Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Chapter 132: The official engagement shocks everyone

Six days later, Su Zhengyang's sister Su Zhenghong rushed to Beilong City, and the two families formally sat together and began to discuss the marriage of Su Zhengyang and Yang Qiyue.

At the banquet, Su Zhenghong looked at her future brother-in-law with satisfaction, which made Yang Qiyue blush.

"Uncle Yang, I am very satisfied with Qiyue. Whether it is family background, talent or appearance, Qiyue is one in a million. It is our Su family who is marrying up. To be honest, after my father passed away, what I was most worried about was Zhengyang's lifelong event. This brat only knew how to stay in the headquarters every day and fight with those bad guys. If he relied on himself, I don't know when he would meet the right person. I didn't expect that this trip to Beilong City would create sparks with Qiyue."

Yang Jiakai was in high spirits, his face flushed from drinking, and he said with a smile: "Zhengyang is a boy with a promising future. With his own ability, he has built up such a large army from scratch, and managed the huge Linzhou in an orderly manner. He is also very handsome, and what's more rare is that he and our Qiyue are in love with each other. We are also very satisfied with Zhengyang."

Mrs. Yang glanced at Yang Qiyue, who was sitting next to Su Zhengyang with a look of happiness on her face, and felt sincerely relieved.

"Since our two families have already reached an agreement, let's finalize the marriage. I've had someone look at it. One month from now, December 26th is a good day. Let's hold the wedding for Qiyue and Zhengyang on that day."

Yang Jiakai's words made Su Zhengyang, Su Zhenghong, and even Mrs. Yang, all slightly stunned.

The president's daughter's marriage is a big event, and all preparations should be made several months in advance. One month is still a bit too short.

Little did they know that Yang Jiakai was now determined to finalize the marriage as soon as possible, fearing that Su Zhengyang, the good son-in-law he had, would not be able to be with Yang Qiyue in the future due to other reasons.

"Isn't one month a bit too hasty?"

Madam Yang showed a hint of hesitation and spoke slowly.

Yang Jiakai stared and said, "Why rush? Let's get the two kids married officially during the New Year. Who knows, maybe we'll have a big fat grandson next year."

Madam Yang nodded and said, "That's good. They can get married sooner. They are both grown up now."

"Qiyue, Zhengyang, what do you two think? Are you satisfied with my arrangement?"

After Su Zhengyang and Yang Qiyue exchanged a glance, he said with a smile: "I have no objection. I can't wait to marry Qiyue."

Yang Qiyue also nodded obediently.

"Then this marriage is completely settled. I, Yang Jiakai, only have this one daughter, so the wedding must be a grand one. I will ask the housekeeper to prepare the invitations and other things needed for the wedding."

"Zhengyang, the wedding will be held in Beilong City. Linzhou is too far away after all, and you don't have any property in Beilong City. I have a house over in Xuanbei Street, and I'll give it to you two as a wedding house."

Su Zhengyang did not expect that Yang Jiakai would be so generous. As the head of the Yang faction warlords and the president of Northern Xinjiang, the Yang family has many industries and is not short of money. But now every inch of land in Beilong City is worth a lot of money. The three-in-one courtyard house of the Yang family on Xuanbei Street is worth at least millions of dollars.

Su Zhengyang didn't refuse and nodded, "Thank you, Uncle Yang."

Su Zhenghong was also a person who acted decisively. After agreeing to the marriage proposal and the banquet was over, she immediately asked people to start preparing the valuable betrothal gifts, as well as the cumbersome formalities of three letters and six ceremonies. None of them could be missed.

Su Zhenghong's decisive character and quick and efficient way of doing things were amazing. The next morning, the most famous matchmaker in the entire Beilong City came to propose marriage with a letter of engagement.

At the same time, as their marriage gradually came to light, it also caused quite a stir in the entire Northern Frontier system.

In the Zhang Mansion in the capital, Zhang Chengxiang sat with Pang Jinghong and others. Looking at the bright red invitation card with large gold characters in his hand, Zhang Chengxiang snorted coldly, "No wonder that old man Yang Datou spared no effort to recommend Su Zhengyang to the position. It turns out that Su Zhengyang quietly won over Yang Qiyue and became the son-in-law of his Yang family."

Pang Jinghong lit a cigar and said while puffing away at it, "Tsk tsk, this guy already has the support of the Peace Company behind him. He has become a new elite in our Northern Xinjiang government. His voice and weight in the Northern Xinjiang system will become more and more important in the future. Now he has become President Yang's son-in-law. This is not good news for us."

The people present, headed by Pang Jinghong and Zhang Chengxiang, are all pro-Fuso, especially Pang Jinghong. The death of Su Zhengyang's father is closely related to him. This is a true blood feud. In the future, Su Zhengyang will definitely be the number one threat to the Pang faction, which is inevitable.

Behind this, there is also Zhang Chengxiang's instigation. It is foreseeable that this Governor of Zhili, who controls the Central Plains, will inevitably be on the opposite side of Su Zhengyang.

Zhang Chengxiang frowned and said, "We can't just watch Su Zhengyang and his Northwest Revolutionary Army continue to grow like this. Yang Datou was originally going to succeed the presidency in three years. Now that he has Su Zhengyang as his son-in-law, I think he is very likely to nominate Su Zhengyang to take the position. If they really make this happen, will we still have a good life in the vast Northern Frontier in the future?"

There was a hint of shock in Pang Jinghong's eyes.

"President Yang has already violated the underlying rules by nominating Su Zhengyang as a member of Congress. He cannot risk the world's taboo by letting his son-in-law succeed him as president."

"I know Yang Datou much better than you do. Yang Datou seems to be selfless, but in fact, he attaches great importance to his own rights and status. As the saying goes, good things should be kept within the family. Yang Datou is very likely to pave the way for Su Zhengyang."

Pang Jinghong also felt a strong sense of crisis. The better Su Zhengyang developed, the more anxious he felt.

"The current Northwest Revolutionary Army is not easy to mess with. They have amazing combat power and are well-equipped. I think the only solution is to get rid of Su Zhengyang! Stop this marriage."

Zhang Chengxiang shook his head with a gloomy expression and said, "In Beilong City, Yang Datou's influence is not comparable to ours. This old fox may be waiting for us to take action against Su Zhengyang and willingly fall into his trap so that he can get rid of us legitimately."

Zhang Chengxiang's consideration was not unreasonable. If he blatantly assassinated the Northern Frontier Congressman, it would be fine if he succeeded. But if he failed and the mastermind behind the scenes was exposed, he would be in trouble even if he was the Governor-General of Zhili.

"Governor, our intelligence personnel in Shanghai have sent us news."

Zhang Chengxiang's secretary pushed open the door, walked in with a serious expression, and handed a telegram to Zhang Chengxiang.

Zhang Chengxiang quickly glanced through the contents of the telegram, and a gleam of light appeared in his eyes.

"It seems that the incident in Shanghai will become the fuse of the North-South War. The Southern Government was originally preparing to start the Northern Expedition. This incident will undoubtedly accelerate the progress of the Northern Expedition."