Chapter 8: A Valuable Dowry
In the early morning of the next day, Master Shen, who had just left the court, got a message from the house.
Mowangfu, someone is here.
He got into the sedan chair and urged the family to hurry back.
As soon as I arrived at the door of the mansion, I saw a group of people carrying several large black lacquered wooden boxes, on which were tied with large red flowers made of red silk, which was low-key and joyful.
"Be careful!" Someone shouted.
In the moment when Master Shen was slightly stunned, the guard Yue Su had already stepped forward and respectfully bowed his hand to him: "Prime Minister, my subordinates came to hire him on the order of the prince, if there is any disturbance......
"Out of the way, please."
Master Shen said, his eyes wandered around, and he didn't see Mo Huaijin's figure.
Could it be that he has already gone in?
Entering the front hall, the eldest lady Chu Anru was sipping her daughter's tea.
Yue Su took two steps forward and presented her with the gift list of the dowry.
"Please take a look at the eldest lady."
The eldest lady took it indifferently, and a touch of sarcasm flashed in her eyes when she lowered her eyes.
Lord Mo has been an official for so many years, he has no official income, and there are so many people in the house to serve, and it is all expenses inside and out, what good things can he come up with?
Sure enoughβ
Looking at the number of boxes, they are actually some worthless things.
It's almost the same as rewarding the next person!
The eldest lady slightly sideways the side gift list, and when Master Shen looked at it, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he snorted coldly in displeasure: "Why don't you see Lord Mo?" β
Yue Su said without changing his face: "My lord's body and bones have always been weak, and he seems to have been infected with the wind and cold when he got up this morning...... In addition, the legs and feet are inconvenient, so it is not suitable for travel. β
Not ready to travel?
Master Shen's complexion was even worse.
Anyway, he also hired the future princess, but he asked a group of subordinates to come over, and these things were also given, so he didn't take their Shen family seriously!
Could it be that he knew the past of the third prince and Shen Xixi, and deliberately gave her a dismount?
The eldest lady closed the salute in her hand, turned her head, and looked at Shen Xueyi meaningfully, "Why don't you go and call your sister quickly?" It's been this hour, won't you still lie in bed and not get up? β
"The tea ceremony rules that were taught yesterday have been forgotten today? It seems that my good intentions to cultivate her have been in vain. β
Shen Xueyi was convinced, and was about to respond, but heard a cold voice coming over.
"Aunt Lao is kind, and she remembers it one by one. In the future, if there is an opportunity, it will be reciprocated. β
Yue Su looked towards the door, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Shen Xixi was wearing an extremely plain white brocade skirt today, and his little face without powder looked exceptionally clean, his skin was like congealed fat, and he was out of the ordinary.
No wonder the third prince never forgot his love for him, and made a special trip to the prince to say some nonsense.
This second lady of Prime Minister Shen's family is indeed shocking in appearance.
Compared with Shen Xueyi, the first beauty in the south of the country, it is ...... And three points of beauty.
When the words fell, Shen Xixi's eyes fell on Yue Su, and then looked at the many large boxes on the place, and his heart was clear.
"Dowry?"
Yue Su nodded, "Yes." β
"Then let them all go to my house."
As soon as Shen Xixi's words came out, everyone was stunned.
Shen Xueyi took the lead and said softly: "Sister, you shouldn't understand...... This dowry was given to the Shen family by the royal palace, and it was handed over to the Shen family for safekeeping. β
Shen Xixi looked at her directly and asked sharply, "Who is the person who Lord Mo wants to marry?" β
"Naturally, it's my sister."
Shen Xixi asked again: "Then who is he responsible for this dowry?" β
Shen Xueyi was stunned, "It's still because of my sister's ......"
"Isn't that all there is to it? Since he gave these things to the Shen family in order to marry me, doesn't it mean that they were given to me? Then why can't I take it? Shen Xixi blinked, looking innocent.
The eldest lady raised her hand slightly in disdain, and her tone was extremely casual: "Since you like it, then take it." β
Shen Xixi raised his slender willow eyebrows.
So easy to talk to?
Could it be that these dowries are all traps and hidden weapons or something?
Otherwise, with the eldest lady's unstoppable iron rooster physique, can she be willing to give it up?
Thinking of this, Shen Xixi reached out and snatched a piece of paper from her hand.
The more you look, the higher your eyebrows rise.
10 quilts, 10 bowls of pots, 10 chickens and ducks, 10 catties of glutinous rice and rice, sugar, sesame seeds, etc......
I'll go?
This is too down-to-earth!
How can you say that he is also a prince, so he won't be poor like this, right?
What about money?
Looking at the eldest lady's somewhat smug expression, Shen Xixi understood.
The eldest lady deliberately connived at her to take away the dowry, firstly, to highlight her ignorance of etiquette, and secondly, to satirize these inferior vulgar things sent by the Mowang Mansion, which their Shen family did not look down on at all.
It's really killing two birds with one stone!
Shen Xixi smiled, looked at Yue Su and said, "It's good, go back and tell your lord, I will make these ten catties of glutinous rice into glutinous rice balls and bring them over as a dowry." Oh yes, does he like to eat sesame filling, or peanut filling? β
Everyone was stunned and didn't react for a while.
The eldest lady thought that when Shen Xixi saw these humiliating dowries, she would be angry and say two words that offended the prince.
In this way, when she enters the palace, there will be no good fruit to eat.
There was an instant freeze in the air.
Only Yue Su of the Mowang Mansion smiled secretly, "Sesame." β
As he spoke, he carefully took out a brocade box from his waist and handed it to her.
"Second Miss, this is what my lord specially explained to you."
"What's that?"
The lord and the eldest lady glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
Something else?
They both took a step forward, trying to see what it was.
Shen Xixi covered his right hand and deliberately turned his back to prevent them from seeing it.
The angry second elder pouted helplessly.
Shen Xixi opened the box and found that there was a small mutton fat jade ring tied with a red rope inside, and there was a faint red color of white jade.
Although she didn't understand this, she knew that it must not be a vulgar thing when she looked at the texture and the feel of her tentacles.
The eldest lady tiptoed, glanced at it, and immediately laughed disdainfully.
"Huh! I thought it was a baby, but it was just a cheesy ornament. β
She won't pick up this kind of rotten thing if she throws it on the ground.
It's funny!
However, Master Shen beside him widened his eyes in surprise, and said incredulously: "This ...... This can't be rouge, right? β
Hearing this word, Shen Xixi's body trembled.
Rouge?!
When she was reading a book, she liked this baby!
This is a personal thing of Mo Huaizhen!
You can also hide needles inside, killing people invisibly!
It's just cool!
In the book, his identity was almost discovered, and it was all thanks to this treasure that quietly put down a lot of troubles.
"Father, what is Rouge?" Shen Xue asked puzzled.
Madame's face was a little ugly, and she murmured, "Rouge? β
Old Man Shen breathed a sigh of relief, "The rouge stone is a treasure of the Chiyan Country. β
"It is said that you can radiate heat without the help of coals, so you can wear it close to your body, so you can live longer in winter without being afraid of the cold......
"The last time I learned of it, someone was willing to buy it for ten thousand taels of gold, but he didn't get it......"
"I didn't expect it to be in the hands of Lord Mo!"
The eldest lady and Shen Xueyi gasped together.
Co-authoring this, worth 10,000 gold?
Yue Su smiled with satisfaction and said, "The prince said, this is a special dowry gift for the second lady." β
The word "you" was bitten hard by him.
This sentence suddenly made the eldest lady's face pale!
With those cheap miscellaneous goods sent by this Mo prince, it was not to humiliate Shen Xixi, who had not yet passed the door, but to humiliate the Shen family?
Humiliate me?
Humiliating the Lord?