Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 245 The Big Wedding
On the ninth day of October, make a house.

The gate of Lin Mansion opened, and carriages drove out of the gate of Lin Mansion.

This convoy did not take the shortest road. The shortcut was too close, only two hundred meters.

The Lin Mansion's motorcade was to display the dowry and to gain fame for their daughter.

The motorcade was traveling through the streets, and every item on the carriage was tied with red silk flowers, making it obvious that it was a dowry.

"This is the dowry for the daughter of the Lin family. How much does it cost?" said a person on the side of the road with emotion.

Interested people followed the motorcade and counted them one by one.

"One hundred and eight dowries are carried, the Lin family is so brave!" someone couldn't help but exclaimed after counting the number of dowries.

The dowry given to a woman to become a monk is her confidence in her husband's family.

Generally speaking, the dowry of sixty-four is a whole number, which is called the full dowry.

Lin Ruhai had served as the salt patrol officer in Jiangnan. Even if he was not greedy for money, he still had a lot of money in his hands.

When he came to the Jia family ancestral hall, where the ranking of Jia Yan's father to Jia Qiang's father was enshrined, he offered incense and kowtowed to his ancestors.

He rode on the white horse and headed towards the Lin Mansion, playing and playing.

Lin's Mansion and Jiahou's Mansion are only separated by a wall. Even if they go to the main entrance, they only have to walk a few steps to get there.

Lin Ruhai's good friend, Du Gang of the Imperial Academy, stood in front of the door as the officiant of the bride's wedding ceremony. He bowed to Jia Qiang who dismounted, and Du Gang led Jia Qiang into the house.

"Master, don't worry about us, be careful not to miss the auspicious time!" Yun Fei replied with a smile.

"Jia Qiang pays homage to my father-in-law and mother-in-law!" Jia Qiang saw Lin Ruhai and Jia Min sitting on the chairs. He stepped forward and knelt down twice and said.

Lin Ruhai looked solemn, but Jia Min burst into tears. Her daughter would leave home from now on.

Yun Fei and Zhu Jun have been looking forward to this day. Youth fades away easily, and time fades away. They are no longer young. Even with Jia Qiang's "Advanced Healing Technique" which allows them to maintain their appearance, they still hope to have an early date. Become an aunt.

After so many years of cultivation, Yinglian still retains some charm and innocence. She was pulled over by a few girls, and it was true that she just came to see Jia Qiang in her groom's robe.

Jia Qiang also knew that everything was under command today. When it came to getting married, all he, the groom, had to do was follow the process step by step.

The servants of Jiahou's house who followed behind placed the wild geese and a bunch of gifts in the front hall. Jia Qiang had hunted the wild geese himself.

In addition to the items mentioned above, the dowry also includes silver, headdress, shops, precious books, paper and pens, and eight accompanying girls.

Lin's dowry convoy arrived at Jiahou's Mansion amidst the exclamations of passers-by.

After hearing Jia Qiang's words, Yunfei, Zhujun and Miaoyu all looked ashamed, while Yinglian and Xing Xiuyan didn't think too much.

It's not that a dowry of 108 is a lot. On the contrary, with the Lin family's family fortune, they can afford a dowry several times more, but in the capital, a dowry of 108 is the limit.

And Jia Qiang is good enough, and she is very willing to follow Jia Qiang for the rest of her life.

When Jia Qiang left the bedroom and came to the main hall, he saw Miaoyu, Yunfei, Zhujun, Yinglian, and Xing Xiuyan. Their eyes were shining when they saw his groom's robe.

Miaoyu's master guided her to follow Jia Qiang since she was a child. She was still very ignorant at that time, but as she grew up, she understood what it meant for a woman to follow a man throughout her life.

Jade presented the groom with a bright red robe, but she did not wait for Jia Qiang to change into it.

Someone stepped forward to help Jia Qiang up, and Jia Qiang also stood up.

Someone from Jiahou Mansion had already come over to welcome her with the dowry.

She completely forgot that Jiahou's Mansion was right next door, and even a small door was opened in the partition wall to facilitate communication between the two families.

Jia Qiang glanced at the bright red groom's robe, and then the "Ruyi Immortal Robe" on her body transformed into the groom's robe, and even the crown on her head also changed.

The next step should be for the father to admonish the groom. Jia Qiang has no father. Even the teacher Lin Ruhai cannot play this role because he is the father of the bride. He has no other elders, so he ignores this link.

Xing Xiuyan is about the same age as Yinglian, she is also the youngest, and she comes just to join in the fun.

On the tenth day of October, Jia Qiang got up early to welcome her.

He told his ancestors about marrying his wife today, hoping that his ancestors would protect him.

"Get up!" Jia Min said with a smile.

One hundred and eight dowries are two full dowries, which is an extremely rare amount even in the capital.

Everything from the toilet, bed cabinet, dress box to the coffin will be prepared in the dowry, so that the daughter can live a good life even if she does not spend a penny from the husband's family. This is the confidence of being in the husband's family.

These dowries will be arranged in Lin Daiyu's room, which will also be the bridal chamber.

Moreover, the dowry will always remain in the woman's hands, and the husband's family has no right to interfere with it after the marriage.

When Lin Ruhai saw that Jia Min was crying and couldn't speak, he told Lin Daiyu a few words. These words were prepared in advance. When he finished speaking, Lin Daiyu saluted again.

Then Lin Daiyu, who was wearing a phoenix robe and a red hijab, was swaying. With the support of Xue Yan and other two little girls, she knelt down in front of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min and saluted.

"Master, please move to the ancestral hall!" Feicui was taught by Jia Min and remembered today's process, she reminded from the side.

"Yunfei, take care of them. When I bring Sister Lin back, we will be a family from now on!" Jia Qiang said with a smile.

Lin Daiyu was his only daughter, and her daughter was married to a Chaopin Houye. Lin Ruhai had put a lot of thought into the dowry.

Besides, she and Lin Daiyu are good friends, and Lin Daiyu is the head wife, so her future life will be very comfortable.

The mansion also opened a special warehouse to put the property in the dowry and so on, indicating that the husband's family would not touch the dowry at all.

At this point, the process in Lin Mansion is complete.

Jia Qiang can take Lin Daiyu and leave the Lin Mansion. He rides on a white horse, followed by a big red sedan chair.

On the way back from the wedding, it is impossible to take the original path again.

Not only did they not take the original route, but they also took a long detour so that others could see the marriage ceremony between Lin Mansion and Jiahou Mansion.

In fact, when Lin Daiyu's big red sedan chair left the gate of Lin Mansion, she heard waves of exclamations.

The big red sedan chair Lin Daiyu was sitting in was an eight-carrying sedan. Except for the royal family, no matter how high-status a woman got married, she would not get married in an eight-carrying big red sedan chair.

But Lin Daiyu was special. Before she was officially married, she was the imperial concubine and was qualified to ride in an eight-carriage sedan.

Normally, the eight-carry sedan can only be used for royal banquets, but today is her wedding day, so she can use the eight-carry sedan.

This can be regarded as a strange scene in the capital. She is getting married in an eight-carriage sedan, which makes every woman who sees this scene extremely envious.

Getting married is the most important thing in a woman's life, and the eight-carriage sedan raised the grandeur of Lin Daiyu's wedding to the top.

Jia Qiang also received great attention, and he was a legend in Daqian. His story is spread among the people, and it is said that he is a combination of Wenquxing and Wuquxing.

The top candidate in the palace examination was a second-grade cabinet bachelor, and he was only in his early twenties. How could he achieve this level if he was not a Wenquxing.

And he annihilated Japanese pirates, killed water bandits, culled cults, expelled the Tatar army, etc. in the south of the Yangtze River. In just a few years, every one of his great achievements was difficult for other military attaches to achieve in their lifetimes.

Without the help of his family, relying solely on his military exploits, he became a superior marquis. He was in the first rank and nine provinces, and reached the peak of military attache. Who can deny that he was a martial arts star who descended to earth.

Jia Qiang usually keeps a low profile, but now people in the capital have truly seen the grace of this legendary general.

The welcoming team made a long circle around the city before returning to Rongning Street and came to Jiahou Mansion from the other direction.

Jia Qiang got off her horse, opened the curtain of the eight-carriage sedan, and welcomed Lin Daiyu out of the sedan. The two parties saluted and entered the house, and Lin Daiyu was sent to the bridal chamber.

Since Jia Qiang has no parents or elders, many aspects of the wedding are saved, which also saves him a lot of trouble.

After Jia Qiang returned home, the banquet at Jiahou Mansion had already begun.

In addition to the banquet in the hall today, there are dozens of tables prepared in the courtyard. There are also a large number of ingredients prepared for ready use at any time.

All the guests who can enter the hall are of noble status.

Two cabinet bachelors, three princes, Bao Shangshu of the Ministry of War, the rest of the cabinet bachelors, Wu Zicang, Langhou, the governor of the Beijing camp, etc. It can be said that the guests in the hall are not lower than the third rank.

Jia Qiang was very busy, toasting table after table.

With his constitution, alcohol was almost ineffective on him.

But if he drinks too much, his stomach will be full, so when he drinks, he directly puts the wine in his inventory to make sure his stomach is not uncomfortable.

In addition, he didn't want to smell of alcohol during the wedding, but he knew that Lin Daiyu didn't like the smell.

He did not expect that there would be so many guests invited this time, and the original number of tables was simply not enough.

Most of the invitations he sent out were from courtiers who went to court together, as well as officials who had relations with him such as Jingying and Dali Temple.

I thought that only some people would come, but I didn't expect that not only all the people who received the invitations came, but also some acquaintances who sent congratulatory gifts even though they didn't have invitations, so they could only be invited to the banquet. .

This increased the size of the wedding banquet a lot. Fortunately, the mansion had prepared it in advance so that it would not lose its dignity.

"The Queen Mother's decree has arrived!" While Jia Qiang was toasting, a eunuch came to preach.

He hurried over to receive Yizhi, who congratulated him on his new marriage and sent him twelve sets of facial hair and four phoenix robes from the palace.

As soon as Jia Qiang stood up to thank her, she saw Xia Shouzhong arriving.

"Master Jiahou, the imperial edict has arrived!" Xia Shouzhong said with a smile and nodded.

Helpless Jia Qiang once again accepted the edict, which was also an edict to congratulate the newlyweds. Emperor Jingwen sent the Four Treasures of the Study and several calligraphy and paintings written by Emperor Jingwen himself.

After Xia Shouzhong announced the imperial edict, he waved a group of young eunuchs to deliver congratulatory gifts one after another.

"Master Jia Hou, this is my personal gift!" Xia Shouzhong pulled Jia Qiang aside again, took out a delicate paper fan and put it in his mouth.

"Thank you, Manager Xia. Please come in and have some wine!" Jia Qiang took the paper fan and pulled Xia Shouzhong into the hall.

"The affairs of the palace cannot be separated from me, so there is no need to be polite to me!" Xia Shouzhong refused with a smile.

He signaled to Jia Qiang and left with a group of young eunuchs.

Jia Qiang looked at the paper fan in his hand. He opened it gently and found that it was a fan painted by Zhao Chang. In terms of value, this paper fan can be said to be the most precious of all paper fans.

The congratulatory gift from Xia Shouzhong was a bit heavy, which made him feel Xia Shouzhong's sincerity.

He asked someone to put away the paper fan, but saw Dai Quan come in again.

"Internal Minister!" Jia Qiang stepped forward and said.

"Master Jiahou, the Supreme Emperor asked me to send you a congratulatory gift!" Dai Quan stepped forward and said with a smile.

This time the Emperor did not issue a decree, but the gift he gave was unexpected.

"Why did you send me the provincial residence?" Jia Qiang asked in disbelief.

The gift he saw was the Grand View Garden used by Yuanchun's relatives, which was the property of Rongguo Mansion.

"Master said that although the Provincial Courtyard was built by the Rongguo Mansion, it is a royal property. Concubine Xiande allowed her younger siblings to live in the Provincial Courtyard, but it exceeded the regulations. It just so happened that this garden was next to Jiahou Mansion. Master gave it to you as a gift!" Dai Quan explained with a smile.

No wonder he didn't issue an edict. If he really wanted to issue an edict, I'm afraid it would cause some unnecessary trouble, saying that the emperor was seizing the property of his ministers.

But what the Supreme Emperor said was correct. Although the Grand View Garden was built by the Rongguo Mansion, every specification was built according to the specifications of a royal concubine.

Without the consent of Emperor Jingwen or the Supreme Emperor, even if Concubine Xiande agreed, Jia Baoyu and a woman living in the Grand View Garden were indeed over the limit in theory.

"Where is Rongguo Mansion?" Jia Qiang said hesitantly.

He didn't want to deal with the Rongguo Mansion, and he couldn't be allowed to ask for the Grand View Garden.

"Don't worry, I've told Rongguo Mansion that all the people living in the garden will move out today, and the door from Rongguo Mansion into the garden will be sealed, and then a passage will be opened from Jiahou Mansion to enter the garden!" Dai Quan explained.

"Thank you to the Supreme Emperor for me!" Jia Qiang said with a salute in the direction of the Daming Palace.

"Master, I will tell you. By the way, I asked the Rongguo Mansion to keep the troupe and all the servants in the garden except for the servants who followed the master. This can be considered a gift from me to you!" Dai Quan smiled. said.

Jia Qiang didn't know how to respond to Dai Quan. Dai Quan's gift was really not light.

As far as he knew, the opera troupe in the Grand View Garden alone cost tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy from Jiangnan.

The rest of the maids and nannies were all selected from the Rongguo Mansion.

Of course, Dai Quan probably didn't even spend a tael of silver on this gift.

Dai Quan probably added a sentence when passing on the Emperor's words. This sentence made Rong Guofu keep all the troupe and servants.

Even the Rongguo Mansion did not dare to confirm to the Supreme Emperor, and even the virtuous concubine Yuan Chun in the palace did not have the ability to ask the Supreme Emperor about this matter.

It can be said that Dai Quan used his power to the extreme, and Jia Qiang couldn't help but admire his methods.

"Minister, please come in and have a drink!" Jia Qiang invited.

"No need to be polite to me, I need to return to the palace to recover my life!" Dai Quan refused with a smile.

There was an inexplicable meaning in Dai Quan's smile. Jia Qiang didn't notice it and sent Dai Quan out the door personally.

(End of this chapter)