I Brought All Your Relatives in the Capital Here
Wen Qiuyu's meaning was clear: she wanted Liu Dalang to provide the betrothal gifts.
Liu Dalang smiled and said, "I'll discuss it with my family then, and I promise you won't feel wronged."
Wen Qiuyu nodded and said, "It's okay for me to feel a little wronged, but my uncle and aunt are getting old, and they have three children..."
"I understand."
After Wen Qiuyu left, Liu Dalang repeated what Wen Qiuyu had said.
Zhou Wanwan scoffed and said, "Fine! We have plenty of fake gold and silver jewelry in our mountain stronghold, just give her these."
The mountain stronghold quickly prepared eighteen loads of betrothal gifts, making it look quite grand.
In fact, whether in modern times or ancient times, there have always been people who need fake gold and silver jewelry.
Zhou Wanwan now runs a jewelry shop in Beijing. It sells ordinary jewelry, but some of the pieces look just like real gold and silver jewelry.
Believe it or not, these imitation gold and silver ornaments are very popular in Beijing.
Because it's not visible from the outside, some ladies who want to save face but don't want to spend a lot of money will buy this kind of gold and silver jewelry.
Wen Qiuyu and Wen Dongyu looked at the eighteen loads of dowry, their eyes full of smiles.
Wen Qiuyu said in a low voice:
"I knew their family would provide a dowry, right?"
I didn't expect Zhou Wanwan to treat her uncle so well."
Wen Dongyu smiled faintly and said, "Sister, you really have a way with people. If I become her aunt, I can put her in a better position."
Wen Qiuyu nodded and said:
"I think Liu Dalang is quite handsome, so I'll just live with him!"
We'll find a way to get all of Zhou Wanwan's money then.
Liu Dalang is doing business in the capital now, so I can go to the capital with him when the time comes.
I'll find you a good marriage.
Wen Dongyu sighed and said, "If it weren't for Zhou Wanwan, I would already be married to Shen Zhiyu, and I would be the young mistress of the Yongning Earl's Manor."
Wen Qiuyu said helplessly:
"Now that we've become like this, let's not think about it too much."
I need to stabilize things at the Liu Family first, and then slowly deal with Zhou Wanwan.
I really want to know what Zhou Wanwan's expression will be when she finds out our true identities.
Wen Qiuyu and Wen Dongyu were having sweet dreams, but Zhou Wanwan wove an even more beautiful dream for them.
Zhou Wanwan specially rented a three-courtyard house with blue bricks and gray tiles, a quiet and secluded place.
She had people take care of everything inside and out, and the entire house was decorated beautifully.
The most meticulously prepared room was the bridal chamber, filled with embroidered curtains, red silk draped around the beams, and decorated with auspicious ornaments in just the right way.
She also had her wedding dress and a complete set of headdress prepared well in advance for Meng Qiuyu's wedding.
The wedding dress was made of the finest materials and embroidered with phoenixes and twin lotus flowers, with fine and dense stitches.
The complete set of silver-gilt hair ornaments, hairpins, and hair ornaments is exquisite and luxurious.
Wen Qiuyu laughed and said, "Zhou Wanwan is really good to her uncle; she's really willing to spend a lot of money on him."
Wen Dongyu scoffed coldly:
"That brat Zhou Wanwan is really rich; this wedding dress alone must have cost a fortune!"
And this entire headdress set is made of gold and inlaid with all sorts of jewels. How much is that worth?
"Who cares! Once I marry into the Liu Family, I'll slowly transfer those shops in the capital to our names. That'll be when we'll truly be rich!"
The two sisters were laughing so hard they were shaking. Zhou Wanwan was still laughing outside, saying, "Are you happy now? Keep laughing! Let's see if you can still laugh tomorrow."
The next day was Liu Dalang's wedding, and he went to the groom's house early in the morning to fetch his bride.
Wen Qiuyu was dressed very elegantly, and Liu Dalang led her to the living room.
He looked at Wen Qiuyu and said, "Qiuyu, to give you a surprise, I've brought all your relatives from the capital here."
Wen Qiuyu was taken aback by his words. Liu Dalang continued, "Why don't you say hello to them?"
Wen Qiuyu trembled with anger. "Liu Dalang, who told you to bring them here?"
Liu Dalang stared blankly at her and said, "Qiuyu, what's wrong with you? Aren't you happy to see those relatives?"
Wen Qiuyu retorted angrily, "Are you out of your mind? Why did you bring them here?"
Liu Dalang paused for a moment and said, "I just feel it's too lonely for you to be here all alone."
Wen Qiuyu lifted the veil directly, looked at him and said, "Don't you know I don't get along with those relatives? Our marriage is off."
Just as she was about to leave, she saw a large group of relatives gather around.
All the relatives were stunned. "You said this is Qiuyu getting married, but where is Qiuyu? Who is this woman?"
Liu Dalang looked at them and said, "So this is Wen Qiuyu!"
Everyone was stunned. The village chief scoffed and said, "Who exactly are you? Why are you impersonating Qiuyu?"
Wen Qiuyu gritted her teeth and said, "I don't know any of you at all, and you're not my family at all. You're all imposters."
The village chief glanced at her indifferently and said:
"There is indeed a person named Wen Qiuyu in our village, and there is also a person named Wen Dongyu, but you are not him at all."
The signs of Qiuyu and Dongyu are also on you; who exactly are you?
If you don't explain yourself clearly today, I'll take you straight to court.
Wen Qiuyu looked at Liu Dalang and said, "Dalang, save me! I don't want to go to court, I am Wen Qiuyu!"
Someone said, "Qiuyu has a red mole on her left arm. Do you dare to roll up your sleeve and show it to us?"
Wen Qiuyu naturally dared not. Liu Dalang looked at Wen Qiuyu and asked, "Who exactly are you? Where did you come from?"
Wen Qiuyu looked at him pitifully and said, "Dalang, I am Wen Qiuyu. These people all want to harm me. They want to capture me and sell me. Please save me!"
The village chief rolled his eyes and said:
"We want to sell you. We don't even know you. You're really good at twisting the truth."
Since that's the case, let's report it to the authorities directly!
Seeing that they were about to report to the authorities, Wen Qiuyu immediately knelt down in the tunnel:
"Yes, I am not Wen Qiuyu. My sister and I saw Wen Qiuyu being robbed by bandits, so we left these two travel permits."
We picked it up.
Those who had come from the capital sneered:
"What a coincidence! Don't you have your own travel permit? Why are you using someone else's?"
"You're the one who killed those two sisters, aren't you? Come on, let's go to the government office."
Wen Qiuyu looked at Liu Dalang with pleading eyes and said, "Dalang, save me!"
Liu Dalang sighed and said, "Qiuyu, don't be afraid. You just found someone's travel permit, you didn't do anything wrong, there's nothing to be afraid of."
Wen Qiuyu was so angry that she burst into a tirade:
"Are you out of your mind? If I go to the authorities, will I ever get out?"
"Why don't you just give me some silver?"
Liu Dalang smiled faintly and said, "Actually, I'm quite curious too. Who exactly are you? And why did you come to my house?"