On the day of the wedding, relatives and friends came to give Qin Yuan generous gifts and said many flattering things.
In their past lives, the gifts they gave to Qin Yuan were mostly unintentional, done merely to avoid making things look bad.
Qin Yuan had Hongye and Cuiming make a register, and all of them were registered.
She registered all the meager gifts from her past life and later reciprocated with generous gifts.
In this life, I will naturally live a more dignified life.
Sure enough, her relatives and friends left happily, praising her as a truly blessed person, generous and considerate.
Qin Wan, on the other hand, felt somewhat awkward.
According to Hongye, Qin Wan broke many more pieces of porcelain and even cursed them for looking down on people.
Qin Yuan just took it as a joke.
Two days later, the Marquis of Dingbei's residence sent betrothal gifts, which were placed in Qin Yuan's courtyard, filling it to the brim.
Friends and relatives gathered around to watch, whispering their praises.
Even Qin Yuan, who was used to seeing good things, felt that the Marquis of Dingbei's mansion had gone to great lengths. She wondered if Qin Wan had received just as much in her previous life.
Hongye and Cuiming were so excited they couldn't sleep, while Qin Yuan remained calm and composed.
Hongye said, "Miss, the Marquis's mansion is truly incredibly wealthy. Those gold ingots, those jadeite, that white jade, ah, they really spare no expense."
Cui Ming was also astonished, "Having seen something like this in my life is worth it."
Qin Yuan laughed and said, "This is nothing. The betrothal gifts from the Marquis's mansion are just a drop in the ocean for them. Who would take out all their possessions to get a wife?"
Hongye kept giggling.
Cuiming asked, "What's wrong?"
Hongye said, "I'm so happy to think that such a good day belongs to our young lady. The second young lady always tries to step on the young lady's head, but I never expected that she would stumble on the matter of marriage."
Cui Ming was also in a great mood: "I must go to the temple to pray and add incense oil to the Bodhisattva."
Qin Yuan remained silent.
Both she and Qin Wan knew that it wasn't surprising that this marriage had fallen to her.
When Lord Gu was young, he was engaged to his childhood sweetheart, but before they could get married, the girl died of illness.
Later, when the old Marquis Gu got into trouble, Marquis Gu took over his father's position and fought in the northern frontier for many years, so he couldn't even get married.
When Lord Gu returned to the capital in triumph, he was nearly thirty years old. He brought back a woman and two children, aged seven or eight, from the battlefield. Outsiders were saying that they were Lord Gu's beloved concubine and children, and families of equal social standing were unwilling to marry their daughters into the Marquis's household.
Madam Gu was eager to find a wife for Marquis Gu, and she wanted to marry a daughter from a scholarly family to change the social standing of the family. After considering all the options, the daughter of the Qin family seemed to be the perfect match.
In her past life, Qin Wan caused chaos and estrangement from Lord Gu because of that woman and her two children.
Qin Yuan didn't care about any of that.
She had lived a long life and had long since become indifferent to romantic love.
In her past life, she accompanied Lin Ziqi through difficult times, racking her brains to plan for him. Once they had a little wealth, Lin Ziqi had a house full of wives and concubines.
When she was still a nobody, Lin Ziqi had promised her that he would never let her down. But after Lin Ziqi rose to a high position, he became jealous of her talent. He needed her to manage the household affairs and offer advice, and he also supported his concubines and mistresses to suppress her and make her obey.
He used all his checks and balances on his wife, who had been with him all along, which is truly disheartening.
In the eyes of outsiders, she was the noble and dignified Lady Lin, but inwardly she lived a life of frustration and depression, and her hair turned gray before she was even forty.
All she wants in this life is to live a good life, be open-minded, eat, drink, and have fun, manage her own business well, and do what she wants to do.
For her, the Marquis's mansion was the best choice.
She no longer needs to be burdened by the Lin family, nor does she need to do everything in her power to elevate Lin Ziqi to a high position because of their shared identity as husband and wife.
Lord Gu gave his wife the respect due to his position, so she turned a blind eye to his affairs.
With the status of a Marquis's wife, she had so many things she could do, unlike in her previous life when she had to climb up from humble beginnings step by step.
This was indeed a good marriage, but Qin Wan forced it upon her.
It's very... subtle.
The Lin family's betrothal gifts were not only few in number, but also of poor quality; many of them were just bedding and other household items used to make up the numbers.
After Hongye and Cuiming went to see it, they came back and studied it for a long time.
Qin Yuan listened, realizing that she had received a lot of betrothal gifts in her previous life, and it seemed that Lin Ziqi had spent all his wealth on the betrothal gifts.
After all, Qin Wan is the legitimate daughter.
Unexpectedly, she didn't go to see Qin Wan's betrothal gifts, but Qin Wan did. After reading them, her face turned as dark as ink, and her eyes were filled with undisguised jealousy and hatred.
Qin Yuan's mood improved even more.
She had been worried that the Marquis's family would reduce the betrothal gifts because of the marriage exchange, but it seems that the Marquis's family is not the kind of petty family.
The two decided to get married on the same day.
Back then, Madam Cui whispered in Lin Ziqi's ear, saying that Lin Ziqi's family was poor and Qin Yuan was an illegitimate daughter, so it would be better to hold the wedding banquet on the same day, so that the Lin family would not be embarrassed by having few relatives and a meager dowry.
Qin Jijiu agreed.
Cui's original intention was to use Qin Yuan to complement Qin Wan's high-status marriage, but unexpectedly, it has now become a way to save face for Qin Yuan.
Cui was so angry that she couldn't sleep all night.
Seeing Cui Shi tossing and turning in bed, Qin Jijiu said, "Wan'er is spoiled and pampered by us. It's a great honor for her to marry into the Marquis of Dingbei's household. She definitely won't be able to stand any trouble. Lin Ziqi is my student after all. He's been in the household for so many years. He's a person of excellent character and appearance. We know him well. He wouldn't dare to bully Wan'er. He would only cherish her."
On one hand, Cui resented Qin Yuan for getting such a good marriage, and on the other hand, she resented Qin Wan for marrying down to the poor Lin Ziqi. These days, looking at Qin Yuan's betrothal gifts and then at Qin Wan's betrothal gifts, she vomited blood several times.
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