Not long after eating the Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings, someone from the Wang family came to propose marriage.

There were thirty-six loads of clothes, betrothal gifts, geese, wine, and tea, which attracted all the neighbors to come out to watch. The eldest wife felt very proud and returned with shoes, socks, and clothes for the groom and the father-in-law.

When the second wife came back from Shandong for a drink, the third wife couldn't help but sigh with her: "...Xingge is a scholar, one son-in-law is a juren, and the other son-in-law is the prince of the Duke's Mansion. The eldest sister-in-law is really lucky."

The second wife couldn't help but laugh when she heard this and said, "Our seventh daughter's marriage is not bad. Nine out of ten acres of land in Gaoqing belong to the Zhu family, and seven out of ten shops belong to the Zhu family. Although the mother-in-law is Mr. Zhu's biological mother, she was promoted from a concubine, so she has no confidence in what she says, and she doesn't have any sisters-in-law. It's a good family that's hard to find even with a lantern."

The third wife couldn't help but curl her lips.

The second house is short-sighted. Money is dead, but talent is alive. For a family like theirs, if they don't produce a Jinshi, no matter how much wealth they have, it will gradually decline!

But she also knew that her second sister-in-law was very strong-willed. Saying this would only offend her. Besides, Qi Niang's marriage had already been decided...

She smiled and invited the Second Wife to go see Shi Niang: "...I heard that no one wants to see her! Girls really change a lot when they grow up. Even someone who is fearless like that has become shy."

The second wife smiled and nodded, said hello to the first wife who was busy entertaining guests, and went to the backyard with the third wife.

On the way, she whispered to the Third Wife, "There are some things I can't ask my eldest sister-in-law. I heard that Eleventh Lady is going to marry the Marquis. Is it true?"

"Even you heard about it!" This is tantamount to a disguised admission.

"What's going on?" The second wife stopped and talked to the third wife standing on the corridor. "Why didn't anyone tell me? I heard it from our master. The queen mother said that she wanted to marry the eldest daughter of the Yang family of Jianning Marquis to the marquis, but the Xu family said that they had already been engaged to our eleventh lady. The master was very anxious at the time. He didn't know how it got to our family. He was afraid that our family would be dragged down by this matter. He was about to write a letter to ask my uncle, but then he heard that there was no such thing. It was the emperor who wanted to marry the eldest daughter of the Yang family of Jianning Marquis to the third young master of the Tang family of Zhongshan Marquis. There was a lot of talk left and right, but there was no definite news. This time when I came back, the master also specifically asked me to ask my eldest sister-in-law what was going on!"

The Third Wife told the Second Wife what she had heard: "…It was said that the eldest daughter of the Yang family of Jianning Marquis was getting old, and the Empress Dowager was afraid that they couldn't find a suitable one, so she wanted to bring the Yang family and the Xu family together. Somehow, the Emperor found out about it. He said that although the eldest daughter of the Yang family was getting old, she didn't need to be a successor. So he asked the clan officials to keep an eye on her. The clan officials recommended Tang Shaohua, the third young master of the Zhongshan Marquis family. The Emperor liked her at first sight and granted her marriage on the spot. At first, he liked the Marquis, but later he wanted her to marry into the Tang family. Naturally, the Jianning Marquis family spread rumors that this was not the case at all!"

"So that's what's going on!" The Second Wife suddenly realized and said worriedly, "Then our Eleventh Lady and the Marquis..."

The Third Madam smiled and hid her sleeves. "I asked my eldest sister-in-law last time when I came to give her a Dragon Boat Festival gift. She said that because of the matter of the Marquis of Jianning, she didn't make a big fuss about it. However, she has already agreed with the Xu family that it will be decided on May 26th. We will then decide on the wedding date."

The second wife was stunned: "In this case, the Marquis has become the son-in-law of the eldest wife again!" Her tone was a little sour.

The Third Wife laughed and said, "I wonder if I should call the Marquis the eldest uncle or the eleventh uncle when I meet him in the future?"

The Second Wife did not find this funny. She grumbled a few times and went to the West Wing with the Third Wife to see the married Tenth Niang.

Shi Niang's room was deserted. Only the maid Yin Ping and a small maid were packing things quietly. Seeing the Second and Third Wives, she hurriedly came over with a smile. She was wearing her usual pomegranate red jacket and leaning on the bed reading a book. Shi Niang just nodded.

Everyone in the family knew that she had a strange personality, so they didn't take it seriously. The Second Wife even held Shi Niang's hand and talked for a long time: "... Originally, we were planning to make the decision in the fall, but who knew that the Zhu family seemed to be afraid that our Qi Niang would run away, and the matchmaker came to the door every day, and I really had no choice but to agree to discuss the matter after returning home."

The third wife listened and laughed, "A family with a daughter is sought after by thousands of families. This is a good thing."

The Second Wife sighed as if she was annoyed, "I have no choice." Then she said to Shi Niang, "Your Seventh Sister is busy with needlework and can't come. She asked me to bring you a pair of pillows she embroidered by hand as a gift. I hope you don't mind."

Shi Niang said with a cold face: "I've never heard of anyone being so busy with needlework that he or she doesn't even have time to visit relatives." There was a strong sense of mockery in her tone.

Because she is a girl who is about to get married, she doesn't walk around... I didn't expect Shi Niang to say such a thing. She herself is also a woman who is about to get married, doesn't she know the rules?

The Second Wife was so angry that her face turned blue. She stood up immediately and said, "Seventh Lady also asked me to bring a letter to Eleventh Lady." Then she went to Eleventh Lady's place.

Eleventh Lady was wearing a plain lake-colored jacket and was sitting on the kang by the window doing needlework. When she saw the two aunts coming, she went forward to welcome them to sit on the kang and asked Amber to brew some fine Longjing tea.

"Why didn't Seventh Sister come with you?"

The second wife repeated the reason why Qi Niang didn't come.

Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "...I'll go see Seventh Sister when the time comes."

Only then did the second wife feel a little better.

The three of them exchanged greetings for a moment, and the Second Wife handed the letter to Eleventh Lady, and returned to the main courtyard with the Third Wife.

Shiyi Niang opened the letter and found that it was from Qi Niang who wanted her to help make two sets of men's gowns. She also said that the people in the Shandong needlework team were very stupid and she was not satisfied with several sets. After thinking about it, she could only ask Shiyi Niang for help.

Eleventh Lady couldn't help but laugh.

Qi Niang wanted her to help make clothes as a return gift to Zhu Anping, right?

Looking at the joy revealed between the lines of Qinnan's writing, she felt much better.

When Wu Niang got married, the family was bustling with activity. Wu Niang often showed a shyness in fear of losing something. Her joy of getting married made people smile. As for Shi Niang, not only did she not have the joy of a newlywed, she even acted as if nothing had to do with her.

When she bought a maid and asked her to look at her, she didn't even look at her. When she asked someone to make her clothes, she ignored him and continued to lie down and read. When she asked someone to make jewelry, she said "whatever" and shut the old auspicious person out.

The first wife is busy preparing for the banquet. We can't let her take care of everything, can we?

Mother Xu had no choice but to help her choose a maid, took out some old clothes to measure her size, and made jewelry for her...

When the things were handed to her, she only said "How ugly", which made the usually smiling mother Xu so angry that her veins popped out, and also discouraged those who helped her prepare for the wedding.

On the day of her wedding, she slept until the sun was high in the sky and could not get up. Mother Xu did not care about that and pulled Shi Niang up.

Shi Niang didn't care and had her hair combed. She put on her wedding dress and leaned on the pillow to read a book.

Mother Xu advised her: "Wait and see."

She raised her eyes and gave Mother Xu a cold look: "Hasn't the bridal sedan arrived yet? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Mother Xu was speechless.

Wu Niang, who came to accompany Shi Niang, couldn't help but pull Shiyi Niang's hand: "She wants to be alone, it seems that we have to help her!"

Last night, Wu Niang went to congratulate Shi Niang, but Shi Niang closed the door and refused to open it no matter what Wu Niang said.

You must still be thinking about what happened last night!

Eleventh Lady smiled and took Fifth Lady to her room: "We are sisters, how can Fifth Sister know what kind of personality she has?"

Wu Niang finally calmed down a little after she found a way out.

As the two were talking, the sedan chair carrying the bride from the Wang family arrived.

Seeing Wu Niang's curious face, Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "Fifth Sister, go and take a look! Come back and tell me about it."

She is now a married woman and is much freer than Eleventh Lady.

She hesitated for a moment and said, "Is it okay for you to be here alone?"

"What's the big deal!" Eleventh Lady laughed, "With so many maids in this room, are you worried that I'll be thirsty or hungry?"

Wu Niang laughed when she heard this, said a few polite words, and went to the main courtyard.

As soon as the groom knocked on the door of Luo's house, Luo Zhenxing, Luo Zhenda and others retreated to the Chuihua Gate, ready to show their power to the new son-in-law.

When Qian Ming saw Wu Niang, he came over with a smile.

"Don't you need to accompany your tenth sister?"

Hearing her husband's concerned tone, Wu Niang smiled: "She is accompanied by Mrs. Quanfu and Mrs. Xi... I came to see the fun."

Qian Ming told her, "Stand on the steps of the main house, so that you won't be squeezed by the people coming to pick up the bride."

"Yeah!" Wu Niang responded, her face turning red.

Yu Yiqing called Qian Ming mischievously: "What are you doing standing among the women? Come and help hold the ladder!"

Everyone in the yard looked over.

Wu Niang's face was so red that blood seemed to drip out.

Although Qian Ming felt a little uncomfortable, he quickly regained his composure: "Today is the day when the new son-in-law comes. Why does my fourth brother-in-law always hold on to me?"

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this.

Some even said: "Prince Wang is the new son-in-law, and you are also the new son-in-law."

This caused another round of laughter.

The people outside banged on the door: "Open the door quickly, open the door quickly, don't miss the auspicious time."

Just as Luo Zhenxing was about to speak, Luo Zhenkai suddenly jumped out from behind him, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and shouted through the door: "You can come in, but I have ten riddles here. If you answer them correctly, you can come in. If you don't answer them correctly, you can't come in." Then he read out the first riddle, "A man without faith cannot stand. Give me one word."

There was a burst of laughter outside, and someone answered, "It's the word '言'."

"Guess this again. Gold, wood, water, and fire." Luo Zhenkai shouted uncomfortably.

"Kan!"

"One side is red, the other side is green; one side loves the wind, the other side loves the rain."

"Autumn!"

…

After a while, all ten riddles were answered.

Someone outside laughed and said, "Why don't you open the door?" There was a hint of arrogance in the tone.

Because the Wang family had answered all the riddles, Luo Zhenkai was so angry that his cheeks were puffed up like a frog. When he heard the other party's smug tone, he almost jumped up.

Luo Zhenyu, who had been following him, saw this and stepped forward, pushed his brother aside, and shouted to the outside of the door: "We will open the door if you answer this question." Without waiting for the other party to agree, he shouted, "Little one, woolen coat, take off the coat to reveal a purple robe, under the robe is a red velvet coat, and there is a baby sleeping in the coat. If you answer this correctly, we will open the door."

Everyone was stunned.

What a riddle this is.

A woman standing next to Wu Niang covered her mouth and laughed when she heard this.

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I don’t know who said that what you think at night is completely different from what you think in the morning. This also applies to my writing. When I wake up in the morning and read what I wrote at night, wow, there are so many mistakes! So I kept revising...(*^__^*) Hehe...