Zi'an's expression froze. According to the rules, when his father got married, his children could come out, but they had to avoid entering the bridal sedan and had to wait until the new wife came to pay her respects before being allowed inside.
As the eldest daughter, there is no need to offer tea to the new concubine. Instead, the concubine has to politely call her "Miss" in front of the guests to show respect.
Everyone actually wanted to see this scene, because Ximen Xiaoyue entered the marriage as a co-wife. According to the law, a co-wife is also a concubine. However, Ximen Xiaoyue's identity is somewhat unusual, so no matter who offers tea to whom today, it is both in accordance with the rules and not in accordance with the rules.
It all depends on who has the harder head, and whoever wins the fight will be the winner.
When the bridal sedan arrived, the eldest princess Murong Zhuangzhuang also came.
Her arrival made this marriage more prosperous and lively.
Ximen Xiaoyue pointed out that their zodiac signs were in conflict, so she sent Yuan away and only left Xia Zian, the eldest daughter, here. In the absence of the principal wife, the eldest daughter could have replaced the principal wife. However, the prime minister's mansion agreed to let Xia Zian kowtow and offer tea to Ximen Xiaoyue, and respect her as mother.
The lineups on both sides are very strong. Not to mention Xia Zian and others, just the regent and the grand princess are enough to make people take notice.
As for the Duke of Jin, in addition to the Duke of Jin's family, Grand Tutor Liang and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also came to congratulate, as if they were in a confrontation. The complexity of this wedding was far beyond what others imagined.
The prince was not very willing to come at first. He went into the palace to ask for the Queen's order to cancel the marriage, but was scolded by the Queen. After he came out, he was even scolded by Tutor Liang. He had no choice but to come.
The prince has the qualifications to be willful because he has a backer and people to plan everything for him. All he needs to do is to walk up the stone steps paved for him, one step at a time, and once he sits on the dragon throne, he can rule the world.
The old lady was naturally very proud, as she had originally intended to expand the influence of the Prime Minister's Mansion through this wedding.
The big red sedan stopped outside the mansion. After the door of the sedan was opened, the bride was carried into the mansion by the bridesmaid.
The bright red phoenix coronet and bridal robe showed her ambition to become the principal wife. Under the red veil, Ximen Xiaoyue looked proud. She had not been in the limelight for a long time. She needed this kind of attention and the moment to be the center of attention.
In the past, she was a widow, so she had to be low-key and restrained, and even her clothes could not be too bright. She had many, many jewelry, some of which were expensive, but she could only wear simple and ancient hairpins.
I thought I would spend my whole life in loneliness, but I never expected that one day I would become the prime minister's wife.
The dowry was carried in boxes, mostly gorgeous clothes. After learning that she was marrying Xia Huaijun, she made thirty new sets of clothes in one go, all in bright colors.
All the plain clothes she had worn before were thrown away by her.
She wants to start a new journey of her life with a brand new attitude.
She knew that there were many guests coming today, and she thought they were all there to congratulate her.
When worshipping heaven and earth, the regent who is temporarily taking over the throne of the emperor is present. Therefore, after worshipping the fields, one must first worship the regent before worshipping parents and the couple.
Ximen Xiaoyue was a little surprised that the Regent attended her wedding, because she knew that the Regent never liked to attend such occasions.
But she took this as a sign of appreciation for her.
After the worship, she was first sent to the bridal chamber. Because she was a co-wife, she did not need to wait until the bridal chamber to lift the veil. Instead, she went in directly, lifted the veil, and then came out to serve tea to the elders of the tribe.
After serving tea to each member of the clan one by one, the bridesmaid helped her to take her seat. According to her original request, Xia Zian and Xia Wan'er were going to serve her tea.
Prime Minister Xia had already ordered people to keep a close eye on Zi'an and not let her leave.
After she took her seat, everyone thought that Xia Zian would definitely serve her tea.
As expected, as soon as she sat down, she heard the bridesmaid shout, "Miss Eldest and Miss Second, please come in and serve tea to mother."
Xia Wan'er had been waiting outside for a long time. She was expecting someone to call her from inside, so she didn't notice that Zi'an hadn't come at all. When the matchmaker called her, she subconsciously looked around, but didn't see Xia Zi'an.
She was startled and urged the maid beside her, "Where's the young lady? Go and find her."
Because of the order of seniority, Xia Zian had to serve tea first, and then her turn, otherwise she wouldn't care whether Xia Zian came or not.
The maid ran away quickly.
Seeing that no one came in after she called out, the bridesmaid called out again, "Miss, please come in and meet your mother."
Xia Wan'er cursed softly, saying that the little bitch was always troublesome.
When Prime Minister Xia saw that no one had come in for a long time, he asked Xia Quan to go out and take a look.
Xia Quan walked out and didn't see Zi'an, so he asked the servant who was keeping a close eye on Zi'an, "Where is he?"
"The eldest lady said she wanted to go to the toilet, so it's not appropriate for me to follow her," said the servant.
"How long have you been gone?" Xia Quan asked.
"Just gone for a while."
"Idiot, go find her quickly!" Xia Quan remembered the last time he attacked Yuan, she went to the toilet and left.
Zi'an was indeed in the toilet. When the servants found the toilet, she said unhappily inside, "Go away and wait."
The servant said bitterly, "Miss, please hold on tight, everyone is waiting for you."
Zi'an said sternly, "If you don't get away, I'll sit here for half an hour."
The servants all knew that she was not easy to offend now, so they had to step back and let one of them go to report first while he stayed here and waited.
Another servant went back into the main house and said, "Madam, Prime Minister, the eldest daughter has diarrhea and is now in the toilet."
Ximen Xiaoyue's face turned a little ugly. This Xia Zian, why didn't he go earlier or later, but went at this time, obviously wanting to avoid the tea ceremony this time.
Prime Minister Xia said, "Go and hurry her up. How can you ask your mother to wait for her?"
Murong Jie held a cup of tea in his hand and said slowly, "Prime Minister, why are you in such a hurry? Even if the Jade Emperor is waiting here, there is nothing we can do. People have three urgent needs."
Prime Minister Xia laughed awkwardly, "Your Majesty, what you said makes sense."
The old lady said, "In that case, Wan'er, come in and serve tea first."
Xia Wan'er had been waiting outside for a long time. When she heard the old lady talking, she straightened her appearance and walked in slowly.
Today she dressed up deliberately and used facial powder to cover the scar on her face. Although it could not be completely covered, only a faint trace was left.
The prince looked at her and felt a little disgusted, firstly because of her disfigurement, and secondly because he wanted to cancel the engagement but was scolded by the Queen and Master Liang.
However, as the Grand Tutor said, the throne is always the most important. As for Xia Wan'er, she just wants the position of Crown Princess. He can still marry a bunch of concubines.
Moreover, Xia Wan'er was indeed charming enough. Thinking of her charm in bed, the prince couldn't help but feel excited.
That’s fine, one more woman is not too many, but one less is not too bad.
Especially now that the Prime Minister's Mansion has won over the family of the Duke of Jin, it is undoubtedly a great help to him.
(End of this chapter)