"General Zhuang, please make it clear to me that I don't know your daughter, and I have no relationship with her. What do you want me to acknowledge?"
Mrs. Kang immediately raised her hand to stop Kang Ningxia, telling him not to continue. She continued with a smile, "General Zhuang, you saw it too. It's obvious that you don't know him, and now you're saying that my son should be held responsible. Isn't that too harsh?"
"It's not that heavy, anyway, this general doesn't care. My daughter has fallen in love with your son, so you must marry her home immediately."
Being able to make Zhuang Tianming say such words, it seems that his daughter must be a difficult person. Not to mention that Kang Ningxia does not know Zhuang Tianming's daughter, even if Kang Ningxia knows her, Mrs. Kang will never let such an arrogant and domineering woman in.
But Zhuang Tianming was, after all, a great general who protected his country, and since ancient times, the people had not fought against the imperial court. Madam Kang certainly couldn't say anything too harsh, so she could only say tactfully, "I'm so sorry, General Zhuang, but your daughter's matter isn't something I can just marry off now. My son was betrothed when he was very young, and he already had an engagement. Now he hasn't even married his first wife, but the second wife has come first. This... doesn't make sense, does it?"
"What? You mean you want my daughter to be the mistress? No, my daughter's status is so noble, how can she be the mistress? She must be the mistress. And not only that, after your son and my daughter get married, your Zhenghetang and Zhiweilou will also be considered my business. You must give me at least 50% of the profits earned by these two chain stores. As for the betrothal gift, I'm not such a materialistic person. You can just prepare 500,000 taels of gold and 1 million taels of silver for us."
“…”
After hearing these conditions, the three members of the Kang family were unwilling to speak, because at this moment they looked at Zhuang Tianming as if he were an idiot.
The four of them sat in silence for a long time. Seeing that the Kang family members did not express any opinions, Zhuang Tianming asked again, "So you agree?"
Dreaming!
Mrs. Kang took a sip of tea and said calmly, "General Zhuang, I respect you as a person of status and position, so our family is sitting here to talk to you calmly. However, sometimes it is better to know the priorities. After all, it is not only you who has status and position here, but our Kang family can also be called a famous and prestigious family.
Although our Kang family doesn't get involved in officialdom, we do have many good friends in the court. Furthermore, my son's sworn brother is the current Prince Chen. Therefore, I think we should refrain from discussing a marriage between our Kang and Zhuang families. If we continue discussing it and end up in a falling out, it will be bad for everyone. If General Zhuang has nothing else to say, I'll send you away."
Zhuang Tianming had anticipated that his visit would be humiliating, but he hadn't imagined it would be so utterly humiliating. He put on a complete show, feigning anger as he threw the cup to the ground. He shouted, "So you're not going to give me face?"
Mrs. Kang did not admit defeat. She looked at Zhuang Tianming without changing her expression.
"If anyone dares to joke about my son's lifelong happiness, I won't give him an ounce of respect, even if the king of heaven comes. General Zhuang, I can tell you that even if my son is lonely for the rest of his life, our Kang family will not marry your daughter. So forget your dreams!"
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