As luck would have it, Shen Zhaoshu and her brother met the mother and daughter again while waiting for their meal.
Shen Zhaoshu started chatting with this lady and found out that she was Xie Juncui, the mistress of the Sui family in Shazhou County, and next to her was her youngest daughter Sui Qingshang.
Just now, their attention was attracted by the lady in charge, Jie Juncui. Later, they realized that they had offended others and apologized. Then the brother and sister refused to look at anything inappropriate. Since the lady was protecting her daughter, they naturally did not dare to look around.
Only now did Shen Zhaoshu take a closer look at the girl. She liked her at first sight. Not only was she beautiful, but she also looked sunny and had good manners.
Shen Zhaoshu hurriedly introduced her younger brother to the two of them, allowing Shen Zhaoming and Sui Qingshang to formally greet each other.
Shen Zhaoshu looked at the two of them and felt that they were a perfect match. The more she looked at them, the more she liked them.
After a while, he laughed at himself in his heart, maybe because he was getting older. He also thought that there really were girls who he wanted to make family with as soon as he saw them.
After Shen Zhaoshu became interested in this matter, she quickly took action and asked someone to find out about this girl. She still remembered hearing Xie Juncui say on the mountain that he wanted to ask for a marriage fortune for Sui Qingshang, and this girl should not be engaged yet.
She asked her brother what he thought. Shen Zhaoming was very shocked and told his sister that he had only met the girl once and could not say whether he liked her or not, so he should put the matter of marriage on hold for the time being.
But Shen Zhaoshu said that his brother was not young anymore in terms of actual age, so he should hurry up. Many girls in Kyoto were engaged at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and the matchmaking was complete, just waiting to get married.
It's really difficult to find a girl of the same age as you who is not married yet. I asked about this girl and she is 20 years old. She hasn't got engaged yet. The reason is that Xie Juncui had an accident at sea when he was the housekeeper of Shazhou County a few years ago and almost died.
During the years of recovery, this little daughter took care of him. Xie Juncui was able to survive the ordeal and recover well thanks to the little daughter's dedicated care.
Sui Qingshang is beautiful, generous, well-educated and well-mannered. When she was young, she followed her father and brothers to sea to the surrounding island countries and even as far as the West. She has seen the world.
She was brought up by Xie Juncui, the wife of the head of the household in Shazhou County, and she had taken charge of the household. She was able to take on the job of housekeeper right after she got married.
We don’t have a mother anymore. Unlike other families, the Yongding Marquis’ Mansion doesn’t have a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to take over the family, so the mother-in-law will take care of the child first.
If it were her, she would have already managed such a big family. She would definitely know everything about the people, affairs, farms, shops and land in the Yongding Marquis' Mansion.
Shen Zhaoming looked at his sister and said after a while: "Sister likes her very much?"
Shen Zhaoshu smiled and said, "Of course."
He added, “You are too famous. I saw that you didn’t want to propose marriage and wanted to put this matter off until later, so I said that on purpose.
In fact, after you came back this time, many people came to me to propose marriage, and even more after you inherited the title. There were also many teenage girls who liked you because you were good-looking.
But I think Sui Qingshang is better than those little girls."
Shen Zhaoming said: "Then I'll trouble you to do it, sister."
Shen Zhaoshu looked at her brother, feeling a little worried: "If it works, you must live a good life."
Things progressed faster than Shen Zhaoming had imagined. But one day, his sister Shen Zhaoshu came to Shen Zhaoming and said, "Sui Qingshang asked to see you. It is not in accordance with etiquette, but this girl must see you.
I'm worried that the rumors about Jiang He might be making the girl feel uneasy."
Shen Zhaoming said: “Then let’s meet.”
Chen Zhaoshu said, "I think it's difficult to arrange a meeting place here, but they suggested the racecourse."
These noble young men in Kyoto, whether they studied literature or martial arts, or just lived as idle rich men, had to learn riding and archery from a young age, so Shen Zhaoming naturally knew how to do it.
Their father, Yongding Hou Shen Xiao, was a military general and had been riding horses with their two brothers since they were young. However, their half-brother Shen Ming was taught by their father himself, while Zhao Ming was taught by a horse trainer...
After Shen Zhaoming was distracted, he came back to his senses and said, “Okay, let’s go to the racecourse.”
Shen Zhaoming arrived on time, and Sui Qingshang, dressed in riding clothes, was already running in circles. Shen Zhaoming also picked a horse and caught up with her. When they were walking side by side, they both gradually slowed down.
Shen Zhaoming said: "Miss, what do you want to ask?"
Sui Qingshang shook her head and said, "No."
Shen Zhaoming said: "Does the girl have anything to say?"
Sui Qingshang said, "I just want to discuss one thing with you, Lord. Before or after the wedding, if you regret it, or if there is someone you want to spend your life with, please let me know first. Qingshang is not someone who will get entangled."
Shen Zhaoming said: “Why are you so worried?”
Sui Qingshang remained silent.
Shen Zhaoming said, "Okay, I promise you. Similarly, if the young lady regrets anything before or after the wedding, please tell me and I will do my best to protect her reputation and part ways amicably."
Sui Qingshang was surprised and asked, "If I regret it, will the Marquis do the same thing?"
Shen Zhaoming said: “Yes, although men are superior to women nowadays and many rules only apply to women, I will try my best to protect you.”
Sui Qingshang returned to the Sui family's house in Kyoto. Seeing that she seemed very happy, her mother Xie Juncui asked, "What did you ask, and how did he answer?"
Sui Qingshang said nothing.
Xie Juncui could only guess: "Is there someone in the Marquis' heart that he can't let go of?"
Sui Qingshang said: "I didn't ask that."
Xie Juncui said, "Didn't you check on him and find out that he has a lover with whom he is in love, and that person is not doing well now? Are you worried about him?
Why didn't you ask about this and still look so relaxed? "
Sui Qingshang said, "Didn't mother say that a person's views and opinions are more important than his method and attitude in dealing with a certain matter?"
Xie Juncui was confused by what he heard, but his daughter had already returned to her room.
Jiang He hesitated for a few days, but finally signed her name and put her fingerprints on the divorce papers.
When she told Lu Shiqing, he just said, "It was really painful to cut the meat bit by bit with the stew knife, but fortunately it was finally done."
Jiang He made a list of the family's existing property and only took half of her dowry with her.
The remaining half of the dowry was for the two children, and a written agreement was also signed. Then Jiang He packed her clothes, hugged her two children, and left the Lu family alone.
Lu Shiqing spent almost all his time getting drunk in the bar. As time went on, his two children would often go to the bar and bring their drunk father home.
After Shen Zhaoshu saw that her brother had talked with Sui Qingshang, the Sui family didn't say anything, but just handed over Sui Qingshang's birth date and time according to the original procedure.
Shen Zhaoshu was overjoyed. This meant that everything was fine and they could move on. While arranging the marriage, she asked her brother what they had talked about when they met.
Shen Zhaoming didn't say anything, and Shen Zhaoshu sighed: "I'm older now, and I don't tell my sister anything when there is something."
After hearing this, Shen Zhaoming hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything and went back to the study to review his lessons.
Neither side found out this.
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