trousseau
"I can't guess, you better just say it."
Yu Gui's words just now scared people's chests, from this false alarm, now I only feel dry mouth, unusually messy, while she is distracted, busy pouring a glass of water and quickly drink it. When it was a little better, I could take care of her words: "I came today mainly for two things. Not only did I come to see you, but also for Yun Xiaowu's business. β
"That's it, I thought it was something. Yun Xiaowu, how is she? β
She seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, talking to me idly on one wall, and bending over to tease the lunar eclipse on the other.
I put the teacup down and said seriously: "Hey, I'll tell you seriously, this is a very important thing, can you serve a snack?" Yun Xiaowu is about to land, don't you care about it. Ever since I learned that the Qin State Mansion was preparing to hire a wild goose and propose to the Ouyang family, I was even more excited than Yun Xiaowu. These days, I've been worrying about what gift she's going to give her when she leaves. Gold, stone and jade, silk and satin, thinking about it, I feel that it is not appropriate to send anything. So, I just want to see what you have prepared for her, and I also have a reference, so I can go back and do some work. β
Yu Gui was silent, his eyebrows did not move, and he said softly: "Well, your idea is very good."
I blinked, staring at her for a long time: "So, it's just good?" You don't, you're not prepared for anything, are you? β
She smiled silently, as if by default.
I couldn't sit still any longer, so I stood up and asked, "Are you really unprepared?"
Yu Guiguan'er picked up a loquat from the fruit bowl and threw it at me, peeled it and put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, so he said unhurriedly: "What are you anxious about, did I say that I was not prepared?"
I breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down.
She said, "Actually, I didn't choose what to give. On the big day when Yun Xiaowu is out of the pavilion, the things she sends her must not be sloppy, half of the devices you saw in the courtyard just now, half of them I want to send to the old courtyard to the little emperor and grandson, and the other half is for Yun Xiaowu, but these are far from enough, I am thinking that I have to add something to it. β
I was so startled that I almost fell, shook off the loquat in my hand, turned my head and exclaimed, "Not enough? In those boxes, there are still things for Yun Xiaowu? Tsk, you have accumulated a lot of good things by pretending to be poor on weekdays, why, do you want to send them all at once? β
Yu Gui smiled smugly, raised his nostrils slightly, and said in a grand manner: "Of course not, these things are where they are, I still have a lot of good things, how can I send them all." I just asked Dongzhu to take out a few boxes from the warehouse at will, and when Ming'er waited, I would go to the warehouse to personally select some that I could handle, make up a whole number, and wait for Yun Xiaowu to come out, so that I could give her a long face as a dowry. β
When I reached into the plate to take the loquat hand, I immediately froze, looked at Yu Gui blankly, and stammered: "You, you, how much do you have to prepare to give her a long face?" Your generosity will put me under a lot of pressure, Princess. β
Yu Gui's eyes lit up in vain, his right hand was clenched into a fist, smashed into the palm of his left hand, and said impassionedly: "We are the royal family, the royal family must have the magnanimity of the royal family, the generosity of the royal family, you must not lose the face of the royal family, this thing to give away, naturally you have to pick the best and the most send." By the way, you should also be more prepared, in case there is something that I am not fully prepared, and your preparation will come in handy. It's a pity that Yun Xiaowu doesn't have a mother, and her mother-in-law, Da Shen, can't prepare much dowry for her, so we have to prepare more in order to let Yun Xiaowu marry beautifully. What's more, the Qin family is a famous family, if Yun Xiaowu is underestimated by his in-laws' family because of the dowry, how can this be good. β
"You have a point."
I gritted my teeth and smiled bitterly, "I must, try to prepare as many as possible." β
Because of the influence of Yu Gui, when I came back from the East Palace, I couldn't even take care of dinner, so I pulled Duobu and Hua Fu to rummage through the boxes and cabinets, and pulled out all the gold, stone and jade I had accumulated over the years, pearls and jade, which can be said to have taken out all the family resources, which took up half of the hall.
These big boxes of things, some of them are rewarded in the palace during the New Year's holidays, and some are given to me by Changji on weekdays, but most of them are still begged from Tao Guifei in those years. Although the amount is not as large as the return, it is also a rare thing. On weekdays, I let Duobu lock it in my private warehouse with a big lock, so that it is easy not to show people, let alone give it away. If it weren't for Yunkang, how would I be willing to take it out.
Back then, I was young, ignorant, simple-minded, and the initial motivation to accumulate these things was very naΓ―ve and ridiculous. I originally planned that if one day I couldn't become a princess and returned to Beiqiu, I would flee with Hege, who also couldn't be an emperor, and with money, we would be able to break into the ends of the earth at will, and we would go to a foreign country to open a restaurant, and barely be able to survive. Later, I became Princess Jing, and I couldn't go back to Beiqiu, so I let go of taking Hege to escape. But I thought again, maybe it's not bad to take Changji to open a restaurant in Nanzhan. I am determined to be a real boss, and I don't know if I am willing to be an obedient boss.
As I get older, my mind is now much more mature, and it is ridiculous to recall the thoughts in my heart when I accumulated wealth.
I buried my head in sorting out these things, Duobu couldn't help much, just watched quietly on the side, and wanted to ask a few times, but seeing that I picked seriously and didn't care about her, I stopped thinking in my heart and didn't ask me, just picked up the white cloth on the table and gently wiped a pair of jade cups.
It was only after I was almost done that she asked, "Who are you going to give a gift to?"
I nodded yes, and then added at the end: "Well, it's for Yun Xiaowu."
"These?"
I nodded again, "Both." β
Duobu smiled and opened his teeth lightly: "What happy event is she?" Do you need to send so many things? β
"Secret, I won't tell you for the time being."
I closed the last box door and got up, folded my arms around my chest, staring at the large boxes full of treasures, a little distressed, but also deeply worth it.
Duobu said: "You have always been small, it can be said that you regard wealth as life, and it is the first time I have seen you so generous, and you are willing to empty all your private treasures and give them away." It can be seen that this five girls must be the person you care about very much. β
That's true, no, there is something in Duobu's words.
I cleared my throat and replied very seriously: "For me, affection is far more important than extravagance. As long as it is someone I value, let alone giving up money, I have to sacrifice my life when necessary, and I can do it. β
Duobu paused, put down the rag, and looked up at me, "What kind of person is that kind of person you value?" β
I tilted my head and held my chin to think: "Well, let me think about it, Changji is, He Ge is, Yu Guiyun Xiaowu is, as well as Uncle Su and Ah Zhao...... Also,"
I peeked at Duobu and saw that her face was full of expectations, so I deliberately stopped talking and asked her to ask me anxiously, but after waiting for a while, I didn't see her asking, or I couldn't hold my breath, and the doglegs flattered: "Naturally, there are Duobu and lunar eclipses."
When the words fell, Duobu was not happy, but his face sank, and he said word by word: "Why are you putting me and the lunar eclipse along, and I am still ranked last?"
"I ...... to do it"
"You actually let me count down with the wolf of the lunar eclipse?"
I was stunned, she seemed to have misunderstood. I smiled bitterly, swallowed my saliva, rubbed my hands awkwardly, and was about to speak, but I heard the squeak of the door opening behind me, and turned my head to see that it was Changji. Luckily, he came by chance, otherwise I really wouldn't have known how to explain it to Duobu.
"Prince, princess, if it's okay, the servant will go out first." Duobu must still be angry with me, with a cold face, put down the rag and didn't look at me and went out directly.
Changji noticed Duobu's obviously gloomy face, looked around, swept the large box that occupied the guest room, was a little suspicious, and finally his eyes fell on me, and said softly: "You moved these things out, do you want to wipe the dust on your baby, or do you plan to pack up and run away from home?"
I grinned, pulled out a smile that I thought was quite sweet, and said in my face, "How can you think that, how could I run away from home." These things are going to be given away. β
"Give it away? Is it for Chio? β
I was confused and said blankly: "Qianying? Who is it? β
Changji scratched my nose and smiled: "Naturally, it's the newborn little emperor's grandson."
"The little emperor's grandson is called Qianying? Does he have a name? β
Changji nodded, squatted down and picked up a longevity lock casually, and said clearly: "The name just set by the imperial grandfather." Hundreds of miles, thousands of words. β
"You've been busy for a long time, are you choosing a full moon gift for him? This kid is really favored, and as soon as he was born, so many people rushed to give him gifts. β
"No, these are not for Xiao Qianying, they are the congratulatory gifts I prepared for Yun Xiaowu, Yu Gui said, we need to gather a few more boxes for her as a dowry, so that we can give the newlywed a long face."
"Yunkang? Yes, if you don't say it, I almost forgot that the Ouyang family has also had a happy event recently. Then you were just busy preparing for Yunkang, so you didn't think about Ankang's share? You don't all play well on weekdays, but at the critical moment, you only think about Yunkang, and forget about your sister, you say, isn't it a bit favoritism. β
I waved my hand, took back the longevity lock in his hand and put it back in the small box, and said with a smile: "Ankang is not busy first, and when Yun Xiaowu is busy, I will prepare it for her in the future." Besides, it is Yun Xiaowu who is about to leave the cabinet, and it is not Ankang, what is she anxious about. β
Hearing this, Changji said lightly: "Don't you know that the Ouyang family has two relatives at the same time, and Yunkang Ankang will leave the cabinet?"
"Two relatives? I only know Yun Xiaowu and Qin Luoxue, who is Ankang with? β
"Wrong, wrong, it's not Yunkang and Qin Luoxue, it's Ankang and Qin Luoxue. The two relatives of the Ouyang family, in addition to the Qin family, there is also the martial family. Yunkang did not give the Qin family but the martial family, and it was naturally not Ah Xue who wanted to marry, but Yi Xuan. β
What a mess, I was blinded by him. I held my forehead, a little nervous, and suddenly reacted to the information revealed in Changji's words.
I stiffened my neck and slowly raised my head to confirm that I had misheard: "Yirion?" Wu Ping Qi Wu Yi Xuan? Are you saying that Yun Xiaowu is going to marry Wu Pingqi, not Qin Luoxue? β