Everyone heard the scolding and looked around, only to see Jiang Quhan leading Huo Yunjue and others walking over.

"The marriage between Miss Lin and Prince Ning was brought about by me personally. How can I allow you, a servant, to slander it here!"

Jiang Quhan flapped the folding fan in his hand, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

Everyone fell silent instantly and took a few steps back in fear.

When Bi'er heard this, her face turned pale and she suddenly panicked. She turned around and kowtowed to Jiang Quhan in panic to confess her guilt.

"This slave is speaking nonsense and speaking nonsense. Please forgive me, Your Highness King Qian!"

Jiang Quhan laughed and asked: "You are a little maid from a foreign government, how dare you speak so loudly here? Is it because your family tradition in the Li family is not upright, or is it because your master's upbringing is not strict, and he allows you to make trouble in public!"

He immediately looked at Li Tingxuan.

Li Tingxuan's heart tightened, and the panic on her face was visible to the naked eye.

Li Tingxuan was frightened by what he saw. She lowered her head and said tremblingly: "His Royal Highness King Qian taught you that it was my daughter who failed to discipline this humble maid. She was so eager to protect her master that she uttered arrogant words and damaged Miss Lin's reputation. I will do this now." I apologize to Miss Lin."

Li Tingxuan walked up to Lin Wanqiao and was about to salute and apologize to her.

Ning Zijun suddenly interrupted her: "Miss Li, wait!"

He stepped forward, stood in front of Lin Wanqiao, and said in a deep voice: "What you just said is quite intriguing. What do you mean by your eagerness to protect the Lord? Do you want to accuse Miss Lin of what she did to you? It’s your maid who said nasty things to her!”

Ning Zijun looked directly at Li Tingxuan with cold eyes.

Everyone quickly reacted and recalled the rumors that Li Mansion and Ninghou Mansion had discussed marriage.

But now, it is Lin Wanqiao who wants to marry into the Hou Mansion.

Therefore, the Li family complained about the Lin family, deliberately provoked conflicts between the two families in public, vented their dissatisfaction, and tried to destroy the marriage between the two families.

Li Tingxuan's expression changed when her thoughts were revealed. She held her embroidered handkerchief and tried her best to deny it: "Prince Ning has misunderstood. I didn't mean it this way."

Ning Zijun sneered: "It seems that Miss Li is planning to take out all her grievances against me on my fiancée."

Li Tingxuan bit her lip tightly, unable to argue.

Ning Zijun glanced at everyone with sharp eyes and explained loudly: "Today I will explain the matter clearly in front of everyone!"

"Previously, the Li Mansion did bring some people to the Hou Mansion to discuss marriage with me, but I had already fallen in love with Miss Lin, so I refused directly at that time."

"However, for some reason, there are still rumors that I and the Li family's legitimate daughter are still discussing marriage, which caused Miss Lin to misunderstand me and avoid me. Therefore, I begged His Highness King Qian to come forward and help me plan. Please marry Miss Lin to me!"

He said, and solemnly handed over to everyone: "I have already come to Mr. Xu to explain everything clearly. I hope you will not believe the rumors and be taken advantage of!"

Ning Zijun's words not only exposed the Li family's lies, but also clearly expressed his deep affection for Lin Wanqiao.

He lowered his posture like this, publicly showing that he had favored Lin Wanqiao, a lady of the family.

When Lin Wanqiao heard this, her eyes turned red. She looked at the man who defended herself, and her heart was filled with emotion.

Ning Ziqing held her hand and comforted her softly: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, my brother and I will never let anyone hurt you!"

Lin Wanqiao nodded with tears in her eyes.

How lucky I am to meet a man and a sister-in-law who value me so much in this life!

Li Tingxuan did not expect that Ning Zijun had such deep feelings for Lin Wanqiao.

I feel the strange looks from the people around me.

She looked embarrassed and ashamed, covered her face with an embroidered handkerchief and ran away in panic.

Ning Ziqing glanced at her leaving figure, smiled sarcastically, pulled Lin Wanqiao over and said in public: "As of today, from beginning to end, the only sister-in-law in my heart is Lin. Miss! Anyone who dares to be rude to her is being disrespectful to Brother Wang and me!"

Ning Ziqing glanced sharply at the people present and warned sternly.

"Today is a great day for the Cao family and the Song family to get married. If you don't want to sincerely come and drink this wedding wine, get out immediately!"

Everyone was frightened by her majesty and fell silent with fear.

Those who originally wanted to cause trouble also restrained their arrogance and did not dare to offend Lin Wanqiao again.

Then, Jiang Quhan waved his folding fan, signaling Jiang Fei to hold Bi'er, then threw a medicine bottle to Jiang Qie and ordered him to step forward and pour it into Bi'er's mouth.

Bi'er struggled desperately in Jiang Fei's hands, her eyes widened in fear, and her hands scratched countless blood marks on the ground.

After Jiang Qie finished pouring the potion, Jiang Fei let go of her.

Bi'er covered her throat in pain, unable to make any sound.

When everyone saw this, they all gasped.

Jiang Quhan unfolded his folding fan, curled his lips and said with a smile: "On a special day, it is not suitable to see blood, so I and Princess A Zhao will give you the "silent" poison as a punishment!"

There was silence all around.

Jiang Quhan waved his fan leisurely: "Silence is better than sound at this time, which is perfect for the occasion!"

After that, he dismissed everyone displeased: "Don't stay here anymore. Go and see if the groom has come back to pick up the bride. Don't disturb the king's enjoyment of the ceremony!"

Everyone immediately made way for them.

"Your Highness King Qian, please!"

Jiang Quhan asked Ning Ziqing to go to the main hall to wait with him. At the end, he did not forget to tell Lin Wanqiao: "Brother and sister, the chestnut cake you made that day was very good to my taste. Make me some more later."

Lin Wanqiao, who was behind him, quickly responded: "Yes, Your Highness. I will send someone to the Fu Mansion tomorrow."

Jiang Quhan clicked his tongue dissatisfied: "Why are you calling me Your Highness again? I look so unfamiliar. I don't remember what I said before."

Lin Wanqiao paused for a moment, fearing that Jiang Quhan would be unhappy, so she immediately changed her words: "I'll note it down, brother."

Jiang Quhan then pursed his lips and smiled with satisfaction, put his arm on Ning Zijun's shoulders affectionately and began to tease him.

When everyone saw Jiang Quhan's attitude towards Lin Wanqiao, they instantly understood and no longer dared to look down on her.

When the auspicious time came, Song Yu, with a spring breeze on his face, and Cao Yanyan, who was wearing a gorgeous wedding dress, walked into the front hall amidst the blessings of everyone and held a worship ceremony.

Ning Ziqing, Jiang Quhan, and Huo Yunjue sat on the throne to watch the ceremony.

The hall was crowded with guests, and Marquis Ning read out the marriage certificate to the newlyweds.

Cao Yanyan held the fan tightly and looked a little nervous.

Ning Ziqing noticed this and encouraged her with his eyes, trying to ease her nervousness.

Cao Yanyan met her eyes and smiled knowingly.

When the ceremony official said, "The ceremony is completed," Cao Yanyan stood up straight with relief.

Everyone applauded warmly and blessed the newlyweds again.

After the worship service, Cao Yanyan was helped by two maids to rest in her new house.

Song Yu accompanied the Song family to entertain the guests and take their seats at the banquet.

Lin Wanqiao and his party followed Jiang Quhan and Huo Yunjue and took their seats at the main table.

The other main table was reserved for Mrs. Ning and other elders.

As soon as he sat down, Gu Liaohe asked: "Why is today's wedding banquet served with seafood?"

Ning Ziqing looked at Jiang Quhan and explained: "It's not because I invited him to the big Buddha. In order to please him, my aunt from the Song family came to me and asked me to bring a batch of overseas goods. She also gave the Sifanglou The cook is called to prepare the table."

Gu Liaohe and the others suddenly realized.

Huo Yunjue joked: "It seems that we have benefited from King Qian today. You don't know that if you want to eat these seafood in Sifanglou now, you have to make a reservation at least one or two months in advance."

Ning Ziqing was smug: "Of course, this is Sifanglou's signature dish. It can't be easily tasted by guests. It must whet their appetite!"

Jiang Quhan smiled and praised her: "Don't tell me, A Zhao's business acumen really followed the Fu family."

Huo Yunjue and the others nodded in agreement and greatly praised Ning Ziqing.

Ning Ziqing was so proud that after the wedding banquet started, she asked Ning Zijun to peel shrimps for her while pestering Jiang Quhan to compensate for the loss of Sifanglou.

Jiang Quhan was helpless and scolded her as a "little money addict" and agreed to her unreasonable request.

After Ning Ziqing succeeded, she happily picked up her chopsticks and shouted to Ning Zijun that she wanted to eat shrimp.

The next moment, everyone at the table except Jiang Quhan gave her the peeled shrimp meat in the bowl.

Ning Ziqing was stunned for a moment, then raised the bowl and took the shrimp meat from Huo Yunjue and the others despite everyone's envious looks.

When Jiang Quhan saw this, he couldn't help but mutter: "Don't spoil A Zhao rotten!"

Ning Ziqing glared at him: "You are just jealous of me!"

Jiang Quhan gave her an angry look, picked up his wine glass, and drank happily with Huo Yunjue and the others.

After a while, Song Yu came over with a wine bottle to toast.

He first poured a glass of wine to Ning Ziqing and thanked her with joy for bridging the gap between him and Cao Yanyan.

Then, he toasted to Ning Ziqing on behalf of Cao Yanyan.

Ning Ziqing told him with concern to drink less, so as not to delay the wedding night.

Song Yu nodded shyly, and after toasting to the table, he went to toast the other guests at the urging of Mr. Song.

During the banquet, the guests praised the delicious seafood dinner.

Mrs. Song's face increased greatly, and her attitude towards Song Yu changed a lot.

When the banquet was coming to an end, Song Yu walked to the open space in the middle with a wedding ball tied in red silk.

Jiang Quhan asked curiously: "What is this doing?"

Su Yanqi introduced: "This is the wedding custom of Nanyao Kingdom. Unmarried men and women can grab the wedding ball thrown by the groom. The person who catches the wedding ball means that he is the next one to get married."

Jiang Quhan became interested, and excitedly picked up Ning Ziqing and left: "Let's go grab one and try it!"

Soon, the unmarried men and women gathered around Song Yu.

Others also left the table one after another and came closer to watch the fun.

"Song Yu, remember to throw it towards us later!"

Jiang Quhan reminded half-jokingly.

As soon as these words came out, someone immediately started shouting: "King Qian, do as the Romans do, and you can't cheat!"

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

Jiang Quhan responded cheerfully: "Then let's each rely on our own abilities."

After saying that, he stood in front of Ning Ziqing and raised his hands, as if he was determined to win.

At this time, an official from the Ministry of Rites stood up as the referee and signaled Song Yu to turn around.

When he gave the order, Song Yu threw the wedding ball into the air with all his strength.

Immediately afterwards, the crowd burst into exclamations.

I saw Jiang Quhan, Huo Yunjue, and Su Yanqi grabbing a corner of the wedding ball at the same time.

Ning Ziqing stood among them, looking a little at a loss and could only retract her hand in embarrassment.

Song Yu turned around and was shocked when he saw this scene.

Just when everyone didn't know what to do, the official from the Ministry of Etiquette came out to smooth things over: "It doesn't count this time, and those who are engaged can't participate. His Royal Highness King Qian, Princess A Zhao, Qi Langjun, Prince Ning and Miss Lin, please withdraw." , let the groom throw it again."

Everyone agreed with his proposal and persuaded several people to leave.

Jiang Quhan was a little aggrieved and stood there refusing to move. In the end, he was forcibly dragged away by Su Yanqi and Ning Zijun.

At this time, only Huo Yunjue, Gu Liaohe, and Shen Beiwang, who appeared out of nowhere, continued to compete for the happy ball.

The official of the Ministry of Rites gave another order. When Song Yu threw the wedding ball, Huo Yunjue jumped up with a tap of his toes and caught the wedding ball steadily.

The crowd burst into warm applause.

"Okay, congratulations to Your Highness Fourth Prince for winning the lottery. It seems that good things are coming soon!"

Huo Yunjue happily held the wedding ball tightly and raised his eyes to meet Ning Ziqing's gaze.

The two looked at each other and smiled tacitly.

Jiang Quhan snorted in disgust from the side.

He pulled Ning Ziqing and wanted to take her away.

At this time, a eunuch hurried over, ran to Huo Yunjue and said anxiously: "Your Highness, please follow me into the palace quickly!"

Huo Yunjue was shocked: "What happened?"

The eunuch whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty suddenly fell ill and fell into a coma. The Queen has sent a decree to several princes to enter the palace immediately to attend to his illness!"

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