si-mexico Chapter 249: Shen Yanxijiang Suining Engagement
Chapter 249: Shen Yanxijiang Suining Engagement
"No way, Madam Shen, you're too polite." Zheng and Jiang Zhitong spoke quickly.
Even if we put everything else aside, the difference between Shen's mother and Madam Qin when they got off the carriage was obvious.
Mother Shen took a look at the imperial edict in Shen Yanxi's hand, and a smile appeared on her face. She felt confident and turned around to speak to Qin.
"I didn't expect you to be here, Madam Qin. I'm sorry." Mother Shen bowed slightly.
Qin just managed a smile and nodded, "Mrs. Shen."
"What's this, Madam Qin?" Mother Shen looked at the carriage behind Qin, and the box tied with red silk, and pretended to be confused.
Although it was just a marriage proposal and had not yet reached the betrothal gift stage, compared with the several loads of gifts from the Shen family, the Changning Marquis's Mansion really looked a bit shabby.
Qin took a deep breath and said nothing. Seeing this, Shen's mother smiled again calmly.
"It is fate that I can meet you here today. These two children are engaged. When we hold the wedding banquet in the future, please come and have fun."
She already had a rough idea of Qin's plan.
Although the Marquis's Mansion is of high status, the Prince Zhou has become so notorious that he even wants to force Miss Zhou to marry him. This is really too much!
However...if Qin hadn't done this, his son might not have had the chance to marry the beauty.
In front of Shen's mother, Shen Yanxi did not say that it was Jiang Suining who took the initiative to propose the marriage, but claimed that he took advantage of the situation and seized this opportunity to ask Jiang Suining for help.
On the one hand, Shen's mother felt that she must seize this opportunity, but on the other hand, she felt a little sorry for Jiang Suining.
So she prepared the marriage proposal gifts overnight, which were twice as much as usual.
This morning, I thought about it and felt that although those gifts were valuable, the Jiang family might not care about them. After all, the Jiang family had no shortage of money. So I found a lot of calligraphy and paintings, thinking that Jiang Suining might like them.
Faced with Shen's mother's invitation, Qin almost squeezed out a few words from between her teeth.
"Okay, I will definitely come to congratulate you then."
I thought nothing would go wrong today, but unexpectedly an imperial edict came out halfway. Qin had no choice but to give up the idea completely and left with a cold face.
Jiang Zhitong, Zheng and others, with smiles on their faces, quickly invited Shen's mother into the house.
When entering the mansion, Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi fell slightly behind.
"Thank you." Jiang Suining lowered his voice and spoke.
Shen Yanxi glanced at her and smiled, "I'm glad you don't blame me."
In addition to being a precautionary measure, he also had selfish motives regarding the imperial edict.
After all, if this marriage was granted by the emperor himself, it would be much more solid than an engagement between two families, which would make him feel more at ease.
Jiang Suining understood what Shen Yanxi meant, and suddenly his mind recalled what Zheng said yesterday, "Cherish the person in front of you", and his heart was slightly moved.
After retracting his gaze, he said softly, "No."
She didn't blame Shen Yanxi.
Shen's mother had a very pleasant chat with Jiang Zhitong and Zheng.
Originally, Zheng and the others were a little worried that the Shen family would mind the Jiang family's status as merchants, but there was not the slightest contempt in Shen's mother's words, and she was full of praise for Jiang Suining.
With the imperial edict and Shen's mother's personal visit, the marriage was quickly settled, but the wedding date had not yet been decided.
After the marriage was settled, the news quickly spread throughout the imperial city.
In addition to the arranged marriage and engagement, Shen Yanxi also had someone spread the news that he had taken the initiative to ask for marriage and requested the emperor to grant the marriage.
Everyone in the imperial city started discussing the matter heatedly, and many women envied Jiang Suining for being able to find such a good marriage.
Although some people think that the Jiang family is lucky, there are also people who are grateful to Jiang Suining for the previous events of enjoying the cool breeze and the study. They say that although Miss Jiang comes from a merchant family, she has a kind heart, so it is only natural for her to marry into a wealthy family.
Moreover, she had already been commended by the imperial edict before, and now the emperor has granted her a marriage, which is what Miss Jiang deserves.
After several days of discussion, the news gradually died down in the imperial city.
Not long after this matter was settled, another piece of news came from the Changning Marquis' Mansion.
Zhou Yihong is also engaged, and the wedding banquet is scheduled for next month.
Jiang Suining already knows the person he is going to be engaged to.
"Liu Yuan?" Jiang Suining learned the news shortly after arriving at Ning Mo Zhai.
If she remembered correctly, Liu Yuan was the daughter of a tea merchant and had participated in Ningyue Pavilion's summer dress exhibition before.
For a period of time, he was a frequent visitor to Ningyue Pavilion, but later he seemed to have fallen ill and rarely showed up again.
"Are you sure that the marriage arranged by the Changning Marquis' Mansion is with Liu Yuan?" Jiang Suining looked at Lin Ziqing who brought the news.
The latter nodded, "Yes, the Liu family is mainly engaged in the tea business, and almost monopolized all the tea shops in the entire imperial city. Compared with your Jiang family, their family wealth is not inferior. I heard that Miss Liu fell ill two years ago, and it was delayed until the beginning of spring this year. However, because of this, the original engagement was cancelled and the marriage was delayed. The Changning Marquis's Mansion took the initiative to approach us, and the Liu family immediately agreed to the marriage."
Lin Ziqing was playing with the teacup in his hand. Although Zhou Yihong had a bad reputation, he still had the status of a marquis. For the Liu family, this was still an excellent marriage.
Jiang Suining thought back to his previous encounter with Liu Yuan, "Although I didn't have much contact with that Miss Liu, she seemed to have a gentle personality."
"That was probably before." Lin Ziqing shook his head. "From what I heard, her personality has changed a lot in the past year or so since she was sick. She has become more serious and no longer lively and playful. I guess with this kind of personality, she won't suffer any loss even if she marries into the Marquis' Mansion."
Jiang Suining thought to himself that since the Liu family was able to do business so well, they must be able to see the situation clearly.
There must be a reason why the Marquis's Mansion took the initiative to propose marriage. If you think about this clearly and still agree to the marriage, you should be mentally prepared.
But in the final analysis, this is a matter between the Liu family and the Changning Marquis Mansion, and she doesn't need to think too much about it.
While Jiang Suining and Lin Ziqing were talking, the Changning Marquis' Mansion on the other side had already begun preparations for the upcoming wedding.
Yesterday evening, a sedan chair quietly carried Han Yueying into the Marquis' Mansion from the back door.
Although it was even more dismissive and casual than when Han Nian'an was there.
Han Yueying waited in the room all night as per the rules. Although Zhou Yihong did not show up at all, she did not feel sad at all.
After carefully dressing up, she was now standing outside the Xifeng Courtyard where Han Nian'an was imprisoned.
Upon learning that Han Yueying wanted to meet Han Nian'an, Qin did not let anyone stop her.
Soon the servant who had asked for instructions came back and notified the guard to open the gate and let Han Yueying in...