Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 216: Hard to Find

The Weiwu Marquis Mansion was decorated with lights and there was a festive atmosphere. People came to congratulate one after another, and the crowd poured in like a tide, making the scene extremely lively.

The number of people who came to congratulate was more than ten times the number of invitations sent out, which means that the number was at least ten times more than expected.

Both Dukes of Dasheng came with the most outstanding descendants of their families, and it was said that there were guests with more noble status than the Dukes.

No one dared to guess that it was the current emperor. Everyone thought that it was the crown prince or other princes who went to the Xiao Mansion.

After all, the Crown Prince and Marquis Weiwu were once brothers-in-law, and the Fifth Prince and Marquis Weiwu had served in the same military camp.

After the Marquis of Zhenxi learned the news, he hid it from the old lady and followed his eldest son to the Xiao Mansion to join in the fun.

Because the old lady of the Zhenxi Marquis's Mansion and the old lady of the Xiao Mansion had always been at odds with each other, the Xiao family did not send an invitation to the Fan family.

Fan Wenguang, the prince of Zhenxi Marquisate, was the Minister of Justice. He got an invitation only through the connections of the Fifth Prince.

Normally, an invitation can bring three to four people, unless the invitation invites someone's entire family, then there is no limit on the number of people.

Fan Wenguang saw that his parents, younger sister, second aunt and cousin all wanted to come to the Xiao Mansion with him.

This put him in a difficult position, as he originally only wanted to take his wife and two children to the Xiao Mansion.

But Second Aunt is the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, and she did not receive an invitation. She said she wanted to go back to her parents' home to congratulate her nephew.

He spoke bitterly. Although he knew that all this was the idea of ​​his sixteenth cousin, Fan Wenguang was too embarrassed to refuse.

Because at the entrance to all wedding banquets they only look at the invitation and they don’t have time to listen to you explain who you are. That would just be chaos.

Fan Yuxuan wanted to meet him only after she heard that the Fifth Prince had gone to the Marquis of Weiwu’s Mansion.

Although the emperor had granted them marriage, Xie Wanhua was the principal wife and would be married on the sixth day of this month, while hers would be married on November sixth, two months later.

Fan Wenguang also knew what his sister meant, so he could only say nice things to his wife.

His wife came from the Shen family, a prominent family. She was well-educated and very considerate of him. When she heard that her father-in-law and mother-in-law wanted to go, she immediately stood aside with her daughter and gave up the carriage.

But his son was willing to listen, saying that he had put on new clothes and he had to show them off.

So Fan Wenguang brought seven people with this invitation. Although his son was only ten years old, he also had to take up a seat.

Just when Fan Wenguang was feeling sorry for his wife, his good-for-nothing fifth brother showed up with a big red invitation in his hand.

"Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Big Sister-in-law, Second Aunt, Xuan'er, Sixteenth Sister, where are you going?"

"Fifth brother, Dad and we want to go to the Weiwuhou wedding with eldest brother. What are you holding in your hand?"

Fan Yuxuan usually has a good relationship with her fifth brother, so she leaned close to him and whispered, looking as if she was afraid that others would hear.

"Have you also received Xiao Er's invitation?" Fan Wuwanku asked in surprise.

"Fifth brother, you actually received an invitation from the Xiao family?" Fan Wenguang asked in surprise.

"Yeah, yeah." When Fan Wuwanku saw the envious look of his eldest brother and the jealous look of his sixteenth cousin, he felt for the first time that he was an extraordinary dandy.

After he received the invitation from the Second Young Master Xiao, he was quite surprised. Would the Second Young Master of the Weiwu Marquis' Mansion actually send him an invitation?
Although they were both playboys, they were not very close, right?
Although they were both sons of marquisates, there was a huge gap between their family backgrounds. The Marquis of Zhenxi was at the peak of his career, while the Marquis of Cheng'en had fallen into disgrace in his early years.

They each had their own circle of dandies, and Xiao Libo, a bastard son of a poor marquis, was not qualified to make friends with his eldest son. Fan Wu couldn't understand why Xiao Er would give him an invitation, but it didn't stop him from being really happy. After all, it was hard to get an invitation from the Xiao Mansion.

Su Jiu once told them that he and his sister's invitations were sold for 10,000 taels each, because they and their brother could use facial recognition to enter the Marquis of Weiwu's Mansion.

What Fan Wu didn't know was that Su Jiu and Su Xiaomin dared to sell the invitations only after getting permission from their sister Wen Qingwan.

The brother and sister heard that Jiang Penzi sold an invitation to his colleague for five thousand taels, so they thought of helping their sister make money.

As the future father-in-law of the fourth son of the Xiao family, Jiang Penzi naturally received an invitation from the Xiao family, an invitation that invited the entire family.

He felt that spending money on a wedding banquet was more valuable than spending money on it, so when a colleague offered him five thousand taels of silver in exchange for the invitation, he agreed without a second thought.

Jiang Li was so angry that she had no choice but to ask her fiancé for one. Xiao Lichuan still liked his fiancée Jiang Li very much, so he asked his sister-in-law for another one.

At that time, Su Xiaomin was following Wen Qingwan, and she also complained that there were scalpers in every dynasty.

So she discussed with Wen Qingwan, and she and her ninth brother each got an invitation to sell, and gave the money from the sales to their sister.

Originally, Su Xiaomin and Su Jiu did not have any invitations. Only her grandfather received an invitation inviting Duke Su to bring his entire family.

After the Fourth Prince learned the news, he sold an invitation in his hand for 21,000 taels, and naturally he had to hand it over to his sister.

Upon hearing the news, Su Jiu beat his chest and stamped his feet for a long time. He doubted the authenticity of the 21,000 taels from the Fourth Prince.

If he was not short of money, he would have wanted to take out some silver and said that his invitation card had been sold for more than 20,000 taels.

The fifth prince also sent invitations to the ministers he wanted to win over, and he planned to go into the Xiao Mansion with his mother.

When Duke Su first received the invitation, he was very disdainful. But later, when he learned that a single invitation was sold for more than 20,000 yuan, he began to treasure it extremely.

Wen Qingwan got a windfall of 41,000 taels of silver for nothing, but she was too embarrassed to make it too obvious, so no one doubted the truth of the matter.

Fan Wu, who didn't understand what was going on, said complacently, "Yes, I have an invitation written by Xiao Er himself."

"Fifth brother, can you take our parents with you?" Fan Wenguang still wanted to take his wife with him.

"Brother, to be honest, my fifth brother has already received money from my cousin from the Shen family and promised to take them with him."

Xiao Wu Wanku accepted 5,000 taels from the youngest son of the Shen family, and the invitation in his hand also meant he got 10,000 taels in disguise.

Feeling guilty about taking the money, he didn't dare to bring more people with him, but he couldn't resist the look in his eleven-year-old niece's eyes.

In the Great Sheng Dynasty, young girls of eleven or twelve could also look for a husband. How could he bear to reject such a good opportunity for his niece!

So Fan Wuwanku also brought six people in, and all the invitations in the hands of the others were doubled to bring someone in.

The people who checked the invitations at the gate of Weiwu Marquis' Mansion were Wen Qingwan's confidants, and they had to hand over any secretly amassed wealth.

They received a hint from the mistress, so they took the money and turned a blind eye to letting the people in.

Fortunately, the Xiao Mansion is big enough, otherwise there wouldn't be enough tables and chairs. But all this was within Wen Qingwan's expectations, and the banquet would definitely not be dull.

As everyone was eagerly waiting, a lady who knew a little about the situation sarcastically said, "It's still too early. The groom has gone to the countryside to pick up the bride."