Chapter 102
"Maybe the outside of the box is beautiful, but the inside is empty." Lu Liu comforted Li Ying.

The result, of course, is not empty.In order to prevent Shangshufu from reneging on the debt, the Huguogong Mansion, because the Wang family of the Shangshufu had already reneged on the debt once, You specifically confessed that when the appointment was made, not only the Wang family, but also the old lady of the Shangshufu must be present, in front of the people of the capital. Next, check things in boxes.

Mrs. Li was locked in her hut burning incense and worshiping Buddha. She was startled by the heavy rumbling of the wheels of the hired convoy. She opened her eyelids and asked, "Whose car? An ox cart?"

The person next to her whispered in her ear: "The Duke Huguo's Mansion sent a convoy, eight large cars, to the Shangshu Mansion to give the second girl a betrothal. I asked the old lady to go out and receive the betrothal gift."

With such grand sincerity from the other party's family, there is no reason for the old lady to get up immediately and go out to the gate to greet her.

When Wang saw the old lady came out, she bit her lip and thought to herself: It seems that not only Li Min is a trouble, but the Duke Huguo's mansion is also an extremely troublesome one.

Originally, seeing so many betrothal gifts from the other party, Mrs. Wang was still thinking about it, so why not hide some from the old lady and Li Datong by herself.

If the old lady was present, it would be difficult for her to do this self-serving job.

And Youshi must have seen her intention long ago, and sent a shrewd and capable housekeeper in his mansion to unfold the list of betrothal gifts at the gate in front of the onlookers, and read them all: "Ten pieces of white deerskin .”

"White buckskin?!"

The people exclaimed.

White buckskin is a good thing, there is no doubt about it.Only in ancient times, at that time, it was stipulated that the man must send deerskin when he was hired.But now, it is not easy to catch a good deer, let alone the white deer known as the white elf, usually go to Beiyan.When the weather is cold, a whole head of high-quality white deerskin is worth a thousand gold.Only those really rich and big families can afford it.

If the white deerskin is expensive, the white fox is even more valuable.

The Palace of the Protector of the Country reported again: "Five pieces of white fox fur."

chapped.

The people onlookers seemed to be pumped up, gearing up, and could not wait to crane their necks to hear some eye-opening betrothal gifts.

The news of Duke Huguo's grand appointment soon spread throughout the capital, even the people in the palace heard about it.

Several princes followed the order of Lord Wanli to study with the prince in the prince's palace.

When Zhu Qi, the eleventh prince, saw his little Fuzi sticking his head around the door, he narrowed his eyes, knowing that there was a good show to be seen.Let Fuzi come in while the prince and Taifu above are dozing off.

After entering with his hands and feet, Fuzi bowed and said, "Eleventh Lord, the motorcade from Duke Huguo's mansion has arrived at the gate of Shangshu's mansion, and there are eight chariots for betrothal gifts."

Only listening to the eight chariots, and thousands of people watching, was enough to make all the princes present stand up.

"Let's go, starling, ninth brother, let's go and watch the excitement." Zhu Qi jumped up, rubbing her palms excitedly, wishing she could fly to Duke Huguo's mansion now.

Lao Jiu had no choice but to hold him back and remind him: "Myna is playing chess with the prince in the gazebo."

Eleventh was being mischievous again, and was restrained by Lord Wanli to recite scriptures in the school. After the prince and the others read for a while, they walked in the yard during their breaks, meditated, played chess, and watched birds and flowers. It was relaxing.

The little princes, led by Lao Qi, watched a few older princes playing chess in the small gazebo.

First the crown prince and Zhu Li went down, and the crown prince won.The prince was so happy that all the older princes had to play chess with him.In this way, it was Zhu Ji's turn.After the two killed half of the game, the chess game on the board entered a stalemate between the two armies.

"Oh, old eight, your chess is not easy to play—" Prince Zhu Ming tapped his forehead with his fingertips as if distressed.

With a faint smile still on the corner of Zhu Ji's mouth, he cupped his hands and answered the prince: "It's His Royal Highness who is very skilled at chess. I should have lost."

lose?
In fact, the onlookers couldn't understand the winning or losing trend of the current chess game.However, it was true that shortly after the start, the two armies began to stalemate.

What kind of tricks does the old eight play?Even the honest Seventh Prince couldn't help thinking about it in his heart.

"Lao Ba is playing stinky chess." Zhu Li suddenly interjected a sentence coldly, "He didn't plan to play well from the beginning, he just wanted to play tricks and disrupt the opponent's morale and position."

Zhu Ji smiled at this and said nothing, unfolded the Concubine Xiang fan brought by the old eleven in his hand, and fanned the wind leisurely.

The sun was sunny and the weather was neither too hot nor too cold. However, the prince Zhu Ming was sweating slightly on his forehead. When he felt a gust of cool wind blowing from the opposite side, he picked up his bright yellow sleeve and wiped it, with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth: "So Say, am I being fooled by Lao Ba?"

"My starling is not such a vicious person!" Eleven hurriedly pushed away from the crowd and walked in, with his waist apart, as if speaking confidently to Zhu Li, who criticized others at the beginning, "If we want to say who is vicious, we must None of this group of people can compare to the one who seized love with a knife. However, this person should have learned a lesson now."

Zhu Li's face suddenly darkened by two points: "Eleventh brother, what do you mean by that?"

"That's right, how did third brother offend you? Why do you target third brother all day long?" Twelve Zhu You rushed out to speak.

"Twelfth brother, your third brother has eye problems, so you can't follow your third brother to see or hear, right?"

Zhu You's slightly childish face flushed instantly.

The rest of the princes, including the crown prince, were confused by the sudden quarrel, and no one knew why Zhu Qi suddenly quarreled.

Zhu Ji coughed, and said to Eleven: "Brother Eleven, you are the elder brother, you must let the younger brother."

"I know. I'm not talking to him, I'm talking to third brother." As she spoke, Zhu Qi narrowed her eyes, showing a bit of bone slipperiness to Zhu Li, "Third brother, I'm reporting to you with good intentions, you If you can, don't blame me again."

"What's the matter?" Even the prince couldn't help asking.

"The Duke Huguo's Mansion went to the Minister's Mansion to hire. The caravan attracted people from half the city to watch. The streets and alleys are discussing this matter. Brother Jiu and I are planning to go to see the excitement. Are you going or not?" Are you going?" Zhu Qi asked the stunned princes.

Before, Zhu Li only knew one thing, and that was that the Shang Shu Mansion itself might not have any opinion on this marriage, but the Hu Guo Gong Mansion must have a big opinion.Because Li Min's original reputation was not good.In the palace, it seemed that even Lord Wanli was a little worried that the Duke Huguo's mansion would resist the edict.Seeing the passing of each day, the wedding date is approaching, and there has been no movement in Duke Huguo's mansion, for some reason, he feels relieved about it.

Maybe as the prince said, if she was really sick and consumptive, it would be fine to marry and be a widow, but it turned out not to be.

(End of this chapter)

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