Little did Second Madame know that in Mother Ning’s previous life, she was clueless about this matter until she started searching for a partner for Ning Nuan.

At that time, all the young misses in the family had reached the proper age, and naturally some matchmakers carrying letters came to propose marriage. However, good families only came for Ning Qing or Ning Xin. After reading all the letters for Ning Nuan, there was not a single suitable family, and Mother Ning felt hard-pressed.

But she was trapped deep in the residence and didn't hang out much with any Madame, either. Even if there were matters that required the personal management of the womenfolk of the Ning family, it was her two younger sisters-in-law that would deal with those. News didn’t reach Mother Ning at all, and no one took the initiative to tell her things, either.

They simply didn’t see a good match; still, it was impossible for them to just make do with unsuitable ones. This delay dragged on until Ning Nuan was chosen by An Wang; an imperial decree came down, directly bestowing marriage between them; there was no opportunity for them to choose at all.