The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 244

Xiaozong looked at Song Chen, who had achieved success at a young age, and still felt a little regretful in his heart, but then he thought again, Song Chen was destined not to be a son-in-law, and if he asked the daughters of clan princes to marry him as his wife, Xiaozong would also be suspicious, fearing that the royal clan would marry him. The relative power is huge, and it poses a threat to the direct branch and the direct clan.After thinking about it, after all, the Xing family is dedicated to the fifth prince, and the marriage with the Song family is just an extra protection for Li Hong.

Xiaozong was not in a hurry to issue a decree to grant a marriage, but only asked Song Lian to prepare the dowry with peace of mind.He also asked the princes to do their best, the second prince was happy to join in the fun, and the third prince didn't want to fall behind the second prince, so he held back his energy to prepare a big gift.The fourth prince has an extraordinary status among the several princes, and recently he often suffers from minor illnesses, and for a while, no one went to tell him about it.The sixth prince is the youngest, so he naturally has his biological mother Song Concubine to help Zhang Luo.

Among these people, Zhengde is the only one who is different from others. Everyone knows that although the fifth prince has changed his name and was written into the degree certificate by the inner government, he is still close to the Xing family in his bones.With such an arrangement by Emperor Xiaozong, everyone wanted to know what generous gift Zhengde was going to give, so that on the day of welcoming the bride, the ministers of the court and central government saw the uneven congratulatory gifts from several princes, and their faces would be dull.

But Zhengde is very naughty, no matter how the second prince and the third prince induce him, he just keeps his mouth shut and doesn't reveal any news.Even when Xiaozong asked curiously, Zhengde also smiled and swayed the sword, causing Xiaozong to sigh helplessly and amusingly.

The marriage of the Song and Xing families was unprepared, and many people even asked the monk Shufu which Xing family was married after hearing about it.When they knew it was Fengwei Hutong, the Xing family who had raised the prince, everyone immediately fell silent.

Everyone who dares to love regards this marriage as a political marriage.

Even the King of Beijing is no exception.He had just made a start, and when he was about to continue to place bets, the Song family suddenly intervened. It is said that the King of Beijing was furious, and he punished several handsome servants around him with excuses, and one of them was the most favored. Unbearable, he slipped away that night and defected to Prince Zhongshun's residence.

The King of Beijing told people to hide the news tightly, not allowing anyone to leak the news, and sent several ancient calligraphy and paintings that he had collected for many years to the Zhongshun Palace.The old prince accepted the beauty with a smile, got the calligraphy and painting, and made the most profitable business, so he naturally promised not to speak out.

King Bei Jing was a little relieved, thinking that it was a good idea to conceal the matter, but he didn't know that Fang Guan sent the news to Fengwei Hutong as early as the second day after the incident happened.

Knowing the ins and outs of the incident, Xiuyan smiled coldly, and quietly instructed the Xing family's internal response, who came to report the letter, not only to pay attention to Fang Guan's every move, but also to pay attention to Princess Beijing.

At the end of June, the Gan family went to Jia's mansion to formally give the bride price, and the house opposite the Xing family began to clean the courtyard. A string of red lanterns hung in front of the door, and the young servants were dressed in new clothes, smiling and arranging visits to relatives and friends.

Mrs. Lu is Lin Daiyu's adoptive mother, and Mother Jia relied on her for everything. Every morning, she asked Lin Zhixiao's family to pick up Mrs. Lu in Fengwei Hutong, and sent them back at sunset.

Although Mrs. Lu worked harder, she was happy with it.

The seventh day of July was an excellent day. At noon the day before, Lin Daiyu's dowry was carried out from the main gate of Rongguo Mansion. It took a total of 120 eight loads. The front boxes were opened for people to watch. There were all gold, jade, jade, pearl and agate. The people who watched were dazzled. , and some can't even name them.The furniture at the back is either pear wood or chicken wing wood, all of which are exquisite and extraordinary. A discerning person can tell at a glance that they are not craftsmen from the Central Plains, but must be products from the South or the West.

For Lin Daiyu, Mother Jia specially invited a makeup nurse from the palace. Daiyu was naturally beautiful, and after such a grooming, she did not wear heavy makeup, making her look even more elegant and refined.Jiamu retreated from the crowd, leaving only Yuanyang to wait on her, while she herself took Daiyu's hand and choked up in a low voice.

Daiyu forced a smile at first, but then thought of what her ancestors taught her in Jia's house all these years, she couldn't bear it any longer, and wiped away her tears.

Yuanyang persuaded one and then the other: "Didn't the ancestor have something important for Miss Lin! How come I forgot."

Only then did Jia's mother smile through her tears, and said angrily, "Yuanyang has a good memory, and I almost fell behind."

Yuanyang hurriedly handed over the prepared jewelry box to Jia Mu. The old lady gently opened the lid of the box, and saw a seven-inch long phoenix hairpin on the black velvet cloth inside.The golden silk luan and phoenix carvings are lifelike, with two or three auspicious clouds under their feet, which seem to be flying away.Luanfeng's wagging tail is huge and exaggerated, but it is full of extravagance.The ruby ​​eyeballs are so radiant that people dare not look directly at them.

"Old ancestor, this is..." Lin Daiyu knew at a glance that this object was extraordinary.

Mother Jia stroked the Luanfeng Chai lightly: "This is my mother-in-law's betrothal gift. It was given to our family by the Emperor Taizu. It has been passed down as a family heirloom to this day."

The old lady stared at Luanfengchai in a daze for a moment, as if she was recalling the past.At that time, she was also as old as Lin Daiyu, and she was full of expectations and anxiety about her future life.

"Among these children, the one I love the most is your mother. When she married your father, I planned to give this Luanfeng hairpin to her as a dowry, and wear it on the big wedding. But your mother insisted on refusing." Jia The mother sighed softly: "This has become a difficult matter for me. If she had listened to me back then and worn this phoenix hairpin, maybe she could borrow the fortune of the royal family and not abandon you so early."

When it came to sad things, Jia's mother wept secretly again.

Yuanyang hurriedly persuaded: "Tomorrow is Miss Lin's big day, the old lady should think more about the future."

Mother Jia wiped away her tears, nodded and handed the Luanfeng hairpin to Lin Daiyu: "You will wear this one tomorrow when the women are washing and putting on their makeup."

Daiyu was most dependent on her mother when she was young. Although Jia Min was weak, she always paid attention to her daughter's upbringing.Lin Daiyu has observed carefully in the Rongguo Mansion in the past few years, and it is not difficult to find that the second aunt Wang does not like to see her mother very much.More than ten years ago, my mother confiscated the Luanfeng hairpin, and today, Daiyu is even more unwilling to be held accountable by the Wang family.

She politely declined Jia's mother's kindness.

The old lady said sadly: "I know why your child is in trouble. Don't be afraid. Although I am an old bone, in the end, I am still the master of the Rongguo Mansion. She wants to show you face, but also Pass me first."

Jia Mu forcefully stuffed the Luanfeng Chai into Lin Daiyu's arms: "I'd rather throw this thing away than make her wishful."

Seeing that Jia's mother was really angry, Lin Daiyu had no choice but to accept it.

Early the next morning, Xiuyan took Fu Geer and followed her mother into Rongguo Mansion. The whole mansion was busy and everyone was happy. Hundreds of pots of peonies and peonies were placed from the gate to the second gate. Many wives from rich and noble families came to Fangzao, the most valuable one among them was Concubine Nan'an.

The old concubine recognized Lu Shi, but she didn't have a deep impression of Xing Xiuyan.When he knew that she was the girl betrothed to the Song family, he immediately warmly greeted Xiuyan to sit beside him, and seeing that the meatball Fuge's round head and fat ears were very attractive, he even pulled the mother and daughter Lu to say no stop.

All the little girls in the back room crowded into Lin Daiyu's room, everyone chatted about Lin Daiyu's outfit today, and all praised the phoenix hairpin on top of her head for its wonderful finishing touch.

Daiyu didn't care about these things, she just asked Zijuan in a low voice: "Why haven't you seen my mother and sister coming?"

Zijuan smiled wryly: "I just went to the front to see it. My uncle and wife have brought the eldest girl here, but it's a pity that Concubine Nan'an stopped me to talk outside. I see, it may not be possible to come in for a while."

Daiyu pouted: "You ask Chunxian to watch outside, and if you see the elder sister pulling out her feet, she must call you in."

Zijuan nodded and said with a smile: "Miss, don't worry, I think the eldest girl will come in to see you anyway."

The two of them, master and servant, were whispering, but they heard laughter from outside the door.Before Lin Daiyu could see who it was, Tanchun and Shi Xiangyun went up to meet him.

"Congratulations to Miss Lin!" Ping'er moved forward and bent his knees with a smile, and was about to kneel.Daiyu hurriedly asked Zijuan to help him up, and said with a pleasant smile: "Is Lian's second sister-in-law here too?"

"Second Mistress is very heavy, Second Master didn't dare to call her out, so he sent me to meet Miss Lin." Ping'er laughed and said, "Second Master is helping Uncle Zhen entertain guests outside right now."

Although Lin Daiyu was disappointed, she knew that Lian's second brother loved Sister Feng so much, and she was happy for her.

Everyone surrounded Ping'er and asked a lot about Wang Xifeng's recent situation. They knew that although Sister Feng's body was heavy, fortunately she was in good spirits.

When Xiuyan came in, what she saw was such a happy scene.She took two quick steps, and pressed Lin Daiyu who was about to get up against the edge of the bed: "The bride is so sitting down, let me take a closer look." After speaking, she looked up and down Lin Daiyu.

Don't look at Daiyu, she is really embarrassed, her face is like a red glow.Tanchun took Xiuyan's arm and said with a smile: "We just said that we have never seen Sister Lin in such a bright dress, and I still feel very uncomfortable at first glance!"

Xiuyan reached out her hand and touched the Luanfeng hairpin on Daiyu's bun, nodded and smiled, "It's really different from usual." She took out a goose-yellow handkerchief from her cuff, and everyone stretched their necks for unknown reasons. look in.It turned out to be a string of Western stone earrings.

Xiuyan smiled and said: "This stone is called the happiness stone in the West. Although it is worthless, it is a lottery." She took off Lin Daiyu's original wearing and replaced it with this string.The streamer is bright, it is really extraordinary.

Shi Xiangyun's eyes were hot, and he pulled Xiuyan coquettishly: "My good sister, I like it too, if you still have some, give me a pair too."

Xiangyun's fingertips inadvertently touched a touch of coolness, looked down, and saw a ring on Xing Xiuyan's finger. The gemstone on it was bigger and more dazzling than Lin Daiyu's, and he hurriedly said: "I only ask sister Xing for this ring." One!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xing Xiuyan to open his mouth to agree, he started to pick it.

Xiuyan subconsciously put her hands behind her back, leaving Shi Xiangyun at a loss, feeling very embarrassed.

"Sister Xing is so stingy!" Xiang Yun stomped her feet and complained dissatisfied.The girls didn't know the origin of the ring, and felt that Xing Xiuyan's actions were a bit stingy.

(End of this chapter)