Chapter 659: Criticizing the powerful officials for robbing the beautiful maid
Chapter 659: Criticizing the powerful officials for robbing the beautiful maid
Qin Wanwan and the old lady had a very good relationship. When Qin Wanwan married into the family, the old lady didn't think that the daughter of a fourth-rank official was not worthy of the Duke's Mansion, and she took good care of Qin Wanwan. Qin Wanwan also didn't think that the Duke's Mansion was in decline, and she served her mother-in-law sincerely.
The old lady's son is not very promising, and Qin Wanwan's husband is not very promising either. The two of them have always been united and have trained Wei Ziyuan well. The relationship between them is very harmonious.
Wei Ziyuan knew that his grandmother and mother agreed, and he didn't care about his father's opinion at all. No one could stop him from marrying Zhang Xintong.
Zhang Xintong is going to marry Wei Ziyuan, and Aunt Zhou is furious. She sent Zhang Xintong to Wei Ziyuan, wanting them both to die, but she didn't expect that the two of them would become a family. Now her plan is exposed, and she will have no chance to take action in the future. She also has to guard against Wei Ziyuan's revenge.
There is also the incompetent Wei Zining, who not only does not want to compete with Wei Ziyuan for the position, but is also bewitched by Zhang Xintong.
Concubine Zhou considered cutting off the Duke's spending and asking him to help deal with Wei Ziyuan, but Wei Ziyuan was the Duke's son after all, and she was afraid he would just kill her. Over the years, the Zhou family had given the Duke a lot of money, but he was also the backer of the Zhou family's business, so the two sides were mutually beneficial. If she had no value, the Duke could always marry another daughter from a wealthy merchant as a concubine.
Aunt Zhou wanted to persuade the Duke, but unfortunately she was old and the Duke never came to her room. He always went to the maidservants, the bed-warming maids or the concubines kept outside. Apart from being the Duke's money bag and having a son, she had no other advantages.
Aunt Zhou didn't dare to cut off the Duke's expenses, so she could only rely on her son. She had to ensure that Wei Zining passed the imperial examination smoothly, and when her son became a high-ranking official, she would be able to turn things around one day.
In order to ensure that Wei Zining would pass the imperial examination smoothly, she must not let him know that Zhang Xintong was going to marry Wei Ziyuan. She sent someone to deliver a letter to Wei Zining, asking him not to return home and to study with peace of mind. If he passed the exam, she would agree to let him marry Zhang Xintong.
Wei Zining was delighted after reading the letter. Since his mother had agreed to let him marry Zhang Xintong, he decided to work harder and pass the exam. From that day on, Wei Zining stayed home and focused on preparing for the exam.
Wei Ziyuan's yard was like an iron barrel, and no troubles could reach Zhang Xintong. However, before getting married, Zhang Xintong met Qin Wanwan, Wei Ziyuan's mother.
Qin Wanwan didn't ask Zhang Xintong to go over, but came to Wei Ziyuan's yard. The guards couldn't stop her because she was the eldest son's mother after all.
Qin Wanwan didn't come to cause trouble, but gave Zhang Xintong a box. Inside the box was a house deed, three thousand taels of silver, and a very exquisite comb.
"In five days, I will be your mother. These things are your dowry in advance. Although the house is a little small, it will be more respectable for you to marry from there. Take the banknotes to prepare some dowry. Although it is not much, it can buy you some things. This comb was given to me by my mother when I got married. You can use it for the hair combing ceremony."
Zhang Xintong was a little touched. This mother-in-law was really nice. Although Qin Wanwan was the legitimate daughter of a fourth-rank official, she didn't have much stuff. In order to make her look more decent, she gave these things to her. This mother-in-law was really good.
Zhang Xintong did not refuse. She gladly accepted her mother-in-law's kindness and promised to treat her well in the future.
After Wei Ziyuan returned home, he was very satisfied to know that his mother had given something to Zhang Xintong. Although he also prepared something for Zhang Xintong, he did not have much and could not let Zhang Xintong have a grand wedding.
Three days before the wedding, the bride and groom couldn't see each other, so Zhang Xintong moved into the house Qin Wanwan had given her. The house was okay, not too small, and had been uninhabited before, with only two servants to look after the yard.
Zhang Xintong found a matchmaker who was familiar with the marriage process. She roughly knew how much dowry a woman in this world would bring when she got married. In order not to bother two people with the same matter, she gave the matchmaker some money and asked her to help find strong men to carry the dowry. Through the matchmaker's introduction, she bought 120 dowry boxes.
After Zhang Xintong returned to the house, she filled the box with the dowry of a daughter of a first-rank official, and also put in two thousand-year-old ginsengs. Thousand-year-old ginsengs are priceless and cannot be bought.
Including the 48 dowries that Wei Ziyuan prepared for her, Zhang Xintong had a total of 168 dowries.
The dowry list was written on a long scroll, which had to be read in front of everyone when arriving at her husband's house. The dowry belonged to the woman, and it also belonged to Zhang Xintong when she arrived at her husband's house.
The wedding day soon arrived. Wei Ziyuan came to pick up the bride on a tall horse. Zhang Xintong was helped into the bridal sedan. After they set off, the men carrying the dowry followed. Wei Ziyuan happily went towards the Duke's Mansion, not paying attention to the long dowry team behind him. However, when he entered the Duke's Mansion, he scared everyone.
Listening to the good things on the dowry list, everyone sighed that it was worthy of the marriage granted by the emperor. It was not like the rumors that Lord Wei married a maid. Which maid could have so much dowry?
When all the guests heard about the two thousand-year-old ginsengs and saw them in person, everyone was filled with envy. These were thousand-year-old ginsengs, life-saving miracle drugs, and the Duke's Mansion actually had two of them at once.
The long dowry list was finally read out, the dowry was carried into the warehouse and locked, and the ceremony officially began.
Although Wei Ziyuan was surprised that Zhang Xintong had so much dowry, he knew from previous events that she was not an ordinary person, so he was not too surprised.
Qin Wanwan was fine, as she was relieved that the woman her son liked was not an ordinary person. However, the old lady was a little surprised. Other things were easy to explain, but there was only one thousand-year-old ginseng in the palace, and Zhang Xintong actually had two?
The old lady had to look at Zhang Xintong again. Seeing that she completed the ceremony without any mistakes and her manners and etiquette were not inferior to those of a lady from a noble family, she felt that she had been wrong before. How could a woman who could be liked by her eldest grandson be just beautiful? She must have outstanding qualities. She was satisfied and her face was full of smiles.
Wei Ziyuan took Zhang Xintong back to the room and combed each other's hair with the comb Qin Wanwan gave them, completing the hair-combing ceremony, which meant they would grow old together. They drank the wedding wine. After the ceremony, Wei Ziyuan went out to greet the guests, but before leaving, he did not forget to say:
"Madam, I will be back soon after I go out to greet my colleagues. Wait for me."
Zhang Xintong knew what he meant by looking at his anxious look
"Okay! I'll wait for you!"
After Wei Ziyuan left, the maid brought her food. Zhang Xintong was indeed hungry, so she ate the meal before anyone came back.
Wei Ziyuan said he would come back after greeting everyone, but there were too many people. Two hours later, he was carried back because he was drunk.
Although Wei Ziyuan was drunk, he had not forgotten about his wedding night and was running around recklessly, which annoyed Zhang Xintong very much.
"Madam, you are finally my wife."
Zhang Xintong is like coaxing a child
"It's...your...wife."
"Does my husband like this?"
"like"
"Would you mind giving birth to a child for your husband?"
"it is good!"
Wei Ziyuan was unhappy and held hands with Zhang Xintong without stopping for a moment.
"Madam, are you trying to be perfunctory with me?"
Wei Ziyuan was drunk, and Zhang Xintong was tossed around again and again. He still thought she was perfunctory?
"If I don't treat you perfunctorily, then I won't have a baby."
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"Madam, I was wrong. You didn't treat me perfunctorily. It was me who didn't know what was good for me. Let's just have the baby!"
Zhang Xintong......
Wei Ziyuan drank too much and fell asleep in the middle of the night.
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