The groom, Duke Ding, was invited to wait in the main hall of the East Mansion. The bride Zhang Dehua, wearing a phoenix crown and a robe, paid homage to his ancestors and parents in the East Mansion ancestral hall, and then bowed to the direction of Songhe Hall.
After worshiping his ancestors, Zhang Dehua’s eyes were filled with tears, and he thought to himself: Everyone envies me for marrying well, why am I still so sad?
Sister-in-law Xia stepped forward and whispered, “Don’t cry, it’s not good to cry if you cry, it’s not good to make up. Although you didn’t have a mother-in-law when you married, the Duke Ding Mansion has been in the lineage for a hundred years, and there are hundreds of people in the Xu family, and they are all staring at you, the Xu family’s clan wife.”
Zhang Dehua blinked again, and the tears were gone.
When Xia saw the bride’s face-changing method, she knew that Zhang Dehua would definitely be able to sit in the position of the Duke of the Kingdom.
Finally, I bid farewell to my sister. The second sister Zhang Yanhua was already crying. Zhang Dehua in turn wanted to comfort her, “Don’t cry, I’ll go back to my house in three days. I’m married to Xicheng, close to my mother’s home. We can meet you as soon as we want.”
He said to Zhang Ronghua again, “Third sister, I’m going out. From now on, your second sister will live in Meiyuan. If you have time, go and play with your second sister. The days when your sisters are together will pass soon. Cherish–“
At this time, the music of playing outside has even louder. The auspicious time has come, and the music is urging makeup. The sound of suona is heart-wrenching and soars into the sky.
Zhang Dehua bowed to his relatives and friends who came to watch the ceremony, then turned around and followed the matchmaker out of the ancestral hall, got into the sedan chair, and started a new life.
In addition to Zhang Dehua, the bride, who went to the Dingguo Duke’s Mansion, the Zhang family also accompanied two families, as well as four dowry maids, Yao Huang, Zhao Fan, Dou Lu and pomegranate.
The man who was sent to the marriage was Zhang Zonghan, the second young master of the East Mansion. He had always sent his half-sister to the Duke Dingguo Mansion. The Duke’s mansion kept the brother-in-law for wine and gave him two pieces of Shu brocade, two books, two Sichuan gold fans and other gifts.
After saying goodbye to her elder sister, Zhang Yanhua returned to the plum garden. The plum garden suddenly became much empty. She was in a bad mood and didn’t even go to the evening family banquet.
The young lady’s grand wedding went through several twists and turns. She started to roll in various conflicts since the four dowry maids in the twelfth lunar month last year. However, good things have gone through many hardships, and the wedding was ultimately as perfect as her wedding, and it became a beautiful story in the capital.
After the family dinner ended in the evening, Xia calculated the total account of the eldest lady’s wedding overnight and spent more than 38,000 taels of silver! It has exceeded the estimated 30,000 taels, almost 40,000!
Now there are only 20,000 taels of cash left in the Dongfu treasury.
Although the Zhang family also received a lot of gifts and gifts, these are favors and will be paid back in the future! You can’t take out the gift and spend it.
I hope the spring will be good, spring is the season for harvesting winter wheat, I hope the farm can collect some spring rent, otherwise the money in the East Mansion Money Warehouse will not be able to support the autumn rent this year, and then everyone will have the money to live.there is none left!
Xia told her husband about the urgent matter of the money treasury, and the eldest young master told his father the Marquis of the East Mansion.
The Marquis did not take it seriously and said, “I understand. The money should be spent at the wedding. Otherwise, no one should say that what you should spend on your eldest sister’s wedding will be spent. Once the 50,000 salt I requested will be brought into the hole.”
After that, the Marquis paid another 2,000 taels of silver from the banknote, and I don’t know what to do. Anyway, the Marquis disappeared the second day after the wedding. It was not until the morning that Zhang Dehua returned to the door for three dynasties that the Marquis returned to the East Mansion to receive his daughter and son-in-law.
Zhang Dehua returned to the door with his husband Ding Guo Duke. Ding Guo Duke had already asked her to grant her the imperial edict to the wife of Ding Guo Duke. Zhang Dehua, like his ancestors, was both Duke’s wife, one head taller than his stepmother Mrs. Zhou.
At the banquet, Mrs. Zhou looked at Zhang Dehua, who was radiant and had a woman’s head combed, and Duke Ding Guo who was a handsome man. Although she was a blind marriage and a mute couple had never met before the wedding room, she could see that the couple was harmonious and was a couple.
The wine in Mrs. Zhou’s mouth was sour. Alas, why is it not my daughter’s turn to such a good marriage?
I still didn’t see my ancestors at the banquet. Zhang Dehua couldn’t help but worry and asked, “How is my ancestor’s health?”
Xia said, “I heard Furong get out of bed and walk in the room today. Look, I’m in good spirits. After dinner, you and your new aunt go to Songhe Hall in the Summer Palace. My ancestor wants to see you.”
Zhang Dehua was overjoyed! Since my ancestors can meet people, it means that their health is improving!
The Marquis of the East Mansion heard this and hurriedly said, “Mother has recovered, it’s so good. I’ll go to visit my mother.”
Xia thought to himself: The ancestor just said to see Zhang Dehua and his new son-in-law, but he didn’t say he saw your eldest son!
However, the Marquis of the East Mansion is the father-in-law of the Xia family, and she is not good at saying anything to stop her father-in-law.
In fact, at this time, Mrs. Zhou should come out to stop her husband and not cause trouble. However, at this time, Mrs. Zhou was only jealous of Zhang Dehua’s peerless good son-in-law, Duke Ding, and did not listen to the words of the marquis, so she didn’t care.
Seeing that her mother-in-law had also made a decision to see her ancestors, Xia thought to herself: I can’t speak, but the one who came to Shou’s family has been living in Songhetang recently. If she refuses the Marquis to visit her ancestors, the Marquis will not dare not ignore her.
This is a picky and nitpicious person in the Shou family, but it is quite useful at critical moments.
So, Xia secretly told Wei Zi that she would go to Songhetang to find the Shou family first, and tell the Shou family that the Marquis of the East Mansion wanted to go to see the ancestors with the newcomers, and that those who wanted to come to Shou family were prepared.
Wei Zi went to do it immediately.
After dinner, the masters of the East Mansion and the new son-in-law, Duke Ding Guo, were together.I went to the Summer Palace and went to visit my ancestors in a mighty way.