Two days later, the Jiang family sent people to the Wei Mansion.
The wife of the Marquis of Lin'an did not come, and only sent a steward.
This shows how dissatisfied she is with this marriage.
Yuan Zhao was not annoyed.
If she was wholeheartedly on the side of the Wei family, she would naturally feel ashamed.
But now Yuan Zhao is Yuan Zhao, and the Wei Mansion is the Wei Mansion. What does face mean? She is eager for someone to come and make the Wei family unhappy.
Yuan Zhaohe, the manager, chose the nearest auspicious day, the twelfth day of the first lunar month, with only a few days left.
But she didn't want to delay any longer, fearing that something might happen, so she just wanted to marry Wei Wanxue off as soon as possible to sever her connection with the Shen family.
Anyway, Wei Shaoqing has sent back a message that it won’t be a big deal and a few days will be enough.
Ever since Wei Wanxue returned from the Chen residence that day, Wei Shaoqing had people lock her up in the yard and not allow her to go out. He only sent the palace doctor to treat her chest wound.
The old lady cursed in Songyan Hall for several days.
She scolded the wife of the Marquis of Lin'an for bullying others by taking advantage of her power, scolded Jiang Liu for destroying her daughter's innocence, and scolded the Chen family for not holding a birthday banquet...
Everyone in Yangzhou was cursing him.
Of course, the main target of the criticism was Yuan Zhao.
When Biyun relayed those dirty words to Yuan Zhao, Yuan Zhao just smiled and asked, "How is Wei Wanxue's dowry preparation going?"
"The old lady is trying to gather the money, but she doesn't have much left. She went to the provincial capital to ask the prince consort, and he gave her some. I think he also went to Xingyu Lane..."
Yuan Zhaoqing counted the land deeds in his hand, took out one, and put it together with the others into another box and handed it to Gan Tang.
"Gan Tang, send this to Song Yan Tang and tell them that I, your sister-in-law, added it to Wei Wanxue's dowry."
Gan Tang took the land deed and said with some dissatisfaction, "Your Highness, Wei Wanxue is deliberately trying to harm you. Should we still give her a dowry?"
Yuan Zhao looked at the box and smiled meaningfully, "These land deeds are worthless. The farm and the shop are both running at a loss. The only valuable house in the capital is already dirty. I don't want it anymore."
Gan Tang understood and went to Songyan Hall with the box.
When the old lady heard that the man was coming to add to her dowry, she stopped cursing.
"Old Madam, this is the dowry sent by our Highness Gu Nian and Miss Wanxue as a token of their love. It consists of deeds to shops, farms, and houses."
Gan Tang did not specifically mention the house in the capital, and Yuan Zhao also stuffed the title deed of that house among a pile of deeds.
The old lady opened the box and rummaged through it.
A light appeared in her cloudy eyes. Everything in Yuan Zhao's hands was naturally good!
Although the old lady only recognized a few words: shop, farm, paddy field, house... but she knew that everything Yuan Zhao gave must be good.
She suppressed the joy in her heart and wanted to ask Yuan Zhao for it, but she didn't expect her to be so obedient.
It seems that Shaoqing has coaxed this bitch into submission again.
She happily put the box away, and Gan Tang continued, "Your Highness has been supporting himself to help Miss Wanxue with chores for the past two days. He has been exhausted in recent days and is not feeling well. I'm afraid he can't see Miss Wanxue off, so I'm asking the old lady to take care of the remaining matters."
The old lady waved her hand.
Two days ago, Bai Ruyue asked her to increase the dosage of medicinal ingredients in Yuan Zhao's tonic.
It's normal for her to be in poor health.
…
Wei Wanxue was quickly sent to the Jiang family in a sedan chair. The injury she suffered from being kicked by Wei Shaoqing on the day she was sent to the Jiang residence had not yet fully healed.
The Jiang Mansion simply hung a red silk ribbon, and there was no other sign of a wedding.
On the night of taking in a concubine, it was said that Jiang Liu slept with the maid who had been in the room before.
Two days later, the wife of the Marquis of Lin'an left Yangzhou with Jiang Liu and others.
The farce in Yangzhou City finally came to an end.
Wei Shaoqing hasn't returned to the Wei Mansion for some time, but he hasn't been to Xingyu Lane very often either.
Because there were several heavy snowfalls at the end of the first lunar month, the snow disaster in the entire state became more serious.
One day, Wei Shaoqing hurried back home, saying that the disaster outside the city was serious and he needed to go out of the city to provide disaster relief.
After all, Wei Shaoqing is the prefect of a state, and Yuan Zhao's father has always paid attention to people's livelihood. If disaster relief is not in place, he will not be able to escape responsibility even if he is the son-in-law of the emperor.
What's more, not all officials under Yangzhou Prefecture are obedient. If Wei Shaoqing makes a mistake, he will easily be caught.
Therefore, he personally handled all the matters related to this snow disaster.
The old lady and Yuan Zhao escorted Wei Shaoqing out of the house together.
As soon as Wei Shaoqing left, Yuan Zhao asked Gan Tang to spread the news that the snow disaster was serious and that she, as a princess, had to go to the Big Buddha Temple to pray in person.
As for the old lady, she didn't notify anyone at all, but just spread the rumor throughout the city.
After Yuan Zhao spent all his family wealth on disaster relief last time, he also prayed in person. The people in the city were extremely respectful to Yuan Zhao.
Yuan Zhao had been taught by his father and brothers since he was young, so he naturally knew what the people wanted.
When the old lady found out, Fengqiyuan was already empty.
Even Yuan Musheng and Yuan Nan'an were taken to the Big Buddha Temple by Yuan Zhao.
The group of people was so large that they naturally could not escape the sight of Xingyu Lane.
Bai Ruyue felt strange when she heard the old lady say that even Yuan Musheng had gone to the Big Buddha Temple.
Hasn’t Yuan Musheng been locking himself up in Jingsi Pavilion and never going out?
Why were you taken to the Big Buddha Temple this time?
Bai Ruyue felt panic rising in her heart: Could it be that Yuan Musheng is getting better?
But Wei Tianci didn't care.
"Mom, if we can destroy Yuan Musheng once, we can destroy him a second time."
Wei Jiaojiao beside her didn't take it to heart at all. She snuggled in Wei Tianci's arms, not worried at all.
Ever since she discovered that her thoughts could bring bad luck to others at Chen's house last time, she realized this unusual thing about herself.
It seemed that as long as she cursed someone, the curse would come true.
Last time, she cursed Madam Yuan to be crushed to death, and the wooden stick fell down without any warning.
Although no one was hit, maybe I was not very skilled because it was my first time using it.
She has conducted several experiments near Xingyu Lane in the past few days.
Curse the old man carrying the shoulder pole and make him fall down on the ground.
Curse the old woman so that bird droppings will fall on the buns she sells.
Curse the little beggar at the street corner and let him be trampled by the mad horse pulling the cart.
…
It was fulfilled accurately every time.
Not only that, she has been having dreams intermittently these days.
In the dream, she grew up, lived in the Wei Mansion, and became the eldest daughter of the Wei Mansion...
With such ability, would she still be afraid of Yuan Zhao's family?
Thinking of this, she shrank back into her eldest brother's arms, raising an innocent face.
Bai Ruyue was still worried and kept nagging, "Your father hasn't been coming to Xingyu Lane often these days. I wonder if he's been seduced by that bitch Yuan Zhao again!"
After what happened last time at the Chen Mansion, Bai Ruyue always felt that Wei Shaoqing had some resentment towards her.
When he came back, he blamed her for being the first to take action that day. It was only after she had done everything she could that night that he was satisfied.
Wei Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows and comforted her:
"Don't worry, mother. If you don't like Yuan Zhao, I'll let her beloved little son suffer!"
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