vrcanaries Chapter 294: Madam Zhang Arrives
Chapter 294: Madam Zhang Arrives
The housekeeper nodded guiltily and said, "It is my fault. I need Miss to remind me of such a simple truth. I have failed in my duty. Please punish me, Miss."
The old man waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it was an unintentional mistake. I will listen to you, young lady, on this matter." He looked at Shang Ruoyi and said with a smile, "There is no one in charge of the backyard, so many things in the mansion are bound to be overlooked. In the future, you will have to pay more attention to it."
Are they going to force the Li family onto her?
Li Xia Xia also hurriedly said: "That's right, sister, the Li family is better left in your hands to ensure safety."
Li Huaian took out a seal: "This is the seal of our Li family. Only the head of the family can use it. Today my grandfather will hand it over to you. Cough cough cough." After he finished speaking, he started coughing again.
Shang Ruoyi looked at the Dongzhu on the seal and shook her head: "Grandfather, I am married now. If the Li family is handed over to me, the industry will be gradually incorporated into the Dingguo Palace in the future. This is unfair to the Li family and even more unfair to Xia Xia. I am willing to give everything I know to Xia Xia. In the future, the Li family will be handed over to Xia Xia, and it can be passed down forever."
In fact, she never had any covetous thoughts about the Li family.
Hearing her refusal without hesitation, a trace of regret flashed across the old man's eyes.
If the Li family could be handed over to her, it would definitely be able to move to a higher level. However, every time he mentioned it, she would refuse without hesitation. It seemed that she really had no intention of taking over.
Just then, a servant came in and said, "Master, someone from the Zhang family is here."
Zhang family?
Why are you coming here at this time?
"Let them in."
Not long after, a very wealthy-looking woman, dressed in silk and satin and with a golden hairpin on her head, walked in, twisting her body.
"Greetings to the old man." Although the woman had a smile on her face, her eyes could not hide her arrogance. She sat directly to the left of the main seat.
Several maids followed behind her, all with makeup on their faces.
Shang Ruoyi sat opposite her, frowning slightly. How could this person look like a decent family? They looked like the madam from Yihong Courtyard.
"Madam Zhang, what brings you here today?" Ever since the old man found out about Zhang He's scandals, he was determined to break off the engagement with him, so he didn't have a good face towards Madam Zhang at this moment.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Zhang showed no sign of understanding at all and didn't realize at all that the old man of the Li family didn't like her.
She looked around the house and found every decoration was priceless. She was ecstatic. If the girl from the Li family married into their Zhang family, then everything in the Li family would belong to them. She loved the Li family's yard very much. Not to mention the wealth, the feng shui alone must be excellent, which would surely help her son to succeed and get promoted and make a fortune.
"Mrs. Zhang?" The old man frowned when he saw her looking around: "What brings you here today?"
Mrs. Zhang finally came to her senses and said with a smile, "Oh, look at me, I'm so confused that I forgot about the important things when I came here." She looked at Li Xia Xia and said, "I asked someone to look at Xia Xia's birth date and it will be a very auspicious day in two months. I think we should not postpone the marriage of our two families. Xia Xia will marry into our Zhang family eventually, so it doesn't matter if it's one day earlier."
Want to advance your wedding?
Shang Ruoyi narrowed her eyes. They had just announced that they wanted to cancel the engagement with the Zhang family, and they came to ask to advance the wedding. How could it be such a coincidence?
Li Xia Xia's face looked very ugly. She stepped back and stood behind Shang Ruoyi, pinching her collar with her fingers.
Mrs. Zhang frowned slightly when she saw this, but she didn't say anything when the words came to her lips. In broad daylight, in front of her elders, she was holding a man's clothes. What kind of thing was this?
Even if they are relatives, you cannot do this.
She was dissatisfied in her heart, and her face was naturally not good, but when she thought of the wealth of the Li family, she swallowed back what she wanted to say. When she arrived at the Zhang family, she could do whatever she wanted. It would be easy to discipline a little girl. Thinking of this, her face became better.
The old man whispered, "Mrs. Zhang, it just so happens that I also want to go to the Zhang family to discuss the marriage of the two children."
Hearing what Li Huaian said, Mrs. Zhang smiled widely again: "Oh, isn't this a coincidence? We actually thought of the same thing. In this case, on the sixth day of the first lunar month in two months, which is an auspicious day, we can move up the marriage. However, my son is already a scholar, and the next one is a juren, and after that, it is a gongsheng, and then it is the top scholar. What is a top scholar? Most top scholars are prime ministers. Our Zhang family is about to have a prime minister. Although your Li family is a merchant family, we are definitely not treacherous. Since we said we would marry her, we will definitely agree to her position as the legitimate wife of the Zhang family. It's just that the dowry." She looked at the old man: "I heard that your Li family made some purple oriental pearls? Why not add ten extra purple oriental pearls to the dowry list, and the marriage will be..."
"Let's cancel this marriage." The old man of the Li family didn't wait for her to finish and said lightly: "Let's cancel this marriage."
what?
Give up?
How does this work?
The Zhang family spent a huge amount of money to get Zhang Wenshan to agree to marry their daughter to him. After all, her horoscope was particularly compatible with their son's, and she would definitely help him rise to a high position and become a prime minister in the future. Why would he care about the money in front of him?
Now that the Li family wants to cancel the engagement, it would mean ruining her son's future. How could she agree to it?
"Old man, can I ask why your Li family wants to cancel the engagement?" She looked at the two people opposite her and snorted coldly, "Could it be that Miss Li did something out of the ordinary?"
"Something out of the ordinary?" Li Huaian frowned. "What does Madam Zhang mean? Although our Li family is from a merchant family, we are also a noble family with strict family education. How could we do something out of the ordinary as Madam Zhang said?"
"What do you mean? Humph!" She snorted coldly and pointed at Shang Ruoyi. "That day at the auction, many eyes saw Miss Li and her cousin's brother tangling with each other. My Zhang family would not marry such a person who would bring disgrace to the family. But we had no choice but to continue this marriage for the sake of our friendship with the Li family."
Li Xia Xia said in a deep voice: "Who are you saying is ruining the family's reputation?"
"What? You dare not take responsibility for what you did? So many people saw it. We, the Zhang family, didn't bother with you, but you still took advantage of me."
"Click." Shang Ruoyi put the teacup heavily on the table: "Which eye of yours saw us secretly giving and receiving things? And who did you hear these things from? Find him out, I want to see who is so impatient to live that he dares to gossip behind our backs." She shook her hand, and an extremely sharp scalpel appeared in her hand.