Save the Bachelor of Heaven

In June, Xue Pan came back from his business trip. Although he did not make any money, he brought back good news.

It turned out that he was on his way to do business and stopped by a relative's house. The mistress was the daughter of the Xue family, and was from the same clan as Xue Pan, within the fifth degree of mourning, so she was considered an aunt, and they had interacted when they were young.

That family was also a royal merchant of the Ministry of Revenue, specializing in the sweet-scented osmanthus business. All the sweet-scented osmanthus shops in and outside the city belonged to him, and even all the bonsais in the palace were tributes from him, so he was also called the "Osmanthus Xia Family".

Now only Grandma Xia and her daughter were left in the Xia family. The mother and daughter were living together, so they were naturally happy to see their nephew Xue Pan. They cried and laughed at the same time, and they were even more affectionate than when they saw their son.

Then he ordered his daughter to come out and meet her cousin Xue Pan. The daughter's name was Xia Jingui, she was seventeen years old and was as pretty as a flower.

Xue Pan fell in love with her at first sight, so when he came back he asked Aunt Xue to propose marriage.

Aunt Xue was also very satisfied when she heard about it.

Firstly, the Xia family and the Xue family were both imperial merchants of the Ministry of Revenue, so they could be considered a good match; secondly, the Xia family and the Xue family were old relatives. Grandma Xia was Xue Pan's aunt within the fifth degree of mourning, and Xia Jingui was his cousin. The marriage between the two families meant that they were cousins ​​for generations, and even if their bones were broken, they were still connected.

Thirdly, the Xia family’s business is so big now, and they have no descendants, so all their property will belong to the Xue family in the future.

Since the death of Xue's father, the Xue family has suffered losses and closures in business. It cannot be said that they have been completely ruined now, but they are on the verge of collapse and are in urgent need of a large sum of money to support themselves.

Fourthly, Xue Pan's reputation in the capital had long been ruined, and no prominent family was willing to marry their daughter to him.

The Xue family was disdainful of marrying a girl from a poor family, so now that they have finally met a family of equal status, the Xia family, who don't care about Xue Pan's reputation, what are they waiting for if they don't propose marriage?

Therefore, Aunt Xue subsequently sent someone to propose marriage to the Xia family, and the wedding date was quickly agreed upon. After the national mourning period was over, she officially brought Xia Jingui home.

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Xiang Nan knew, however, that Xia Jingui was not someone to be trifled with.

She has the appearance of a flower or willow, but a temperament of wind and thunder. She regards herself as a bodhisattva and others as dirt. In short, she is a character like Li Kui.

When she was at home, if a maid made a mistake, she would scold and punish her, just like a Hedong Lion. If such a woman was married into the family, the Xue family would be very lively in the future.

However, even though he knew this, Xiang Nan did not try to dissuade him.

On the one hand, he didn't want to get involved in the Xue family's affairs. In his opinion, less is worse than more. After all, he is not the god of the land who can grant every request. He is too busy with his own affairs to care about other people's affairs.

On the one hand, given the current situation of the Xue family and Xue Pan's character, no daughter would benefit from marrying into the Xue family.

The reason why Xia Jingui could make so much noise and call the shots in the Xue family couldn't be blamed entirely on her; the Xue family itself was also at fault.

The culprit is of course Xue Pan.

First, he shouldn't have been so aggressive and killed Feng Yuan, ruining his reputation so that no family in the capital dared to marry him; second, he shouldn't have been so ignorant and neglected his own business, so that the Xue family had to rely on the Xia family's connections and property; third, he shouldn't have taken over Xia Jingui's maid less than a month after getting married, and ended up being caught by someone else's pigtails...

In short, it was because Xue Pan had no moral integrity, no character, and no ability that he was controlled by a woman like Xia Jingui. If it were Jia Zhen or Jia Lian, they would not have suffered such humiliation.

In addition, after Xia Jingui got married, it was reasonable for Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai to hand over the housekeeping power.

After all, Xue Pan was the head of the Xue family, and he was in charge of the outside affairs, so Xia Jingui should be in charge of the family affairs. But Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai refused to hand over the power, making Xia Jingui a fish in a pond and a bird in a cage, which naturally made her unhappy.

Therefore, even if Xiang Nan prevented this marriage, Xue Pan would still be unhappy if he married another woman.

Moreover, once he intervenes in this matter, the trouble will never stop. No matter what happens to Xue Pan's marriage, it may be traced back to him.

It’s like helping your friends and relatives buy a car and a computer. As long as you provide advice and get involved, then in the future, no matter what problems the car or computer has, they will not turn to after-sales service or the official department, but you first.

That's why Xiang Nan was too lazy to get involved in this mess.

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By August, Xue Pan's marriage had been arranged, and they agreed to hold the wedding as soon as the national mourning was over.

After Xue Pan’s wedding, it was Xue Ke’s wedding.

He will marry Xing Xiuyan, the niece of Mrs. Xing.

This girl is dignified and elegant, beautiful and intelligent, a rare good girl.

After Xue Ke’s wedding is over, they will prepare for Xue Baoqin’s wedding.

Originally, Xue Baoqin was scheduled to marry the son of Mei Hanlin this year, but it happened to coincide with the national mourning, so the wedding had to be postponed for a year.

Xiang Nan also received news that the Mei family did not seem to be very enthusiastic about this marriage.

The reason is actually very simple.

The Xue family and the Mei family had an arranged marriage when they were children. At that time, the Xue family was still a wealthy family in Jinling. Not only were they related to the Jia family and the Wang family, but their business was also very prosperous.

But after more than a decade, Xue Pan's father and Xue Ke's father both passed away, and the Xue family's business was getting worse day by day. And more importantly, the Xue family had almost no one who could support the family.

Xue Pan was known as the Dumb Tyrant and the Big Fool Xue, and his reputation had spread far and wide. Although Xue Ke was honest and decent, he was the second branch of the Xue family, which had far fewer resources than the first branch, so no matter how good he was, it was useless.

In the aristocratic circle of Beijing, Xue Pan was still a person of some importance, even if he was a clown, he still had a sense of existence. But Xue Ke was a transparent person, without any sense of existence at all.

The man is responsible for the outside affairs, while the woman is responsible for the inside affairs. With such an inconspicuous brother, even if Xue Baoqin's appearance, figure, temperament, and talent are better than Xue Baochai's, she can't stand out at all.

Therefore, seeing that the Xue family was getting worse day by day, the Mei family was naturally not very happy about this marriage.

Even if the national mourning period is lifted next year, it remains unknown whether Xue Baoqin can marry smoothly.