Chapter 106: Li Lan's Family Affairs
Listening to Second Mrs. Li's words, Li Lan's face turned red and said shyly: "Actually...... In fact, my daughter already likes it. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Second Mrs. Li couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and said, "Which family is it? What are the conditions? Maybe give more dowry?"
Originally, Second Mrs. Li didn't think about selling her daughter to support her family, but after her daughter mentioned it, she became more and more moved, so she cared about the dowry at this time.
Li Lan said with a smile: "The dowry should not be less, that is, the person whose mother listened to what her daughter said, don't scold her daughter." ”
When Second Mrs. Li heard her say this, she couldn't help but be stunned, and immediately said, "What's the matter?
Li Lan shook her head and said, "No, no." It was the last time that the prince was filial piety, and his daughter met King Ping, he liked his daughter very much, and wanted to accept his daughter as a servant (the prince's concubine with a title is divided into side concubines, concubines, and servants), and the daughter thought, although the concubine is a concubine, but the prince's concubine room is different, and it is also a grade, and there is face when it comes to speaking, so I thought, since I can't always find a suitable relative, it is better to marry King Ping. If the mother agrees, the daughter wants to take advantage of the old lady's three-month hot filial piety period to pass. ”
Li Lan is thinking, with the conditions of her family, it is very difficult for her to marry any good family, but she is a high-spirited person, and she is not willing to marry any poor conditions, so she picks and chooses, and feels that only King Ping is still satisfied, since the other party has the heart to accept her as the chosen servant, she thinks, it is also possible, and she thinks that if you want to overpower the relatives of other sisters, you can only marry the prince, although it is a concubine, but the concubines of the clan can be different from the concubines of ordinary people, as long as a boy and half a girl are born, then the child will be divided, and when King Ping passes away, she will follow her children, that is, the old feudal king, no worse than Li Xin and Li Shu。
Originally, she didn't want to marry King Ping, she wanted to marry King Ping's son, but at this time, the family was like this, but she couldn't be allowed to choose, so she had to do this.
In this era, filial piety must be kept, and some people in order not to delay the marriage, they invented the rules that can be married during the three-month hot filial piety period, but they can't do it in a big way, and they can't remarry after the three-month hot filial piety period.
Li Lan just wants to get out of the fire pit of the Li family as soon as possible, so it's okay if she can't do a big deal.
Second Lady Li couldn't help but be taken aback when she heard Li Lan's words, and said: "Although marrying the prince as a concubine is not an insult to our family, but King Ping is twenty years older than you!
Saying it doesn't make people laugh at her!
Li Lan smiled: "What's this, in your thirties, it's okay, he said, if I am willing to marry, I will give me three thousand taels of dowry, my mother also knows the situation of our family, you said, if you seek relatives again, the person who marries may be higher than the status of King Ping, and then there are three thousand taels of dowry?"
When Mrs. Li heard this, she couldn't help but waver, too, once she looked for relatives for Li Lan, when other people's families inquired, they knew that the Li family had broken up, and their family would be a poor bastard, and they couldn't afford the dowry at all, who would give Li Lan a dowry at that time, and who would want to marry a girl who was afraid of drinking the northwest wind as soon as she left the Earl's PalaceAs for not mentioning marriage, even if you give someone a concubine, it is a better status in the prince's mansion, so if you think about it, it is really the daughter who said that this King Ping is the most reliable.
So at this time, Second Mrs. Li figured it out, so she planned to agree, but when she thought of the money, she still rolled her eyes and said: "What my daughter said is the same, but when the time comes to let the prince give the dowry, there will be fewer objects and more dowry, and if there is anything missing, our family will buy it ourselves." ”
In this way, if the dowry of three thousand taels is mostly the bride price, your own family can get a lot, otherwise you will buy all the things, and what money will you have.
Li Lan knew that her mother was fighting her own idea of asking for money, but in order to jump out of the fire pit, she had to follow her and go to the palace by herself, so that she could enjoy the glory and wealth.
So he nodded immediately and said, "Okay, then Lao Niang will mention this to my father, but I think there are so many dowries, and my father should be willing." ”
Second Master Li was really willing when he heard it, although the 1,000 taels he got from the third room of the big house had not been used up, but the more money he had, the better, so as soon as he heard the words of Second Mrs. Li, he said: "Things should be done sooner rather than later, so as not to toss it down, it will be troublesome in three months (then it will take three years to get such a large amount of money, he is naturally unwilling), you quickly order someone to do it." ”
So the second lady Li handed over the message to the governor of King Ping's mansion - she didn't give a message to Princess Ping, because she was afraid that as the head of the house, she hated the young and tender girl entering the mansion, and she was afraid that the other party would stop her, so she bypassed her.
The head of King Ping's Mansion heard King Ping mention such a girl, so he heard the other party's family come to ask at this time, so he asked King Ping what he meant.
As a noble prince, King Ping didn't have what kind of woman he wanted, so although he didn't succeed last time, it didn't matter, anyway, there were beauties, so if it wasn't for Second Mrs. Li to send someone to inquire, he would have forgotten Li Lan, that is, at this time, Changshi asked, he still didn't know which woman it was, who let him fool around too many women, and those who didn't remember it would soon be left behind, or Changshi reminded him to remember which woman it was.
But at this time, seeing that the beauty took the initiative to ask for the upside down, it seems that her charm has not diminished, and she can still attract the little girl, and she can't help but feel a little proud, plus she remembered that she didn't succeed last time and regretted it, so she nodded and agreed immediately.
Since King Ping agreed, then the next appointment was made according to the requirements of the Li family, giving less objects and more dowry, and King Ping naturally did not refuse, anyway, as long as it was within the three thousand taels of dowry.
After a while, the dowry was sent to the Li family, but it was 1,000 taels of clothes, jewelry and other items, and a bride price of 2,000 taels.
At that moment, Mrs. Li left a dowry of 1,000 taels, and the remaining 2,000 taels were taken to Pingwang's mansion by her daughter.
Although Li Lan was unhappy to see that her parents had taken away a thousand taels of her, she thought that they could only take advantage of her last time, and she could take this opportunity to jump out of the fire pit, so it was nothing, so she didn't say anything.
When I heard that Li Lan in the second room was a concubine for a person who was about the same age as her father, she couldn't help but feel a little contempt, and secretly said that the second room was willing to sell her daughter for money.
From the mouth of Dr. Li, who came to visit him, he heard that Li Lan was going to marry King Ping while he was filial piety, Li Xin couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "Why can't she think about it so much?"
Mrs. Li sneered: "It's not that you and the third girl are well married, I think that whoever marries is low, so I married King Ping, probably thinking that being a concubine to King Ping is more noble than the third girl being a concubine to the prince of Chengen, not as good as you, and better than the three girls." ”
Li Xin listened to her mother's analysis, couldn't help sneering, and secretly said that Li Lan wanted to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, but unfortunately she didn't know that King Ping would be scared to death by Zhao Yao as the prince in a few years.
After Princess Ping hired according to King Ping's instructions, she thought that King Ping had taken a fancy to Li Lan, so she asked for it, but it turned out that it was not King Ping who took the initiative to ask for marriage, but the woman asked to enter the door, and what was even more infuriating was that the other party didn't even come to mention it to herself, but she ran to the prince to mention it, causing herself to not know at all, obviously thinking that she was jealous and unvirtuous, and was afraid that she would stop this, so she didn't dare to mention it to her, the key is to think about yourself like that, it's just infuriating!
Although no one likes concubines, Princess Ping doesn't dare to interfere in King Ping's affairs, so usually King Ping wants to accept any woman, Princess Ping has always been unstumbling, after all, if there are only one or two concubines in the house, Princess Ping has to be Longwangshu, and she may still have the mind of monopolizing King Ping, and she can't accommodate those one or two people, but the situation in King Ping's Mansion is different, there are many concubines in King Ping's mansion, and it doesn't matter if there is one more or less, so when new people enter the house, Princess Ping has always been not very concerned about it, and she will not obstruct it.
Although it was obvious that Princess Ping couldn't suppress King Ping, so she didn't dare to obstruct King Ping's favor, resulting in many beauties in the house, but such behavior also won her a reputation as virtuous outside, and she was praised by many people.
Others can accuse her of being mean to her uncle, but they can't accuse her of being unvirtuous, so seeing that Li Lan is such a style at this time, Princess Ping, who was originally indifferent to the newcomer's attitude, had a bad impression of her before Li Lan entered the door.
Li Lan naturally didn't know that her family's behavior of bypassing Princess Ping's proposal had annoyed Princess Ping, and she was only thinking about how much makeup she would add to the big house and the third room.
Li Lan got married, and the big house and three rooms would definitely have to add makeup, so the contempt was despised, and Mrs. Li still instructed Hibiscus to send Li Lan a pair of red gold silk hairpins.
The niece of the dear relatives was married and only gave a pair of hairpins, which is naturally a bit polite in a wealthy family, but for the Li family, which is getting more and more down, it is a lot.
When he went out, he met the maid next to the third lady, and the loquat smiled and said, "What did the eldest lady give?"
"A pair of hairpins. What about the third wife?" Mu Hibiscus asked curiously, thinking that he was afraid that he would give more than the eldest wife, after all, the third lady was richer.
Sure enough, I heard Loquat laugh and say, "A pair of gold bracelets." ”
A pair of gold bracelets! Even if one is two or two, two are four or two, which is worth dozens of taels of silver, which is in the poor Ding Dangxiang's Earl's Palace, but it is a big deal, Mu Hibiscus couldn't help but sigh when he heard it, thinking that Mrs. Li San was really rich.
However, while sighing, she was a little puzzled, thinking that Li Lan was the niece of Mrs. Li San, and Mrs. Li San only gave Li Lan a pair of gold bracelets, she was just a subordinate, or an outsider, but she gave herself a set of heads, why?
Although Lilac told herself that it was rumored in the house that she might become the Duchess of Cheng'en in the future, Mu Hibiscus felt that this dream was very far away, because first, who knew if Wei Zi was born a prince or not? Second, even if it was a prince, what if there was any accident?—— after all, the infant mortality rate in this era was very high; third, even if there was no accident, what if someone else also gave birth to a prince in the future, and her child failed in the process of competing for the throne?
All in all, the future is difficult, it is too early to talk about Wei Xuan's ability to become Chengengong, if Mrs. Li San is better to herself than Li Lan because of this rumor, then she can only say that Mrs. Li San thinks too far away.
If this is not the reason, it is that Mrs. Li San has no good impression of this niece, so she will give such a little thing, otherwise, if she has a good impression, she will give more than that.
Sure enough, not only Mu Hibiscus thought so, but Li Lan also thought of this, so although Mrs. Li San added a lot more makeup than Mrs. Li, Li Lan was still unhappy when she saw it, and pouted: "Give Li Xin a face, but give me just a pair of bracelets, is this looking down on me! I am married to a prince, although I am only a waiter, but I also have six grades, she will give me this little thing?"
She didn't know that Mrs. Li San also gave Mu Hibiscus a face, and if she knew, she would probably blow it up.
Second Mrs. Li listened to her daughter's words, but this time she didn't agree, because she knew that her daughter was a girl who came out of the second room, and in the eyes of Mrs. Li San, she was naturally one level lower than the girl who came out of the big house.
Then Li Lan was also very dissatisfied with Mrs. Li only giving her a pair of hairpins, and said: "When Li Xin got married, my mother added makeup to a pair of hairpins, and our family is not as rich as a big house, but as a result, now that I am married, she is much richer than our family, and she only gave a pair of hairpins, but she returned it, how can anyone give gifts like this, so it should be more valuable, right?"
In fact, gifts, how can there be a reason to give more because one party has money, Li Lan's idea is not right, in addition, although it is a bit inappropriate to give as many gifts as the gifts, but it is not too much, after all, I didn't take advantage of others to give less, but this time, Mrs. Li did not object, on the contrary, she also agreed with Li Lan's idea, because Mrs. Li thought the same as Li Lan, and felt that the big house was much richer than her own family, and it was too much to do this, so she naturally echoed her daughter's statement at the moment.
Although Li Lan chirped and complained, because she was in a hurry to leave the Earl's Palace, she didn't find the three-room big house to make a fuss, but packed up her things, sat in a small sedan chair, and went to Pingwang's Mansion.