Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 461

When it comes to the wedding, usually the big matchmaker and close relatives go to the bride's house together. For the marriage between Cao Song and Jinghui, the big matchmaker is the Yiduli couple.

Fortunately, he made the sixteenth departure to go out of the mouth, and he was able to catch up with Cao's house and make an appointment to Fucha's house.

According to the current rules, the ceremony of passing the ceremony and making the dowry is held in the morning, which is the saying "early ceremony and late dowry".

Except for the ancient gifts such as "goose cage" and "sea of ​​wine", the rest is the ordered assortment box.Even boxes are in even numbers, two or four for ordinary people, eight, sixteen, 24, 36 for wealthy families, etc.

Each even box has four layers, and each layer contains two kinds of betrothal gifts.

At that time, Jueluo's family had a dowry gift of sixteen, which was already extremely respectable.The Cao family used 32 lifts to go to Chunjun Wangfu. Cao Yong is the eldest son of the eldest son, the future head of the Cao family, and the younger brothers are naturally not comparable.

The betrothal gifts prepared for Fu Cha's house and Shi Lang's house were all 24 liters.

The carrying boxes were all painted with red lacquer and golden borders, and the carrying husband also specially wore a red and green gown with the characters Jinxi and a big velvet autumn hat on his head, looking very festive.

Yi Duli and Cao Yong both greeted each other at the Yamen yesterday, and they will go there later today.The two of them rode horses, Yiduli's wife and Chuyu took sedan chairs, and the group went to Fucha's house.

In front of the team, there are specially hired drummers playing, and it is very lively along the way.

Yi Duli rode on the horse, turned around, glanced at the recruiting team, and said to Cao Yong: "I really didn't expect Jinghui to be so decent, and this is due to the power of Princess Fu Ruotong. Cousin The underground knows, and my heart should be relieved." At the end, there was a bit of sigh.

This is just the beginning of a family life.

Thinking of Zhao Jia's temper, Cao Yong is really not optimistic.However, Jinghui has a submissive personality, even if there is friction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, it will not cause trouble.

Using softness to overcome rigidity, Jing Hui said that she is also virtuous, virtuous, chaste and quiet.After getting along for a long time, if Zhao Jia can get rid of the knot, he will see how well this daughter-in-law is doing.

On the Fucha mansion side, Fu Nai and his eldest son Changling were in the mansion.In addition to Fucha's family members, Ergenjueluo's natal family and Duke Wenshun's mansion also had congratulatory guests.

Changling was on the list in the township examination, and now he is studying in Fuchu, preparing for next year's examination.

Wen Shun's mansion knew that Jinghui was promised to Cao's family, although he didn't rush to pick up the girl, but for the sake of face, Zeng Shou also sent his servant to ask twice, and sent 180 taels of silver to Jinghui Dowry.

He gave another 50 taels of silver to the Jueluo family, and said that according to the rule of supporting the orphans in the family, there will also be a rule of 50 taels of silver every year in the future.

When Cao Yin's decree to enter Beijing came down, Zeng Shou regretted it a bit.

Cao Yin is the servant of the Ministry of Rites, Cao Yong is the Minister of the Taipu Temple, and the future new son-in-law will also make up the bodyguard. This marriage is really important.

Although in terms of family background, the Duke’s family is the founding father of the country, who has been married to the royal family for several generations, which is much more noble; but the Cao family is the emperor’s confidant, and the three generations of grandparents have been the emperor’s close ministers. There is a slight difference on the government side.

Although Zeng Shou regretted it, Jinghui had already been approached by Fucha Mansion.It is also impossible for him to put down his social status and insist on taking the girl over.However, what should be expressed should also be expressed that in addition to the silver sent earlier, there was also a lot of dowry sent over there.

On Jinghui's side, she was also brought by her aunt, and went to Duke Wenshun's mansion to pay her respects to her brothers and sisters-in-law.

Regardless of whether Duke Wenshun's family depends on the Cao family's affection, Jinghui is grateful to her from the bottom of her heart because her grandmother always has something to rely on.

With the sound of whistling and beating, the Cao family's sending team had already arrived outside Fucha's house.

Fu Nai asked someone to open the middle gate, and the procession was welcomed in through the gate. 24 carrying the dowry gifts were displayed in the courtyard,
Chuyu and Zhaojia served as the hired guests, and they were welcomed into the inner house with the Ruyi box in their hands. Cao Yong and Yiduli were accompanied by Fu Nai, and they were waiting for tea in the living room.

Fu Nai's face was full of smiles, and it could be seen that he was genuinely happy.

Although Fucha's family is related to Cao's family by marriage, they have been estranged for many years because of their early grievances.Although Cao Yong said he got better after entering Beijing, Fu Nai and Cao Yin still had an unresolved knot.

Now, because of Jinghui, the two families have renewed their in-laws, which will be cheaper to move around in the future.

Not only was there an explanation from the fourth elder brother in the middle, but Fu Nai himself was also a warm-hearted person.Although he couldn't bear to admit his mistakes to Cao Yin, but when he thought of what happened when he was young and frivolous, it was really his own faults too much.

Yi Duli and Fu Nai had a good relationship in the first place, sitting in the hall, talking about this marriage, they both had a bit of joy.Cao Yong sat on the side, talking with Chang Ling.

In his hand, Fu Nai held the "Guo Li Da Tie" made of red paper folds, on which the word "Luan Yin" was written, opened it, and inside it read:
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The Three-Yuan Wannian Book

joint investigation

The second year of Qiankun's fate does not use the auspicious date for the auspicious day of the zodiac, Zhou Tang, and I would like to marry Daji on the 53th day of the twelfth lunar month in the [-]rd year of Kangxi.

thank you

Heaven and earth, together, sitting in tents, handing over cups, wearing crowns, and wearing clothes facing the south of the God of Joy, to welcome you.

It is advisable to marry and give relatives and guests water and wood to live auspiciously;

It is advisable to marry and send off relatives. Rats, cows and dogs are auspicious;

It is auspicious for the newlyweds to get on and off the sedan chair;
It is advisable to avoid pregnancy, widows, and hairy girls;

All the way to temples, wells, and solitary tombs, we greet you with red carpets.

Mr. Fu Nai, the relative of Fucha, who is a great virtue, accepted the lottery

Cao Yong, relatives, servants, teachers, nephews and nephews kowtow
The wedding date has been set, and the marriage is imminent. Fu Nai laughed twice, closed the post, and asked Cao Yong, "I have a letter from the south! It looks like your father will be able to enter Beijing by the end of the year?"

Cao Yong bowed his head and said: "Yes, Uncle, I have received a letter from my father, saying that after the new weaving committee, I set off for Beijing. Counting the time, it will be at the end of winter and the beginning of the twelfth lunar month."

"Such a great kindness! Then the happy event will be more lively." Fu Nai nodded.

In the inner house, Chu Yu and Zhao Jia were welcomed into the upper room.First, Ergenjue Luoshi led them to the east room.

Jinghui was wearing new clothes, sitting cross-legged on the kang, bowing her head to welcome her.

Acting as a messenger, Chu Yu took out Ruyi from the Ruyi box with a smile on her face.When she saw the inch-long crack on Ruyi's side, she couldn't help frowning, and then stretched it out, pretending not to notice, and placed Ruyi on Jinghui's lap.

Jinghui's face was already blushing, she bowed her head and didn't dare to look at it.

After Chu Yu finished releasing Ruyi, she took out the Baizi pomegranate hairpin and Ruyi acacia hairpin that she had brought, and put them on for Jinghui.

Zhao Jia stood on the sidelines watching the ceremony, sighing in his heart.From Yiduli's side, she is Jinghui's cousin; from Cao's side, she is Jinghui's aunt.

Without the protection of his father and brother, although Fucha's family is his mother's family in name, they are separated by a layer after all.If you are wronged after you get married, where can you confide?

After a lot of fun, we bought food and drinks here, and at the same time prepared the four treasures of the study, cakes, fruits, etc. for Cao Song as a return gift.

Ten days later, with the same ceremony, he was hired at the Minister's Mansion.The same 24 betrothal gifts, the same gongs and drummers, the only difference is that this time the big media is replaced by Fu Nai.Yi Duli has already gone on a business trip outside the mouth.

Looking at the dowry gift from Cao's family, Wu Yashi was quite satisfied.In her heart, she always thought that Cao Shuo was more stable than her elder brother and had the style of the eldest son.

However, the young and old are in order.

Although they are all sons, they don't take the lead. Cao Shuo doesn't have a title, but he can't compare with Cao Song in this respect.

Cao Song has already made up the guards in the palace. Cao Shuo is just a student supervisor and has no errands. As a mother-in-law, Wu Yashi is a bit picky, which is normal.

It would be fine if she lost to a girl from another family, but she was born to be a girl from Dong E's family whose house had been ransacked, how could she swallow this tone?
Anyway, it was only this girl who hurt her so much, so Wu Yashi secretly made up her mind to prepare a generous dowry for the girl, and she must compare with the long-term wife over there to give the girl a long face. To save yourself from having no confidence in speaking at your in-law's house in the future.

In Ruhui's mind, she didn't care much about her aunt's cousin or cousin.

After all, marriage is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. How can there be any reason for the daughter's family to worry about it?

But she is an eighteen-year-old girl, she is not a fool, and she vaguely knows that she was originally talking about her cousin, but because of her own illness, she was replaced by her cousin.

How can I explain the shame and indignation in it?
She didn't want her parents to worry about it, so she endured it and pretended to be quiet every day, embroidering and threading in the boudoir.In my heart, I hated being someone else's daughter-in-law to the extreme.

Wu Yashi was busy preparing all kinds of dowry, so she didn't notice that her daughter's mood was wrong.

Only Ruhui's sister Tao Nanny felt that something was wrong with the girl, so she asked her in private, and Ruhui cried hard.

If it hadn't been for the delay of her illness, why would the parents have made such a low-level relationship with the aunt? Even if the other party broke the alliance, they would endure another marriage.

If she didn't want her parents to worry about her daughter, how could she be so wronged and married?

What's so good about the men of the Cao family, who cares and who doesn't?It is much better to be a monk and be an aunt than to be picked and picked.

Now, isn't this a joke?It seemed that she was eagerly sticking to Cao's house.

Although Nanny Tao felt wronged for the girl, she could only comfort her in front of her.Speaking of which, Cao Shuo's appearance can be regarded as outstanding, not worse than his elder brother.

In comparison, the third child was considered gentle and polite, unlike the second child, who always stared at him and looked a little dazed.

After talking, I heard that Ruhui was crying and laughing, and when I thought of Cao Shuo's slightly dull appearance, I suddenly felt bored again.

Some people are frustrated, and some people are happy, but there is a bit of anxiety and fear in the joy.

After the betrothal gift was given, Jinghui was very worried about her grandmother, and after pleading with her aunt, she returned to Fang's alley.Although Ergen Jueluo didn't want his niece to go back and had too many ties with Dong E's family, but this blood relationship cannot be parted, so he can understand her filial piety.

In the Cao Mansion, everyone was beaming.

Every day when he came back from the yamen on duty, Cao Yong would go back to the mansion, or talk to Mr. Zhuang, and talk about how his father was doing after he arrived in Beijing; There is nothing added.

Cao Yin was able to return to the capital, and Mr. Zhuang did not expect the Cao family to retreat from the south of the Yangtze River like this.What happened to the Sacred Heart will only be known after Cao Yin enters Beijing.

On the other side of the East Mansion, Cao Song has already gone to work as a guard. He is already tall, and wearing a guard uniform, he is also dignified, with a bit of mighty air.

Because of his young age and low rank, Tongshi's guards looked down on him at first, treating him as an ordinary dude.As a result, in the school competition, Cao Song's riding and shooting skills are all good, and the men are talking, which is considered harmonious.

Seeing that his son got his wish and became a guard and went to the palace as an errand, Zhao Jia felt that he had gained face, and he was also somewhat grateful to Cao Yong in his heart.If it wasn't for Jinghui, she really wanted to thank her nephew and his wife.

Although it is a family, it is not easy to do it for nothing.

But with Jinghui's matter ahead, and Cao Song's troubles, Zhao Jia's feelings are somewhat difficult to appease.

Cao Song's new house is next to Cao Shuo's new house, and the size and layout of the two yards are exactly the same, which was specially selected by Zhao Jia.

When the two houses were completely covered in dust, and the two in-laws had people measure the size, Zhao Jia could not stop laughing inwardly.

Not to mention that the aunt is gone, even if the aunt is still there, what is it worth?Since she is willing to make relatives and be an orphan's natal family, then she wants to see what the other party can bring with her?
The two girls beside her are okay, Lu Ju is her nanny's granddaughter, and she treats her like a half girl.This was originally reserved for the eldest son, but now he is thinking of staying for another two years, and then open his face to be Cao Shuo's housemate after his niece dies in a few years.

Zilan is nineteen years old, and the next year will be the age to be released to marry.

Cao Song now has only one occupant in the house, and half of his face is still ruined, causing people to be confused, ghosts and ghosts, and Zilan just likes it.

Whether to open the face before the daughter-in-law enters the door, or to open the face after the daughter-in-law enters the door, Zhao Jia has not made up his mind after thinking...
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