Chapter 110 Preparing for Marriage
Because it was given by the emperor's order, most of the Three Books and Six Legis were just a scene, and everything from Nacai to Najib was quickly completed. [26nbsp;] This is not the case? How could someone say something about the emperor's point of marriage?
Gradually, the people in the capital also heard the news. The most relished thing in the streets and alleys recently was this marriage. Because the emperor has been in poor health in recent years and has not been referring to marriage for many years, the people in the capital were a little excited. It was a very decent thing to watch a grand wedding. It was something that could be shown off when the distant relatives from his hometown and his future grandsons. Therefore, when the Cheng Duke's Mansion came to the appointment, the road from Cheng Duke's Mansion to Ligelao Hutong was actually blocked by the crowd of people watching the fun, as if it was only when the fourth prince and the fifth prince had married several years ago that it was so lively.
As soon as I lifted the betrothal gifts tied with festive red silk, I slowly walked through the street. Just looking at the quantity was already shocking, not to mention the weight that even the strong porter bent over. The people watching the fun on the street really turned their eyes, praised and envied the good fortune of the Lin family's daughter. The betrothal gifts represent the degree of importance paid by the husband's family. Such a number of betrothal gifts are really hard to see.
After the betrothal gifts were carried into Deyuan, a bright manager who had been following him had already handed the gift letter. Cui looked at the boxes and boxes that were full of the yard, and was a little satisfied. After all, this showed that the man admitted and thanked the elders of the woman for raising his daughter. It was not perfunctory, and it really took a lot of thought. At the front were two plates of gold bars for the betrothal gold, about a thousand taels, and the fabrics included 88 pieces of green gauze in summer, 88 pieces of Shu brocade and brocade in winter, and various colors of python carved silk and satin silk, and colorful satin cloth.
There are 108 pieces of kesi, wool, etc., eight symbolic pieces of satin quilts, and then there are thirty-eight pairs of red gold dragon and phoenix bracelets, thirty-eight pairs of red gold dragon and phoenix hairpins, and eighteen boxes of gems and pearls. Under the sun at the Si hour, the golden light is dazzling, and the yard is dazzling. The ones behind are according to the rules, a load of reunion cakes with the bright red character "四" and eighteen boxes of fine tea purchased from the origin of the tribute tea. Among the eight-style seafood, the hair vegetables are black and soft, abalone, oyster fermented, turquoise shells, mushrooms, shrimps, sea cucumbers, shark fins and fish belly are of high quality, and there are also many.
The two pairs of live chicken feathers, two males and two females, are full of energy, and are hung with the croaking pair of geese with their throats; pork and graze are combined into one duct, and a rich and fragrant thirty-year-old Jinhua wine is placed on the box of mahogany. The mahogany box is filled with lotus seeds, lilies, flat cypress, dried longan, lychee, dried peach, red dates, sesame seeds, peanuts, orange cakes, winter melon candy and golden rosary. As for other whole goose, double ducks, lamb legs, elbows and various favorites, there are countless dried fruits.
Fan, who came to see the fun and put on makeup, smiled and said to Cui, "It's good to have a daughter. Look at the things in the yard. Oh, I've lived so old and I've never seen any family sending so many betrothal gifts. I don't have the blessing of you."
Cui did not go to deal with Fan at all, and was busy greeting the women who came to add makeup.
Yuzhu's aunt Gao glanced at Fan with a deep eye and smiled, "Why are you not lucky? Don't forget that your daughter is the prince's concubine. Don't say this nonsense, be careful to lose your blessing." Her niece's good days were not ruined by her whine.
After hitting a nail, Fan was a little embarrassed. She had never thought that Hongdou was her daughter. She had been so obsessed that she didn't pay attention to her mouth for a while. She was so embarrassed. She asked Pinxiang to take a bright golden silk gem-carrying pearl-shaped hairpin and put it on the plate. She naturally talked to Mrs. Huang San around her.
Gao looked at Fan's jokes as if nothing had happened, and he was too lazy to pay attention to her. He pulled Cui and said, "Looking at the Cheng family's betrothal gift, you should be a snack for Zhu Meitou's dowry, so that Zhu Meitou's waist can't be straight in her husband's house."
Cui smiled and took Gao's arm, and said with a smile: "Why are you not worried about me? Most of these things still have to follow Zhu Meitou, so I don't stay at home. I'm angry when I see it." Seeing Gao's expression of deep consent, he continued: "But when it comes to dowry, I want to ask my sister-in-law to help me."
"What a favor? You said, the old lady is in a bad mood. She just didn't worry, so she sent me to supervise. Those who can help will definitely help." Gao was also very happy and straightforward. When he heard that his niece's dowry was still problematic, he immediately became anxious.
Cui smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. I started saving Zhu Meitou's dowry just after she was confinement. When we were with our master, we also collected a lot of good things in the local area. It's been many years and even trivial. It's just that the large furniture has some problems. After the levy, we will have to measure the size of the new house immediately. I have saved a lot of good wood, but there are still fifteen days left. The craftsmen are enough, but I'm afraid that they will rush to do it and the things they make are not fine, so I asked my sister-in-law to recommend a few more good carpenters."
"This is a matter of fact. Don't worry, my parents' family specializes in craftsmen, all of whom are outstanding in craftsmanship and have unique skills. They do all of them in my sisters and nieces. That's really good. I'll go back to my parents' home and say that the nieces at home were married two years ago. There was plenty of time and it was time to keep them." Gao's handkerchief almost made a promise.
Cui got the expected answer, smiled and thanked, and then discussed the subtle attention of the bride. Although Cui was able to do a beautiful marriage, it was related to the most beloved daughter, and always wanted to strive for excellence. The sister-in-law had already married Meiyu and Xueyu's two legitimate daughters, and she always had some experiences and insights.
At this time, a decently dressed daughter-in-law came over and said with a smile: "The second wife of the Xu family and the wife of the Tan family, the young grandmothers are here."
When Cui heard this, he sued Gao and hurriedly went up to meet him.
"But it should be punished, why did you come here now? I have to make you feel sorry for the makeup of our Zhu Girl." He first greeted the Tan family's wives and sat down to have tea. Then Cui turned around and smiled and joked about his friends.
Bai greeted several familiar wives who came first, glanced at Cui, who was happy with his eyebrows, and smiled and said angrily: "Your family is much thicker than me, so I'm so embarrassed to come and rob me."
Cui knew that the Xu family was not separated, so life was naturally not so free and he didn't bother. He pulled the Tan family's big breasts to look up and down, and smiled and said, "Ruqing looks good. Your eyes finally worked well once, and the son-in-law finally chose a good one."
Ruqing is now Tan Da’s breast, and his temperament has not changed much before marriage. He smiled and let Cui take it. He briefly explained a few words about the days after the marriage. After all, on the night of the Zhongyuan Festival, Cui saved her life, and was always closer than before. After a few greetings, he asked, "Where is Yuzhu, I'll talk to her."
"In her yard, I just let her huddle in the room. Anyway, there are not many days of comfortable life." Seeing the people close to her, Cui spoke a lot more casually and smiled at Ruqing, "Good boy, it's better to talk to her. I'm afraid that she will be bored if she stays in the room all day."
Seeing that more and more people were standing around, Bai quickly sent his daughter away and turned to Cui and said, "I don't need you to greet you. Hurry up and go ahead. With so many people coming, how can you be so rude?"
Cui was not polite. The two daughters-in-law were really unable to deal with such a big scene. They called the little maid beside her and told them to take good care of the people. Then they walked away and called their relatives, friends and girlfriends to go.
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Like a clear and familiar door, I entered Yuzhu's young bamboo residence, and fed the brother's Qinsi under the eaves, hurriedly put down the plate in his hand, walked up to him and said, "My breast is here." He smiled and led her in.
Over the years, Yuzhu and Ruqing have been in contact with each other. Anyway, they live close to each other and will be around the corner when they go out. Yuzhu doesn't like to go out, so Ruqing often comes to sit. The two often take food orders provided by Ruan's mother and are in Yuzhu's kitchen. Ruqing doesn't have a kitchenette at her home. Every time she comes, she has to have fun before she will give up. After that, she has to borrow Yuzhu's washing utensils to cover up the traces of the crime, so as not to be muttered by the old lady of the Xu family when she goes home. Such days end until Ruqing gets married. Although the days are not long, their relationship has grown rapidly.
"Breast Tan Da*, why are you here now?" Yu Zhu was too lazy to get up, pointed to the chair next to her, and continued to feed Xiao Xun.
"Hmph, you will be the second wife of the Cheng family in more than ten days..." Ruqing said quickly and reacted quickly and quickly remedy it: "You have taken a big advantage. When you marry into it, you will be a wife. You are as cheap as us. There are elders everywhere you enter the door, and you will be inferior to others everywhere." While carefully looking at Yuzhu's expression.
"Don't worry about my feeling bad." Yuzhu finished feeding a piece of snack, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, washed her in a bowl of warm water brought by Hua Ruo, and let the morning garden take a cotton cloth handkerchief to suck out the water, apply a thin layer of almond oil, and smiled and said, "I am the lazyst, so don't think about this. By the way, you just came from your mother. Tell me, what is the betrothal gift given by the Cheng family?" Although she didn't point to those betrothal gifts, and the emperor's grace must have done enough skills, she was still a little curious. In the past, Yumei had a flash marriage,
I didn't realize it; Hongdou was a royal marriage, which was different from the ordinary ones; Yulan was basically naked marriage, Cui's face project was done very well, and Yongchang Hou Mansion's face project seemed to be done more well; the two cousins only gave gifts to their wedding, because they were busy with the marriage of the second brother Lin Zongji at that time; the only normal marriage of Sister Ruqing had not yet been to the front to see, because the ladies who went to congratulate were all reserved and stayed in the house and drank tea and talked, and they couldn't run to the middle of a bunch of wives by themselves... It was my turn, and I was still a little nervous...
Ruqing laughed out loud, took the tea and took a sip, touched Xiao Xun's short nose that ran to her, and smiled and said, "Don't worry, although I didn't take a closer look, but looking at the yard was full of slants, I was dazzling when I glanced at it. I thought I could not make a mistake."
It was really impossible to be wrong. At night, Yuzhu slipped into Cui's courtyard. When she saw the betrothal gifts piled up in the room, she was also cautious and jumped for a while. Although she had been raised by Cui's Jiao, Qinggao was not at all. She couldn't help swallowing her saliva when she saw so many golden pearls and jades.
This is good, she trusts money more than others. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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Chapter completed!