The Dragon King's marriage decree: You must marry eight women?

In the main hall of the Liu Family Manor, the heads of various families, their spokespeople, and the children they had brought to the banquet were all chatting and laughing happily.

Holding wine glasses, they either discussed business dealings or chatted about whose children were like what, seeing if they could form marriage alliances to pool the resources of two families and progress together!

After Liu Tianqi's shout rang out, everyone turned their eyes toward the entrance.

At this moment, the main doors swung wide open. Everyone saw a man dressed in red robes leading the way, flanked by four black-robed men on either side.

They stepped steadily into the hall.

Their aggressive Aura left many young masters from wealthy families—who knew nothing of the Dragon King's deeds—confused about the situation.

Could it be that there was a performance scheduled midway through the Liu Family's banquet?

Upon hearing the announcement, the Old Patriarch of the Liu Family immediately stood up, looked toward the door with respect, and then went forward to greet them.

The heads of the other families did the same.

Only Zhou Cheng and Zhou Feiyu stood at the very back; they had never experienced anything like this before.

Seeing the heads of other families looking so respectful, Zhou Feiyu followed suit and became serious and solemn.

As for Zhou Cheng, he was purely there to watch the show. In his past life, he had scrolled through many short dramas about Dragon King War Gods or Dragon King sons-in-law. Watching this now from the perspective of an actual participant was quite a novel experience.

He fixed his gaze on the Dragon King Emissary's team.

The middle-aged man walking in the center, wearing red robes, was the so-called Dragon King Emissary.

He had a square, classic face, thick eyebrows, and large eyes. His expression was solemn, giving off a sense of natural authority that commanded respect without needing to be angry.

As the Dragon King Emissary walked forward, the people in the middle of the hall instinctively cleared a path.

Old Master Liu went up to greet him with a joyful smile.

“Welcome, Lord Dragon King Emissary. That you were able to contact the Liu Family in advance, allow us to host tonight's banquet, and grace us with your presence truly makes the Liu Family feel honored.”

In the Liu Family, and indeed among all the families in Shanghai, Old Master Liu was a man whose word carried immense weight and who always stood tall.

Yet now, before this Dragon King Emissary, he could only bow his head in welcome.

Furthermore, such fawning didn't even earn a smile from the Dragon King Emissary.

This scene left everyone present astonished.

Standing where they were, they began to whisper to those beside them!

“What is the background of this Dragon King Emissary? Why are the Eight Great Families, including the Liu Family, so respectful?”

“When did such a powerful figure appear in our Shanghai?”

“Why are they wearing those red robes? They all look so strange.”

“Shut up! Look, even the Eight Great Families are being so respectful. Be careful not to let your mouth get you into trouble!”

“Dragon King Emissary? Dragon King? This... I know! Over forty years ago, a Dragon King appeared in Shanghai. Back then, he supposedly wiped out five of the original Eight Great Families of Modu.”

“I remember too! My grandfather once told me. I didn't expect the dragon kings return now. No wonder the Eight Great Families are so respectful.”

“...”

Everyone kept their voices low, not daring to speak too loudly for fear of being overheard by the Dragon King Emissary or members of the Eight Great Families, who might remember them and punish them later.

“Lord Dragon King Emissary, the Eight Great Families of Modu are all present. We are ready to follow your instructions at any time and welcome the return of the Lord Dragon King!”

Old Master Liu spoke again, doing his utmost to demonstrate his loyalty.

It made sense; the Liu Family had survived the previous dragon king return event, so they still carried a psychological shadow and were quite terrified of this so-called Dragon King.

“Hmph! Your Liu Family is at least sensible!” the Dragon King Emissary replied casually after hearing Old Master Liu's words.

However, his tone was completely blunt, making it uncomfortable just to listen to him.

Especially since the person he was addressing was the head of the Liu Family, currently the strongest among the Eight Great Families of Modu.

This made everyone feel even more that the Dragon King Emissary had come with ill intent.

Standing in the back and hearing this, Zhou Cheng complained in his heart. This Dragon King Emissary truly fit the 'defy the heavens' temperament of the Dragon Kings in short dramas; he spoke with such aggression.

Despite this, Old Master Liu didn't dare to show even a hint of temper.

“It is only right. That the Liu Family has been able to maintain steady development is entirely thanks to the support of the Lord Dragon King's Luck.”

These words were very pleasing to the Dragon King Emissary's ears.

He then swept his gaze over the spokespeople of the other seven families standing behind Old Master Liu.

After a pause, he refocused his gaze on Old Master Liu!

“I won't waste words. I have come this time on the orders of the previous Dragon King to deliver Marriage Proposal Letters for the New Dragon King!”

The Dragon King Emissary stated his purpose directly, without any hesitation.

However, as soon as these words were spoken, the Eight Great Families and everyone present were stunned.

New Dragon King? Delivering Marriage Proposal Letters???

What was going on?

“Lord Dragon King Emissary, please speak plainly,” Old Master Liu immediately inquired.

Everyone looked at the Dragon King Emissary standing before Old Master Liu.

“The Eight Great Families of Modu all rose and developed by enjoying the Dragon King's Luck. Without the protection of the Dragon King's Luck, you would surely collapse and decline!”

“Therefore, before the New Dragon King returns, I represent the Dragon King in delivering Marriage Proposal Letters to each of the Eight Great Families. Each Family must marry off one daughter to become the wife or concubine of the New Dragon King!”

As the Dragon King Emissary spoke, he waved his hand, and the eight black-robed men standing on either side of him raised their hands simultaneously.

In their hands, they respectfully held a deep red Marriage Proposal Letter, with the words 'Marriage Proposal' clearly written on it!

Then, from left to right, they began to shout!

“Following the divine mandate and selecting an auspicious day, we hereby propose to take the second daughter of the Liu Family, Liu Jiaying, as a wife!”

“Following... we hereby propose to take the eldest daughter of the Li Family, Li Shuran, as a wife!”

One person corresponded to one Family, and each person called out one name.

This caused the scene to instantly erupt into a frenzy!

“What? This person wants to marry eight wives from the Eight Great Families?”

“Is this still a modern society? This is too ridiculous.”

“This Dragon King is too arrogant. These Eight Great Families are the top powers in all of Shanghai, yet he actually dares!”

“I can only pray to marry one, and he wants to marry eight by himself?”

“The Eight Great Families can't possibly agree to this. This is completely treating the Eight Great Families as domestic servants—marrying them whenever he wants, right?!”

“I didn't expect to see such a scene when I came here today.”

“...”

Hearing the words of the Dragon King Emissary, everyone couldn't help but start talking!

Especially when the messengers brought by the Dragon King Emissary actually named the women of the Eight Great Families one by one while delivering the Marriage Proposal Letters, their jaws dropped in shock!

In this day and age, for someone to be so blatant and dare to issue marriage proposals like this—it was truly the height of absurdity.

“Following the divine mandate and selecting an auspicious day, we hereby propose to take the second daughter of the Zhou Family, Zhou Wanyu, as a wife!”

Zhou Cheng, who was enjoying the drama while internally complaining about the Dragon King Emissary, finally heard the proposal for the Zhou Family.

It wasn't Zhou Shurong, but Zhou Wanyu, who had just finished her College Entrance Examination!

This Dragon King even freaking knows how to pick the young ones, huh?

He doesn't even fancy my Zhou Family's eldest daughter? What, is he afraid she'll throw a tantrum at him? Zhou Cheng thought lazily to himself, making bored jokes.

Zhou Shurong wasn't that old either; she was only twenty-eight.

It was mainly because her personality was too fiery; even when their mother was alive, she couldn't control her, so they just let her find her own way.

The members of each Family frowned when they heard the marriage proposal the Dragon King Emissary had issued to their own household!

If he only wanted to marry one from their own Family, that might be acceptable, but he wanted to marry eight all at once!

This was truly grinding the faces of the eight great wealthy families into the dirt!