"Prince Rui's Mansion?" Shen Tianshu was very sensitive to these three words, "Prince Rui's Mansion is so good, why did you think of a banquet?"
"What else could it be? The Crown Prince is already eighteen years old this year. Naturally, he will start to look at the ladies of various families and prepare to choose a bride for the Crown Prince!"
Grandma Yang looked happy. Just looking at her excited state, she might have thought that Shen Tianshu had been chosen as the crown prince!
"It's a cold day and the road is so long. Whoever wants to go can go there. I don't want to go." Shen Tianshu didn't understand what Nanny Yang was excited about. She was completely sincere about going to Prince Rui's Mansion. ground conflict.
"Girl, you are still young, and Mrs. Xu will not make plans for you. It is normal that you don't understand these things." Aunt Yang looked at Shen Tianshu lovingly, "Girl will be seventeen after the New Year. , it’s the right age to talk about marriage. The old lady is far away from her hometown, and Mrs. Xu can’t count on her. If the old slave doesn’t make plans for the girl, what will happen?
"In the past few years, the girl has been detained at home by the Xu family. Except for Yongzhou Prefecture, she has no reputation outside. Even if there are young men of the right age in other families who want to choose a bride, they would not think of the girl. If it is delayed for another two years, It's even harder as you get older.
"This time there is a banquet at Prince Rui's Mansion, almost all the ladies and officials from all the aristocratic families in Huguang will be there. The girl will show up a few times. When those families with the same family status as ours propose marriage to their young masters, they will naturally think of it. Girl, we have more choices."
In Da Qi, marriages were no earlier than those in the previous dynasties. Men got married when they were twenty and above, and women got married when they were eighteen.
Generally speaking, we start looking at each other two years in advance, and get engaged one year in advance. Then we choose an auspicious day and we are almost ready to get married.
Therefore, at Shen Tianshu's current age, it is indeed time to start choosing a family and prepare for marriage.
In order to choose a good family for their daughters, many families take their children out to attend various banquets starting from the age of twelve or thirteen, and begin to systematically spread news about being good at female celebrities, being virtuous, and having outstanding literary talent. .
Otherwise, how could all the ladies raised in the back house have so many talents and names that would be known to everyone?
But after Shen Tianshu left his hometown at the age of ten and followed Shen Zhonglei to take office in Yongzhou Mansion, although Mrs. Xu also took her out, he was so meddlesome that he almost made people stupid.
So far, she only has a reputation for being beautiful.
But as the saying goes, marry a virtuous wife.
If you have no talent or fame, only beauty, isn’t it just a vase?
Grandma Yang was almost heartbroken by this, but after all she was just a wet nurse, and she could only do it in a hurry.
Now that the Liu family has finally gotten back on its feet, and there is such a good opportunity to have a banquet hosted by Prince Rui, she can't wait to go to the banquet and shout to everyone, so that all the ladies can see that her girl is not only as beautiful as a flower, but also literate. , demure and intelligent, she is definitely the perfect choice for everyone’s mistress.
Of course, it is impossible for her to do such a thing, but the conditions of my girl are here. As long as they have a little contact, everyone will naturally see how good she is.
Shen Tianshu was very helpless, but he couldn't dispel Nanny Yang's enthusiasm, so he had to let her go.
She was passive and sabotaged the Shangyuan Banquet in Prince Rui's Mansion, but she didn't know that there were still people in the family who wanted to get into it.
"Mom, please go and beg dad, let me go to the banquet!" Shen Yunyao took advantage of Shen Zhonglei not being at home, sneaked into Xu's room and begged.
Although Mrs. Xu was pretending to be ill, she was actually not feeling well and was always feeling listless.
Xu Yihao was still entangled, and Xu knew that he didn't want to clear his name at all, but just wanted money.
But Shen Zhonglei had already told the ugly story in front of him, and Mrs. Xu did not dare to embezzle the family's money anymore.
But if she was allowed to take her own private money, she would feel sad.
This matter is stuck here again.
Mrs. Xu took a Muxiang Shunqi Pill and finally calmed down her anger with Xu Yihao, but Shen Yunyao came over to make trouble again.
"Your father is still angry. It's all your fault. How can I persuade him?" Mrs. Xu had a headache. "The Prince Wang's marriage is very important. Now that the palace has begun to organize, it is impossible to have only this banquet. What will happen in the future?" There are many opportunities to enjoy flowers in spring, escape the heat in summer, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival! Why do you insist on poking fun at your father now?"
Shen Yunyao said reluctantly: "What if the prince falls in love with a girl this time? What will happen in the future? Mother, don't you want me to be the prince's concubine? If I become the prince's concubine, From now on, dad will not dare to lose his temper with you casually. When the time comes, grandma, grandma, uncles and aunts will all have to come around to fawn over you?"
She said this as if as long as she went there, she would be favored by the prince.
Mrs. Xu felt that what her daughter said made sense.
Although Shen Tianshu is good-looking, he may not be what the elders like, especially when there is Princess Fengrong in Prince Rui's Mansion.
She had heard someone say that people who came out of the palace disliked those women who looked like beauty and trouble.
Moreover, Shen Yunyao is also good-looking, completely combining the advantages of Shen Zhonglei and Xu.
Mrs. Xu hesitated and said, "How about you wait a little longer and be better these days? When your father's anger is almost gone, and it happens to be the Chinese New Year again, I can help you and beg him again?"
Although Shen Yunyao was still a little reluctant, she knew in her heart that Mrs. Xu was right, so she pouted and said: "Mom, you must help me! Everyone knows that the Shen family has two legitimate daughters. Let Shen Tianshu go and keep me at home, others may not know what to think!"
"Don't worry, there's nothing about you that my mother doesn't keep in mind!"
Mrs. Xu finally coaxed Shen Yunyao, and just as she was about to send him back, Mrs. Yan from the accounting office came over.
"Madam, Aunt Yang from Shuangtangyuan sent several bills to the accountant to settle the bill. However, the eldest girl's new clothes this winter have already been paid for. Now why are there suddenly a lot of clothes and jewelry? Heap, this is far beyond what should be the norm at home."
Hearing this, Shen Yunyao stepped forward and grabbed the list, unfolded it and saw that her nose was almost broken with anger.
"Mom, look at her, she actually made so many new clothes and jewelry at once, it's too much!"
Mrs. Xu took the order and couldn't help but frown after reading it. Not counting the miscellaneous items, the clothes and jewelry alone cost more than three hundred taels of silver.
Mrs. Yan added fuel to the fire and said: "Madam, when Nanny Yang brought the order, she specifically said that if the family refused to settle the bill, she would ask the younger one to send the order back. Pay for it yourself.”