Chapter six hundred and eighty eighth engagement banquet
Let her spend money on those lowly common people?
This is simply an insult to her. This money might as well be used to give gifts to other nobles in the capital to build their reputation.
Cui Yafeng was very angry, but she couldn't show it in front of Nanny Lu who looked expectant. She just said weakly: "Is it appropriate for me, an unmarried woman, to come forward to do this? I, I have never done this before.
I just ask people to go to the temple and donate money for sesame oil."
Grandma Lu smiled, "Many noble women in the capital are learning to do good deeds from Princess Wei. What's inappropriate? If you come forward and let the people see it, they will definitely understand your character better.
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The existence of Princess Wei also led to the atmosphere in the capital becoming more open.
She added, "The Queen Mother and the eldest princess also often send people out of the palace to provide porridge." She didn't know about the Queen Mother, after all, she was serving the Queen Mother before.
Upon hearing the names of the queen mother and the eldest princess, Cui Yafeng immediately said: "You are right, I should do something to atone for my grandmother's sins. Do you think how much money should be spent?"
She thought that if she gave porridge, a few dozen taels of silver a time would be enough. If she gave it twice a month, it would only be a thousand taels at most in a year. If she spent this money to buy reputation, she could barely accept it.
Grandma Lu said: "Princess Wei spends hundreds of thousands or even two hundred thousand taels on this every year. Our family's wealth is not as good as that of the princess, and ten thousand taels a year is about the same."
Ten thousand taels! Still every year!
If 10,000 taels can be used to exchange the favor of the powerful people in the capital for her, then Cui Yafeng will not hesitate to spend this money. But using it on the low-level common people she looks down on is like cutting her flesh with a knife, not to mention how distressed she is.
Already.
She regretted taking the initiative to ask Nanny Lu, and now she was put on the receiving end of the fire. She endured her heartache and made her voice sound very sincere, "You are right, it is up to you to arrange this."
The only thing she could do was to turn a blind eye.
Nanny Lu smiled, "I knew the young lady was kind-hearted."
Ten thousand taels a year, in exchange for a good-hearted evaluation, is really not that expensive.
Cui Yafeng, who felt uncomfortable, could only go to the small Buddhist hall to chant sutras and use the sutras to calm herself down.
She felt that Su Yueling might have been born to defeat the Cui family. First, she made her grandmother a prisoner, and now she lost a lot of money.
So in the next period of time, Cui Yafeng, who felt sorry for the money, suddenly felt much more at ease, and she just chanted sutras and did needlework every day.
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Time passed slowly and soon it was Su Tianbao's engagement party.
Although Su Tianbao had a house in the capital, the house had two entrances and was not suitable for entertaining guests. In addition, Su Yueling wanted to support him, so the engagement banquet was held directly at the Princess Mansion.
The betrothal gift must be displayed first for the guests to see, and then sent to the woman's side.
When they saw the dazzling array of betrothal gifts, the guests who had arrived early couldn't help but say hello in their hearts. The brocade, wedding cakes, spices and other things inside were all of the highest quality, especially the sixteen bottles of wine inside.
It was said to be worth a lot of money. The gift was five thousand taels, which was not low in the capital. They also saw a lot of jewelry and utensils that were obviously palace style. Could it be that Princess Wei paid for her cousin to support the show?
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Several capable maids around Su Yueling came out to help entertain the guests, and Biyu even gave Su Liao some advice to prevent her from showing any timidity.
Biyu smiled and said: "The two masters came into the palace before, and thanks to the saint, they were not dissatisfied and rewarded them with many things. The old lady picked some out as betrothal gifts."
Others suddenly realized that they remembered that Su Liao and Su Dashan had also entered the palace.
The big house of the Su family has more heritage than they imagined. Some people with concubines of the same age in the family couldn't help but sigh, feeling that they missed a good marriage. However, Su Tianbao's marriage was already settled, so they regretted it.
For a moment, he quickly dropped his hand and congratulated the owner.
Su Tianbao's marriage has been settled, but there are two serious masters in the Yuan family who have not yet settled their marriages.
They were also wondering what kind of family Yuan Suifeng and Yuan Baoshu wanted to find, but they had not even considered getting married until now. Other families at their age had already married. Although they were murmuring in their hearts,
But they would not ask questions to offend the host. The guests also noticed that there was a woman beside Yuan Baoshu who looked somewhat similar to hers.
Mrs. Pang immediately recognized her. She was Yuan Baoyi, the second-bedroom daughter of the Yuan family. She had seen her before.
Hey, it seems like the second bedroom and their big bedroom have been renovated?
Naturally, Yuan Baoyi's opening of a store in the capital could not be hidden from her, especially those stores where business was extremely prosperous. Mrs. Pang couldn't help feeling that each of the girls from the Yuan family was more business-savvy than the other.
Like a golden mountain.
Mrs. Pang smiled and said, "Is this Baoyi? We haven't seen each other for a while, and Baoyi has become more and more charming. I only regret that I didn't have more sons, otherwise I could hire him."
All her sons were married, and all her grandchildren were in her arms, so naturally she had no daughter-in-law to marry.
Mrs. Pang didn't say this in a polite way, she really thought the girl from the Yuan family was pretty good.
Yuan Baoyi greeted Mrs. Pang in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, and said with a smile: "Madam has also changed, she looks younger. I wonder what kind of miraculous medicine Madam has taken recently?"
She is doing business outside, and her eloquence has been developed long ago.
The smile on Mrs. Pang's face deepened. She held Yuan Baoyi and talked for a while, then took off the bracelet in her hand and gave it to her.
Mrs. Pang and Su Yueling were close, and to some extent, her attitude could also be seen in Su Yueling's attitude. The other guests knew how to treat Yuan Baoyi.
Yuan Baoyi will not be flattered by their attitude. She knows that they still do it for the sake of her sister-in-law, not for her as a person. What she wants to do is not to lose the face of her family.
After accompanying Yuan Baoshu to entertain some guests, Yuan Baoyi was a little tired. She was thinking of going back to the yard to have a drink of water and a piece of pastry before coming out. When she passed by the front yard, she suddenly heard a familiar voice - it sounded like
What does Di Yuanhang look like?
Thinking of Di Yuanhang, Yuan Baoyi felt a little uncomfortable - at that time, she looked at the cooperative relationship between the two and helped Di Yuanhang read the account books of his village, and also circled the parts where the stewards had made false accounts.
Di Yuanhang thanked her very much and even specially selected jewelry for her. However, Yuan Baoyi refused directly. Giving jewelry was a bit too intimate. Apart from a cooperative relationship, the two of them can only be regarded as friends at best.
After that, the relationship between her and Di Yuanhang seemed to be the same as before, but there was something more inexplicable.
Yuan Baoyi asked the maid next to her, "Go and ask, did the mansion invite Di Yuanhang to come over today?"