The arranged marriage between Pei Ruolian and Xu Zhan, seventeen-year-old second son of Master Xu. Pei Bingyuan found the match and presented it to Grandmother. After initial hesitation about the Xu family's lack of footing in Kyoto, Grandmother agreed. The marriage was verbally agreed upon, with formal betrothal and naming rituals to follow after Ruolian's coming-of-age ceremony.
