The Incense Monopoly Order

Chapter 91 Asking for Marriage
"This..." Shang Jinliang's face turned a little ugly. He maintained his scholarly demeanor and did not immediately lose his temper. He looked at Chen Yuanwai with an embarrassed look, "Brother, have you and your sister-in-law not communicated with each other yet?"

Shang Jinliang looked down on Chen Jin. In his mind, there was a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, and naturally there was a distinction between orthodox and unorthodox. In his eyes, Chen Jin was an illegitimate child, so how could he be worthy of his daughter?
He also looked down on Mr. Chen. It was not decent to have a child born out of wedlock and make him the eldest son.

He says that he owes Chen Jin and admires Chen Jin, but he doesn't even have the ability to include Chen Jin in the family tree. He is so incompetent!
What good things can be brought up from such a person?

When Mrs. Chen was mentioned, Mr. Chen's face darkened. He had moved out a long time ago and didn't care about Mrs. Chen's affairs. Shang Zishu's help to Lingfengfang was not publicized. Chen Jin knew about it but didn't tell Mr. Chen because he set a trap for Chen Che by taking advantage of the convenience given by Mr. Chen.

He had never really felt anything for Shang Zishu. It was just that Shang Zishu was beautiful, knew tea, came from a wealthy family, and was born out of wedlock. She was the best woman he could get.

Originally, after Shang Zishu's clear rejection, he felt a little angry, but also a little dismissive and didn't take it to heart. However, yesterday he saw Shang Mingshu and Xu Tianxing.

Shang Mingshu left, and Xu Tianxing looked at Shang Mingshu's back. As a man, Chen Jin knew what it meant.

Xu Tianxing is in a high position and has great power. He controls the shipping routes of maritime trade. Every merchant in Jiangnan doesn't want to have a relationship with Xu Tianxing. However, Xu Tianxing is a ruthless and ruthless person, making it difficult to establish a connection with him.

If Xu Tianxing wanted to marry Shang Mingshu...

In Chen Jin's opinion, Shang Mingshu, the daughter of a merchant, was not qualified to be Xu Tianxing's wife.

If Xu Tianxing took Shang Mingshu as his concubine, given Xu Tianxing's love for Shang Mingshu, if he married Shang Zishu, he would be able to establish a relationship with Xu Tianxing, and the Chen family would only beg him to be included in the family tree!

He immediately went home and encouraged his father to propose marriage. It didn't matter if he failed. If he couldn't marry her, Chen Che would have no chance either.

Since his father had already proposed marriage for him, it was difficult for the old lady of the Chen family to propose marriage for Chen Che.

"Brother Shang, are you considering my wife?" asked Mr. Chen.

"My dear brother, a few days ago, my sister-in-law told my wife and me that she wanted to marry our second daughter to Chen Dalang." Shang Jinliang spoke with great embarrassment.

He still admired Chen Che very much and had to keep the chance of Chen Che becoming his son-in-law.

Mrs. Chen naturally didn't propose marriage that day, but she did hint at it. Even if Mr. Chen went back to confront Shang Jinliang, Shang Jinliang wouldn't be afraid. This wasn't said in advance. If Mr. Chen proposed marriage on behalf of Chen Jin today and he refused, and the father and son spread the news, even if Mrs. Chen liked Shang Zishu as much as she liked him, she would be stopped by the Chen clan from proposing marriage.

The couple had caused too many jokes in Hangzhou City, and the Chen family had almost lost all their face. If they asked the two brothers to marry the same woman to vent their anger, the Chen family would continue to be the topic of conversation among the people of Hangzhou City.

"Is this true?" Mr. Chen was so angry that his face turned blue.

What made him angry was not that Mrs. Chen helped Chen Che propose marriage first, but that Mrs. Chen proposed marriage to her son without even notifying him. How unreasonable!

"Mr. Chen, please go back and ask Mrs. Chen." Xiao Yu sent Mr. Chen away. She hated this man.

As expected, Mr. Chen couldn't help it, so he said goodbye perfunctorily and left in a hurry.

"Who are you?" Xiao Yu was even more annoyed. "For a family like this, I won't allow Zishu to jump on this kang."

Originally, Xiao Yu admired Madam Chen, as Chen Che didn't meet her criteria for a son-in-law. He was too foolish. If they were together in the future, Shang Zishu would have to worry about him. But because he was easy to control, Shang Zishu could call the shots, so she just had to acquiesce.

Seeing Mr. Chen being so unruly today, and that illegitimate son standing beside her who looked cunning, she now disliked even the Chen family.

"Zishu is very strong-willed. She can't marry a man who is too opinionated." Shang Jinliang persuaded his wife in turn, "There are few men with independent opinions in this world. Some are cowardly, some are easily influenced, some are inexperienced, and some are uneducated. You would rather not marry Zishu to such a man." Chen Che is the most suitable candidate for his daughter among the young men Shang Jinliang has met.

Clean, honest, knowledgeable, courageous, able to distinguish right from wrong, and not lacking in blood.

It's just that he was protected too well by Mrs. Chen and has a shallow mind.

Xiao Yu remained silent. She knew a little more than Shang Jinliang that Shang Zishu had liked beautiful things since she was a child.

The three sisters are not much different from each other. Shang Zishu has liked to stick to Shang Mingshu since she was a child. It’s not because Shang Mingshu is valued by her parents, but simply because Shang Mingshu is prettier than Shang Wenshu.

By this calculation, Chen Che was really born for Shang Zishu.

She left Shang Jinliang and went to find Shang Zishu in person to tell her what had happened before.

Shang Zishu frowned slightly.

She knew that she had clearly rejected Chen Jin, and Chen Jin obviously had no intention of pursuing her that day. After she arrived in Hangzhou, Chen Jin did not seem to be attentive either.

She hadn't seen Chen Che yesterday, so she shouldn't have suddenly made such a fuss just because of Chen Che.

"Mother, I'm going to look for my third sister." Whenever she couldn't figure out something, she would go to Shang Mingshu, who was her think tank.

She had come into contact with Chen Jin and knew that he was no ordinary person. She was afraid that she might have overlooked something and brought unnecessary disaster to her family.

She found Shang Mingshu and told Chen Jin everything, including her past dealings with Chen Jin and her understanding of Chen Jin.

Shang Mingshu understood immediately after hearing this: "Second sister, maybe I am the one who implicated you in this matter."

"Hmm?" Shang Zishu didn't understand.

Shang Mingshu told Shang Zishu about her encounter with Xu Tianxing yesterday: "I guess he must have seen me talking to General Xu for a few words and thought that there was something fishy going on between us. He wanted to use you to get close to General Xu."

"Is he worthy?" Shang Zishu was so angry that she wanted to rush to Chen Jin and tear him apart. "Let's not talk about whether you and General Xu can succeed. Why does he think I will agree to him?"

"It would be nice if you agreed. If you don't, Mrs. Chen will definitely not ask for Chen Dalang's hand in marriage." Shang Mingshu saw through Chen Jin's wishful thinking. "But I didn't expect that Dad really values ​​Chen Dalang. If he said that, Mr. Chen will be furious and will definitely have a big fight with Mrs. Chen when he returns home. If Mrs. Chen really likes you, she will definitely come and propose marriage with great fanfare before Chen Jin spreads rumors and the Chen family reacts."

"Ah?" Shang Zishu was dumbfounded.

Although she had told Chen Che that she wanted to be his wife, she didn't expect them to discuss marriage so soon.

Things turned out just as Shang Mingshu had expected. In the afternoon, Mrs. Chen came to the house with drums and gongs, bringing official media and generous gifts, and announced to the public that she wanted to ask Shang Zishu to marry her son, thus putting an end to Chen Jin's thoughts.

"Second sister, you have to think clearly. Mrs. Chen came to ask for your hand in marriage. You can refuse. Once you refuse, there will be no possibility for you and Chen Dalang. Or you can agree. Once you agree, there will be no room for regret."

(End of this chapter)