The New Year, just like that, passed. After all, there are not a few days left before the day I enter the palace.

On this day, the sky is clear, the sun is shining, it is the beginning of the warm and cold, although the wind is still howling, but compared with the winter, it is a little less cold, the mulberry trees planted next to the small pond in the yard, the leaves have always been dense and verdant, like a piece of churning green clouds.

In front of Xiaoxuan's window, Ying'er and Magpie served me to get up and wash, the sun was gentle like water, and a little golden light was just right through the pane, projected on the dressing table, and the white background green material was on the snuff bottle with residual lines every year, and the pattern of the body of the pot was a little clear and transparent for a while.

I reached for the snuffbox and played with it in my hand, and asked softly, "Is this snuffbox always on the dressing table?" ”

The bun on my head had just been coiled up and had not yet been fixed, Ying'er stopped slightly, glanced at it, and said with a smile: "This snuff bottle has a very delicate pattern, and the slave remembers that the slave was already there when she first came." ”

Que'er came over with the water to rinse her mouth, her eyes swept over, and she said with a smile: "It's really a good thing, I don't know what the origin is, it's rare to see such a delicate snuff box in the palace." ”

I frowned, thinking that if I wanted to figure out the origin of this thing, I might have to ask Bai Ge, gently put down the snuffbox, and took the white porcelain cup in Que'er's hand, "Where is Bai Ge?" ”

Que'er glanced out the window, but didn't see Bai Ge's figure, so she thought about it before she said, "Sister Bai is probably going to find Grandma Xuanji." ”

I rinsed my mouth, raised my face and asked, "What are you going to do with Grandma Xuanji?" He handed the white porcelain cup to Que'er and continued: "Aren't the rules and etiquette that should be learned, and the palace dresses that should be made, almost done?" ”

Que'er smiled, "Sister Bai is going to order the list today." ”

I looked in the mirror and brushed the broken hair from the corner of my forehead, "Point list?" ”

Que'er nodded, "In a few days, the two little masters will enter the palace, whether it is the gift brought out of the palace or the dowry brought into the palace by the two little masters from the house, every piece must be calculated clearly." ”

After listening to this, I thought that in fact, this ancient rite is also used in modern times, so I smiled and said, "I understand this," pursed his lips, and said, "Seriously, there is no need to be so troublesome, anyway, the dowry and dowry are to be offset in twos and twos." ”

Que'er hurriedly said: "Little master, it's not two by two!" ”

I frowned, confused, "Isn't it two by two?" ”

Que'er smiled, "It's not two by two," and said, "The escort who came out of the palace was to be carried back together when the two little masters entered the palace, and the dowry of the two little masters was also to enter the palace together when they entered the palace." ”

I digested it for a moment, that is to say, the so-called gift was only temporarily sent to help me support the field, not so much to help me support the field, but to earn face for the royal family. From 2020, I am used to living in the era of equality between men and women, and I suddenly have to face this kind of marriage system that is very different from modern times, and I am naturally not very happy anywhere in my body, but I also know that this is ancient times, and it is still in an evil feudal society, even if I sneer in my heart, I can only accept it silently, and after a while, a thought suddenly flashed in my mind, and I immediately realized the problem of "dowry", and asked again: "What about the dowry brought into the palace?" ”

Que'er said with a smile: "The dowry brought into the palace by the two little lords will be registered with the Internal Affairs Office and then collected into the treasury." ”

I couldn't bear it anymore, bit my lip, raised my eyebrows, and said, "Those dowries are all things that my uncle gave me, why did they go to the treasury?" Is it possible that in the future, I will have to apply for review and approval through the Ministry of Internal Affairs if I want to use my own things? ”

Ying'er took out a jasper hairpin and inserted it in my bun in the makeup, "The little lord has never been married, so he naturally doesn't know these rules, the Qing Dynasty has been like this for hundreds of years, whether it is the folk or the royal family, the dowry brought by a woman's marriage has always been left to her husband's family, even if the royal family is not exempt from vulgarity, otherwise it will be unlucky, so now it is not only the little lord Tatara family, even the queen Yehenara family must do this," she said, she smiled lightly, and said, "But the little lord doesn't have to worry too much, In addition to the dowry that was registered, the rest of the things that the little lord brought into the palace were at the disposal of the little lord himself, otherwise why did Mama Xuanji send someone to call Sister Bai to go over to count them? ”

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, spit out again, and reluctantly muttered, "Forget it, follow the customs." ”

Ying'er's hand trembled, and she looked at me curiously and asked, "Follow the customs?" ”

I slowly opened my eyes, looked at Ying'er in the mirror with an unknown look, and said casually: "I grew up in Guangzhou, and the marriage customs there don't seem to be like this, and I never knew that the wedding customs in the capital were like this." ”

Ying'er was a little surprised, "Really? After thinking about it, he asked, "Isn't that the case in Guangzhou?" The slave maid has always thought that all the territories of the Qing Dynasty are such customs? ”

I was about to speak, when Bai Ge came in from outside, and said with a smile on his face: "The master really feels sorry for our little master, the slave and maid just went to count the little master's dowry, it's too much!" ”

Dai Chunrong followed behind Bai Ge, dragging Bai Ge and asking happily: "What's the multi-method?" ”

Bai Ge took a breath and said with a smile: "The slave maid only went to count and found out that our little master's dowry is more than double that of our little master!" ”

Ying'er packed up her makeup, and I hurriedly got up and asked, "There are so many more?" ”

Bai Ge nodded, "Yes, if it weren't for the slave and maid to count it personally, the slave wouldn't have believed it." ”

I thought of some court dramas I watched in modern times for a while, and I was a little worried in my heart, and I couldn't help frowning and asking: "So does the amount of dowry affect anything?" ”

Que'er smiled: "Naturally, there will be a big impact, after entering the palace, the importance and respect of the slaves and maids everywhere to the little masters are judged by the pomp and circumstance of the dowry, it is said that in the past, some of the little masters fell in the middle of the road, or the dowry was not much, and after entering the palace, they were constantly ridiculed by people, unless they favored the six palaces in the future, otherwise life was sad!" ”

I lowered my eyes and thought for a moment, then got up to go out of the house, "I'll go talk to my uncle." ”

Bai Ge hurriedly stopped: "What is the little master going to say?" ”

I said anxiously: "I'm going to go to my uncle and ask him to add some more dowry to the fourth sister." ”

Bai Ge said: "Little master, it's too late. ”

I glared at Bai Ge, "What's too late?" ”

Bai Ge said: "All the dowries have been counted and registered, and no matter how much they add, it won't help." ”

I lost strength under my feet for a moment, and sighed helplessly, so I had to sit down again, and my arms were propped up on the table and my forehead was silent for a long time.

Ying'er's gaze swept over me, and she came to me with the snuffbox in her hand, "Little master, didn't you say that when Sister Bai comes back, you want to ask about the origin of this snuffbox?" ”

I saw the emerald blue snuffbox in Ying'er's hand before she came to her senses, and hurriedly turned her head to ask Bai Ge softly, "Do you know the origin of this snuffbox?" ”