Bai Wanyi really enjoyed this feeling. She smiled and nodded all the way, feeling like she was walking on the red carpet. It would have been even more perfect if she had a dress and some flash lights.
Bai Wanyi was feeling regretful, but when he looked up, he saw a crowd of people in the room in front of him. Why could he see it so clearly?
Isn’t it because of the two huge glazed tiles inlaid on the windows?
The translucent colored glaze allowed people outside to see the people in the house clearly. Bai Wanyi turned his head and saw that the three main rooms in Ci'an Courtyard had windows on both sides with large pieces of colored glaze.
The side rooms on the left and right were also replaced with large glazed windows. The Ci'an Courtyard alone used six sides of glazed glass!
She was furious and pointed at the window and shouted, "What is this! Tell me what this is!"
Everyone in the yard looked sideways. Is this the new wife that the Marquis married?
Lu Yan didn't expect Bai Wanyi to react so strongly. He said, "We're going to recognize our relatives today, why are you so crazy?"
"I'm crazy? How funny! I haven't even settled accounts with you yet, and you're calling me crazy?" Bai Wanyi just found it funny. "I became a joke yesterday. Your ex-wife, you pointed at that shabby greenhouse and laughed at me. You don't even know how much I wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into! Not to mention what kind of greenhouse I want, you didn't even make Yangshilei's look hot. I thought colored glass was fragile, but now only four of the ten sides are left. Wow, it's not broken, it's broken!"
Lu Yan said impatiently, "Why are you making such a fuss? This is Grandmother's courtyard. If we have good things, we should give them to Grandmother."
Bai Wanyi waved his hand and left: "Then you can live with your grandmother!"
"Come back here!" Lu Yan grabbed Bai Wanyi's hand. "Today is the day for the recognition of your relationship. You must complete the process and don't embarrass me!"
Bai Wanyi glanced at the younger relatives in the yard. As soon as they met her gaze, they turned away. They all depended on the Pingyang Marquis Mansion for their livelihood, and they couldn't embarrass the couple at this moment.
Bai Wanyi couldn't suppress the anger in her heart at all. She looked at the group of people in the main room, and then at Lu Yan's expression. She knew that if she continued to make trouble, there would be no good result, so she had to grit her teeth. A gentleman's revenge is never too late!
She suppressed her anger, raised her eyes and glared at him, pretending to be angry and said, "Then give me a few more things."
These items naturally refer to the dowry from Lu Yan's mother.
Lu Yan loosened his grip on Bai Wanyi's hand, then tightened it again, forcing a smile as he said, "It will all be yours sooner or later. Just take whatever you like."
Seeing that he was easy to talk to, Bai Wanyi turned his eyes and continued, "I need to replace the people in the main courtyard. They are not convenient for me."
Lu Yan had always employed those people, and after she left, the second and third-rank maids were directly promoted, so she agreed: "You will be the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion in the future, and you can handle the arrangements made by the servants."
Bai Wanyi was satisfied and walked into the house with a smile on his face.
The originally spacious room was now filled with a crowd of people, making it seem extremely crowded.
Not to mention Lu Yan's uncles, aunts, and cousins, even his half-born brothers and sisters number more than twenty.
In the past, Bai Wanyi only knew that the Pingyang Marquis Mansion had a large population, but now she had a more concrete understanding. She couldn't help but take a step back and hold Lu Yan's hand.
Lu Yan squeezed her palm and walked forward with Bai Wanyi: "Grandma, your grandson and his wife are here to pay their respects to you."
"Okay, okay." Old Madam Lu nodded kindly, looking very happy, as if the dispute between the newlyweds in the yard just now did not exist. However, she asked the maid to put away the set of headgear she had prepared.
The maid placed cattails and bamboo mats and brought tea.
Bai Wanyi and Lu Yan knelt down and offered tea.
Old Lady Lu drank the tea, took out a red envelope and handed it to Bai Wanyi, and also gave Ping'er a gift.
Bai Wanyi took it and felt it was light and fluffy. It should be a banknote.
She was happily preparing to get up when she heard her second uncle ask, "Brother Yan's wife, didn't you prepare anything?"
Bai Wanyi was stunned: "What are you preparing?"
Second Aunt said with a smile: "When a new bride comes home, she should prepare clothes, shoes and socks for the elders to show her filial piety. It doesn't matter if you can't make them yourself. The maids and servants have already made them, and you can embroider a few stitches to show your gratitude."
Third Aunt agreed and said, "When Qin came home, she not only made a set of clothes for my mother-in-law and sister-in-law, but also made purses, shoes and socks for us. She made them all by herself, without asking anyone else. You grew up in the border area and don't know the customs in our capital, but you should have asked. The marriage was set in a hurry, so we won't blame you for not having enough time, but you didn't even have the slightest preparation. This..."
Everyone looked at Bai Wanyi with clear intentions, but she felt both ashamed and angry. "I married Brother Yan because of love. I love him, so I am willing to bear children for him and take care of the household, but that doesn't mean I have an obligation to respect his family."
"My filial piety is because I'm sensible, not because it's my duty. To put it nicely, these things are etiquette, but to put it bluntly, they're oppression of the bride. What does preparing them represent? It represents her obedience. It's impossible for you to expect me and Qin Wan to obey you like that!"
Qin Wan?
Second Aunt and Third Aunt looked at each other in disbelief.
Second Aunt frowned. "Who taught you to call people by their first names? If you don't like her, you can call her Qin. Calling her by her first name is tantamount to insulting her. Insulting someone in public is really unbecoming!"
Bai Wanyi rolled his eyes and was about to say something else, but Lu Yan grabbed his wrist and stopped him.
Lu Yan said, "I didn't tell Wanyi about this. It was my negligence. Grandma, uncle and aunt, please don't be angry."
Seeing that she had almost finished suppressing him, Old Lady Lu tried to smooth things over: "Alright, it's a happy day, let's forget about the minor details. Bai, go and serve tea to your uncle and aunt."
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