Chapter 218: Dowry
Xiao Yu saw that Hua Yue's letter mentioned catching geese, how could he not understand what he planned to use it for, and couldn't help but feel hot on his face, and he had forgotten the worries and annoyances in his heart about rushing to Luofeng Mountain to find the maze.
It's hard to catch this wild goose yourself.
However, could it be that Hua Yue planned to bring these geese all the way from Lingnan to Changzhou?
It's better to catch it closer here in Changzhou, or you can also catch it in Haining.
Thinking of the relationship with Hua Yue, Xiao Yu suddenly felt a little nervous, and she didn't want to get married so soon. She hasn't been married yet, and it seems that she is in a hurry to get married now.
But now that the decree of marriage has been given, and Hua Yue is much better than the King of Thailand, Xiao Yu feels that he is not greedy enough, although he hopes that the marriage date will be postponed.
However, marrying at such a young age, Xiao Yu still couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.
I thought it was a marriage given by the Holy God, but the three rituals that seem to be no longer used in the six rituals of the six rituals will be omitted.
Because the so-called Nacai means that the man invited a matchmaker to come to the door to propose marriage, in Xiao Yu's view, since there is a saint who gives marriage, he is already the biggest matchmaker, so naturally there is no need to send someone to propose marriage.
And asking the name means that after the woman's parents accept the proposal, the woman's family will bring the daughter's Nian Geng Bazi back to the man's house, so that the male and female families can match the Hou Bu Ji Murder, it is said that after the Holy Marriage, Qin Tianjian has already calculated, and there is no conflict between the two Bazi.
Doesn't that mean you've already asked for a name?
As for Najib, he is also known as Wending. When receiving the Geng post, he will put the Geng post in front of the god or on the ancestral case to ask for good luck, in order to affirm that the two sides are not in conflict with each other. When it was learned that there was no sign of opposition between the parties, the marriage was preliminarily agreed.
The saint personally gave the marriage, and Qin Tianjian had already divined the hexagram, if something big hadn't happened, could the Hua family still say that the two of them were in harmony with each other? Wouldn't it be to slap Emperor Qi and Qin Tianjian in the face! Therefore, Xiao Yu thinks that the marriage with Hua Yue will not be unexpected because of Najib.
In that case, it seems that this Najib can also be dispensed without.
However, Xiao Yu didn't think that these six rites were a form of etiquette at all. Most of them only go through the process, so even if everything has been decided because of the marriage, the ceremony cannot be abolished. There should still be etiquette, and because it is a saint who gives marriage, the Ministry of Rites asks for a grand ceremony, how can any of these six rites be omitted?
On this day, Xiao Yu was letting people pick the ripe watermelons in the garden. Ready to be sent to Xiao Mansion. I asked Mrs. Xiao and the two uncles if they should send some to the capital, and I heard that the people from the Hua family were here.
Xiao Yu couldn't help but get nervous.
Seeing the Hua family for the first time, Xiao Yu thought that she would not know what to say, but who knew that the Hua family invited Princess Heng as a matchmaker to officially accept the gift of choice from the Xiao family and the county lord's mansion, and she did not need to see anyone.
Most of the husbands and daughters-in-law of the county lords of Daqi are rich, although they do not have a fixed title like the princess's concubine, but their status in the palace is also under the county lord.
And Xiao Yu is different.
Hua Yue married the lord of Le'an this time. Although Xiao Yu is the county lord, she married into the Hua family as the daughter of the Xiao family. So Princess Heng brought the wild goose over and went to Xiao's house first. And Xiao Yu didn't come in person, and he didn't know what this gift was, but after the people of the Hua family left, the Xiao Mansion sent a pair of wild geese to the county lord's mansion today.
Xiao Yu thought that this was Hua Yue's capture and marriage, which made people have a good birth first.
A few days later, Xiao Fu sent a letter to the Hua family to express her intention to marry, and then Princess Heng came to the door again with a goose, made a gift of asking for her name, and took Xiao Yu's Geng post away.
The county lord's mansion has another pair of wild geese.
It didn't take long for the Hua family to take the Geng post and put it in the ancestral hall after the auspicious omen, and took the goose as a concubine, prepared a generous gift to inform the Xiao family, expressing their intention to conclude a marriage, and also sent the engagement letter over.
During this time, the Hua family came to Xiao Mansion several times, and there were a pair of extremely spiritual geese, as well as the red gifts of various colors, all of which made people envious, and Xiao Mansion was also full of lights, and the guests came and went, full of joy.
Xiao Yu felt that he would soon be able to open a small-scale Hongyan farm.
However, raising these pairs of geese, thinking of their origins, Xiao Yu was also happy in his heart, and he would look at them almost every day, and decided to release these geese after the faint ceremony.
After passing the Wending, the next step is to pass the big gift, that is, to pay the levy.
Although the flower father is now far away in the capital, and the Haining Hua family is also in the south of the Yangtze River, but for this family business, he also specially purchased a garden in Changzhou, and also invited Princess Heng to live here.
Even so, it has been a few months since the three salutes of Nacai, Najib and Najib.
When Changzhou ushered in the cold wind, Princess Heng returned to Beijing.
As early as after Nacai, when Xiao Fu sent a letter to Hua Mantang in the capital to express his intention to get married, he sent the watermelon grown by Xiao Yu to the palace by the way.
In addition, the Hua family and the Hengwang Mansion also sent a few each.
Haining Flower Mansion, which is close to the south of the Yangtze River, naturally did not fall.
The watermelons grown by Xiao Yu this time are big and sweet, although they are not as good as those produced in the Western Regions with geographical advantages, but because of their good care, the difference is not far, and it is much better than the ones grown in the palace in the past.
Originally, Emperor Qi thought that this melon was a specialty of the Western Regions and was not suitable for planting in Daqi, so the melons produced were far less sweet than the tribute from the west.
Naturally appreciative at the moment, the Queen Mother learned about Xiao Yu's matter, and said with a smile that the wedding of the lord of Le'an was imminent, and the saint should reward more dowry.
When Emperor Qi heard this, he also took this matter to heart.
Qin Tianjian has been optimistic about a few auspicious days and sent these days to the Hua family, but the Hua family has not replied.
And the gift of the invitation is still after the levy.
Now the Hua family should be preparing for the dowry to marry the lord of Le'an.
The location of the ceremony has been preliminarily decided, and it will be held in the newly purchased garden of the Hua family in Changzhou, after all, the capital is far away from Changzhou, and it turns out that Xiao Yu thought that he was going to the capital, but because of the matter of his mother Su Ying, he couldn't help but have some shadows over there.
Even in Haining Huafu, it is better than the capital.
Now that I heard that for some reason, the Hua family had plans to complete the ceremony in Changzhou, Xiao Yu and the Xiao Mansion were very happy.
Old Mrs. Xiao and several uncles also had a much better impression of the Hua family and Hua Yue.
On the day when the first snow fell, the county lord's mansion just ushered in the team of the Hua family's big gifts.
Part of the dowry was transported from the capital to Haining Huafu, and then sent to the garden of the Changzhou Hua family, and then carried from this garden to the county lord's mansion.
Although the north wind was cold and cold, the ten miles of red silk on the long street made the people in the city boil, and they crowded on the side of the street to watch the dowry sent to the county lord's mansion.
The boxes with vermilion lacquer and rosewood were tied with bright red satin, and some of the lids were still open, and the inside was filled with all kinds of treasures and silk satin, which was a dazzle to everyone's eyes.
Today, many people from the Xiao Mansion came to help.
Xiao Kai also rushed back from the capital on purpose, at this time he took the gift book from the Hua family, and only then did he glance at it, although he had seen many good things, his vision was quite broad, and the dowry prepared for Xiao Yu was also very rich, but he still couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
In addition to the holy royal gift, the princess and prince can use the Xuanqi bundle silk, a pair of wild goose pattern jade, and an agarwood inlaid jade Ruyi pair, pearl agate jade white jade and other things, these dowry gifts have a total of ninety-six lifts.
Not to mention Hua Yue's official position, even according to the regulations of higher county lords, it should only be half of the one hundred and twenty-eight lifts of the emperor's big wedding regulations, that is, sixty-four lifts.
Now this dowry is according to the rules of the princess and prince.
Xiao Chuan had heard that Emperor Qi attached great importance to Hua Yue and praised Xiao Yu, but he didn't expect to give such a high standard to the two of them.
And these vermilion lacquer inlaid luodian huanghuali boxes except for the wooden box containing the imperial gift of Xuanqi, jade, ruyi and other things only one filled, the rest are stuffed to the full, many boxes need to be carried by four people, and the people who watch are extremely sensational.
Xiao Yucheng also stood next to Xiao Chuan, and when he saw this, his heart was slightly astringent, and he felt inferior.
Now the days are getting more and more prosperous, but the sisters and brothers have also grown up, and they can no longer be as close as they were when they were young, and they went up the mountain with Xiao Yu to collect medicine and go into the water to catch fish. It turned out that he vowed to work hard and give the two sisters a worry-free life, but now before he became famous, Xiao Yu had already had a better one, and it didn't seem that he needed his efforts.
However, Xiao Yucheng's little emotion disappeared, and he was happy for Xiao Yu instead.
It can be seen from this book of rites that Hua Yue is still very concerned about this family matter. His wish is that as long as his two sisters find a lover and live a peaceful and happy life, this is enough. Now that Xiao Yu can be treated like this by Hua Yue, isn't that what he wants?
When Xiao Yu saw the gift list, he couldn't help but be stunned.
These dowry gifts are mostly silk and satin, precious furnishings, various jewelry, medicinal materials and spices, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, books, four treasures of the study, etc., in addition, there are indispensable deer skins, acacias, Jiahe, Ejiao, Jiuzipu, longevity, dry lacquer and other things, the number is double, and there are many names and auspicious meanings, and Xiao Yu's eyes are dazzled.
So Xiao Yu simply glanced at the past and put the list aside.
With so many dowries, even if the Xiao family only took out half of it and sent it back to the Hua family with the dowry, the scene was very huge, and as far as Xiao Yu knew, there were still a lot of dowries in the house.
Not long after, Yuzhu got the news from the little maid outside, and came in happily: "County Lord, do you know how much the Hua family's dowry is?" ”
Xia Zhi, who was also overjoyed, rarely took a sip of Yuzhu this time: "The gift books are all in the girl's hands, will the girl not know?" ”
This Xiao Yu really didn't pay attention.
When he was about to open it to see, Yuzhu had already said diligently: "The old lady was worried that the dowry was too much, and the sixty-four lifts of the county lord were afraid that they would not be able to fit it, but now if the dowry is raised according to the ninety-six lifts, the dowry will be less in the past, and the rest will be converted into silver and exchanged for silver tickets, which will not be so eye-catching." ”
Xiao Yu was stunned.
After a while, when he came back to his senses, Xiao Yu couldn't help but ask: "It turned out to be ninety-six, the princess's regulation?" (To be continued......)