Twin Brocade

Chapter 734 The Dowry
"Look, even your son knows it at such a young age. You keep a dark face all day, and you are not afraid of scaring the fourth girl of the Fang family." Aunt Quan babbled.

"She won't be frightened..." Quan Moxian muttered in a low voice, and said: "Tomorrow's mother will invite the elder sister to come to the house, and take my birthday horoscope, and go to Fang's house."

"Is your eldest sister going?" Aunt Quan was a little puzzled, and said, "Should I invite an official media to come?"

"Ah!" Quan Moxian slapped his forehead, and said: "Just now I was interrupted by Dudu so much, my son forgot to mention it. This marriage was bestowed by the empress's decree, so there is no need for a matchmaker."

"You... what did you say?"

Aunt Quan was so frightened that she slid off the stool. She supported the edge of the stool with her hand and said in a trembling voice, "Emperor... Empress Empress? A marriage?" To her, Empress Empress is like a figure in the sky.

The empress bestows a marriage, which sounds like something that only happens in dramas.

Quan Moxian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he quickly helped her up and sat down, and said: "Mother, don't worry, it's the empress's edict to bestow the marriage. Your son is now an official of the imperial court and has been in the palace."

Aunt Quan clasped her hands together, tears welling up in her eyes: "His father, have you seen it all? Hei Lang, he is a promising man now. Even the marriage was bestowed by the empress! You are under the Nine Springs, Don't worry."

"Mother," Quan Moxian wiped away tears for her, and said, "Father will know. Don't worry, the days to come will be better and better."

Aunt Quan nodded with sobs, stroked his cheek and said: "Hei Lang is promising, mother knows." She worked hard to bring up the two siblings, and they never let themselves down.

For a mother, the happiest thing is to see that her children are promising.

This is true for Aunt Quan, and it is also true for the other family.

It's just that they are not as happy about this marriage as the Quan family.After returning from Prince Qi's mansion, Si Lansheng sat there with a worried face.

Fang Jinshu's marriage was finally settled, but it was very different from what was expected.

Quan Moxian is good, but Fang Jinshu's marriage is a sequel after all.To put it bluntly, it is filling the room.What is room filling?In front of the official wife's memorial tablet, one has to be a concubine for the rest of her life.

Si Lansheng couldn't be happy when she thought that her most precious daughter would suffer such humiliation, even with so many rewards and a marriage decree to cover up her embarrassment.

Seeing what was on her mind, Fang Shuyu comforted her and said: "Since the marriage is settled, don't think too much about it. The first time I met that child, Quan Moxian, I knew he had the right idea."

"I know how difficult it is to be the number one scholar. Besides, look at him, he has reached the position of fifth-rank official step by step, and his promotion speed is unprecedented."

"No matter how good he is, master, you never thought about recruiting him as your son-in-law, did you?" Si Lansheng asked back.

"This……"

As a son-in-law candidate, Fang Shuyu never considered him.Quan Moxian is ten years older than Fang Jinshu!
Si Lansheng sighed: "I was worried that Shu'er would have a bad life if he married him."

"How could it be? Older people know how to love others better than that young man who doesn't know the key." Fang Shuyu said.

"Father, mother." Fang Jinshu went back to his room, changed into light homely clothes, and entered to greet him.

"You're staying so late, why are you here?" Si Lansheng asked.

Fang Jinshu sat in the first place between the two of them, and said: "Please rest assured, I don't have any reluctance to marry Quan Moxian's daughter." She knew that what happened today was so sudden that her parents would definitely worry about her marriage, so she Came here on purpose.

Si Lansheng said: "This is my home, Shu'er, if you have any thoughts, don't be afraid, just speak up." She was not afraid of anything else, only worried that her daughter would be wronged.

Fang Jinshu shook his head, and said: "What my daughter said is the truth." Quan Moxian has sacrificed so much for herself, she can't let her parents still have prejudices against him.

"Mother, think about it, if it weren't for him today, we still wouldn't know that Xiao Pei is such a sanctimonious hypocrite."

Xiao Pei's matter became so big that when they left the Qi Palace, someone came forward to report it.

Speaking of Xiao Pei, Si Lansheng was afraid for a while.

"The book girl is right. Speaking of it, Quan Moxian saved the book girl again." Fang Shuyu said with a smile: "The two life-saving graces, promised by the body, are also a good story."

"Master!" Si Lansheng said angrily, "What are you talking about?"

Fang Shuyu laughed loudly, and said: "Now, you can rest assured. My daughter doesn't feel wronged, why are you worrying about it? It's a life, the most important thing is that two people get along, so that they can be beautiful."

"Those superficial rules and etiquette are nothing more than virtual etiquette. Could it be that a living person has to use a tablet to vent their anger?" Fang Shuyu studied Confucian etiquette, but in his heart, he was a deviant person.

He will obey those vain etiquettes, but he doesn't really take them to heart.

Fang Jinshu pursed his lips and smiled, "Father said so."

"Okay, okay! You, father and daughter, are on the same team." Si Lansheng said angrily, "I won't be so careless in the future."

"Mother." Fang Jinshu tugged at her sleeve and said coquettishly, "My daughter knows that you are doing it for my own good." She acted softly like this, and Si Lansheng couldn't hold back her laughter anymore.

Haze is a thing of the past.

The room is warm and full of laughter.

The next day, the sky was fine.The autumn sun shines on the trees in the courtyard, and the leaves are like thin scales, glowing with golden light.

Fang Jinshu hummed a song, and personally watered the flowers and plants in the porch with a water bottle.

The girl was in a good mood, and the servants in Cuiwei Courtyard even walked a little lighter.

"Girl," Fang Fei walked up to her with a happy face and said, "The Quan family has come, and they brought two big carts of gifts."

Although there was already an order to bestow marriage, Quan Moxian didn't want to wrong Fang Jinshu.

In his opinion, the queen's reward was to give Fang Jinshu a dowry.As far as he is concerned, the three books and six rituals are indispensable. The "Nacai" ceremony was originally the first ceremony when the man came to ask for marriage.Now, it has become one with "asking the name".

Eight sets of gold and silver heads, eight silks and satins, eight silks, eight boxes of seasonal fruit boxes...

For Quan Moxian, a fifth-rank official who has just established himself in Beijing, this bride price can be said to be full of sincerity.

Si Lansheng met Quan Lu in the room and gave her Fang Jinshu's birth date.

Quan Lu is not what it used to be now, after marrying Peng Changsheng, she takes care of the housework and human affairs for him.People are still as sharp as ever, but they are more calm, and they have something to say when they speak.

"My younger brother said that Miss Si cannot be wronged. He will clean up the mansion that the emperor rewarded and get married there."

Si Lansheng nodded in satisfaction. From the betrothal gift to the place of marriage, Quan Moxian was very considerate.

(End of this chapter)