Chapter 305: Dowry Book
The 305th chapter of the main text of Duanmu Volume of Shen Yi: The sun is shining brightly with drums and drums. A group of palace servants sent betrothal gifts to Dugu Mansion. A man in the palace chasing that followed was carefully checking the betrothal gifts, for fear that something would fall behind the emperor's will.
The process of folk marriages is often carried out according to the six rituals. The first stage is Nacai, Najib, Nazheng, and requesting the date. Finally, the wedding ceremony is completed.
However, the royal marriage process is even more complicated, and every link needs to be considered auspicious times. It happened that the Crown Princess' wedding dress was completed yesterday. After Eunuch Su inspected the Xiufang's craftsmanship, he sent it to Yong'an Palace to present it to Concubine Jing for review.
When Concubine Jing saw such a beautiful phoenix crown and red robe, she was immediately delighted. She quickly found the Prime Minister to calculate the auspicious time and counted the number of betrothal gifts overnight. She set off from Tianfu City on time this morning and represented the royal family to give the betrothal gifts to her parents' home.
"Empress, Dugu Mansion has arrived." The palace servant reported carefully.
Concubine Jing handed the betrothal gift book to the slave and said, "Take this book into the mansion for me first."
"Zhu!" The slave who led the way took the book and immediately went into Dugu Mansion to report.
After a while, Aunt Jing smiled and greeted her, "My good sister, why are you here when you have time?"
"Look at you, don't greet you if you don't know how to greet you. It's hard to resist the sincerity." Concubine Jing curled her lips. She felt that her sister was really stupid and could not clearly explain her identity at such an important moment.
"I'm so worried about the empress and I'm going to the mansion to personally send a betrothal gift. It really makes Dugu's mansion shine." Dugu Ruyuan couldn't hide his smile. In another month, his beloved daughter would be married. He was both happy and worried, and he was very conflicted.
"Mr. Dugu, I haven't seen you for a long time, can you be safe?" Concubine Jing treated Dugu Ruyuan very enthusiastically.
"I'm asking for the blessing of the Empress, everything is fine~" Dugu Ruyuan rarely has the opportunity to see Concubine Jing on weekdays.
"Adults have time to teach you more. You can always be able to talk and talk through your eyes. Don't just let others laugh at me." Concubine Jing really disliked her sister's stupid shortcomings. She repeatedly persuaded and taught her, but it was useless. She always complained that her sister was not in different situations. No matter how she said, Jing Yisu was still outspoken and would speak nonsense when she was dissatisfied.
"What the Empress taught me." Dugu Ruyuan likes Jing Yisu's straightforwardness in speaking things, and everyone has their own destiny.
"It's a matter of trouble for the Empress." Aunt Jing didn't dare to say more, for fear of making her sister unhappy.
"Why do you have a stern face and stand there?" Concubine Jing straightened her identity. She was here to give gifts, not to ask for guilt.
"I'll ask for advice from the queen!" Dugu Ruyuan and Aunt Jing asked in unison.
"Calendar the betrothal gifts quickly. They are all carefully selected items by the emperor. I just hope that this marriage can be harmonious and smooth, and to ensure prosperity and honor in the Great Zhou Dynasty." As soon as the emperor was mentioned, Concubine Jing immediately became serious.
"The arrangement of the wedding of the Empress is meticulous and meticulous, and there is no need to count anything!" Dugu Ruyuan was calm and cautious, but who knew that such a cautious and steady person would give birth to such a generous legitimate daughter.
"It's a very urgent thing to do in this wedding dress. It's only a few days before I finish it. The rest of the items have been checked several times, but I'm afraid that any mistake will affect the happy event." Concubine Jing exchanged a moment of greeting to wait for Dugu Xiaomeng to appear, but after a long time, she didn't even show up. Concubine Jing changed her tone, "Is the daughter of the lord not satisfied with this marriage?"
"How could it be? You are so serious. When the daughter of the family first learned about this marriage, she cried with joy. This is really the emperor's kindness and the protection of the ancestors of Dugu's mansion, so that she can cultivate such fate for Xiaomeng." Dugu Ruyuan signaled the housekeeper to go and see what happened to Dugu Xiaomeng quickly.
The housekeeper repeatedly persuaded him, Dugu Xiaomeng came to greet the concubine Jing, and she laughed as soon as she met, "Oh, the noble man is here! A rare guest!"
"Neighteen? He is simply presumptuous!" Dugu Ruyuan quickly corrected Dugu Xiaomeng's name to Concubine Jing.
"Hello, Empress of the Imperial Concubine!" Dugu Xiaomeng asked casually. She had never liked Concubine Jing since she was a child, because every time her aunt went to the palace to visit Concubine Jing and then returned to the house, she would often cause trouble for her. So Dugu Xiaomeng always felt that Concubine Jing was provoking trouble in the middle.
"Ahem~ I am here to give the betrothal gift to the mansion today, so why don't you reach out to continue?" Jing Fei looked at Dugu Xiaomeng with a contemptuous expression. She looked at the age of three and seven years younger. She had never had a good impression of the woman in front of her.
"Am I?" Dugu Xiaomeng asked impolitely.
"Otherwise? Don't you want to marry?" Concubine Jing's voice became cold, and she felt that Dugu Xiaomeng was too disrespectful to her.
"Think about it, please don't misunderstand the little girl." Dugu Xiaomeng smiled with a forced smile.
"How much does it mean to marry or not?" Jing Fei couldn't scold the future princess in front of the servants, so she had to endure the anger in her heart.
"Can you pack it up? Is it worth it?" Dugu Xiaomeng was very curious.
"Volume, can the Crown Princess only recognize silver?" Concubine Jing was half angry and half angry.
"What is that?" Dugu Xiaomeng asked back.
"You'll know if you open it?" Concubine Jing stuffed the bag into Dugu Xiaomeng's hand.
"Oh." Dugu Xiaomeng opened the small bag that Concubine Jing gave her and saw the red dates, peanuts, longan and lotus seeds mixed together. She felt very strange. She picked up a big red date and still put it in her mouth, "The dates are so sweet and delicious!"
"It's delicious? Do you know what the meaning?" Concubine Jing suppressed the anger in her heart. She felt that Dugu Xiaomeng pretended to be stupid and deliberately angered everyone.
"I don't know! This lotus seed didn't get the core. It was so bitter. Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah," Dugu Xiaomeng threw a lotus seed into her mouth after eating the dates. Unexpectedly, the lotus seed was so bitter that she vomited it all.
"Silly child, this is called having a noble son early. It's not for you to eat, so stop the mouth." Aunt Jing couldn't stand it, and stopped Dugu Xiaomeng's unreasonableness. The two of them snatched the bag of food and accidentally sprinkled the floor.
"Look at you, it's too much trouble. It's okay if the child is naughty, why are you going to rob me? I'm disappointed in vain." Concubine Jing finally found someone to scold her to express her dissatisfaction. This pack of "going a noble son early" was the four foods she personally selected, all of which were of uniform size. It was a waste of her efforts to compare them with a ruler one by one.
"I hope Concubine Jing will give you my conscience!" Jing Yisu thought her sister was angry about her incompetence.
"For the sake of this hard work in the palace..." Concubine Jing was interrupted by Dugu Xiaomeng halfway through her words.
"Thank you for your hard work, please have tea!" Dugu Xiaomeng obediently handed a new cup of tea to Concubine Jing.
"Silly child, do you really don't know or pretend not to know? How can you still give me tea?" Concubine Jing shook her head helplessly.
Chapter completed!