The cousin's family is extremely wealthy; she deserves to be a concubine.

The next day, Granny Yan and Granny Wang came to the door, firstly to introduce themselves to the new family, and secondly to report to Hua Sirong about the new house.

Although Jiang's mother did not come from a wealthy or noble family, she was a reasonable person.

Seeing that Granny Yan and Granny Wang clearly wanted to discuss something with Hua Sirong, she took the initiative to pull Jiang Yilian out to buy groceries, making room for the mistress and servants.

Hua Sirong was afraid that Jiang's mother would be unhappy, so she sent Chunyan along to carry the things. Before leaving, she gave Chunyan two taels of silver.

There were many guests yesterday.

Wang Mama and Yan Mama only glanced at the courtyard from outside. When the young lady was about to have her wedding ceremony, they were squeezed into a corner by the enthusiastic neighbors.

Today I've finally entered properly and have the energy to take a closer look.

But in such a tiny yard, you can't see any flowers at all.

Wang's mother was a diligent person. After glancing at it twice, she started to pick out the chores that were visible and began to do them.

Granny Yan moved closer to Hua Sirong and spoke softly, "Why can't I see the young master?"

Originally, the two of them also wanted to take this opportunity to pay their respects to this son-in-law, so as to become familiar with him and also to support Hua Sirong.

Hua Sirong explained, "My husband works in the Second Prince's residence. Originally, he was given three days off for our wedding."

My husband, however, is always busy. After serving tea to his mother-in-law in the morning, he went off to his errands.

Granny Yan frowned slightly. "Does that mean we couldn't take the young lady to the Jiang family to recognize her relatives?"

Upon hearing this, Hua Sirong glanced at Granny Yan and said, "My husband said that since the two families are related by five degrees of kinship, it's fine if we don't go."

My husband has other plans for Uncle Jiang.

Granny Yan's expression softened slightly, but she still couldn't help but say a few more words, "The young master's career path still depends on the gentlemen of the Jiang family."

Originally, this old servant thought that by taking advantage of the opportunity of the newlyweds' visit to recognize their relatives, the young lady could also get along well with Madam Jiang.

Who knew... Oh well, the girl should listen to her husband. It's not proper for us women to interfere too much in what men do outside, lest we incur their displeasure."

Hua Sirong smiled and nodded, "What Granny Yan said is true."

He never mentioned the matter again.

Granny Yan brought up another matter, "Miss, do you still remember what happened at the Marquis's residence yesterday?"

Hua Sirong gestured for the nanny to continue.

"The young lady was covered by a veil yesterday, so you didn't see it. The second young lady got married yesterday, and the wedding dress she wore had a lot of secrets."

If one doesn't look closely, the wedding dress she was wearing looked almost identical to the one the young lady had left behind in Qingwu Courtyard, the one with a hole in it.

"That's what Granny Yan said meaningfully."

Hua Sirong was so shocked she couldn't speak. "How could it be such a coincidence?"

Then she explained, "Wedding dresses are just a few styles."

"Because the wedding was somewhat rushed, the wedding dress I wore was a gift from the Jiang family. I just added a couple more stitches to make it look like a wedding dress."

"It seems that my second cousin's wedding dress was also specially sent by the Xin family."

It's possible that two families bought them from the same shop, but you never know.

Granny Yan: "Young lady, do you trust yourself?"

Hua Sirong fell silent.

She's always been the type to overthink things, and she can't afford to dodge or gloss over this.

Granny Yan sighed at the right moment, "However, our young lady is blessed with good fortune. Even with those schemes and tricks, the villains did not succeed."

Fortunately, Hua Sirong got married smoothly without any mishaps.

Otherwise, she, the old nanny who was always by her side, would have to atone with her death.

Hua Sirong looked solemn, and a chill ran down her spine.

Yes, so close! Just a hair's breadth away! She had no idea what kind of predicament awaited her today!

She carefully reviewed the situation, "Now that the nanny lives outside the mansion, it's much more convenient for her to do things."

"If you have some free time today, please take the opportunity to inquire whether the shop where the Jiang family bought their wedding dress has served any other customers recently."

Granny Yan nodded. This matter is easy to handle. In this day and age, there are really not many families that buy wedding dresses.

Most people buy the materials and take them home to cut them themselves.

Hua Sirong continued her analysis, "My second cousin and I wore identical wedding dresses for our weddings, so what loophole could we possibly exploit?"

Judging from her brief interactions with the three members of the Jiang family, they had no complaints about her as their new bride.

Therefore, there was no intention to change the bride at the last minute.

No, just because the Jiang family didn't have it doesn't mean the Xin family didn't.

But that doesn't make sense.

She was merely an orphan of a merchant family, and in terms of reputation and status, she was not as advantageous as He Zhihuan, who was the second daughter of a marquis.

So what is the Xin family after?

Granny Yan explained to Hua Sirong, "The title of the second young lady of the Marquis's mansion sounds good, but it's not as practical as marrying you, Miss."

"The second young lady's dowry is not as generous as yours. And have you forgotten, young lady, that the Lady of the Marquis is your aunt and the young master is your cousin?"

"With this status, strictly speaking, you are not much different from the Second Miss."

The only drawback is that the second daughter has a father who is an illegitimate child born to a nobleman.

But the girl has an uncle from the Jiang family in the capital!

Even if your relationship with Mr. Jiang is only nominal, the mere existence of this relationship is enough to tempt many people.

Hua Sirong sighed, "This matter is probably almost certain."

The Xin family probably doesn't know that if I hadn't married into a branch of the Jiang family, Uncle Jiang probably wouldn't have prepared such a valuable dowry for me.

For some reason, Hua Sirong had a gut feeling that it was because the man she was marrying was Jiang Huaiji, someone whom Uncle Jiang favored, that her dowry was so much more generous.

Although Granny Yan didn't understand Hua Sirong's intuition, she still nodded in agreement.

Wang's mother overheard this as well, and she said indignantly, "Pah! I think the Xin family is really a toad trying to eat swan meat."

"He's already married the second daughter of the Marquis's family, yet he's still trying to take advantage of our young lady. Doesn't he fear hurting his back?"

"Could they be planning to switch brides on the spot? Don't they know there are so many people in the Marquis's mansion? Are they all just sitting around doing nothing?"

Take the personal attendants, for example. Who wouldn't recognize whose master they're supporting? Do they think they can just replace them whenever they want?

Granny Yan couldn't help but admire Hua Sirong. "You know what, I've actually heard of a story about two sisters who got married on the same day, but ended up in the wrong bridal sedan chairs and married the wrong men."

Madam Wang couldn't believe it, and Granny Yan continued, "Fortunately, the young lady never intended to wear that tattered wedding dress in the first place."

Hearing this, Mrs. Wang was quite pleased, "Of course!"

When my husband was still alive, he had a habit of buying two of the same thing for his daughter.

Fearing it might break, the girl started fussing and demanding an identical one.

Just like the two jade pendants at the Jiang residence last time, the wedding dress for this wedding will naturally be the same.

We're not short of a couple of coins; there's no need to delay our young lady's wedding at the last minute."

Even when Wang's mother went out to buy things for Hua Sirong, she would habitually bring back two sets for Hua Sirong.

Hua Sirong couldn't help but chuckle softly. Granny Yan looked on with admiration, for this was the confidence built on gold and silver.

Hua Sirong appeared weak and helpless in the Marquis's mansion, but in reality, her days in Qingwu Courtyard were not difficult.