On February 18, the elders of the Lu clan entered Beijing ahead of schedule with a few young juniors, and on February 23, Mrs. Guo took Lu Ke and Lu Lin into Beijing.

After entering Beijing, he specially invited the monks of Fayuan Temple to inquire about the auspicious day, saying: The magpie is the nest, the winter solstice is the frame, the spring is completed, the spring is completed, the spring is the traffic, the origin of all things, and the time of the handover of yin and yang.

Therefore, the Lu family chose to go to the Lin family on the second day of March and marry on the sixth day of March.

In the following days, he has been preparing for the bridal gift, and Lu Jing began to prepare for the bridal gift as early as last year.

In addition to the necessary bride price, wedding cake, seafood eight styles, three livestock, fish, coconut, wine, four Beijing fruits, raw fruits, four-color sugar, tea, sesame, post box, incense cannon, bracelet gold, bucket two rice.

There are also 12 horses of Yun brocade, Shu brocade, Song brocade and Zhuang brocade, 12 sets of gold headdresses, two boxes of pearls, two boxes of jade porcelain, two boxes of jade sculptures, two boxes of glazed ornaments, a mutton fat jade carving that takes the most thought, and two mandarin ducks carved to play in the water.

Lu Jing wanted to prepare more, but due to the regulations of the imperial court, he had to suppress the bride price by 20,000 taels.

Because of the folk bride price comparison, many people are nearly forty or fifty years old still can't make up the bride price, so since the Tang Dynasty, are in the law to make provisions on the bride price, the law of this dynasty strictly ordered: the first and second grade officials bride price can not exceed 50,000 taels, third, the quality of officials can not exceed 40,000 taels, the fourth and fifth grade officials shall not exceed 30,000 taels, the sixth grade officials shall not exceed 20,000 taels, the seventh grade officials shall not exceed 10,000 taels, the common rich families shall not exceed 5,000 taels, the middle family shall not exceed 500 taels, and the poor family shall not exceed 30 taels.

Whoever engages in sky-high bride price will be directly brought to justice, although these laws and regulations have gradually become a dead letter, the folk bride price is still its own thing, and it continues to this day, but Lu Jing, as an official, must abide by it.

On the second day of the first month of March, when the Lu family's dowry was brought to the Lin family, Lin Ruhai invited everyone to watch the ceremony and praised the Lu family's intentions for the Lin family's girls, and these dowries should have reached the limit stipulated by the imperial court.

But then after thinking about it, I knew in my heart that Lin Ruhai had no heirs, and after Lin Ruhai died, most of the Lin family's property would not belong to the Lu family.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, Lin Ruhai invited relatives and friends of the Lin family to add makeup to Daiyu.

The day before the woman's wedding, she first put on makeup, and then the elders added makeup to show her blessings.

The man goes to the woman to move the dowry, and the woman puts the dowry in the hall for people to watch, just to show the makeup.

The utensils are draped with red threads, the clothes are scented with sandalwood, and the gold and silver placed at the bottom of the box are called pressed box money.

When the Lin family put out the dowry, it caused a burst of exclamation, the Lin family has been passed down for four generations, and the dowry of the previous generations of the main mother is a very considerable number, and these can be put into Daiyu's dowry justifiably.

A woman's dowry is her private property, and her husband's family cannot act without her consent, and if a woman remarries, she can still take away her dowry.

If the husband's family embezzles the daughter-in-law's property, he can sue the government, and the husband's family will be punished.

Lin Daiyu's dowry starts with some Zhuangzi and shops, all of which are the industries accumulated by the Lin family over the generations, Lin Ruhai is worried that his daughter will suffer, so he adds these to Daiyu's dowry.

This was followed by gold, silver and jade, fine porcelain, calligraphy and painting, and unique classics.

Then there are dressers, dressing boxes, jewelry boxes, gold and silver jewelry, jewelry, jade jewelry, all kinds of ornaments, all kinds of screens, a carved bed, silk and satin, quilts, clothes of the four seasons, all kinds of spices, and gold and silver pressed at the bottom of the box, and so on.

In addition, there are two companions Lin Qian's family and Lin Gui's family, and the four wedding maids are Zijuan, Hongjiao, Xiangqiao, and Snow Goose.

The imperial court also has regulations on the dowry for marrying daughters: the princess is one hundred and twenty lifts for marrying, the prince is one hundred and eight lifts for marrying daughters, the highest for marrying daughters in the prince's house, the first, second and third grades of official eunuchs, and the maximum for the fourth to seventh grade families is sixty-four lifts, and the marriage of the rich and noble people shall not exceed sixty-four lifts, of which sixty-four lifts are the full number, the middle house is twenty-four lifts, thirty-two lifts, and forty-eight lifts, and the poor marrying daughters are mostly sixteen lifts and twenty lifts.

Due to the etiquette system, Lin Daiyu's dowry is only eighty lifts, but each box is full, and most of them are gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, literary toys, calligraphy and paintings, unique classics and other valuables, those flashy but few are rare.

Everyone who watched the ceremony was still praising the Lu family's intentions for the Lin family's girl, but at this moment, seeing Daiyu's dowry, they each calculated it in their hearts, not to mention that there must be 200,000 taels, and they all envied the Lu family.

Shi Taijun, as Daiyu's maternal grandmother, is naturally among the invited, since the Yuan Concubine was married, she expressed her intention to win over the Lin family, she had to let go of the mustard in her heart, and took Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng, Sanchun and others to the Lin family to add makeup to Daiyu.

After seeing the Lin family's makeup, Shi Taijun became more and more dissatisfied with Mrs. Wang, if it weren't for Mrs. Wang's obstruction, the Lin family's property would definitely be in the Jia family's pocket, but now it is all cheaper for outsiders, she took out a set of head jewelry and added it to Daiyu's dowry.

Mrs. Wang was very enthusiastic about Daiyu's dowry, glanced at Baochai beside her, thinking that the Xue family's dowry should not be inferior to the Lin family at that time, so she gritted her teeth and added a pair of jade bracelets.

Mrs. Xing originally only wanted to add one or two pieces of jewelry, but Wang Xifeng currently asked Lin Ruhai for her, so she prepared a set of jewelry for her mother-in-law in advance, and she also added a set of jewelry herself.

Yingchun, Tanchun, and cherishing spring are all a few kinds of needlework and thread, chatting about their hearts.

Among them, Yingchun's heart was a little gloomy, Daiyu was one year younger than her, and she was about to get married, but no one in the house seemed to think about it, she was also at the age of getting married, and no one talked about her marriage.

At this moment, she was very envious of Daiyu, although Aunt Min died early, Uncle Lin not only invited the nurturing grandmother from the palace to teach, but also set a fast son-in-law for her early.

Tanchun has been complicated since she saw the Lu family's dowry, she has been desperately pleasing Mrs. Wang all these years, except for the good thing she has thought about, that is, she can have a satisfactory marriage when the time comes, but now no one is even in charge of Yingchun's marriage, let alone her.

Xichun is still young, and she didn't think about any major marriage events, but she sincerely congratulated Daiyu.

Shi Xiangyun was brought over by Shi Taijun to add makeup to Daiyu, and the thing was also prepared by Shi Taijun, which was a pair of gilded hairpins.

Shi Xiangyun is very envious of Daiyu, because she lives in the Jia family, the Shi family originally wanted to give her a kiss, but now she has also been pushed by Shi Taijun, and now the Shi family is not very close to her, if it weren't for the old lady, she really didn't know where to go, so she could only desperately grasp Baoyu, a life-saving straw.

Xue Baochai came with Mrs. Wang and added a pair of emerald jade hairpins to Daiyu.

Xue Baochai looked at Daiyu who was surrounded by everyone in the middle, and the smile on her delicate jade face was like a flower, bright and moving, and her heart was even more complicated.

Her marriage to Baoyu is undecided, although her aunt supports her, but the old lady does not let go, but faces Shi Xiangyun everywhere, and now she often feels confused about the future.

The Jia family is the family of the country, Baoyu also has a sister who is a concubine in the palace, and she is loved by everyone, if she can marry Baoyu, it is not bad, but she understands Baoyu and is a person who cannot start a career, and she is very envious that Daiyu can marry a champion.

After everyone in the Jia family added makeup, the rest of Xu Jingnian's wife, Qi Zhe's wife, and Zhang Yuan's wife, who were invited by Lin Ruhai, all added one or two dowries to Daiyu, and Daiyu's best friends Xu Lan, Feng Xuan and others also added a few needles and threads to express their blessings.

After relatives and friends added makeup, the Lin family walked around Qimen Street and sent Daiyu's dowry to the new house prepared by the Lu family.