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When Fu Zhiwen returned in the evening, Xiao Ruo mentioned the letter from Zhiwen to him, and Fu Hanwen found it strange too. After thinking it over, he said, "Why don't you write a letter to ask Jingwen if something has happened?"
Xiao Ruo had sent the letter to Fu Jingwen through someone arranged by Fu Hanwen. About half a month later, that person returned with a reply penned by Fu Jingwen himself.
"Brother Fu, Jingwen wrote in the letter that a scholar from the Hanlin Academy intends to betroth his daughter to Zhiwen." After reading the letter, Xiao Ruo said, "Do you know who this scholar from the Hanlin Academy is? And what about his daughter's character, does she have any flaws?"
It wasn't that Xiao Ruo lacked confidence in her junior brother-in-law; rather, it was that within the talent-rich Hanlin Academy, Fu Zhiwen could easily be overshadowed. So why would a scholar from the academy take special notice of him and even contemplate marrying his daughter to him?
