Blessed

Chapter 114
The Shen family's house is located in the most prosperous area of ​​Shangjing, surrounded by high-ranking ministers, and the Taifu's family is also in this alley.This piece of land was bestowed by the first emperor to some important ministers in the court.The layout is a grand house with five entrances, and the courtyards are in order.The main courtyard on the east side is the grandest, with Kuilong carved on the four corners of the eaves, which has a simple and clumsy aesthetic feeling.The main courtyard is the place where the Grand Duke lives, but the Grand Duke guards the gate all year round. In previous years, the main courtyard was vacant. Jiahe only lived in the main courtyard when he came back a few years ago.

The Yihua Courtyard where Shen Xian lived was some distance from the main courtyard, and it was still early, so he walked towards the main courtyard without haste with his jade beads in his arms.

Xiao Feng Hall is the main hall of the main courtyard, usually used to receive guests, the layout is simple and generous.When the two passed by, the Duke and Jiahe had just arrived. The Duke's Mansion is now the head of Jiahe, but she thinks these troubles, and the general affairs are all handled by Mrs. Liu. The Shen family has a small population. The ancestor passed away a few years ago, and the highest seniority is the Duke, Jiahe and Mrs. Liu.

When we arrived at Xiaofeng Hall, Duke Shen Wei and Jiahe sat at the main seats, Mrs. Liu took the first seat, and Shen Mei and Shen Lin were there.

Shen Mei and Chu Yunwei are engaged, and they haven't married yet. Shen Lin is the youngest son of Mrs. Liu. He is only eleven years old this year, and he is still a half-year-old child. The blue brocade robe sat obediently beside Mrs. Liu.

Shen Mei also came over today, her eldest brother and sister-in-law just got married yesterday, she couldn't go to the new house to make trouble with her sister-in-law, now she couldn't help winking when she saw Yuzhu.The dignity that Yuzhu had accumulated with great difficulty was almost destroyed by her, she gently covered her mouth with her hand, but the corners of her mouth were already raised secretly.

Shen Xian and Yuzhu stood still in front of Shen Wei and Jiahe, a maid came over with a teacup, Yuzhu took a cup and handed it to Shen Wei, "Father, drink tea."

Shen Wei took it and drank it down, took out a Fenghong from his bosom and handed it to Yuzhu, "Take it."

Yuzhu thanked her, took another cup of tea and handed it to Jiahe, "Mother, drink tea."

Jiahe took the teacup but was not in a hurry to drink it. She looked at Yuzhu calmly, seeing that her appearance was a little more beautiful than what she had seen before, and she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. How many troubles will such a beautiful girl cause innocently.But she was also aware of the status of this daughter-in-law in her son's heart, and she didn't dare to express her dissatisfaction in her heart. She smiled and took a sip of the tea, and took Fenghong to Yuzhu, "This is from your mother, take it."

"Thank you, mother." Yuzhu heaved a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Liu is a concubine after all, Yuzhu doesn't need to offer tea to her, but she has to give her a meeting gift, so she took the brocade box from the side, "Look at this, Yuzhu, this is a pair of mutton fat jade bracelets, your skin is fair, and you wear such bracelets It’s best to watch it, see if you like it.”

Yuzhu took it, and seeing Mrs. Liu looking at him with a smile, she could only open the brocade box, and saw a pair of mutton fat jade bracelets inside, which were carved from high-quality mutton fat white jade into beauty bracelets, and the inner circle was too big , wearing it loosely on the hand, it shows the delicate charm of a woman, which is indeed very suitable for her.

Mrs. Liu, who gave such a meeting ceremony, was careful, and the Duke could not help but nodded and praised, "This bracelet is not bad."

Mrs. Liu smiled, "It's good if Yuzhu likes it."

Yuzhu said, "The bracelet is very beautiful, I like it very much, thank you Ma'am."

Mrs. Liu said, "As long as you like it."

The elders gave a meeting gift, and Yuzhu also gave gifts to the younger generations. Shen Yan, the daughter of Shen’s parents, was married, and only Shen Mei and Shen Lin were left. What she gave to Shen Mei was a bracelet inlaid with filigree, and what she gave to Shen Lin was a white set. The four treasures of the study made of jade are rare, delicate and unique things.

The etiquette is almost here, the Duke waved his hand and said, "There are not many Shen family members, it's enough to meet once, there are not so many etiquettes, you just go back to your room to rest, don't forget the return ceremony in three days . " As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Jiahe, "Remember to prepare the presents that Ah Xian and Yuzhu need to return home, and don't lose etiquette."

"Don't worry, master, I will remember."

Seeing that there was nothing to do, Shen Xian and Yuzhu returned to the Yihuayuan. Although Yuzhu is a bride, she still has a lot of things to do. This time the dowry includes four maidservants and a Nanny Yin. It is good to deal with common affairs on weekdays, but Mu was worried that Yuzhu would not be very good at handling things like marrying someone, so she asked Yin Nanny to come over as a dowry.

The two returned to the Yihua Courtyard, Yuzhu went to the Xici Room, Shen Xian followed, entered the room and asked her, "Are you full just now? It's time for meals now, why don't the kitchen deliver some. "

Yuzhu waved her hand, "Where can I eat, I don't want to eat, I have a lot of things to do today, I'll go over everything first."

She had to look over the dowry in person, and how to take care of the banknotes, land property, shop, and house had to be clearly assigned.

"Then you are busy first, I will go to the study." Shen Xian said.He is newly married and has leave, but he has a lot of official duties piled up, even if he doesn't go to the government office, he still has to handle these official duties at home.

"Then go get busy."

After Shen Xian left, Yuzhu stayed in the Xici room to look at the dowry list. She had a lot of dowry, and even the dowry was sent by the Jiang family and placed in her hands. There were also things from the empress dowager, the emperor, and the queen. She estimated The total value is probably tens of thousands of taels of silver. There are not many girls in Beijing who marry with such a huge sum of money. The Jiang family loves her very much. When she got married, several of her shops also came to her. Under the name, there are still so many years of silver earned by the shop in the bank, and the Mu family gave her the seal of the bank. She estimated that there may be as much as 10 taels of silver in it.

In her previous life, Yuzhu dealt with money. In this life, she became the daughter of the Jiang family, and the store was also managed by a shopkeeper. The accounts were checked at the end of the month by the Mu family and a special mother-in-law, so she never worried about it.Now when you get married, you have to rely on yourself.

This is a long-established line of work, and it is easy for Yuzhu to deal with these things.By the time of lunch, she had already arranged everything, and the dowry was carried into the warehouse by the maids one by one. After processing, Yuzhu went back to the room to freshen up. Seeing that the room was too tough and felt cold, she told her side The servant girl said, "Go to the storeroom and bring over the Four Seasons Ruyi screen carved with agarwood wood, and replace this screen. In addition, the bronze mirror with cloisonné enamel painted with flowers and birds for a hundred years and the blue and white plum branch and flower cup in the storeroom are also brought over. It is placed next to the dowry, and the blue and white plum branch and flower cup are placed in the Baibao Pavilion, and I will pick a few plum blossoms to insert in a while."

After thinking for a while, Yuzhu pointed to the couch under the window sill, "Replace the small table above with a small red sandalwood table carved by Qingluan peony group."

Licorice took the key to the warehouse and planned to fetch things. Mo Hua Mo Shu glanced similarly, and followed silently. She waited for the maids to work for a while, and replaced the things she said in the room. There were not many moving things, but the whole thing was With a big change, it is no longer a very cold and rigid style, but a little warmer.

Yuzhu nodded with satisfaction, so that it feels like home.

After finishing all this work, the maids brought in hot water, Yuzhu washed up, changed into clothes and put on a cloak and came out. Shen Xian was already sitting outside with her back straight. As if getting out of the bath, he smiled lightly, "Are you all done?"

After a night and a morning, Yuzhu felt less uneasy in her heart, walked up to him and sat down, "I'm done with work, but I need to eat, why don't the maids prepare the meal."

Shen Xian nodded.

The maids came in one file at a time with their meals. The ones at noon were much richer than in the morning, and the table was filled to the brim. They were all Yuzhu's favorite food, and the taste was excellent.She often ate at Shen's house, Shen Xian had seen her eating, Yu Zhu was not restrained, her belly was full, which made Shen Xian eat half a bowl of rice too much.

The rules in Shen's residence are very strict, and they are almost silent during meals, Yuzhu couldn't abide by these rules, and would look at him after a few mouthfuls, "Brother Shen, do you see any changes in this room?"

Shen Xian raised his eyes and looked around, "Well, I saw it, but you were arranged by someone."

Yuzhu smiled, "What do you think, Brother Shen?" She was very satisfied with this arrangement.

"It's very good." Shen Xian raised the corner of his mouth.

After lunch, Yuzhu was used to taking a short break, and Shen Xian had to go to the study to work until dinner.When Yuzhu woke up, Shen Mei happened to come over. The two had been close friends for over ten years, so naturally they couldn't be separated.This time when Yuzhu got married, she brought her two big rabbits to the Shen family, but Shen Xian was obsessed with cleanliness, so Yuzhu put them in the backyard, where they were usually greeted by people.

Shen Mei liked the two rabbits very much, so she asked the maid to bring them to play in the room, and she left just before dinner. When she left, she was covered in rabbit fur. In the morning, she asked the servant girl to tidy up, and went to the room to change clothes by herself.

When Shen Xian came back from the study, the room had been tidied up, the two of them had dinner, and she didn't have much to do with entertainment, so she washed and washed, holding a book and leaning on the bed to open it. Shen Xian had just washed and was dressed in a crescent moon He opened the curtain and saw her lying there leisurely. He leaned over and took the book in her hand, bowed his head and said, "It's not a good habit to read while lying down like this, it will damage your eyes. You If there is nothing wrong, let's go and play a game of chess on the bed."

Yuzhu just thought, anyway, there is nothing to do, playing chess is pretty good.She nodded, put on a beanie and sat down on the couch.

Shen Xian went to fetch the white jade chessboard and put it on the small table on the couch. That table was replaced by a small table made of red sandalwood engraved by Qingluan peony group in the morning. It was especially beautiful with the white jade chessboard.

When Shen Xian got on the couch, he sat cross-legged across the table. He was tall, so sitting like this seemed a bit crowded.

(End of this chapter)