lied to Kangxi

Chapter 827
Three media, three books, and six rituals are indispensable for the nobles under the banner to marry their wives. Anything less is disrespectful to the woman!

The "three matchmakers" refer to the man's matchmaker, the woman's matchmaker, and the big matchmaker who connects the two sides.

The "Three Letters" refer to the documents used in the "Six Ceremonies", including the Letter of Appointment, the Letter of Ceremony, and the Letter of Welcome.

"Six Rituals" refers to the entire marriage process from proposal to marriage, including Nacai, Asking Names, Najib, Najib, Requesting a Date and Greeting.

According to the customs of the families under the banner, most of the bride price given by the man will be brought into the husband's house as part of the dowry when the woman gets married.

However, after the dowry became the dowry, it became the legal private property of the woman and was protected by the laws of the Qing Dynasty.

The things listed on the dowry list are all inherited by the woman's legitimate sons, and have nothing to do with the bastards.

Banner people love to save face, especially when it comes to marrying their daughters.

Ordinary families with many daughters, not to mention eating meat, have a problem getting enough to eat.

There are not a few bannermen who become impoverished overnight because of married daughters.

The fourth child is not only the majestic He Shuoyong prince, but also the prince of the Ministry of Management, showing his authority.

According to the principle of reciprocity, the big matchmaker Yuzhu invited was none other than Prince He Shuoheng's fifth son.

The big media invited by the fourth child is Ma Qi, a scholar of the Wuyingdian University.

As for the big matchmaker in the middle, the old emperor appointed him as the seventh king of Duoluochun County.

The fifth child, the seventh child, Ma Qi and Yu Zhu sat around the table and discussed the ceremony of accepting the levy together.

Nazheng, that is, the man sends the bride price to the woman's home.

"Fifth Lord, Qingqing, to tell you the truth, Si Fujin said it himself, our families don't have so many complicated details, and the ceremony of accepting the levy should not be too extravagant." Since Ma Qi is the big matchmaker hired by the woman, he naturally wants to Helped the fourth child to speak.

Si Fujin's statement was clearly because he was afraid that Yuzhu would give too much dowry and lose face in the future.

The fifth child knew it well. Although the fourth child was a prince with double salary, his family background was obviously not as solid as that of Yuzhu.

Yuzhu also understands the difficulty of the fourth child.The fourth child is not good at managing the family, and his private business has spread a lot, and the expenses in the palace have always been stretched.

However, Yuzhu also has difficulties.

Xiaoxuanyu is Xiuyun's own cub, how could Xiuyun be willing to let her son lose face in major life events?
Lao Qi is a sensible person, he knew that Lao Wu and Yu Zhu were not convenient to come forward to bargain, so he said with a smile: "Sis sister-in-law is afraid that Yu Zhu will cost too much."

This is what he said, smooth on all sides, smooth hands, no one offended!
The fifth child understood Xiuyun's thoughts very well, so he smiled and said: "In the past, the fourth brother and brother Zhu discussed it, and the dowry was 10 taels of silver. Now, it is still discussed as before. However, the money for making the bed is calculated separately. I won't send it to the fourth brother's palace, lest outsiders say that the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law like to show off."

Ma Qi understood as soon as he heard it, the apparent dowry was only 10 taels of silver.However, as usual, Xiu Yun was in charge of making the bed in private.

Think about it, how much money will the mother secretly stuff when the son gets married?

As for the issue of decency, Ma Qi must ask the fourth child clearly.

"I don't know, how much money does Xuanyu plan to pay for the bed?"

The fifth child had already passed the air with Yu Zhu, and he immediately stretched out five fingers and twirled them eight times.

"80 taels?" Ma Qi's eyes widened, and he said subconsciously, "Where should I put the money like a small mountain bag?"

The fifth child smiled and explained: "It will not take up much space if it is all replaced with gold leaves."

"No, this is too contemptuous of fourth master." Ma Qi shook his head like a rattle.

The fifth stared and said angrily, "This won't work, and that won't work, how can it be done?"

"The gold leaf that made the bed, and it doesn't come with the dowry, why not?" Lao Qi received the signal and hurried out to smooth things over.

Ma Qi was caught by the question, blinked, and could only sigh: "People are poor and short-sighted!"

Yuzhu laughed dumbly, Ma Qi was crying for the fourth child, and they couldn't do too much.

"Since 80 taels of gold leaf is too much, how about halving it?" Yuzhu had already reached Xiuyun's bottom line, and it was impossible to give up any more.

In fact, Yuzhu really didn't care, and privately gave Xiaoxuanyu how much bed money.

Xiaoxuanyu married a daughter-in-law and came in. He was really short of money, so Xiuyun just subsidized it secretly.

However, Xiuyun was worried that she would wrong her own son, so she insisted on making the bed money.

After several people made an agreement, they had a banquet and drank wine.

During the dinner, Ma Qi intentionally chatted about Old Fourteen who was about to return to Beijing.

"There was a lot of quarrel in the Political Affairs Office, and we couldn't come to a conclusion." Ma Qi held the wine glass in his hand and looked at Yu Zhu with a smile.

Neither the fifth nor the seventh knew about Ma Qi's details.But, can Yu Zhu not know?

Lao Qi and Lao Wu looked at each other, lowered their heads in unison, picked up a large chopstick dish, put it in their mouths, and chewed slowly on purpose.

It was even more impossible for Yu Zhu to mention the matter of the old fourteen's return to Beijing. He raised his wine glass and invited him to drink with a smile, intentionally staggering the sensitive topic.

Ma Qi was also an old man, and after seeing this, he knew that the three of them didn't want to talk about the old fourteenth, so he shut up knowingly.

After the banquet was over, Yu Zhu fully told Xiu Yun the results of today's discussion.

Xiuyun thought for a while and said, "Master, will we offend fourth child if we do this?"

Yuzhu smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, even if it goes too far ten times, the fourth child won't have a single complaint."

The fourth child, who is in his 40s, has an extremely mature mentality, and he fully understands the priorities.

From Uncle Longkodo to the sinner Longkodo, after the fourth brother ascended the throne, he secretly deployed it for more than four years.

Before he ascended the throne, the fourth child knew that Nian Gengyao secretly had friendship with the third and eighth child, but he didn't mention it.

Although Yu Zhu and the fourth child are serious in-laws.However, Yuzhu knew very well that even if he was the fourth master's party, the relationship between him and the fourth son would break sooner or later.

Under the supreme imperial power, how can you allow others to sleep soundly beside the couch?
From Longkoduo, Nian Gengyao, to Yuzhu, none of them were important ministers handpicked by the fourth brother.

The rules of the game of power are both clear and cruel.

People who are not promoted by the fourth child are like people who are not of my race, and their hearts must be different. How can they really be trusted?

The fourth child is indeed a mature politician. Before he gained power, his figure was unusually soft.

Last time, when he met Yuzhu, he addressed him as Yuzhu's younger brother.

The matter of making the bed was not only Xiuyun's insistence, but also Yuzhu's small temptation to the fourth child?
As long as the fourth child accepts the bed-making money through Ma Qi, it shows that the fourth child fully understands the importance of jade pillars.

Today's Yuzhu, the strength he has mastered is much stronger than Longkoduo in history. How could the fourth child not pay close attention to it?

As expected, a few days later, the fourth child sent a message to Yuzhu through Ma Qi, and the dowry silver was raised to as much as 20 taels.

(End of this chapter)