Chapter 700 - Chapter 700: Shocked
Chapter 700: Shocked
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Xiao Yuanshi was furious, but he had no choice but to sulk.
He didn’t eat and asked his personal attendants to push him back to the inn.
In the following days, he would go to the alley opposite King Yi’s mansion every day, hoping to see if there was a chance to meet his grandchildren.
Unfortunately, he never had the chance.
A few days later, Xiao Baili got married.
Xiao Yuanshi had complicated feelings toward his daughter, Xiao Baili.
On the one hand, he felt gratified and proud because she was his daughter and was becoming more and more outstanding.
On the other hand, he was unhappy because his daughter had tricked him before and refused to acknowledge him as her father.
Since he had come to the capital and his daughter was already married, it was better for her to marry into the High Duke’s Public House. Xiao Yuanshi thought about it and decided to go to the silver shop in advance to buy a set of expensive jewelry and get someone to send it to King Yi’s mansion.
Today, King Yi’s estate was bustling with activity. Many people had come to the wedding banquet with gifts.
Therefore, Xiao Yuanshi’s gift was not eye-catching and was placed in the storeroom.
Liang Hanzheng and King Yi’s men had been keeping an eye on Xiao Yuanshi, so they knew about it. But since it was a big day, they put it aside for now.
Liang Hanzheng and his men went to the door and stopped Xi Rui who was coming to fetch the bride.
Xi Rui had brought his cousins and many friends who were good at literature or martial arts. After being put in a difficult position, he was finally let in.
Liang Baili’s makeup was done for her by Shi Qingluo. She had used a little bit of trickery, and at first glance, she felt that she was extremely stunning.
After Xi Rui removed her veil, he was immersed in his wife’s beauty and couldn’t come out.
A woman’s appearance was for the person who liked her. Liang Baili naturally hoped that her husband would like her makeup.
She cried for a while before Shi Qingluo helped her put on her makeup, so her makeup was not smudged.
After putting on the veil, Liang Hanzheng carried his sister out.
He handed his sister to Xi Rui.
Xi Rui was flamboyant and excited. When the bride got on the bridal sedan, he got on his horse too.
There were a total of 168 carriages carrying Liang Baili’s dowry. When they arrived at the Xi Family, the dowry boxes were opened one after another.
Daliang was very popular with dowries, which meant that the bride’s family valued their daughter.
Today, not only did the Xi Family set up many tables to entertain their colleagues, relatives, and friends in the court, but they also set up a hundred tables to entertain the people who wanted to attend the ceremony.
This also represented the importance they attached to Liang Baili. So many people were here to witness their wedding.
When the dowry was revealed, many people could not help but gasp.
The dowry was simply too much. Boxes of ancient books and paintings, boxes of shops, villages, and land deeds, countless gold, silver, and jewelry, as well as red corals, gold pearls, and black pearls from overseas.
The sets of jewelry inlaid with high-quality jade and jewels were dazzling.
There were also several boxes filled with gems of various colors from the Western regions.
There were also sets of exquisite glassware sets and several boxes of high-quality blue and white porcelain.
High-quality furs, precious silks, treasures from foreign countries, and so on.
“Tsk, tsk, even a princess wouldn’t have so many precious treasures as dowry.”
“Why don’t you take a look at whose daughter she is? How can King Yi’s good stuff be lacking?”
With King Yi’s status, his daughter was not much weaker than a princess.
“The key is that he also has a Fu Bao sister-in-law. I heard that Princess Fu Bao has invested in many trading companies, and she has endless money to spend every month.”
“Princess Fu Bao previously traded with merchants in the northern border and the Western regions. It’s normal for her to exchange for so many jewels. Also, it’s normal for Young Master Liang to take out a sister-in-law as a dowry for the treasures he brought from overseas.”
“I heard that Liang Baili has invested in quite a number of workshops and has quite a bit of money. Her family has even given her a dowry.”
“Previously, there were rumors that even if Liang Baili became a phoenix now, it wouldn’t change the fact that she was once a farmer’s daughter. Therefore, her family couldn’t possibly prepare much dowry for her. Now, it’s a slap in the face.”
“With a father like King Yi and a sister-in-law like that, how could the dowry be small?”
“Although I guessed that Liang Baili’s dowry would not be small, I didn’t expect it to be so scary.”
“Not only did the Liang Family prepare such a generous dowry for her, but they also put the generous betrothal gifts from the High Duke’s Public House into the dowry for her to bring over.”
“This High Duke’s Public House has married a daughter-in-law who is carrying a golden baby!”
“This is going to make the other unmarried young masters of the aristocratic families envious to death.”
‘Even unmarried women would die of envy. Such a dowry is the first in the capital. ”
“I’ve long heard that King Yi dotes on this daughter, and Princess Fu Bao dotes on her sister-in-law. I didn’t believe it, but now that I’ve seen this frightening dowry, I believe it.”
Many of the young ladies who had come with their elders as guests were envious and jealous when they saw the many treasures in Liang Baili’s dowry.
This amount of dowry was more than the entire wealth of some small and medium-sized aristocratic families.
The young masters who came to attend the wedding were all jealous. How could Xi Rui be so lucky?
Following Shi Qingluo and her husband, he first became a director, then a fourth-grade official, and even married such a golden wife.
Liang Baili’s dowry alone was enough for the couple to spend their entire lives.
Why weren’t they so lucky to marry such a beautiful, noble, and rich wife?
Ever since Xi Rui came back, he had been drawing hatred and making them jealous.
Xiao Yuanshi had also come today, but he had deliberately disguised himself.
He had a big beard and wore a bamboo hat. He was pushed around by his personal attendants and looked at the crowd.
Seeing his daughter’s dowry, Xiao Yuanshi was extremely shocked.
He really didn’t expect King Yi and Shi Qingluo to prepare so many precious dowries for their daughter.
The jewelry he had spent a lot of money on was nothing compared to the dowry.
He did not know how to describe his feelings.
Although the Xi Family would not take advantage of their daughter-in-law’s dowry, Liang Baili’s dowry was so rich and eye-catching that the elders of the Xi Family were very happy. This was a very honorable thing.
Even Xi Rui’s two sisters-in-law couldn’t help but click their tongues when they saw this. This sister-in-law’s dowry was too scary. It seemed that she was not just favored in King Yi’s mansion.
In the future, they had to be more cautious when interacting with this sister-in-law. They must not offend her.
Other than being envious, the people from the other families also had similar thoughts.
With such a generous dowry, it showed how much King Yi and Liang Hanzheng valued Liang Baili. They should be more polite to Liang Baili in the future.
When Liang Youxiao’s mother saw Liang Baili’s dowry, she felt a little upset.
Previously, when her husband said that he wanted her son to marry Liang Baili, she was still a little bothered by Liang Baili’s identity.
Who would have thought that Liang Baili would suddenly become King Yi’s daughter and enter the Liang Family’s genealogy, and her brother would become the youngest third-grade official in the capital.
She had heard from her husband that the Emperor was going to groom Liang Hanzheng to be the Minister of Revenue, which meant that Liang Hanzheng would have a bright future as long as he did not get himself killed.
Even she was shocked by the dowry.
If she had known this would happen, she would not have hesitated. Now that her son had gone overseas and she had not seen him for two years, she was often worried that something would happen.
It would be great if her son married Liang Baili. Her son might be able to become an official in the capital like Xi Rui and not have to go out to sea.
What a pity..