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Chapter 4733 [The Xue Family Enters Beijing]

After Yuanchun agreed to marry the emperor, Xiang Nan no longer stood in her way.

After all, his sister's happiness was the most important thing to him. Since Yuanchun herself was happy, why would he create more trouble?

And since Xiang Nan agreed, preparations for Yuanchun's enthronement as queen naturally began.

Emperor Jiaxing first found an excuse to depose his current queen, then issued an edict to make Jia Yuanchun the queen and chose an auspicious day to hold the wedding ceremony.

Before this, Emperor Jiaxing sent envoys to deliver the betrothal gifts, including gold, silver, treasures, silks, satins, tobacco, alcohol, sugar, tea, etc., but the quantity was dozens of times more than that of ordinary families, with hundreds of rolls of satin alone.

In addition to the betrothal gift, there was also a betrothal banquet that night, where the food was all delicious dishes cooked by the imperial chefs in the palace, and the drinks were all fine wines bestowed by the emperor.

All the civil and military officials in the court came to Jia's house to celebrate this grand event together.

"This is incredible. Lord Zheng is already the Prince of Rong, and now his daughter has become the Queen."

"This is called 'going one step further'. I heard that once the queen gives birth to a son, she will definitely make him the crown prince."

"The Jia family is truly incredible. Now they have a queen, a prince, and a duke. In the future, they will have an emperor, a queen, a prince, and a duke. There will be no room for anyone else in the capital!"

"An emperor, an empress, a prince, and a duke are all fine, but the key is that he has the support of an immortal. I heard that a few days ago, there was a scholar in Jinling City who had been dead for seven or eight days, but he brought him back to life. This is really incredible."

"The Jia family is truly blessed by our ancestors. Smoke is rising from the ancestral graves. It's a pity that there are so many children in our family, but not one of them has a promising future."

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After the betrothal gift comes the grand betrothal ceremony.

The Da Zhengli is the Na Zhengli, which means that the man's family sends an envoy to the woman's family to deliver the betrothal gift. After the woman's family accepts the betrothal gift, the marriage is finalized.

The royal family's grand betrothal gift was naturally more grand and much more than the previous betrothal gift.

Including gold and silver jewelry, jewels, jade, silks and satins, etc. There were one thousand rolls of satin alone, which was really not a small number, and it took up a full one hundred carts.

The people in the city were stunned and all exclaimed in amazement.

"How magnificent! How rich!"

"It's worthy of being the emperor's wedding, it's so grand!"

"A betrothal gift of one hundred cars, it's really not a problem if you don't know the goods, but it's a problem if you compare the goods!"

For ordinary people, if the gifts for weddings could fill one or two cars, it was already quite good. But for the emperor's wedding, the gifts filled a full 100 cars, which was naturally dazzling.

However, on the wedding day, these gifts had to be loaded onto a vehicle and transported back to the palace, and they were considered the queen's own property.

Only gifts were given to the Jia family, including gold, silver, gold and silver utensils, silks, satins, clothes, jewelry, etc.

Of course, the Jia family was a wealthy family, and they were not interested in these goods. It was just that they were given by the emperor, so they were particularly respectable.

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After the big betrothal gift is given, the date of the wedding will be agreed upon soon.

Emperor Jiaxing specifically ordered the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to select an auspicious day as the best date to marry the empress. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory quickly calculated the date and set it for ten days later.

Therefore, the Jia family also began to prepare.

First of all, after Yuanchun accepted the marriage proposal, she no longer lived with Sanchun and Daiyu. Instead, she lived in a house in the Jia Mansion. The maids who served her were replaced by palace maids. Logically speaking, at this time, there was a difference in status, and the people of the Jia family could not visit Yuanchun at will.

But rules are dead, people are alive, and the Jia family is more powerful than the royal family, so this rule is just a formality. Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng, Sanchun, and Daiyu can still go to see Yuanchun.

But Yuanchun is no longer the same as before, so they feel a little awkward when they meet.

Secondly, in order to make it convenient for Yuanchun to return home to visit her parents in the future, the Jia family also began to prepare to build a villa for her.

The plan was similar to what was written in the book, which was to connect the Ningguo and Rongguo mansions, connect the back garden of the Ningguo mansion to the backyard of the Rongguo mansion, and demolish the houses where the servants lived there to build a garden.

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Just when the Jia family was busy preparing for Yuanchun's wedding, news suddenly came that the concubine from Jinling had brought her brothers and sisters and the whole family to Beijing.

After discussing with Wang Ziteng, Jia Zheng decided to bring Aunt Xue to live in the Jia Mansion.

Firstly, the Jia family is now more powerful, and the family rules are stricter, so they can better protect the Xue family. Otherwise, if Xue Pan kills someone in the streets of the capital again, Wang Ziteng's power will not be able to suppress him.

Secondly, after taking care of Yuanchun's wedding, Wang Ziteng will be assigned to another important position, and it is said that he will be sent to serve as an official in another place. When the time comes, the whole family will go with him, and it will be inappropriate for the Xue family to live in the Wang family.

Therefore, Jia Zheng sent someone to the dock to pick up the Xue family.

When Mrs. Wang saw her sister coming to Beijing, she was naturally very happy, and hurriedly brought Wang Xifeng, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun and others to welcome her.

It is worth mentioning that in the 1987 version of "Dream of Red Mansions", the entire Jia family went out to welcome Aunt Xue, and even Lady Jia and Madam Xing stood under the eaves waiting, which is inconsistent with the description in the original book.

Because both Lady Jia and Lady Xing were imperial ladies, they had a rank. Aunt Xue, on the other hand, had no imperial title and was just a merchant's wife. Even if she was Lady Wang's biological sister, she was not qualified to have Lady Jia and Lady Xing come out to greet her in person.

In the book, the only people who could be welcomed collectively were Yuanchun, Concubine Nan'an and a very small number of others.

"Sister~"

"Sister~ I've been waiting for you~"

It is natural joy for sisters to reunite.

Afterwards, Aunt Xue ordered Xue Baochai to go forward and meet Lady Wang, Wang Xifeng, Sanchun and others.

On the other side, Xiang Nan and Jia Lian welcomed Xue Pan.

As for Jia Zheng, he was not present at all.

Because he was busy with his daughter's wedding and had no time to care about his nephew. And he didn't want to see Xue Pan either.

In his opinion, Xue Pan was a spoiled dandy. Not only was he lustful at such a young age, but he also took advantage of his strength to kill someone in the street. He was really stupid.

Actually, death is nothing. In a wealthy family like theirs, there will be a few deaths every year. Even Mrs. Wang, who always likes to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures, has Jin Chuan and Qingwen's lives on her hands.

The key is to kill people in a certain way. With the power of the Xue family, it would be effortless to kill Feng Yuan. A seventh-rank county magistrate could bankrupt the Feng family and destroy their family.

For example, Jia She took a fancy to Shi Daizi's fan, but Shi Daizi refused to sell it. Therefore, Jia Yucun punished Shi Daizi, saying that he owed money to the government. Not only did he put him in jail, but he also sold the fan at a low price and sent it directly to Jia She.

In this way, Shi Daizi was punished and the fan was obtained, and it was in accordance with the rules, so no one could say anything.

Therefore, Xue Pan was a fool who would not do evil, but he actually ordered his slaves to beat someone to death in the street. After beating the person to death, he failed to comfort Feng Yuan's family, and made a big thing small, and a small thing nothing, and instead let the family sue him in the government.

To be honest, if Xiang Nan hadn't saved Feng Yuan, this matter would have been very difficult to handle. Even if it was covered up for the time being, it would still be troublesome to track it down in the future.

Therefore, Jia Zheng was too lazy to pay attention to fools like this.