In short, Xue Qianning is much better off than Lu Xue.
After Lu Xue got married, she still had to face provocations from her stepmother, aunt, sisters and brothers' wives. Although she didn't suffer any losses, seeing so many of them was still annoying.
Unlike Xue Qianning, who has a quiet and unassuming younger brother in her family who is also very reliable and has never suffered any hardship, she is not someone to worry about.
Gu Nian felt that her sister-in-law should be easy to get along with, and she was also good at business. The Li family's business was entirely in her sister-in-law's hands, and her sister-in-law's word was law.
After telling her two younger sisters about it, Gu Xin and Gu Si's eyes lit up: "Sister Xue seems really interesting, we really want to get to know her!"
Gu Nian smiled and said, "I wish. She'll definitely be spending the New Year in Beijing this year, so we'll have plenty of opportunities to meet."
It's snowing in the capital and several surrounding prefectures, and it's been snowing even harder these past few days. People say that a timely snowfall promises a good harvest, so this is a good omen, but it's also tough on travelers.
Because Xue Qianyu was getting married, Xue Qianning had already brought her parents-in-law and husband to the capital. Since there weren't many sisters in her family, she had been managing the household for many years and was also able to help her family with the wedding arrangements for her brother.
However, she had never met her sister-in-law.
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The twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month was the auspicious day for Gu Nian and Xue Qianyu's wedding.
Early in the morning, the servants of the Duke of Chengen's mansion began to shovel snow. In the capital, there were people specifically in charge of shoveling snow, but the people from the Duke of Chengen's mansion still came out, not for any other reason than to ensure that their young master's wedding would go smoothly today.
The Xue family and the Gu family had some acquaintances in common, as well as some acquaintances separately.
The families they knew all ate lunch at the Gu family's house and dinner at the Xue family's house.
Xue Qianyu left home after lunch, which was the time calculated by the Imperial Astronomical Bureau for the groom to go out to fetch his bride.
His wedding procession was mostly made up of military personnel, including several unmarried men such as Peng Erlang, Peng Sanlang, and Peng Silang, as well as Lu Zheng, Xie Nanfeng, and Prince Gaozi, whom he had met in the West—a large and impressive group.
Prince Gaozi, Helian Yi, Prince Shalin, and the others had never seen a wedding celebration in the Great Zhou before. They followed Lu Zheng and the others, dressed in the same Great Zhou attire, riding their horses close behind, experiencing the prosperity of the Great Zhou.
Look at all this snow! Everyone's braved the cold to come out and enjoy the spectacle!
Why aren't you afraid of the cold?
Because they're dressed warmly!
Why are you dressed so warmly?
Because the people have enough food and meat to eat, and their standard of living is good!
Look how wonderful the Great Zhou Dynasty is!
On the Gu family's side, Gu Nian was already dressed up and only needed to have her red veil placed over her head.
And sure enough, she really did get nervous again.
She once heard her college classmate talk about her feelings when she got married. Her classmate said, "What nervousness? That's nonsense. They held their wedding in their hometown and were so busy that they didn't have time to be nervous at all."
Gu Nianzhen thought that was how it was, but when it came to her own turn, she found that it wasn't; she was genuinely nervous.
She didn't have to be busy with anything. Her mother and grandmother were handling the wedding arrangements at the Gu family's side, and her mother-in-law and sister-in-law were handling them at the Xue family's side. These past few days, she'd just been chatting with her girlfriends.
She was now alone in her room; her sisters had all gone outside to wait for her at the door, and she was genuinely nervous.
She started having wild thoughts, and she couldn't think of anything positive, only the worst.
For example, she might feel pain or be embarrassed during their wedding night. What if Xue Qianyu couldn't help but force himself on her?
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