The daughter of the splendid good fortune is respected

Chapter 717 The prince is a pauper (4)
Narcissus suddenly felt a lot of pressure and a heavy responsibility.He said solemnly, "The princess trusts the servant so much, the servant will definitely not disappoint the princess' expectations."

"That's very good. Nanny Zeng and Nanny Feng are both old nanny for many years. In terms of worldly experience, they know a lot about the ways of the big family. If you are in doubt, you might as well ask these two nanny to come forward for help." " Xiao Mingyu ordered lightly.Both Nanny Zeng and Nanny Feng are Xiao Mingyu's dowry nuns, and were carefully selected by Mrs. Han to give to Xiao Mingyu.Xiao Mingyu has also been with these two nuns for more than half a year, and he has confidence in the abilities of the two nuns. As for their loyalty, they still need to continue to investigate.So now Xiao Mingyu instructs Mo Si and Narcissus to do many things, instead of asking the two nuns to take the lead.

Narcissus took the order to retreat to arrange specific things.Mo Size came in to report, "Princess Qi, Eunuch Wen is here and is waiting outside. All the stewards of the palace are also here."

Xiao Mingyu nodded, and said to Mo Si, "Let the stewards go to the next room and wait. My princess will see Eunuch Wen first."

"The slaves obey."

Wen Hai is the eldest eunuch next to Zhou Gan, and also the chief eunuch in charge of the outer courtyard of the palace.When Zhou Qian was still young, Wen Hai served Zhou Qian by his side.The name Wenhai was also given by Zhou Gan.It can be said that the most trusted and loyal person around Zhou Qian is Wen Hai.

Wen Hai didn't take Joe. Others don't know Zhou Gan's intentions, but Wen Hai must know it.Knowing the importance of Xiao Mingyu in Zhou Qian's mind, Wen Hai always behaved well when he saw Xiao Mingyu, showing sufficient courtesy and a very respectful attitude.Absolutely not relying on Zhou Gan's momentum to ignore Xiao Mingyu.

Xiao Mingyu was very satisfied with Wen Hai's attitude.So Xiao Mingyu's attitude was also very good, pointing to the chair beside him, "Eunuch Wen, please sit down and talk."

"Thank you, princess."

Xiao Mingyu said straight to the point, "Yesterday, my lord reminded me that before the New Year, the palace will prepare several gifts to give away. I still have a lot of doubts about the list and share of gifts. I hope Eunuch Wen can teach me."

"The concubine killed the servant. The concubine has an order, so how dare the servant refuse to obey. In fact, the prince had ordered the servant earlier, and when he came to see the concubine today, the servant brought over the list that he had compiled earlier. Please have a look at the concubine." Wen Haina Out of the list, hands over to Xiao Mingyu.

Xiao Mingyu took the list and looked at it. Seeing this string of lists, his head suddenly became dizzy.Xiao Mingyu asked, "What are the rules for giving gifts? What's important about it? Please let Eunuch Wen speak clearly."

"Your servant obeys." Wen Hai began to teach Xiao Mingyu the rules of giving gifts to the royal clan.

After listening to Wen Hai's introduction, Xiao Mingyu realized that the gift-giving was much more particular.There is a saying in official circles called three festivals and two longevity, which means that during these five days, gifts should be given to Shangfeng.In the same way, the gifts given by the royal clan members are also based on three festivals and two longevity.Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year, plus the birthdays of the elders of various palaces.Inside the palace is the birthday of the emperor, queen and concubine Wei.

Among them, birthday gifts are the most lucrative, followed by New Year's.Compared with the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival can be slightly reduced by [-]-[-]% for the New Year.

For example, this New Year, according to the rules, the newly opened Prince Ning's Mansion will give out nearly 2000 formal gifts, and there are also nearly 2000 or [-] informal gifts.This is still the result of listing some people as rejected accounts, which means that the gift list has already been selected.In addition, the gift to the emperor should not be less than [-] taels no matter how frugal. In previous years, other palaces were stuck at around [-] taels, so Prince Ning's mansion was no exception.As for the empress and concubine Wei, they thought they were the concubines and concubines, so these two could only be slightly reduced by [-] to [-] percent compared to the emperor.For the rest of the concubines, it's fine if the etiquette is up, so don't worry about it.Then there are the palaces of the princes, the Prince's East Palace, Zhou Gan's brothers who have already opened the mansion, uncles, aunts, and the Wei family can't be frugal.

Xiao Mingyu's head was getting big, so he simply took out his abacus and calculated the accounts. In the first New Year of this marriage, he will give a gift of 2 taels of silver.In addition to the Xiao family, the Han family and the Liu family, the cost of each household is more than 2 taels.

However, Xiao Mingyu and Zhou Qian could receive only a handful of gifts. Who made Zhou Qian in the royal family, although his status was high, his seniority was low.The elders gave gifts to the juniors who had already opened the mansion, but it was just a token of affection.As for the brothers and sisters of the same generation, at most they don't lose or gain.

Don't blame Xiao Mingyu for being a philistine, anyone who gives three gifts a year according to this standard can't be calm.What's more, when the birthdays of the emperor and the empress came, there were only a lot of gifts.No one's money falls from the sky.According to this gift-giving standard, Zhou Qian's juelu, as a prince, was only enough to give fireworks.There are two to three hundred people in the palace, and the annual consumption of horse chews is tens of thousands of taels.Haha, relying on that bit of Prince Juelu, Zhou Qian suddenly became a pauper.When the money earned by the husband can't support the family, as a wife who is a good wife, how can she not be anxious, how can she not care about every detail.

Looking at the expenses, it is no wonder that there are so many royal families. If the family does not have any extra income, they will be reduced to abject poverty in a few years, and the autumn wind will be everywhere.I heard a proverb in my previous life that the emperor had three poor relatives, but I never understood it.It has only been a few days since she married into the royal family, Xiao Mingyu already has a deep understanding of these words.According to this expenditure, if there is no way to increase income and reduce expenditure, Zhou Gan will also be fighting for autumn in a few years.

Xiao Mingyu rubbed the center of his eyebrows, and asked Mo Si in a low voice, "This princess married the prince, how many gifts did you receive?"

Mo Si was in a dilemma, "Reporting to the princess, the accounts are all in the account room, and the servants are not very clear."

Wen Hai heard it, "Report to the princess, the servant is clear about this matter. The accountant has already calculated the accounts in the past few days, thinking that the princess may ask this question, so the servant brought the account book."

With such a considerate person, it is not without reason that Wen Hai became the most loyal person around Zhou Gan.With this kind of intention, Xiao Mingyu would want to use him again.Xiao Mingyu flipped through the ledger and it seemed that the gifts from the Xiao family were all added to her dowry. Xiao Mingyu was clear about this part, and she also created a separate ledger and registered it. Reciprocate the gift.It was the first time Xiao Mingyu saw the gift Zhou Qian received today.Sure enough, a wedding banquet is a lucrative business. No wonder so many people liked to treat guests with wine in their previous life.It's so weird.

Xiao Mingyu didn't look at it carefully, but only looked at the final ledger, all kinds of expensive gifts, the value of this part is hard to estimate, but at least there are 8 to [-] taels.There are also items that can be directly given as silver or sold for sale, and this part adds up to tens of thousands of taels.In other words, when Zhou Qian married her, he received more than one hundred thousand taels of gifts.Xiao Mingyu was feeling emotional and worried at the same time.

(End of this chapter)