The four family members finished the meal in a happy mood. Then Jing Yichen followed Jing Zhongxiu to Huang Lihan’s study for a conversation.
“These are the girls which I have picked, please take a look at them.” Jing Yichen gave the documents of the girls to Jing Zhongxiu and said calmly.
Jing Zhongxiu leafed through the pages and nodded. “Alright, they seem to be decent candidates. After you finish with your wedding, he will have his.”
Jing Yiran was the younger brother and he mustn’t have the wedding before Jing Yichen.
Jing Yichen had picked several suitable girls who looked like exquisite candidates from wealthy families. It was a matter about the reputation of the family and he didn’t pull any trick just because he and Jing Yiran didn’t get on well with each other.
Jing Zhongxiu was satisfied. He had taught his son well.
He knew when to consider the overall situation and when not to sulk just because he was displeased.
Jing Zhongxiu was handing over all matters of the family to Jing Yichen one after another. After the father and the son had broken the ice, he sped up the handover process.
It was also because he gradually found that his son was more excellent than he had imagined. He was so capable that he would be able to manage the entire family.
Therefore, Jing Zhongxiu entrusted him to deal with Jing Yiran’s marriage, because it was the best opportunity for Family Jing to get to understand the affiliated families.
There were a great many things that could be seen through the marriage connection and Family Jing’s powerful ability could be showcased along the way as well, so that those on the sly would not dare to move even an inch against them.
Jing Yichen had been the master of his own marriage and Jing Zhongxiu had never interfered, because Family Jing were already powerful enough to connect with any family. However, he still needed to make Jing Yichen understand that a single wood didn’t make the forest and strong families would need someone to help be their back-up incase of any unforeseen mishaps.
“Try to talk with the families of these candidates and tell them that our daughter-in-law will be picked from them. See how they react and if any of them is not fully devoted, don’t kick them away, just pretend that you are not aware.”
Jing Yichen nodded lightly. “Alright, I see.”
Any family who was not devoted would not have any good consequences, but Family Jing would not need to interfere at all. As long as they sent out some false signals and the forces they had expected to be attached to, would lose tens of millions, then they would definitely try to get rid of them eventually.
Jing Yichen had been sorting the affairs of the family with Jing Zhongxiu since he was young and he was quite familiar with the administration of attached families. However, he had been away for too long after he grew up, so many members of the families didn’t recognize him at all.
“You will be in charge of Yiran’s wedding. Keep in touch with me. If there is anyone who doesn’t want collaboration or try to ruin the family on the sly, you don’t need to show any mercy, or they would all become the potential danger of Family Jing in future.” Jing Zhongxiu was always a cold-blooded dominator who was vicious and fierce except when he was with Shangguan Ning.
It was impossible not to shed some blood if one was in charge of such a complicated and enormous empire. People got benefits when they deserved them but they also got punished when they deserved the punishment.
“Okay, just leave his marriage and wedding arrangement to me. I won’t make Family Jing lose face.” Jing Yichen answered.
Although he had issues with Jing Yiran, this was not the time to deal with private angst. He could punch Jing Yiran so that he couldn’t get off the bed, but he wouldn’t mess up his wedding.
Jing Yichen also had no concern about whether or not Jing Yiran would like the women he picked. Nor did he care whether or not these girls would be willing to marry in Family Jing. None of these mattered. The only thing that mattered above all was that they would appear on the wedding date, punctually.
No one was totally unrestrained in the aspect of marriage when he or she is from a wealthy family.
Had Shangguan Ning been from Family Ji, then Jing Yichen would not have married her so easily. He was given the freedom in marriage, but it was not an absolute thing.
If Jing Yiran had not met Shangguan Ning, then he would have picked a woman from the attached families for marriage, even if it meant no sex or no love. It was for the reputation of the family and it was necessary.
Therefore, Jing Yiran’s marriage was not a special case.
After Jing Yichen knew that Ji Bo got a fiancée, the first reaction he had was that Lan Yu was a special woman with an extraordinary background. Family Ji needed a strong connect through marriage more than Family Jing since Ji Bo was not in a steady position. Therefore, if he didn’t get a powerful wife for himself, he would probably have no right of discourse in Family Ji in the future.
Jing Yichen frowned and asked when he thought of this matter. “Dad, Ji Bo’s fiancée I told you about… have you found out her background?”
Jing Zhongxiu shook his head and said, “No, Ji Bo conceals her very well and she is very cautious too. She rarely goes out and even if she does, she would have many followers. Our spies couldn’t get any useful information. But our mole inside Family Ji has confirmed it to me that she is not Ji Bo’s fiancée!”
“If we haven’t been able to find any information, it basically means that the woman is very suspicious. I have this matter under control and she will be noticed as soon as she does something out of the ordinary. You can focus upon connecting different families and establishing influence. They will all be your assisting arms. You should also connect with families in other cities before your wedding, because when you get married, those masters of the families would all be present there and your identity will be fully publicized.”
Jing Yichen knew all about this. But he was still a bit concerned after hearing what Jing Zhongxiu said.
These were the essence of the family with a history of hundreds of years. All of them would be given to him after the wedding.
He had not expected to take over these forces so early, because Jing Zhongxiu was only in his 50s and had always taken care of his health. Therefore, he had been fit and full of energy. He had no problem handling these issues of the family.
But he wanted to give Shangguan Ning a wedding so that she could be a bride. They soon would have a baby and they mustn’t wait until she got pregnant and became a mother, to hold the wedding.
Therefore, he had no choice but to take over the majority of the responsibilities.
“I can have my identity publicized but can we keep Ning’s concealed?”
Once the identity was publicized, they would be confronted with many people who would be critical and put them in limelight. They would lose most of their private life. It could be both beneficial and disadvantageous – it could help to raise the reputation of Jingsheng and make everything easier and simpler.
But that was not a life that Jing Yichen wanted Shangguan Ning to live – to be under the spotlight all the time.
