Chapter 72: Seeing the magpie, everything is fine

Saturday, May 27th, is an auspicious day.

In the early morning, the window was shrouded in a light mist. A pair of magpies landed on the windowsill of Pei Yuning's bedroom, chirping in a melodious and ethereal voice.

Then, there was a knock on the door, and the voice of Aunt Chen, the housekeeper, came in: "Miss, breakfast is ready downstairs. The old lady wants you to go downstairs to eat. The makeup artist will arrive at the main house in about half an hour."

Pei Yuning opened his eyes half asleep, rubbed his head, and replied, "I know, Aunt Chen."

Aunt Chen reminded again: "Then I'll go down first. Don't lie down again when the young lady wakes up."

Pei Yuning, who was lying on the bed, hummed softly. She had just woken up and was still a little tired. She reached for her phone and checked the time. It was just past six o'clock.

The magpies on the windowsill were singing to each other, and Pei Yuning's attention was drawn. He sat up from the bed and looked at the pair of magpies with long slender tails and soft white and round bellies.

Seeing the magpie coming is a sign of good weather and beautiful scenery.

Pei Yuning turned on the camera, increased the magnification, and took a picture of the magpie. She opened WeChat and was about to send the photo to Shang Yanci, but when she looked at the time on the upper left corner of the phone, he should still be asleep, so she would wait until he came to show him the photo.

After getting up and washing up, Pei Yuning went downstairs to drink coffee and eat breakfast, then returned to the bedroom to change into a cheongsam.

The makeup artist arrived and was led into Pei Yuning's bedroom by the maid.

The makeup artist looked at Pei Yuning, who was standing in front of the floor-length mirror, wearing a red cheongsam with a seductive waist-to-hip ratio.

She had thick curly hair that was shiny black, curved eyebrows like willow leaves, beautiful eyes full of affection, a three-dimensional and delicate nose, and small, slightly upturned smiling lips.

Even without makeup, she is already a gorgeous and charming lady. Makeup is just a finishing touch for her and is dispensable.

Noticing the gazes of others, Pei Yuning raised her beautiful eyes slightly and looked through the mirror at the person behind her.

The affectionate and tactful glance made people's bones and hearts itch. The makeup artist was glad that she was not a lesbian, otherwise she would never fall in love with anyone other than Pei Yuning in her life.

Pei Yuning looked at the dazed makeup artist and said, "You got up too early. Would you like a cup of coffee?"

The makeup artist looked to her side and realized that the maid had left at some point, so she was talking to herself.

Makeup artist: "Thank you, that's okay. Ms. Pei, let's get started."

Pei Yuning sat on the soft chair next to the dressing table: "Today is very important, please make me look prettier."

Makeup artist: "Okay."

When you look at it from a closer distance, it is even more beautiful, it is simply like the goddess of beauty has descended!

The makeup artist, who used to praise her clients to the skies, now lost her voice. She could not use her poor words to praise Pei Yuning's high-profile appearance.

The most special thing about that impeccable and beautiful face is her eyes.

The inner corners of her eyes are slightly pointed, the middle of her eyes are large and round, and the tails of her eyes are curved upwards, like a combination of almond eyes and peach blossom eyes. She is both clean and innocent, yet charming and attractive.

The makeup artist took 20 minutes to do my hair, 40 minutes to do my makeup, and an hour to complete the entire look.

The touch today is just so good. If every customer's face was like Pei Yuning's, she wouldn't be in a situation where she has to rack her brains and put in so much effort but still fail to achieve the expected look.

Pei Yuning looked at herself in the mirror, her eyebrows curved: "Thank you, I am very satisfied."

The makeup artist smiled and said, "As long as Miss Pei is satisfied."

After getting dressed, Pei Yuning walked down the stairs.

Wen Tang Palace.

It was four forty in the morning when Shang Yanci was awakened by knocking on the door and voices.

The sky outside the window was still dark, and a pale white moon hung on the tops of the green leaves.

Grandpa continued to knock on the door at a fixed frequency. When he was nervous, he would talk a lot: "Xiao Ci, get up, are you still sleeping? What time is it? In a few hours, we will go to Pei's house to present the marriage proposal to Ningning. Why haven't you gotten up and dressed yet? Xiao Ci, you are lazy now, like... "

Shang Yanci raised his fingers and twitched his eyebrows, sighed, and interrupted him impolitely: "Grandpa, I'll get up right now."

Grandpa was satisfied: "I'll wait for you in the cloakroom. I have made ten suits, and they have all been ironed just now. You can try them on later to see which one is more suitable. You can measure Ningning's size some other day, and I will make a few suits for her. You can't favor one over the other. As for the suit you will wear for your wedding, I will slowly make it for you. I don't know when you will need it, but it's always better to be prepared."

Shang Yanci responded in a gentle voice, "Okay, I'll go to the cloakroom to try on suits in a bit. Ningning likes light pink, blue, purple, and green. I'll measure the size for you later. As for the wedding date, it'll be before October."

My grandfather, who was about to leave, heard this and immediately pushed the door open and asked, "When is the wedding date?"

"Before October." Shang Yanci looked at his grandfather, who was now neatly dressed in a three-piece suit of shirt, vest and suit, looking like a real gentleman.

Grandpa looked unconvinced: "Is this true? Xiaoci, are you still dreaming?"

Shang Yanci chuckled: "No matter how beautiful my dream was, you woke me up. I was serious and asked Ningning for her opinion."

"Okay, okay." Grandpa said excitedly, "I'll tell your grandma now."

When he reached the door, grandpa stopped suddenly and said, "No, she's still asleep. She'll get angry if I wake her up."

Shang Yanci teased, "So you're not worried that I'll get angry?"

Grandpa: "Hurry up and wash up. I'll wait for you in the cloakroom."

After washing up, Shang Yanci walked into the cloakroom and looked at the ten ironed suits.

Grandpa: "Xiaoci, try it from left to right and let me see."

Shang Yanci cooperated and picked up the suit on the far left, walked into the fitting room and changed into it.

Every time a set was tried out, grandpa would take a photo with his mobile phone, and finally the two of them would discuss and carefully select the most perfect set.

After putting on his suit, grandpa began to match a tie, brooch and cufflinks for Shang Yanci.

After getting dressed, it was already bright outside.

After breakfast, Shang Yanci drove his grandparents to Tanjing Mansion.

Standing at the door were Mr. Shang, Yi Huan and Shang Xuan, greeting them.

Grandpa put the collection into a huanghuali wood box tied with red silk.

Everything is going well, set out to send off the bride price and start paying the betrothal gift.

Two Rolls-Royces led the way, and Shang Yanci and his group's car followed behind. Behind them were countless luxury cars and Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks carrying betrothal gifts.

A red "囍" character is pasted on the upper right corner of the windshield of each car, and gorgeous roses and lilies are placed on the hood of the car. There are love knots tied on the handlebars, and silk ribbons with the "囍" character hang below.

The wedding carriage stretched out in a winding manner, with no end in sight.

Seeing this rare spectacle, passers-by took out their mobile phones to take pictures.

The media came upon hearing the news, and some curious people followed the wedding car, wanting to know which aristocratic family in northern Beijing was holding the wedding.

Wedding cars carrying betrothal gifts drove into Yuhua Mingyuan one after another.

At the same time, the video recorded by the media was uploaded to Weibo, grabbing the headlines.

Comments in the comment section:

[You’re making such a big fuss about the betrothal. I’m going to fight you rich people!]

[Even if we take a step back, can't they give me some of their money by squeezing it out from between their fingernails?]

[Pei family? Is it the Pei Group that spoke up for women last time?]

[Back upstairs, yes. The voice was raised by Pei Yuning, the heroine of this marriage, the youngest daughter of the Pei family. The subsidiary I work for has fired several scumbags.]

[After Mr. Pei’s reorganization, I feel like the air in the company has become fresher. You must be happy! I wish you a happy 99th birthday!]

[I just searched the official website of Pei Group and saw the photo of Pei Yuning in the meeting. It was so beautiful that it made me cry!]

[Attached is a picture taken at the banquet. This is her husband.]

[I hit it! I hit it! These two people's faces are so well matched! Is this a real face? Brother is so handsome! ]

[As expected, there are handsome men and beautiful women, but I am just an ordinary NPC player.]

[Marriage by agreement, just try it out, don’t take it seriously, you’ll end up getting divorced soon.]

[Why, someone told you in person that it was a marriage by agreement?]

[Everyone in the upper class knew that their marriage was arranged, and they were a recognized couple.]

[Is there anyone who doesn't know that Pei Yuning is two-timing? Her current husband is the uncle of her ex-fiancé.]

[Are you from Edinburgh? What kind of dirty talk are you making?]

[So what? I've eaten all the gossip. Is it still reasonable for a female star whose ex-fiancé cheated on her and has been banned? Such men should be kicked out!]

[What era is this? Kill all those who put women in marriage shackles!]

The internet was buzzing with activity, but the media were still waiting outside Hua Ming Yuan, hoping to capture more valuable content.

Shang Yanci's car drove to the main house. He held a bunch of white lilies in his arms, followed the elders, stepped onto the red carpet, and walked into the hall.