Fang Liuming, a young Scholar, was immediately approached by the Master of the Aristocratic Families to become their son-in-law, to the envy of many. Matchmakers thronged the door, vying to propose marriage on behalf of Fang Liuming.
There was still no news from Pei Qin's end, and neither Lady Yu nor Grandma Fang dared to respond; they all smiled and politely declined, leaving it to others to find Fang Fang a suitable match.
Before, when Fang Liuming did not speak of marriage, it was said he was waiting for the result of the imperial examination. He had first become a Scholar and then passed as a Graduate, and now at eighteen, he should have been considering marriage. Yet he showed no intent to do so, leading everyone to speculate that the Fang family had already favoured a particular family and was simply waiting for Fang Liuming to pass the examination before formalizing the union.
