After the marriage, the cousin was spoiled by the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion

Chapter 206 Rong Peilan (Previous Life Extra)

The Xie family held two wedding banquets one after another. The first one was a grand wedding with a gorgeous makeup of ten miles, and the eldest daughter got married.
In the next scene, a sedan chair was carried out of the door and the niece got married.

Her name is Rong Peilan, and she is the niece of the Xie family. Her father died nine years ago and her mother died six years ago.

Her uncle took the eleven-year-old girl and her three-year-old brother back to the Xie family.

There are four children in the Xie family, plus the two of them, a total of six.

My aunt is not a kind person and she only treated my child as her own for the first six months.

She always thought that she and her brother lived and ate for free at her uncle's house, so she had to endure the contempt from everyone.

Until one day, her cousin's friend came to visit their home. When she passed by the terrace, she saw her cousin and his friend admiring some of her father's paintings.

My cousin said, "Mr. Akashi is my uncle, and I have 20 or 30 of his paintings at home!"

His friend was amazed, "Mr. Akashi's paintings are hard to come by now, but Brother Xie still has 20 or 30 of them! Brother Xie, please sell me one, money is not a problem!"

At this moment she knew that she and her brother were not pitiful children begging for mercy, but just a pair of siblings without protection and unable to protect their family wealth.

Her uncle promised her to his most promising student, Kang Jintang.

Her aunt didn't give her much dowry, but asked her to take the furniture and a few quilts she had found in the warehouse to the Kang family.

Her uncle secretly gave her two hundred taels of silver notes, which was her last resort.

The Kang family is a simple family consisting of a widowed mother, a cousin, and a maid named Xiaohong.

It was on the first night of her wedding that she saw her husband for the first time.

I heard from my uncle that he is the new top scholar and is still waiting to be appointed as an official.

Kang Jintang's facial features are not outstanding, but he looks like a gentle person.

She saw the surprise in his eyes and lowered her head in shame.

At that moment, she felt that they could grow old together.

She thought of the day when her cousin Xie Shuning came home. Prince Ji was the most handsome man she had ever seen, but also the man with the worst temper.

At the return party, he did not thank his family members and just threw down his chopsticks and left.

Later, when she heard about what her cousin had done in the Marquis' Mansion, she could only snort and say that she deserved it.

In the Xie family, my cousin is the only legitimate daughter, and her uncle and aunt both dote on her.

My cousin lives a free life. She doesn't read people's faces or act according to their moods. With such a personality, in such a family, who can be as tolerant as my aunt?

In fact, her cousin married into a wealthy family and lived a poor life, so it didn't necessarily make things better for her. She just had to swallow her anger.

Kang family’s cousin, Lin Songxue.

Lin Songxue has lived in the Kang family since she was a child, and she and Kang Jintang have had a deep relationship since childhood.

I heard that Lin Songxue's name was changed by Kang Jintang.

She only found out later that the two had actually already decided to spend their lives together, and Kang's mother thought that it was a good thing for them to stay together, so she just waited for Kang Jintang to finish his exams before getting married.

But I never expected that once I graduated from high school, I would win the favor of my uncle.

Kang's mother felt that marrying her would naturally be better than marrying Lin Songxue!
In this way, Kang Jintang could be considered to have climbed up the ladder of a high-ranking official.

But she didn't expect that the groom, who had just lifted the veil, would be called away by Xiaohong the next moment.

The Kang family's cousin, Lin Songxue, fainted.

That night, Rong Peilan stayed alone in the empty room.

The next day, she met her cousin, who could make the groom abandon his new wife.

Lin Songxue is not fair and pretty, but she has delicate features. With a little dressing up, she can be considered a pretty lady.

She did not ignore the smugness in Lin Songxue's eyes. That's right, she should have been the wife, but now she is the latecomer and has the upper hand, while Lin Songxue can only be a concubine. How can she not be angry?

She didn't care, but she also didn't expect Lin Songxue to be so cunning.

On the second day, intermittent groans of pain were heard, and the groom, unable to sit still, left again.

On the third day, a big accident happened. The candlestick fell over and almost burned down Kang's house.

Three days after the marriage, not only was the marriage not consummated, but her mother-in-law also began to complain about her.

——"Since I married you, there have been a lot of big and small things happening in this family."

Looking at the complacent Lin Songxue, the disgusted mother-in-law, and the frowning husband.

She knew that this was just another Xie family.

Kang Jintang was delayed in being appointed an official, and gradually, she gained a reputation of being unlucky not only for her parents but also for her husband.

Kang's mother ordered Kang Jintang not to enter her room.

Less than a month after their marriage, Kang Jintang took Lin Songxue in.

Kang's mother wanted to save face and was afraid of being criticized, so she said that she would wait two years before holding the concubine ceremony.

Lin Songxue, in the end, had to follow Kang Jintang without any status or position.

Rong Peilan looked at the family coldly. She finally knew who the hypocritical person in the book was about.

Kang Jintang was not appointed as an official, but Lin Songxue found a way from somewhere and said that if he offered some bribes, Kang Jintang would appear on the first list of officials to be appointed.

The Kang family raised money and wanted to sell her meager dowry.

She stopped it, not only because she disagreed with selling her dowry, but also because the bribe was a complete scam.

Lin Songxue sneered, "Sister, you are reluctant to part with these dowries. Are you afraid that your cousin will become an official?"

Rong Peilan didn't look at her. "Sister, you come from the countryside, so naturally you don't know. The appointment of officials is presided over by the Ministry of Personnel. If you are in a place far away from the emperor, you may accept bribes. Who dares to accept money under the emperor's feet?"

"If you want to charge money for the appointment, you should start on time so as not to attract attention. It has been delayed for several months. Are you afraid that others will not know about it by collecting money at this time?!"

Kang's mother was skeptical, but Kang Jintang chose to believe her. He was more afraid that his career would be damaged and was unwilling to take the risk.

She was right. The bribery case implicated many people and the appointment of officials was delayed again.

The Kang family was gradually falling into poverty. They had no property or shops, no salary, and several mouths to feed.

Kang's mother and Lin Songxue took up the job of selling embroidery.

She started selling paintings, and Kang Jintang helped her sell all the paintings.

Every time he came back from selling paintings, the smile on his face never faded, but the money he got back was not much.

Until he hosted a dinner for his friends, during which she heard...

"Brother Kang, your Matsushita chess set is really amazing."

"It's not as good as the last painting of the lady washing clothes in the stream! Nowadays, people outside call Brother Kang Mr. Shangxi."

"Come on, come on, give a toast to Mr. Xi!"

Only then did she realize that he used her paintings to make friends, and the money he brought back was from selling his own copied books.

He got to know many famous people because of his paintings, so his kindness to her was just to make her paint more.

Rong Peilan leaned against the door and tightened her grip on the plate.

She took a deep breath. Since he wanted to make friends, she would help him!
She wanted to see if he could stand firmly after climbing up.

Don't get yourself into pieces when the time comes!

(End of this chapter)