In a blink of an eye, the New Year is here, and the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month is an auspicious day. According to custom, today is the day when Shen Li enters the family. Many wealthy families take concubines on the last day of the year, but the last day of the year, New Year's Eve, is the day to prepare for ancestor worship. The concubine's day is usually placed on the auspicious day closest to the New Year's Eve.
Li Ye treated the Shen family well and made Shen Li his concubine. Of course, the Shen family was not to be outdone and gave out a dowry worth millions of dollars. A farm in the south of the Yangtze River alone covered 6,000 acres, and there were ten large ships. There are also a large number of silk and satin, silver and copper coins and various jewelry.
At that time, Shen Zhenzhu was selected as the crown prince Liangdi, and the Shen family only gave her a dowry of 200,000 yuan.
However, Shen Li is not as famous as Dugu Taiwei in getting married. Under normal circumstances, concubines who marry through matchmakers like Dugu Taiwei should not appear. First of all, the head wife will not allow it, and the head wife's natal family will not allow it.
But when you go to Dugu Taiwei's place, first of all, the princess and the princess's natal family are not a problem, they are his own people. Secondly, Li Ye has to give Dugu Ming enough face. Dugu Ming has helped him do so many things, but he doesn't even give him this little face?
So Dugu Taiwei enjoyed a marriage with a famous matchmaker that only a head wife could have, but she didn't have it with Shen Li.
Generally, women from official families enter the palace through a draft. After being selected, they are firstly palace maids. They do not become imperial concubines in one step. They will be trained intensively for several months. For example, Luojinhua was a place that used to train palace ladies.
Then they are assigned to the Imperial Palace, the East Palace or the Prince's Palace. At this time, whether the emperor, prince or prince will take the maid's name depends on the background of the maid's family.
So Li Longji has more than 40,000 women in his harem, and he still has to audition every year. Does he lack women? He doesn't lack, he only lacks money.
For example, if a girl from the Dugu family is designated to enter the palace, the two parties will start negotiating. What grade will the Dugu family be in after entering the palace? How much money can the Dugu family give? Once the negotiation is completed, she will enter the palace and be named Dugu Noble Concubine. Later, the Dugu family will have to give at least one Big money.
If you want to become a relative of the Tang Dynasty, you must either have a daughter who is beautiful and beautiful, like Yang Yuhuan, or you must have a family with a fortune of tens of millions and strong financial resources, and a sufficient dowry.
None of these things will be mentioned on the scene. Everyone knows it. Needless to say, history will naturally not record it. But as common sense, we should understand that even ordinary people have to pay attention to each other's dowry when they get married, but the emperor will not want the dowry?
So Dugu Taiwei got married and brought a fortune of 600,000 yuan.
Although the Shen family has no power, it does have huge wealth, so the Shen family spends a lot of money and gives out a dowry of one million yuan. You can also say that this is the Shen family's signature.
As I said before, if the Shen family wants to keep their wealth, they must either keep a low profile or improve their social level and invest millions of dollars. Li Ye will naturally reciprocate the favor.
Then you said that Shen Pearl was pregnant with Li Ye's child. Why didn't the Shen family give Shen Pearl and the child a large sum of money?
This was the problem that Shen Wansan didn't figure out later. You can use various names and various methods to give money to the emperor, but there are some things that you cannot touch. One is the emperor's son, and the other is the emperor's army.
If you want to give something, you must give it to the emperor, and then the emperor will reward it to his son and the army.
Why do you come to reward the emperor's son and army?
Shen Wansan didn't understand. He rewarded Zhu Yuanzhang's army and was almost killed. Finally, he was exiled to Yunnan.
With the testimony of the whole family, Dugu Xinyue drank the tea served by Shen Li and recognized this new sister.
Several maids were walking in front holding lanterns. Shen Li had a good figure and Qing Yu held her hand and walked to the third floor of Zhen'an Tower. She used to live on the first floor but now she moved to the third floor.
Shen Li bit her lip gently to hide her inner nervousness. This was her wedding night. Two days ago, her aunt Shen Zhenzhu explained to her in detail the sexual intercourse between men and women.
Although she was nervous inside, she did not resist. On the contrary, she still had a trace of expectation in her heart. She had begun to look forward to this day as early as on the ship.
Qingyu pursed his lips and smiled: "The wedding room is in the Zhen'an Building. Do you feel a little aggrieved?"
Shen Li shook her head quickly, "No! I'm very happy to be with you all."
"After tonight, tomorrow you will be our sister. During this period, eldest sister asked me to guide you and adapt to the various rules at home."
"Sorry, Sister Qingyu."
"It doesn't matter. You don't have to worry. My husband is generous in heart and treats his relatives gently. He will definitely like you."
Shen Li nodded lightly and walked along the Persian carpet to a door. Qingyu pushed the door open and went in. The room was decorated with a particularly festive atmosphere, and there was a newlywed atmosphere everywhere.
There are big red candles, big red 囍 characters on the wall, even the carpet is red, there are wine and food on the table in the middle, this is the outer room, and there is a hibiscus warm tent inside.
"Okay, I'm leaving."
Qingyu turned around to leave, but Shen Li quickly grabbed her and said, "Sister Qingyu, sit with me for a while again!"
At this time, Li Ye walked in with a smile, "Qingyu can sleep here at night! I definitely have no objection!"
Qing Yu stretched out his hand and pinched Li Ye's arm, "If you're going to die, don't dare to say anything. This is Ali's wedding night."
Shen Li was stunned. Sister Qingyu actually pinched the regent's arm. In her family, where the hierarchy was strict, how could such a thing happen?
Li Ye put his arm around Qing Yu's waist, smiled and kissed her on the face. Qing Yu then rolled her eyes at him and left.
The door closed, and only Li Ye and the bride were left in the room. Shen Li lowered her head shyly.
Li Ye gently held her in his arms, kissed her forehead and said with a smile, "Come have a drink with me!"
Li Ye sat down, hugged her waist and sat on his lap.
Shen Li poured two glasses of wine, handed one to Li Ye with both hands, picked up a glass himself, clinked the glasses, and was about to drink it, but Li Ye shook his head and smiled: "According to the oldest custom of the Han people, you should drink like this! "
He put his arm through it, and the two of them intertwined their arms. Li Ye smiled and said, "This is called Jiaobei wine, or Hexin wine."
"ah!"
It turned out to be a combination of wine. Shen Li's pretty face turned red and her eyes looked at her husband lovingly. They drank the wine in one gulp. Li Ye put out the red candle with a wave of his hand, and the two hugged each other and kissed each other passionately.
Gradually, Shen Li's mood rose and she became completely involved.
Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Li Ye picked up her legs and walked towards the back room.
A one-night stand and a happy night.
The next day was New Year's Eve. Li Ye went to the military camp early in the morning. He had to have dinner with the soldiers at noon and could not come back until the afternoon. This was also customary.
Qing Yu took over the bride's care. When she saw that Shen Li still wanted to put on makeup, she smiled and said, "Let's keep it simple today! Look at me, I'm almost naked."
"Why?" Shen Li asked in confusion.
"Do you want to take a bath on New Year's Eve in your hometown to get rid of old age?"
Shen Li nodded and Qing Yu smiled and said: "That's right! It's also the custom in Chang'an. The whole family takes a bath together to wash away the stinky smell of the year. In the afternoon, our whole family will soak in the big pool together, and my husband will join us. Together."
"Is this okay?"
"He is your husband, why can't he? Let me tell you a funny thing. Before Taiwei got married on New Year's Eve last year, she took a bath with her husband. She was so scared that she shrank into a ball."
Shen Li couldn't help but laugh, "Okay! I'll just clean it up."
"There are a few more things. I have to tell you that my husband doesn't have his own bedroom, so he takes turns sleeping in everyone's dormitory every night. This is arranged by the eldest sister."
Shen Li nodded silently, she knew this.
"Then there is Aunt Mu. She raised her husband and he regards her as his grandmother. Don't underestimate the inconspicuousness of the old lady. She is a first-class lady of Shu and everyone's elder. You must respect her absolutely!"
"I know, aunt is very good to me, and I like her too."
"The other thing is the old lady. She is coming in the morning. You have to kneel down and give her a big salute. This is the first time. You won't have to do it in the future."
"I see!"
Qingyu covered her mouth and smiled: "When we first met, she definitely wanted to see how big your butt was, how thin your waist was, and so on. She didn't mean anything else. She just wanted to hold a grandson."
Shen Li blushed, "I'm afraid I will disappoint her!"
"Would you like to get up and let me take a look?"
Shen Li stood up, Qingyu looked at it carefully, touched the mold again, and said with a smile: "It's not bad! It's not bad! It meets her requirements."
"There is also the father-in-law, the current Right Prime Minister of the country. We have no contact with him for the time being, so there is no need to consider it."
"I understand, sister Qingyu, tell me more!"
After a moment of silence, Qingyu slowly said: "There is still a big secret in our family, which is about the true identity of the second sister. I am telling you now. I hope you will keep it secret and never tell anyone."