April in Yanjing is warm and windy. It rains occasionally, but it is not like Yuhang, where the rain keeps falling and the air is filled with moisture. After the rain, it will be sunny soon, the sky is blue, and the air is filled with the fragrance of grass and trees, which is particularly fresh.

Eleventh Lady took a deep breath and felt as if she was relaxing in the air.

It has been more than a year since Yuanniang passed away, and Wuniang's marriage was brought up again. The first wife was still reserved and wanted to delay it for a while, but the first master was very unhappy: "Wuniang is so old this year, are you going to let her stay at home as an old maid?"

Mrs. Huang was delighted to hear this and came to Luo's house for three consecutive days.

The first wife felt honored and relented, and Wu Niang's wedding date was set for April 28th.

Today is April 27th, the fourth year of Yonghe, the day to prepare Wu Niang's dowry.

"Miss, Miss, the Third Madam is here. She asked about you, and the eldest grandmother asked you to go and say hello." Qiuju ran in, "Fifth Master and Sixth Master are here too!"

"I understand!" Eleventh Lady smiled and followed Qiu Ju to the main courtyard.

The Third Wife was talking to the Great Wife in front of the hanging flower gate. When she got closer, she found two little boys outside the hanging flower gate where Wu Niang's dowry was piled. One was sitting on the toilet, and the other was hugging a bed curtain tightly, shouting, "... This is mine. If the Fifth Brother-in-law doesn't pay, you can't take it away."

The two of them made everyone laugh.

Who else but Luo Zhenkai and Luo Zhenyu could be so naughty?

Last May, the third master was dismissed from his post as the provincial education commissioner of Sichuan. The third wife had just hired a teacher named Zhao as a tutor for Luo Zhenkai and Luo Zhenyu. Fearing that this would affect their studies, she stayed in Yenching.

Eleventh Lady stepped forward and saluted the Third Madam: "Third Aunt, you are here."

The third wife looked at her and said, "You have grown taller and become more beautiful!"

Eleventh Lady smiled generously and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Third Aunt."

The Third Wife smiled and asked the Great Grandma, "When will the Fifth Uncle send someone to pick up the dowry?"

The grandmother smiled and said, "It is an auspicious time."

The Third Madam looked up at the sky and said, "It looks like we're almost there... Fortunately I'm not late."

Before she finished her words, the concierge shouted, "Third Master, Fourth Uncle, Third Madam, and Fourth Aunt are here to congratulate you!"

The Third Madam frowned when she heard this: "Your Second Aunt is not coming back?"

Last June, the Second Master took up the post of Shandong's political advisor, and the Second Wife took Qi Niang to take up the post, leaving the Third Master and Third Wife in Yanjing. The First Wife sneered when she found out, "Is she afraid that I will move to Laojuntang Hutong? She should think about how to get her son into school instead of wasting time on this!"

Last year, Luo Zhenda took the boy's exam and failed again.

The master was a little impatient when he heard this: "Why don't you just take care of your own business? Why are you worrying so much?"

After the incident with the ground brocade, the master beat Luo Zhensheng severely, and the bamboo stick, which was two fingers wide, broke abruptly. If Wu Niang hadn't rushed to beg for mercy, Luo Zhensheng would have died. He lay in a coma for more than half a month before he woke up. Even so, the master was still upset, and asked Wu Xiaoquan to send him back to Yuhang before the summer was over. Wu Niang was worried about Luo Zhensheng's injury throughout the second half of the year, and wrote a letter every ten days to ask about his injury. I don't know if it was because the beating was too severe, or because he had to go back to Yuhang halfway, Luo Zhensheng couldn't walk until mid-March this year. Because of this, Wu Niang got married, and the third concubine was unable to come.

"They said they would come in the next two days." Shandong is not far from Yanjing. When the first wife wrote to the second wife to tell her the date of Wu Niang's wedding, the second wife had said she would come back. For some reason, there is still no sign of her. The eldest grandmother replied with a smile.

The Third Madam was about to say something, but when she saw Third Grandma and Fourth Niang, her two sisters-in-law, come in, she smiled and swallowed her words.

After everyone greeted each other and said a few polite words, the grandmother invited the three of them to a nearby room for tea.

There was the sound of gongs and drums outside.

Someone shouted, "The son-in-law is here to move the tent!"

Some older women stood on the steps in front of the hanging flower gate to watch the fun.

Luo Zhenxing, Luo Zhenda, and Yu Yiqing blocked the door: "Give me the red envelope, give me the red envelope."

Luo Zhenxing passed the exam to become a scholar-official and had to study in the Imperial Academy for three years. Although the master was still waiting for a vacancy, he was no longer as anxious as before. Instead, he was a bit more relaxed, like a sojourner in Beijing. Today he went to a poetry meeting, tomorrow he went to see the mountain scenery, and he lived a very comfortable life.

Someone knocked on the door outside and said, "Open the door and I'll give you a red envelope!"

Luo Zhenyu and Luo Zhenkai couldn't leave, and they were anxious and angry, shouting at the top of their lungs: "I still have mine, I still have mine."

Everyone in the yard laughed and it was very lively.

After finally knocking on the door, the matchmaker came in, said some auspicious words, and gave a red envelope. Amid laughter, the Qian family's porters filed away with the dowry.

The eldest grandmother went to Qian Ming's place as the bridesmaid to make the bed for Wu Niang.

Looking at the empty yard, Eleventh Lady couldn't help feeling a little lonely.

The Wang family has come to discuss marriage several times. From the tone of the eldest wife, she will set a date for the engagement with the Wang family after Wu Niang marries.

It really proves the saying "Glass is easily broken and colorful clouds are easily dispersed".

I'm afraid the three sisters will go their separate ways.

However, I heard that Wang Lang got a job in the Imperial Guards last September. Although he had several fights due to quarrels, he was still able to report for duty every day... Maybe his temper would be better as he gets older.

Eleventh Lady couldn't help but think like an ostrich.

It's always a good thing for sisters to marry well.

Like Si Niang, her fourth brother-in-law Yu Yiqing worked as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy. After a few days, he was appreciated by the emperor and it was said that he often called him to listen to his lectures on the "Book of Changes".

A little maid came to report to her: "Miss Eleven, the feast is about to begin!"

Eleventh Lady returned to her room.

When she ran into Ziwei, she looked like she had found a life-saving straw: "Miss Eleven, our young lady has been asking why you haven't come back yet?"

Eleventh Lady was slightly startled: "Fifth Sister is looking for me?"

"Yes!" Ziwei nodded.

Eleventh Lady went to Fifth Lady's place.

The eldest wife sent all the things she used on a daily basis to Qian Ming along with her dowry. The room seemed a little empty, but the wedding dress with a bright red background and golden phoenix embroidery hanging on the black lacquered wooden hanger was shining brightly and was very dazzling.

Wu Niang was originally sitting upright on the kang, but when she saw Shiyi Niang, she actually got off the kang.

She grabbed Eleventh Lady's hand and said, "Where have you been? Why didn't you go back to the house for lunch?"

"I was just about to come back for lunch!" Eleventh Lady had just answered when Fifth Lady started to talk nonstop: "...I waited for you for a long time at noon but didn't see you. What did you eat for lunch? The kitchen sent me a dish of yellow croaker with snow vegetable, a dish of shrimp with Longjing tea, a dish of shredded mullet with chicken, and a dish of Chinese cabbage with ginger sauce...I don't know which chef they hired, the yellow croaker was not fresh, the shrimp was overcooked, the mullet looked like wax, and the Chinese cabbage was not tender..."

All in all, lots of complaints!

Eleventh Lady suddenly understood.

Wu Niang, I'm scared!

Marrying a stranger, marrying into a strange place, starting a new life with a new identity... Who can be completely calm?

She couldn't help but hold Wu Niang's hand tightly, trying to comfort her in this way.

"...I don't know if houses in Yanjing are expensive. Renting a house is always a problem. Who is like me? Once I get married, I will have to worry about food and clothing. I don't know how my fourth brother is doing now? How did he become so confused! He was actually bewitched by the ground brocade. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to go back to Yuhang. When I get married, he can still send me off!"

As Wu Niang spoke, she began to sob.

Shiyi Niang knew that she just wanted to vent her worries, so she thought it was a good thing to see her cry. She called a maid to get her some water to wash her face.

After washing her face, Wu Niang felt much better.

"Shi Niang locks herself up at home every day, and I don't know what she is doing?" She said, "I am getting married, and she doesn't even come to see me. We are sisters after all. Even if we have a deep hatred, she is not normal for the sake of dividing things..."

Over the past year, Shi Niang never paid attention to anything, and she had a tendency to do whatever she wanted. I don't know if it was because the first wife had already thought of a way to treat Shi Niang, and she had an uneasy tolerance for Shi Niang. For example, the last time Miss Gan invited them to enjoy the snow, the first wife kept her and let Shi Niang go. So much so that Miss Gan wrote to ask her if the first wife didn't let her show up in public because she was going to marry into the Xu family.

Only then did Eleventh Lady know what Yuanniang said before she died.

Judging from the tone of the Seventh Miss Gan, not only did she know about the agreement between the Xu and Luo families, but even the meritorious families in Yanjing had spread the news, and everyone was waiting to see when the Xu family would go to the Luo family to propose marriage.

Last May, the emperor went to the northwest to fight. At first, he used Jiang Feiyun, the Grand Commander of the Five Military Commandery. As a result, the war situation was unfavorable in July. Despite the opposition of the ministers, the emperor temporarily changed the generals and appointed Xu Lingyi as the General of the Western Expedition to preside over the war in the northwest. It was not until October that good news came. The war lasted until March this year. Although there were frequent victories, it seemed that there were also a lot of casualties. The censor also impeached Xu Lingyi for his ineffective military supervision. Although the emperor kept it in his heart and did not send it out, Shiyi Niang was always a little worried.

She hopes Xu Lingyi can return safely.

After all, she had already said that she was going to marry into the Xu family. If something unexpected happened at that time, she didn't know what would be waiting for her.

Thinking of this, Eleventh Lady couldn't help but sigh.

The eldest wife said nothing to her.

However, she was asked to do a lot of sewing. Including the dowry that was originally said to be made for Wu Niang, all of it was put into her box. It was just said that she was slow at making it, so Wu Niang's dowry was entrusted to the sewing team.

It looks like it was prepared in advance...

Amber watched Wu Niang and Shiyi Niang talking endlessly, so she had no choice but to rush in and said with a smile: "Miss Shiyi, do you want to bring the food over here?"

Wu Niang was shocked to realize that Shiyi Niang hadn't eaten yet. She hurriedly said, "Then go eat!"

Only then was Eleventh Lady able to escape.

After returning to the house and taking just two bites of food, a little maid said, "Miss Eleven, the third wife of the Xu residence is here. The eldest wife wants you to come over!"

Eleventh Lady couldn't help but frown.

A few days ago, when the wife's birthday came, the first wife wanted her to go with her, but she pretended to be uncomfortable and declined. Unexpectedly, the third wife came for Wu Niang's wedding, and the first wife arranged for her to meet the guests.

Are you being too eager?

Although she was somewhat reluctant, the maid kept asking her, so she thought about it and decided to go anyway.

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