After unlocking the material space, I raised my younger siblings in a farmhouse.

Lin Cheng waited anxiously for three days, but did not receive a reply from Shen Yi. He already understood the other party's attitude, so on the afternoon of the third day, Lin Cheng went to find Lin Chuyi and confessed everything to her.

After Lin Chuyi heard about this, she didn't know what to say to this little brother. Such an important matter was delayed until the last minute to tell her.

If she had been a little slower and arrived a little later, she really didn't know how the girl would feel. If the marriage was called off because of this, she wanted to see where Lin Cheng would go to cry.

Although she was complaining in her heart, Lin Chuyi was very decisive in doing things. She immediately sent someone to deliver the visiting card written by Lin Cheng to the Shen Mansion, and hurriedly sent someone to call Lin Jinxiu, who was still busy in the store, back home.

The four siblings gathered together, and after finishing their discussion, they hired the matchmaker with the best reputation in Kyoto at a high price, and asked her to go with them to the Shen Mansion to propose marriage the next day.

That night, the Lin family received a reply from the Shen family, and the two sides agreed to meet at 3 p.m. the next day. Lin Cheng had already stated the purpose of this visit in the letter, and since the Shen family agreed to their visit, it was obvious that they had tacitly agreed to the marriage.

Lin Cheng finally felt completely relieved. The next day, Lin Cheng asked for leave from the Hanlin Academy and did not go to work. He stayed at home waiting. He would go to the Shen Mansion with several sisters to propose marriage later. However, he felt that time was passing too slowly while waiting at home, so he compared the warehouse list and began to make a list of betrothal gifts.

In order to show how much he values ​​Shen Yi, Lin Cheng included all the precious items in his assets, such as silks, gold, silver, jade, rare antiques, etc., in the betrothal gift list.

After a busy morning, Lin Cheng started to eat lunch. After lunch, he went to the bathroom to take a shower, combed his hair and dressed up carefully, and put on the new clothes that his sister Lin Jinxiu prepared for him.

At this moment, he looked high-spirited and energetic, like a male peacock spreading his beautiful feathers, which made his three sisters unable to bear to look at him.

When all the relevant personnel were present, the group of five set off in advance. When they arrived at the Shen Mansion, they just caught up with the agreed time.

Led by the servants of the Shen Mansion, the four siblings of the Lin family and the matchmaker were brought to the reception room of the Shen Mansion.

Lord Shen had two sons, both of whom held official positions, but the Shen family did not split up into separate branches, and the entire family lived in the Shen Mansion.

Lin Cheng had been to the Shen Mansion several times, but he was only received personally by Prime Minister Shen during his first visit. The other two times he was received by the second master of the Shen family.

However, this time was completely different from usual. When Lin Chuyi and others arrived, all the elders of the Shen family gathered together. Except for the eldest family who were working outside, it can be said that all members were present. Obviously, they attached great importance to Shen Yi.

The matchmaker who came to make the connection was the famous Wang Qiaozui in the capital. She had been in the matchmaking business for many years and had seen countless big scenes. Naturally, she would not feel uneasy or panic in such an occasion.

What was unexpected to the elders of the Shen family was that Lin Cheng, the newly crowned top scholar, and his three sisters were able to remain calm and composed without any sign of nervousness when facing the scrutiny of all members of the Shen family.

This greatly changed the Shen family's impression of the Lin family and added a lot of goodwill to them.

Then, when facing round after round of questions from the Shen family, the Lin family members showed an attitude of neither servility nor overbearance, and answered clearly and confidently.

This performance further won the recognition and praise of the Shen family. Even those elders of the Shen family who were originally slightly dissatisfied with the relatively poor family background of the Lin family no longer expressed any objections at this moment.

The Shen family has not split up, and the head of the family is still the highly respected Prime Minister Shen. Today, he has been silently observing the four siblings of the Lin family from beginning to end.

After witnessing their words and actions, Lord Shen became more and more satisfied with Lin Cheng, the grandson-in-law he had chosen. So Lord Shen made a prompt decision and approved on the spot to allow Lin Cheng to come to propose marriage.

Lin Cheng was overjoyed and quickly stood up, saying that after returning home, he would immediately choose an auspicious day and go to propose marriage.

With the approval of the Prime Minister, the marriage was basically settled. After returning home, Lin Cheng immediately prepared a generous betrothal gift for Shen Yi.

Seeing Lin Cheng like this, the three sisters Lin Jinxiu knew that he had fallen in love and couldn't extricate himself. Therefore, no one stepped forward to disturb his interest.

After all, what kind of betrothal gift Lin Cheng wants to prepare for his future wife is entirely up to him. Even if he spends all his family property and invests everything in it, it is his personal matter and they will never interfere.

As sisters, they only need to prepare the other items needed for the betrothal for Lin Cheng according to the current popular marriage customs.

Things like betrothal cakes, seafood, three kinds of meat, fine wine, lotus seeds, lilies, etc. must not be missing. They cannot give others the opportunity to accuse their family of not having elders to preside over affairs, not knowing etiquette or being impolite.

Half a month later, Lin Cheng brought a matchmaker and a generous betrothal gift to the Shen residence to propose marriage. Since both parties had already informed each other in advance, the whole process went very quickly.

After the betrothal gifts were delivered to the Shen Mansion, the two parties exchanged engagement letters and asked someone to calculate their horoscopes and date the wedding. In this way, Lin Cheng and Shen Yi's marriage was confirmed.

After Lin Cheng and his group left, Mrs. Shen took her beloved granddaughter to the backyard to count the betrothal gifts sent by Lin Cheng.

When they saw the contents of the thick betrothal gift list, even the knowledgeable wife of the Left Prime Minister was shocked.

The reason why the Left Prime Minister's wife was so surprised was not for any other reason, but simply because the betrothal gift was too luxurious and extravagant.

After the wife of the Left Prime Minister showed the list of betrothal gifts to Lord Shen, Lord Shen glanced at the contents and was stunned by the arrogance of the list.

Lord Shen wanted Lin Cheng to be his grandson-in-law, so he sent someone to investigate the Lin family's situation.

After some in-depth research, he learned that the Lin brothers and sisters had been neglected by their relatives since their parents passed away, and were even disliked and excluded by their relatives. When they were young, they were accused of "harming their relatives" and were removed from the family tree.

The left prime minister was deeply disdainful of what the Lin family relatives had done. If it was true as they said, these children would bring bad luck to their relatives, then how could the Lin family siblings grow up peacefully and achieve success in their careers?