Zhao and Xu Mingzhu stayed in Xu Miao's courtyard for a while and then returned to Xu's house.

Zhao didn't want to come at first, but Xu Jingyi told her early on that she had to go.

Not only did she have to go, but she also had to prepare a dowry for that girl again. Zhao felt upset just thinking about it.

Fortunately, Xu Jingyi had given her two thousand taels of silver notes in the morning and asked her to prepare them. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come.

After hastily preparing things, she went to Xu Miao's courtyard and saw Xu Miao and her mother. Zhao started to feel upset again. Xu Mingzhu originally wanted to laugh at Xu Miao, but when she saw Xu Miao's face in the courtyard, she felt particularly aggrieved.

Why should she marry into the Duke's Mansion, even if it's just a little brat? It makes me angry just thinking about it.

The mother and daughter each had their own thoughts. They simply said a few words to Xu Miao and the others before returning to the Xu Mansion.

Xu Miao didn't care what the Zhao family thought. She only had a few days left with her little sister and the others. She had to cherish and make good use of them.

In the next few days, apart from dealing with Mrs. Yang in the Duke's Mansion, Xu Miao took Xiao Niang and Xu Zhier out to play.

Going shopping, buying clothes for them, taking them to restaurants for food. Xu Miao wanted to treat the few days left as years.

The young lady and her friends were very cooperative with Xu Miao. No one mentioned getting married, and they happily let Xu Miao take them around.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day for Xu Miao to get married again.

Early in the morning, Xu Jingyi and Zhao came to Xu Miao's courtyard.

Xu Jingyi even made a new set of clothes for this day. Being an in-law to the Duke's Mansion was different.

In recent days, he has been very successful among his colleagues in the court.

When they learned that he was going to marry into the Duke's Mansion, everyone looked at him with envy and jealousy.

Including his immediate boss, the stubborn old man who never looked him in the eye, now congratulated him with a smile on his face on having a beautiful daughter.

Aren't these powerful villains just looking at him because he has boarded the royal ship and is about to ride the wind and waves?

And that General Zhang had been busy looking for him for tea in recent days, saying he wanted to discuss the marriage of his daughter. He also wanted to use the marriage to get on the big ship of the Duke's Mansion.

Humph, what did you do a few days ago? Now you think of him, Xu Jingyi. Let him wait, wait until he, Xu Jingyi, is happy.

Xu Jingyi sat in the front yard with Zhao, full of confidence, waiting for the Duke Dingguo's Mansion to come and pick up the bride.

In the backyard, Xiao Niang and Xu Zhier watched Xu Miao put on her new wedding dress and new makeup.

The young woman cried as she watched. If she had a choice, she really didn't want her child to marry into that wealthy family. But she had no other choice but to cry.

Seeing Xiaoniang crying, Xu Zhier started crying too. Although she didn't understand why Xiaoniang and her second sister didn't like getting married again, she knew that Xiaoniang and her second sister were unhappy.

Shouldn't one be happy when getting married? Why are my mother and second sister both in tears?

After a while, the front yard became noisy, and Xu Miao knew that the wedding procession had arrived.

Then, from the door came the joyful voice of Mrs. Yang: "Hey, is the bride ready? Our young master is here to pick you up."

The door was pushed open by Mrs. Yang, and Xu Miao saw Mrs. Yang leading four or five maids and servants into Xu Miao's room.

"Hey, hello, bride, hello. You are so beautiful! Hurry up and put on your veil and follow us out. Our young master is waiting for you outside."

After saying this, Mrs. Yang stuffed a big red apple into Xu Miao's hand.

"Here, bride, take this. Take this for good luck in your marriage. This is the reddest and largest auspicious fruit our wife picked out for you from among dozens of other fruits."

Xu Miao held the big red apple in his hand, and suddenly felt a little grateful to the Duke's wife.

The Duke's wife really took this marriage seriously and even prepared auspicious fruits for her when she got married.

The last time she married into the general's mansion, no one let Xu Miao take even a piece of grass, let alone the auspicious fruit.

Xu Miao looked back at her little mother who had been covering her mouth and not daring to cry out loud, then turned around and knelt at her feet: "Don't worry, little mother, your daughter will take good care of herself, and I will be fine too."

The girl nodded repeatedly with tears in her eyes.

At the door, half-brother Xu Xiaoman bent down, waiting for Xu Miao to lie on his back. He wanted to carry his sister to the front yard again.

"Second sister, you must be happy, take care of yourself, eat well and sleep well. Take care of yourself."

After a few words, Xu Xiaoman choked up a little.

Xu Miao lay on his half-brother's not-so-broad back, listening to Xu Xiaoman's slightly tearful instructions.

"Don't worry, Xiaoman, Second Sister will be fine. Take good care of yourself and Xiaoniang and the others."

After a few words, Xu Miao and the others arrived at the outer courtyard.

Xu Miao knelt in front of Xu Jingyi and Zhao Shi with a red veil on her head, with a young master standing beside her. Xu Jingyi didn't have the courage to let the young master of Dingguo Mansion kneel before him.

Zhao said a few words about respecting parents-in-law and maintaining family harmony with a fake smile on her face, and Xu Miao got into the sedan chair at the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion.

As soon as Xu Miao got into the bridal sedan, a little maid ran into the inner courtyard of the Xu Mansion to report to Xu Mingzhu.

The little maid knelt in front of Xu Mingzhu and said, "My lady, the bridal sedan has left. The young master of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion has come to pick up the bride in person."

Xu Mingzhu's face darkened as she smashed the tea bowl in her hand. "What are you talking about? The young master came to pick up the bride himself. How can that damned girl be worthy of that?"

Xu Mingzhu thought this wedding reception would be the same as last time, with the Duke of Dingguo's mansion sending a servant at most to show its respect. Unexpectedly, the Duke of Dingguo's young master came in person. This was a huge honor for Xu Miao.

Not only did Xu Mingzhu not expect that the young master of the Duke's Mansion would come in person to pick up the bride, but even Xu Jingyi did not expect it.

Xu Jingyi looked at the sedan chair going away. He wanted to slap himself hard a few times and felt so regretful.

Knowing that the young master was coming to pick up the bride in person, he generously invited his colleagues to his house to drink in the wedding wine. He thought that the Duke's Mansion would just send someone to pick up the bride, so he didn't dare to tell his colleagues that he was having a wedding today.

Alas, this great opportunity to cling to the Duke's Mansion has been wasted.

Zhao's eyes flushed. "Hmph, the higher you climb, the harder you fall. I wonder what you, this slave, will do from now on."

"Oh, look! This is a wedding being held in that mansion. Why is the groom still a child? He looks to be only in his teens."

"The Duke's Mansion wants to hold a wedding ceremony for the young master. I heard that the bride is a blessed one with a strong fortune. They just held a wedding ceremony for the young general in General Zhang's Mansion half a year ago, and now they are going to the Duke Ding's Mansion to hold a wedding ceremony again."

"Oh, why did the general's family divorce this lucky daughter-in-law? If I had married such a lucky daughter-in-law, I would have kept her at home long ago."

"Bah, you little bastard, you're just dreaming. Is that someone you can marry? You're just dreaming."

Xu Miao sat in the sedan chair, listening to the discussions of the people around her.

She didn't care about other people's gossip about her remarrying. She cared about the young man coming to pick her up. How could he bear such a seriously ill child?

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