Fenghou

Chapter 354
In the back house, Lu Jin is discussing the dowry and financial gifts with his wife, Xu. Xu firmly disagrees with her husband's idea of ​​giving away all her savings. What will happen to her daughter when she gets married?
"In my opinion, we don't take advantage of it either. Let's give Xiu'er all of Chen Qing's dowry as a dowry, and then give Wei'er the two shares of money from his father. Isn't this just a good balance?"

Lu Jin sighed, "It's too little!"

"My lord, it's already quite a lot. One thousand taels of silver is equivalent to five thousand guan, and you can buy five hundred acres of land in the countryside. There is at least two thousand shi of land rent a year.

"I said that Wei'er is too little. He only gave the Li family a gift money of one thousand guan, which is not worthy of our family status!"

"Master, the Li family's family situation is not good! There are many children, can they give a dowry of one thousand guan? You forgot, Li Mei's second uncle wanted to borrow money a few days ago, if their family can come up with a thousand With the dowry of Qianguan, Li Mei's father will not be promoted for so many years."

"That's what I said, but when Jing'er married his wife, we gave him a gift of two thousand guan!"

"But they also dowry two thousand guan, and Wei'er is the second son, not the eldest son, so it can't be the same as the eldest son!"

Lu Jin had no choice but to say: "Let's do this! Let's take out five hundred guan and give Wei'er a gift of [-] guan. If the Li family brings the money over as a dowry, the Li family will have no burden. Then I will Find the old man to ask for some gifts from the emperor as a dowry, I remember the old man once said that he would give the pair of plum vases from the Ru kiln in the study to Xiu'er as a dowry."

The pair of plum vases from Ru Kiln were very valuable, and Xu felt a little bitter about giving it to Xiuer as a dowry, but she couldn't help it. Xiuer is the eldest granddaughter, and her own daughter is only a concubine, so how can they be compared?
At this moment, the housekeeper said from the hall: "My lord, Uncle Chen Zhun sent someone to bring a box, saying it was for Miss Xiu, and Miss Xiu said, let me have a look first."

Lu Jin hesitated for a moment. This was given to his daughter by his son-in-law, and he didn't want to open it. Wouldn't it be bad if it was someone else's private property.

Mrs. Xu was very curious, she smiled and said, "Since Xiuer asked you to open it, just open it and have a look!"

"Okay! Just open it and take a look."

The workmanship of the box is very exquisite, with various patterns drawn with paint, it looks like it was made by a famous artist, and it is very valuable. There is also a small lock on it, and the key is hung on the side of the lock.

Lu Xiu unlocked the lock and pushed open the box. The box was so brightly golden that her eyes were dazzled. Xu exclaimed, and Lu Jin was also stunned.

There are countless gold and white jade jewelry inside, including a golden phoenix crown inlaid with jewels. This phoenix crown alone is worth a lot, as well as bracelets, arm rings, necklaces, rings, gold hairpins, jade hairpins, chest pendants and other jewelry. Dozens of pieces, ten of all kinds of gold and jade bracelets, the gold bracelets are also inlaid with precious stones, if the phoenix crown is not counted, the other gold and jade jewelry alone will be worth tens of thousands of guan.

At the bottom is a set of very expensive Huang Luopin gold wedding dress.

Lu Jin and Lu Jin were stunned. At this time, Lu Xiu walked into the inner hall, saluted and asked, "Father, are the things in the box safe?"

"What is appropriate?" Lu Jin was at a loss.

"Qinglang said that these jewelry belong to the palace."

Lu Jin was taken aback, he shook his head and said, "You have to ask your grandfather about this, I don't know much about it!"

In the outer study room, Lu Yihao looked at the jewelry in the box with great interest, and said with a smile: "My prospective grandson-in-law is really powerful, how many treasures from the palace does he have?"

"Father, are these all belongings of the palace?"

"It should be that the phoenix crown, bracelet, jade bracelet, gold hairpin, and jade hairpin are all top-notch items. Even if they are not from the palace, they are treasures that were bestowed by the palace to relatives and dignitaries."

"Then if Xiu'er gets married and wears these, does it matter?"

"It doesn't matter. Chen Qing is the Duke of Jing. His wife wears these jewelry, which is completely in accordance with the etiquette. But this phoenix crown seems to me a little bit, it looks a bit like Empress Zhu's phoenix crown."

Lu Jin became nervous, "Is it really Empress Zhu's phoenix crown?"

Lu Yihao took a closer look, shook his head and said: "The shape of the phoenix is ​​a bit small, and it can't reach the level of a queen. It's not the one of Empress Zhu, it should be a certain imperial concubine's phoenix crown. There are too many, and I don't know who it is. of."

Seeing his son's nervous expression, Lu Yihao smiled and said: "Don't worry, the imperial court has reached a consensus long ago. The government made a decree in the third year of Jianyan, and they will not investigate the common people's use of artifacts from the Tokyo Imperial Palace. This cannot be blamed on the common people." , you remember, as long as it is not for the official’s own use, other palace things are fine, so this box of jewelry and clothes, you can use it.”

Coming out of the study, Lu Xiu took a white jade bracelet from the box and handed it to Mrs. Xu with a smile: "Madam has worked hard these days. I will give this bracelet to Madam. Miss Wen is still young. When she grows up, we will give it to Mrs. Xu." Give her some jewelry."

How clever Lu Xiu is, Mrs. Xu can't take her eyes off the box, so she knows what Mrs. Xu is thinking, no matter what, she is also her stepmother.

Mrs. Xu's eyes lit up, and she happily took the bracelet, "Such a good thing, are you really willing to give it to me?"

"I'm afraid Madam won't like it!"

"Xiu Niang, don't laugh at me. Why can't I look down on things in the palace? I know that this is the finest Khotan white jade bracelet, and it costs thousands of pieces. Hey! I wear it just right, sir. what do you think?"

The more Mrs. Xu looked at it, the more she liked it, so she didn't want to take it off after wearing it.

Lu Jin smiled and said: "Not bad, the jade is very moist, like suet."

Lu Jin's smile was a bit bitter, the daughter's dowry jewelry should be prepared by herself!
In fact, Lu Xiu's biological mother also left some jewelry for her daughter, but she lost it when she fled south, and lost all her books. This has always been a pain in Lu Jin's heart.

Lu Jin went back to his father's study, and he wanted to beg for the pair of Ru kiln vases for his daughter.

"Father, are those jewelry all right? Or did you comfort Xiu'er?"

Lu Yihao smiled lightly, "All of them! It is true that the government has decreed that people who use palace utensils will not be held accountable, but he refers to ordinary people. If they are officials, they will be a little stricter. You know that some censors are very hateful. Open your eyes. With big eyes staring at the faults of Baiguan's body, he will not let go of the slightest problem. Xiuer uses those jewelry, someone will definitely make trouble, but you don't have to worry, those jewelry were snatched from the golden man, no matter how much impeachment It’s also untenable, not to mention those annoying censors can’t see it at all, I won’t invite them.”

"Okay! But isn't the dowry we gave Xiu'er too little?"

Lu Yihao took out a wooden box from the cabinet, "This is a pair of plum vases from Ru Kiln, which was given to me by the late emperor. I promised to give it to Xiu'er. I keep my word. Give her a dowry!"

"Thank you father, this is your favorite, I am ashamed of myself!"

Lu Yihao smiled slyly, "Do you think I will give away this pair of plum vases for nothing? Someone taught me to fish. You have to make a nest first. This pair of plum vases is a nest."

"Father, what does it mean to be a nest?" Lu Jin asked puzzled.

Lu Yihao laughed, "I just don't want the child to be caught by a wolf!"

Huang Qun was sitting in the lobby dejectedly. He never expected that he would become the main suspect in his son Xiang Xiaoyi's disappearance. For this reason, his wife Xiang Shi had already divorced him, and the Xiang family severed ties with him. The head of the family vowed to send him to prison to pay for his life.

In order to save himself, Huang Qun had to take out two more members of the teahouse and give them to Wei Tong, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Wei, so that he was able to get out of prison.

Wei Tong was sitting at the top, squinting his crocodile-like cold eyes and staring at the helpless fat sheep in front of him. He won [-]% of the Huangjianzui Teahouse without spending a penny. The next five elements got it.

Wei Tong is the younger brother of Empress Dowager Wei, who was also taken captive by the Jin people to the north, and became a servant in Wanyan Zongxian's mansion. He was named the Duke of Wei and the General of the Fu Kingdom, and he was given a beautiful house, [-] hectares of manor, and countless gold and jewels. In one night, he changed from a servant of the Jin Kingdom to a nobleman of the Song Dynasty.

Wei Tong took a sip of tea and said calmly: "There are only two of us in the lobby, you might as well tell me the truth, did you do Xiang Xiaoyi's disappearance?"

Huang Qun sighed, "Although he is not my own son, I raised him after all. Twenty years of father-son relationship is here. How could I kill him?"

"Xiang Xiaoyi just disappeared, but he didn't say he was killed?"

"It seems to me that they are all the same. He has done too many evil things, and his enemies will not spare him, but it is definitely not me who kidnapped him."

Wei Tong smiled darkly, "If Liu Dong didn't do it, how could the Xiang family think it was you?"

"I don't know how they think it's me?"

Wei Tong smiled and asked again: "I have known you father and son for many years, but I never thought that you are not biological father and son. I am curious, who is Xiang Xiaoyi's biological father?"

Huang Qun shook his head, "This is a scandal about the Xiang family, so don't mention it!"

Wei Tong put away his smile and said: "Okay! You go back first, and I will try my best to help you get rid of the crime. You can just wait for the good news with peace of mind."

"Thank you, Uncle Guo, then I will take my leave!"

Huang Qun said goodbye and left. Wei Tong watched him go away coldly, then turned to a confidant and said, "Go to Xiang's mansion and tell Xiang Ying that Huang Qun has already admitted in front of me that Xiang Xiaoyi was his victim. Sometimes I can testify for the Xiang family, but the benefits I want must be increased by [-]%."

(End of this chapter)