Chapter 546 Into The Silk Business (Part Two)
"I made you feel worried again," Matthew said with concern.
"We are a couple now. Of course, the hardships have to be endured together," Harper said, as she held
Matthew''s hands. "Don''t forget what I have told you, ''No matter we are living, dead or separated, we
always love each other.''"
"It''s still in my mind, ''I want to hold your hand and grow old together with you, ''" Matthew continued at
once.
The next morning, Harper and Matthew took Alexander to Pearce''s mansion.
Although Harper had told Pearce and his wife that receiving Alexander as their sworn son should be
treated as a small matter and needn''t be disclosed to the public, they still took the matter seriously.
They specifically confirmed the auspicious asion and opened the ancestral temple of their mansion.
They even invited an elder of the Zhao n to witness the whole ceremony.
The steward of Pearce''s mansion hurried in and reported, "They areing! My Lord, My Lady, they
areing!" ted, Pearce and wife looked at each other, and rushed out to see Matthew and his wife
walking in with Alexander.
The boy gave the gifts he had prepared to Pearce and his wife and said respectfully, "Please ept
the gifts. I have personally prepared them for you two."
"Thank you, Alexander. You are so considerate."
Seeing the arrival of the guests, the elder of the n hastened to urge them, "It''s almost the auspicious
time. We need to take the boy to the ancestral temple first and worship the ancestors."
"All right." Pearce and his wife then took Alexander to the ancestral temple of their mansion. Today, the
ancestral temple had been opened in order to pay respect to their ancestors before the big event. Even
though the ceremony was not grand, it would still be necessary to keep Alexander''s name on the
ancestral temple. But before that, the ancestors should be worshiped, and then, the elder would write
his name on the pedigree.
In the first process of the ceremony, Pearce and his wife worshiped the ancestors by lighting the
incense and kowtowed repeatedly in front of their tablets. Then, it was Alexander''s turn to follow suit.
Since Harper and Matthew were outsiders, they had to wait outside for the ceremony to bepleted.
Immediately after Alexander finished the process, the elder announced thepletion of the
ceremony. Next, the elder recorded Alexander''s name on the pedigree. In such a way, Alexander was
officially recognized as a member of Pearce''s mansion.
The next step was Alexander offering tea to his sworn parents. Pearce and his wife were sitting in the
main seat of the main hall. The elder was sitting on their left, and Matthew along with Harper sat on
their right. The steward brought two cups of tea for Alexander to finish thest step.
Alexander took a cup of tea and handed it to Pearce, "Father, please have a cup of tea."
"Certainly." Pearce smiled and had a sip of tea. Then he gave a big red envelope to his sworn son.
Alexander took the other cup of tea, knelt down and offered it happily to Allie, saying, "Mother, please
have a cup of tea."
Taking the cup and having a sip of the tea, Allie not just gave him a big red envelope, but also a pair of
silver bowls, chopsticks and even a longevity lock. Then she said, "Alexander, you may rise."
"Thank you, Father and Mother." Alexander politely expressed his gratitude and got up.
"Your Highnesses, it''s the Rice Porridge Festival in two days. If you all don''t mind, please celebrate it
along with us in our mansion," Allie proposed. "It''d be so quiet if only we two were to celebrate it
together."
After her son''s death, she was feeling lonely and empty. So toe out of that, she wanted the
mansion to be more lively and noisy.
"I will oftene back to apany you, Father and Mother," Alexander said.
"That''s great." A grateful smile emerged on Allie''s face. Even though she knew that Alexander said it to
console her, she felt very grateful to him.
"Well, for the Rice Porridge Festival, we are going to be here, and we''ll celebrate the festival with you,"
Harper said at once. "After the festival, we''re going back to the imperial capital in a few days.
Alexander will continue to study in the Clivia School."
"Can Alexander live in our mansion these days?" asked Pearce tentatively. He knew that his wife liked
Alexander very much. The other day, she even specially prepared a yard for him. She said that he
could live there when he came back.
Pearce was someone who loved his wife the most. Though his son''s murderer was already punished
with death penalty, he knew that the real conspirator was still atrge in the imperial capital. With his
currentpetence and his peaceful life in the River City, he was unable to take revenge for his son''s
death. Fortunately, the person who had killed his son was already dead, which helped him in getting rid
of the knot in his mind, but the knot bothering his wife couldn''t be rid of that easily.
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"Alexander, what do you think?"
With a nce at the eager face of Allie, Alexander nodded and said, "Harper, I wish to stay here along
with my sworn parents, and have more contact with them. Can I?"
"Of course you can." Harper rubbed her brother''s head with affection. "You are a man now. Take care
of your sworn parents."
"I will. Don''t worry, Harper."
Then Harper turned to Pearce and Allie, and said with a smile, "Then Alexander is going to bother you
for a while."
"It''s our pleasure!" Pearce replied at once.
"Okay. I think then it''s time for us to leave now." Harper bid them goodbye.
"Please, stay for lunch before you leave," Allie proposed eagerly.
"Thank you so much for your invitation, but sorry. We have something to deal with urgently, so please
excuse us from lunch." Harper then left with Matthew. She wanted to do research on the silk business
in the River City. There were a lot of tea ntations in the region, and it was not advisable to do tea
business here. But since the region was also good for mulberry ntations, she was inclined to do silk
business. Her interest was not just limited to silk material, but also into silk clothes.