Having achieved her goal, Ye Chaoxi decided to stop while she was ahead and readily agreed to marry into the Marquis's household.
Xie Qinglan's situation in the Marquis's mansion is probably not very good, and these dowries will be very useful in the future.
Because Ye Chaoxi returned suddenly, the aunt had not prepared a dowry for her. So she opened her own private treasury and took out a lot of the silver notes and gold and silver jewelry that she had saved up over the years. She also took half of the dowry that was originally prepared for Ye Muling and added it to Ye Chaoxi's dowry.
Ye Muling was very unhappy about this, but when she thought that Ye Chaoxi would suffer after marrying into the Marquis's mansion, while she would have plenty of these things after marrying Meng Wenjin, she suppressed her dissatisfaction.
Ye Muling and Meng Wenjin's marriage is progressing very smoothly. When the Meng family learned that the Pingchang Marquis's Mansion was going to marry their daughter to Meng Wenjin, they were overjoyed, as if they had been hit by a pie in the sky, and readily agreed to the marriage.
As soon as Meng's mother went out, she announced that her son would marry the daughter of the Earl's family after passing the imperial examination. Meng Wenjin never expected that the Earl of Pingchang would take a liking to him. Didn't this mean that his talent was enough for the Earl's family to think highly of him?
After the two families exchanged betrothal gifts, Ye Muling, seeing that the situation was settled, insisted on getting married on the same day as Ye Chaoxi.
Lady Bo initially disagreed, feeling it was too hasty. But Ye Muling insisted, and Lady Bo eventually relented, thinking that since they were both getting married anyway, marrying on the same day would be a double celebration.
Ye Chaoxi is now at ease waiting to get married.
Of the four people who are about to get married, only one is unhappy.
Inside Tinglan Garden, the entire courtyard was quiet and desolate, with red "double happiness" characters and red lanterns clashing with the cold atmosphere.
The bedroom was dimly lit with the windows closed. Xie Qinglan leaned against the headboard with her eyes closed, a plain-colored thin blanket covering her legs. Her face was much paler than normal, half of her body hidden in the darkness, and her expression was indifferent.
Inside the house, Zhuo Qing was reporting the information he had gathered from outside.
After reporting, Zhuo Qing also found it utterly absurd. The manor had been bustling with activity these past two days, as if preparing for a wedding. He had assumed it was the second young master getting married, but today red ribbons were even hung at Tinglan Garden. He only learned upon inquiring that it was actually the Marquis's wife who was getting a marriage to bring good fortune to her son!
"Young Master, are you really going to marry that girl the Earl's family just found?" Zhuo Qing glanced at Xie Qinglan, whose expression was unreadable, and asked quietly.
Xie Qinglan's expression remained calm and unwavering. "I'm blind and lame now, unable to even get out of bed. It's not up to me to decide who I marry or not."
As Xie Qinglan said this, he suddenly remembered the girl who had saved him in the woods on the outskirts of Beijing that day.
Although he didn't know what she looked like, he could never forget the heavenly voice he heard and the faint fragrance he smelled while he was half-conscious. Just thinking about it made his heart tremble.
When he woke up, he was already on his way back to the capital. When Zhuo Qing found him, he was in a cave, but there was no sign of the woman.
He sent Zhuo Qing back to look for her, but she never saw her again.
Xie Qinglan guessed that she left after saving him.
Because it was a wedding to bring good luck, the wedding preparations were short, and the formalities of betrothal and marriage were just a quick formality. The wedding date was set for a month later.
On the fifth day of the ninth lunar month, the two daughters of the Marquis of Pingchang got married at the same time, attracting many onlookers.
Even more interestingly, one daughter married the blind and lame heir of a marquis's family, while another daughter married an unknown minor scholar.
During the wedding ceremony, Ye Chaoxi felt a wheelchair being pushed to her side.
She felt a little relieved. It seemed that Xie Qinglan wasn't as sick as Ye Muling had said, unable to get out of bed.
Unexpectedly, right after the wedding ceremony, the person in the wheelchair vomited blood, turning even paler than before. The surrounding guests gasped in alarm, and several servants hurriedly carried Xie Qinglan into the bridal chamber and called for a doctor.
Guests around whispered among themselves, "This attempt to bring good luck has even made someone vomit blood. What if the person dies? It could turn a joyous occasion into a funeral."
"I heard that the bride was found by the Marquis of Pingchang from the countryside. If I were the heir of the Marquis of Yongyi, and I married someone from the countryside, I would also be furious."
Ye Chaoxi, "..."
She lifted her veil and glanced expressionlessly at the two people who had just spoken. "If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."
The two men awkwardly shut up.
Ye Chaoxi followed them straight to Tinglan Garden.
The crowd behind her murmured, "Why did the bride lift her veil herself? That doesn't make sense!"
"On your wedding day, your husband vomited blood and fainted. Weren't you worried?"
"However, the bride is truly stunningly beautiful. Which girl in the capital can rival her beauty?"
"I never expected that a girl from a small town could have such an air about her that she's just as elegant as a lady from a prominent family in the capital."
No one noticed that Xie Changyu, the second young master of the Xie family, was staring at the departing figure with a look of infatuation.
The Marquis of Yongyi, who was in charge, calmly stepped forward to appease the guests, but the Marquis's wife next to him did not look so good.
She originally thought Ye Chaoxi, who came from the countryside, would be easy to handle, but she lifted her veil in public and ran to Tinglan Garden. Did she not respect her mother-in-law at all?
She smiled at everyone, "I'll go check on the young master's condition. Let's begin the banquet."
Ye Chaoxi followed them all the way to Tinglan Garden, where the doctor was already waiting.
Several servants helped Xie Qinglan to bed, and the doctor came forward to take his pulse.
Lady Hou rushed over, "How is the young master? Why did he suddenly vomit blood?"
The doctor shook his head. "The young master went blind from poisoning many years ago, and there were still toxins remaining in his body. The injury on his leg was also highly poisonous, and coupled with the stress he had been under for many days, he couldn't hold on any longer and vomited blood."
"All I can do now is prescribe some medicine to protect his heart. As for the rest, I can only leave it to fate. There's nothing I can do about it."
Ye Chaoxi frowned deeply. This shouldn't be happening!
She gave Xie Qinglan two antidote pills, one for internal use and one for external application. The poison in her leg should have been neutralized, so how could it be so serious? Could it be that the antidote pills were fake?!
She squeezed to the front, saying, "Let me try."
"Stop fooling around. You don't know any medicine. Don't delay the doctor from prescribing medicine," Lady Hou scolded lightly.
“My adoptive father was a doctor, and I used to study medicine under him.”
Lady Hou looked at her suspiciously. Could a country girl who had just returned from the countryside really be a doctor?
In the end, they gave up the spot.
Ye Chaoxi felt Xie Qinglan's pulse.
Judging from her pulse, Xie Qinglan does indeed have residual toxins in her body. Her blindness may be due to residual toxins from her early years. Her inability to walk is probably because her injuries were too severe and damaged her tendons and veins, but it wouldn't cause her to suddenly vomit blood!
Could this guy be doing this on purpose?
Ye Chaoxi glanced at the unconscious person and sighed at how ruthless this person was to himself.
But why did he do that?
She withdrew her hand from taking her pulse.
"Well? What did you find?" Lady Hou asked.
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