Chapter 61: Begging for a dowry
However, although Gu Ange didn't want to care about these chickens and dogs in the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, he still found her.
A few days after Gu Ange and Mo Wuxian attended the banquet, the Song family took Gu Yiyi to the door.
"Prince, son, the Song family brought the third lady of the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion to ask to see you."
In the study, Gu Ange sat behind the bookcase and criticized the folds, while Mo Wuxian leaned on her to sit with his eyes closed. Kuntu, who was dressed in a dark robe, stood aside and said respectfully.
Because Mo Wuxian was ordered by Gu Ange to rest in the past few days to prepare for the immediate treatment, the daily affairs of the palace side by side were handed over to Gu Ange. And he himself stayed with him and closed his eyes to recuperate, only when Gu Ange couldn't decide or had a problem.
Gu Ange raised his head when he heard this, raised his eyebrows and said, "Did they say what they came here for?" "Shouldn't they still be busy making trouble during this time, how can they have time to come here to annoy her, besides...
Kuntu replied, "Back to Gongzi, they said that they had something to ask to see the princess. ”
Hearing Kuntu's answer, Gu Ange was even more curious, looking for her, is the relationship between them very good?
"I heard that Miss Gu San's dowry is less than one-third of Gu Yanan's." At this time, Mo Wuxian, who was leaning on Gu Ange, spoke lightly.
As soon as these words came out, Gu Ange understood at that time, and suddenly cried and laughed, "They won't come to let me add a dowry to Gu Yiyi, right?" ”
"It's obvious." Mo Wuxian nodded.
"I look like the kind of wrongdoer who is good at slaughtering?" Gu Ange pointed at himself, his face was surprised, he didn't know where he gave people like them the illusion.
Mo Wuxian smiled, noncommittal.
After lowering his head and thinking about it, Gu Ange said, "Tell them that the princess is still grounded in the Begonia Courtyard and does not see guests." ”
After hearing this, Kuntu looked helpless, then glanced at Mo Wuxian, who was still with his eyes closed, and said, "They said that if the princess can't see the guests, then ask to see the prince." "These two are really shameless.
The words have been said for this part, Gu Ange also understood that it was impossible not to see, and sighed helplessly, "Forget it, you bring people into the Begonia Courtyard, and my son will meet him." ”
"No, bring people to the main hall, and this king will meet with the princess." Mo Wuxian said suddenly.
"Huh?" Gu Ange was a little puzzled, Mo Wuxian didn't need to see them at all, she could still solve the two jumping clowns.
"You are grounded now, although the news to the outside world is that the princess is marrying with the intention of murdering the king side by side, but Gu Rong must be guessing in his heart that this king is actually just looking for an excuse to prevent you from spreading the news with the outside. Now that you see the Song family and Gu Yiyi alone, it will inevitably make Gu Rong suspicious. Mo Wuxian sat up slightly and explained softly.
"That's right, then it's going to trouble the prince." Gu Ange stood up and straightened his robe, "The prince will go over first, and I'll go change my clothes." So Gu Ange is usually the most annoyed that someone is looking for her, because every time she has to go to the Begonia Courtyard to change her clothes, it is troublesome.
Mo Wuxian bowed slightly, and then was helped by Kuntu to go to the main hall first, and then casually summoned a small servant on the way to go to Haitang Courtyard to spread the word.
By the time the Song family and Gu Yiyi entered the palace, Mo Wuxian was already sitting in the main hall drinking tea, dressed in a brocade robe embroidered with dark patterns, and his hair was tied up with a silver hairband at will, looking lazy and handsome, with a unique charm in his every move.
Gu Yiyi's eyes were straight, although she couldn't look down on Mo Wuxian in her heart, but she had to admit that in this capital, no one's appearance could compare to him. Even the dead and alive Three Highnesses she loved couldn't compare.
"See the King Side by Side!" After retracting their gaze, the two saluted in unison.
Mo Wuxian gently took a sip of the tea in the cup, and then said lightly, "Sit down, the princess still has some time to come over." ”
Song and Gu Yiyi picked two front positions and sat down.
Song looked at Mo Wuxian with a flat expression and Kuntu standing beside him, hesitated for a long time, but still opened his mouth, "I don't know, I don't know if the concubine and Yiyi can talk to the princess alone?" ”
Mo Wuxian put the teacup in his hand on the table beside him, "Let's talk alone?" The princess is at fault, and this king agrees that she will go out to see you just thinking that you are her maiden family, are you joking with this king? ”
Listening to Mo Wuxian's words that he couldn't hear any emotion, Song's face turned pale, and it was rumored that the king had been injured over the years, cultivated himself in the mansion, and his temper was better than before, I don't know how many times, but although he behaved extremely gently, as if the Mo Shangren was like a jade, and the son was unparalleled, but when he sank his face, the momentum honed by years of fighting on the battlefield would inadvertently reveal one or two points, although it was only one or two points, and it was not something that backyard women like Song and Gu Yiyi could afford. However, the Song family looked back at Gu Yiyi, who looked anxious, and still gritted his teeth, "The concubine and Yiyi just want to talk to the princess about their daughter's private room, I'm afraid it's not very convenient for the prince to be here." ”
Mo Wuxian smiled as if he was not smiling, and his fingertips tapped the table, "This king said, either you can talk in front of this king, or please leave the palace side by side." ”
Saying this, Kuntu, who was standing beside him, took a step forward, and really had the intention of sending off a guest.
Seeing this, the Song family knew that there was no room for negotiation, so they had to nod hurriedly, "Yes, yes, everything will be done according to what the prince said." ”
Mo Wuxian raised his hand at this time, stopping Kun Tu's movements. Kuntu also obediently returned to the same place and stood still.
There was silence in the hall for a while, and after about a quarter of an hour, Gu Ange took Luan Ge's hand and walked in slowly.
"I've seen the prince." Gu Ange leaned over slightly.
"Come and sit." Mo Wuxian bowed lightly towards the lord beside him.
So Gu Ange slowly walked to the other side of Mo Wuxian and sat down, and after he sat down, Gu Ange said to Song and Gu Yiyi: "I don't know what happened to my aunt and third sister coming to find this concubine?" ”
Gu Ange's sudden outburst on the day of the appointment still left a little impact on the Song family, and now looking at her as weak as when she first arrived in the capital, she was a little uncomfortable for a while, and glanced at Mo Wuxian, who was sitting on the top and didn't interfere in anything but stayed there, Song smiled strongly, "At the last banquet, my aunt didn't have time to say a few words to you, ask about your current situation, this time I just came to see you." ”
"Yes, yes, Yiyi really misses the second sister." Gu Yiyi also stepped forward, intending to take Gu Ange's hand. Obviously, before going out, the Song family specially taught her, and she really looked like a lovely sister.
However, before Gu Yiyi could pull Gu Ange's hand, she was stopped by Kuntu on the side, "The princess is weak, please forgive Miss Gu San." ”
Gu Yiyi's little face stiffened, and she wanted to get angry, but thinking about what her mother had explained to her before going out, she had to forcibly suppress her anger, and smiled a little embarrassedly, "It's Yiyi who didn't think it through, second sister, don't blame Yiyi." With that, he turned around and sat down in his original position.
However, Song's eyes sank when she saw this scene, and she didn't come to the palace side by side this time for Yiyi's dowry, but Gu Rong asked her to come over to find out what Mo Wuxian's attitude was towards Gu Ange. Now it seems that she is really on guard, and she is not allowed to get close to others at all.
"Thank you for your concern." Gu Ange smiled, "Concubine Ben is fine." Having said that, her pale face and simple clothes clearly told the two of them that her life in the palace side by side was not easy.
The Song family didn't really care about Gu Ange, and nodded when she said this, with a kind face, "It's okay to be well, now that you are married, you naturally want to live a good life and be with your husband." Where there is any overnight feud between husband and wife, just let it pass in the past, and the days to come will be so long. She said this to Mo Wuxian on the side.
"Thank you, auntie." Gu Ange glanced at Mo Wuxian beside him and responded with a smile.
However, Mo Wuxian still looked faint, without the slightest fluctuation.
After being polite for a long time, the Song family really couldn't be polite, and watched Gu Ange deliberately make a look of wanting to say something.
Gu Ange, who was watching, was speechless for a while, "If your aunt has anything to say, just say it." ”
As soon as Gu Ange's words came out, Song's tears fell. Gu Ange, who watched it, was amazed in his heart, even if Gu Ange knew how to act again, he wouldn't be able to be like her, and the tears would come down when he said it.
While crying, Song took Gu Yiyi's hand and said that her life was bitter, "Ge'er, look at it, why is Yiyi's life so bitter, woo woo, why do you say Hou Ye is so patient?" Yiyi is also his biological daughter, and she can't compare to a Gu Yanan, woo woo, now Yi Yi wants to enter the Three Princes' Mansion as a concubine, not to mention, the dowry is not even one-third of Gu Yanan's, woo woo~"
Gu Ange just looked at her and acted, and when she saw her crying, she didn't forget to sneak a glance at herself, and comforted: "Yiyi likes the three princes, and the three princes also like Yiyi, even if she is just a lady when she enters the mansion now, with the love of the Third Highness for Yiyi, it is naturally impossible to be a lady for the rest of her life, and my aunt doesn't have to worry so much." ”
Seeing her continue with her words, Song Shi was overjoyed, "Although I said that, but Yiyi's side has so little money, and when I go to the Three Princes' Mansion, I will definitely be looked down upon." There was a slight pause, "Ge'er is Yiyi's sister-in-law... ”
Although she didn't finish speaking, everyone present understood what she meant, even if Gu Ange's dowry was not counted as the share prepared by Feng Zhumo and her master, nor was it her own property, just counting the one given by the palace and prepared by Gu Rong in the capital, it was also considered top-notch in the capital.
"Oh, yes, what my aunt said is right, as an older sister, this concubine should naturally add makeup." Gu Ange stroked his forehead lightly, making a look of sudden realization.
The smile on Song's face deepened, and he glanced at Gu Yiyi, and both saw the joy of success in the other party's eyes.
"Lord Wang?" Gu Ange softly called Mo Wuxian.
"Since it is the princess's own dowry, the princess is in charge of her own affairs." Mo Wuxian didn't know where to take out a piece of jade pendant, and played with it in his hand, and the eyes of the Song family and Gu Yiyi who were in excellent condition lit up.
Although these two live in the Mansion of the Marquis of Zhongyong, they have never seen such a good jade pendant, even they have not seen it a few times.
Gu Ange answered, and then waved his hand to let Luan Ge go to the Begonia Courtyard to pick up something.
Luan Ge took the order and left. The princess's dowry has always been in her own hands, Gu Ange was sent to Haitang Courtyard for confinement, and these things were naturally sent to the treasury of Haitang Courtyard.
After Luan Ge went, Song praised Gu Ange a few more words.
Luan Ge came back quickly, and when he came back, he was still holding a mahogany box six inches long and three inches wide and three inches high, and put it on the table next to Gu Ange.
"These jewelry are even a little bit of heart for Yiyi as a sister." Gu Ange opened the box and revealed a box full of jewelry, although the condition was not excellent, but it was worth one or two thousand taels. If it's just as a sister-in-law to add makeup to her sister-in-law, it can already be regarded as extremely generous.
However, Song and Gu Yiyi looked at the box full of jewelry, but their eyes invariably showed dissatisfaction, why is it so much?
Although the Song family was dissatisfied, she still knew that she needed to coax Gu Ange now, so she pretended to be pitiful, "This... It's better for Yiyi to marry into the Three Princes' Mansion or leave more money, Ge'er doesn't want to see Yiyi suffer in the Three Princes' Mansion, right? ”
Gu Ange stared at her for a long time, and only after a long time did he hook his lips and smile, "What does aunt mean, how much makeup should the concubine give to it?" ”
The Song family didn't hear the meaning of Gu Ange's words at all, and climbed up along the pole, "Gu Yanan is just a relative of the Gu family, how can Yiyi, as the daughter of the Hou Mansion, be less than her, and it will be almost the same if my aunt looks at Ge'er and prepares a hundred thousand taels for Yiyi." ”
Song's words are really shameless, Gu Ange's one hundred and twenty dowry adds up to only more than 200,000 taels, and Song plans to ask for more than half of her dowry, which is really a big appetite.
Gu Ange sneered when he heard this, "Auntie really has a big appetite, this concubine is just Yiyi's sister-in-law, it is very generous to be able to give 20,000 taels, auntie, you directly asked for sixty percent of the concubine's dowry, is my aunt serious?" ”
Hundreds of thousands of taels To be honest, it is almost a drop in the bucket for Gu Ange, as long as she wants, she can pick up a few patients casually, not to mention hundreds of thousands of taels or millions of taels can be easily obtained, but why should she give it to Gu Yiyi?!
As soon as Song's words came out just now, even Luan Ge and Kun Tu, who had been being the air on the side, couldn't help but despise her fiercely in their hearts, where did this come from? !
Song's face froze, obviously not expecting Gu Ange to reject her, and only after reacting, did he smile with a smile, "Ge'er, as a side by side prince, gold and jade, what do you want, what's the use of keeping so much money around?" It's better to give it to Yiyi, right? ”
Gu Ange was almost laughed at by her strange logic, "Who in this world would be afraid of less money?" If it's really like what your aunt said, then what's the use of Yiyi asking for so much dowry? Isn't there something in the Three Princes' Mansion? ”
Seeing that Gu Ange didn't let go of his mouth after saying it for so long, Song was also angry, his face sank, and he began to sneer, and his tone was a little arrogant, "What's wrong with you having money to spend on your sister?" Isn't all your money from the Hou Mansion? Why, now that you are married and become a princess, you can't look down on our poor relatives? The Hou Mansion has raised you for so long, but I don't want to raise you as a white-eyed wolf! ”