In the evening, inside the ancestral residence of the Jiang family.
Originally, today, the Jiang family planned to use great force to force Jiang Shengnan to submit.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Shengnan, who was always reluctant in the past, would be very cooperative today for the first time.
She just changed her clothes and asked the makeup artist to do her makeup. Then she sat there quietly and let the makeup artist work on her face.
She is obedient like a good girl.
When the makeup artist was putting makeup on Jiang Shengnan, Jiang Shengnan's mother Li Ruxuan sat aside worriedly and said, "Shengnan, what's wrong with you today? Why are you so abnormal?"
Jiang Shengnan stared at himself in the mirror and said expressionlessly: "Isn't it exactly what you want to see me being so obedient and at your mercy? Why aren't you happy yet?"
Li Ruxuan said: "So, you are willing to marry Lu Jiarui?"
"I don't want to." Jiang Shengnan said calmly.
Li Ruxuan asked strangely: "Then you were so noisy yesterday morning and you will definitely not go to the engagement party today? Why did your attitude suddenly become so good and cooperative today?"
As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be monsters. Li Ruxuan knows very well the temperament of Jiang Shengnan's daughter. In normal times, when she encounters things like forced marriage by her family, she would rather die than obey. She has a very strong personality, so she can be so easy.
compromise.
It was good to see Jiang Shengnan being so obedient and cooperative today, but Li Ruxuan always felt something was wrong and was frightened.
"Is it any use if I resist? If I make a fool of myself at the engagement banquet today, it will be a disgrace to the Jiang family. It will be surprising if my father and the others can spare me by then."
Jiang Shengnan said with an indifferent expression: "In that case, why should I waste my efforts to please you? Just follow your wishes and go to the engagement banquet obediently. But I have to do it, but in my heart, from beginning to end,
I don’t agree with my marriage to Lu Jiarui. You forced me to do so."
Hearing what Jiang Shengnan said, Li Ruxuan felt relieved: "Shengnan, I am not the one who can decide this matter, not your mother. I can't disobey your grandfather or your father's orders.
But if you can figure this out, I feel relieved. I understand that you are unhappy, but what can you do? Who told you that you were born into the Jiang family, a son of a wealthy family, and that you can make your own decisions about the marriages of several people?
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Jiang Shengnan impatiently raised his phone and ended the conversation unilaterally: "Okay, you can go about your business."
Li Ruxuan smiled and said: "Okay, I will also go and touch up my makeup and change my clothes. We will make a shining appearance together later."
Seeing Li Ruxuan's leaving figure, Jiang Shengnan's lips curved into a meaningful smile.
The stylist was stunned for a moment, then showed a flattering smile and asked humbly: "Miss Jiang, is there anything funny?"
Jiang Shengnan waved his hand lightly and said: "It's okay, you do it. Just keep it simple. I don't like makeup that is too complicated."
"I understand, don't worry, I'll be fine soon." The stylist hurriedly nodded in response.
Jiang Shengnan's heart at this time echoed the promise Han Jiulin had made to her in Jinmen: "I can make you gain the respect of the Jiang family. Let your family elders and relatives be proud of you and think that you are not inferior to men."
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Han Jiulin has already agreed to help her solve today's engagement matter, so she naturally has nothing to make fuss about.
For the time being, she just needs to cooperate with her family in a down-to-earth manner. Anyway, when it comes to the engagement party, Han Jiulin will help her out.
In the living room of the Jiang family's ancestral house, an old man and a middle-aged man sat one above the other.
The old man with white hair and beard is none other than the current old man of the Jiang family, Jiang Dongsheng.
The middle-aged man is now the current head of the Jiang family, Jiang Shengnan's father, Jiang Mingyuan.
"This marriage with the Lu family is a good thing for our two families. In recent years, the times have progressed too fast. If we want to maintain our current status and size, we must cooperate with each other.
We need to rely on each other and help each other."
Jiang Dongsheng smoked a green-shell panda, and his voice was slightly hoarse, sounding approachable, but exuding the majesty of someone who had been in a position of power for a long time.
Jiang Mingyuan nodded and replied: "I understand, so I strongly advocate this matter."
Jiang Dongsheng nodded and said again: "It is true that there have been women who are not inferior to men since ancient times, but they are all made possible by the times. The biggest role of the girls in the family. Since ancient times, it has always been to make friends who can be beneficial to the development of the family.
's in-laws.
I have also heard that Lu Jiarui has a bad reputation, but what does it matter? What man is not lewd? It's just that Lu Jiarui doesn't hide his things, so he seems to have a worse reputation than others.
After getting married and having a family, he will naturally become more restrained.
This girl Sheng Nan can help us get married to the Lu family, which is her greatest function, so there must be no mistakes in the engagement party tonight."
Jiang Mingyuan said: "Father, don't worry. Shengnan has been very obedient when we came here today. Even if she doesn't want to, she knows that her own thoughts cannot go against our will, so nothing should happen at today's engagement banquet."
error."
Jiang Dongsheng nodded with satisfaction, put out the cigarette, and said: "That's good. I'm old, so I won't go to the engagement party. As the head of the family, go and get close to Lu Sheng's parents' house.
.Tell Lu Sheng that after the marriage is finalized, our two families can find an opportunity to sit down together and exchange ideas."
"I know." Jiang Mingyuan nodded in response.
On the other side, the ancestral home of the Lu family.
Lu Jiarui was dressed neatly early and looked handsome and suave.
At this time, the Lu family has also prepared many betrothal gifts. The prices of these betrothal gifts are not expensive, but each item is a custom inherited by the people of the old capital. In the old saying in the capital, these betrothal gifts are also called door-to-door gifts.
bride price.
Among them, the betrothal gifts that follow the old rules and customs, such as the eight items from Beijing, are jujube cakes, Taishi cakes, pretzels, Saqima, Fu character cakes, Lu character cakes, Shou character cakes, Xi character cakes, etc., which imply happiness and peace.
, much happiness and longevity.
There is also a bride price of 100 million yuan, which means one in a million.
In addition, there are many various betrothal gifts such as hardware, which are all packed in mahogany boxes, covered with brand-new red silk scarves, and the mouth of the box is sealed with a red seal.
When the time comes, two people will carry a box and deliver it to the woman's house.
Ordinary families give four gifts, but the Lu family has prepared eighty-eight gifts. There will be one hundred and seventy-six servants carrying the gifts.
Here, there are twenty boxes containing the bride price alone, each box containing five million.
You can imagine how much of a sensation these people from the Lu family would cause when they walked on the streets of the capital.
As the Lu family and the Jiang family are the first-class families in the capital, it is natural that their engagement would cause a sensation in the whole city.
Seeing that the time was almost up, the head of the Lu family, Lu Sheng, walked out of the hall of his home with his hands behind his back. He nodded slightly to the butler beside him and said, "It's time to go."
The chief butler of the Lu family, who had been prepared for a long time, responded and immediately shouted, "Let's set off!"
Wait until the ceremony bearers line up neatly and leave in a crowd.
Lu Sheng, who had thick black hair and a majestic face, returned to the hall and invited an old man out. He politely said, "Mr. Fan, I have to ask you to sit in charge of today's engagement banquet.
When I think about it carefully, what Ning Guohao said is not unreasonable. After all, the marriage between the Lu and Jiang families will inevitably offend the interests of many people, and it is not impossible for someone to stumble and cause trouble secretly."
This old man is at least seventy years old, but his face has no wrinkles, and he has the look of a child with white hair. He is none other than Fan Hongmiao, the master of imperial power enshrined by the Lu family.
Fan Hongmiao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Master Lu, you're welcome. I'm eating your salary and worrying about you. I'm here today. No one can interfere with the engagement banquet of the Lu and Jiang families."
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