Chapter 812: The Emperor Refers to Marriage
Kangxi was eight years old, and Xuan Wang Ye was eighteen years old. The reputation of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "prodigy prince" is almost a household name. Not only did he establish a "great achievement" when he confronted foreign envoys during the Double Ninth Festival in the sixteenth year of Shunzhi, but he also participated in the business of the old man Rui in the next ten years. and Tian Liang, the minister of internal guards and the uncle of Dingguo Gong, who was promoted to the rank of Zhengyipin, ran more than 100 businesses in the mansion and made money every day. Emperor Kangxi felt that Brother Xuan had not yet married, and he was delayed in doing business. Because Brother Xuan is too busy, he has to go to various businesses every day to see the management and profits.
There are now three businesses that are justifiably named by Rui Wangye, namely the Queen Mother Restaurant, the Jade Dragon Commercial Bank, and the Splendid Restaurant. This is the prince's industry, and it is different from other stores and franchise stores.
After the emperor eliminated Ao Bai and his henchmen, he completely took charge of the government himself, and he assigned Xuan'er a marriage. The emperor is Xuan'er's hair, and he knows very well that Brother Xuan only has his cousin Tian Rui alone in his heart, and if he points out someone else to be Fujin, he will be angry with himself for the rest of his life. Without saying a word, he made a holy decree: Tian Liang, the minister of the guard, and Tian Rui, the daughter of the Duke of Dingguo, were married on August 6 of the eighth year of Kangxi, and this day was still the auspicious day of the zodiac shown by Qin Tianjian.
"Why is the emperor more anxious than this king?" Xuan'er's relationship with the emperor is closer than that of the emperor's brother Fuquan. It's not Xuan'er who will slap the emperor, it's Kangxi who will slap Xuan'er. This is a God of Wealth, is it not respectful? Only the emperor knows how much Brother Xuan's father and son contributed to himself and the Qing Dynasty. The dozen and dozen silver tickets were given to themselves without even blinking an eye. And when he lost his parents and became an orphan, the emperor's uncle, aunt, little aunt and Xuan's brother, Xue'er's sister and Bing'er comforted themselves and supported them to come over. Kangxi's affection for the emperor's uncle far exceeded that of his father. He still remembered how his father had neglected his mother and neglected him. When he was four years old when he had smallpox, his father said: "Send it out of the palace to avoid pox." When he was still suffering from a high fever, a eunuch and a grandmother sent him out of the palace and lived in a simple house, and two grandmothers were sent to take care of him, and he was not even allowed to come to his biological mother. However, the child born to Concubine E also had smallpox, so there was no need to "avoid pox", and the emperor and Concubine E personally took care of it, hugged and coaxed it. My father also said that only the fourth prince was the "first son of me".
The thought of this chills my heart. But Kangxi never told anyone that his father was bad, and he didn't blame Lao Tzu as a son, but he understood the merits better than anyone else. Of course, my father also had times when he was kind to himself, and that time he took Huang Ma, his mother and himself to the Rui Wangfu to investigate and go to the banquet, didn't he only bring himself a prince?
Emperor Kangxi was the real pro-government of Kangxi in May of the eighth year, and soon after that, he assigned Xuan'er to marry, which is a real holy decree. Why didn't Xuan'er get married before this? There are two reasons for standing in the position of Xuan Wangye: one is that Ama and Xiao Eniang said that it is not good for boys to get married too early, and the other is that Aobai old thieves have all kinds of bad tricks, Ama does not want to meet Aobai when his son gets married, so that his son will feel uncomfortable for the rest of his life, and maybe he will stuff his daughter to Xuan'er as a concubine. Since the emperor has given him a marriage, let's start preparing.
After Xuan'er was crowned king, Xuanwang's Mansion has not been built, and it has been more than ten years, only to build the "Tongming Palace" one after another, and then build the side hall and the square around the main hall at the same time, becoming a courtyard. The prince and Emperor Kangxi said: The treasury is already empty, and let Aobai make a enclosure, either this natural disaster or man-made disaster, where is the silver in the treasury for Xuan'er to build a mansion? Besides, the 100 acres of land in Xuanwangfu have been planted with flowers and trees to provide flower energy for the bees to brew "Baihua Nectar". Let's not build it. Xuan'er has a place to live, and the east and west warm pavilions downstairs of the Yiran Building of Ruiwang's Mansion are empty, and even the roast Shizi is enough to marry here, so you can save it.
Uncle Huang's words have always been real, and there is nothing shocking at all. But what he did was shocking! The same is true for Lord Xuan, don't build a mansion, just do practical things for a piece of land. Which prince refused the emperor's royal mansion when he got married? What's more, the emperor's uncle and father and son are making selfless dedication to the Qing Dynasty!
Emperor Kangxi was so moved that he agreed to the prince's request, and allocated 10,000 taels of silver to Brother Xuan to give the woman a dowry. also discussed with the imperial grandmother that after Brother Xuan got married, he would find a few more talented and good-looking girls with good character to be Fujin.
After receiving the holy decree, the most difficult one was Tian Liang. Of course, it is a good thing for Rui'er to become Xuan'er's concubine, but the dowry of Xuan'er must be one hundred and twenty-eight. It's twice as much as when Yun'er got married! At that time, Mr. Chen was very rare, but fortunately, there were old antiques that were exchanged for money. Now it's one hundred and twenty-eight! The gentleman pulled out all the boxes for his granddaughter. Tian Liang can take out a dozen lifts at most, Rui'er's grandparents can take ten lifts, as well as his uncle Zhou's shopkeeper, his uncle Chen Ruiqian, his cousin Zhou Mingqin, and then his hometown Kaifeng's own family, at best, can make up to sixty lifts, barely half of the total. What about the others? If you can afford to marry and can't afford a dowry, doesn't it make people laugh off their big teeth?
After the prince and Fujin discussed, in addition to the silver and jewelry, clothes, cloth, furniture and other things for the dowry, he gave Rui'er an extra 10,000 taels of silver. The prince and Fujin asked Yun'er what to do, and Yun'er said: "You are too real, the person who looks at the dowry is just to see what the opened box is, this box is jewelry, this is clothing, and this is decoration." Who's going to reach out and flip what's underneath, right? He laughed.
"Okay, I've learned to cheat. So what do you say? The prince said jokingly.
"Isn't that easy? Furniture, clothes or something to be the best, genuine can not be fake, others can be taken from me, what alloy jewelry, titanium jewelry, cloth, embroidery, why can't you pull out dozens of lifts? Yun'er was thinking that Rui'er would be a blessing in the future, so she couldn't pick and swish, and she had to prepare something to reward her subordinates. The girls and grandmothers in our house love the most small things that the three of us brought back from foreign lands. These exotic things are exchanged for daddy's antiques, what is the difference between daddy's things and brother's? So my brother's things also have a share of Rui'er, right? It is also justified to use a part of it as a dowry. ”
Fu Jin stretched out his thumb: "Okay, sister, you can really do it, just do what you say." Let Rui'er pick it herself, and you can use any other tricks. ”
In line with the principle of spending less and doing more, Yun'er suggested that the things bought from foreign lands that set off the atmosphere should be used. For example, inflatable triumphal arches, lions, stilts and balloons. There are also colorful doors made of flowers, and a long red carpet, these things are very cheap, and they look vigorous, and others don't know about them anyway. Before he could finish speaking, he laughed.
The prince said approvingly: "Don't say it yet, it's a good idea." The jewelry bought from an exotic land fascinated a large number of boys and girls, but none of them were too valuable. You'll have to discuss this matter with Rui'er to see if she agrees or not. ”
This kung fu Tian Liang came, and said in a smooth voice: "Even if Sister Yun lent those things to Rui'er, after getting married, wouldn't it be okay to take them back quietly?" ”
The prince said, "What do you do when you take it back?" It's still Yun'er who said, let Rui'er reward her subordinates with these things, anyway, she usually rewards them often. In the future, Rui'er will be the young fortune of the house, so she should always establish some prestige for herself, right? ”
Fu Jin said: "What the prince said is too true, but the concubine feels as if she is faking. ”
"It's not fake, it's fiction, and it's not all bubbles in those things, right? Things like furniture and bedding are all appropriate, and this is also allowed by Sun Tzu's Art of War. ”
Everyone in the room laughed.
The prince said: "Who stipulated that the dowry of Yan Fujin should be 128 for marriage?" It's too tricky, isn't it? If the mother's family doesn't have the ability to buy these dowries, will they have to go bankrupt? When Fujin got married, how much dowry did your mother's family give you?"
"You don't even care about such a big thing? The concubine is ten miles of red makeup, and it is also one hundred and twenty-eight. brought the dowry of the concubine's mother. Fortunately, they were all brought, otherwise there would be no one to take care of these things after the death of their parents, and they wouldn't have stolen them all? ”
Okay, the nest is all served.
The three of them brought back a lot of supplies. Yun'er was free, so he carried some up in the air. If you think Rui'er can like it, move it up. The prince and Yun'er still remembered Tian Liang's kindness of sacrificing his life to save Yun'er, and removed the fifty or sixty lifts that had been taken, and the rest were taken from Yun'er's supplies. Take a little bit this way, take a little bit like that, it's easy to make up enough. Yun'er is Rui'er's aunt and mother-in-law, even if she doesn't repay the grace of saving her life, she has to help her brother, right? Not to mention, these dowries look really good and magnificent. When the prince was in the position of the double king, the father and son were all the prince, the prince, and Baylor, and no one said anything even if it was golden. The prince asked Tian Liang to take out more than a dozen wheels and install a tire carriage for Rui'er to go out. The carriages in other houses are all pulled by one horse and two horses, and Rui'er is driven by three horses, which can seat about a dozen people.
Discuss with Rui'er.,It's with Rui'er's wishes.。 Rui'er likes those strange things in foreign places, so she doesn't care if it's worth it or not, as long as it's good-looking.
"Then you and Xuan'er can choose by themselves, and take whatever you like." The future mother-in-law spoke. So, the future daughter-in-law personally chooses the dowry herself. Rui'er likes those beautiful small objects, all kinds of exotic jewelry, ornaments, fabrics, stationery,
My aunt gave Rui'er's mother a lot of beautiful gadgets, including a small lantern made of gold wire, not to mention the exquisiteness.
"Auntie, Rui'er likes this little lantern."
"My eldest niece, what are you not good at, this is only five cents."
"What is Wumao?" How does Rui'er know, converted, five cents is two and a half cents in the Qing Dynasty, is the dowry bought by a paper?
"Just take up space, it doesn't matter if it's covered with white hair or white." Rui'er took two of each of the small pendants, and walked around the room with the "dowry box" in her hand contentedly.
Rui'er is sixteen years old this year, dignified, beautiful, quiet, elegant, noble, with big autumn eyes, watery, curved eyebrows that do not need to be drawn, and curled eyelashes, like a small fan flickering. The two ruddy lips under the upright and straight Qiong's nose, the teeth are white and neat, the skin is even fairer and delicate, there is always a little shy smile between the eyebrows, the figure is slender and the body is light, and the bookish atmosphere cannot be concealed. In ten years, Ruier has changed from a coquettish little girl to a slim and beautiful girl, and has become the most important person in the heart of the "prodigy prince".
"Rui'er is my daughter-in-law", Xuan Wang Ye has always been so confident. But Yun'er, Wang Ye, and Tian Liang all have a faint worry: in a foreign land, everyone knows that aunts and cousins are prone to genetic diseases in their offspring when they get married. But no one could bear to tear them apart. If Rui'er can't marry Xuan'er, she will collapse at that time. The three of them tacitly knew about this matter, and no one revealed half a word to Xuan'er and Rui'er. can only be left to fate, it seems that not all the children born to aunts and cousins are fools, right?
At the same time, they also know that Xuan'er will not be the same as the prince, only two women. Xuan'er can't be compared with the prince, the prince is the one who rescued the driver twice, has so many military exploits, and has been a monk, he dares to ignore the woman given to him by the queen mother. If Xuan'er dares to do that, it is disrespectful. He has no reason, even if he helps the emperor when he is in danger, he dares to refuse the woman given by the emperor? What's more, the emperor and the empress dowager are for the sake of the prosperity of the heirs of his Amma lineage, so they have to understand, right? So Xuan'er also knows that she won't be the only woman Rui'er, how many there are, unpredictable. I only know that the minimum cannot be less than five, and the quota of Fang Fujin is full.
Xuan'er and Rui'er are all mentally prepared, but they just don't say it. They are from the Qing Dynasty, and their ideology is from the Qing Dynasty. Rui'er's father is such a strict person, and there are four concubines, and the woman given by the emperor and the queen mother does not accept it, which is a protest. Other women give birth to Xuan'er and have no genes, right?
The boys in the royal family, including the princes, were married at the age of thirteen or fourteen. Before getting married, there were girls who had a room, and even concubines and aunts. There is really a situation where the side Fujin is in the first door, and the concubine Fujin must be the daughter of a high-ranking official who is in the right household, or a relative from Mongolia. Prince An, Prince Jian, and Prince Xian's concubines are all girls from Borzigit in the Korqin Grassland, even if they are not close branches, they are also of the same clan. Xuan'er's concubine Fujin is not only not from the Borzigit family, but also a Han woman, which is already very out of line, if it weren't for the prince's father and son to send silver to the treasury of the Qing Dynasty, Xuan'er's concubine Fujin would definitely not be Rui'er.
In fact, Rui'er has long known the disadvantages of inbred marriage from foreign books, but she doesn't say that she knows. Pretend to be stupid, if you can't marry Brother Xuan in this life, what's the point of living? More on that later.
Rui'er was very satisfied with the dowry she picked out. When she took it home to show her mother and grandmother, the fish pointed at her forehead and said, "You, sooner or later, your aunt will have to spoil her." ”
After seeing it, Mama Su said, "I have never seen such an aunt, let you pick such valuable things at will." But remember your aunt's kindness. ”
The family affair was in full swing, and the three mothers-in-law and mother of Yun'er, Yu'er, and Fujin hurried to prepare a wedding dress for Rui'er. The dress is not needed, the prince's wedding dress is the formal dress worn when worshipping heaven and earth, and it is the unified style of the palace embroidery bureau. As long as you measure your figure, you don't have to worry about anything else. In addition to formal wear, there are also auspicious clothes, regular clothes, and even plain clothes worn to participate in other people's funerals, all of which are prepared together, and they have to be winter and summer. Fujin and Yun'er prepared all the household clothes that Rui'er usually wears.
Prince Xuan wants to get married, and everyone in the two mansions is preparing their own gifts for Prince Xuan and Shao Fujin, regardless of the price or size, just look festive.