After Hai Chaoyun heard that Wang Gang won the first prize, he was originally happy. Her future husband won three prizes in a row, and any woman would be happy.
But Hai Chaoyun soon heard that although Wang Gang won the first prize, he did not enter the Imperial Academy. Instead, he was exiled by the officials and became a small magistrate of Hongzhou Prefecture.
Hongzhou Mansion is not a good place. Bandits are rampant there and it is very chaotic. It is a place that everyone is afraid to avoid.
Hai Chaoyun is feeling a little confused now. When she agreed to marry the concubine of the Sheng family, her only requirement was that Wang Gang must enter the Imperial Academy.
No one thought that this would be the case now.
After Haifu and Haimu heard about this, they immediately came to discuss with their daughter.
"Yun'er, Sanlang of the Sheng family has been appointed as an official. Do you recognize this marriage?" Hai's father said to his daughter.
"Of course I don't admit it."
Before Hai Chaoyun expressed his opinion, Haimu screamed first.
"That Sheng Changfeng will soon go to Hongzhou Mansion to serve as an official. I don't know how many years it will take before he leaves. Yun'er will marry her and she will go with her or not.
If we don’t go, the couple will be separated within a few days of their wedding. If we go, who can guarantee Yun’er’s safety?”
Hai Mu felt sorry for her daughter and really didn't want her to suffer with Wang Gang.
"But we have received the betrothal gift and the marriage certificate. Now it seems unreasonable to regret the marriage." Hai's father was puzzled.
"The betrothal gift can be returned and the marriage certificate can be invalidated. Do you want your daughter to go to Hongzhou Mansion and fall into the hands of bandits?" Hai Mu said with tears in her eyes.
Hai's father suddenly panicked when he saw his wife crying.
The Hai family has a very strict family tradition, and only those in their forties are allowed to take concubines. Therefore, most of the men in the Hai family have only one wife, and there is naturally no relationship between husband and wife.
"Why are you crying? Aren't we discussing? Whether or not to cancel the engagement depends on your daughter's opinion?" Hai's father coaxed his wife.
Hai Mu wiped her tears and asked her daughter: "Yun'er, what do you think?"
Hai Chaoyun thought about it again and again, and then asked Hai's father: "Father, can I know why Sanlang of the Sheng family was released as an official? Didn't the number one scholar in the past years always enter the Hanlin Academy and serve as an official before the emperor?"
Hai's father said: "I asked someone to find out that King Yong once helped when Sanlang of the Sheng family was tested, which made the officials unhappy, so he was released as an official."
Hai Chaoyun frowned and said, "Sheng Sanlang is part of King Yong's party?"
"That's not true. His Highness the Crown Prince has checked and found out that King Yong was just admiring Sheng Sanlang's talent, so he casually mentioned that the two of them are not related, otherwise Sheng Sanlang would not be able to participate in the imperial examination."
Hai Chaoyun suddenly realized that Wang Gang had been implicated by King Yong, and it was not because of himself that he was not admitted to the Imperial Academy.
"In that case, I'll marry you!" Hai Chaoyun said firmly.
Haimu was shocked and advised: "Daughter, you must think clearly!"
Hai Chaoyun said: "People cannot stand without trust. Since we are engaged, we cannot go back on our word, otherwise our Hai family will definitely make people laugh."
Haimu said: "We had promised beforehand that the marriage would only count if Sheng Sanlang entered the Imperial Academy. Now that he has not entered the Imperial Academy, it is okay for us to regret the marriage."
Hai Chaoyun shook his head and said: "When Sheng Sanlang was admitted to the Huiyuan Dynasty, we went to the pole to urge the marriage. Now we regret the marriage before entering the Imperial Academy. What do people say about our Hai family?"
"But Hongzhou Mansion is too chaotic. It's dangerous for you to go with the past. If you don't go, I don't know how many little goblins I will provoke in the future." Haimu said worriedly.
"When you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, and when you marry a dog, follow the dog. Since I married into his Sheng family, we are one and the same, so we will naturally go to Hongzhou Mansion together." Hai Chaoyun said firmly.
Seeing that her daughter had made up her mind, Haimu tried to persuade her for a long time to no avail, so she had no choice but to give up.
The Hai family is worthy of being a scholarly family, and Haimu did not force her daughter to cry, make trouble, and hang herself. She just secretly shed tears when no one was around, worrying about her daughter's safety.
Wang Gang was very surprised when he received the news that the Hai family did not regret the marriage and pressed for a date for the wedding.
However, Sheng Hong was very happy and immediately chose a good and auspicious day to get married as soon as possible.
Originally, he wanted to let Sheng Changbai get married first, and then it would be his brother Wang Gang's turn.
However, Wang Gang is about to be sent away to serve as an official, and he doesn't know when he will come back. The marriage cannot be postponed forever.
Sheng Hong found two brothers, Sheng Changbai and Wang Gang, and asked them for their opinions.
"My third brother and I might as well hold the wedding at the same time to save time and effort!" Sheng Changbai suggested.
"Can the Liu family and the Hai family agree?" Sheng Hong asked worriedly.
"If you don't know how to know, let's contact the Hai family and the Liu family first. If we can get married at the same time, it can be regarded as a double happiness." Wang Gang said.
Sheng Hong had no choice but to ask the matchmaker to go to the two families to discuss it. The Hai family agreed at the time. The Liu family was a little hesitant, but they gave a reply the next day and agreed to hold the wedding together.
The woman agreed that everything was easy to handle, and the Sheng family was rich, so they quickly bought the wedding items and chose an excellent day. The brothers Sheng Changbai and Wang Gang got married together.
There is also an episode here, that is, Wang Ruofu and Lin Sushuang heard that the brothers were holding a wedding together, and they didn't agree with anything.
The two women have been fighting for their entire lives, but neither of them has ever fought with each other. Now that their son's wedding is scheduled to take place on the same day, it's strange that they can agree to it.
In the end, it was Sheng Hong who came forward to persuade Wang Ruofu and paid the price of staying for a few nights to get his wife's work done.
As for Lin Sushuang, it was simple. Wang Gang directly gave Lin Sushuang fifty thousand taels of silver as Sheng Molan's future dowry. She counted the money and acquiesced.
The wedding day was very lively. Wang Gang and Sheng Changbai set off from Sheng Mansion at the same time and went to their father-in-law's home to pick up the bride.
Wang Gang was also worried that he would get into the wrong sedan chair and marry the right man.
Fortunately, the matchmaker Sheng Hong found was very capable and followed the entire wedding process, so no joke was made and the brides were sent to their new homes after the ceremony.
After the banquet in the evening, Wang Gang was slightly drunk and walked into the new house with relatively steady steps.
On the other side, Sheng Changbai was not so lucky. He was so drunk that he was carried back to his new house. It was hard to say whether he could have a wedding tonight.
Walking into the dim new room, Wang Gang saw a beautiful figure sitting beside the bed, covered with a red hijab, waiting for his arrival.
Wang Gang picked up the wedding scale from the table, gently lifted the red hijab, and finally saw his bride.
At this moment, Hai Chaoyun lowered his head shyly, but did not dare to look at Wang Gang.
"Madam, you must be hungry! I've asked someone to prepare some snacks. You can eat some to fill your stomach later."
The bride has not had a drop of water since morning and is really hungry. If her tutor hadn't been strict, she would have eaten all the red dates and longans on the bed.
"We haven't drunk Hexin wine yet." Hai Chaoyun said softly.
Wang Gang suddenly grabbed Hai Chaoyun's little hand and said, "From now on, we will be husband and wife. We will share hardships and wealth together. We don't need to adhere to these rules."
Hai Chaoyun's hand was grabbed by Wang Gang, and he subconsciously wanted to struggle, but as soon as he thought wrong, his body stiffened.
Wang Gang said: "Madam, I can promise you that no matter whether you have any children in the future, I will never leave you and will only marry you for the rest of my life. I will never take any concubines."
Hai Chaoyun raised his head slightly, met Wang Gang's sincere eyes, and immediately lowered his head again.
At this time, there was a knock on the door. Wang Gang let go of Hai Chaoyun's hand, opened the door, took the cakes sent by his servants, and put them on the table.
"Come here and have some snacks. I specially sent people to Fan Lou to buy these. They're still warm."
Hai Chaoyun asked in surprise: "When will you let people go to Fanlou to buy snacks?"
Wang Gang said: "After you were sent to your new house, I was worried that you would be hungry, so I asked someone to buy it. However, Fan Lou's business was so good today that my servants just bought it back now."
Hai Chaoyun couldn't help but feel sweet in his heart when he saw Wang Gang caring so much about him.
Men are afraid of getting into the wrong profession, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. Hai Chaoyun is now relieved.
"You are interested." Hai Chaoyun was shy but defeated by hunger, and walked to the table.
Wang Gang took Hai Chaoyun's arm again, asked her to sit down, and then personally gave her a piece of snack to eat.
"Try it quickly. Fan Lou's dim sum is famous far and wide. It's very good."
Hai Chaoyun took a bite of the snack. Although he was very hungry, he still had the proper manners.
"Don't be so restrained. Just eat big when you're hungry. There are only two of us here. After eating, we have to do business." Wang Gang said with a smile.
As soon as Hai Chaoyun heard that Wang Gang said that he should do "business", he immediately became embarrassed again.
Wang Gang took out a small box from the corner of the room and said solemnly:
"This is all my property, including the glass bottle and the business ledger of toilet water. From now on, your housekeeper will give it to you."
Hai Chaoyun's eyes widened and he said, "Are glass bottles and toilet water your business?"
The Hai family also bought a glass vase and placed it in Haimu's room. It wasn't that he didn't want to put it in Hai Chao Yunna's room, but the glass vase was too expensive. With the financial resources of the Hai family, they could only buy one.
Wang Gang opened the box and asked Hai Chaoyun to eat and listen to him.
"My main focus in the future will probably be on officialdom, and I will leave the business matters to you."
Wang Gang explained one business deal after another to Hai Chaoyun, and Hai Chaoyun was shocked.
Only now did she realize how outstanding the man she married was and how rich he was!