Chapter 414: Proposal

Now the fifth brother can no longer handle these things alone, so he hired a servant to accompany him in social activities and to assist him when he goes to the palace, helping to carry boxes and pass pens.

He brought the servant back today. Su Wan was surprised when he saw him.

Because this is the first time I see it. My fifth brother mentioned it a few days ago, but I didn’t expect him to implement it so quickly.

Su Wan bumped into them face to face. After taking a closer look, he found that the new servant was very handsome, with a bit of a boyish look. He was about 1.7 meters tall, with fair skin, and was wearing white clothes and a scholar's hat.

But after just one glance, he immediately lowered his head, and Su Wan didn't see it clearly.

"Fifth brother, who is this?"

Su Wan stared at his servant, who quickly lowered his head.

Su Yi smiled and glanced behind him, then explained to Su Wan:

"He is the servant I specially invited back. He will work beside me from now on. His name is Zhushu."

For some reason, Su Wan felt a bit doting when he saw the smile from Fifth Brother just now.

But it was too dark and Zhu Shu lowered her head. Su Wan didn't know what to do if she wanted to take a closer look.

"How old are you this year?" Su Wan asked Zhu Shu.

Just as I asked, Su Yi answered first:

"Wanwan, he is a mute and can't speak."

Su Wan's eyes widened in surprise, thinking, what? Mute?

This is indeed something that Fifth Brother would do. He must be annoyed by people talking too much around him, so he simply found someone who doesn't talk.

Su Wan could only think so, but she didn't ask any more questions and just let him be.

Afterwards, Su Yi brought the man back to his own yard, but this Zhu Shu never showed up in public and always stayed in his fifth brother's yard. He would only take it with him when he went out from time to time and come back at night.

Su Wan was only paying attention to it in the first few days, but she gradually forgot about it later. The other people in the Su family didn't care much about Su Yi's affairs, as he always had his own ideas.

Ever since he became famous, many literati and poets have come to visit his home from time to time to seek a meeting.

Moreover, Jiang Yu is coming to propose marriage soon, and everyone in the family is busy preparing for this matter.

However, Su Wan always felt something was wrong.

Oh, and everyone has heard about Gu Yue’s story one after another. It is said that she became the fifth prince’s concubine.

The Su family was filled with sorrow over this, because everyone thought she would become the fifth prince's wife, but who knew the gap was so huge, and they wondered if she could accept it.

Su Wan felt that she could do it. When she accepted the sachet from the Fifth Prince's concubine that day, her expression was very calm, and it was impossible to tell whether she was happy or sad.

…

On the first day of July, Jiang Yu came to the Su Mansion to propose marriage. Jiang Yunhe came with him, bringing with him a long list of betrothal gifts that couldn't even fit on an entire street.

The mahogany boxes are tied with red ribbons, which looks particularly festive.

The palace also sent people to deliver gifts, and all the ladies added makeup to Su Wan.

Seeing Jiang Yu's attitude, the people in Kyoto guessed that he had emptied out the Duke's Mansion.

Some people say that Prince Jiang dotes on women too much. It is not worth it to sacrifice his entire family fortune for a woman.

But those people said that out of envy.

But it is more about saying that Prince Jiang really cares about Princess Xuanle, and he has taken great pains to marry her and gave up everything he has.

Su Wan was dressed up beautifully by Shen Qingli and Sun Ling'er today, and wore a skirt with red elements that suited her best.

She also wore a crystal hairpin on her head, put on lip rouge, and painted flowers, and was incredibly beautiful.

When she smiles, her dimples are so deep that it makes people feel like they have fallen into sweet wine and are extremely intoxicated.

"Wanwan looks so beautiful today." Shen Qing touched her face and teased.

"People feel refreshed when good things happen to them." Sun Ling'er joked.

Jiang Yu came, and Liuyun rushed back from the front hall to tell her that she could go to the front hall and wait.

Jiang Yu said that he wrote the marriage certificate himself and hoped that Su Wan could hear every word.

Today he was wearing his favorite purple and purple-gold robes, with a beautiful jade sachet hanging around his waist.

He tied his hair into a high ponytail today, which looked very spirited, because Su Wan liked it. He couldn't hide the smile between his eyebrows.

Today, the brothers of the Su family put aside all their work and stayed at home waiting for Jiang Yu to propose marriage.

Su Yun said that he would give Su Wan an absolute show of respect, so that Jiang Yu could see clearly that if he dared to treat her badly in the future, he would be in trouble among the five brothers.

In fact, Jiang Yu already knew this, so there was no need to mention it specifically.

Su's mother and father were also dressed up today. They watched as the betrothal gifts were carried into the Su family box after box, and the yard was already full of them.

They were still being carried in continuously. Mother Su was shocked and felt that this child A Yu might have moved the Duke's Mansion in.

Will the Duke agree to this?

Little did they know that this was the ceremony prepared by the Duke for his future daughter-in-law. Because of this betrothal gift, Concubine Ning Wei even made a fuss, saying that it was all given to Jiang Yu. What would Jiang Yan use to marry in the future?

Good fellow, the Duke hadn't even thought about it, and even asked back in a rage:

"I remember Ayan got married?"

He only had two concubines, but he was so careless.

Ning Wei was so angry that she fell silent.

There were a total of one hundred and ninety-nine loads of betrothal gifts, all of which were here. Jiang Yunhe handed the betrothal gift list from the Duke's Mansion to Su's father and mother for their review.

The couple was dazzled by the betrothal gifts, plus the extra dowry prepared for her by her five brothers. When Su Wan got married, it would really be a feast for the eyes to say that she had a wedding that was as luxurious as ten miles of red.

I'm afraid that no one in the whole of Kyoto would be as generous as their family in marrying off a daughter.

Su Wan arrived at the front yard and began to look at Jiang Yu from a distance. He was looking at her and smiling, and she was also looking at him and smiling.

Jiang Yu saw her coming, took out the marriage certificate and handed it to Jiang Yunhe, then knelt on one knee in front of Su's father, Su's mother, and Su Wan:

"Jiang Yu, the son of the Duke of Jiang, seeks the hand of Su Wan, the Princess Xuanle of the Minister of Personnel's residence!"

At this moment, Su Wan actually felt like crying, until Jiang Yunhe opened the marriage certificate and began to read it.

"When the first yang begins to stir, the two surnames are in harmony. Three are plentiful, and four are beautiful. The fifth generation initiates the search for divination. Six rites are complete, and seven sages gather. Eight notes are combined, and nine harmonies are sung. Ten are perfect, like the harmony of mandarin ducks.

Today, the two families are getting married and the marriage is concluded in one hall. The good marriage will last forever and they are a perfect match. Look at the peach blossoms on this day, which are bright and suitable for the family. I hope you will have many descendants in the years to come and you will be prosperous.

We wish to be husband and wife, to love each other without a doubt, to enjoy the joy of this evening, to enjoy the sweetness of Yan Wan and the good times. In life, we shall return, and in death, we shall long for each other. Now, we write this promise of growing old together on a piece of red paper, and record our pledge of love in the red leaves, as a testimony to our love."

Unfortunately, Su Wan was uneducated. When she listened to the marriage certificate, apart from being able to tell that a lot of thought had been put into it, she couldn't understand some of the words and sentences.

However, tears of emotion still rolled down her face.

Jiang Yu walked up to her and gently wiped her with the handkerchief he carried with him.

"Today is a good day, don't cry!"

He coaxed her gently, and Su Wan didn't care about anything else and hugged his waist tightly.