage for your fifth uncle. Do you want to hear about it?"

Ruo Xuan immediately forgot about strolling through the streets, "I do!"

Xuanyuan Que breathed a sigh of relief, thankful this ’flower’ was easily distracted.

Qingping Prince Residence

Upon the arrival of the Empress Dowager, Princess Qingping and Countess Zhaohua respectfully helped her to the seat of honor, and then instructed the servants to serve her favorite tea and pastries.

The pastry chef at Qingping Prince Residence was brought over from Shengping Prefecture and made pastries typical of that region authentically. Recalling that Ruo Xuan hadn’t had those pastries since she came to the Capital City, the Empress Dowager said, "These pastries are well made. Pack some for me to take with me!"

Princess Qingping smiled, "It’s rare that the Empress Dowager likes something. Zhaohua, tell the chef to make more."

Empress Dowager, "It would be best if they were made in the shapes of rabbits and goats."

"Yes," Zhaohua replied and withdrew. She knew her mother had intentionally sent her away, and remembering how the Empress Dowager had inquired about the Third-place Scholar at the restaurant that day, she felt a bit anxious.

She was already seventeen and hadn’t yet been betrothed, which was starting to worry her mother.

Had her mother actually sought the Empress Dowager’s help?

What if the Empress Dowager decided to issue an imperial marriage decree?

Princess Qingping had heard that the Ninth Prince favored rabbits and goats; at the Lantern Festival in the palace, most of the lanterns were in those shapes, so she said, "The Empress Dowager really dotes on the Ninth Prince."

The Empress Dowager smiled without explanation.

Little Xiaojiu was cold by nature, indifferent to food, and she had no idea what he fancied.

Xuanbao was different, she liked everything, but had a particular fondness for rabbits and goats, which were essential at every meal.

The Empress Dowager got straight to the point, "The Third-place Scholar is indeed not bad, but I’ve heard that he already has a girl he fancies."

The Empress Dowager was meticulous in her affairs; naturally, she had someone investigate the Third-place Scholar thoroughly. On the way there, Yuhua had reported everything about him to her.

The Third-place Scholar was smitten with his cousin, but his father would only agree to the marriage if he was awarded the rank of Top Scholar.

Alas, he was not destined to be the Top Scholar; he was made the Third-place Scholar instead.

Princess Qingping was somewhat disappointed; a man with his heart set on another was hardly an ideal match.

Both of the Top Scholars and the runner-up were of an age to stand on their own two feet and already had wives and children.

"I wonder if there are any other Imperial Scholars who are exceptional in both appearance and ability."

The Empress Dowager said, "There certainly are, but I know of a young man who is both handsome and talented, with good character, extensive scholarship, competent in both literary and martial arts, and who also understands medical science. His family background is modest, lacking the deep heritage of a prominent family, yet he has a boundless future. Would you be interested in him?"

On hearing this, Princess Qingping’s eyes lit up. Competent in both literary and martial arts and knowledgeable in medical science? Wasn’t that the best husband material? How much more reassuring it would be to marry such a man!

Countess Zhaohua, when younger, was frail and often fell ill, causing her mother much concern, to the point of hiring a live-in Imperial Physician for fear of her daughter developing a high fever in the middle of the night, providing peace of mind.

If her own husband were skilled in medicine, that would be even more comforting!

"A person so praised by the Empress Dowager must be outstanding; of which family is this gentleman a son?"

"You’ve heard of the Ruo Family, haven’t you? Their fifth son, who achieved the highest score in the medical examination this time. I’m quite familiar with several of the Ruo brothers, and they all are talented both in literary and martial arts!"

The Ruo Family? Princess Qingping was taken aback.