Sima Ming and Xi Shunqing were one of the bad guys and the other was the red face. However, Sima Ming couldn't sing anymore because of Zixuan's words: Want a girl? Okay, you can trade it with a girl. This is not unreasonable, but trade it with a girl. It is too much to ask for two dowries.

Now I don’t know how much money the dowry will cost, so he will have to pay a lot more every time he goes in and out: Are you angry? It’s not the family’s turn to take a breath today. Don’t you be angry? He really wants to pinch it. I can't recognize my nose.

As soon as Zixuan finished speaking, Mr. Qian had someone bring an abacus over: "Okay, everything that needs to be said has been explained clearly. Now I'm here to calculate how much money the dowry should be. You can't just talk in vain. Do you need money? A bed, furniture, clothes for the four seasons, head and face..." The beads on the abacus clicked, and Old Master Qian figured it out: "It will cost eighty-five taels of silver: There are so many people to marry and you don't have time to buy them, so you have to break them into a big bag of cash. You are from an aristocratic family, and we are ministers in the same court. How can we get a small change? Let's just say it's ninety taels of silver."

It’s true that a wedding comes with a big package, but it’s always been the groom’s family who gives the girl’s family a big package as a betrothal gift: they just give money and don’t buy anything else. It’s up to the girl’s family to buy what they like: There has never been a case of a woman's family paying a large dowry, but Mr. Qian said so confidently that even though Sima Ming opened his mouth, he still did not dare to say anything.

Eighty taels of silver is more than enough for an average rich man to send a girl. And if you really want to go shopping, just follow Qian Guogong and buy the better ones. With so many people, the store will definitely give you more money. After all, It can save a lot. But Sima Ming was smart enough not to mention this.[

Being beaten once is enough. Beatings by uncles and nephews of the Qian family have always been in vain. Ninety taels of silver is just ninety taels of silver. Thinking of the girls who wanted to take over the house, they thought about it in their hearts for a while and could only endure the pain. Don’t give up love: No matter what, he wants his wife’s two beloved girls back. It’s not that he is henpecked, but that those two girls cannot be left to Zixuan and others.

It would cost more than two hundred taels of silver to redeem a girl, and it would not cost so much to take a concubine: Sima Ming trembled with pain.

Xi Shunqing wanted to glare, but the big bag on his head reminded him that if he opened his mouth to be rude to the Qian family, he would not only have a bag on his head: "This is the money from the old man." He had to suppress his anger and wanted to pay the money back on the spot anyway. Qian Guogong has already asked for a high price.

Old Duke Qian interrupted him: "Well, I understand, you are from an aristocratic family. Paying ninety taels of silver to send a girl to marry is really unsightly. Isn't it a joke? But we are also a serious family. I'm not a bandit, and I can't say anything to save your face: Well, I think I'll just round up a round number, one hundred taels of silver."

When Xi Shunqing heard this, he was about to open his mouth to defend, but was stopped by Sima Ming: "One hundred, one hundred, we will send the money over tomorrow.

"After saying this, the old man beamed with joy, knowing that he had made a lot of money this time.

"Prince, Mr. Shui, we still have something to discuss with you two:" Sima Ming said with a smile on his face: "What happened yesterday was indeed our fault as elders. We should have asked you before making any decisions: We have already made an agreement with Brother Xiao and the Dowager Princess, and now we are waiting for your words." Prince Jin looked at the trembling flesh on Xi Shunqing's face: "What's the matter?" Shui Muxia said softly: "It shouldn't be a good thing. ." He smiled and said: "You are not telling us that our brothers will choose the girls from your two families, are you?" This was of course a joke, and he also wanted to make Sima Ming and his wife angry.

Sima Ming nodded: "That's what I mean. Marriage is naturally the order of your parents, but you have to like it before you become the prince. Mr. Shui, can you see our sincerity now?"

Qian Tian guessed and said, "Isn't it because the daughter of your family can't get married? Is she so shameless that she insists on marrying the prince and Brother Shui?"

The flesh on Xi Shunqing's face trembled again: "Qian Guogong, don't slander the daughters of our two families like this. It's just that the marriage between the two families has been agreed upon, and there is no way it can be changed."

Prince Jin said coldly: "I will not want any girl from the Xi family, and even if you marry another girl, it is impossible to save the face you have lost."

"Even if we become in-laws, the prince and I will not be merciful to aristocratic families, especially your two." Shui Muxia revealed what Xi Shunqing was thinking: "Stop thinking about marrying a daughter, otherwise you will just

It will hurt bigger people."

Sima Ming bowed and said, "Prince and Mr. Shui, please think about it. After you think about it, we welcome you to come and sit in our house at any time." He saluted Zixuan again: "I'll wait, I'll leave." They didn't.

They just want to tie Prince Jin and Shui Muxia to their chariot, and also want to slap Zixuan hard: as long as they marry a girl from two families in the end, they will let what Zhu Zixuan did last night

Become a joke.

Prince Jin did not speak, and Shui Muxia just looked at them. They knew very well what they thought about the Xi family and the Sima family: a thought flashed through their minds: Is what they were planning just superficial?

Sima Ming and his two men did not delay any longer, and were about to leave after bowing. Zixuan called them: "Don't leave in a hurry, there are still things to discuss, and we haven't said how much money the banquet will cost yet. You can send the money tomorrow."

, wouldn’t it be troublesome not knowing how much to send?”

Xi Shunqing couldn't help but said: "You are the men, what does the money for the banquet have to do with us?"

"First, you two are used to marrying off girls. Second, there is no reason to argue about snatching a bride. As long as it is a matter of using money, of course it has to be done by you two." Zixuan looked at Xi.

Shunqing: "You don't have to marry the girls if you're not satisfied, I don't mind." Xi Shunqing gritted his teeth: "Which one is better?"

Shui Muxia pointed at him with a smile: "Isn't it Master Xi? After the death of one of your daughters, you insist on marrying another daughter of the Xi family to the prince. Isn't that a betrayal?" Sima Ming grabbed Xi Shunqing and saluted again, and left in a hurry.

.

"He is quite smart." Prince Jin looked at Sima Ming's back.[

Shui Muxia sighed: "Xi Shunqing prods him a few more words. Maybe we can guess what he will say: Well, he actually wants to remarry his daughter." He looked at Prince Jin: "

It can't be the Heng family, so does it look like the Xi family?" Prince Jin pursed his lips and shook his head in humiliation: "Now, I really can't tell."

Sima Yu and Governor Xi were standing next to the carriage outside the Qian family's courtyard. When they saw Sima Ming coming out to greet them, Sima Yu said angrily: "If he wants to sell, let him sell it. If you don't have a deed, let him sell it."

"..." Governor Xi also echoed: "If you want to sell it, let them sell it. Why give them a lot of money?"

With a "pop", Sima Ming gave Sima Yu a slap in the face, and all the anger he had just suffered came out on his younger brother: "You bastards never use their brains to think about things. Do they want to be sold as human beings? They

What is being sold is the reputation of our Sima and Xi families!"

Governor Xi was also kicked to the ground by Xi Shunqing: "Do you know how many enemies we have? When the time comes, you will buy the girl and come to our house to ask for a bond, or send her back directly, which will be a slap in the face to us.

On the face." He and Sima Ming got into the carriage angrily.

"Go back to the capital." Sima Ming's face turned blue and he had no intention of letting his younger brother ride in the carriage.

When the groom asked by the way if he was going back home or if he should take Xi Shunqing back first, he heard Xi Shunqing say: "Go directly to Ding's house." On the next day, Sima Ming and the others really sent people to bring money, and they cleverly sent the girls money.

The body deeds were also sent, and these girls went to work with the two families.

Zixuan and Qian Laogong accepted it politely: but they were both stingy people, and they sent the visitor back without any reward.

After returning to the capital, Zixuan was admitted to the palace by the queen. When he saw her, he said directly: "Now the most favored concubine in the palace is Qin Guifei. The emperor goes to her almost every day: you have to be careful."

Zixuan didn't think the queen was so kind, and called her into the palace just to tell her about Qin Guifei: but the queen didn't say anything more, rewarded Zixuan with a few things and sent her away, leaving Zixuan

I feel a little embarrassed, it seems that I think the queen is a little too snobbish.

Not long after she left Kunning Palace, she was stopped by the young eunuch, who said that Qin's concubine wanted to invite her to a banquet: she had made side dishes with her own hands, and it was in the warm pavilion in the imperial garden, where she could enjoy the plum blossoms.

Zixuan was not interested in appreciating the plum blossoms, but Qin Guifei wanted to take a look: "Let's go, you will lead the way." "I will lead the way." Shui Muxia came out from behind the rockery: "Go back and tell your master

"Tell me, prepare an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks." He smiled and stretched out his hand: "Zixuan, why don't we go take a look at the two newly carved ice lanterns in the palace?"

Zixuan did not expect that Shui Muxia was also in the palace: "Muxia was summoned into the palace by the Queen Mother?" "No. I came obviously to pay her respects to the Queen Mother, but in my heart I wanted to say a few words to Zixuan." Shui Mu

Xia coughed twice and turned away: "Who did Zixuan most want to save that night? I've been guessing. If I can't guess, I'll ask directly."

Zixuan did not expect that Shui Muxia would repeat the same old story: "I was rushing to save people, but how could I expect so much?" Shui Muxia's eyes lit up: "Zixuan was rushing to save people?" He patted his palms lightly.

: "I'm just afraid that Zixuan's heart will be broken by the evil person, and she will never want to be remembered by him again. In this case, I feel relieved."

Zixuan didn't expect that this was the reason why he insisted on asking, but she was a little blushed by him being so direct: "The prince and Mu Xia saved me many times, and I was harmed by villains for a while. Of course, I can't ignore it: it's reasonable to be anxious.

Don't listen to Brother Mo's nonsense about what happened." The more she explained, the redder her face became.

"I don't believe anything. When I heard what Zixuan said, that boy was probably true." Shui Muxia's eyes lit up, she looked at Zixuan and said softly: "The soup in those days was really sweet.

: "After a pause, he added: "It's just that you've worked hard for me, and I can't bear it." Isn't this too straightforward? Zixuan almost buried her head in her chest: "No, it's not hard." About

She planned to pretend that she didn't hear what Mo Suifeng said.

She became confused and murmured a few times, not knowing what she was talking about. She became even more panicked and accidentally stepped on her skirt. She leaned forward and was about to fall down.

On the ground.

Shui Muxia stretched out her long arms to catch her: "Are you scared?" Zixuan saw Shui Muxia's two exceptionally bright eyes and the gentleness on her face: Well, also, his face was leaning forward

Damn it: God, he doesn’t want to kiss me, does he?
Chapter completed!