The face value of five hundred and one taels seems to be only eight or nine, and five thousand taels is as high as the sky.
Is this the dowry given by her mother-in-law?
Then Aunt Huang has prepared this amount for Xie Li!
Seeing the cold expression on the old lady's face, Mrs. Qi was also a little angry, but it was difficult to get angry, so she had to say: "Mom also knows that my daughter-in-law's hands are no better than before..."
"Isn't it better than before? Aren't several shops on Chang'an Avenue given to Jiang Shuhua? I heard that the roommate you accompanied her to the East Palace still has contacts with the palace? How many have been sold out in the past six months?"
Qi's eyelids twitched, and she didn't expect that these things were not hidden from the old lady's eyes.
He still wanted to quibble a bit, but when he saw the old lady's expression, he knew that the old lady had evidence for this matter, otherwise she wouldn't have said that.
Seeing her embarrassed expression, the old lady thought that the Qi family would be going to Beijing soon, so she did not become aggressive anymore and just said in a cold voice: "The Holy Spirit's decree on marriage is clearly written.
Even the official family wants us to distance ourselves from Jiang Baolin. As a mother, you are still keeping distance from Princess Chen like this. If word spreads, what do you want the Holy Emperor to think? What do you want other people to think? Our family
Do you still need your dignity?"
Mrs. Qi felt very embarrassed, but she didn't dare to argue with the old lady, so she could only say: "After all, she was raised by such a small person like me. Now she is in the East Palace and I can't see her. I'm really worried."
Gotta be tight.
The servants of a family like ours still need to be taken care of all the time, let alone in the inner courtyard of the palace? Now that Shu'er is pregnant again, and there is a crown princess and two concubines watching over her, life is really difficult."
Speaking of Jiang Shuhua's days, Qi's voice became choked with sobs.
The old lady really couldn't stand her unclear temper, but she didn't want to get angry, so she just kept silent.
After she calmed down a bit, she said: "I don't care how you care about that. To be honest, it's your own money and I can't control it, but you must at least know your identity.
When Third Girl marries into Prince Chen’s Mansion, you will be Prince Chen’s mother-in-law. If you don’t give Third Girl dignity, it’s because you, the mother-in-law, don’t look down on Prince Chen, so I’d like to ask you, can you bear this promise?”
"This..." Mrs. Qi's face looked a little embarrassed, "When I carry this dowry, how can I know which ones are from me and which ones are from the father-in-law?"
"What you said is funny," the old lady said directly. "When you came to marry your daughter, was it possible that you didn't show off your dowry?"
These words made Mrs. Qi stunned for a moment and speechless.
The current custom is that when a daughter's family gets married, the dowry will go out the day before the wedding. After arriving at the husband's house, the dowry must be spread out in the yard, which is called "dowry display."
It also means telling the husband's family that the mother's family values the girl and wants the husband's family to value the bride.
It's just that as the trend becomes more and more popular, the dowry will no longer be thin.
Generally speaking, families who give birth to a daughter start saving a dowry for the girl when she is young. This task is the mother's.
Generally, mothers will give their own dowry to their daughters as their dowry.
In this way, some precious objects are passed down from generation to generation, and they have the meaning of inheritance.
The Qi family was not from a small family, so the dowry was naturally very considerable.
But……
She originally planned to leave these things to Shu'er, but she didn't expect that Shu'er would become Baolin of the East Palace and she would not be able to give these things away.
Although I haven't given it out, in the past six months, I have taken two pieces today and two pieces tomorrow, which actually gave me a lot.
In her opinion, this was originally prepared for Shuer. Although it was changed in a different way now, it would still be given to Shuer after all.
But I didn't expect that my mother-in-law would force me to give it to Xie Songhua.
Even though she was very unhappy, Mrs. Qi also understood that what the old lady said was reasonable, and she had no way to refuse.
Therefore, I could only accept it with reluctance.
This unwillingness annoyed her, and after looking at the dowry list for half a day, she still couldn't hold it back.
"Although Shu'er is an adopted daughter and Songhua girl is the flesh and blood of our family, there is a saying that it is better to cultivate kindness than to give birth to kindness. I really don't know what the child is thinking."
These words were clearly filled with resentment. The old lady knew that she was very partial, so she just smiled and did not respond.
But for some reason, I suddenly remembered what I heard yesterday afternoon.
Looking at Tu'er who comes from Yanchun Terrace every day and is in a good mood, I'm afraid the third girl really doesn't have any sad emotions about going out.
Originally this was not a bad thing.
Can……
The old lady finally felt something was wrong in her heart.
The girl who is going to get married must naturally focus on her mother's family.
What's more, she is such a high-priced daughter as Xie Songhua.
If you don't have your parents' family in your heart, if something happens in the future, you won't be able to help your parents' family very wholeheartedly.
Thinking of this, she felt a little wistful.
Seeing this, Mrs. Qi quickly said she would go back to count the dowry and send it over.
In fact, I feel really unhappy and can't stand still.
After waiting at the Yihetang, he couldn't hold back his temper and lost his temper, "I really don't know what to say! Who doesn't know that Xie Songhua doesn't have me as his biological mother in his heart?"
If it weren't for her, would I be where I am today? When they stepped on me, they didn't consider my dignity at all, but now they want me to do it for her!"
Mother Liang came in with a cup of autumn pear and red date soup. After hearing this, she said softly: "My wife and the third girl are mother and daughter after all. It's just that the girl returned home a little later. It's natural for the child to cultivate feelings when he is older."
So easy.
Seeing that she is about to leave the cabinet, should the madam still be so awkward with the girl? According to Lao Nu, it would be better for the madam to take this opportunity to relax with the girl. To be honest, after the girl leaves the house, it is not possible to relax.
There will be no chance."
"Why should I make peace with her?!" Mrs. Qi was not happy when she heard this, "Do you still need me to beg her? Don't expect her to be Princess Chen in the future. Tell you clearly, just like her,
Even if I beg her in the future, she will never reach out."
After saying that, he immediately added, "I won't ask her for help. If something happens to me, I will never speak to her even if I am trapped to death!"
Mother Liang sighed softly when she heard this. Since the third girl married to the East Palace, the motherly affection between the wife and the third girl has been exhausted.
Mother Liang knew that this was not good, but she had no good solution. She could only smile and said: "That's all, madam, don't be angry. If you really can't bear it, just bear with it. Anyway, it will only last less than a month."
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"I feel sorry for my dowry!" Liang's mother is one of her own, and Mrs. Qi is not afraid to speak her mind. "With my temper, I don't want to give you a penny.
Just because of face, I finally prepared five thousand taels, but I didn't expect that the old lady thought it was too little and asked me to take out my own dowry, which I originally planned to give to Shu'er."
Mother Liang only felt a headache after hearing this, and it took her a long time to finally say with a smile: "Ma'am, just think of it as business."
"Business?" Ms. Qi didn't understand what she said for a moment, "How do you say this?"