Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 140 Dowry (3)

"This is the royal family. Silver is as useless as favors." Concubine Ye Gui half-closed her eyes, her flat voice concealed countless emotions, Lu Shanggong's face changed slightly, and she lowered her head without even daring to flatter her. In one sentence, she knew what she meant.

In the side hall of Qinzheng Hall, the official put down the ink pen in his hand with a tired face, and the little servant standing next to him moved very briskly, stepped forward, and put the pillow on the official's waist, the official was comfortable Leaning on the pillow, looking at Eunuch Zheng, he asked slowly, "Have you got it back?"

"Yes." Eunuch Zheng bowed in response, moved his fingers, and the little servants in the hall understood, and retreated cleanly in the blink of an eye.Eunuch Zheng opened the small blue silk bag in his hand, took out Li Tian's big and thick dowry booklet and presented it to him, the official glanced at the booklet but didn't pick it up, tiredly half-closed his eyes and said, "How many are there?"

"The real objects cannot be counted at the moment. There are 60 taels of silver in the box, and there are 38 other farms and [-] shops." Eunuch Zheng grinned like a toothache as he spoke, and the officials suddenly opened their eyes: "The dowry is over. Is it over?"

"Not yet, I think it will be two hours younger." Eunuch Zheng bowed, the official moved and sat up, reached out to ask for the dowry booklet, slowly flipped through it, put the booklet on the table, and stared at the booklet After watching for a long time, the smile gradually faded on his face: "No wonder the three yamen in front of the palace are transferred to protect the dowry." After a long pause, he said to himself in a low voice: "This is his blessing."

Eunuch Zheng looked at the official family suspiciously. He didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence. The official family didn't know what they were planning. It's not easy for that girl to keep such a large family fortune."

"That's right, Li Zhongxian's branch is really unique in the Li family for keeping it so airtight, and it also obeys that sentence, a good daughter-in-law, three generations of good descendants." It brought back countless memories, and I looked out of the window in a daze, the sadness and nostalgia on my face were so strong that I couldn't get rid of it.

The continuous, seemingly endless dowry has caused a sensation in the city. Everyone in the capital is focusing on the dowry. Everyone is discussing what is going on, how much it is worth, and how much dowry has passed. How many levies should be converted into a levity of dowry, how much money will be in the final package, how rich is this lady of the Li family... Some people even fight over these amounts, whether you are right or I am right.

All the eunuchs in the capital, those who came out to watch the excitement early in the morning have been stunned to jealous to numb, and those who haven’t come out can’t sit still. They find all kinds of lame reasons to come out to see this unprecedented person, I’m afraid it’s going to be later. The dowry of no one.

In a private room facing the street on the second floor of Qingfeng Building, Mrs. Xu brought Yu Yaofang, Lin Ke and the others to watch the fun, but it was already full of people. Fortunately, Qingfeng Building considered Mrs. Xu and others as guests of honor. As guests, seeing more and more people, shopkeeper Min hurriedly came forward to discuss with the people in the private room next door, and moved them to the private room where the fifth prince was.

The Fifth Prince was dragged back to the mansion by the Eldest Prince to receive the dowry, preparing for the personal reception tomorrow.

Li Yunshang stood restrainedly two or three steps away from the window, staring blankly at the prosperity and wealth flowing downstairs, and the low voices of her mother-in-law Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Xu Shangshu's Mrs. Gao heard clearly in her ears:
"...If I hadn't told you at the beginning that I was afraid that Sister Tian's life would be bad, Brother Jing could have married this marriage." Madam Gao looked at Fugui downstairs guiltily, and Madam Huang waved her hand and said, "Hurry up." Don't say that, look, this kind of wealth, sister Tian has such a character, how can Jing brother bear it? Isn't there a saying, how much life is, how much blessing, Jing brother No such fate, we all are." Mrs. Huang's last sentence was vague, but Mrs. Gao understood it, nodded quickly and said: "I think so too, Brother Hai is also a lucky boy, I am also confused, why? Speaking of this? Sister Tian is really lucky, she is the only one who is worthy of a fairy-like figure like Fifth Master."

"That's not it!" Mrs. Huang hurriedly answered, and the two tacitly just praised how well-matched the marriage was and how blessed Sister Tian was.

Li Yunshang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Xu Jie found Li Yunshang, took her arm, pulled her forward, looked downstairs together and said in a low voice: "Sister Tian usually spends the same food and clothing as us, Didn't expect to be so rich, do you know that she has so much dowry?" Li Yunshang forced a smile and shook her head, Xu Jie said 'hmm': "I forgot, she is not close to your family, I don't know if Brother Jiu will..." Xu Jie didn't continue, but Li Yunshang's heart was lifted in the air by this half sentence, and he was speechless for a long time, yes, what would Jiu Lang think?Will you blame her?

"Sister Tian's dowry is too honorable. Why does she have so much dowry? I'm going to die of jealousy!" In front of the window next to her, Ye Twelve Niang was stomping her feet and beating her chest again, Lin Ke rolled her eyes, Yu Yaofang She pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Which one are you jealous? I'm afraid everyone in the capital is jealous. Alas, Sister Tian is such a nice person and has so much dowry. It's really cheap for Fifth Master."

"How good-looking Fifth Prince is!" Ye Twelve Niang hurriedly defended Fifth Prince.

"People say that a man is talented and a woman, but this time he is a rich woman! It's a pity that the prince doesn't welcome him in person, otherwise he will have to embarrass him tomorrow!" In Lin Ke's mind, her cousin Jiang Hong was the most suitable match for Sister Tian. Ever since Li Tian became engaged to the Fifth Prince, it has become her greatest hobby to find opportunities to stab the Fifth Prince from time to time.Jiang Shan, who was talking about what Lin Ke said, giggled, and she would never tire of helping or praising the five princes when she heard the slanderous words of the fifth prince. Xia Jiang Shan said: "That's Sister Tian's husband! Don't talk like that in the future!"

"Lang looks are just as good-looking, anyway, the fifth prince is good-looking! Oh, it would be great if the fifth prince could greet him in person tomorrow!" Ye Twelve Niang only loved the good-looking fifth prince, and when she thought that the fifth prince didn't have to greet her in person, she felt so regretful. Feeling sad, the groom's personal welcome is the only chance for the bride's little sisters to tease the groom openly, but it's a pity that the prince doesn't need to be greeted personally when he gets married.

Mrs. Cui and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Yuan, stood side by side in front of the window. They looked wistfully at the dowry team downstairs, which was so bright that people couldn't look directly at it. , From April to now, half a year has passed, I don't know how many people came to propose marriage, but when she mentioned this topic in front of her son, his son didn't even let her finish a sentence.

"Sister Tian is married, and after the new year, she will be able to call Brother Hong a daughter-in-law." Madam Yuan comforted Mrs. Cui in a low voice when she saw the sad face on Mrs. Cui's face. Mrs. Cui sighed softly: "I I think so too, Brother Hong has been very determined since he was a child."

"The Xu family didn't say anything about marriage either." Madam Yuan glanced at Madam Gao who was standing next to the window: "Don't worry."

"En." Mrs. Cui also turned her head to look at Mrs. Gao. In fact, what does Xu Sihai have to do with Jiang Hong?However, I feel that I am not the only one involved in this matter, so I have a comfort.

Mrs. Xu was tired of watching, so she sat at the table and drank tea and talked to Princess Jiangjun: "...I didn't expect that Sister Tian really married the prince, but the fifth master's temperament, we are all experienced, and we know how romantic this is." How many things have been caused, how annoying! Forget it, let’s not talk about it, this dowry has been carried over.”

"Relax." Princess Jiangjun looked much older, and her speech was much lower and softer than before: "Sister Tian is not like you." Princess Jiangjun paused before continuing: "It's not like me either. , she is capable, you just look at the dowry, we don't know that her grandmother left her such a large property, just keeping this secret is not something ordinary people can do, don't worry, she has all kinds of scheming methods There is no shortage, and there are so many silvers, how can you be angry?"

"I hope so." Mrs. Xu frowned worriedly and sighed slightly. She was so worried that she wanted to say something but felt unlucky. After all, it was sister Tian's happy day for her dowry: "Is the matter with Da Lang over?" Xu Madam changed the subject. A few months ago, Lin Yangfeng made a mistake in his errand. At first he thought it was a small mistake, so he secretly traced it and made it up. He consulted with Jiang Hong in private. If you make a mistake, this time the mistake is so big that you can't hide it, and the trouble has been almost out of control.

"Forget it." Princess Jiangjun's eyes were full of pain and fatigue. She didn't care much about losing the money, but Da Lang was afraid that he would not be able to accept the job for a while. It was just when he was starting up that Princess Jiang raised his hand Pressing her chest, Mrs. Xu hurriedly comforted her: "It's fine once it's over, the most important thing is people's safety, there will be more opportunities in the future."

"I think so too. By the way, it's been another year. Sister Tian is married. Why don't you hurry up about Yaoyao's marriage?" Princess Jiangjun didn't want to mention this painful matter again, Xu Madam waved her hands and smiled: "No hurry, she doesn't want to marry early, and I also want to keep her for a few more years, let's talk about it later." The topic of the two turned to their children's marriage, and they continued to talk about it.

The Fan Tower at the corner of Yu Street is also the place where the dowry must pass. In the private room on the second floor, Jiang Hong and Xu Sihai stood silently side by side in front of the window, looking at the dowry shining under the window.

"Is it just for this dowry?" Xu Sihai's tone was slightly cold. After a while, Jiang Hongcai shook his head and said in a low voice: "I don't think so, but." Jiang Hong turned to look at Xu Sihai: "If you can make everyone think so It must be good for her." Xu Sihai blinked: "Do you think she thinks so? Well, yes, this dowry shop is too ostentatious, she is not such a vulgar person!" Jiang Hong looked at Xu Sihai admiringly With one glance, he said: "You really are much calmer, the official family is getting old, alas!" Jiang Hong sighed heavily, Xu Sihai's eyes gradually became dignified and sharp, and he turned to look at Jiang Hong and said, "It's me... I'm sorry for her, if she If anything happens, I will never stand still!"

Jiang Hong glanced at him, smiled and said nothing.

(End of this chapter)