Chapter 21 Preparation for Marriage
It wasn't until I returned to my small courtyard that I saw the tearful Meilan Zhuju Spring, Summer and Autumn East for a few months, Wanru really woke up from ignorance, the eight girls hadn't seen each other for a few months, and they all grew taller, all of them were excited and teary-eyed.
Seeing this situation, Wanru couldn't help but feel that her head was big, she hated sensationalism the most, okay! When Jue Luo hugged her and cried just now, she was very big, but when she returned to her small courtyard, there were eight people watching her cry!
When I watched TV in my last life, there were often sensational scenes in the talent show, and the men's eyes were slightly red, and the women's tears flowed down their faces, all of them were telling about their bumpy life experiences, tragic families, and the hardships of pursuing their dreams.
Since you participate in the competition, you should be professional, sing on stage, and leave after singing, this is the real singer, one by one, they stand on the stage and spread their privacy under the eyes of the public to ask for sympathy and comfort, and the really powerful people will not do this, they only rely on their voices, and impress the judges and audiences with their singing skills, so that the contestants will really be recognized by people.
Although her heart was entangled, Wanru still smiled and said, "Do you miss me?" ”
As soon as Wanru's words fell, Lan Xue spoke: "Gege, in the days when you are away, the slaves and maids have been thinking about you every day!" He sniffled as he spoke. The rest of the girls also nodded and wiped their tears.
It's not good for you in vain, but why do you say it when you say it, you guys hate sensationalism or something! Wanru roared silently in her heart.
"Okay, don't cry, don't you guys come back now, and I'm doing well during my time in the palace." Looking at the obviously disbelieving looks of several girls, Wanru continued: "If you don't believe it, when I enter the palace in a month, you will all have to go, and you will know when the time comes." The Queen Mother likes me very much, so no one dares to mess with you Gege in the palace, and they all call me Wanru Gege. Wanru said triumphantly. But no, this kind of feeling of fox and fake tiger power has never been enjoyed by Wanru as a small citizen in his previous life.
Seeing her own Gege's smug little expression, several girls laughed, indeed, such a cute Gege, ordinary people can't bear to embarrass her.
Seeing her maid smile, Wanru also breathed a sigh of relief and didn't say anything more, as for the palace life or something, there was more time to chat after that, not in a hurry, at this time, she just came back from the palace and was hugged by Jue Luo and cried, and returned to her small courtyard to sensationalize again, she was very tired.
So he commanded, "Go and fetch some water, and then do whatever you want, and I will wipe my face first, and then go to bed, and I will talk about anything when I wake up." So the eight maids went about their work without mentioning it.
Lying on his own bed, Wanru hummed with satisfaction, sure enough, his bed was the most comfortable, today since he received the holy decree, he packed up his things and went out of the palace, and his spirit was in a trance at the end of the day, and he was really tired at this time, what is there to wait for him to wake up, and after a while, Wanru fell asleep.
For the next month, the dowry was handled by Feiyangu and Jue Luo, and Wanru's task was to prepare for the marriage with peace of mind, and learn about housekeeping and house fighting by the way. Jue Luo's didn't know that there was Tong Jia's biggest golden finger of Wanru, and he had been regretting it, when Wanru started to learn female popularity, she was distressed that she had to learn this and that at a young age, so she didn't let her learn housekeeping, I thought it would be nothing in a few years, who knows that the world is unpredictable, and my daughter will get married in another month, how can a month be enough? Every time I think about it, I feel that Roche has to nag a few words, "I'm so stupid, really." I only knew that Ru'er was going to get married, but I didn't know that I was going to marry so early... "Listening to Wanru is full of black lines, it is really the Qing Dynasty version of Xianglin's sister-in-law.
Different from Jue Luo's anxiety, Wanru is very calm, living in the palace for a few months, Wanru can see some things very clearly, with Tong Jia's doting on Yinzhen, when the time comes, she will marry herself, and the housekeeper will definitely not be only seven years old. Even if it is herself, there is Tong Jiashi on the side, so Wanru is not in a hurry at all.
The Qing Dynasty attached great importance to the weddings of the royal family, and there were more detailed hierarchical etiquette regulations for the weddings of various royal family members, such as the emperor's wedding, the prince's wedding, the emperor's grandson's wedding, and the prince's and county's weddings. However, the provisions of the decree are mostly focused on ceremonial and hierarchical aspects, and there are no clear and detailed provisions on the dowry of the woman.
According to Manchu customs, when getting married, "all the furnishings, tables, chairs, benches, and even the felt strips of kang mats" are prepared by the woman. Although the prince Fujin married into the palace and the palace, and lived a worry-free life after marriage, according to custom, he should still accompany a considerable dowry for use after marriage.
Wanru is married to the prince, and as the prince Fu Jin Wanru's dowry is very considerable, including furniture, clothes, jewelry, and so on. On the one hand, the furniture is larger in shape, which is the most conspicuous when carried, and many small objects, such as clothes and jewelry, can be placed in the furniture to carry it; On the other hand, the texture and workmanship of the furniture directly show the grade of the dowry.
Wanru dowry in the furniture to the box-based, "box expensive camphor wood", "there is a box must have a box", Wanru as the only daughter of Feiyangu, married to the prince, so Feiyangu in order to let Wanru beautiful marry, in the capital to invite skilled craftsmen, regardless of wages, raw materials, only in the shortest possible time to play the most popular style of furniture with the best texture.
There are also jewelry, such as the dowry in the jewelry hairpin is full of four boxes, beaded hairpins, sideburns hairpins, crested hairpins and other hairpins are all available, the materials used are also different, gold is pure gold, jade agate is also the best choice. Wanru always thought that she Ama was quite incorruptible, and it was not until this time that Wanru understood that "three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver" turned out to be really not made up in the play.
If it is an ordinary woman, as long as she embroiders her wedding dress before getting married, but Wanru has only been learning to be a female celebrity for two years, and the level is still stuck in cross-stitch, and there is not much progress, so Wanru's wedding dress and dowry clothes include white shoes and socks to underwear and underwear, cheongsam, shoulders, horse coats, etc., single, clip, leather, cotton, and yarn are all wrapped by the sewing room in the house.
In order to prepare Wanru's dowry, the whole palace is busy with the general mobilization, and Tong Jia's family in the palace is not idle, people are in good spirits on happy occasions, maybe there is hope, Tong Jia's illness is slowly getting better, although the body is not completely intact, but can get out of bed, and finally before the arrival of Yinzhen and Wanru's wedding, he can even walk around in the palace.
After Tong Jia's family was able to leave, he immediately sent someone to clean up the three southern institutes where Yinzhen lived, at this time, only the eldest brother, the third elder brother, Yinzhen, and the four princes of the fifth elder brother lived, and the eldest brother was twenty-three percent of Kangxi's relatives, and Yinzhen was ranked in front of the third elder brother to become the second prince.
In fact, there is nothing to clean up, and the furniture or something will be brought into the palace when she gets married, and the ones used now will be replaced when the time comes. Tong Jia's main thing to do is to beat the subordinates who serve Yinzhen. The Qing Dynasty stipulated that as soon as the prince was born, he was handed over to the nurse by the mother, and then the prince's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the biological mother could not take care of it herself, so it was handed over to the next person. A prince generally has forty people to serve, including eight nannies, eight nursing mothers, as well as needlework people, pulp washing people, lamp masters, pot stove people, etc., after the prince is weaned, go to the nursing mother, add a number of internal supervisors.
These people were all sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but because Tong Jia's family was in charge of palace affairs before, the people who served Yinzhen were carefully selected by her, and they were all relatively simple and loyal. But in the future, when Yinzhen left the palace to build a mansion, these people would not go with him, so after Wanru got married, it was difficult to discipline these people. Tong Jiashi was sick for a few days before, and he was about to die, so some of these people also had other thoughts, Tong Jiashi took this opportunity to beat these people one by one, and sent back to the Internal Affairs Office for those who had other thoughts, which was regarded as a complete reorganization of Yinzhen's small family.
Yinzhen is the second of Kangxi's sons to get married, and Yinzhen likes him, so Kangxi's reward for Wanru is also very generous. When it was initially decided, Kangxi gave the Infantry Commander's Mansion a dowry, and gave Wanru a ritual coin, which was carried back to the South Three Institutes when he was greeted in the future. What was given to Feiyangu and Jue Luo was a gift of coins, which was also a real bride price, including jewelry, clothing, daily silverware, etc., including a gold collar inlaid with Dongzhu coral, three large and small gold hairpins with pearls, three pairs of gold earrings inlaid with two Dongzhu, two pairs of gold bracelets, 100 gold and silver buttons, gold collar with Dongzhu and dozens of mink skins, otter skins, and fox skins for all kinds of coats and bedding, 100 pieces of silk and satin, 300 catties of cotton, silver plates, silver bowls, silver pots, and silver plates used in the dining room, tea room, and tea room. In addition, he also gave Feiyangu ten taels of gold, seven hundred taels of silver, a fox fur court robe, a svenk hat, a gold belt ring, a hand towel, a purse ear digging tube and other accessories, and a saddle horse. Three pairs of gold earrings were given to Jue Luo's pearls, a fox skin robe, six otter skins, and a delicately carved saddle horse.
In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also asked the Internal Affairs Office to prepare 50 tables of wine banquets, 36 sheep, 50 tables of gluttonous tables, and 50 bottles of rice wine to celebrate in the Infantry Commander's Mansion and set up a band. All the dukes and princes, ministers, guards, officials and wives of the second rank and above gathered in the Infantry Army Commander's Mansion to attend the banquet that day, and the scenery was very lively.
After the initial decision, the next step is the big wedding.
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That sensational passage is in my heart, so I'll be verbose here, and if you don't agree, please pat it lightly.