My霸道Prince, Finally Arrived

"Then keep talking!"

The matchmaker wiped a handful of sweat from her forehead.

"Seventh..."

Xu Qin continued, "After we get married, he must promise that I won't need to do any household chores or needlework. Every day, I will only need to stroll through the gardens, admire the flowers, play the lute, sip tea, and live a life of leisure and comfort."

"Eighth, he must treat my family and clansmen well—extremely well. During festivals, he must give them generous gifts of gold, and if anything happens, he must do everything in his power to help...

"Oh, right, and also..."

"Miss Xu!" The matchmaker, unable to listen any longer, interrupted her with a heavy voice. "There is no more."

"Yes, there is! How can there be no more? I haven't finished speaking yet, how can it be over!" Xu Qin said with some dissatisfaction, "Wait until I finish, and then you just find someone according to my standards."

"Didn't you just say that with my excellent qualifications, it wouldn't be too much to ask for any kind of man?"

"Just find me a random one according to my requirements."

"A random one?" The matchmaker was going a bit crazy. She stood up again, picked up the contract Xu Qin had just signed, and right in front of her face...

Riiip!

The contract was torn in half.

Riiip! Another sound.

The contract was torn into quarters.

With continuous ripping sounds, the contract quickly became confetti.

This action instantly left Xu Qin dumbfounded.

"What are you doing?"

The matchmaker didn't answer. She just kept tearing the contract until it was reduced to shreds, to the point where it could never be pieced back together, before finally stopping.

Sitting back down, she took out the twenty taels of silver Xu Qin had handed her earlier from a small wooden box under the desk, placed it on the desk, and pushed it back to Xu Qin.

"No, what exactly are you trying to do?"

The matchmaker kept her tone as calm as possible: "Miss Xu, I cannot take your case!"

Cannot take it!

These words fell upon Xu Qin's ears.

Xu Qin was stunned for a moment, and then flew into a furious rage!

"Didn't you just say that everyone here is the cream of the crop? Didn't you say how amazing you are? I was even going to give you a hundred taels of silver."

"That's a hundred taels of silver!"

"A hundred taels!"

"Not one tael, not a few copper coins. Is all this money still not enough?"

The matchmaker shook her head. "It's not a matter of money."

"Then it's a matter of the people!" Xu Qin was quick to draw conclusions and immediately said, "So, you don't have any suitable candidates here at all. You're running a scam!"

"It has nothing to do with whether this is a scam or not." The matchmaker tried hard to calm herself. "It's that your requirements, Miss Xu, simply cannot be met here."

"I suggest that after you walk out that door, Miss Xu, you find a horse, mount it, and ride quickly for thirty miles to the south of the city. There is a mountain there."

"Abandon the horse and climb the mountain. There is a temple there."

"Donate this money to the monks in the temple, then kneel before the Buddha statue and make a pious wish. Perhaps the Buddha will grant your request!"

The matchmaker said all this expressionlessly. Xu Qin understood perfectly well, and the anger in her heart instantly surged like an ocean, too violent to conceal.

"What exactly do you mean?"

"Are you saying my standards are too high?"

"Hmph, I only live one life, and I'm only looking for one sweetheart. Shouldn't I pick and choose carefully? Besides, with my excellent foundation, don't I deserve a good husband?"

The matchmaker replied, "What you're asking for isn't as simple as a good husband. Even if I searched the entire Great Yu Dynasty, I truly couldn't find anyone who meets your requirements."

"So, Miss Xu, please see yourself out."

The matchmaker issued the order for her guest to leave.

She wanted to get rid of this lunatic as quickly as possible.

What kind of husband-hunting was this? She was practically looking for a god!

The most crucial point was that while there were plenty of extraordinary men in Yunjing, based on the fact that Xu Qin was already quite old and at best only slightly pretty, why on earth would they ever fancy her?

If there really were a man who could overlook all that, I would have gone after him myself!

Xu Qin was completely enraged.

She stood up as well, her face full of fury.

"You fraud!"

"You swindler!"

"You promised to find me a suitable husband, but now you say things like this! Making all sorts of excuses and rejections. It's clearly because you are incompetent and don't have any suitable candidates on hand, yet you blame it on me."

"With my excellent qualifications, I could be considered the best resource in your shop, but you don't know how to cherish it at all. It serves you right that no one comes to this broken-down shop of yours."

"You'll go bankrupt sooner or later!"

Xu Qin cursed frantically, making the matchmaker secretly rejoice in her heart. Sure enough, the judgment she had honed over years of experience was flawless.

People like Xu Qin were the hardest to deal with!

If she had actually taken the money, who knows how much trouble would have followed!

Sending this demanding diva away now was indeed a wise choice.

After Xu Qin had hurled her insults, and seeing that the matchmaker did not talk back, she angrily grabbed her twenty taels of silver, kicked the shop door open, and strode out.

The cold wind blowing outside not only failed to extinguish her anger, but actually made her heart surge even more violently.

She even felt a bit wronged.

On what grounds!

She had worked so hard going on blind dates for so many years, putting in so much effort, so why wasn't there any result at all? Didn't the books say that heaven favors those who work hard? She had worked so hard, why wouldn't heaven give her a stroke of luck just once?!

She just wanted a good husband, that was all!

Why treat her so poorly?

Xu Qin was on the verge of shedding tears. She walked dejectedly down the street, not knowing how long she walked before finally returning to her workplace.

It was a moderately large posthouse, but not particularly outstanding in the entire city of Huaian. Seeing this posthouse, Xu Qin's anger flared up again.

This broken-down posthouse was so shabby; it couldn't complement her image at all and had cost her so many opportunities!

She strode back, intending to argue with the shop owner and make him renovate the storefront, but suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of a fine steed eating fodder in the stables.

That horse was simply magnificent!

Its entire body was as white as jade, its mane shimmering with a silver glow. Under the faint light of dawn, it exuded an indescribable majesty.

After all, Xu Qin had spent a long time at the posthouse. As the saying goes, even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen a pig run. She could naturally tell that this horse was extraordinary.

The most crucial point was...

The horse's tack was simply incredibly luxurious!

The halter was woven with gold thread and studded with silver nails. Right in the middle of the horse's forehead was a jade plaque decoration carved with a qilin and inlaid with turquoise.

The saddle was carved with cloud dragons and inlaid with agate and coral; even the stirrups were made of pure gold.

Xu Qin's eyes could not have been brighter.

She couldn't exactly say what breed this horse was, but as for the decorations on it, not only could she describe them clearly, she even knew which specific shops they were custom-made from.

"Is this..."

"An opportunity given to me by God?!"

"God, I've waited so long, and I've finally waited for this opportunity!"

"I've finally waited long enough."

"My domineering prince has finally arrived!"

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