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Chapter 4735 [A Perfect Marriage]

After Yuanchun's wedding, Wang Ziteng was appointed as the commander of nine provinces and was ordered to leave the capital to patrol the border.

For him, this is naturally a good thing.

Because the Jiedushi of the Capital Camp, who guarded the capital, was also a senior official, but he could only control the Capital Camp. In comparison, the Nine Provinces Commander could control nine provinces, and his power was obviously greatly enhanced.

Moreover, there are not many officials in Beijing who are sent out to other places, and they only receive some charcoal and ice tributes. However, when an official is sent out to other places, especially such a high-ranking official, naturally everyone will flatter him wherever he goes, and it is impossible not to make a fortune.

Therefore, the whole Wang family was in great joy and the banquet lasted for several days.

Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng, and Aunt Xue were naturally all honored and went to the banquet to celebrate.

Xiang Nan and Jia Lian both went with gifts, and Xue Pan also went with them.

Wang Ziteng was naturally particularly friendly to Xiang Nan and Jia Lian when he met them. One was his nephew and the other was his niece's husband. They were both very close relatives.

But seeing Xue Pan was a little cold, he repeatedly told him, "Since you have come to the capital, you should put away your dandy habits and study hard. I don't expect you to pass the imperial examination, but if you can understand more and stop causing trouble and acting recklessly, it will be considered that you have made progress."

Xue Pan was scolded by his uncle. Although he was embarrassed, he could only nod in agreement.

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After Wang Ziteng took office, the Spring Festival arrived.

The Jia family also began to prepare for the New Year, including purchasing New Year's goods, gifts, clothes, decorations, etc.

There were four or five hundred people in the Jia family, and food alone was a big item. Moreover, when relatives and friends visited each other, they naturally had to give gifts to each other.

The Jia family was a royal family, so naturally the gifts they gave were not vulgar items like gold, silver, and jewelry, but all kinds of novel and valuable things.

For example, when Jia Baoyu accompanied Jia Zheng to appreciate osmanthus flowers, he received many gifts, including three fans, three fan pendants, six boxes of pens and ink, three strings of scented beads, and three jade rings.

The Jia family, whether masters or servants, should also buy some new clothes and headgear. The house should also have some new furnishings, so as not to wear the same things all year round and get bored.

So many things have to be handled by Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng both inside and outside.

Therefore, Xiang Nan originally wanted to help them recuperate, but it seems that he will have to delay it for another month, at least until the first month of the year.

Jia Zhen opened the ancestral temple and ordered people to clean it, put away the offerings, invite the spirit tablets, and clean the upper room in preparation for hanging the image of the deceased. At this time, everyone in and outside the Rong and Ning mansions was busy.

Xiang Nan is not busy.

He didn't have to go to school to seek fame, and he didn't have to entertain guests, so he naturally had a lot of free time.

Every day, she only plays with Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, and Daiyu. Although Yuanchun is married, Baochai has come, so the inner house is as lively as before.

Although Xue Baochai is not much older, she has a virtuous character and a beautiful appearance, even more beautiful than the three sisters Jia and Daiyu. Moreover, she is open-minded and goes with the flow. Therefore, within a few days of her arrival, she has been deeply loved by everyone in the Jia family. Even the maids are willing to play with her.

Xiang Nan also knew that Xue Baochai was a good girl. She was virtuous and dignified, gentle and generous, well-educated, beautiful and intelligent. She was a first-class good girl.

It's a pity that he met a jerk like Xue Pan. Xue Pan is uneducated, arrogant, but also stupid as a pig and doesn't understand human affairs.

He was unable to keep up the business after his father Xue's death.

Seeing that he was young and inexperienced, the merchants, managers, and employees of the Xue family immediately began to steal and embezzle money, causing the originally profitable businesses to suffer losses.

It didn't matter that the business didn't make it. Jia Baoyu wasn't necessarily a good businessman, and if he were in his place, he wouldn't necessarily be able to run the business well.

But Jia Baoyu at least has good looks and literary talent, so he would not be rude in the aristocratic social circle and might even win praise.

Unlike Xue Pan, who sang "Heng Heng Yun" at Feng Ziying's family dinner and was not even as good as the prostitute Yun'er and the actor Jiang Yuhan, making people look down on him.

At Lai Shangrong's celebration, he even provoked Liu Xianglian, who was born into a noble family, and ended up getting beaten up by him, which made him lose face. Not to mention that he also allowed his slaves to beat Feng Yuan to death in the street. This kind of brutality is simply shocking.

Therefore, no matter how good Xue Baochai's appearance, personality, and character are, people who are interested in marrying her will back off once they find out about her family's traditions.

Therefore, in the original version of "Dream of Red Mansions", Shi Xiangyun, the legitimate daughter of the Shihou family, was engaged early on. Yingchun and Tanchun both had people propose to her, but no one proposed to Xue Baochai, which made Xiang Nan feel very sorry for her.

So when they were together in daily life, Xiang Nan couldn't help but take better care of Xue Baochai.

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At this time, word gradually spread in the Jia Mansion that Xue Baochai had a golden locket on her body, with eight words engraved on it: "Never leave, never abandon, and forever young."

These eight words were passed down by a bald monk, who also said that in the future he would find someone with jade to match him.

This rumor quickly spread throughout the Jia family, causing many people to say that Master Bao was born with a magical jade. The eight words on the golden lock matched the words on the jade: "Never lose, never forget, may you live forever."

Could it be that Miss Xue's marriage should be arranged by Master Bao? !

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Time flies, and it is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.

The door gods, couplets, and plaques were replaced in Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion, and new peach charms were pasted, making the mansion look brand new.

From the main gate, the ceremonial gate, the hall, the warm pavilion, the inner hall, the inner three gates, the inner ceremonial gate and the inner gate to the main hall, the main entrance is wide open, and under the steps on both sides, there are two large high-rise lamps of the same color. Like a golden dragon.

On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, those who had been granted titles by Jia's grandmother all wore court robes according to their rank, first sat in an eight-person sedan chair, and led everyone into the palace to pay homage and pay respects.

Xiang Nan was a god appointed by the emperor, so naturally he was among them.

This day was also the day when civil and military officials came to pay tribute, so the front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was almost full of people.

All the civil and military officials stood in rows according to their ranks.

Since Jia Zheng was the King of the Nation and had half of the imperial carriage, and the daughter of the Jia family was the Queen, he naturally ranked first.

Xiang Nan's status is even more special, so he is ranked only after Jia Zheng.

Soon, the retired emperor Yongxi and the emperor Jiaxing came together.

Afterwards, everyone bowed and congratulated the Emperor and the Retired Emperor on the New Year. Xiang Nan was no exception.

After all, the emperor has given him enough face these days.

Not only did he confer the title of King of the same rank on Jia Zheng, he also conferred the title of Queen Yuanchun, and in the future he was planning to confer the title of Crown Prince on her son.

Xiang Nan didn't want to go too far, so he simply gave him some face in front of everyone.

Anyway, he is my brother-in-law now, so it’s no big deal to kowtow to him.

Sure enough, when Emperor Jiaxing saw Xiang Nan kowtow, he breathed a sigh of relief.

After the officials paid their respects, the emperor invited them to sit down and drink tea. However, only the princes and nobles were allowed to sit in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, while the rest of the officials could only sit in their original seats outside the hall.

Xiang Nan and Jia Zheng could naturally go in.

After sitting down, Emperor Yongxi and Emperor Jiaxing looked at Xiang Nan with somewhat subtle expressions.

It was the first time they met Xiang Nan.