The Red Chamber: My Stunning Confidante with a Variety of Styles

Xue Baoqin came to the front hall, but saw a tall and thin middle-aged man standing in the hall.

"Are you Xue Baoqin?" The man asked coldly when he saw Xue Baoqin.

Xue Baoqin nodded slightly: "Yes. I don't know who is Mr.?"

"I am the chief steward of Mei Manor, Merle."

Xue Baoqin bowed slightly: "I have seen the butler."

The butler still has a certain status in the aristocratic family, so Xue Baoqin also treats each other with courtesy.

Mei Le glanced at her, and responded lightly, with a very high posture, as if he was the master and Xue Baoqin was the slave.

Xue Baoqin frowned slightly, but still asked politely: "I don't know why the butler came here overnight?"

Merle raised her head slightly: "I had something important to discuss with Mrs. Xue's family, but your servant said she was ill, so I can only tell you about it."

"The butler told me that's it." Xue Baoqin nodded.

"It's about your marriage." As Merle said, he took out a document from his bosom and handed it to Xue Baoqin, "This is the receipt for the collection of gifts, just take a look."

In ancient times, there was a complete set of procedures for getting married, and the most important of these were the three books and six rituals.

The "three books" refer to the letter of appointment, letter of ceremony and letter of welcome.

The "Six Ceremonies" are: Nacai, Asking Names, Najib, Nazheng, Asking for a Date and Greeting in Person.

The so-called Nazheng is roughly similar to the betrothal gift of later generations.

Xue Baoqin quickly took it, but after opening it, she was stunned.

I saw several gifts such as copper coins, rice, red dates, and linen listed on the gift list.

She looked at it several times, and even thought she was dazzled, so she blinked and looked again, but what caught her eyes hadn't changed at all.

Her pretty face suddenly darkened, and a trace of anger flashed in her beautiful eyes.

Generally speaking, for a family with a good family background, the collection gifts will include: gold, silver, pearls and emerald jewelry, silk, satin and silk clothes, cattle, sheep, livestock, fruits and so on.

Even if ordinary people marry a daughter-in-law, they will have gold and silver jewelry, even if they are few, but they must be there.

But the gift list from Mei's family didn't have any gold or silver jewellery, and some only had ten pennies of copper coins!The rest are everyday items that can be seen everywhere on the market.

It's fine if the Mei family is poor, but the Mei family is a family of officials and officials, and the financial conditions will never be bad.

But they use such a gift, the intention can be seen:
humiliation!

Chi Guoguo's humiliation!

"Steward Mei, is there a mistake in this gift list?" Xue Baoqin suppressed the anger in her heart and asked Mei Le.

Merle glanced at her: "How can there be a mistake? This is what our master and wife have discussed for a long time."

Xue Baoqin blushed: "The Mei family is a family of officials and eunuchs. Is it so shabby to take it out to collect gifts?"

"Shabby?" Merle snorted, "I don't think so."

"Not to mention other things, but these years, the presents from my Xue family to your Mei family are a hundred times and a thousand times as much as these?" Xue Baoqin asked angrily.

Because of the engagement of the two families, the Xue family would give gifts to the Mei family during the festivals over the years.

The Xue family is rich and powerful, so how could the ceremony be light?What Xue Baoqin said is a hundred times a thousand times, and it is not an exaggeration at all.

Merle glanced at him, then said lightly:
"These gifts are exactly in line with your Xue family."

The implication is that your Xue family is only worthy of such a gift.

Xue Baoqin was surprised and angry: "Butler Mei, what do you mean by that?"

Mei Le said coldly: "Your Xue family is just a merchant, but my Mei family is a family of officials and officials, with a scholarly family. If my master didn't make a mistake after drinking, how could he marry a merchant's family like you?"

In this era, the status of merchants is indeed not high. The aristocratic families look down on merchants, and they rarely marry merchants' daughters. If they really want to marry, they can only be concubines.

"You!" Xue Baoqin turned pale with anger.

"What? Could it be that Second Miss Xue doesn't like this Na Zhengli?" Merle sneered, "It's okay if you don't like it, why don't you just let this marriage go."

Xue Baoqin's beautiful eyes were full of resentment when she heard the words. It is a great shame and humiliation to be divorced or refused to marry these days.

Therefore, she didn't dare to say anything more, for fear of offending the Mei family and retiring the engagement.

By doing this, the Mei family obviously took this point into account and took her to death.

"Second Miss Xue, why don't you speak?" Merle looked at her and sneered, "If you don't speak, I will treat you as accepting the gift list from Nazheng."

Xue Baoqin was so angry that she trembled all over, but there was nothing she could do.

However, at this moment, a figure came to her side and took the gift slip from her hand.

"Brother Jue." Xue Baoqin looked to the side, but saw that it was Jia Jue who came.

When Meile saw Jia Jue, she was taken aback for a moment, then she cupped her hands and called reluctantly, "See Lord Jia."

Jia Jue took a look at Li Yi, and said with a light smile, "The Mei family is really a big hand."

"Hehe, Master Hou has good eyesight." Mei Le smiled triumphantly.

But in the next moment, he only heard the sound of "hissing", and Jia Jue tore the gift list to pieces in front of him.

"You! What do you mean?" Merle was startled and angry.

Jia Jue tore the gift list to pieces, then threw it in his face:

"The Mei family is a noble family, we can't afford it."

Mei Le was stunned, and Xue Baoqin was also stunned.

They didn't expect Jia Jue to do this, so mercilessly.

"You, your Xue family dare to regret the marriage!" Meile was furious, pointing at Xue Baoqin and shouted.

He didn't dare to attack Jia Jue, so he could only speak angrily at Xue Baoqin.

Repenting of a marriage is a crime in this day and age.

Especially for the woman, if she regrets her marriage and makes a fuss with the government, she will not only have to be punished, but also compensate the other party.And after the fight, the marriage contract is still valid, and you must marry.

Xue Baoqin's face turned pale, and she shook her head hastily. If this matter becomes a commotion, it will affect them too much.

Jia Jue sneered and said, "No, I'm not regretting the marriage. I don't agree to this marriage."

"You!" Merle was startled and angry, Jia Jue made it clear that he was being unreasonable.

"What are you! Get out!" Jia Jue shouted at him.

Merle's face turned pale, pointed at Jia Jue and the two, and said, "Okay! You adulterers..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a black shadow flashing in front of his eyes, and then there was a sharp pain on his face.

The whole person couldn't help turning around on the spot before falling to the ground.

puff!
He couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood, which contained several teeth.

This slap killed half of his life, he looked at Jia Jue in horror, but saw Jia Jue looking straight at him:
"Go back and tell your master that if I don't agree to this marriage, I won't be able to do it. In addition, if you dare to insult the Xue family and the girl of the Xue family, I guarantee that your Mei family will never gain a foothold in the capital!"

Merle didn't dare to say another word, he got up and staggered away, not daring to stay for a moment longer.

Seeing Jia Jue's figure, Xue Baoqin suddenly burst into tears.