The third day of the Lunar New Year was originally the day when the married daughter returned to Ning, and all the houses in Chang'an were busy walking relatives.

Only the Hussar General's Mansion Gu family is still quiet, just because although the Gu family is full of ladies, they have not yet reached the age of leaving the cabinet, and those who have made a family appointment have not yet married, and the Luo family has not been able to get up half a step, and Mao's maiden family is in Qingzhou, so on this day, the Gu family is no different from weekdays.

Mao went to the county lord's mansion early in the morning and invited Gu Mingzhu to come over to help the staff officer Gu Mingyu's marriage. Although he had just received the edict of marriage, the auspicious day that Qin Tianjian took out was not long, in April, not long after the New Year, and many of these dowries were embroidery work and furniture, all of which had to be rushed to work, and they could not be delayed for a moment.

Sitting in the flower hall where the earth dragon was burned, Gu Mingzhu was dressed in a homely small jacket and crepe skirt, and only wore a small pearl hair crown on her double hanging bun, she looked like a delicate little lady, no one would have thought that she was already the powerful Lingling County Lord in the Six Palaces.

She was holding two lists in her hands, one was Gu Mingli's dowry list, and the other was Gu Mingyu's dowry list drawn up by Mao's family.

Mao personally brought her crisp cheese on the side, and said with a smile: "The county lord wants to take a good look for me, where will I do this, even these are all taken out according to the gourd painting scoop, I'm afraid it's going to make a joke." ”

After all, Mao's background is lower, and she doesn't have much vision, and the list she took is already the best she can think of, but she doesn't know that the royal marriage is regulated.

Although Gu Mingzhu has never been married, he has personally married into the royal family, so he naturally knows these things very well, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I have seen the dowry lists of those princesses in the palace in the palace bureau, and it shouldn't be a problem to draw up a copy according to it." ”

Mao suddenly relieved his heart, and said with a smile: "That's good, thanks to the help of the county lord, otherwise I would really be tired and lose face in the house." ”

She said, but remembered something again, and frowned: "It's just that Mingli's wedding date is set in March, and this wedding is ......."

Compared with Gu Mingyu, Gu Mingli's marriage is really too little to watch.

Just because when Gu Mingli was engaged, Mrs. Gu was still in the mansion, she was in charge of the middle feed, and she originally wanted to marry the Yanguo Mansion because she liked the rich dowry given there, and she didn't ask for a dowry, so Gu Mingli's dowry list looked at the high-sounding one, but after a closer look, she found that they were all things with good names but no value, and even the furniture in the inner room was not red sandalwood, not even pear, just wenge wood.

Although wenge wood is good, it can't be compared with red sandalwood pear, no one in Chang'an Guifu will use wenge wood as a companion to marry the lady out of the cabinet, and the Gu family is also a precedent.

Gu Mingzhu couldn't help laughing, it seems that this dowry list is the masterpiece of Old Madam Gu, so she will take it out unabashedly, and she is not afraid of being laughed at by her in-laws and outsiders.

Mao looked at her, and smiled helplessly: "This dowry list was set by the old lady and the Liu family at the beginning, if it is only a family affair, it is just a matter of being said to be slammed, but the marriage between Mingli and Mingyu is on the front and back feet, if outsiders see it, I am afraid that it will be ......."

I'm afraid that I'm going to be poked in the backbone and say that I prefer one over the other.

Although Gu Mingli is a concubine, but now it is recorded in the name of the Luo family, and it can barely be regarded as a serious lady, although Gu Mingyu is married into the royal family, but if the marriage of the two people is too different, it will inevitably be left behind, and it is not good for Gu Mingyu and the Gu family.

Gu Mingzhu raised his eyebrows: "What do you say about the dowry of the Yan Guo Mansion?" ”

Mao sighed: "The dowry is ordinary, but there is a pick of five hundred taels of gold." ”

Gu Mingzhu's face changed, she had long known that Old Madam Gu had agreed to the marriage of the Yanguo Mansion because of the rich dowry, but she didn't expect the Yanguo Mansion to do such a thing.

The most important thing about the wedding gift is decency, the man looks at the dowry, the woman looks at the dowry, and the dowry is the face and value that the man gives to the woman.

But now the forty-eight dowry gifts in the Yanguo Mansion are ordinary, not half decent, but they are sent over with a single piece of gold, if this is spread out, I am afraid that everyone will laugh at the General's Mansion, and I am afraid that they will say that the Gu family is not marrying a lady, but selling a daughter.

Coupled with Gu Mingli's dowry, this news is so confirmed.

I don't know why Mrs. Gu was able to be confused like this, and she agreed to this marriage for such a small profit, completely ignoring the reputation of the Gu family, and ignoring the fact that there is a lady to marry later, and the face of her children and grandchildren will be lost in the future.

She frowned and thought for a while, and said, "How many boxes are there in Mingli?" ”

Mao looked at the list: "It's all when Ping Niangzi helped Zhang Luo, there is a Zhuangzi and a hundred acres of land, but it is a little off, and it is almost Lantian." ”

"And a hundred gold."

Gu Mingzhu almost laughed angrily, this was prepared for Gu Mingyu by Old Madam Gu and the Liu family at the beginning, bullying the Luo family when he was sick and had no way or heart to do something for Mingyu, so he took such a thing, and the dignified hussar general's mansion only had such a little pressure box, if this really let Gu Mingyu marry into the Yanguo Mansion, how could he hold his head.

She said coldly: "If I want to, take out these pressure boxes and add some dowry, at least to look decent." ”

Mao was stunned and stammered: "That, that bright pressure box ......"

Gu Mingzhu said coldly: "Tell my father about this, tell him the cause and effect, if my father is still willing to make up for her in private, then let him do it, if he is not willing to make up for it, then take the rest to her as a pressure box." ”

Mao sighed lowly, and knew that what Gu Mingzhu said was the most suitable way, although Gu Mingli was pitiful, these were all sins created by her mother, but she was not completely innocent, she also knew about this marriage at the beginning, and she waited without any objection to see Gu Mingyu marry to the Yanguo Mansion half-sold and half-sent, and now it is also unhappy.

She nodded, but she was still worried: "It's just a dowry ......"

They can only make the dowry look better when they think about it, but the dowry is a matter of the Yanguo Mansion, if the dowry is not good, after all, the Gu family will be embarrassed, and people will think that they have climbed the Yanguo Mansion.

Gu Mingzhu smiled faintly: "It's okay, in two days, the second aunt sent a post to invite a few ladies to the mansion for a small gathering, and I will come to talk to her." ”