I just want to live a happy life

Soon it was time for Hualan to talk about marriage.

This time it is somewhat different from the original plot. For example, the housekeeping power, the education of children, marriage, and what Sheng Hong does in officialdom are all decided by Wang Ruofu. In these aspects, Sheng Hong is controlled by her, and he will not have the thought of resisting.

In the original plot, Sheng Hong arranged a marriage for Hua Lan with Yuan Wenshao, the second son of the Earl of Zhongqin.

The Yuan family had already fallen on hard times, and they let their second son marry Hualan because they coveted Hualan's beautiful wedding dress and wanted something from her. However, Hualan did not live a happy life in the Yuan family.

Yuan Wenshao's mother is mean and biased, always bullying Hualan, while Yuan Wenshao is an irresponsible man, foolishly filial and confused.

Hualan suffered a lot of grievances in the Yuan family, but Yuan Wenshao never helped her. Also, when the Sheng family got into trouble, he never helped. Later, as the Sheng family prospered, he began to interact more frequently with the Sheng family.

This is not a person who can be trusted.

Apart from this, Sheng Hong was a civil servant, while the Earl of Zhongqin's Mansion was a noble family, and they were not from the same system at all, so generally speaking, there would be no marriage between them.

However, Sheng Hong wanted to make connections and become an official in Beijing, so he let Hualan marry Yuan Wenshao.

He also thought he had found a good marriage for Hualan. After all, it was a marriage of high status.

How ironic.

This time, Wang Ruofu relied on her natal family connections and the fact that Sheng Hong was very capable and promising to find a good marriage for Hualan.

It was Xu Zhixi, the second son of the Minister of Rites. Wang Ruofu had already investigated and found that the Xu family was harmonious and there was nothing messy. The eldest son of the Xu family was already married and his wife was easy to get along with.

Xu Zhixi had already become a juren, and if nothing unexpected happened, he would be able to become a jinshi. Moreover, he was a true gentleman, not a hypocrite. All his thoughts were focused on studying and gaining fame, and he did not have any concubines in his room.

The men in the Xu family have a very good relationship with their wives. Although there is no rule that one cannot take a concubine if he has no children by the age of 30, none of them has any intention of taking a concubine. Xu Zhixi is the same. He hopes that the relationship with his wife can be like that with his father, mother, brother and sister-in-law.

Wang Ruofu found out some things through investigation, but she was afraid that it was just a superficial phenomenon, so she used her plant abilities to investigate thoroughly. She found that the family was consistent inside and out and was a good one.

The Xu family agreed to this marriage not only because Xu Zhixi and Hualan were both interested, but also because Sheng Hong would soon become a Beijing official.

Something big happened in the court recently.

A few years ago, the emperor had a prince and named him the crown prince. This crown prince has been smart and studious since he was old enough to understand. He is very mature at a young age, as if he was born to be an emperor.

He is not as indecisive as the current emperor. It is foreseeable that if the prince ascends the throne in the future, it will no longer be a situation where officials are strong and the emperor is weak.

Moreover, there have been significant changes now. There are many corrupt officials and those who occupy positions but do nothing in the court. Those who should be killed should be killed, and those who should be demoted should be demoted. This prince does not care about the rule of not killing civil servants.

This major move in the court has freed up a lot of positions. Sheng Hong is one of those who will soon become officials in the capital. Moreover, because of his ability, he has been recognized by the emperor and the prince.

As long as Sheng Hong can stay stable, the Sheng family will prosper in his hands, and his future official position will not be low.

The Xu family was also optimistic about the future of the Sheng family. Due to these two reasons, both parties tacitly agreed to this marriage.

At this time, when a woman gets married or a man gets married, it is not just based on feelings, there are many interests involved.

After the engagement and the wedding ceremony, the engagement is complete.

The Sheng family will be going to the capital in some time, and Hualan's wedding will be held after they arrive in the capital.

This time the engagement was not held at the Earl of Zhongqin's Mansion because the person was different, but Gu Tingye still came to Yangzhou with the Xu family.

However, after arriving in Yangzhou, he went to the Bai family and did not go to the Sheng family.

Therefore, the incident of playing pitch-pot to snatch the betrothal goose did not happen.

At this time, when the plot had just begun, Wei Xiaoniang was still pregnant with the son she had not given birth to.

The reason why Wei Xiaoniang became Sheng Hong's concubine was that the original owner did not want Lin Qinshuang's family to dominate the world, and the original owner used her to check and balance Lin Qinshuang.

Otherwise, how could the original owner give Sheng Hong a concubine?

When Wei Shuyi came to the Sheng family, she had agreed to it. It was not the original owner who threatened her. But after Wei Shuyi became a concubine, she forgot the agreement with the original owner. She thought she came from a farming and reading family, so she disdained to compete for favors and became arrogant.

He hid in the yard and rarely came out, disdainful of dancing with them.

Since she unilaterally broke the contract, the original owner never cared about her again, and Wang Ruofu would care even less. She would give her what she deserved, but not anything more.

Besides, it was none of her business how much of her things were taken away, because those things were lost in her own yard, not anywhere else in the Sheng family.

Wei Shuyi didn't have any dowry. When she first entered the Sheng family, she didn't bring anything in. After entering the Sheng family, she lived on the money and things that the Sheng family gave her every month.

But the Sheng family would not starve to death by relying on these things alone, but it would be impossible to live a good life.

Although Lin Qinshuang was also a concubine and did not have much dowry, she was very much loved by Sheng Hong. Over the years, Sheng Hong had given Lin Qinshuang many of his farms and shops during his lifetime, and he would also give her some other things on a daily basis.

So Lin Qinshuang has no shortage of money.

Although they were both concubines, the lives of these two people could be said to be very different, which of course was also reflected in Lin Qinshuang's children and Sheng Minglan.

Lin Qinshuang loved her daughter Molan very much. Molan had more clothes and jewelry than she could ever wear, and they were all the latest. Molan liked poetry, so she bought her a lot of books and writing materials.

As her mother, Lin Qinshuang basically never refused whatever Molan liked, and Molan had never suffered from hunger or cold.

The lives of Sheng Changfeng and Sheng Molan are not much different from those of legitimate children.

But Sheng Minglan is different. Her mother Wei Shuyi has little presence in the Sheng family, and Sheng Hong doesn't like her either, so he naturally doesn't care about what her daily life is like.

It was common for Sheng Minglan to suffer from cold in winter. The clothes she wore were all the ones that Wang Ruofu made for the other girls in the family. Wei Shuyi had never made clothes for her separately.

The meals she usually eats are part of her ration.

Sheng Minglan wanted to ask Sheng Hong to help them improve their lives, but Wei Shuyi disagreed every time and even said, "You shouldn't go. If those things are not given to us, they don't belong to us and we don't deserve them."

Sheng Minglan didn't want to argue with her mother, so she could only endure it for the time being.