No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 188 Preparations for Dowry (Part [-])
After seeing off Xie Yan, Luo Yun turned around and recruited Su Shi and Luo Jinyan, brothers and sisters, and sent people out of the city to call back Luo Jinxing who was in the army.

"Father, I was called back in such a hurry, what happened?" Luo Jinxing strode into the lobby, and asked aloud as soon as one leg stepped over the threshold.

Now most of the affairs in the military are entrusted to him, and correspondingly, if there is no major matter, he doesn't have to bother with the affairs of the central government.

Luo Yun glanced at him and said, "Sit."

Luo Jinxing was taken aback for a moment, looked at his elder brother and younger sister, and then at Mrs. Su who was sitting aside, "Is something really wrong?"

Luo Yundao: "I have already discussed with Xie Yan, and we will hold a wedding for him and Yaoyao in half a month."

"What?!" No one else spoke, but Luo Jinxing jumped up and said, "No! I don't agree!"

He didn't react until after the hair blowing, and looked at the other people with calm expressions, "Brother, mother, you..."

Luo Jinxing stared at his elder brother in disbelief, how could anyone marry a girl in such a hurry?
Their family and Xie Yan are not the kind of people who have a tacit understanding long ago, and wait for the appointment to get married after everything is ready.

Half a month is enough to prepare for what?
Luo Jinyan sighed softly and looked at his father.He didn't want to explain it to his brother either, because he wasn't very happy himself.

In the end, it was Su's who spoke and told the whole story in a soft voice.

After listening to Su's explanation, Luo Jinxing slowly sat back, but his face was still a little gloomy.

Luo Jinxing looked up at Luo Junyao who was sitting on the side, and couldn't help but glared at Luo Jinyan again.If the elder brother hadn't agreed to let Yao Yao get engaged to Xie Yan, where would such a stupid thing happen?

"This way... Yao Yao is too wronged." Luo Jinxing muttered.

Luo Yun sighed and said: "There is no other way right now, let's not talk about the Empress Dowager, once the Empress Dowager passes away, the wedding date will be moved to three years later."

Luo Jinxing curled his lips and thought to himself: That's not bad, it's not that our Luo family can't afford a girl.

He didn't say this in the end, Luo Jinxing just had an upright personality and it wasn't completely uncommon.

Although there is a reason for the incident, it is not a good reputation in Miss Shangyong's family who has not yet left the cabinet at the age of 20.

More importantly, as long as they don't get married for a day, the Luo family and the Prince Regent's House cannot be regarded as a legitimate family.Many things are not easy to interfere with each other, and there are too many things that will happen in three years and are too uncontrollable.

Luo Jinxing doesn't care what will happen to Xie Yan in the past three years, but he can't help but care about what will happen to his brother-in-law in the future.

Once the two families are officially married, whatever they do is justified.In this way, no matter if it is the Luo family or the Prince Regent's Mansion, whatever they want to do will get twice the result with half the effort.

Luo Jinxing looked at his sister and couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

Although it was Yao Yao who took a fancy to Xie Yan, if Yao Yao didn't want her father and brother would never force her to marry Xie Yan.But if it is said that the father and elder brother agreed to marry Xie Yan without any political considerations, it is probably impossible.

Luo Jun shook his head and looked at his second brother, and couldn't help but feel a little funny in his heart.

Luo Jinxing is too easy to see through, and too serious.

What is it?

It is a very simple thing for her to like Xie Yan, but if she wants to marry Xie Yan, she must consider whether this marriage will be detrimental to the Luo family.

It is 100% purely based on feelings, and the love that is to be together even if the family is broken and the sky is falling apart is great.

However, for Luo Junyao, it is unnecessary.

She was naturally happy to be with Xie Yan, but if she couldn't, she wouldn't die.

If you feel that this relationship is not pure just because of this, then you don't need to live.

Luo Jinxing looked up and found his younger sister looking at him with a smile, he couldn't help being startled.

Luo Junyao blinked at him and said, "Second brother, don't worry, I'm fine."

Luo Jinxing sighed in his heart, then raised his head and said to Luo Yun, "Father, since you already know that the Empress Dowager's illness will not be cured, why are you so happy? Isn't this putting Yaoyao on the fire?"

Luo Yun glanced at him, "The reason for the joy is that the Empress Dowager wanted to use this to let Xie Yan get married early. Except for Qin Tianjian and Master Mingguang, she would not mention it to others. Now the Empress Dowager has woken up. Naturally, there will be no mention of congratulations. Tomorrow the Empress Dowager will decree to appoint a wedding date for them, which will be on October [-]th."

Luo Jinxing frowned, "October [-]th." Indeed, it's only half a month.

Luo Jinyan said: "October [-]th was the day when the Empress Dowager and Gaozu got married, and it happened to be one of the best auspicious days in the near future calculated by Qintian Monitoring. The Empress Dowager wants to see her nephew here before she dies. Get married in one day, I hope that the regent and Yao Yao will support each other like she and Gaozu back then, and never leave."

Luo Jinxing was a little speechless for a while, if he had explained the situation of the Empress Dowager at the beginning, then he would not be blamed for the Empress Dowager's death later on.This is not a joy, it is the fulfillment of the Empress Dowager's wish.

In addition, the empress dowager personally appointed Xie Yan and Yao Yao to get married on this day, which also showed the empress dowager's attitude towards Yao Yao and this marriage.

Although it is inevitable to attract the jealousy of many people, it can also be said to be quite sincere.

Even, in the eyes of outsiders, this is the royal family wronging the Luo family.

After all, it is not too much to prepare for the marriage of the Luo family girl for a year.Isn't it wronged to be in such a hurry now?
Su said softly: "Since it's already been decided, don't worry about these things. Half a month is really short, and we have to get busy. Shake, from now on you stay at home. Don't go yet."

Luo Junyao nodded slightly.

"Mother, how is Yao Yao's dowry preparation?" Luo Jinyan asked.

Su said: "In the past two years, I have been slowly tidying up. The things left by my cousin have been sealed in the warehouse, and they can be used when they are taken out. It is not difficult to take care of the shop and the land. The time is not for these things, but for the furniture, jewelry, gems, satin, spices, etc. that have been prepared to be made by skilled craftsmen before."

Large items such as real estate, land, and shops are nothing more than a title deed, and the silver and jewelry at the bottom of the box are also deposited by large families early on.

On the contrary, those things that need to be used in daily life will become obsolete after being stored for a long time and can only be purchased when they are near.The most time-consuming and labor-intensive part is the furniture and jewelry that girls must use for dowry.

According to the rules, all the furniture in the couple's room must be made by the natal family, and sent to the husband's house along with the dowry the day before the wedding.And these things are the most time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Just take the bed as an example, the Babu bed used as a dowry by the girl of the rich and powerful family, also known as the Qiangong bed.It would take a skilled craftsman three years to complete it. Even if the Luo family could find many skilled craftsmen to cooperate, it would not be completed in a short time.

The most important thing is that even if these things are completed today, they will not be used in half a month.

Luo Jinyan said: "It's not difficult, my mother will let me handle it. As for the fashionable jewelry, silk and satin, as much as you can get out, if you can't get out, you can just send the jewelry and jade over, anyway, shake it for a while It doesn’t take that much for half a moment, and doing it slowly in the future will avoid the trouble of being obsolete.”

Mrs. Su nodded and said: "That's the only way to go. When the Ming'er Empress Dowager's order comes down, all shopkeepers in Shangyong will probably come to visit, and they should be able to choose a lot of good things."

Seeing his mother and elder brother's calculations, Luo Junyao couldn't help but said: "Actually, there is already a lot of dowry. No one can say that my dowry is shabby, right? If you can't make it up for a while, you don't have to bother so much."

Su Shi said: "What's the same? The dowry is a dowry, and most of them are old things, but these things are what you need to use immediately after you marry. Most of the clothes and jewelry in the boudoir are useless, so you have to prepare... ..."

Speaking of this, Su Shi immediately wanted to get up, "I said for a long time that the clothes are the key, I have to let people figure out who are the most skilled embroiderers in Shangyong, and I have to invite them all back!"

Luo Yun grabbed Su Shi and said, "Madam, don't be in a hurry, Xiu Niang is not in a hurry."

"Why are you not in a hurry? Does the general think that a piece of clothing will not take time?" Su said, "Jewelry can still be bought, but clothes have to be tailored. There is also a wedding dress!"

Thinking of this, Su really had a headache.

They haven't even prepared their wedding dress yet!How can you get married?

Luo Yundao: "Wait for the Empress Dowager's edict to come down tomorrow, then go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Weaving Department and the Qiangong Bureau to select some skilled craftsmen."

Hearing Luo Yun's words, Su's heart was also certain, and she couldn't help laughing secretly that she was a bit stupid after being a family for so many years.He even forgot that since Jun Yao married into the Regent's Palace, he is naturally considered a member of the royal family, and it is not an exaggeration to call on the skilled craftsman and embroiderer of the Qiangong Bureau.

Su breathed a sigh of relief, "That's fine, but the imperial craftsman embroiderer is good, after all, there is a bit of folk interest missing, we still have to find some other embroiderers outside."

"Madam is better at these things, just listen to Madam." Luo Yun himself knows nothing about these things, so naturally he should listen to Su's as to how to be better.

The family of five sat in the study and discussed for a whole morning before finally finalizing these matters. After coming out of the study, Luo Junyao walked beside Luo Jinxing, who lowered his head and was a little sullen.

"Second brother, are you unhappy?"

Luo Jinxing raised his head and smiled at her, saying: "Second brother is not unhappy, he is just thinking about preparing some dowry for Yao Yao."

Luo Jun said: "I have seen the brochures sent by my mother. There are already many." It is really a lot. Fortunately, she is the only girl left in the Luo family. If there are more, it might really go bankrupt.

Luo Jinxing said: "Those are left to you by your mother and sent by the Prince Regent's Mansion. Where are there more? Shake and wait, the second brother will go back and look through to see if there are any good things, and give them all!" Said After Luo Jinxing finished, he hurried towards his yard.

"..." No, second brother, why don't you think about the fact that you are not married yet?

"Don't worry about him." Luo Jinyan smiled behind him: "He thinks that he didn't participate in the whole process of your marriage, and he is trying to find love. If you don't let him get it back, he will feel uncomfortable."

Luo Jun said, "I'm afraid he won't have the money to marry a wife in the future."

Luo Jinyan said with a smile: "Don't worry, father and elder brother will help him marry a wife."

Luo Jun shook his head and thought, his father didn't seem very reliable either.

It seems that I have to think about it when I look back. When the eldest brother and the second brother get married, they should give some back.

Can't she sit on Jinshan Galaxy and let the elder brother and the second brother eat dirt at home?
Luo Jinyan seemed to see her careful thinking, and knocked her on the head with a smile, "Don't worry, the Luo family is not as poor as you think, it is impossible to marry a girl and have no money."

(End of this chapter)