The East Market in the capital city opens on the 27th day of the 4th lunar month. Early in the morning on the 2nd day of the 4th lunar month, the main gate of the Danyang Marquis' Mansion was opened, and almost all the servants got to work decorating the front yard of the mansion.

When Ye Jintang got married that day, there were only a few red lanterns hung in the front yard. It was nothing compared to the wedding of Ye Yanran now.

In the backyard, Ye Yanran had already changed into her wedding dress and was putting on her headdress.

The wedding dress she was wearing looked obviously bought from a ready-made clothing shop and it looked very valuable. The pearls and jade on her head were also extremely gorgeous.

"When you wear jewelry, be careful not to damage it. You will have to return it to the owner later."

Mrs. Gan was so angry when she saw how clumsy the maids were, and was afraid that they would break the things.

These were all borrowed from the jewelry store with the help of her family members, so if they are damaged, they will have to pay for it.

"Mom, please don't mention it anymore. When I marry into the Qi Wang Mansion and take charge of the harem, I can have as many of these junks as you want."

"Yes, yes, my Yanran is the most blessed one. It's also because you were born with good luck. Otherwise, mother has no money in her hands, how can she buy you such a large dowry."

"Mom, don't forget that my grandfather didn't help me with this dowry for nothing. He just wanted to pave the way for my uncle."

"Your eldest uncle is no better than your uncles. If he gets promoted, he will be a great help to you in the future."

Ye Yanran did not respond. She knew very well that the Gan family was so active in preparing a dowry for her because she was marrying the King of Qi. If she was marrying a man from an ordinary aristocratic family, how could they possibly go to such lengths to do so?

Thinking of Xiao Yi, Ye Yanran felt cold in her heart.

Everyone in the capital knew that her dowry was lost, so how could Xiao Yi not know about it?

But until now Xiao Yi has not said a word about helping her prepare some dowry.

He doesn't care about her life or death at all, and I heard that he recently got another beauty. Now he is hanging out with the beauty all day and probably doesn't remember her anymore.

Ye Yanran gently stroked her already visibly pregnant belly, thinking to herself that this baby must be a boy. As long as she gave birth to a legitimate eldest son and established a firm foothold in Prince Qi's mansion, she would kill all those evil women.

"Mother, more than half of my 120 pieces of dowry are imaginary numbers. Please help me cover them all up. Don't let even a single word leak out."

"Don't worry, mother has had all the dowry wrapped in red cloth. Apart from the large furniture, no one knows what's inside."

Mrs. Gan was too embarrassed to tell Ye Yanran that she couldn't put together a few loads of dowry, so she took out red dates, peanuts, and lotus seeds and packed up three loads of dowry.

In order to make it look like there were a lot of things, she specially found a large wooden box to pack these three items.

Anyway, no one knows what's inside, it's just a formality, and it can also save face for Ye Yanran.

Not long after, deafening firecrackers were heard outside the Danyang Marquis's mansion, and Xiao Yi came to pick up the bride.

Ye Jintang, wearing a veil, stood in the crowd with Luzhu, waiting to watch the fun.

Suddenly, a little boy with pigtails came up to Ye Jintang.

"Give."

The little boy stuffed a small note into her hand without saying a word.

Without waiting for her to speak, he dived into the crowd and quickly disappeared.

Ye Jintang opened the note with a puzzled look on his face, and saw that it said that Ye Yanran's dowry included three identical large boxes filled with red dates, peanuts, and lotus seeds.

Judging from the crooked handwriting on the note, it should have been written by Aunt Lou.

"It's a good thing that Madam Gan could think of using these things as dowry."

"Anyway, the common people who came to watch the fun today don't have any copper coins to take, so why not take some red dates and peanuts back home to have a snack."

Ye Jintang whispered a few words in Luzhu's ear, and Luzhu squeezed out of the crowd and ran back after a long time.

"Everything has been arranged. All you have to do is wait and see the show."

The two waited for a long time and finally saw Ye Yanran slowly coming out of the Marquis' Mansion with the help of maids and old women.

In other families, the newly-weds are carried out by their older or younger brothers.

But Ye Yanran's belly was already very big, and even wearing a loose wedding dress could not cover it.

In this situation, she didn't dare ask her brother to carry her on his back, so she had to walk out by herself.

Some of the people watching outside the mansion who did not understand the specific situation asked the people around them in confusion why Ye Yanran did not let her brothers carry her out.

When they learned that Ye Yanran was pregnant, almost everyone showed a look of surprise on their faces.

Ye Yanran obviously knew what her problem was. She did not dare to delay for a moment after leaving the Marquis' Mansion and quickly got into the bridal sedan.

"As expected of the Marquis of Danyang Mansion. I just heard a few days ago that their storehouse was robbed and the Marquis's daughter's dowry was also lost. I didn't expect that they could gather 120 loads of dowry in such a short time."

Some people looked at the huge dowry procession and couldn't help but sigh.

"Do you think the Danyang Marquisate will make some false gifts again? Last time when Miss Ye Liu got married, they made quite a lot of false gifts."

"It's hard to say. You see, all the dowry is covered with red cloth. No one knows if there is any false dowry inside."

"Hey, the bridal sedan has already left, why don't we see the Marquis's Mansion giving out copper coins?"

Someone stretched his neck to look at the gate of the mansion, but no one was carrying copper coins.

"On such a happy day, why don't you scatter copper coins?"

Someone standing in the crowd asked loudly.

The old marquis standing on the steps was speechless when asked. If the treasury of the marquis' mansion had not been stolen, the mansion would definitely have scattered some copper coins to liven up the atmosphere. But now he didn't even have money to drink, so where would he get copper coins to throw out?

So the old marquis pretended not to hear and turned away.

At this moment, a muffled sound suddenly came from not far away.

When Old Marquis Ye heard the sound, he looked and saw that among the dowry team that had just left not far away, several people were carrying wooden boxes that had fallen to the ground for some unknown reason.

Red dates, peanuts, and lotus seeds were scattered all over the floor from the wooden box.

The servants who were carrying the dowry were stunned when they saw the things on the ground.

Just then several children swarmed over and began to pick up red dates and other things that had fallen on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Lao Hou felt his eyelids twitching wildly and a bad premonition came to his mind.

"Why are you still standing there? Go and help clean up."

The old marquis was so angry that his hands were shaking.

At this moment, he was extremely regretful. If he had known that letting Ye Yanran marry Xiao Yi would cause so many troubles, he should have forced Ye Yanran to abort the child.

Unfortunately, it was too late to say anything now, and he could only try every possible way to make amends.

There were three full boxes of red dates, peanuts and lotus seeds, and in the end not a single one was left, all of them were picked up by the children.

There was nothing the Marquis's Mansion could do. They couldn't go and make up the three loads of dowry now, so the matter could only be left unresolved.

Ye Yanran, who was sitting in the bridal sedan, soon learned about this. She felt her head buzzing and she wanted to punch Madam Gan. What the hell was she doing?

The onlookers were shocked when they saw the red dates and peanuts.

They have seen many girls getting married. Some had small dowries that could only fit in one box, while others had large dowries that could not even fit in an entire street.

But it is unheard of that a mansion like the Marquis of Danyang would prepare some red dates and peanuts to show off.

After all, the Danyang Marquis Mansion was once well-known in the capital.

Who would have thought that it was just a beautiful exterior with rotten inside.

Ye Jintang watched a big show outside and almost died of laughter.

Today is the East Market Fair, and some people who come to the market are from cities and towns surrounding the capital.

I'm afraid this little gossip about the Marquis of Danyang's Mansion will spread around the capital within two days.

For many years to come, no matter which family it was, whenever dowry was mentioned, the matter of the Marquis of Danyang's Mansion would inevitably be mentioned.

As soon as Ye Yanran got married, the Danyang Marquisate lost all its reputation and became a laughing stock in the entire capital.

"You don't know, madam. It's all spread like wildfire outside. It's said that Ye Yanran drank pregnancy-preserving medicine every day when she first entered Prince Qi's mansion. It's probably because she ate too many red dates and hurt the baby in her belly."

"Also, the marriage of the third son of the Marquis of Danyang has fallen through, and Madam Tang is making a fuss about splitting up the family again. This time, the fuss is so severe that even Madam Tang's family members have gone to the Marquis' Mansion."

Ever since the incident of red dates broke out, no one knew where Prince Changping got the news from, but he actually got hold of Ye Yanran's dowry list, and followed the example of Ye Jintang who spread the dowry list everywhere last time.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that half of Ye Yanran’s dowry list was imaginary numbers.

The huge Danyang Marquisate resorted to such despicable tactics twice in a row, and all the noble families in the capital laughed at them in private.

Almost all the marriage proposals that had been considered fell through overnight.

Those aristocratic families really look down upon the behavior of the Marquis of Danyang's Mansion.

"I guess everyone in the Marquis' Mansion is afraid to go out recently."

Ye Jintang slowly turned a page of the medical book, thinking that destroying the reputation and money of the Danyang Marquis Mansion was just the first step.

She wanted to watch the entire Marquis' Mansion struggle in the capital, slowly decline, and watch the people in the Marquis' Mansion scatter like monkeys when the tree falls.

In the original novel, the Marquis' Mansion took the original owner's money and everyone in the mansion acquiesced in it. They were enjoying everything that the money brought them. No one spoke up for the original owner, and no one even offered a hand to help.

If the Marquis' Mansion is defeated in the future, none of them will be innocent.

The master and servant talked for a while, and Ye Jintang found an excuse to send Luzhu out. She leaned on the soft pillow and entered the space.

The first batch of medicinal materials has been sent out. They were stored in a new warehouse. Only Zhou Wuwei knew about this warehouse. Every time Zhou Wuwei got the list of medicinal materials, he would find someone to go to the warehouse to get the medicinal materials and send them to the clinic.

She is now preparing the second batch of medicinal materials.

A bag of seeds was automatically planted in the farmland. Within five breaths, a field of green medicinal herbs had grown in the farmland.

With just a glance from Ye Jintang, all the medicinal herbs in the farmland were collected, turned into finished products and put into the warehouse.

After repeating this for a while, she felt that the quantity of herbs was about the same, so she changed to another one.

Although each medicinal herb was not used for a long time, there were too many varieties of herbs, and she only planted a dozen or so kinds of herbs, which she found a bit overwhelming.

Ye Jintang wiped the sweat from his forehead. Frequent planting of medicinal herbs was very tiring.

Finally, she scattered a handful of medicinal herbs that would take three hours to grow, and took the kettle to fetch water from the spring.

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