Chapter 389 Xue Pan is getting married

"So you're really going to take the imperial examination and become the top scholar?" Wang Xifeng asked with a grin, handing Daiyu an ancient book.

“Your second brother got this the other day. He said it was some kind of ancient book, some kind of medical essentials. I can’t understand it either, but I know you like these kinds of things, so I’m giving it to you.”

"My dear sister, you understand me so well. It was definitely worth the trip."

Daiyu was surprised by this unexpected joy. She carefully took the book, flipped through it, and found that it was a book she had never read before, "Essentials of Governance from Various Books".

“If you hadn’t come today, I would have had someone deliver it to you. There’s no one in our family who’s educated, so keeping a book like this in my house would be a waste. It’s better to give it to someone who appreciates it!”

As for Jia Baoyu, Jia Huan, and others in the mansion, Wang Xifeng treated them all as if they didn't exist.

In front of Daiyu, those people all had to step back a foot.

Wang Xifeng always doted on Daiyu, not only because she liked Daiyu from the beginning, but also because of the influence of Yuan Hongqu.

"Sister Feng, don't worry, after my little nephew is born, I'll help you teach him to read," Daiyu said playfully, glancing at Wang Xifeng's belly.

"Good child, study hard with Aunt Lin from now on, and try to become a top scholar."

"Hahahaha..." Wang Xifeng couldn't help but burst into laughter when she saw Daiyu's serious expression.

“I don’t expect him to be the top scholar in the imperial examination. As long as he has half your intelligence, it doesn’t matter whether he becomes the top scholar or not.”

Although Daiyu's words touched Wang Xifeng, she also knew that neither she nor Jia Lian loved reading, and there was no academic atmosphere at home. She was still hoping that her son would one day be the top scholar in the country.

Hehe, it's easier to dream!

The imperial physician had already examined the child and confirmed that he was a boy; all the relatives and friends knew this.

In fact, Wang Xifeng didn't care much about boys or girls, but everyone in the Rongguo Mansion cared a lot.

If this were a boy, he would inherit the title and become the future head of the Rongguo Mansion. How could they not care?

The two talked for a while, and then Sanchun came over to join in the teasing.

Although Wang Xifeng has returned to Rongguo Mansion, she still assigned some household management duties to the three young women to practice on, and now the three of them are doing a pretty good job.

"Second Madam, the Xue family has sent you an invitation." Ping'er came in from outside, holding a bright red invitation in her hand, followed by Zhou Rui's wife, who was carrying a box.

"Is there good news in the Xue family?" Wang Xifeng hadn't been paying attention to the Xue family's affairs lately, so she really didn't know what they had been busy with.

“That’s right, Master Xue is getting married next month.” Ping’er handed the invitation to Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng didn't look at it and casually put it aside.

"Go and prepare a generous gift. Also, ask the Second Madam if our family should go and help. Although the Xue family has been in the capital for several years, they don't have much of a foundation. If we make a mess of things and lose face, it will upset the Second Madam, and our family will also lose face."

Ping'er should be right.

At this moment, Zhou Rui's wife came forward and presented the box. She was happy to hear what the Second Mistress said, after all, the Second Mistress was relieving the Second Mistress's worries. As the Second Mistress's servant, she should be very grateful to Wang Xifeng.

"Second Madam, this was sent over by Madam Xue. She said it was made of gauze and twelve different kinds of palace flowers. They were made very meticulously and were no different from the real ones."

Upon hearing that it was such a thing, Daiyu refused to listen to it and went straight to Jinpingteng with the scroll to look at it.

She had plenty of such things. Every time she entered the palace, the Empress would give her a pile to choose from, including piles of gauze and piles of various other materials.

Although Daiyu didn't wear many flowers normally, she could wear two every day for a year without wearing the same one twice.

Moreover, she also gave many of them to her classmates and sisters. For example, Sanchun in front of her has a lot of palace flowers given to her by Daiyu.

Having seen so many, the palace flowers sent by the Xue family seemed rather ordinary, quite different from those sent by the Lin family.

What Daiyu gave them were the finest of the finest, without even the slightest flaw.

Sanchun reluctantly chose a pair for each of them, deciding to give them to her maids to wear when they returned home.

The rest of Zhou Rui's things were given to Wang Xifeng. No sooner had Zhou Rui's wife left than Wang Xifeng had the things sent to Qiao Jie'er to play with.

"Whose daughter is that idiot Xue messing with?"

"I heard it's the Xia family of Guihua, also a royal merchant family, but their scale is much smaller than the Xue family's."

"What is the daughter's character like?"

With nothing else to do, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but inquire about gossip.

Ping'er's expression turned somewhat strange.

So Wang Xifeng dismissed everyone and let Ping'er sit down and answer the questions directly.

Since Xue Baochai donated 50,000 taels of silver to the girls' academy, her horizons have broadened considerably, which has somewhat reversed the Xue family's impending doom.

Seeing that the income was good this year and there were no messy things at home, Aunt Xue finally remembered to arrange a marriage for Xue Pan.

Aunt Xue dared not hope to marry a noblewoman from a high-ranking family in the capital, so she focused her attention on large merchants and imperial merchant families.

After all, their family is also a royal merchant. Royal merchants marrying each other is the best match, and neither should look down on the other!

Little did she know that while she was choosing others, they were also choosing her.

Given Xue Pan's past bad reputation, how could any decent family's daughter be willing to marry him?

So in the end, Xue Pan married a woman from the Xia family, a royal merchant family that supplied osmanthus flowers to the palace.

The necessary rituals were completed a few days ago, and the auspicious date is next month.

It's not too early for the Xue family to send out invitations now.

"So it was her house after all!" Wang Xifeng gritted her teeth and snorted.

She did indeed have dealings with this family.

However, it wasn't a pleasant experience.

"You can go to the wedding banquet for me. I'm heavily pregnant and it's not appropriate for me to be there."

She instructed Ping'er, since she had always handled things this way at many banquets in the past.

As Wang Xifeng was recalling what Yuan Hongqu had explained to her, she suddenly realized that this Xia family's osmanthus was really not a good thing.

The shopkeeper had gone to do business with the Xia family, but the Xia family's daughter kept interfering and pointing fingers from the sidelines.

What was even more unexpected was that Xia Guihua ruined the lucrative business that was offered to them.

In the end, the Xia family only received one sentence:

"Your daughter Guihua is too capable; our household dares not do business with your family anymore."

No matter how many times the Xia family came to apologize, they ignored them.

When things got out of hand, Wang Xifeng immediately sent someone to report to the Jingzhao Prefecture that someone was making a huge fuss and disturbing the official residence.

The Xia family was imprisoned twice before they finally behaved themselves.