Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 31 Dumbfounded Gu Tingye
The wild goose has only one partner in its life, and it also symbolizes trustworthiness, which has a very good meaning.

Therefore, wild geese are indispensable in ancient betrothal gifts.

But this thing is difficult to catch, so most people use carved geese instead.

A piece of dowry was carried in and placed on the open space outside the front hall.

Yuan Wenchun and his wife walked last, all the way to the outside of the front hall, saluting: "Earl Zhongqin's residence wants to take the place of the second son Yuan Wenshao, and invite the Sheng residence to be arrogant, please agree."

This is the most important step in the offer. If the woman agrees, just say yes. If the woman regrets, this is the last chance.

But basically no one will object at this time. If they disagree, they will refuse when the man asks the matchmaker to accept him.

If you refuse at the time of appointment, not only will you form a deadly feud with the other party, but the reputation of the Sheng family will also be rotten. Who will dare to marry the daughter of the Sheng family in the future?
This is why Mrs. Wang is obviously very dissatisfied with the Yuan family, but she doesn't dare to really regret the marriage.

People watching the ceremony in the hall looked at Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang who were sitting in the seat, and saw the two of them looked at each other, and said with a smile, "Yun!"

The servant waiting at the door shouted: "The master of the Sheng family and the eldest lady agreed!"

The matchmaker behind Yuan Wenchun and his wife smiled and said: "Congratulations to the Yuan family, congratulations to the Yuan family, great joy. Yuan Wenshao, the second son of your noble family, proposes to marry the eldest daughter of the Sheng family, and the in-laws agree."

Yuan Wenchun saluted again and said, "Yuan Wenchun and his wife represent the elders of the Yuan family, thank you for your agreement."

The matchmaker took out the marriage document and handed it to the servant at the door. The servant held the marriage document, entered the front hall, and delivered it to Sheng Hong and the eldest lady.

The maid, who had been prepared for a long time, came forward with the ink and pen she had ground.

Sheng Hong unfolded the marriage certificate and signed his name on it with a pen.

This thing is similar to the marriage certificate of later generations. It becomes effective after signing.

The marriage certificate contains information about both the man and the woman, including the date of marriage.

After the ink dried, Sheng Hong handed the marriage certificate to the servant. The servant ran out again and handed the marriage certificate to the matchmaker.

The matchmaker unfolded it and said loudly: "The marriage contract has been completed. Yuan Wenshao, the second son of Earl Zhongqin, will marry the eldest daughter of the Sheng family on the fifth day of April of the following year."

As the matchmaker's voice fell, the etiquette of offering the offer of employment was completed.

At this time, Sheng Hong and his wife got up, took their children, and went to the door to greet the guests. Not only the Yuan family, but also some guests with ordinary connections would be waiting outside the door. Such a big event still needed to be greeted. , invited into the Sheng family for a banquet.

The servants of the Sheng family brought various things that had been prepared for the guests to play with. The guests gathered in small groups, chatting or playing games.

Gu Tingye wandered around, calling the servants of the Sheng family to ask a few questions from time to time.

He agreed to deliver the letter for Yuan Wenshao, and according to Yuan Wenshao's request, he could not let anyone know, so he could only inquire secretly.

Gu Tingye quickly found out that the Sheng family did have a maid named Xiaodie through chatting with the servants.

But this maid is serving a girl from the Sheng family.

Gu Tingye was dumbfounded when he got the news.

Before Yuan Wenshao let him reveal his identity, he didn't think much about it.

It was only because he was afraid of being laughed at if it spread.

After all, in this era, it is normal for a man and a woman not to meet before marriage if they are not relatives.

Yuan Wenshao sent a letter before his wedding. If anyone knew about it, he would become a laughing stock in Bianjing, even if he broke the etiquette.

However, he never imagined that the person Yuan Wenshao asked him to deliver the letter turned out to be a girl's maid.

He knew that Yuan Wenshao was marrying the legitimate daughter of the Sheng family, and he would have figured it out if that maid was from Madam Wang's side.

Gu Tingye had a bad idea. Could it be that Yuan Wenshao had an affair with the daughter of the Sheng family?
When he thought of this, Gu Tingye had the urge to destroy Yuan Wenshao's letter.

Although the status of concubines was low, and it was common among literati to give concubines to each other, it was still immoral for a son-in-law to have an affair with his father-in-law's concubine.

If it gets out, Yuan Wenshao will definitely be cast aside by the world.

He, the messenger, was no better.

Gu Tingye struggled for a long time, sighed, and said, "That's all, anyway, Yuan Wenshao told me not to show up, I just don't want that maid to see me."

Gu Tingye was a man of his word, and he couldn't get past the hurdle in his heart, so he finally agreed to fulfill the agreement.

However, he asked someone to inquire again, and was dumbfounded again.

Xiaodie is the personal maid of the young lady of the Sheng family. On such a day, a young lady is naturally not qualified to appear, and naturally Xiaodie will not appear in the front yard.

"You can't let me sneak into the back house, right?"

Gu Tingye shook his head. If someone found out, he would not be able to clean himself up by jumping into the Yellow River.

"Forget it, let's look back and see if there is a chance. If there is no chance, he can't blame me."

Gu Tingye dismissed the idea of ​​sneaking into the inner house, and wandered around.

If the Sheng family is short of resources, wouldn't there be a chance if they call the maid named Xiaodie to help?

As he walked, Gu Tingye came across a group of teenagers chatting together. When he saw one of them, his eyes lit up and he walked over.

"Changbai."

Sheng Changbai, who was talking to someone, looked over when he heard the sound, then apologized to everyone and walked towards Gu Tingye.

"Brother Gu." Changbai saluted.

Gu Tingye returned the salute and said with a smile: "Changbai, I want to ask you for some information. Is it okay?"

Sheng Changbai went to meet Yuan Wenchun, and had a good chat with Gu Tingye on the way back, and the two hit it off right away.

"You can do anything you want." A smile appeared on Shengchang Baimuna's face.

Gu Tingye deliberately made friends with Sheng Changbai from the beginning just to get information about the Bai family from him.

Although some news can be found in the market, how can ordinary people know the secrets of a family like the Bai family.

Sheng Changbai is the son of Tong Fan, so he knows something about it.

Gu Tingye asked about the Bai family, but Sheng Changbai was young and mature, and usually only read books. Although he did not only read books by saints, he did not know the shortcomings of these parents.

All we know is that the Bai family is the richest man in Yangzhou and started as a salt merchant. Mr. Bai has a daughter who married into a powerful family in Bianjing. It is not clear who she married.

It's no wonder that the Gu family married a woman from the Bai family in the first place to make up for the money owed to the household department by borrowing the rich pretense of the Bai family.

The Bai family was a merchant family, and the Gu family was naturally embarrassed to publicize it since they were married.

The Bai family wanted to publicize it, but the Gu family thought that the Gu family owed money to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Once it was publicized, the Gu family might be accused after it spread, so they did not publicize it.

Therefore, the local people in Yangzhou only knew that the daughter of the Bai family married in Bianjing, but they did not know which family she married into.

Gu Tingye didn't get much useful information and was a little disappointed.

Seeing this, Sheng Changbai agreed to send someone to help him find out.

Today the Sheng family is the master, and Sheng Changbai also needs to entertain guests, and he can't chat with Gu Tingye, so he left after a few words.

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