When Hualan's eldest sister got married, Sheng Hong was still serving in Yangzhou, so it is understandable that the eldest brother-in-law Yuan Wenshao did not go to Yangzhou to greet her relatives in person. After all, Bianjing is a certain distance from Yangzhou. And when Minglan and Mo Lan got married, Sheng Hong had already been transferred back to Bianjing to be the five-rank judge. His two sons-in-law, Gu Tingye and Liang Han, should come to the door in person. When Minglan got married, Gu Tingye personally gave tea to Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang.
But when Mo Lan got married, Liang Han didn't show up, why is this?First of all, Gu Tingye attaches great importance to Minglan . He did not hesitate to spend a lot of money in order to marry Minglan and enter the door, and even used various means. He loved Minglan deeply, and naturally didn't want her to be hurt in any way. In order to protect Minglan family's reputation, Gu Tingye first proposed to Minglan 's sister, and then tried to make Minglan the benefactor of the prince's eldest lady.
Out of these considerations, Gu Tingye couldn't bear to let Minglan be hurt on the wedding day. In addition, Gu Tingye applied to the emperor for a marriage, so a special person in the palace arranged the marriage procedure. If there was no such arrangement, Xiao Qin's clan might have prevented Gu Tingye from appearing at Minglan's ceremony to bid farewell to his parents. Secondly, the Liang family did not attach importance to Mo Lan. Because Mrs. Wu did not marry her favorite daughter-in-law, she wanted to put pressure on Mo Lan on the day of Liang Han's wedding.
Although Liang Han was the concubine of the Earl's Mansion of Yongchang, he was favored by Mrs. Wu, so he did not have the courage to disobey her wishes, nor did he go to the Sheng family to welcome his relatives. This made Mo Lan have to take a sedan chair alone to go to the Liang Mansion to worship the church. In addition, the attitude of the Liang family also promotes the development of the plot. If Liang Han went to the Sheng Mansion to greet Mo Lan, Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang would not be able to show their dissatisfaction with Mo Lan, and Lin Xiaoniang might also have the opportunity to send Mo Lan out.
Only when the Liang family obviously didn't pay attention to Mo Lan would Sheng Hong say ruthless words to Mo Lan because of embarrassment. However, Mo Lan was originally a girl with backbone, but she lost her body and became pregnant under the influence of Lin Xiaoniang, which caused her to have to endure the humiliation of the Liang family, and even pretended not to be angry at Chunke Xiaoniang's pregnancy for longer than herself. Because she offended her family, Mo Lan clearly knew that Sheng Hong would not be able to stand up for her.
Therefore, even if she was snubbed by the Liang family, she could only swallow her anger. In short, Gu Tingye's attention to Minglan and the Liang family's indifferent attitude towards Mo Lan have led to their different performances in the marriage process.