Because the marriage was arranged by the Supreme Emperor, Xue Baochai and Jia Yingchun were of the same status in terms of status. However, Shi Zhongkui's move to marry Baochai first confirmed Baochai's status as the eldest wife of the Shi family.

Xue Pan, Xue Biao and the other 7 elders and children of the Xue family who came from Jinling, after thinking about this, they were so excited that they no longer thought of making things difficult for Shi Zhongkui.

I just asked him to write a few poems about marriage and then let him go.

Fortunately, Shi Zhongkui has really studied seriously in recent years, and he has also read into the book.

Otherwise, it is really not possible to write festive poems.

And for those present, it was definitely the easiest thing to ask him to compose poetry.

After the ceremony, Xue Pan, as the head of the Xue family, took him to the ancestral hall to meet the ancestors of the Xue family, and read the marriage certificate in the ancestral hall.

Then I went to visit Aunt Xue and several elderly people two generations senior in the Xue family.

Aunt Xue saw him kneeling before her and saw that he was more handsome than Jia Lian and Jia Rong. She was so happy that she kept wiping tears.

She even held his hand and repeatedly told Baochai to be patient and tolerant if she did something wrong.

Shi Zhongkui naturally agreed wholeheartedly.

And he promised in front of everyone that he would only convince people with reason and would never hit them.

Although these words were too straightforward, Aunt Xue and others were reassured and did not doubt it at all.

After all, as Shi Zhongkui, what he said is highly feasible.

At this point, all the necessary procedures have been completed, and Xue Baochai is waiting to be invited out to get on the sedan chair.

Xue Baochai, who was in the boudoir, heard the words coming from outside, and the smile on his face suddenly became brighter.

He secretly thought that he was worthy of his repeated humility to Yingchun, and even more worthy of the fact that he asked the girl from his mother's side to be his companion.

Aunt Xue and Xue Baoqin, who came over, hugged each other and cried for a while, then put on the red hijab and was helped out of the boudoir after the matchmaker.

When Shi Zhongkui saw Baochai being carried out by Xue Pan and Wang Ziteng, and supported by the maids, he glanced at Baochai's body and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although I haven't seen Baochai's appearance, and I can't tell the details about her red wedding dress, but her height, shoulder width, and walking pace, I can still tell that my daughter-in-law has definitely grown up.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw him staring blankly at Baochai for more than ten seconds before he put his hands away and avoided looking.

Now it seems that the groom is still very satisfied with the bride.

And those girls and girls who have seen Baochai, as well as some elders and brothers from the 7th room of the Xue family who have seen Baochai when she was a child, are more confident in Baochai's appearance.

Wang Ziteng, Xue Pan, Xue Biao, his eldest son Wang Ren, and several elders surrounded Shi Zhongkui.

When Baochai got on the sedan, a stick of incense was burning, so he let him go with a smile.

Shi Zhongkui didn't understand it at first, and he didn't realize it until he was on the big horse.

This is deliberately delaying time. While doing it for outsiders to see, it also embarrasses the Jia family.

Shi Zhongkui shook his head helplessly. It seemed that Wang Ziteng really didn't like seeing the Jia family very much recently.

But it's no wonder that when something happened in Jia Yu Village, Jia She, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen were not even willing to pay 50,000 taels of silver.

But not long after, Jia Jia actually said that he wanted to build a provincial residence.

After spending hundreds of thousands or even millions of taels of silver, the Jia family would be short of money.

He was completely treated as a fool by Wang Ziteng.

No wonder Wang Ziteng never fulfilled his promise to help Jia Zheng get promoted.

Now that he had the opportunity to lose the honor of the government, Wang Ziteng would certainly not let it go.

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After receiving Baochai on the sedan chair, the team that received the bride did not go back to their home immediately. Instead, they took Xue Baochai's sedan chair and went to pick up Jia Yingchun.

Nominally, Baochai was received first, and then Yingchun was received. It really seemed that Shi Zhongkui valued Baochai more.

But the Jia family is not that easy to deal with either.

As long as Baochai's sedan chair is waiting on the street, outsiders can feel that Yingchun's status is higher.

Otherwise, there is no reason why the eldest wife should wait for the second wife.

So when everyone in the Jia family saw Shi Zhongkui picking up Baochai first, although they were dissatisfied, they didn't show it.

But the tacit plan was also delayed for a while.

However, Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu, Jia Rong, Jia Lan and other descendants of the Jia family have already been bribed by Shi Zhongkui or kept in submission.

How dare you trouble him at this time?

Jia She and Jia Zheng were greedy for money and liked to take advantage, and the other was an old master. They were forced by Shi Zhongkui several times and suddenly felt embarrassed.

Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu were forced to speak a few words by Shi Zhongkui, and they were immediately embarrassed and rushed to urge them.

Jia Zhen was even frightened by his words, "It's good to respect the master." She hurriedly took him to the Jia family ancestral hall in Ningguo Mansion.

Otherwise, if Shi Zhongkui really goes to Jia Jing to complain, his biological father Jia Jing will beat him half to death for keeping Jia Zhen.

Speaking of which, the Jia family actually has a tradition of educating the next generation with sticks.

Jia Jing, Jia She, and Jia Zheng were all beaten countless times by their fathers back then.

On the contrary, Jia Mu was sober enough at this time.

Although there were so many guests at this time, it was not easy for a girl to show up outside the second door.

But after hearing the message from Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu to the maid, Jia Mu only thought about it for a while, and then asked the maid to urge Wang Xifeng and Li Wan to hurry up on the grounds that they could not miss the auspicious time.

Wang Xifeng was not only angry because the wedding team was late, but she also planned to delay the appointment deliberately to make Baochai wait a little longer in order to make Jia Yingchun appear to have more status than Xue Baochai.

But Jia's mother had ordered people to come over and tell her twice, so she couldn't delay it any longer.

She could only look at Yingchun, who was wearing a bright red wedding dress, and said, "Second sister, it's not that my sister-in-law doesn't help you, it's just that your husband-in-law's status in the old lady's heart is too high.

And you don’t want to embarrass your uncle too much at this time, so as not to ruin the relationship between you and your husband."

Yingchun changed from her usual dull character and hurriedly stood up and saluted Wang Xifeng, "My sister knows the friendship between the second sister-in-law and the care of the old lady."

Then I was probably really reluctant to leave the home I had lived in for 16 years, and I was also worried and confused about my married life.

His eyes turned red, and he hugged his sisters and started crying.

After hearing that Shi Zhongkui had gone to Ningguo Mansion, paid homage to his ancestors and met Jia Mu, Wang Xifeng personally put on a red hijab to welcome the spring.

Then he and Li Wan helped him to the main entrance.

Shi Zhongkui was already waiting at the gate at this time, and he was indeed waiting a little anxiously.

Even if you don't believe in auspicious times, no one really wants to miss time.

People in the Chinese Dynasty still maintain the mentality of certain things and would rather believe in them.

At the same time, in the eyes of others, the Jia family is full of flowers, but in his eyes, it is a raging fire, with many crises.

Looking at the guests of the Jia family around, not only are there not many nobles, but the officials are only fifth- and sixth-rank officials, you can tell that everyone is not stupid.

Even compared to Yuanchun, people in the court who were better informed knew that Shi Zhongkui was the stock with the greatest potential.

Therefore, even the heads or eldest sons of six of the four princes and eight princes at that time had gone to their own homes.

As for the four kings, Prince Shui Rong of Beijing County didn't even receive an invitation, so of course he didn't have the nerve to come directly.

The Prince of Nan'an, the Prince of Xining and the Prince of Dongping have never been in Beijing, and they are even less likely to appear.

Of course, if Yuanchun gave birth to a prince, that would be another matter.

Even the bigger the official position, the greater the desire and ambition in the heart, it is easier to curry favor with the concubines in the palace.

When Shi Zhongkui was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a group of women talking and laughing from inside the Rongguo Mansion.

I immediately understood that the bride was about to come out.

Seeing that there were obviously twice as many people sending greetings as Baochai, Shi Zhongkui couldn't help but secretly sigh, this skinny camel is indeed bigger than a horse.

But after seeing that the dowry was obviously two or three times less than Baochai's, Shi Zhongkui sneered in his heart again.

It seems that the Jia family really doesn't have much confidence at this time.

Otherwise, even if Jia She is a miser, Jia Mu will not be compared with the Xue family in this regard.

The amount of dowry also determines the daughter's status in her husband's family.

Even if Yingchun was thoughtful, she would not have the confidence to compete with Baochai, let alone the fact that Yingchun was a concubine.

Her mother passed away very early. Even if she felt wronged and went back to her parents' home to file a complaint, she could only go to Mrs. Jia or Mrs. Wang.

Because compared to Baochai's dowry of more than 100,000 taels, Jia She and Mrs. Xing, who only paid 10,000 taels, had no confidence to argue with Shi Zhongkui.

On the contrary, he followed Jia Mu and Jia Zheng, who had paid 20,000 taels, so they were more qualified to go to Shi Zhongkui.

Then he saw the two women supporting the bride and recognized Wang Xifeng at a glance, and was immediately surprised by her.

She has a pair of pink-and-phoenix triangular eyes, two curved willow-leaf eyebrows, a slender body, and a coquettish physique. I'm really right.

And if Li Wan hadn't dressed too plainly, his appearance and figure were actually no worse than Wang Xifeng's.

Fortunately, Shi Zhongkui was not a lustful ghost. He only glanced at them for a few times, then bowed to the two of them and stopped looking at them.
To be continued...