Chapter 746: Dowry and Marriage
Compared with the previous scene when Zhao Guogong's family married his daughter-in-law, the scene of Weinan Bo's makeup, this time Zhao Guogong's mansion married a daughter, and the people in the capital who witnessed it all felt that they could talk about it for a lifetime!
As for those who shake their heads and sigh about extravagance, there are naturally many people who are in the world, but no matter how many words they have, they can't make Zhu Ying's dowry less than half.
It is said that ten miles of red makeup, but the width of the capital from east to west is only thirteen or fourteen miles, and the Zhang Garden that the emperor rewarded Zhang Shou with the Zhao Guogong Mansion is in the same Xicheng, and the distance between them is probably less than two miles. Therefore, there was a scene where the first dowry had been sent to Zhang Yuan, but the last dowry had just been sent out of the Zhao Guogong Mansion.
The reason why it was nearly double the expected sixty-four dowry - the number of sixty-four dowries that had been compressed and compressed before was the result of Mrs. Tai and Jiu Niang personally discussing with Zhu Ying and sending things such as furniture to Zhang Yuan early - it was because the box added the day before was too enthusiastic, and there were so many people who gave it to them, even the Zhu family themselves were dumbfounded.
In the past, the emperor who had criticized some ministers for marrying their daughters and marrying women was extravagant, but when he rewarded him with a box yesterday, he was generous and directly added a small grange and a workshop to Zhu Ying, which were the emperor's own private property. And the Queen Mother, Concubine He, Concubine Yu, and other palace concubines and princesses who had just been promoted to imperial concubines, joined forces to add more than 20 dowries to Zhu Ying.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the East Palace, who has always respected Zhu Ying, gave him a jade lion ornament that he also liked, and even if he was still outside the palace and did not go back, he begged his brother to come forward and sent a treasure chest to his sister Yingying - of course, the thing was bought by him outside, not by the palace supervisor. As for where the money comes from...... Of course, the shy bear child in the pocket is borrowed.
And the ladies who are familiar with the Zhao Guogong Mansion are also very important. Even if the three families of Xiangyang Bo, the Duke of Chu who are known as having a grudge against the Zhu family, have a mediocre attitude towards Zhu Tingfang's wife, and they will send a representative after giving the gift, but Zhu Ying's wedding box is a family of two boxes, and Xiangyang Bo even asked his wife to come over in person, and also said that Zhu Ying would often go to the house to sit after marriage.
was so angry that Zhu Er complained that the differential treatment was too obvious. It must be known that Xiangyang Bo Zhang Qiong saw him on the road, but he ignored it, snorted lightly and left directly as if he hadn't seen him!
Moreover, the three brothers of Chu Guogong were not enthusiastic about his very good eldest brother in the past, but every time they met Zhu Ying, they talked and laughed. He now wondered if the three brothers had long known that Zhu Ying might be a princess, so they were so speculative.
And at this moment, there was no one at the gate of Zhang Yuan who reported the dowry list, and the people who were looking forward to watching the excitement regretted it. They didn't know that the Wu family, who was holding a thick stack of dowry lists, was rejoicing there, but fortunately, the Zhu family was reasonable and did not let people read this list, otherwise I am afraid that a few people would have to be replaced, and they would not be able to read this long thing for most of the day.
Where did she think that Zhu Ying and Zhang Shou had already discussed that they wanted to delete this and that, but the Zhu family didn't listen to this pair at all, and they still stuffed one box after another, and everything that should be sent was delivered!
Some of the boxes were stuffed with bulging bags, and when the locks were opened, they were almost overflowing......
But Zhang Shou didn't care about the huge makeup delivery team of the Zhu family in the Zhao Guogong Mansion today, although Zhu Ying's dowry was a lot - even much more than he expected. But for him, he had long known that Zhu Ying would marry with countless gold and silver treasures, and he had no intention of sharing each other with her, anyway, his money was hers.
What he cares more about is that on such an important day, Ah Liu still doesn't know where to die!
"Young master, the lady told you to go!" Yang Hao, who came in a hurry, saw that Zhang Shou had already circled around the house three times, so he couldn't help but muttered in a low voice, "If the sixth brother hides, no one can find him, you just give up." ”
Zhang Shou stared coldly at this rebellious kid with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and then brushed his sleeves away in annoyance. And when he saw Wu, Wu didn't mention Ah Liu's whereabouts, but just recounted tomorrow's wedding like knocking on a wooden fish, and nagged him until his ears were calloused, so he was taken to the family temple and asked him to talk to his parents again.
Regarding Wu's habit of never forgetting everything, Zhang Shou could only sigh in his heart. However, after all, the couple who had already been reunited under Jiuquan were the ones who gave him a second chance to live again, and he would not be too stingy with respect.
When he came to the family temple, in the face of the spiritual position that the Wu family had invited out a day in advance and carefully wiped, as well as two portraits that were not known to be similar, Zhang Shou made a salute with incense, he thought about it, and prayed silently in his heart, and at the end, he talked about tomorrow's wedding.
"Tomorrow is the day I marry Yingying, saying that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, but Ah Liu doesn't know what to do behind his back, and the person has disappeared, I really can't rest assured. I only hope that the two of them will be under Jiuquan and promise not to produce moths tomorrow. ”
As soon as he said this, he heard a muffled voice above his head: "Does the young master not believe me like this?" ”
Zhang Shou looked up suddenly, but saw Ah Liu squatting on the high beam, and he couldn't help but be angry and funny. Ah Liu was picked up by the Wu family and grew up with him, but he had no feelings for his dead parents, so it is understandable that he is so nonsense in the family temple. But understandably, it doesn't mean that he just let it go so lightly.
"How dare you say that? Who is the person who has been hiding from me these days, I don't believe you, or do you have to hide it? What kind of place is this temple, you dare to come and go so high, quickly, come down for me! ”
However, Ah Liu still squatted motionless on the beam, and looked at Zhang Shou condescendingly for a while, and then the young man said word by word: "Anyway, the young master is waiting to be the most beautiful groom official in the world, and you don't have to worry about other things." ”
Zhang Shou frowned when he heard this, however, he just wanted to ask carefully, but he saw Ah Liu pounce forward, and he really jumped down from the high beam, but then he escaped out of the door like a puff of smoke, and he couldn't even catch it! Laughing, he could only scold the stinky boy angrily, and then re-poured incense and offered it in front of the spiritual seat.
said a few words of comfort to the deceased, and apologized for Ah Liu, Zhang Shou came out of the family temple, and comforted himself in his heart by the way, saying that Ah Liu would not invite a bunch of heroes from three mountains and five mountains to participate in the wedding banquet. Maybe the adoptive mother, Wu, is also complicit...... Otherwise, where would you be so calm?
After figuring this out, Zhang Shou went with him in the spirit of going with the flow. However, he can be the shopkeeper, but those who are busy counting and entering the warehouse below do not touch the ground, and finally lock the boxes of treasures into the warehouse. As for putting it out, it will have to wait until the future, and tomorrow there will be many guests, and no one wants to risk losing something.
On the day of the wedding the next day, Zhang Yuan was sprinkled and swept clean early in the morning, and the street in front of the door was the same. And Zhang Shou was fiddled with like a hanger, and the spare crown clothes had to try on a few sets, and finally everyone had to admit that it was the most suitable set of ordinary five-grade public clothes.
Fortunately, Zhang Shou insisted on refusing to put on makeup, so he didn't let those three aunts and six wives powder on his face - however, of course, the mother sent by the Zhao Guogong Mansion to help her didn't say this to the Wu family and the old lady Ge who was the main marriage.
The person's rhetoric is extremely flattering: "Shou Gongzi looks good in everything, and he doesn't have to apply grease and powder on his face like other groom officials, and he is still radiant." Oh, I don't know how many girls on the road will envy my eldest lady! ”
As long as the Wu family says that Zhang Shou is good, then he will immediately be happy, and he will naturally be in a good mood at this time. As for Mrs. Ge, who came over today to act as the elder of Zhang Shou's father's line, it was also a well-known boasting party in the capital, but whenever it came to Zhang Shou, there was nothing bad about it, and at this time, all the wrinkles were stretched out with laughter.
Zhang Shou's father was not there, and the family was thin, so he, the teacher, acted as his father's responsibility, so when Zhang Shou came to resign in a new dress, he saw Wu's tears in his eyes, as if he was regretting that his wife did not see this scene. He said slowly and slowly according to the etiquette system word by word: "Bow to welcome the couple, and rule the house." ”
"Dare not obey orders?" Zhang Shou agreed, and after saluting again, he immediately turned around and strode out. When he came to the door, he saw that the welcoming team had already gathered, and the one standing at the forefront was the eldest son of King Jiangdu, who had volunteered to be a matchmaker.
The lineup that accompanied him to greet his relatives today was also extremely large, in addition to Zhang Chen, Zhang Wu, Zhang Lu and Ji Jiu and others, the students of Banshan Hall almost poured out, Ji Jiu also picked out some good-looking classmates from Jiuzhang Hall, and then Zhang Chen generously funded everyone's line today, so the team pulled out to help the teacher welcome his relatives together.
I heard that in the Zhang family's mighty welcoming horse team, all of them were young men with flat heads and straight faces, and they were dressed in brocade clothes.
However, Zhang Chen had planned today's meeting early, and at the same time promised everyone that after today, their heroic appearance would definitely be spread out and become the dream lover of many girls in the capital, but as a result, not far from escorting Zhang Shou out of Zhang Yuan, Zhang Chen found that things did not seem to be what he imagined at all.
Not to mention the favor of any stunning beauties who followed Zhang Shou, there were countless exclamations around him, but they were all aimed at Zhang Shou!
"It is said that Mr. Zhang's appearance is a fairy descending to earth, but usually he is elusive, sometimes even if he sees it, he will wear a hat, and today I finally saw a real person! Ah, the rumors are really not false at all, it is really a good appearance like a fairy in the sky! "This is clearly some unmarried woman who has committed a nymphomaniac.
"Don't men all think that peony flowers are dead, and ghosts are also romantic? But I've been in and out of so many famous restaurants and restaurants, and I've never met them once! Why does such a man rarely go out to socialize, why is he so old-fashioned! The one who said this was like a singer wandering in the streets.
"Look at the people behind Master Zhang, it's like a group of peonies, it's really too far behind!"
It was a group of little daughters-in-law who were talking, chattering non-stop at this moment, and even judging one by one one without getting carried away. This one is fat, that one is black, this one has pockmarks on his face, and that one is smiling too obscenely......
If there is a table that can be lifted, Zhang Chen feels that he must have even lifted the table at this time.
Zhang Chen didn't even need to look at it to know that the people behind him must be all black-faced at this time, and there would be people complaining about him in their hearts, so even if he was so angry, he could only pretend to be nothing, and snorted very contemptuously and disdainfully: "These vulgar fans know a fart!" Look at where people can only look at the skin, but look inside! ”
And at this time, a faint sneer came from behind him: "Compared with the inside, do you think you and others are comparable to our teacher?" ”
Zhang Chen looked back and found that he didn't know when a little fat man with different clothes and a different body was mixed in in the welcoming team, and he suddenly became angry: "Lu San Fat, what are you doing!" You fat married man doesn't have the right to get in with us! ”
"I can't stand you as a leader, so I'll remind you, if you have to be kind to be a donkey's liver and lungs, I can't help it!" Lu Sanlang smiled, and then said lightly, "You still have the heart to swagger through the market here, on the side of the fourth prince, the three little guys take root in the people every day, and they work hard." ”
Zhang Chen was even more annoyed and angry. Isn't he unavailable? Zhang Shou's wedding, he has long promised to borrow people to borrow all kinds of utensils to do all the work, if he leaves the mess in front of him to focus on the gambling game with the three boys of the fourth prince, won't he become a dishonest person when he turns back?
Therefore, where was he willing to admit defeat, he simply snorted disdainfully: "What do those three boys know, the road they have traveled is not as much as the bridge I have crossed!" I'll just let them run first, and I'll win in the end!" ”
The little fat man suddenly grinned: "Since you are so confident, Gongzi Zhang, then I will wait for you to turn around!" ”
And Zhang Shouer heard the words behind his back, and he finally coughed helplessly. After hearing this, there was finally no sound, and he said without looking back: "Lu Sanlang, since you are so free, go back and finish all the questions on pages 82 to 92 of the sixth volume of my exercise book...... Zhang Chen, don't act like nothing to do with you, go back and hand over a feasibility report on the hydraulic loom. ”
Zhang Chen never wanted to quarrel and have a good time, the homework was smashed, and when he looked at Lu Sanlang again, his face suddenly became more bitter than eating Coptis chinensis, and he forgot that his homework was as difficult as the sky, and he laughed gloatingly.
So, the others behind the two were all secretly glad that they didn't mix blindly and escaped the catastrophe. And in this way, the people on both sides of the road who watched the bustle said and did something, they left behind, and some people with lively heads were still whispering and discussing what the so-called water-powered loom was...... Maybe they can ask someone to make it, not to mention being ahead of Zhang Shou, but can they show their faces in front of Zhang Shou and recommend it to the emperor?
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