No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 497 What does it mean to not be eye-catching?

Tong'an was getting married at Jia's house, so the old lady wanted to call Meng Yin and the others back. Of course, she also asked nuns Yao and Che to help her think about what it meant to be inconspicuous. After all, he was an old man who entered the palace with the late emperor and empress. He had been in the palace for many years. Even if he had never met him, he should have more direction than them. Of course, she decided to listen to the girls' opinions before the two old ladies.

Meng Yin has the most stable temperament, so he won't speak first, he just watches everyone.

Miaoyu hurriedly spread her hands. She had ignored secular affairs for many years, so she didn't understand this.

Baochai has also come back. To say she is not envious is to think highly of her. Although she is very happy now, who hasn't dreamed of being a princess yet? The excitement of visiting relatives in the city has just passed. That day, she looked at the ceremonial guard, They all feel that this is how people should be, but it's not like they stayed in Jia's house for six years in vain. When they are done with envy, they just live their lives as if nothing happened and don't take that to heart at all.

Now there is also a daughter in the family, and she is the only original imperial concubine in this dynasty. She was still married outside the palace, something that had never happened even in the families of the previous emperors. It has attracted a lot of attention, so Xue Baochai really came here to learn how to be conspicuous without losing the face of the imperial concubine. This is really difficult.

Daiyu frowned. When Tongan came, he saw them making money to buy dowries. She thought it was fun, so she also took five thousand taels and made some investments according to their footsteps. Soon the competition for prodigal relatives began, and Tongan also joined them. A lot of cheap land has been harvested from the village, and they are actually integrating it these days. Everyone's servants go to harvest the land, who knows where. So they bought a map and marked the village they bought and the landmarks on it. If there were adjacent plots with small plots, they would be combined into one plot. Whoever had the larger plot would get the other plot. So Tongan really has a lot of land now. Now when it comes to dowry, land and real estate only account for two tons of dowry. What about the other things? She also looked at the treasures in Tong'an. Daiyu thought it was better not to take them out all at once, otherwise they would be remembered by those with shallow eyes. Within a few years, he had to be fooled and left. So the question now is not what dowry the imperial concubine should have, but rather the number and variety of dowries for ordinary people.

Jia Fen slowly looked more and more like an old lady. She took a piece of paper and a pen and began to calculate what to put in each dowry based on thirty-two dowries. According to the rules, sixty-four lifts are actually regarded as a full ceremony among the people. When the queen married into the palace, her father was just a young leader of the royal guards. I really don’t know how this big pie hit their family, but they really couldn’t lose their wealth to the royal family, so they thought they were the queen. Her dowry was considered shabby among the princes and concubines back then. This is probably the good intention of the Ministry of Rites. They know that the Jia family is most afraid of trouble, so why are they being resented before they even enter the palace?

"If we count the Queen's sixty-four births at the beginning, we can actually have sixty-four births now. Because at that time, the Queen married a bald prince who was not even crowned king, and Sister He was the first noble concubine, so noble. Baochai said. The main thing is that Jia Fen is limited to thirty-two crowns. This is really outrageous. You know, she even got married at one hundred and twenty-eight crowns, and her beauty is enviable. However, when Tong'an entered the palace as a concubine, Jia Fen actually had to carry a girl for thirty-six years. Isn’t this a bit too much!

"Tell me about it?" The old lady looked at Jia Fen.

"Since the Ministry of Etiquette has already reminded me, it is not easy to ignore it. The Queen was sixty-four in the past. Out of respect for the Queen, we reduced it by half. Secondly, with... the Imperial Concubine is the original Imperial Concubine, the first in a hundred years, since It has the function of educating all people. The thirty-six bundles, which are arranged according to the folk costumes, can also show the character of the empress. The main thing is that the sixty-four bundles of the empress include furniture. You said, we now have time to give Did the Empress prepare any furniture? Since she couldn’t prepare it, these thirty-six pieces are actually more valuable than the Empress’s.”

"Ying'er, why don't you speak?" The old lady looked up at Jia Ying.

"My granddaughter thinks what the third sister said is very true, but will it be self-defeating? Cleverness does not make sense. If you follow your granddaughter, you should first sort out the things you need to bring into the palace, and then see how much you can carry. Add more as appropriate. Less! The key point is usability! You can’t do it for others when you have nothing to use, right?” Jia Ying didn’t know if she was already in love because she was tormented by her unreliable father, unreliable fiancé, and unreliable brother. What happened? Before, it was numb that the needle would not cause pain, but now, it is really free and easy.

"What do you think?" The old lady looked at Tongan. "My child thinks what the sisters said is very good. Please give me some advice from the old lady." Come on, Tong'an won't offend anyone.

"Your attitude in carrying water is excellent, keep it up." The old lady smiled and turned to the two nuns, "What are you two watching?"

"These girls have been carefully raised by you. They are not bad at all. They are all right. The emperor is rich in the world. As the first noble concubine of this dynasty, the empress has already attracted much attention. I am afraid that the limelight will be overshadowed by the previous ones. Families are visiting each other. When it comes to dowry, it is really not a light thing, not a big thing. As for whether you are afraid of offending the Queen, you are too worried about this." Grandma Yao spoke very slowly, and it sounded like she didn't say anything. . It seemed like he had said nothing.

"What Aunt Yao means is that the empress has already offended the emperor when she was given the title of concubine, so there is no need to go out of her way to show her favor, because there is no way to please her back. As for the saying that the dowry should not be light or heavy, that is Said, don't be too light, too light will make people look down upon. In the original life, one has a pair of eyes of wealth, with a red top and a white head, holding the high and suppressing the low; but it can't be too serious, not because of fear of the queen, but like Yao'er said, that place in the palace , everyone is desperate for money. Once they think you are stupid and have too much money, you will be treated like a lamb. And the most important thing about her reconciliation is the first sentence. This is even more attention-grabbing than the previous marriage promotion in Beijing. It's a big deal, we have offended all the relatives in the province, because this is undoubtedly a slap in the face to each family." Ou Mengmeng shook her head softly and sighed, not bothering to let the children guess anymore, and slowly explained to them .

Everyone looked at Aunt Yao. Aunt Yao just smiled, but really didn't deny it.

"Does that mean, or does it say nothing, how can we prepare the dowry?" Daiyu was speechless, and the discussion lasted for a long time, and they discussed a loneliness.

"What do you think?" The old lady looked at Tongan again.

"Tong'an has benefited a lot, thank you for your advice!" Tong'an stood up and gave a half salute to Aunt Yao. Just as the old lady said, the imperial edict has been issued and the names have been determined. From then on, they will be different from the emperor and the minister. Aunt Yao Grandma didn't dare to accept her half-salute, so she quickly stepped aside and returned the salute, but still didn't say anything.

　Today was a really sleepy day. In the morning, the doctor did his rounds and patted me awake. He also patted me awake for the injection. At noon, my sister came to deliver food and patted me awake. Then he said, you were snoring all the time! The new patient next to me said, "Really, the quality of sleep is so good that I can't stop sleeping." It makes me a little embarrassed. There aren't many people who can sleep like me in a hospital, right? In the afternoon, I went around the building for examinations. In the past few days, I had two CT scans, two B-ultrasounds, and three MRI scans. My colleague laughed, knowing that you are covered by employee medical insurance, so you can spend all your money. I just thought, are these radioactive? Fortunately, at my age, my sister came to deliver food and brought me a canned yellow peach. She treated me like a child.

　　

　

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