Chapter 1: A concubine's daughter marries
One of the Xiao family's ancestral precepts: The Xiao family head's legitimate wife must be a legitimate daughter
The second ancestral precept of the Xiao family: The head of the Xiao family in each generation is not allowed to serve as an official in the court
A bright red sedan chair, loud gongs and drums, loud suonas, waves of joy, burning half the sky, and excitement filled every corner of Pingyang City. Today is a big day. Mr. Xiao, one of the four great families of Da Qi, is getting married, but in the long procession, the groom who was supposed to ride a tall horse to welcome the bride is missing...
I heard that Mr. Xiao had contracted a strange disease. He had consulted all the famous doctors in Pingyang City and tried all the famous medicines, but still no one could cure him and there was no medicine that could cure him. Now he is terminally ill.
I heard that Master Xiao's eldest sister was the imperial concubine in the palace, and she sent an imperial physician to see Master Xiao, but they were unable to find out what the disease was.
I heard that Mr. Xiao is now awake less and less every day. The doctor who treated him said behind his back that the Xiao family should prepare for his funeral.
I heard that the old lady of the Xiao family is marrying Master Xiao today for the purpose of bringing good luck. The marriage was arranged by the old master in his early years. The girl is from the Li family. It is said that the girl from the Li family is spoiled and unruly, and neither Master Xiao nor the old lady likes her. But because the marriage was arranged by the old master Xiao during his lifetime, the engagement has not been cancelled. Master Xiao is 20 years old this year. He has taken four concubines and had three daughters, but he has not married yet.
It is said that……
The rumors about Mr. Xiao Erye, because of his wedding for good luck, became a hot topic in the streets and alleys of Pingyang City, exciting the entire Pingyang City.
Li Mengxi wore a phoenix crown and wedding dress, sitting dignified in the sedan chair, holding the embroidered handkerchief tightly in both hands. The bright red sedan chair, bright red wedding dress, bright red rouge, a joyful red, but still can't cover up the paleness on her face and the helplessness in her eyes. Is this fate? She, a ghost, has now become a bride who comes to get married, a bride who marries on behalf of others. In her previous life, she was a doctor of medicine. When she was doing experiments, she was irradiated by radiation and got leukemia. She remembered that she was in the hospital for emergency treatment, and she came to this time and space inexplicably. It didn't overlap with the history in her memory at all. It was a disordered time and space, and she became the owner of this body.
This body of hers was originally the seventh daughter of the Li family. Her biological mother was Aunt Zhao, the fifth concubine of Master Li. She was 13 years old this year. This wedding was supposed to be the eldest daughter of Master Li, Li Mengfei. Li Mengfei was engaged to Xiao Jun in her early years, but the Xiao family had not come After contracting an incurable disease, they wanted Mengfei to bring good luck. Madam Li was so angry that she jumped up and cursed, saying that it would be enough to marry a concubine to bring good luck, but they used the legitimate wife to bring good luck. What did they think of the legitimate daughter of the Li family? Even the noble families did not bully people like this.
He also heard that Master Xiao is now less awake than unconscious every day, and the doctor who treated him said that Master Xiao will not live beyond this month and his daughter will become a widow once she gets married. His dream of many years for his own daughter to become the mistress of the Xiao family, one of the four major families in Qi State, was shattered. However, due to the power of the Xiao family, he dared not refuse the marriage. He hated the Xiao family in his heart and made a fuss to Old Master Li.
Unable to stand his wife's crying, making a fuss and even threatening to hang herself, Old Master Li was really at a loss so he came up with the idea of replacing the original with a fake one. He adopted Zhao's concubine's daughter Mengxi as his legitimate daughter and sent her over. Although Mengxi is not yet a woman of age, the other illegitimate daughters of the Zhao family are even younger: one is Zhang's concubine's daughter Mengchen, who is only 6 months old, and the other is the daughter of the ninth concubine whom the old master had just married, who is over 1 year old and has not been weaned yet.
The sedan chair was carried in from the main gate of the Xiao Mansion and stopped at the main courtyard. The matchmaker helped the pale little man out of the sedan chair and carried the brazier. Under the guidance of the matchmaker, Mengxi completed the complicated rituals one after another. After the worship in the hall, she was finally led into the bridal chamber by the second master Xiao in front of her, who might fall down if the wind blew.
Fortunately, Mengxi thought, at least she did not have to marry with a rooster like in TV and movies. It was said that the Xiao family also prepared a rooster, but Mr. Xiao was sober today, and with the help of maids and old women, he managed to complete the six rituals.
