Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 1106 A Laugh That Won't Kill
Zhou Banxia was laughing so hard she couldn't live anymore. It's true that the best children are the ones you give birth to. Even her mother had the idea of ​​using her daughter's clothes and appearance to outshine other people's daughters.

Isn't this bullying?
How can you compare how many clothes and accessories your daughter has versus how many other daughters have? If you don't mention the quantity, there's no basis for comparison in terms of quality.

Take your daughter's outfit for example. Even if the fabric is expensive, and it's just a plain moon white color, the workmanship and embroidery are so elaborate that it would be festive to wear.
"Everyone always says that you siblings are the best looking, but if you ask me, none of you siblings are any better looking than the others."

Your older sister is good-looking. At first glance, she looks beautiful and neat, even prettier than your mother was when she was a girl. But after looking at her for a while, she's not as good-looking as you.

That's why they say you resemble whoever raises you. You look more like your aunt, exactly like her in the painting. You look even more like a noble lady than the eldest daughter-in-law of the Gao family.

Your father was right when he said you look like a well-read noblewoman. It's a good thing you take after your father; if you were as carefree as your mother, you definitely wouldn't be here.

Do you remember what your mother told you? Your aunt said that your uncle was afraid the Gao family would have bad intentions and wouldn't let you leave the manor, and that your uncle didn't dare mention you in front of Lord Gao, right?

Zhou Banxia chuckled and nodded, thinking to herself, "Ever since you came back from the capital, you've said this countless times. Even with my bad memory, I've memorized it by heart."

"I know your uncle would never dare to mention you, and your aunt told him to pretend he didn't know you existed. Your uncle isn't afraid that you'll be betrothed to one of Madam Gao's grandsons."

Your father said that made sense. You were already in their house, and they secretly put you in their grandson's bed and made you their legal wife. No matter how angry your aunt was, she couldn't do anything about it. She had no choice but to marry him..."

No, no, if they really resorted to such despicable means, it wouldn't be a marriage alliance, but a blood feud. Given her master's temperament, he would definitely not force her to marry him even if she didn't want to.

Her master taught her the way of life, which was to guide her to be cautious and moderate in order to ensure safety, but everything was based on the premise of "ensuring safety".

She has already been schemed against, lost her reputation, and become controlled by others. How can she be safe? Her master will not rest until he destroys his enemy. Why would he let her marry into his enemy's family?

What a joke.

If her master could have swallowed this humiliation, he wouldn't have wiped out her father's clan, much less left before the Duke of Liang's family was exonerated.

The reason why ruthless people are ruthless is that they are ruthless to themselves. No matter what they do, they are determined to burn their bridges and stick to their own principles.

Her master's spirit and pride never changed because of his status. Even when he was humbled to the point of serving as a maid for someone else, his pride was never worn down. How could he compromise!

Even the late emperor couldn't make her master admit defeat, let alone return to the capital and the princess's mansion on her own initiative. What virtue or ability does the Gao family have to make her master compromise?

She wasn't bragging, but in her master's eyes, her status might even be higher than her uncle's. Even if it wasn't higher, it was at least equal to his.

The fact that her master never exposed her to the public shows that he had already planned her future from a very early stage.

If her uncle wins, she will not need anyone's protection, as he will be there to shield her; if her uncle loses, her embroidery skills will ensure she has enough to eat and wear.

That's why she was able to save Old Madam Gao's life back then. It wasn't some divine intervention or her birth chart bringing good fortune to the Gao family, but rather her master's intention to make the Gao family owe her a favor.

With this favor, she could use the Gao family name to intimidate people when she left the manor. However, her master certainly did not expect that no matter how much he taught her to protect her life, she would still foolishly rush forward and take the blame herself, ending up with a bloody head. No wonder her master was so angry afterward that he punished her by making her kneel for an hour.

That's because his calves were too nimble; he darted and ran incredibly fast, almost losing his life in the process. He didn't even learn his lesson from kneeling down once more, hahaha...

Li didn't know why her daughter Sanya suddenly laughed out loud, thinking she was amused by her slap. "I just praised you for being clever, and now you're being silly again. Did you understand?"

what?
"What did you say after that?" Zhou Banxia almost blurted out the question, but fortunately her son saved the day at the crucial moment, and her mother's attention was instantly drawn to her grandson.

"Oh dear, what does Grandma's little Yuan-ge want to say to Grandma? Does he want to go out with his mother? Waaah, Grandma's little Yuan-ge won't play with Grandma..."

Zhou Banxia shuddered immediately. This was so cheesy! She touched the goosebumps that had risen on her wrist. "Mom, aren't you coming over there with me?"

“I’m not like your Aunt Ma, who doesn’t want to miss anything. My son-in-law’s cousin is getting married, and we already gave a gift. Why would I go and join in the fun?”

That makes a lot of sense, but unfortunately what you're saying sounds more like what my dad would say—"You've already given the gift, you can't get it back anyway, why bother joining in the fun!"
As for the previous sentence, Zhou Banxia pretended not to hear it. Her mother wore her heart on her sleeve; she was too easy to understand.

And now she's taken a dislike to Aunt Ma again. Without a doubt, it's highly likely that Aunt Ma will unintentionally compare her to her daughter to elevate her status.

That's just how her mother is. She's usually carefree and doesn't take other people's sarcastic remarks to heart, but sometimes she'll overthink even the most unintentional thing someone says.

Fortunately, as long as she doesn't say things like "daughters resemble their mothers" in front of her mother like Oda did before, it's not a big problem that her first child will definitely be a girl.

In this situation, her mother would not only overthink it, but would also take it very seriously and remember it well. To this day, she has not given Xiaotian a kind look.

Since she was chatting and laughing with Aunt Ma in the flower hall before, there's nothing wrong with that. There's no need to coax her. In no time, she'll be good friends again.

Of course, there was no time to coax her anymore; it was time to go out. It was also time to go to the old courtyard. If they didn't leave soon, the groom would take the bride away.

The end of Chen (7-9 AM) and the beginning of Si (9-11 AM).

It's almost ten o'clock.

At that time, the Gu family's old courtyard will be covered in festive red.

People came and went, crowds thronged, just like during the Chinese New Year, it was incredibly lively.

The inner room of the west wing of the main house, which was originally the residence of Gu Dalang and his wife, was moved to the east wing after the family divided their property. This room is now the bride's boudoir.

The bride had already bathed, changed clothes, and dressed up in her wedding gown early in the morning, waiting for the groom to come to the gate to fetch her. Then, she would put on a red veil, offer tea, bid farewell, and get into the bridal sedan chair.

At this time, most of the female relatives went into the bride's boudoir. Some stayed to sit with her, some sat for a while and then got up, and most went in to say auspicious words and then left.

There were so many people that there wasn't enough room for everyone to stand inside, so the older women mostly moved to the outer west room to sit.

Naturally, even though the west outer room was much more spacious than the west inner room, it was still too crowded for all the older women to sit down.

Similar to the slightly older women, a tea-offering and farewell ceremony for the bride and groom is held after the main hall, and the old men also gather in the east room.

Similarly, even if everyone sat down, it would still be too crowded.

Thus, Zhou Banxia witnessed history repeating itself, and the amusing scene of Gu Erniu's wedding reappeared—shouting for seats to be offered at the top of their lungs.