Chapter 7 — Forced Kiss

"Miss Song, why are you forcing me into a dead end?" "Didn't you say it's better than the ancient Buddha?" "Me." "Are you just saying it?" She was so choked that she couldn't speak. The wind direction in the flower hall began to change. Those people who just now felt that she was weak and pitiful, now looked at her with more scrutiny. The round-faced lady whispered to the person next to her: "Miss Lam is not simple." Lam Van Duong heard it and raised his finger to squeeze the bracelet on his wrist. Crack a sound. The jade bracelet actually cracked a small line. Everyone looked over. Lam Van Duong's face turned pale: "It's not me." Mrs. Tham had just returned from outside. Seeing this, she shouted: "My bracelet!" She quickly walked over and grabbed Lam Van Duong's hand. The crack on the bracelet spread from the inside, as if it had been hit by something hard. Lam Van Duong panicked and said: "Uncle, I didn't touch it. Miss Tong just looked at me and I was scared." She paused, seeming to feel that this reason was too absurd. Mrs. Tham immediately found a way out. "Tong Minh Ninh, did you move your hands and feet in the kitchen? This bracelet was still good just now, why did you come back and it cracked?" I almost burst out laughing. "Mrs. Tham, the bracelet was on her arm, I stood three steps away from her. It's not as good as you saying that I know how not to break the jade, it sounds even more brave." Mother Hua picked up a small piece of debris from the ground again, calling out: "Madam, you Look, this crack seems to have been underground before." Mrs. Tham was stunned. Lam Van Duong's face became even whiter. I looked at her: "Miss Lam, before wearing it, didn't you notice that this bracelet had a crack?" "I don't know." "Then why did you keep squeezing it just now?" "I was just nervous." Tan Tran took a look and suddenly said: "The jade quality of this bracelet is not right. Lady Tham, aren't you the one who said this is a jade bracelet passed down to the elders from the Tham family? Why is there mixed cotton inside, it's not as good as the bracelet my family gave to my servants." Mrs. Tham's face was unsightly. The round-faced lady also walked over to take a look, her eyes were magical: "It really doesn't look like good jade." It's not me who's confused right now. It's the Tham family. They openly used the so-called ring to humiliate me. As a result, the bracelet was of poor quality and cracked on Lam Van Duong's hand. This little joy came so quickly. Mrs. Tham grabbed the broken bracelet and said sternly: "Nonsense! This is something the old lady left behind, it's just been a long time." I asked: "Then why is it written on the bride price list as top quality white jade?" Mrs. Tham paused. I opened the wooden box and took out a copy of the bride price list. "Mrs. Tham, do you want to compare it in front of everyone? In the bride gift the Tham family sent to the Marquis' Palace, how many items were written as superior but the actual items were inferior?" The flower hall immediately became bustling. Mrs. Tham could no longer save face. "Tong Minh Ninh, you brought the list of bride gifts to the party, did you already prepare to humiliate the Tham family?" "It was the Tham family who brought the list of bride gifts to humiliate me first." I gave the list of bride gifts to Tan Tran. Tan Tran immediately read: "A pair of premium white jade bracelets. A set of pearl jewelry. Ten marble panels. One pure gold wish-fulfilling tree." The more she read, the darker Mrs. Tham's face became. I said: "I have seen it. As for the remaining items, do you want Mrs. Tham to take them out now so that you can open your eyes, or wait until I annul the marriage and then take them to the Ministry of Rites?" Mrs. Tham gritted her teeth: "Cancel the engagement? Do you still dare to ask to cancel the engagement?" "Why don't you dare?" Outside the door came the sound of Tham Nghien's footsteps. He's back. His face was even more unsightly than when he walked out the door. Mrs. Tham quickly asked: "What does the etiquette say?" Tham

Nghien did not immediately respond. His eyes fell on the wooden box in my hand, his voice was very low. "Tong Minh Ninh, you asked the Giang family to go to the Ministry of Rites to intercept the documents?" I hadn't said anything yet, Giang Binh opened his mouth first: "Young master Shen, I'm careful. Giang family only brought the Tham family's commitment that year to the Ministry of Rites, asking Lord Lieu to check. If the Tham family is not ashamed, why are you afraid that people will see it?" Tham Nghien stared at him: "What are you, daring to interfere in the marriage of the two Tham Tong families?" Giang Binh is neither arrogant nor self-deprecating: "I'm just the one delivering the goods." Tham Nghien laughed coldly: "Sending things? Giang family is just a merchant, his arms are really long." In the flower hall, someone frowned. Although the Giang family is a merchant household, it provides incense for the palace. For weddings, funerals, and funerals, no family in the capital uses Jiang family incense. These words of Tham Nghien offended others. I asked him: "What does the etiquette say?" Tham Nghien looked at me: "Lord Lieu said, temporarily hold the request letter, wait for your father to return to the capital and discuss further." Mrs. Tham was impatient: "How can we temporarily hold it? The wedding date has already been set!" Tham Nghien said angrily: "Mother!" Only then did Mrs. Tham shut her mouth. I laughed: "So the seal hasn't been sealed yet." Tham Nghien walked step by step in front of me. "Are you satisfied?" "For now." "Do you have to make a fuss between the two families to this point?"