Noble Lady

Chapter 163 Her Stomach Can’t Wait

There were more than twenty people in the hammering team, which was quite a grand occasion.

According to Cui Hua's status as a person living in a private courtyard, he should not have been so grand.

But he had a relationship with the second master of the Cui family's East Mansion, and he married a girl from a noble family, the sister of an editor in the Hanlin Academy.

My status is neither low nor high, but I can't fool around with it.

Moreover, although Mr. Cui looked down upon the shameless behavior of the girl from the He family, since she was already pregnant, who knows, she might give birth to a big fat boy?

And now that he is using the name of Cui family, it is impossible for him to be too shabby.

Butler Hu: "The Cui family is here to welcome the bride."

Xue Chenyu took Qiuhua and Huang's mother to the backyard.

He Ruyi had almost finished dressing up, but she was throwing a tantrum because she was dissatisfied with a round fan.

Because she said she wanted a pattern of auspicious dragon and phoenix, but she was given a one with a pattern of the word "囍", so she refused to compromise.

They also threw such an elegant and precious round fan to the ground and stepped on it.

Although she was stopped, she was still indignant.

The bridesmaid sent by the Cui family was already very dissatisfied, but she still patiently advised, "Young lady, round fans used for weddings don't necessarily have to be decorated with dragon and phoenix patterns. There are also those with intertwined mandarin duck patterns. There are also those with animal patterns, water patterns, and the Chinese character for "囍" (囍) patterns that are commonly used."

"I don't care, I only want what I specify!"

"I chose the pattern and the material myself. Our He family spent a lot of money to order His Highness. Now they, the Jinyi Pavilion, have taken the money and used other junk to fill the bill. And they want me to suffer this loss. Why?"

"If I wasn't so happy today, I would have gone to the government office to sue them for selling inferior goods as good ones!"

He Ruyi was very emotional and spoke in a very aggressive manner, completely disregarding his own face.

Among the maids and servants in this room, only two are He family's own servants, and the rest are hired from outside. Her behavior as a street shrew will spread throughout the capital before tomorrow.

The He family cared more about He Ruyi's impoliteness than she did.

For example, He Shuang, whose face looked very bad at this time.

What Xue Chenyu cared about more was that Jinyi Pavilion was her property and she had always kept a close eye on it. How dare they take the money and not do their job properly, and even pass off inferior products as good ones?

Even if the people in Jinyi Pavilion were very tactless, they would not dare to make any move under her nose.

The He family didn't know that Jinyi Pavilion was her property, but Manager Wang and Sanniang of Jinyi Pavilion all knew her as the master.

How could they be so stupid as to do something like this and risk losing their jobs if she found out?

She glanced at Qiuhua, and Qiuhua understood what she meant. She would go find the relevant people to ask them clearly later.

However, Xue Chenyu felt something was wrong.

The round fan and wedding dress used for the same person's wedding must have been made together. After receiving her instructions, Jinyi Pavilion had already made arrangements and placed He Ruyi's things in a separate place.

It's impossible to confuse it with anyone else's.

If something like this happens, just bring someone from the Jinyi Pavilion and they will know the truth.

But now is not the time to check this.

"Second Miss, the auspicious time is almost here, and the Cui family's wedding procession has already arrived at the gate of the mansion. Why don't you just put up with it for now? Once the wedding is over today, I'll clear this matter up for you, okay?"

"Xue Chenyu, stop being so hypocritical. You're an abandoned concubine who's been despised by my eldest brother. How can you be so kind? You must have been behind this, right?"

Xue Chenyu looked innocent, "I have never been involved in any of your marriage arrangements, how could I have interfered with it?"

"How would I know that!" He Ruyi said in a shrill voice, but Qiuyue pulled her sleeve right after she finished shouting.

She lowered her voice and said, "Although I don't know how you did it, this matter is definitely related to you! You saw that I was going to marry into a wealthy family, and you couldn't bear to see me doing well, so you deliberately sabotaged it!"

She spoke of something that was completely groundless and based on hearsay as if she had caught someone red-handed.

Xue Chenyu was amused by her confident tone, "I wonder how I did it?"

"You... who knows if you have any connection with the people from Jinyi Pavilion?"

Everyone in the room, including the maid doing her makeup and the matchmaker, showed a hint of disgust.

It was just that he didn't want to show it too much, so he immediately retracted his disgust.

Xue Chenyu thought to herself, I have to say, He Ruyi is sometimes quite smart.

However, her stubborn attitude would only delay things, and she didn't want any changes to the original plan.

According to the information she had heard, there was an 80% chance that the problem with the fan was also caused by someone within the He family.

After all, the one who personally handled the marriage was neither her biological mother Liu, who attached great importance to the reputation of the He family, nor her biological elder brother He Minzhi, who valued his own future, nor the second wife Zhang, who was concerned about not losing face for the He family.

It happened to be Ji Minrou... Oh, she seemed to understand what was going on.

Xue Chenyu's thoughts raced for a moment before her face darkened. "Second Miss, if you don't want to get into the bridal sedan and get married today, then you can continue to make trouble!"

"You, what do you mean?" He Ruyi suddenly panicked.

Xue Chenyu gave a fake smile. "I just told you that the auspicious time is almost here. Your fiancé's wedding procession has already arrived at the door. Now they just have to wait for you, the bride, to leave. We are here to urge you."

"If you insist on not giving in and must first clarify the matter of the round fan, then I will have no choice but to inform the people outside - the wedding is suspended and the wedding party can go back."

He Ruyi looked embarrassed, "No..." That's not what she meant.

"Then we'll take the order we placed at Jinyi Pavilion and go to Jingzhao Prefecture to report the case and have them search Jinyi Pavilion."

"It would be best if they arrested the owner and embroiderer of Jinyi Pavilion and interrogated them thoroughly to find out who had replaced your fan with something else."

"Then have the officials from Jingzhao Prefecture search the Jinyi Pavilion from top to bottom and retrieve the round fan with the pattern you originally chose. Then, we can notify the Cui family to come back and welcome the bride. What do you think?"

"No, no! This is absolutely not possible!" He Ruyi finally became anxious and snatched the round fan from the bride's hand and said, "Well, let's just make do with it for now. But Xue Chenyu, you promised to help me figure out what's going on."

"Ah."

Seeing that their sister-in-law didn't behave like a sister-in-law and couldn't even call her sister-in-law properly, the bridesmaid felt even more disgusted with her.

He is from a low-class family, but he has no manners at all.

After getting Xue Chenyu's assurance, He Ruyi couldn't wait to go out.

It’s not that she likes to go back on her word, nor is it that she is willing to compromise.

But according to the process Xue Chenyu said, it would take at least ten days to half a month to complete.

It is not easy to choose an auspicious day and time. You have to choose a new day when the time comes. Who knows when you will be able to go?

Even if she was willing to wait, her stomach couldn't wait any longer!

The gongs and drums are noisy and firecrackers are blasting.

Amidst this joyous atmosphere, He Ruyi got into the Cui family's bridal sedan.

The sixty-eight loads of dowry at the back, each tied with red silk, were carried out from the He family in a grand manner. They were so heavy that it was very strenuous.

This really made some married and unmarried women in Kyoto jealous.

However, their jealousy only lasted for a moment, and soon they witnessed a huge joke.