Chapter 48 Proposing Marriage

Chapter Forty-Eight: Proposing Marriage

Madame Chiang was so shocked that she jumped up from her chair: "What did you say?!"

Jiang Congyu then told Madam Jiang everything that had happened between him and Wang Xi.

After hearing this, Madame Chiang was so angry that she turned around and grabbed a back scratcher from the table, hitting him with it: "You brat! You brat!"

"You're only telling me about something that happened more than a month ago? You ruined the woman's reputation, and you're not taking initiative or taking responsibility. Is this how I've always taught you?"

"Have you wasted all your reading?"

Madame Chiang grew increasingly angry as she spoke, and she hit Chiang Tsung-yu until he screamed in pain.

Jiang Congyu felt so wronged. It wasn't that he didn't want to take responsibility; it was that Wang Xi simply looked down on his son and the Jiang family!

But this involves his male dignity, so he could never say it!

Madame Chiang was genuinely angry, so she didn't hold back at all. Chiang Tsung-yu wasn't made of stone, and he was beaten so badly that he couldn't take it anymore.

Grabbing Madam Jiang's arm, he quickly snatched the back scratcher from her hand: "Mother! Mother! I was wrong, please don't hit me anymore!"

"The most urgent thing now is to go to the Wang family to propose marriage as soon as possible."

Madame Chiang Kai-shek glared at him angrily: "Now you know how to panic?"

Jiang Congyu dared not utter a word.

Madame Chiang took a deep breath and had the butler summoned, instructing him to go to the storeroom and select the necessary gifts for the marriage proposal.

He then instructed his servant to hurry to the renowned matchmaker Chen in the capital and have her accompany them to the Prince's mansion to propose marriage early the next morning.

After everything was arranged, it was almost 1-3 AM.

After resting for a while, Madam Jiang led a large group of people to the Prince's Mansion before dawn the next day.

But they forgot that General Wang had gone to court today, so they came up empty-handed.

The steward of the Prince's mansion had served in the family for decades, and usually entertained military officers or their families. This was the first time he had ever received a noble family like the Marquis's mansion.

So nervous that she almost lost her usual composure, she served the important person with utmost care, afraid of neglecting them.

Looking at the group of people from the Marquis's residence and the gifts that were almost overflowing in the courtyard, Zeng Pei felt a strong sense of unease and his expression became serious.

Madame Chiang waited for two hours before General Wang finally returned home.

General Wang naturally recognized Madame Chiang. He glanced at the gifts filling the courtyard, then at Jiang Congyu, Matchmaker Chen, and their entourage, and he roughly knew what they had come for.

However, she still asked, "Madam Jiang, what are you doing?"

Madame Chiang wore a kind and dignified smile: "I have heard that your daughter is beautiful and intelligent, and virtuous and prudent. I have come today to propose marriage between my son Jiang Congyu and your daughter Wang Xi."

The matchmaker, Chen, was quick to pick up the thread, praising Wang Xi and Jiang Congyu at length, and then saying that the two were a perfect match, a match made in heaven.

"......"

When General Wang heard Madame Chiang and Matchmaker Chen praising her daughter, his old face almost fell.

Scholars are truly different when it comes to words; if you asked them to lie about their conscience, they couldn't utter a single word.

General Wang coughed lightly and said to Madam Jiang, "Your son is very well, but Madam, your timing is a bit unfortunate. My daughter was just engaged yesterday."

"Oh, really?" Madame Chiang was somewhat surprised.

Before she came, she thought that the Wang family had no choice but to find a live-in son-in-law to cover up the fact that the Jiang family was irresponsible and that Wang Xi and her child's reputation was at stake.

Her arrival today shows that General Wang, seeing the Jiang family's attitude, will take responsibility for your daughter.

Naturally, they would go along with the marriage proposal from the Jiang family.

But to my surprise, he refused.

Madame Chiang was somewhat surprised. She glanced at Chiang Congyu with a questioning look in her eyes.

When Jiang Congyu met her mother's questioning gaze, she felt a little guilty and touched her nose, chuckling awkwardly twice.

"......"

Madame Chiang's expression turned somewhat serious, and she said to General Wang, "General Wang, perhaps we should dismiss the servants."

"What I'm about to say is something we both know, but it's not appropriate for too many people to know."

General Wang's heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason, and he subconsciously glanced at Zeng Pei, who was positioned to his right rear.

When Zeng Pei heard that the Jiang family had come to propose marriage, his heart sank to the bottom. Now, when he saw the look in General Wang's eyes, his wheat-colored skin turned slightly pale.

Jiang Congyu naturally noticed General Wang's gaze, and only then did he pay attention to the man standing in that corner.

He was so ordinary that he wouldn't have noticed him at all if General Wang hadn't glanced at him.

This is the man Wang Xi desperately didn't want to marry, yet she still insisted on marrying him?

Hmph, not only is he a bit dim-witted, but his judgment is also terrible!

General Wang dismissed everyone, and in an instant, only the Jiang family mother and son and the three of them remained in the room.

Madame Chiang Kai-shek preemptively said, "General Wang, your daughter is carrying our Chiang family's child, yet she wants to marry someone else. Isn't that inappropriate in terms of both morality and reason?"

General Wang's heart tightened. He had only learned of Xi'er's pregnancy yesterday. How could the Marquis's mansion have gotten the news so quickly?

General Wang steadied himself and said, "Madam Jiang, a daughter's innocence is of utmost importance. My daughter is not yet married, so how could she be pregnant? Please do not spread such rumors."

"Whether I've been lying or not, the general knows perfectly well."

Madame Chiang's eyes suddenly sharpened: "Or does General Wang want me to bring the doctor who took your daughter's pulse over for a face-to-face confrontation?"

General Wang: "..."

Seeing that he did not answer, Madame Chiang pressed her advantage: "Our Chiang family has only had one son for three generations, and we have always valued offspring. It is absolutely impossible for our Chiang family to give up this child, so a marriage between our two families is the best outcome."

"General Wang surely wouldn't want things to escalate to the point of going to court over the issue of who gets to have his offspring, would he?"

“Not only does your Wang family have no chance of winning, but your daughter’s reputation will also be ruined, which will also implicate the entire Wang family.”

"General Wang is a smart man, and I think he will make the most advantageous choice."

Madame Chiang's words were full of threats and warnings.

Upon hearing this, General Wang clenched his fists, his expression tense, and his face grim.

The atmosphere inside the room instantly froze, and even breathing could be heard.

Madame Chiang's purpose today was not to make enemies. Seeing that she had given enough of a warning, she suddenly softened her tone.

"I have met Miss Wang before. She is a very pleasing person. The general has educated her very well, and I like her very much."

"After Miss Wang marries into the family, my Yongning Marquis's Mansion will definitely treat her like our own daughter and will not let her suffer any grievances."

"Moreover, men in our Yongning Marquis's mansion are not allowed to take concubines, so the population is relatively simple. Miss Wang will not have to deal with those complicated interpersonal relationships after she marries in."

"I think this is a very good marriage. What do you think, General Wang?"

"......"

General Wang was dumbfounded. He finally witnessed firsthand the scene that the strategist had described: people in the capital could change their minds faster than turning the pages of a book.

General Wang felt a knot in his heart, and he forced back his anger at Madame Chiang's smiling face.

Although what Madame Chiang said was harsh, it was all true. In normal divorces and remarriages, the children belong to the man, and the woman cannot take them with her.

If Xi'er were to marry someone else while pregnant with the Jiang family's child, the Wang family would have no chance of winning in court.

But if I just agreed, I would be really unhappy.

General Wang suppressed his anger and said curtly, "I'll think about it!"