The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

He was quite looking forward to his brilliant performance tomorrow.

An Su also revealed a smile, happy for them, and he too was quite looking forward to the two's brilliant performance tomorrow.

The moonlight had grown deep.

The three of them said their goodbyes, each with their own anticipations, with An Su being the first to return to his room. He couldn't wait to take out Marquis Norman's letter and thought to read it thoroughly.

In the original work, Marquis Norman was a mysterious man.

Elegant, cold, with deep schemes.

One of the first generation of three heroes of the frontier, 'Holy Hand' Norman.

He was the behind-the-scenes manipulator of the frontier, entwined with innumerable families.

No one knew how he did it.

The details were not clear, only that Lister had yet to step out of his father's shadow, as mentioned in the original background introduction.

Unlike the straightforward Dari, the Marquis of the Moon had a feeling of a behind-the-scenes villainous great noble.

Such a mysterious and powerful figure, An Su was even more determined to understand thoroughly.

Before reading the letter, An Su had already formed some expectations. According to the first theorem of frontier birth, Dari intended to recruit a son-in-law, and undoubtedly, the Marquis of the Moon intended the same for Lister, to find him a wife.

He looked carefully.

[Beautiful moonlight]

Finally, a cultured person, An Su sighed in his heart, no typos.

[When I wrote this letter, dusk had just settled, and the skies above turned bright, with the azure sky over a shadowy landscape as sediment, and the buzz of crickets also quieting down, during the most serene time. I looked at the moonlight on the windowsill, that moonlight must be exceptional, just like you in the Imperial Capital]

Well, he even knows how to express his feelings through the scenery.

An Su nodded.

[I often ponder, what exactly defines a noble, the moon, a family, and yet find it hard to see clearly. Yesterday, I read your speech in the newspaper, and my previously muddled thoughts became clear; I understood then, the Moon Family needs a new moon]

An Su nodded, like Dari, the letter was getting to the point.

[I have a son, named Lister, sixteen years of age, still single. His mother passed early, leaving him lonely and desolate. I fear for the lack of a successor in the Moon Family, that it might perish in the hands of an unworthy son, deeply unsettling me, an unfortunate family plight.]

Indeed, An Su nodded again, revealing a confident smile, everything was as he had expected.

The same plot as with Arthur.

The small trumpet was ruined, time to practice an even smaller one.

Next, of course, should be Norman's proposal for Yue'er to become his daughter-in-law.

[My son, having lost his mother at a young age and lacking love, Miss Yue'er is knowledgeable and sensible, and possesses the rare and precious spirit of nobility, a perfect match for my son, truly a match made in heaven, how could there be such coincidences in the world]

Poor parents all over the world.

An Su nodded as expected, everything falling into place, confidently reading on.

[If Miss Yue'er also agrees, would you be willing to become the mother of my son?]

Fuck.

An Su fell silent.

He blinked, unable to grasp the magnitude of information from that sentence for a long while.

This was the first time someone had given An Su such a shock. He spread the letter out and read that sentence again, doubting if he had read it wrong, but whether he read it horizontally or vertically, the meaning remained the same without change.

It had started off quite normal, so why did it suddenly become strange?

What exactly do you want, Old Man?

But then he saw Marquis Norman continue to write:

[The flowers I sent you, I hope you have kept them well, they are the moonlight I sent from the frontier, I hope you keep and cherish them, may the moonlight I see tonight also shine upon you, and may we both appreciate the same unbelievably beautiful moonlight]

You're going to take the stage yourself...?

An Su realized why the previous content was embellished with expressive scenery, it turned out the Marquis Norman intended to declare himself.

He instantly overturned his first theorem of frontier birth, the frontier's style had never been shared, each one simply more significant than the next.

Old birth outdoes young birth, and that's even more outrageous!

[If you agree to enjoy the moonlight with me, and we join together in a happy marriage, I have a small gift to offer]

[—From the Moon Family, Marquis Norman Muen]

Having finished the letter, An Su fell into contemplation.

And there's a dowry too.

Um.

The cool moonlight bathed him in its glow.

An Su thought for a long time, considering that deceiving one was no different from deceiving two, it would be better to exaggerate the generation gap and make it more formidable. His clever mind took another turn, and he took out paper and pen, swiftly starting to write feverishly on the paper.

[Dear son-in-law of the Moon,]

[I send you my sincerest greetings,]

[I have received your letter,]

[I am not very talented, indeed I am Yue'er's father]

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The next morning.

The borderlands, Moon Domain.

The border city is just one of the city-states at the border, the actual borderlands are very vast, governing several counties. The southernmost region is managed by the Sun Family, while to the east of the borderlands lies the territory of the Moon Family.

The climate here is pleasant, spring has arrived, and seas of tulips spread along the horizon, dyeing the sky a powdery pink. Moon Fort, 'Eagle Fort', stands at the end of the sea of flowers.

Marquis Norman is a man of great skill.

A true noble.

As the head of the Moon Family, just like Grandpa Dari, he regarded it as his duty to always ensure the greatness and stability of the family and the borderlands.

In terms of family prosperity, he did exceptionally well.

From his youth, Norman was a handsome man, highly talented and handled affairs appropriately, exuding noble charm.

According to incomplete statistics, in his youth, Marquis Norman had thirty-one illegitimate children and had relations with dozens of noblewomen of the borderlands, with nearly ten legal wives, leaving his mark everywhere.

He successfully expanded the prosperity of the Moon Family, with many small family heirs in the borderlands related to Norman, one way or another.

The Moon Family thrived greatly.

Only the wives of the Sun and Chenxing families had not been graced by Norman's 'sacred hand'.

But this was not for lack of skill, it was simply out of respect for brotherly love.

The reason he did not allow Lister to marry women of the borderlands was simple,

Perhaps, by accident, one might end up marrying his own sister or cousin!

Marquis Norman would not do such a thing.

At the same time, he excelled in politics, economy, and even the military.

When short of money, he would marry into a family of merchants, charm them; when short of land, he would marry into a family of border nobility, charm them; lacking culture, he would even charm the dean of the Border College.

Even the royal family was connected to Marquis Norman.

He was truly versatile.

As such, he graduated from the Border College as the second-best, only second to Grandpa Dari.

And as he grew older, his charm only matured. After assuming the headship of the Moon Family, the skills of Marquis Norman became even more profound.

He became unsatisfied with just the borderlands and began his advance towards the imperial city. Capturing the booming Miss Yue Er was the first step of Norman's march to the capital city; he planned to conquer the entire Nether, spreading the Moon's radiance across the world!

It was precisely because of Marquis Norman's ambitions that he left the borderlands for the imperial city. In the original story, Lister never stepped out of his father's shadow.

And this Miss Yue Er was Marquis Norman's first target because she bore some resemblance to Lister's deceased mother, Norman's first love.

He was quite nostalgic.

The morning sun grew increasingly radiant. Joseph, the butler, walked in with a letter, knocking on the door, "My lord, a letter from the capital."

Marquis Norman's lips curled into an elegant and calm smile as he took the letter, reading it carefully.

[I am not very talented, indeed I am Yue'er's father]

Oh, it's a letter from my father-in-law.

Marquis Norman's smile became even more confident. Every move he made was smooth sailing; he had never encountered any insurmountable mountains in his fate, nor had he faced any significant problems in life.

With his level of writing love letters, it was something Annand, the illiterate, could not learn—losers in literary flair.

And as for Karlo, that fellow was just rich, a bit less charming.

Those two brothers were no match for him.

Martial skills, charm, wealth.

Among the three notable figures of the borderlands, Marquis Norman was the symbol of charm, at the very pinnacle of the borderlands.

He opened the letter, ready to thoroughly read the content of his father-in-law's letter.