Chapter 20 The True Daughter's Dowry
It is definitely not possible to go to class this morning, it is almost noon, and Pingyang Marquis Mansion stipulates that you must go to the main courtyard for lunch at half past noon, otherwise you will be hungry.

Of course, those who have a small kitchen in their own yard can miss the meal, but who told Chen Ju that there is no small kitchen in her yard?There is only such a small stove for decocting medicine, and it is difficult to eat something.

Chen Yu went to eat at the main courtyard at noon, and when she saw the dishes on the table, she couldn't help wondering, "Is this what you're going to eat today?"

See what's on the table?Water shield soup, cold bracken, cold eggplant, stir-fried water spinach, and the only meat dish is old duck soup with shredded bamboo shoots.

It was not as rich as yesterday, and Chen Ju was stunned by today's lunch menu.

"Is it only duck meat?" Chen Ju asked helplessly, looking at the all vegetarian dishes on the table except the old duck soup.What about the dignitaries of the Hou Mansion?Is it only the dinner last night that was so rich?

Or is it the rule of the Hou Mansion to eat a bigger meal for dinner?
"It's good to eat something." Chen Ruowei said to her, "If you want to eat meat, the mansion won't let you eat it all."

The Marquis of Pingyang basically relies on the property of the grandfather to support a large family, but no matter whether it is the income from the shop or the Zhuangzi, it is impossible for everyone in the mansion to be rich.

As for letting the hostesses in the mansion take out their own dowry subsidies?That's impossible, they don't want to use their own money to subsidize so many people who have nothing to do with them, such as concubines and aunts and concubines, they will never subsidize them.

Because of this, the meals in the Pingyang Hou Mansion are basically very light. You can eat something richer in about three to five days, you can eat mutton once a ten-day period, and you can eat chicken and duck once in five or six days.

Usually, there is basically only one meat dish, and the rest are all vegetarian dishes.

Chen Ju was helpless, she thought that after returning to the Hou Mansion, she could eat delicious food and drink spicy food, but the facts told her that the food in Pingyang Hou Mansion was very simple.

Chen Ju looked at the rice bowl in front of him. It was a relatively thin vegetable porridge. There were not only rice in this porridge, but also mung beans, some soybeans, and some vegetables. The porridge looked pretty good.

Chen Ting took a sip. The porridge with soybeans and mung beans was not sweet, but seasoned with a little salt. It was light and delicious.

Vegetable dishes such as cold bracken and cold eggplant are also delicious, but she doesn't like the water shield soup, and she doesn't even stretch out her chopsticks.

The stir-fried water spinach tastes good, and she is very satisfied with it.

Sure enough, the chef from a wealthy family is really skilled. Simple vegetarian dishes can make such a good taste. Going back to the Marquis Mansion is indeed the right choice.

After everyone finished their lunch in peace, Mrs. Hou Hu Guilan said a few more words to everyone, and they talked about the marriage of Chen Ju and Chen Ruowei.

After all, two consecutive marriages will be held in three months. Even marrying a daughter will require a lot of work, especially if these two girls are married to the royal family.

Chen Ju's marriage was indeed in a hurry. According to the procedure, it took a year and a half to go through the ceremony, and it took a year or two to actually go through the ceremony.But who made King Ning unconscious now, and Chen Ju, the future princess, was overjoyed?
Whether it is Emperor Yun Zhao or Concubine Yun Gui, both of them hope to bring their daughter-in-law into the house as soon as possible, and they are excited to see if they can wake up their son earlier, so the process of getting married has been accelerated and simplified a lot.

The process of accepting the lottery, asking the name, Najib, and accepting the registration has already been completed before Chen Ju arrived in the capital, and it will take some time for the remaining application period and personal welcome, and the application period will probably be about a month Time is running out.

Three months later, it's time to welcome the relatives.

Because of organizing a wedding for King Ning, the court is very busy now, especially the Ministry of Rites is really busy. After all, it needs to go through the process of a year, a half or even two years in a short period of time. .

Chen Yu is the official concubine who is married by the Ming media and is greeted by eight palanquins. All kinds of procedures need to go through.As for Chen Ruowei, she was just a side concubine, so the procedures were much simpler.

Royal concubine marriage is basically a higher standard than other concubines. After the date is set, it is almost enough to invite a few tables of guests to drink on that day, and it is not that complicated.

Therefore, Chen Ju's wedding date was set in three months, and Chen Ju would go out on the twenty-second day of the winter moon.

In Chen Ruowei's case, she probably had to enter the Jin Palace on the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Calculated in this way, the Pingyang Marquis Mansion is also running out of time to make proper preparations for the marriage of the two girls.

So what if Chen Ruowei is someone's side room?Her husband's family is the royal family, so her concubine's weight is also very important.

"How are the dowry preparations for the third girl?" Hu Guilan looked at Zhao Xuexin and asked, "There is also the dowry for the fourth girl..."

"Mother, don't worry, the third lady's dowry and daughter-in-law have been prepared." Zhao Xuexin replied respectfully, "The dowry list and daughter-in-law have been drawn up, and I am about to show it to my mother."

As Zhao Xuexin said, she asked Cuizhu beside her to take out two dowry lists and send them to Hu Guilan to see if there was anything wrong.

"Dowry?" Chen Ju was curious, what exactly was in her dowry?

Hu Guilan pretended not to hear Chen Ju's question, she looked at the things on the list and frowned and said to Zhao Xuexin, "For the third girl's dowry, add another five-hundred-acre village. There is also cloth village, add another one."

"As for jewelry and clothes, add a few more," Hu Guilan said.

Hearing this, Zhao Xuexin felt a little confused, "Mother, my daughter-in-law is here..." She doesn't have so many things.

"From the grandpa to a cloth village, the five-hundred-acre village will come from my dowry." Hu Guilan said, "Also, the fourth girl's dowry is too much, why should her dowry be the same as the third girl's?"

Can a main concubine and a side concubine be the same?Can a biological daughter and an adopted daughter be the same?

Zhao Xuexin made a note of it, and didn't notice that Chen Ruowei's expression turned ugly after hearing the conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Her original dowry was so much less than Chen Ju's, but now she wants to reduce her dowry?She is not her own daughter, so she is treated badly like this?
Hu Guilan noticed Chen Ruowei's expression for a moment, but she still insisted on giving Chen Ju more dowry, Chen Ruowei's dowry can't be so much.

Hu Guilan asked Chen Ruowei and the other young girls to leave first, and she took a few daughters-in-law to discuss the dowry.

After Chen Ju and the others left the main courtyard, Chen Ruowei couldn't help but said to Chen Ju, "The third girl is really lucky. It's only the second day since she came back, and there are several things added to the dowry list."

Hearing the words, Chen Ju didn't get used to her temper, shrugged and said, "No way, who made me my own?"

"Of course, it's also because I'm the main wife after marrying into Prince Ning's mansion, so my dowry can't be less than your concubine's dowry." Chen Ju said with a smile.

Chen Ruowei's heart ached from being poked again, she hated it so much.

(End of this chapter)

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