Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 497 Don't mess with others [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 45k more]

Xu Zaijing looked a little embarrassed and said:

"Brother Xian, you are too kind!"

Rong Xian waved his hand and said firmly: "What kind of compliment? It's not compliment!"

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "What do you mean I'm the most reliable? Ye Ge'er is unreliable? Heng Ge'er is also unreliable? Their family backgrounds are better than mine!"

Rong Xian paused, then nodded and said, "Young Master's family background is very good! But... you also know about the festivals we had when we were young."

Putting the tall sword in his hand back on the sword rack, Rong Xian continued:
"I'm afraid Princess Pingning is still jealous of me. If my sister marries her, will it be good?"

"Gu Erlang? Humph! He's just like that!"

"Also, Brother Jing! Whether it's visiting the palace to pay New Year's greetings or any other celebrations, you have seen my sister several times. What does she look like?"

Rong Xian looked straight at Xu Zai Jing and said, "Tell me honestly!"

Seeing Rong Xian's questioning expression, Xu Zaijing nodded: "Ms. Feiyan is naturally beautiful, demure and dignified."

This is not Xu Zaijing praising Rong Xian,
After all, Rong Feiyan was the younger sister of Concubine Rong, who was favored by the emperor because of her beauty.

Since the first time Xu Zaijing saw Rong Feiyan in the palace and learned that the girl was Rong Feiyan's sister, he found that the girl's appearance and temperament were completely different from what he had seen in TV dramas.

Xu Zaijing did not stare at the girl rudely.
But he had excellent eyesight, and in the few times they met over the years, seeing the girl's face gradually growing up, Xu Zaijing always felt familiar, who did she look like?
Seeing Rongxian's proud look, Xu Zaijing said, "But, Erlang, the marriage of noble children like us has never been decided by ourselves. You should have a deep understanding of this!"

Hearing this, Rong Xian sighed a little depressed, looked at Xu Zaijing, and said: "My sister also told me about this matter. If you, Jing'er, were a playboy like me, it would be fine. But you have a bright future, marry into my family."

Rong Xian shook his head as he spoke.

The future emperor is the healthy and strong prince Zhao Fang.
When the current emperor passes away, the Rong family’s glory and favor will be almost over.

At that time, the help that the Rong family could provide to their in-laws was very little. How could they compare to the civil servants in the court who had been in office for generations, or the new batch of royal relatives.

Seeing Xu Zaijing speechless and not knowing what to say, Rongxian quickly patted his arm and said, "Okay, you shouldn't say that! I have other places to go, so I'm leaving first!"

Saying,

Rongxian walked out of the hall.

Xu Zaijing hurriedly followed him out to see him off.

Qingcao and three other maids also followed out.

Watching Rong Xian's figure disappear in the corridor of the courtyard, Qingcao glanced at Xu Zaijing and said, "Sir, it's rare to see a young man from the Rong family so serious."

Xu Zaijing looked at Qingcao and smiled: "After all, she is my biological sister."

Qingcao nodded.

Xu Zaijing turned around and went back to the study to continue his studies for the day.

evening,

Sun's Courtyard,

Xu Zaijing came with his maid to have dinner.

Sitting at the table, listening to Sun and her two sisters-in-law talking,
Xu Zaijing just realized that today seemed to be a good day, as in addition to the Rong family, the Gu family also came to the Xu family to send wedding invitations.

Moreover, the Gu family sent two wedding invitations.

"Mother, does this mean that the marriages of those two thieves from the fourth and fifth branches of the Gu family have been decided?"

Looking at Sun who nodded, Xu Zaijing said, "Gu Tingyang, this fellow, can actually find a wife?"

Zai Zhang on the side said with a smile: "I heard that Gu Tingyang was very quiet for a while before in order to marry the daughter of the Hong family."

"After the marriage fell through, it happened that a new official in Beijing had a daughter waiting to be married. The quiet period worked, and no scandals were discovered! And since it was a long-standing marquisate, the marriage was successful."

Hearing this, Xu Zaijing smiled and shook his head: "It's really a lost dog"

"cough!"

Seeing Sun's warning look, Xu Zaijing stopped talking and said, "Mother, why do you think the marriage of the fourth and fifth branches of the Gu family is so delayed? Why did you send two wedding invitations?"

When Xu Zaijing said this, Xu Minghua, who was sitting next to Sun, also looked over.

Glancing at the curious Xu Minghua next to her, Sun said with a hint of sarcasm on her face, "Of course it's going to be a drag!"

"Mother, do you know any secret?"

Xu Zaijing asked with a smile.

After thinking for a moment, Sun looked at the people at the table and nodded, "It's not a secret. Anyway, you will know about the Gu family's wedding in a few days!"

"I heard from your eldest sister that when your brother-in-law and Marquis Gu were discussing the division of the family, I learned that the Gu family had already been divided when the previous generation of Marquis Ningyuan was still alive!"

"Ah!?" Xu Minghua exclaimed in surprise.

Sun nodded affirmatively.

Xu Minghua continued, "Looking at the behavior of the Gu family's big and small branches over the years, it doesn't seem like they are splitting up."

When the family is separated and each household is established, gifts and favors must be given by each household. For example, when Zai Zhang got married, three gifts were given, of course, out of his own pocket.

But don’t underestimate weddings and funerals. Just for a family like the Gu family, the gift-giving and gift-giving rituals can cost dozens or even hundreds of taels each time!

The Gu family is a marquis who founded the country and helped the country, and they have many relatives over the years.
But over the years, the Gu family has always sent one gift to all three branches.

Xu Zaijing on the side thought about it and sneered: "Tsk~"

"That's because Marquis Gu loves his brothers. The first wife always pays for anything! As a result, the children of the relatives of the fourth and fifth wives are almost married, but their sons have to get married according to the division of the family."

After Sun finished speaking, Xu Minghua nodded and said, "Well, this is dragging out the wedding. Is it that the eldest branch of the family pays for the gifts, and the younger branch of the Gu family receives the gifts when they get married? Do you receive them yourself?"

Sun didn't reply to her husband's words, but looked at her youngest son who was not far away and said, "Jing'er, what are you laughing at?"

Xu Zaijing said: "Mother, I am laughing at this little girl from the Gu family for being so greedy."

In fact, the real reason why Xu Zaijing sneered was,

He just thought of it.
The bigger reason why the marriages of the fourth and fifth brothers of the Gu family were so slow might be: Bai Shi did not die early!
The Bai family's dowry property, which was like a mountain of gold and silver, naturally did not fall into the hands of Xiao Qin and the fourth and fifth branches of the Gu family.

As the head wife of the Gu family, Bai could only help to a limited extent out of her duty, after all, Gu Tingye and Gu Tingyi were not married yet.

Compared with the past, the Gu family's small house no longer has such a huge windfall to decorate its doorstep, so naturally they behave differently.

Most of the mistresses in the houses of Bianjing were very smart, and they could naturally figure out something by asking around.

Considering Gu Jiaxiaofang’s plan, it would be strange if there was no delay.

Xu Minghua, who was standing by, picked up his chopsticks and said, "Jing'er, although the Gu family's little room had a quarrel with us before, you should not go to their house and cause trouble when the time comes!"

"Yes, father, it was saved by my son!"

Turn around,

Xu Zaijing returned to the Marquis' Mansion after studying at the Sheng family.

I just rode around the racecourse.

Then he saw Alan, who was standing near his master's cabin, waving at him.

Xu Zaijing hurriedly rode his horse over.

"Master, look!"

Alan shouted.

Xu Zaijing looked in the direction of Alan's finger.

Then I saw a row of more than a dozen flatbed carriages covered with tarpaulins, loaded with things, coming in from the main gate.

Xu Zaijing hurriedly rode his horse over.

These carriages were the same as in previous years, as they were the convoys carrying all kinds of vegetables and meat from Zhujiabao in Xiangzhou to the Marquis' Mansion.

The same thing is that the leader is still the old man from Zhujiabao whom Xu Zaijing calls Seventh Grandpa.

The difference is that the young men of the Zhu family who were sitting in the carriages of the convoy before were now riding horses.

Xu Zaijing dismounted in front of the convoy.

He bowed and said, "Grandpa Qi, you are here again this year?"

The old man from the Zhu family smiled and nodded.

The young men following the carriage also dismounted, bowed and shouted, "Hello, fifth cousin."

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded, then looked at the old man with more white hair in front of him with some emotion: "Grandpa Qi, let's go into the yard."

Having said that, Xu Zaijing led the people towards the main hall of the outer courtyard.

When Xu Zaijing was talking with Zhu's relatives in the main hall,
Xu Minghua came in with Sun.

"Meet the Marquis and Madam."

"Hey, Uncle Seven, you don't have to do this!"

Looking at the old man bowing, Xu Minghua hurried forward to support him, and then nodded to the young men who bowed beside him.

"Sit, everyone, sit down!"

After everyone was seated, Xu Minghua looked at the young man from the Zhu family who was looking around and said, "Jing'er, go out and play with your nephews."

Xu Zaijing stood up and responded.

Xu Minghua nodded and looked at the old man: "Uncle Qi, how is the harvest in the fort this year?"

As Xu Zaijing led his men out of the main hall,
I saw Chu Zhan looking over here from the outer gate.

Xu Zaijing was brushing the little black colt's fur in front of the wooden house.

Chu Zhan led his horse out of the stable with a look of triumph.

He rode slowly on horseback in the racecourse with the boys he knew before.

"Chu Zhan, why do I feel like there are so few people in the Marquis' Mansion this time?"

Listening to the question from a young man from the Zhu family, Chu Zhan said, "Those Baigao kids have all moved out with the two Li family brothers, so naturally there are fewer people."

"Oh!"

Several young men from the Zhu family nodded.

"Chu Zhan, will you go to the north with us next year?"

Chu Zhan was surprised: "Ah? You are going to join the army next year?"

"Yes! When the weather warms up in the spring, we will go and train with the cavalry!"

Now that Zhu Qinghu is the commander of the cavalry, the children of the Zhu family will naturally follow Zhu Qinghu and start their "transformation".

"Come, I'll teach you a move I learned from the big brothers of the personal soldiers."

As he said this, Chu Zhan drove his horse away.

Next to the wooden house, looking at the jubilant teenagers, Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "Alan, go teach them!"

"Yes, son!"

It's getting dark,

Chu Zhan and others, covered in dust, gathered near the wooden house and began to remove the saddles from their mounts.

Xu Zaijing sat on a chair at the door, looking at the boys from the Zhu family, and said, "Do you remember Rong's brother?"

"Uncle, are you from the Fuchang Marquis family?"

"It's the one who can't beat us!"

The young men of the Zhu family spoke one after another.

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's him!"

"Remember, remember!"

"I made a lot of money from him."

"He also said he would guarantee my future."

"Hahaha!"

Looking at the happy boys, Xu Zaijing said, "Since we know each other, I will take you to his wedding in two days."

The seventh day of October,

Rong Xian's wedding date is still one day away.
The entire front and back yards of the Rong family had already been swept and mopped clean.

Red silk with wedding characters on it can be seen everywhere in the courtyard, servants are coming and going, and the atmosphere is full of joy and busyness.

The second door leading to the backyard.

Rong Feiyan wore a light blue double-breasted gown, her hair tied up in a simple bun, and a shoulder strap. She looked very capable in her outfit.

Rong Feiyan stood beside her mother with the maid, looking at the woman who was standing and talking not far away.

"Madam, this is a list of all the equipment that has been moved to your house. Please have a look."

Madam Rong looked at the paper handed over and was a little embarrassed: "Hey, Yan'er, take a look."

"Yes, mother."

Rong Feiyan nodded.
Ningxiang, who was standing by, walked over and took the paper.

After taking the list, Rong Feiyan took a look at it and said to the Rong family's housekeeper, "Have you counted it?"

"Miss, I have counted them one by one according to your instructions. The number is correct, and after testing, there is no damage."

Rong Feiyan nodded and said, "Okay, use the seal."

Seeing the admiring look in the eyes of the woman opposite, Rong Feiyan smiled and bowed, then said:

"Mother, I heard from the elder sister of the Duke of England Zhang that you are in the capital and you rent wedding supplies. The Duke's Mansion uses your supplies for all the weddings. You have a lot of experience."

"You are too kind, young lady from the Duke's family! I have just seen more."

Rong Feiyan smiled and said, "You are very experienced. Please come into the yard and take a look to see if there is anything wrong with my house."

Madam Rong on the side frowned and said, "What's so good about this?"

Rong Feiyan said, "Mother, please ask this mother to take a look. If there is really something wrong, it is better to prepare in advance than to make mistakes at my brother's wedding tomorrow and make a fool of myself."

"If people laugh at me, it will be a loss for my sister."

"Okay!" Madam Rong waved her hand: "I'll go to the gate to take a look."

When watching Madam Rong lead her people away,
Rong Feiyan and the woman both bowed.

Then, Rong Feiyan smiled and stretched out her hand: "Mom, please."

The woman held her handkerchief and nodded with a smile, saying, "You are so thoughtful, young lady."

Rong Feiyan smiled and said, "We've been talking for so long, but I still haven't asked for your name, Mom."

"Miss, you are too polite. My surname is Tao and my family is from Wuling Township, Xiangzhou."

The woman said.

Rong Feiyan blinked and thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "No wonder Sister Zhang pushed you here!"

Hearing this, the woman's smile became even brighter, knowing that Rong Feiyan was an expert and knew her family's origins.

At this time,

"Hahaha! Great! They actually came to Bianjing!"

"Come! Just let them come!"

From the front hall not far away, Rong Xian's laughter and voice could be heard.

Rong Feiyan glanced at Ningxiang beside her and said, "Go ask brother why he is so happy! Also, find out how many people are coming so that we can prepare at home."

"Yes, girl."

After saying that, Rong Feiyan accompanied Mother Tao into the inner courtyard.

Mother Tao was walking in the yard, looking at the hall that had been cleaned up in the yard.

Seeing the woman looking thoughtful, Rong Feiyan asked, "Mother Tao, is there anything wrong?"

Mother Tao nodded and said, "In this room, on the table."

Following Mother Tao's instructions, several maids rearranged the tables so that there was one more table in the hall.

After walking for a while, Mother Tao said:

"Miss Rong, there will be many guests coming to the inner courtyard tomorrow, but there are not enough places to change clothes."

Rong Feiyan looked at it and nodded repeatedly: "What should we do?"

Mother Tao smiled and said, "In the changing yard, separate a few areas with cloth, burn incense, spread oilcloth on the ground, and place the urinal. Someone will clean it every time."

Rong Feiyan nodded: "Then your place."

Mother Tao: "Of course we have it. It will be delivered at noon."

"Thank goodness you asked me to turn around, otherwise something bad would have happened."

Rong Feiyan said sincerely.

"Miss Rong, you are too polite. That little lady."

When Mother Tao was about to say goodbye, Ningxiang came over quickly, bowed and said, "Young lady, the female official beside Concubine Rong is here with the maid from the palace."

"Please come in! Please come in! Mother Tao, you..."

"Miss Rong, can you allow me to follow the maids in the palace and learn more?"

"Of course it's okay."

As they spoke, everyone walked towards the front hall.

On the way,

Ningxiang said a few words in Rong Feiyan's ear.

"He came in person?"

"No, girl. It was Qingyun who was beside Wulang who said that."

October 8th,

It is suitable to marry.
Late Yin time (5 a.m.)
In the inner courtyard of the Xu family,
Sun looked at her youngest son's attire and shook her head, "Change your clothes. Why are you dressed so handsomely? You're the best man, not the groom!"

(End of this chapter)