Exchange Fate! She Saved the whole family and the Short-Lived Marquis!-Chapter 131: An Even Greater Loss of Face!

Moreover, many commoners did not know that the second son of Marquis Changping’s family was getting married today.

As a result, they were drawn by the sporadic sounds of gongs and drums and came over to watch.

They saw that the welcoming party was so sparse, it looked not lively at all.

"Whose family is getting married here?" someone curiously asked, "Judging by the sedan chair and the dowry behind, it shouldn’t be a concubinage, but this is... this is too simple."

"It’s the second son of the Marquis Changping’s family," said the nearby steamed bun vendor.

"Oh, this is the Marquis’ family! But why does the marriage seem..." another person said.

"Hey, have you forgotten the rumors from before?" the noodle stall owner said as he came over. "Earlier there were widespread rumors that the second son of the Marquis Changping’s family had an affair with the daughter of the Imperial College Director."

"Right, right, now that you mention it, I recall it," a passerby said. "Moreover, that second son already had an engagement at the time but still had an affair with the Director’s daughter."

"Yes, later on, that second son was caught at his sister’s birthday banquet with a maid on the bed, and the Fu family immediately withdrew from the engagement." Another person shook their head, "I thought back then, those big families, which one doesn’t have a couple of concubines? Even Miss Fu was born from a concubine. Although the second son acted somewhat out of line, it wasn’t necessary to go as far as breaking off the engagement over such a small matter."

"It seems the Fu family is lucky they withdrew early, otherwise they would’ve been deceived to death by that shameless pair."

"Indeed, the Director’s daughter was caught in the act with the second son of the Marquis Changping’s family, and now there’s no hiding it, they can only rush into marriage. Fortunately, the Marquis’ family is willing to recognize this marriage, otherwise the Director’s daughter would be in trouble!" another person said.

"The Director’s family can’t possibly match the Marquis’ family, she’s lucky to encounter such a fair-minded family," someone said, "The old lady and the Marquis are fair-minded, but who knew they’d have such a second son."

"Initially, I thought that second son was good, gentle and talented, but unexpectedly he turned out to be such an undeserving person."

"I’m not speaking after the event, I’ve felt the second son of the Marquis’ family isn’t a good person." A passerby quietly said, "There’s widespread gossip in the capital that Marquis Changping doesn’t have long, and the title doesn’t matter long to be given to the second son."

"The second son is just using this rumor to swim freely in the capital." That passerby said, "But if he were truly good, why doesn’t he ever appear to explain, why doesn’t he care for Marquis Changping’s health, allowing others to spread rumors about his premature death?"

"It seems to really be the case."

"Tsk tsk, that second son and the girl from the Lin family have truly lost face." A vendor shook his head.

"Indeed, look at the specifications for the wedding, it is truly unbecoming. Even a concubinage wouldn’t be like this."

Lin Qingqing heard nothing but the sound of gongs and drums, missing the conversation of passersby, but she knew this spectacle would surely become the laughingstock of the capital.

That old hag from Marquis Changping’s family was deliberately humiliating her!

Just wait until Xiao Chengyu dies, that old woman will pay!

The streets were filled with people watching the spectacle.

They had never seen a wedding of a prominent family so simple.

"Look at the dowry behind Miss Lin, it’s really not abundant."

"The Lin family doesn’t have money. Though they are better than us ordinary folks, in high society, it really doesn’t hold up."

Mrs. Lin had been accumulating a dowry for Lin Qingqing since she was born.

But with one son in the family, they had to keep reserves for his marriage.

Moreover, despite saving over years, the Lin family didn’t have much wealth, so Lin Qingqing’s dowry couldn’t be too substantial.

To keep appearances, Mrs. Lin put a lot of padding items in the boxes, none of which were valuable.

Especially property deeds or shop deeds which are light and don’t take much space, there were none.

The commoners did not know it was Xiao Fengxing and Lin Qingqing’s wedding day, but the various families did.

Already, many people had come out to watch the spectacle.

Even Fu Shinian took Chunmian and Chunyu out.

But just after leaving the yard, they met Fu Mingzhu.

Unexpectedly, Fu Mingzhu was also looking for Fu Shinian to see the spectacle together.

Seeing Fu Shinian go out, Fu Mingzhu raised an eyebrow and said, "Don’t tell me you didn’t intend to invite me?"

Fu Shinian indeed hadn’t planned to invite Fu Mingzhu.

Since Fu Mingzhu once truly had feelings for Xiao Fengxing, whether she really doesn’t care now, Fu Shinian wasn’t sure, and couldn’t keep asking about it.

If she annoyed Mingzhu with questions and Mingzhu had moved on, but because of her constant mention, ended up recalling that scoundrel Xiao Fengxing, wouldn’t that be counterproductive?

So today she planned to just take Chunmian and Chunyu to see the joke.

Fu Shinian quickly shook her head, "Of course not, I was just about to find you, and what a coincidence that we both thought the same."

Fu Shinian linked her arm with Fu Mingzhu’s, "I figured the time, Lin Qingqing’s sedan should be passing our door soon. When we’ve seen it, we can take the carriage to the Marquis’ entrance and be just on time."

The sedan moves slowly; after they watch from their doorstep, taking the carriage to the Marquis’ gate is much quicker than Lin Qingqing’s bridal party.

"You’ve calculated well." Fu Mingzhu said smiling.

So the two hurriedly left the estate, and the carriage halted in front of the gate.

They sat in the carriage waiting.

Soon, they heard the sounds of gongs and drums.

Fu Mingzhu and Fu Shinian stepped off the carriage, seeing Lin Qingqing’s bridal procession so sparse.

Surrounding commoners were pointing at Lin Qingqing’s sedan.

"This..." Fu Mingzhu’s mouth twitched, "They might as well not have the gongs and drums, quietly entering the Marquis’ estate, that’d be better."

"Isn’t this at least making sure people know Lin Qingqing is marrying Xiao Fengxing as the main wife?" Fu Shinian said smiling, "But I didn’t expect the old lady only arranged so few people to welcome."

"This time, the disgrace for Lin Qingqing is even greater!" Fu Shinian said.

After seeing, they again took the carriage to wait at the Marquis’ gate.

Unexpectedly, shortly after the carriage stopped opposite the Marquis’, Jing Lai ran out.

Holding a three-layered lunch box.

Fu Shinian was curious about where Jing Lai was headed when she saw him head straight for their carriage.

"Miss, second Miss." Jing Lai stopped in front of the carriage, cheerfully calling. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Jing Lai, what are you..."

"Lord Marquis knew Miss and second Miss were here watching the spectacle, fearing the wait was boring for both, so he sent this humble servant to bring some food to you two."

When Jing Lai handed over the lunch box, Shaoyao also came out.

Holding a tray in her hand, with a teapot and cups on top.