My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

The carriage stopped at the gate of Chang's mansion, and Chang An leaned out of it. But just when he stretched out half of his body, he saw a middle-aged man standing at the gate. He was wearing a scarlet official robe, a golden belt, and a two-beam Jinxian crown on his head. He was definitely a fifth-rank official. According to the memory in his mind, this man was his father Chang Wenmeng.

Chang An quickly stood up and saluted to Chang Wenmeng. According to the memory of his original body, he addressed him, "My son greets my father."

"Did you go to Gu's house today?" Chang Wenmeng asked.

"went."

Chang An said this and got off the carriage.

"You're back so soon? What's the result?"

Chang An was stunned for a moment, and asked doubtfully: "What's the result?"

"Ok?"

Chang Wenmeng narrowed his eyes slightly, seeming to be angry.

Chang An saw that the other party was about to get angry, and then he realized what the so-called result meant, and hurriedly said:

"Father, please calm down. The marriage has been decided today. Madam Gu and I both agree. The gifts have been sent out, and Matchmaker Wang has also sent our birth dates to someone for divination today."

"You didn't lie to me?"

"What you said is true. Father, you can go ask Huaiqin and the driver. If you don't believe them, you can also go ask Matchmaker Wang or Mr. Gu."

After listening to this, Chang Wenmeng nodded with satisfaction and pointed at Chang An and said, "That's more like it. You should have agreed to this marriage a long time ago."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, motioning Chang An to follow him in, and the two of them talked as they walked along the way.

"My boy, I have been talking to you about this marriage for a long time. Today you have finally figured it out."

Chang Wenmeng patted Chang An on the shoulder.

"I have to listen to the marriage arranged by my father."

After hearing this, Chang Wenmeng was a little stunned, and then asked jokingly: "You didn't listen to Huaiqin and thought I was going to beat you up, did you?"

"...That's a little bit..."

Chang An was telling the truth. After all, no one wants to be beaten by their father just after traveling through time.

"You, you, I asked Huaiqin to scare you, but I didn't expect you to actually believe it! It seems that I am still very skilled and can still use this to scare you."

As he spoke, Chang Wenmeng burst into laughter and patted Chang An's shoulder.

"Um...Father, I want to ask you something."

Chang An felt a little pain on his shoulder from being patted, so he could only ask questions to stop his father's behavior.

"what's up?"

"It's about that marriage. Why do you, father, prefer to match me with Madam Gu instead of letting us change the one?"

According to the memories provided, Chang Wenmeng had asked Chang An to bring people to the Gu family to propose marriage more than once, regardless of whether it was against the rules or not. However, Chang An was good in every way except for businessmen, let alone marrying a businessman. However, no matter how many times Chang An refused, Chang Wenmeng would ask him to propose marriage every now and then, and even forced him to do so later, but Chang An refused to go no matter what.

But this is also what Chang An is puzzled about now. If it were other parents, seeing that their son was unwilling to get married, they would have sent another family to propose marriage long ago, but Chang Wenmeng refused to do so.

After hearing this question, Chang Wenmeng did not answer, but as if he remembered something, he said: "Oh, I suddenly remembered that someone from the Imperial College asked me to study some new classics together. I won't chat with you anymore. I'm leaving first."

After saying that, he turned around and left, very decisively, leaving Chang An alone and in a mess.

"Son!"

Chang An, who was in a mess, heard the sound and looked towards the place where the sound came from. Huaiqin was walking towards him. Seeing her, Chang An wanted to ask her what she thought.

"Huaiqin..."

Huaiqin saw the young man rubbing his hands and walking towards her with a flattering look on his face. She swallowed a little and felt something was wrong.

"The young master treats you well on weekdays, right?"

"stop!"

Huaiqin quickly raised her hand to stand between herself and Chang'an, and with her other hand she tightly covered her chest, staring at the other person with vigilance.

"Sir, what are you going to do..."

"Just...want to ask you a little question."

As he spoke, Chang An raised the index finger and thumb of his right hand and made a "small" gesture.

Hearing this, Huaiqin breathed a sigh of relief and said openly, "What do you want to ask, sir?"

"It's about this marriage..."

"What happened to this marriage?"

"Hey, Huaiqin, think about it. Although marriage is decided by parents, why did father only choose that lady Gu? And he kept forcing me to propose marriage myself."

Chang An asked Chang Wenmeng the same question again, and at the same time looked at Huaiqin's face, trying to see if he could observe any clues. But Huaiqin said seriously:

"Sir, Huaiqin cannot tell you the answer to this question."

"Why? Is there any hidden reason?"

"Oh, sir, please don't ask. You will know the answer to this question yourself in the future." Huaiqin said.

Seeing Huaiqin's embarrassment, Chang'an couldn't ask any more questions and could only change the subject: "What do you want to see me about?"

"Oh, if you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten." Hearing this, Huaiqin clapped her hands and said, "It's like this. Ah Lang told Huaiqin today that if you agree to marry Madam Gu today, then you must go to the Gu Mansion in person to complete the marriage, betrothal and date of marriage in the future."

"It has to be done by me personally?"

Huaiqin nodded, and then continued: "Alang also said that when you go to Naji in a few days, you must prepare a unique token of love for Madam Gu, preferably one that is not available in the entire Tang Dynasty."

A unique engagement token? It had to be the only one in the entire Tang Dynasty. Chang An immediately felt very strange, but he still didn't ask. He probably thought the reason for this request was related to the question he just asked. Asking would probably be useless.

"I understand. You go and do your work first. I'll go back to my room and think about it." After saying that, he turned and walked out of the lobby and headed towards his own courtyard.

Walking into the house, Chang An saw several swords on the cabinet opposite the door. Each sword was decorated with gorgeous accessories. There was a small ring at the end of the hilt with a sword tassel hanging on it. Chang An walked forward and gently touched the scabbard with his hand. At the same time, memories of these swords came to his mind——

The Tang Dynasty valued martial arts, and everyone would learn martial arts on their own. Chang An was originally one of them, and like others, many literati who practiced martial arts learned sword skills, and he was no exception.

Chang An took his hand off the sword, walked to his desk and sat down, holding his chin and began to think:

"In the Tang Dynasty, marriage required three books and six ceremonies. The first one required for the bride price was a letter of engagement; the second one required for the bride price was a letter of gift; and the third one required for the bride price was a letter of welcoming; and the fourth one required for the bride price was a letter of welcoming..." Chang An recalled in his mind the information he had read before he traveled through time.

"Luckily, I was a liberal arts student at the time, so I still know all these things."

He secretly rejoiced in his heart.

"As for Naji's engagement token..." Chang An picked up a brush, tapped his chin, and after a little thought, he began to draw on the paper. With the ups and downs of the brush, he drew a diamond ring on the paper, and then he thoughtfully drew the side view and top view.

"This is definitely unique in the Tang Dynasty."

After finishing the drawing, Chang An looked at the drawings on his desk with satisfaction. He put the finished drawings aside and waited for the ink to dry, then began to draw drawings for jewelry such as necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

After finishing these drawings, he took a short break and began to recall in his mind the items he would need for the tribute:

"Black silk, bundles of silk, and since I am from a family of scholars, I have to give it a head sheep... In addition, there are gift cakes and seafood as betrothal gifts..."

As Chang An thought about it, he picked up a pen and wrote on the paper. Then he wrote a whole page of betrothal gifts. After he finished writing, he put the paper aside and waited for the ink to dry. Taking advantage of this time, he came to the courtyard and saw that there was no one in the courtyard, so he shouted:

"Huaiqin!"

Well...very full of energy.

After shouting, Huaiqin quickly came out from the ear room nearby.

"What do you want to tell me, sir?"

"Send someone to inquire where in Chang'an City there are diamonds and platinum. Help me find a place, and then I will go to choose them myself." Chang'an ordered.

"Diamond and platinum?" Huaiqin was very confused when she heard these two worthless things. "What do you want these two items for, young master?"

"As an engagement token."

"But these diamonds and platinum seem to be of no use to you, young master."

"I asked you to find it because it will be of great use to you. As for what it is used for, you will know when the time comes."

After hearing this, Huaiqin naturally stopped asking further questions and then asked, "Sir, do you have anything else to tell me?"

"Oh, right... wait for me..." Chang An was reminded and went back to the room to take out the paper with the betrothal gifts written on it. He handed it to Huai Qin and ordered, "These are the items and betrothal gifts needed for the betrothal. Buy me everything that can be bought. I need a pair of each. You will supervise it personally."

Huaiqin looked down at the betrothal gift list in her hand, her almond-shaped eyes slightly widened, and she said with some surprise in her tone: "Sir! There are so many things here. Did you think it was so complete?"

"Of course, I'm your son." Chang An felt a little flattered by the compliment.

"Mrs. Gu is so lucky." Huaiqin looked at the full list of betrothal gifts with a hint of envy in her eyes.

"Don't be envious. When you get married, the young master will prepare such a good dowry for you." Chang An saw her mood and said.

Unexpectedly, when Huaiqin heard this, she felt her face getting hot. Afraid of being discovered by Chang'an, she turned around and ran out of the courtyard.

Seeing Huaiqin like this, Chang An just felt a little funny. He laughed secretly and turned back to the room.