Chapter 41
With the refreshing autumn breeze blowing, it is already August.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the traffic in front of the Lin family was extremely lively, and the relatives and friends of the Lin family came to add makeup, and their colleagues and subordinates, and the families of the princes of various countries came to congratulate them. Now there is no one in the entire capital who is not curious about this pure prince and princess, and take this opportunity to see the dowry prepared by the Lin family for this righteous daughter, no matter which point is a good thing to talk about.
As soon as you enter the gate, you will see a bright red, and the dowry burden is parked next to each other throughout the courtyard, exquisite and new silk and satin, all kinds of head and face jewelry, jewelry, jade, calligraphy and painting, and antique ornaments...... A total of 160 dowries, the colorful light flashes, dizzying. The people who came were all the ladies of various families, and they could roughly calculate the value of the dowry after only looking at it once, ouch, the Lin family is really generous and rich, and these things on the surface alone are no less than fifty or sixty thousand silver, how much silver should be in the box?
Sharp-eyed people have discovered that the Lin family put all the dowries under the royal family in the dowry, which is also a common practice, and the princesses of the county were also the same when they got married, after all, they were married into the royal family, and even the parents who were greedy for money did not dare to save the royal face. Everyone knows that the bride price under Prince Chun this time is 6,800 taels of gold, and the Lin family has to pay a sum of money by themselves, so an estimate, I am afraid that this newly baked Prince Chun Princess will have 100,000 taels of silver alone!
For a while, the ladies looked at each other, surprised and envious of pantothenic acid.
This Lin Qingyun is really a good fate, I am afraid that I will overwhelm the girls in the entire capital!
Only the Jia family has relatives in Beijing, and now Jia's mother brought Mrs. Xing Wang over to add makeup. Mother Jia saw such a rich dowry, while sighing, on the other hand, she felt sorry for Daiyu, and felt that her son-in-law was too real, after all, she was a righteous daughter, even if she married into the royal family, as long as the dowry was rich and not face-saving, why should she be so out of line, so as to overwhelm the princesses of the county in front of her, waiting for Lin Qingyun to meet with the concubines after passing the door, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get along. Of course, Jia's mother is still very sorry, if the Jia family can marry the Lin family......
Although Mrs. Wang wore a rare joyful dress, she still held a bodhisattva's face motionless, only following Jia's mother's actions, her seemingly unwavering eyes were dull, and the knuckles of her hands holding a handkerchief were white. Mrs. Wang touched the scene, remembering the ten-mile red makeup when Jia Min got married, and the eccentric Jia mother had to clean the entire treasury of the Guogong Mansion, and stuffed everything good into Jia Min's dowry. Snort, now that I think about it, what about the daughter of the Guogong Mansion? What about ten miles of red makeup? After struggling all his life, he didn't even give birth to a son, and he died early, leaving only the hairy girl who fell down when the wind blew, and I don't know who will be cheaper in the future.
Mrs. Xing looked left and right with a pair of eyes, and no matter how restrained she was, she couldn't hide the greed in her eyes.
Jia Mu glared fiercely.
Mrs. Xing hurriedly lowered her head to restrain her tracks, and then looked back at the things that the maid was holding in her hand, feeling reluctant. There are two sets of emerald inlaid heads, and there are four pieces of silk, which are makeup, Jia Yu repeatedly told her to add everything, and if she dares to do a little bit, she will be repaired fiercely. Mrs. Xing was afraid of Jia Yu, and when she saw his fierce words, of course she didn't dare not listen.
The old lady of the Zhuang family and the two wives came, and the eldest lady helped to handle the dowry, and she knew in her heart that the amount of silver in the box was amazing, and it was only a lot of dowry money given by the royal family. The silver in the box has always been not shown to the public, and the eldest lady helped to organize it, and she would not inquire about the money given by the Lin family in the box without interest, so it is not clear that Lin Qing's actual silver in the box has reached 168,000 taels!
Lin Qingyun only saw the final dowry list yesterday, and the things on it were only shocked when he opened the box to see the silver in the box, and then he reacted to his previous negligence.
Before Lin Ruhai said that she would give 100,000 taels of silver to the pressure box, she only felt that it was too much, and she wanted to cut it by half, but in the end it didn't work. Afterwards, she accepted the money, and did not think about it again, so that she forgot to investigate it in detail, and the 100,000 taels did not include the royal dowry.
At this time, Lin Qingyun was sitting in the room, the four girls of the Zhuang family, the Jia family Sanchun, Baochai Xiangyun, and the two cousins of Xiangyun and Sister Feng's cousin, only packed the room. The sisters recognized each other, so they joked about Lin Qingyun, but Lin Qingyun was not shy and blushed at all, and let everyone look at her generously, as if she was not the one who came out of the cabinet tomorrow.
In fact, Lin Qingyun's mind is still full of silver at this time, and the amount is too amazing.
What did Lin Ruhai think, why did he give such a large sum of silver?
In fact, Lin Ruhai's idea is very simple, he only has one Daiyu under his knees, and in the future, after a hundred years, only Lin Qingyun can support each other with Daiyu. Lin Ruhai on the Jia family's side didn't dare to hold out too much hope, it was not that the girls of the Jia family were kind, but that the men of the Jia family couldn't stand up, although Jia Lian had a way out, but since the emperor planned to move the Zhen family, how could the Jia family hide? In the future, I am afraid that I will be too busy to take care of myself. Lin Ruhai thought that there was money and everything in the house, Lin Qingyun had been watching it for two years, and he couldn't make mistakes in his character, the most rare thing was to treat Daiyu's heart, the money was all outside the body, and it was not that he couldn't take it out, and now he gave it to Lin Qingyun, and he didn't know that it would not be returned to Daiyu in the future.
Xue Baochai looked at Lin Qingyun's plain and normal appearance, while secretly praising his calm bearing in his heart, and on the other hand, he was sour and envious, with a little jealousy. It is calculated that she is one year older than Lin Qingyun, and her family background is several times stronger than her, but because Lin Qingyun became a righteous daughter in the Lin family, she can fly on the branches and become a phoenix.
Touching the golden lock on his chest, Baochai's expression was slightly gloomy.
Mother always said that the emaciated camel in Rongguofu was bigger than a horse, and that Baoyu cherished her daughter and kissed her, which was an excellent choice. Originally, she also accepted her fate, even if Baoyu didn't like to study or like her career, she always thought that it would be good to wait for her to be older, but in fact it was just a lie to deceive herself, she knew Baoyu's temperament too well, and she was inferior to him in terms of spirituality......
Baochai is like this, and he has no idea about exploring spring, even if he is like wood, he is slightly distracted by spring. In the end, Yingchun is the oldest, where can the girl's family have nothing to worry about when she is old, her father ignores it, her mother is not biological, the old lady is old, and her uncle and aunt are in the second room. Yingchun didn't dare to expect to marry a wealthy and powerful family, as long as her father didn't let her be allowed to be indiscriminate, where was it.
Xiangyun also has her own affairs, and she also has a stomach of grievances in the Shi family.
Counting up, the only two who don't have those thoughts are Daiyu and Xichun, these two people sit next to Lin Qingyun on the left and right, you and I vow to make Lin Qingyun shy.
Lin Qingyun took in everyone's expressions, covered her ears and smiled helplessly: "Sister, fourth sister, you can spare me, one on one side, but I'm going to be noisy." ”
At this time, the little girl Taoxiang shouted outside the curtain: "Uncle's family is here to urge makeup!" ”
As soon as they heard the word "uncle", the girls in the room all looked at Lin Qingyun and smiled, and their faces were even more shy than Lin Qingyun. Lin Qingyun was a little uncomfortable except for the thought of going to a strange place, she didn't have any shyness, and she didn't have the expectations and longings of the bride, she herself was very aware of the inside story of this family affair, not so much that she was married to be a princess, but that she was a dose of medicine to give Prince Chun joy.
Besides, she's only thirteen years old.
I heard the front yard lively, the girls all walked to the yard to listen to the movement, and the little girls ran back and forth to pass the word, and there was a lot of noise for a while. Daiyu held Lin Qingyun's arm tightly, her eyes were reluctant, and her eyes were red when she thought of her affection.
Xichun caught a glimpse of it and hurriedly said: "Sister Lin, don't shed tears, today is Sister Qingyun's great joy, and it is unlucky to shed tears." Saying that, Xichun took Lin Qingyun's other hand and said with a smile: "I will calculate a hexagram for Sister Qingyun, and my sister will marry in the palace and will be in harmony with Prince Chun's husband and wife, respect each other, and live a harmonious and beautiful life for a lifetime!" Let's start with it, even if my sister is a princess, she can't forget me, and now I've started to practice coloring, and I want to ask my sister to continue to teach me. ”
"I can't forget you."
Although Xichun has always stabbed people like knives when he talks, there are also very heartwarming moments.
Many times she is silent and indifferent, but she is lazy to speak, not that she does not understand, on the contrary, she often sees more clearly than others. It's like Lin Qingyun's family business, outsiders say anything, and Sanchun Baochai has also discussed a few words in private, just because he feels that marrying into the royal family is indeed a blessing, but it's a pity that the prince has such a body. Xichun said that they were too dissatisfied, if Prince Chun was healthy as usual, as the only concubine of the emperor, he had already had a group of wives and concubines, and he was like a black-eyed chicken fighting with other princes all day long, where is there still the current quiet and elegant nature, not to mention the marriage with Lin Qingyun. Although Prince Chun's body is weak now, he is not necessarily short-lived, even if his lifespan is really not long? Who can live a long time without illness or disaster? Many people are fine today, but they die unexpectedly the next day, which shows that life is impermanent.
That night, Daiyu slept with Qingyun.
Since listening to Lin Qingyun's words, Daiyu has been walking and exercising every day, and she has continued to eat and replenish, and her body is healthy, and she gets up early and goes to bed on time at night. Usually she must have fallen asleep early, but tonight she kept talking, wishing that she could finish all the words of her life, as if she would have no chance after tonight.
Lin Qingyun is reluctant to leave the Lin family, but when the girl grows up, she has to leave home, that is, Daiyu, and she will leave the Lin family in a few years. Thinking of this, Lin Qingyun was depressed and a little worried about Lin Ruhai. If she and Daiyu are gone, Lin Ruhai will not be lonely and lonely, and the girl who marries can't go home often, and it will be difficult to meet in the future.
"Girls, go to sleep, tomorrow is a happy day, you have to get up early, what if your eyes are tired." The egret reminded outside.
Daiyu snorted, slowly closed her eyes according to Qingyun, and muttered: "Why does the girl's family have to get married, how good it would be if she could stay at home......
Lin Qingyun was also tired today, and she fell asleep not long after closing her eyes.
Early the next morning, Lin Qingyun and Daiyu got up early, and the maids in the room were all dressed in new clothes, all of them were beaming. There are four dowry maids who are married, Lin Qingyun has asked a few people around her, except for the thrush who is single and sold the death deed, the parents of Egret, Acacia, and Bailing are all old people of the Lin family, and they are all willing to follow to Prince Chun's mansion. Lin Qingyun inspected their family, so they counted the lovesick parents and Bailing's parents as a dowry, and Lin Ruhai prepared two more rooms, a total of four rooms, and the deed was handed over to her to collect.
"The three girls of the Jia family, Miss Xue, and Miss Shi are here." As the little girl passed, several people came in from outside the door.
In order to get married today, a few members of the Jia family stayed yesterday, and a group of people sat and talked and laughed, and before they knew it, time passed.
"Big girl! Girl! The greeting team is coming! Amazing! Amazing! The peach fragrance ran in panting, her little face was flushed, and she didn't say a word for a long time.
Shi Xiangyun was anxious, glared and asked, "You are going to say it quickly, what's the big deal?" ”
Momoka was relieved and hurriedly said: "It's Prince Chun who personally rode a horse to welcome his relatives!" ”
There was silence in the room, and everyone's faces were shocked.
The princes never went to the woman's door to marry in person, because the prince is the king and the Yue family is the minister, how can the prince deign to the noble and confuse the humble. Moreover, Prince Chun was notoriously sick and frail, and even though he was recognized as the most favored prince, he was rarely seen throughout the year, because he was recuperating in the palace all year round. Although marrying today is a major event in life, it can be welcomed by the Ministry of Rites of the Zongren Mansion, who would have thought that he would come in person?
Lin Ruhai didn't think of it.
When he saw Prince Chun outside the door, Lin Ruhai even thought that he was dazzled, he didn't know about this matter in advance. Could it be that Prince Chun came to greet his relatives without the consent of the emperor? Of course, it is impossible for reason to tell him, but he was too shocked for a while, and Lord Lin, who had been immersed in officialdom for many years, began to think crankily.
"Lord Lin!"
Tu Yan was dressed in a prince's wedding dress, sitting upright on a horse, noble and handsome, gentle and smiling. Behind him were eight handsome children, all of whom were selected from the general sect, dressed in one color, standing outside the gate of the Lin Mansion with brushes, and the foiled Tu Yan became more and more outstanding and extraordinary.
Lin Ruhai couldn't help but praise and regret again.
Tu Yan got off the horse, and immediately someone sent the makeup gift, and there were still a lot of red seals left before, just because the people of the Lin family shrank their necks like quails and silenced when they heard that the prince was coming, where did they dare to ask for red seals. Instead, he glanced at a young man who greeted his relatives, and the young man immediately distributed the red seal to everyone, but there was still no movement in the room.
Lin Qingyun saw that the girls, you look at me, I look at you, even the most daring Xiangyun couldn't let go, and he was cold. Lin Qingyun wanted to ease the atmosphere, but she was a bride and couldn't open her mouth.
Fortunately, Xichun came to his senses, hurriedly took two steps forward, and raised his voice outside the door: "Today's great joy, only the aunt of the Lin family is in the house, and there is no prince!" If my uncle wants to marry my sister and make a poem, it doesn't count if he doesn't do well. ”
Outside the house, I only heard a little girl's voice crisp, articulate, without shyness, which made people feel good.
When even a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy smiled and said: "What the girl inside said is reasonable, the seventh brother will make a poem quickly, let's take the seventh sister-in-law and hurry back to the house, so as not to miss the auspicious time." ”
It was the eighth son of the emperor who spoke, Tu Han, who was just thirteen years old this year and had not yet opened a mansion and was knighted. Tu Han's biological mother, Li Wanfei, is timid and cautious by nature, has an ordinary family background, has always been attached to the queen, and the queen is not difficult for her, Tu Han has the closest relationship with Tu Yan, and today he is Mao Sui recommended himself to be a make-up man.
It is also a common practice to compose poems when urging makeup, and Tu Yan naturally had been prepared, and finally knocked on the door after doing three or four poems in a row. Feng Guanxia and other things were sent in, and Mrs. Quanfu immediately dressed Lin Qingyun.
The sisters watched Lin Qingyun change step by step, fading away from youth and showing a bit of mature charm, and couldn't help but have red eyes and reluctance. Everyone knows that being someone else's daughter-in-law is not like being a girl, and in the future, the sisters will have a day when they get married, if they are all in the capital, they can still see each other, if they are out of the capital, the sky is beautiful and the sea is north, who knows if there will be a goodbye day in this life.
"Don't cry, we'll see you again in three days." Lin Qingyun comforted them in turn, and in the urging of her grandmother, she said goodbye to Daiyu Xichun and the others, went out and got on the sedan chair, and listened to the gongs and drums beating and went to Prince Chun's mansion.