After hearing what Lady Dingguo said, Xu Miao was silent for a moment before answering, "Madam, I know you're anxious. How about this? Give me five more days and I'll marry into the Duke's Mansion. In five days, the young master should be fine, right?"

When Lady Dingguo heard that Xu Miao agreed to marry into the Duke's Mansion in five days, she was so happy that she quickly stopped crying.

"I knew you were a sensible and good child. Don't worry, I won't let you get married quietly. I will definitely let you marry into the mansion with great fanfare. I want everyone to know what stupid things the General's Mansion has done."

Duke Dingguo is not Xu Jingyi, so he is not afraid of offending any general.

She wanted everyone to know that the Duke Dingguo's Mansion was going to marry a new lady, and a blessed new lady at that.

Lady Dingguo, Duke of Dingguo, happily came out of Xu Miao's courtyard with her maid, and while walking, she did not forget to hold Xu Miao's hand and give him instructions.

"Just wait here and don't worry about anything. Don't worry, I'll take care of everything for you."

Now it seems that the wife of Duke Dingguo is really kind.

Xu Miao originally wanted to wait a month before getting married, but since the wife of Duke Dingguo had asked, she could not refuse.

After all, I'll be living under her control for a while. Besides, there's no way to escape the fact that I'll have to remarry.

The wife of Duke Dingguo was also very quick to act. The next morning, Xu Miao's courtyard began to bustle with activity.

Early in the morning, the wife of Duke Dingguo sent her servant, Mrs. Yang, to bring the master from Jinxiu Pavilion to measure Xu Miao's size.

When Mrs. Yang saw Xu Miao, she started to speak sweetly: "Hey, greetings to the young lady. I am Mrs. Yang from the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion. I was ordered by my wife to bring a master from Jinxiu Pavilion to measure the young lady's size."

"Oh, look at this young lady, she's so pretty! Her face is so tender it looks like water could come out of it, and she has these beautiful big eyes, like black grapes. I've never seen such a beautiful young lady in my life."

"Our madam gave Jinxiu Pavilion a large sum of money and asked them to stop all their work so that they could make your wedding dress quickly. Miss, come quickly and let the craftsman take your measurements. Well, madam will only give them three days. There is no time to waste."

The master of Jinxiu Pavilion carefully measured the dimensions and hurried back to finish the work.

After seeing off the Jinxiu Pavilion master, Mrs. Yang was in no hurry to leave. She stood respectfully beside Xu Miao and asked what kind of betrothal gift he wanted.

The Duke Dingguo's Mansion did not shy away from anyone and made every effort to prepare for a grand wedding.

In the evening, the courtyard became lively again.

Xu's mother and her elder sister, Xu Mingzhu, also came to the courtyard. Besides the two of them, they were followed by a group of servants carrying dowry boxes.

The entrance to Xu Miao's courtyard was crowded with people watching the excitement.

"Oh, who is this dowry for?"

"It's the Xu family sending a dowry to their divorced second daughter. I heard she just moved out of the general's mansion a few days ago and lives here."

"I heard that the second young lady is going to marry into the Duke of Dingguo's mansion. This morning I saw the servants from the Duke of Dingguo's mansion bringing the craftsmen from Jinxiu Pavilion to make her wedding dress."

"This second young lady is also a lucky one. She has won over General Zhang and is now going to marry into the Duke's Mansion."

"Well, it's because the General's Mansion saw that the young general was in good health and started to look down on him because of his low status. I heard that he was divorced from the Mansion."

"No, it's the Second Miss who wants to help her elder sister and the young general, so she wants to leave the house."

"Oh, you old woman, how can you believe everything? Who would give up their good life and marry someone with the reputation of being divorced? It's all just an excuse used by the rich and powerful."

The people gathered outside the yard were talking while watching the servants of the Xu Mansion carry boxes filled with dowry into Xu Miao's yard.

In a short while, the small outer courtyard was filled up.

The legitimate mother Zhao and Xu Mingzhu were sitting in the main house in the backyard.

Zhao started to feel angry as soon as she entered Xu Miao's courtyard, and Xu Mingzhu had a gloomy face and a bad expression as soon as she entered the courtyard.

This morning, Zhao told Xu Mingzhu that the Duke of Dingguo was going to marry Xu Miao. Xu Mingzhu jumped up immediately after hearing this.

"Mother, what are you talking about? The Duke of Dingguo's Mansion wants Xu Miao to go to the mansion to bring good luck, and they want a grand wedding. Why should a servant like her marry into the General's Mansion and then the Duke's Mansion, just because she brought good luck to Zhang Chengyi?"

"How can she, a concubine's daughter, be worthy of him?"

In the Xu family, only Xu Mingzhu and Xu Miao are of similar age. Although Xu Mingzhu is the legitimate daughter, she always feels that Xu Miao looks down on her.

Every time she met Xu Miao, Xu Miao was respectful to her, but Xu Mingzhu just couldn't find that feeling of superiority.

The concubines in other houses all circled around their legitimate mothers and legitimate daughters, fawning over them. But when it came to Xu Miao, Xu Mingzhu felt like she was holding back a breath, feeling aggrieved.

Because of this, Xu Mingzhu often picked on Xu Miao. But after each fight, Xu Mingzhu felt a sense of defeat. It was as if she always won, but she just didn't feel the thrill of victory.

So, Xu Mingzhu had hated Xu Miao since she was little. She hated her but couldn't do anything about her. Xu Miao was like a slippery loach, always making it hard for her to get a hold of her.

At first, I thought Xu Miao would marry into the General's Mansion with a body like Zhang Chengyi's. In less than a month, Xu Miao would be a young widow. But unexpectedly, Zhang Chengyi was actually cured by Xu Miao.

Later, when Zhang Ruyi came to her, she also took the opportunity to say that she wanted to marry into the general's mansion.

One reason is that she still has feelings for Zhang Chengyi, and the other is that she wants to see how miserable Xu Miao looks after being divorced by the general's mansion.

But unexpectedly, Xu Miao climbed up to the Duke's Mansion so soon. That was the Duke's Mansion! The royal family, how could Xu Miao, a servant, be worthy of it?

"Mom, if Xu Miao can bring good luck, so can I. I'm going to marry into the Duke's Mansion. That's the Duke's Mansion. It's much better than the General's Mansion."

Zhao looked at Xu Mingzhu, who was jumping on the ground, and said with a pout, "Why are you so anxious? Do you think it's so easy to marry into the Duke's Mansion? If Xu Miao doesn't have the good luck she had last time, and accidentally kills the young master, will she still be able to leave the Duke's Mansion alive?"

"The young master of the Duke's Mansion is the apple of his eye. If anything were to happen to him, ten lives of Xu Miao wouldn't be enough to compensate. Even worse, our Xu Mansion would be implicated."

"Also, do you know how old that young man is? He's only thirteen. Are you going to marry a thirteen-year-old?"

"I think your father is possessed by evil spirits, taking on such a dangerous thing. I'm not worried about Xu Miao marrying up now. I'm worried about what will happen to our Xu family if something happens to the young master of the Duke's Mansion."

"What? That young man is only thirteen? Haha, Xu Miao is going to marry a thirteen-year-old brat who hasn't been weaned yet and is still a sickly child. I want to see if she, Xu Miao, can still be so lucky this time."

Xu Mingzhu was delighted when she heard that Xu Miao was marrying a child. Now she was happy to see Xu Miao laugh. She wished she could get married tomorrow.

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