Chapter 146 Engagement When
officials and nobles marry, they have many considerations, and most of them are for profit.
However, Sun Hechuan is an honest man and disdains this. In addition, he only has one daughter, and he does not want to use her marriage as a threat. He only hopes that she can marry a good husband and live a happy life.
Although Yu Yuan is a lazy and dissolute prince, he has a good character and a handsome appearance, and he is tolerant to Sun Yijun. In addition, the friendship between the two of them since childhood makes him the perfect husband.
Is he interested? Can he not be interested?
Things have come to this point, and Sun Yijun has suffered a great humiliation. If he refuses the marriage again, Sun Yijun will be too ashamed to see anyone and will have to go to the temple to become a nun.
OK! He gritted his teeth and made up his mind, marrying anyone is fine. After all, he and Sun Yijun have similar personalities, and she is much more pleasing to the eye than other ladies.
Yu Yuan took a deep breath, glanced at Sun Yijun, whose face was blushing, and bowed his hands and said in a serious voice: "Uncle Sun, I sincerely want to marry Yijun, and I hope you will agree."
"To show my sincerity, I am willing to give Yijun the royal pendant as a testimony."
Yu Yuan said, untied the pendant from his waist, and held it in front of Sun Yijun with both hands.
Sun Yijun stared at the pendant, her pretty face flushed like sunset clouds.
She was not unfamiliar with this jade pendant. When she was a child, she made a bet with Yu Yuan, and Yu Yuan lost the jade pendant to her.
At that time, she was very happy to hold the jade pendant she won, but when her parents found out, they choked on the water and hurriedly took her to the Rong Palace to return it.
She was very reluctant and cried loudly in the Rong Palace. Princess Rong brought many things to exchange with her before she returned it to Yu Yuan.
Yu Yuan was beaten up by Rong Wang for this and never dared to use the jade pendant as a bet again.
"Yijun, accept it quickly." Yu Lan reminded softly.
Jiang Shu turned his head to look at Sun Yijun and saw that the girl who was usually straightforward and carefree was now shy and nervous. She had previously shouted that none of the young masters in Shangjing was pleasing to her eyes, but now her heart and eyes are full of Yu Yuan, so it can be known that she already has someone in her heart.
Because she has someone, she finds others hard to be pleasing to the eye.
Seeing that Sun Yijun did not accept it for a long time, Yu Yuan's hand holding the famous pendant trembled slightly, and his throat rolled a few times imperceptibly.
She won't refuse it, right? That would be a huge shame, and he would become a laughing stock in Shangjing tomorrow.
Just when Yu Yuan was feeling uneasy, Sun Yijun reached out and took away the name pendant from Yu Yuan's palm.
"Hahaha... Brother Hechuan, we will be relatives from now on." Prince Rong patted Sun Hechuan on the shoulder and laughed heartily.
Sun Hechuan breathed a sigh of relief and a happy smile appeared on his face.
Some of the guests were disappointed that the Sun family had lost this marriage.
"Congratulations, Lord Sun, and congratulations, Brother Wang Shuyuan." Yu Cheng congratulated sincerely.
Yu Cheng didn't care who Sun Yijun married. In his opinion, court officials were not divided into factions, but only loyal and treacherous.
With Yu Cheng taking the lead, others also bowed their hands to congratulate. Sun Hechuan and Prince Rong responded with a smile, and the atmosphere returned to being lively and harmonious.
"Thank you very much. Next time we should go to Prince Rong's mansion for the wedding." Prince Rong smiled so hard that his teeth were showing.
Sun Hechuan said unconvincedly, "It's just the beginning. Today is my daughter's birthday party and I haven't finished my wine yet."
"Okay, okay. Today is a big day. Let's drink to our heart's content..."
The front yard is for male guests and it's inconvenient for female guests to stay for long. Madam Sun wiped the moisture from her eyes and pulled Sun Yijun back to the backyard with a smile on her face.
Jiang Shu and Yu Lan looked at each other and followed with a smile.
Yu Yuan looked at Sun Yijun's back and realized that today was not a good time to talk. He could only suppress the thousands of words in his heart and talk about it another day.
"Come on, play two games with me." Yu Cheng hugged Yu Yuan and walked towards the chessboard in the hall.
Yu Yuan collected his thoughts and concentrated on playing chess with Yu Cheng.
All the young masters knew that Yu Cheng was an excellent chess player, but Yu Yuan was a poor chess player, so they all followed to watch the fun.
Madam Sun brought the good news of the engagement with Prince Rong back to the backyard, which caused the ladies to feel sorry for a while, and then smiled and congratulated.
Sun Yijun was once again surrounded by the ladies, chatting with each other.
Although Yu Yuan was a playboy and had no official position. But he was the prince of the palace, handsome and suave, and was also a good man.
Princess Rong took off a jade bracelet that was all emerald green and flawless from her wrist and put it on Sun Yijun's wrist.
"Good girl, I have always wanted you to be my daughter-in-law, and today I finally got what I wanted."
Sun Yijun bowed her head in shame after hearing this.
No matter how outgoing she was, she was still a young girl and would feel embarrassed.
Yu Lan looked at the charming Sun Yijun, and an envious smile appeared on her beautiful and elegant face.
"Yijun is so lucky."
There are many men and women who grew up together as childhood sweethearts in this world, but few of them can finally get married. Sun Yijun is undoubtedly lucky.
Jiang Shu was also happy for Sun Yijun, but when she turned around, she saw the sadness and regret in Yu Lan's eyes.
Yu Lan was really pitiful.
Although she was a princess and was deeply loved by the emperor and his concubine, she was married to the Pingxi General's Mansion for only one or two years before General Zhuang died in battle, leaving her a widow with her young son.
Yu Lan is 27 years old this year, and she has spent the best years of her life as a widow.
She has enjoyed great honor, but also endured unspeakable pain.
Jiang Shu looked at Yu Lan, who looked depressed, and didn't know what to say. He could only hold her hand gently to comfort her.
"What's wrong?" Yu Lan's eyes flashed, and she suppressed her overflowing emotions and returned to normal.
Jiang Shu did not expose her, and said softly: "I envy Yijun too."
"You will definitely meet your ideal husband." Yu Lan smiled meaningfully.
Jiang Shu's face became hot, and he thought of Yu Zheng.
Yu Lan and Yu Zheng are siblings. I wonder if Yu Zheng has ever told Yu Lan about their relationship?
Jiang Shu felt a little guilty and avoided Yu Lan's sight.
The Sun family was even more happy today. A lot of fine wine was served at the dinner. Even the ladies drank a lot. When the banquet was over, the guests had a great time.
Yu Lan was a little drunk. Jiang Shu sent her to the carriage and asked the maid to take good care of her.
"Miss, let's go back quickly." Chu Yu glanced at the sky. The bright moon was almost up.
"Yeah." Jiang Shu responded and got on the carriage to go home.
When the carriage passed the main street, there were still noisy voices. When turning into the side street near Jiang's house, there was no one passing by, and it was quiet.
Jiang Shu had drunk some wine, and his head was a little dizzy. He leaned against the wall of the carriage to take a nap.
The coachman looked at the familiar road, thinking that he would soon arrive at Jiang's house and could rest, and yawned with a relaxed expression.
A gangster drunk jumped out from nowhere and was knocked to the ground by the moving carriage.
"Hurry!" The coachman was startled and quickly stopped the carriage.
"What's wrong?" Chu Yu asked through the door.
The coachman said in panic: "I accidentally hit someone, I'll go down and take a look."
Jiang Shu in the car was shaken awake, and was about to ask a question when he suddenly heard a scream.
Chu Yu hurriedly opened the door, and in the bright moonlight, she saw the driver lying on the ground. The drunk who was knocked down stood up slowly.
Not only that, a few people came out from the alley next to her, approaching the carriage with a grin.
Chu Yu felt a chill rushing from her feet to her head, and trembled, "Girl, there are bad guys! Get off the car and run."