"Okay then, it's right to listen to mother, Dong Rong..."

Before Father Sheng could finish his words, Madam Wang interrupted him: "Sir, please shut up."

When Madam Wang and Sheng Hong sat down in the main hall, the betrothal gift for the Earl of Zhongqin's Mansion was halfway through being sung.

When the betrothal gifts were finished and the Yuan family asked whether they would approve the marriage, Mrs. Wang spoke first: "Yes."

"Yes? Madam, do you really want to agree? The Yuan family is a hell of a place."

"What else? We can just fight them. After the New Year, we will return to Bianjing. Hua'er won't say anything. Will our Sheng family still have a good reputation?"

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Yuan Wenchun and his wife just thought that Zimu was young, and the Sheng family was busy with what was happening at the dock, so the elders of the Sheng family didn't know about it.

After entering the Sheng family, Yuan Wenchun looked at the children playing the game of pitching pots together. He still chose to let Gu Tingye, who used the alias Bai Ye, use provocation to incite Sheng Changfeng to play the game of pitching pots with him to bet on the betrothal gift.

However, Rulan and Minglan in this life had been arranged by Zimu in advance.

Rulan usually looks carefree on the surface, but sometimes she is not as eloquent as Minglan.

"This young master is here as a guest with the Yuan family to propose marriage to our Sheng family. We are very welcome to do so. But you are here to use provocation to force my third brother to play pot-tossing with you for the betrothal gift. Aren't you looking down on our Sheng family too much?"

Gu Tingye didn't expect that all the little girls in the Sheng family were so eloquent. Not only was there Princess Jinyang, but the other girls were not at all stage-frightened.

"Sixth sister is right."

"Yes, I also want to know whether this betting on betrothal gifts is your idea for fun or the idea of ​​the Yuan family's Dalang couple."

Princess Jinyang was very rare in Bian Jing at such a young age, especially the soldiers in the army who admired her very much.

As soon as the children started quarreling, Sheng Hong was brought out by his eldest son Changbai. At the same time, Yuan Wenchun was also brought into the crowd with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Fourth Sister" "Fourth Sister"

Gu Tingye blushed at what Zimu said. When he saw Yuan Jia Dalang's evasive look in the crowd, what else could he not understand?

After learning that he was being used, Gu Tingye bowed and apologized to Zimu and the others: "I really thought it was fun at first..."

Yuan Wenchun just breathed a sigh of relief and thought that Gu Jia Erlang was really loyal, when he heard Gu Tingye continue: "But it was Yuan Jia Dalang's idea to use the betrothal gifts as a bet."

There was quite a commotion here and most of the guests came to join in the fun. Yuan Wenchun carefully observed the expressions of Old Man Sheng and Zimu.

Before Yuan Wenchun could open his mouth to explain, he heard Zimu telling him what happened in Earl Zhongqin's Mansion. Now he looked up and down in embarrassment, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to help.

But Zimu had no intention of letting him go: "The Earl's wife is quite capable. She knew that I would get sick today, so she didn't dare to be idle for a moment in Bianjing."

The whispers around made Yuan Jia Dalang blush. The guests of the Sheng family were not ordinary people from the dock. Although Sheng Hong was a fifth-rank official sent out to other places, most of the people present were officials from Yangzhou and the wives of officials.

The relationships between these officials and the ladies of each family are complicated. If someone reports today's events back to Bian Jing, their Yuan family will become a real joke.

The Yuan family was already in poverty and only had the title to keep up appearances. When the betrothal gift was proposed, the parents pretended to be sick. The eldest brother and his wife proposed on behalf of the parents for the younger brother, but they usurped the throne and used provocation to make the young man of the Sheng family gamble with the betrothal gift. I am afraid that even I cannot stay in Bianjing anymore.

"The officials and their families present here also have some knowledge of the Earl of Zhongqin's Mansion. If the Yuan family is living in poverty and is reluctant to spend the betrothal gift, they can just say so."

"My Sheng family is a family of scholars, and my father is a scholar with a proud character. When choosing a marriage partner, he only considers the character and not the family background. My mother is kind-hearted and will not embarrass your Yuan family with the betrothal gift. My father fell in love with Erlang of the Yuan family and thought that he was honest, hardworking and ambitious, so he arranged a marriage for my eldest sister."

While Zimu was speaking, he subtly praised Old Man Sheng and Madam Wang, and at the same time glanced at Old Man Sheng, motioning him to speak.

"Yuan Jia Dalang, if the Yuan family had told me the truth, I would have thought your Erlang was a good man who could live a good life with my daughter. Even without these gifts, my wife and I would have given our daughter a generous dowry so that she could marry in style."

Sheng Hong sighed and pretended to be heartbroken and continued, "But now Lord Yuan and Madam Yuan look down on our Sheng family. As a brother born of the same mother, I am worried about my daughter marrying into your family."

"You are right, sir. My Hua'er hasn't even married into your family yet, and you've come to bully me. What will happen in the future?"

Lin Qinshuang tried desperately to wink at Madam Wang in the crowd. After attracting Madam Wang's attention, she first held her chest with her hand, then gasped rapidly several times, and finally closed her eyes to signal Madam Wang to faint.

To be honest, Madam Wang was stunned by Lin Qinshuang's trick. She was very familiar with it. She had suffered many losses because of Lin Qinshuang's trick many years ago.

Madam Wang couldn't cry and could only hold her chest and breathe rapidly as she said, "Sir, our Hua'er is the flesh that fell from my body. I really can't..."

Before she could finish her words, Madam Wang fainted. Sheng Hong had never seen his wife, who had always been in good health, faint so suddenly, so he quickly asked the maid to help Madam Wang down.

"You have seen the situation of my family in Yuanjia Dalang. I will not keep you two here. You can take the betrothal gifts back with you. As for the matter of breaking off the engagement... I will let my fourth daughter return to Bianjing in a few days and let me handle it. After all, I am still an official in Yangzhou and cannot leave."

After Old Man Sheng finished speaking, he sent the guests away before Yuan Wenchun's father and his wife could react.

The original guests were all ready to leave, and Lin Qinshuang went back to the backyard after seeing off the female guests.

Madam Wang's maid was already waiting for her: "Madam Wang asked me to wait for you here, and said that when you arrive, you should go directly to the Madam of Shou'an Hall."

When Lin Qinshuang was about to reach Shou'an Hall, she heard the laughter of Old Lady Sheng and Madam Wang coming out of the house.

"Qinshuang, you're here. You're really smart. I fainted just now. At least in the eyes of outsiders, all the faults are the Yuan family's."

Madam Wang held Lin Qinshuang's hand as if they were close friends. Lin Qinshuang was helpless because Madam Wang had only grown older over the years, but she hadn't grown any smarter.

"Hua'er, thank you, mother. Otherwise, the rumors of breaking off the engagement on the day of the engagement would have haunted my daughter for several years."

Lin Qinshuang waved her hand casually: "Young lady, please stop thanking me. We are all family."

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