Da Suining

Chapter 239
People from the Ministry of Rituals brought a long list, and eunuchs and maids brought a corresponding box to Xiang's house.

A total of eight boxes came.

Eight boxes, the treasures in the palace treasury are more than tens of millions, such as jade ruyi, gold bars and gold cakes, silver ingots every twelve, and eight boxes are filled casually, which is also wealth that ordinary people cannot earn in a lifetime.

With such a wealth, Tang Xiaoniang's face should be raised higher.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites greeted Prime Minister Daying and congratulated him, and then the eunuch brought in a load of betrothal cakes.

The first is [-] catties of employment cakes, eight types of seafood, a pair of coconuts, Sijingguo dried longan, dried lychee, dried walnut, shelled peanuts, four-color sugar rock sugar, orange cake, winter melon sugar, dried persimmon, and sesame oil Tea ceremony, gold incense gun bracelet, and a post box containing lotus seeds, lilies, sesame seeds, red beans, mung beans, and red dates.

These etiquette things, bits and pieces, are old rules to please.

Then the officials of the Ministry of Rituals followed the long list and called names one by one. Two young eunuchs waited beside them. When the officials read one, the eunuch opened a box to display it.

Tang Xiaoniang was sitting at the top, staring at the eight big boxes. If the palace gave eight big boxes randomly, she might not be able to bear it all in her life.You have to watch closely, lest the long legs fly away.

The family is unlucky, and it is estimated that it depends on the eight boxes of my daughter to make money.

The first big box was opened, and inside it was two altars of green apricot wine, taken from childhood sweethearts and the meaning of mutual connection, and two silver basins, made of thin silver, eight packs of tea leaves, and two coconuts.

The second box is some cloth such as brocade.

The third box contained silk and a whole fox fur.

The other few boxes are nothing more than plain porcelain or decorations, and there is also a box of bride's clothes.

After all, it is not something expensive. One of the boxes contains 36 catties of raw glutinous rice and 36 catties of white sugar. These are for the woman’s family to make glutinous rice balls, in order to wish the young couple a happy and sweet life.

The etiquette in the palace is very complicated, although it has been simplified now, it still took half an hour to recite it.

The more she read, the paler Tang Xiaoniang's face became.

She was born as a court lady, she doesn't understand these cumbersome etiquettes at all, let alone care, the key is that you have to give something valuable, right?

What are they carrying here, lychees, longan, walnuts, incense candles, rock sugar, combs, wishful scales... Is this going to open a grocery store?
Those fabrics are probably not worth much money in terms of their quality, and those silk and bottles are also useless.

Fortunately, the people in the Ministry of Rituals read the list until their throats smoked, and none of this pile of boxes and cages was worth anything.

Tang Xiaoniang's complexion was not good.

As for this young master from Qingcheng, if you just grab one and marry him, the betrothal gift is not limited to these things, right?Xiangyan is going to marry Wang Sun now, so shabby, so shabby.

"My lords, you have worked hard. This place is slightly covered with thin tea. Please, my lords." Xiang Daying said.

The people from the Ministry of Rites bowed their hands and returned the gift, drank a cup of tea, clapped their hands, and called two court ladies.

A court lady held a small box, opened the box, and there were several hairpins lying in it, such as gold-plated silver hairpins inlaid with gemstones and double flowers, silk double luan holding longevity fruit hairpins, magpie climbing plum hairpins, rich and noble double happiness silver hairpins, and enamel colored hairpins. Silver hairpins of flowers, begonias and pearls.

The box in another court lady's arms was opened, and there was a pile of colorful palace flowers and some powder.

Regardless of the palace flowers for the time being, as for the hairpins of this color, the style is old, and most of them are silver hairpins. Xiang Yan would not buy and wear them as a daughter in Xiang's family.I don't know which year the palace dug out the things that were kept in the bottom of the box.

The last item is the silver ticket in the gift box.

Tang Xiaoniang's neck straightened.

When the official from the Ministry of Rites handed over the bank note, Xiang Daying accepted it with a smile.

As soon as the officials from the Ministry of Rites left, Tang Xiaoniang hurriedly asked Prime Minister Daying: "How much money did you give? I saw this pile of useless things, and this silver ticket is worth some money. Quickly tell me how many thousand taels. It is said that the palace loves auspiciousness, I thought 9000 taels is very good, 6000 taels...Forget it, Yan'er is pregnant with his child, so it is reasonable."

"200 taels." Xiang Daying unfolded the bank note and handed it to Tang Xiaoniang himself.

"200 taels?" Tang Xiaoniang's face turned green: "What did you say? The palace gave 200 taels of silver as a gift?"

"Yes."

"This..." Tang Xiaoniang almost pouted angrily, and wanted to say in her heart, "Isn't the palace bullying people? Which prince and lord only give 200 taels of marriage money?" But seeing the old lady sitting at the top, and Afraid of being reprimanded by Mrs. Xiang: "You don't have to marry, can you wait?"

Can only give up.

A well-bred daughter.

Qingcheng is the most beautiful.

200 taels of dowry?
Two years ago, I took Xiangyan to the banquets of rich and noble families. Xiangyan was like a flower, just blooming, and the people at the banquets said, "She looks so good-looking, and she will have to pay a lot of money to marry her in the future."

A large sum of money is flying.

It's only 200 taels, whether you want it or not.

Can only endure.

In the future, if others ask about Xiangyan's dowry money, Tang Xiaoniang will be the first to shut her mouth.

There was also the box of glutinous rice and white sugar that was carried over. I couldn't figure out what to do with it, and I thought it was a hindrance in the kitchen.

The boy shrank his head and ran in, asking what to do with the chickens and geese brought by the Ministry of Rites.

That's right, the people from the Ministry of Rites also brought two chickens and two long-necked geese.

Chickens and geese were running around in the yard, screaming by their necks, flapping their wings and pulling dung. God, the yard is almost full of them just by the time the Ministry of Rites reads the list.

The boy asked Tang Xiaoniang what to do with these poultry.

"Catch it and kill it in the kitchen. I'll make soup tonight." Tang Xiaoniang said with a cold face.

Whether it is hiring a chicken or a goose.

Can't vent your anger on people, can't you catch poultry and get angry?

When the chicken soup was served, Xiang Yan drank two and a half bowls by herself. One chicken had two legs, and she ate a pair by herself.

At the end, I asked the kitchen to make a bowl of lotus seed soup, saying that it was too salty, and I wanted something sweet.

For the first three months, I always vomited, and sometimes I had to get up halfway through the night to vomit.Now she is better, and the baby in her stomach is safe. She is hungry quickly. The rabbit meat, beef, and a bowl of white rice she just ate at noon are hungry in the middle of the afternoon. Stomach started to growl again.

Sin ah.

Tang Xiaoniang looked at Xiangyan at the dinner table, she drank a big pot of chicken soup upside down, and she gnawed on such a big goose. This meal did not leave a way for other people at the dinner table to survive.

When mentioning the 200 taels of dowry, Tang Xiaoniang thought that Xiangyan would feel a little ashamed. How could the daughter of a second-rank official get 200 taels of dowry? She didn't want Xiangyan to teach her: "Why is your mother so short-sighted?" So what if I don’t want a bride price? After I marry into Prince Lu’s mansion, all the people in the mansion are so sophisticated, and the gold and silver I get are all controlled by me? Even the second prince will obey my orders, how much silver do you want? ?”

Tang Xiaoniang patted her legs when she couldn't sleep at night, and she was reluctant to pat her own, so she patted Xiang Daying's legs and said: "I really gave birth to a loser. My ancestors, that's all, they can still eat. He said that he would be in charge of Prince Lu's mansion in the future."

"What do you think about those, go to sleep." Xiang Daying turned over.

"Hey, what can I think about now? If we marry an ordinary family, the betrothal gift is not what we want? Marrying Guo Wei, such a hasty thing, alas, Guo Kai, hurry up and pick him up, otherwise it will be a waste of money. These days, I don’t know how much rice noodles cost.”

That is to say, on the day of Xiaonian, the day when Guo Kai married Xiangyan, Tang Xiaoniang woke up early in the morning and started howling after washing her face.

In the mansion, red happy words were pasted up, and wedding tents were hung up. A few beggars at the door poked their heads, and Tang Xiaoniang was also chased away.

Because the prince is getting married, and Xiang's family is the second grade, thinking that there will be a grand wedding, at least the wedding scene will be grand, Tang Xiaoniang rubbed the handkerchief inside and outside the house several times, but she saw the auspicious time, Guo Cheng still hasn't arrived.

Xiangyan already had a phoenix crown and a xiapei, sweeping across Emei, her lips were bright red, Tang Xiaoniang covered her with a hijab herself, and folded a sprig of sweet-scented osmanthus for her to hold in her hand, meaning to give birth to a precious child early.

Seeing that the auspicious time was about to pass, the young man in the mansion ran out of the alley to explore several times, and finally reported happily: "The king of Lu is here, and the king of Lu is here to welcome the bride."

"There is no movement at all, and there are no musical instruments?" Tang Xiaoniang was puzzled.

There are musicians, and there are musical instruments, but Guo Kai yelled at him when he started to play: "If you delay my king's sleep, I will twist your head off."

Who dares to play?
A red sedan chair looked a little deserted.

Guo Cheng's mount was empty.

He heard his entourage whispering beside the sedan chair: "My lord, my lord, we're here, we're here."

"My king is going to sleep."

"My lord, you are getting married today."

"Marry? Marry who?"

"I married Miss Xiangsan, the daughter of Xiangda's family. Congratulations, my lord."

"She. I'm tired of going to bed early, so there's nothing to congratulate." Guo Kai grabbed the red flower on his chest, and the huge red flower rubbed against his face, making him very uncomfortable.

Xiangyan was supported by Chunyu and slowly stood on the steps of Xiangfu.

A group of relatives and friends headed by Mrs. Xiang came out to see him off.

Tang Xiaoniang howled twice again: "Yan'er, you will leave your mother after you get married, how can your mother let it go."

"Isn't mother also expecting me to marry a good man?" Xiang Yan said softly.

"But this Guo... what kind of Ruyi is this King Lu... You heard... he drank like this before he received his bride on the day of the wedding."

"He's still a prince no matter what he drinks, isn't he?" Xiangyan laughed.

Guo Kai slept in the sedan chair and couldn't get out, his horse neighed at the gate of Xiang's mansion.

The sun was about to hit overhead.

The auspicious time is passing by bit by bit.

Guo Kai's followers didn't dare to scream, Guo Kai's grunts came one after another, very evenly.

And Xiang Yan couldn't let Xiang Yan get into the sedan chair by herself.

Xiang Suining waved to the little beggars watching the excitement in front of the door, gave them a tael of silver, and pointed his mouth at the sedan chair.

The little beggar had the most discerning eyes. Holding a bamboo board and a broken bowl in his hand, he squeezed to the side of the sedan chair. He raised the bowl involuntarily and said, "King Lu is very happy, King Lu is very happy, please give some to King Lu."

Another little beggar sang, slapping the bamboo board: "Good time, good time for the King of Lu, give birth to a precious son early, beautiful women come in..."

The noisy Guo Kai couldn't sleep anymore, he raised his fist to hit them, the little beggars used to get in the cracks, and disappeared without a trace like loaches one by one.How could Guo Cheng catch up?

Guo Kai staggered and stood supporting the sedan chair, and the palace servant girl guided him: "My lord, where is the concubine?"

Guo Kai grabbed the maid's hand and rubbed it: "Your hands are really fragrant. The maids sent by the palace... are more fragrant than the women outside."

"My lord, the princess..."

"What kind of princess is not a princess? If you follow me, I will make you a princess."

"My lord made a mistake. The wangfei is Miss Xiangsan." The servant girl explained with a blushing face.

Guo Kai, however, broke her chin and smiled: "Miss Xiangsan, what is that thing? By the way... oh... that is a thing."

Madam Xiang sighed.

Xiang Daying snorted angrily, looked down at Xiang Yan's protruding belly, and swallowed his anger again.

Xiang Guoxin couldn't bear it any longer, and ran down the steps to reason, but before he could open his mouth, Guo Kai pulled him aside.

Xiangyan walked down the steps by herself, supported by Chunyu, and sat in the sedan chair by herself.

The servant girl of the palace led Guo Kai to ride the horse: "My lord, my concubine has already picked it up, it's time to go back."

Guo Kai leaned over and retched a few mouthfuls, then fell asleep on the horse's back with a "hoo hoo hoo".

Even when they came to pick up the relatives, they didn't say a word to Xiang's family.

It's like going to the wild to pick up a daughter-in-law and just go back.

When I came here, I slept in a sedan chair.

When I went back, I sat on horseback and slept.

The welcoming team came quietly and left quietly.

Because it is a small year, the people are all reunited at home, making dumplings or gossiping around the kang table, and there are very few people who come to see the excitement, and there are not many people to count.

Thinking about it makes me feel suffocated.

It seems that marrying a daughter is the same as not marrying.

Prince Lu's Mansion.

One should carry the bride and get off the sedan chair, step over the brazier, and recognize the ancestors. It is all because Guo Kai is drunk. Even if he worships, Guo Kai is supported by two maidservants. The following fluttered two or three times.

Reluctantly worshiped, it seemed that he was not married to Guo Kai, but to Guo Kai's two maids.

After praying to heaven and earth, he was about to be sent to the bridal chamber. Guo Kai dazedly grabbed Chunyu's hand and went to the bridal chamber. If it wasn't for relatives and friends, Xiangyan really wanted to slap Chunyu on the face. As she walked, she didn't even protest loudly, seeing that small steps twisted, seeming to be happy.

Xiang Yan took the initiative to take Guo Kai's arm to the bridal chamber, but unexpectedly, just two steps away, Guo Kai turned around and vomited all over Xiang Yan's body, such as vegetables, fish, meat, wine and delicacies. Even the wedding dress and hijab couldn't be kept.

I haven't got a wedding yet, but I can only take a bath first. After taking a bath, I changed into clean clothes. Naturally, it is not a wedding dress, and I have no hijab. My hair is wet. The cloudy bun is gone, and the powder and perfume on my face are also Washed away, I was blind for nothing. I got up to paint before dawn in the morning, and no one saw it. The good beauty was let down.

Until dark, when relatives and friends dispersed, the gold bell that was rewarded by the palace rang several times, but Guo Kai was still "huhuhu" asleep, without even opening his eyes.

(End of this chapter)