Qu Miaoyan smiled dryly.

Visiting the door, banquet or something, I'm really not very interested, it's better to study the guinea pig at home, cough, no, it's the prince.

Princess Jing became more and more interested, and she remembered as soon as she patted her head: "By the way, it just so happens that the wife of Shen Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials is going to have a lotus banquet in a few days, and the mother concubine will take you to make a bright appearance!" Quickly let someone get your clothes for going out, and I'll pick out a good one for you!" ”

Qu Miaoyan couldn't shirk it, so she could only let the maid go, and after a moment, the maid brought a small burden, and when she opened it to see, there were several half-new and not old skirts inside, not to mention that the style was outdated, and the material was also defective.

Princess Jing's brows furrowed, and she scolded the maid and said, "What's the matter, I asked you to pick up the clothes of your princess when she went out, what are you doing with these tattered things?" ”

The maid was so frightened that she fell to her knees with a pop, but Qu Miaoyan remembered it, sighed and said:

"Mother, it's not her fault, these are indeed the only few clothes that I can wear out when I was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the others are worse than this."

Princess Jing's brows furrowed even tighter, and she first instructed the housekeeper to hurry up to the embroidery room to explain to Qu Miaoyan to make clothes for each season, and then turned back and asked:

"What is He Fangshi doing? You're already married, didn't she prepare one or two for you in the dowry? Isn't the Prime Minister's Mansion shameless? ”

Qu Miaoyan laughed: "The mother concubine understands when she thinks about it, she is afraid that she's thinking that I, an orphan girl in foster care, have robbed her daughter of her marriage, and she hates me to death, how can she prepare any dowry for me?" It's to pack up my old things in the Prime Minister's Mansion and send them over to make up the numbers! ”

Princess Jing was already extremely dissatisfied with the Prime Minister's Mansion's repentance and substitution, and at this moment, seeing Mrs. He deducting her daughter-in-law's dowry like this, she couldn't help but be furious and slapped the table:

"He Fang's old pious woman is simply too deceitful! Daughter-in-law, don't worry, when you return to the door in three days, I will accompany you, and you must let her hurt her muscles and bones when the time comes! ”

Qu Miaoyan: "......"

Mother, hey, the three dynasties are all with their husbands, and they have never seen their mothers-in-law!

But seeing the burning battle intent in Princess Jing's eyes, she silently swallowed all her words back.

Well, as long as you're happy, how's that.

Princess Jing was a good talker, and when the three dynasties returned to the door, she really went back with Qu Miaoyan, but Shen Liangzhou's condition was more serious and he stayed in the palace to recuperate.

The Prime Minister's Mansion got the news early in the morning, and Mrs. He was shocked: "What? You said that Princess Jing personally accompanied the cheap girl back to the door? ”

The steward sweated, bent over and replied: "Yes, now that the carriage of the palace has arrived at the corner of the street, it is about to arrive outside the prime minister's mansion, so Madame should hurry up and prepare to greet it!" ”

Mrs. He couldn't help but have a distorted face, on the one hand, she was delighted that Qu Miaoyan was liked by Princess Jing, the Prime Minister's Mansion had finally climbed this in-law, but on the other hand, she gritted her teeth and hated deeply, this dignity and dignity should have been her daughter's!

He Bixuan was also angry and crying and making trouble, but she could only go out of the house with her mother, and respectfully welcomed Princess Jing and Qu Miaoyan in.

The group entered the flower hall and sat down, and Mrs. He ordered in a loud voice: "Hurry up and inform the kitchen, Princess Jing is from Suzhou, and prepare a few more dishes from the south for today's noon banquet!" ”

didn't even mention Qu Miaoyan at all, intentionally or unintentionally ignoring her whole person.

Qu Miaoyan was not annoyed, she just smiled slightly, but Princess Jing's expression sank, put down the tea cup in her hand, and said in a manly voice:

"Mrs. He doesn't have to worry, Miaoyan and I will go shopping together later, so I won't stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion for more. Time is limited, I'll get straight to the point, the rules of our palace, after the princess enters the door, she must count the dowry and understand, and then open a single warehouse for her to take care of, but yesterday I learned that Miaoyan's dowry is not in the palace, I think the time is urgent, and the Prime Minister's Mansion has not been delivered, which is also understandable, but Mrs. He might as well take out the prepared dowry list first? ”

These words were unhurried, but Mrs. He heard a chuckle in her ears.

The daughter's good marriage is gone, although they are self-inflicted, but Mrs. He's mother and daughter don't think so at all, they will only blame everything on Qu Miaoyan's head, they just want to peel her skin, cramps, bones, and ashes, how can they prepare a dowry for her?

If it weren't for the Jingwang Mansion who came to greet her, I'm afraid she wouldn't even have the red wedding dress on her body!

Mrs. He's face was ugly and she didn't speak, but He Bixuan squinted at Qu Miaoyan and said with mockery:

"Yo, cousin, I don't know, it turns out that our Prime Minister's Mansion raised you since you were a child, providing you with food and clothing, and you have already done your benevolence and righteousness without caring about your cashier, do you still want to subsidize a dowry for you? How embarrassed are you to open this mouth! ”

Mrs. He's eyes flashed slightly when she heard this, and she hurriedly lowered her head to take a handkerchief and pressed the corner of her eyes, and her tone was lonely and sad: "Alas, Shengmi Endou Mi Qiu, who made me my own aunt, it's not surprising that Miaoyan would think so." ”

Although generally speaking, a high-ranking family like the Prime Minister's Mansion adopts a girl, and will give a dowry to accompany them, after all, they don't lack this thing, so they should just get a good fate, but if they are seriously investigated, people actually don't have this obligation, like Qu Miaoyan, after getting married, they still think that their adoptive parents didn't give a dowry, so they come to the door to ask for it, and they really want to be ridiculed and spurned for a lifetime.

But the premise is that what He Bixuan said is true.

Seeing that Princess Jing was about to get angry, Qu Miaoyan hurriedly reached out and held her hand, signaling her to be calm and not to be impatient, and she smiled slightly at Mrs. He:

"Since my cousin wants to settle the account, then we might as well spread it out and settle the account clearly. When my father was there, although the Qu family was not a wealthy family, it was also quite wealthy, and people who had an impression of my family knew this. ”

Princess Jing nodded: "That's right, Qu Yuan is just a medical skill, the high-ranking family is willing to invite him to see a doctor, every time he goes to the clinic, the money is expensive, the Qu family has no drag, the population is simple, and the family property is indeed rich for many years, and Mrs. Qu's clothing and consumption back then were top-notch in the circle of noblewomen in the entire capital." ”

Mrs. He's face changed instantly.

Qu Miaoyan's expression showed sorrow and reminiscence, and she slowly continued:

"Although I was young, I can already remember, I remember that my father happened suddenly, and we were dead when we got the news, so I don't think I had time to put things into practice. As for my mother, when she heard that my father had gone there, she fell ill and went with her a few days later, so it didn't cost much to delay the medicine. Then, I took my whole net worth to the Prime Minister's Mansion to join my aunt, and my food, clothing, housing and transportation were not as good as the maids around my cousin, and I never got my hands on ten taels of silver a month. Well, even if I take it, plus the use, fifteen taels of silver a month is enough, one hundred and eighty taels a year, and the Prime Minister's Mansion has supported me for twelve years, a total of two thousand one hundred and sixty taels, even if it is a little more, three thousand taels. ”