Song Ruqi mentioned Qi Zhen's cousin, the fifth among the brothers, the legitimate second son of the Duke Ying's second brother, named Qi Cheng, who is seventeen this year.
"...He indeed has a bit of good looks, passed the Scholar examination at fourteen, considers himself a romantic talent, but that's about it. He failed both attempts at the Scholar examination," Song Ruqi said disdainfully. "Yet, his second aunt still boasts to everyone that he's a genius, surrounds him with beautiful women adding to his charm, writing romantic poetry all day long. As grandmother would say, he's quite an oddity."
Song Ci glanced over, "Did I say that?"
Song Ruqi smiled and said, "The Duke Mansion's second aunt has looked at quite a few proposals, but there's always something wrong with them. She took a fancy to the sixth Miss Guan of the Duke Dingguo Mansion, saying it's a perfect match of high nobility!"
When that lady said it, she almost couldn't hold back her laughter.
