Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

The Prince of Changping's Palace was bustling with laughter and crying because of an imperial decree granting marriage.

After everyone's emotions had calmed down a little, they began to prepare for Gu Congyun's dowry.

The wedding date is a little rushed, just one month later, so they have a lot to do.

As soon as the imperial decree granting marriage came down, Zhou Wuwei's marriage became the hottest topic in the capital.

It was unbelievable that a concubine of the previous dynasty was given to him as his wife. Even the clan office came forward and hoped that Xiao Mo would revoke the imperial decree granting the marriage.

Even if Xiao Yi was a deposed emperor, he was once an emperor. His concubines must either be buried with him or become nuns. It is absolutely unacceptable for them to remarry.

Unfortunately, Xiao Mo didn't listen to the clan affairs office at all.

Emperor Jing had many concubines. Even when he was old, he still selected concubines every three years. After those young girls entered the palace, it was very likely that they had never even seen what Emperor Jing looked like.

After Emperor Jing's death, Xiao Yi drove most of the low-ranking concubines in the harem to a nunnery.

They were forced to become nuns at such a young age, and from then on they could only live with the company of Buddha and green lamps. This was really too cruel.

Perhaps it was because Xiao Mo had heard Ye Jintang talk too much about the status of women, and he always thought about not treating women too harshly.

So after he ascended the throne, he released all the concubines who were imprisoned in nunneries and allowed them to remarry.

Since the royal family was like this, the common people naturally followed suit. In the past, women who married for the second time were often despised and even the subject of all kinds of gossip.

Nowadays, it is not so unacceptable for a woman to marry a second time, especially for the ladies from aristocratic families. If they encounter an unhappy marriage, they dare to fight back.

The issue of Gu Congyun's identity was settled after a few days. Some people even felt that Gu Congyun set a good example for women to marry a second time and said that she was a role model for noble ladies in the capital.

The other Bai Manqing was not as lucky as Gu Congyun.

The Bai family was not very happy when they received the imperial decree granting the marriage, and members of the Bai family even came to their house to inquire about the matter.

In their opinion, Bai Wanqing becoming Zhou Wuwei's concubine was a slap in the face to the Bai family.

If all the noble ladies of the Bai family are taken as concubines, how can the other women of the Bai family talk about marriage in the future?

As long as the family background is slightly better, I guess no one would want to have anything to do with the Bai family.

Bai Hanyi and Madam Bai smiled and said a lot of nice things before they finally sent the tribesmen away.

Before they could catch their breath, the rumors from last night started spreading outside again.

In the past, everyone stayed at home during the winter, and even if they occasionally went out to visit friends and relatives, there would not be many people gathering together.

The weather is cold and people don't like to go to teahouses. After all, cheap teahouses are freezing, and expensive teahouses are warm but cost a lot of money.

But this year is different. Four very luxurious gambling houses opened in the capital.

The cheapest chess and card room, where four people can play mahjong for a whole day, doesn’t cost much. More importantly, the casino is very warm.

Especially in the lobby on the first floor, the heating was so strong that even thicker clothes could not be worn.

Almost as soon as the door opens every day, the dozens of mahjong tables in the cheap and warm first-floor lobby are filled with people. Some are serving tea and water, while others are chatting. It is very lively.

And this is where news spreads the fastest.

Just as the imperial decree granting marriage arrived at the Bai family, someone in the gambling house started telling dirty jokes.

It is said that the reason why the imperial decree granting marriage came today was strange, because last night, Bai Wanqing, the daughter of the Bai family, was poisoned by the most powerful poison in the brothel.

The poisoned Bai Wanqing originally wanted the emperor to help her detoxify, but as luck would have it, Zhou Wuwei took advantage of her and this led to the imperial decree granting marriage.

Zhou Wuwei had already secretly decided to spend his life with Gu Congyun, so naturally he didn't want to marry Bai Wanqing.

In the end, it was the emperor who put pressure on Zhou Wuwei, and he reluctantly married Bai Wanqing as his concubine.

At the beginning, the story seemed to be very similar to what happened in the palace, but the rumor became more and more mysterious as it spread.

Finally, the story reached the ears of the Bai family. It had become that Bai Wanqing deliberately poisoned herself in order to seduce the emperor. She stripped off all her clothes except for a small bellyband and rushed into the emperor's arms.

As a result, the emperor only loved the queen and was indifferent to her. In the end, he gave her directly to Zhou Wuwei as a concubine, which was also a punishment for her.

The story was spread with so much detail that Bai Hanyi was almost terrified, because the version they heard was enough to get the entire Bai family executed.

In the Bai family's study, Bai Hanyi and Mrs. Bai were so angry that they almost went berserk. They wished they could kill all those gossipers with their knives to vent their anger.

"What on earth is going on? Didn't the Queen say that this matter would not be leaked? How come it has spread all over the capital in just one night?"

"How can Wanqing face people in the future? No, I want to go to the palace to meet the Queen and ask her to investigate who is spreading these false news outside."

Mrs. Bai was also overwhelmed when she heard the rumors. She knew best how important a woman's reputation was.

The butler who came in to deliver the letter lowered his head slightly and said carefully, "Master, I have already inquired carefully and it is said that the news was initially spread by the palace guards."

"It's just that the rumors at the beginning were not so outrageous."

Bai Hanyi and Madam Bai naturally knew how powerful the four words "people's words are scary" were. It was too late for them to stop it now, and entering the palace to find Ye Jintang was even more impossible.

They are not yet powerful enough to get Ye Jintang to help them.

Bai Wanqing was originally a noble lady from an aristocratic family, but now she suddenly becomes Zhou Wuwei's concubine. Obviously, there is something fishy about it.

After the rumors about him spread, everyone suddenly realized that it was no wonder that she had to be Zhou Wuwei's concubine. She had lost her virginity and could not marry like other virgins.

A day later, some people on the street even started to spread the rumor that all this was planned by Bai Wanqing herself. She wanted to trap Xiao Mo, but ended up trapping Zhou Wuwei.

The rumors were a mixture of true and false, and the common people just listened for fun, while the noble families in the capital vaguely guessed the Bai family's plan through this incident.

Many people have been keeping an eye on Liang Zhiyun. Some, like the Bai family, are quick and have already found ways to send their daughters to Xiao Mo. Others, who are slower, have been waiting and watching. As long as Liang Zhiyun is crowned as a concubine, they will immediately take action and have Xiao Mo resume the triennial talent show.

Zhou Wuwei never thought that one day he would become the focus of everyone's attention in the capital.

People around him, familiar and unfamiliar, all tried to find out in various ways whether he had slept with Bai Wanqing in the palace that day.

Zhou Wuwei was annoyed to death and he was even more displeased with Bai Wanqing.

He originally married her to deal with Xiao Mo, but now she has brought him so much trouble that he even regrets marrying her as a concubine.

The imperial decree required Zhou Wuwei to get married within a month. He had no experience in marriage, and his butler Zhou He talked about the rules for an hour without finishing his explanation.

In the end, she simply cut out all the red tape and he only prepared the betrothal gifts and sent them to each family.

Zhou Wuwei didn't have any elders, so he delivered the betrothal gifts to the Gu family personally. As for the Bai family, they were just marrying a concubine, so there was no need for him to go there personally.