There will definitely be no classes this morning, as it is almost noon, and Pingyang Marquis Mansion stipulates that you must go to the main courtyard to eat at half past noon, otherwise you will be hungry.
Of course, if you have a small kitchen in your yard, you can miss the meal, but who told Chen Yu that there is no small kitchen in her yard? There is only a small stove for decoction, and it is difficult to eat anything.
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Chen Xun went to the main courtyard to eat at noon. When she saw the dishes on the table, she couldn't help but wonder, "Is this what you're going to eat today?"
Look at what's on the table? Water shield soup, cold bracken, cold eggplant, stir-fried water spinach, and the only meat dish is old duck soup with shredded bamboo shoots.
It's not as rich as yesterday. Chen Xun was shocked by today's lunch menu.
"Is it just duck meat?" Chen Xun looked at the vegetarian dishes on the table, except for the old duck soup, and asked helplessly. Where are the dignitaries of the Marquis Mansion that were promised? Is it possible that only last night's dinner was so sumptuous?
Or is it the rule of the Marquis Mansion that only dinner should be more sumptuous?
"It's good to eat some." Chen Ruowei sneered at her, "If you want to eat meat, the house won't let you eat every meal."
The Pingyang Marquis Mansion basically relies on the property of the Central Government to support the entire family, but whether it is the income from the shop or the village, it is impossible for everyone in the mansion to have a feast every day.
As for asking the hostesses in the house to use their own dowry subsidies? That's impossible. They don't want to use their own money to subsidize so many people who have nothing to do with them, such as concubines and concubines. They are
Absolutely no subsidies will be given.
Therefore, the meals at Pingyang Houfu are basically very light. You can eat something more substantial every three to five days. You can eat mutton and the like once every ten days, and you can eat chicken and duck once every five or six days.
Normally, there is basically only one meat dish, and the rest are all vegetarian dishes.
Chen Xun was extremely helpless. She thought she could eat delicious food and drink spicy food after returning to the Hou Mansion, but the facts told her that the food in Pingyang Hou Mansion was very simple.
Chen Xun looked at the rice bowl in front of her. It was a relatively thin vegetable porridge. This porridge contained not only rice, but also mung beans, some soybeans, and some vegetables. The porridge looked quite good.
Chen Xun took a bite. The porridge with soybeans and mung beans was not sweet, but was seasoned with a little salt. It was light and delicious.
Vegetarian dishes such as bracken salad and eggplant salad were also delicious, but she didn't like the water shield soup and didn't even use her chopsticks.
The stir-fried water spinach tastes good, and Chen Xun is very satisfied.
Sure enough, the chef from a wealthy family is really good at cooking, and he can make such a good taste with just simple vegetarian dishes. Going back to the Marquis Mansion is indeed the right choice.
After everyone had lunch quietly, Mrs. Hou Hu Guilan said a few words to everyone, and talked about the marriage of Chen Xun and Chen Ruowei.
After all, there will be two weddings in three months. Even if you are marrying a daughter, you need to be busy with a lot of things, especially since these two girls are marrying the royal family.
Chen Xun's wedding was indeed a bit anxious. According to the process, it took a year and a half to get married, and it took a year or two to actually complete the ceremony. But who made Prince Ning coma now?
If you don’t wake up, is Chen Xun, the future princess, happy?
Whether it was Emperor Yun Zhao or Concubine Yun Gui, both of them hoped to marry their daughter-in-law as soon as possible to see if their son could wake up early. Therefore, the marriage process was speeded up and simplified a lot.
The processes of accepting the lottery, asking for the name, accepting the Ji, and accepting the application had already been completed before Chen Yu arrived in the capital. Then there is still the application period and the personal greeting, which will take some time. The application period will probably be about a month.
Time is running out.
Three months later, it's time to welcome the bride.
Because of organizing a happy event for Prince Ning, the court is very busy right now, especially the Ministry of Rites. After all, it is necessary to complete the process that takes one and a half years or even two years in a short period of time.
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Chen Xun was the main concubine who was married by a matchmaker and was welcomed in with eight carriages. She had to go through various procedures. As for Chen Ruowei, she was just a side concubine, so the various procedures were much simpler.
Royal concubines are basically of a higher standard than other concubines. After setting the date, you only need to invite a few tables of guests to drink on that day. It is not that complicated.
Therefore, Chen Xun's wedding date was set for three months, and the 22nd day of the winter lunar month was the day Chen Xun left home.
As for Chen Ruowei, she would probably have to enter the Jin Palace on the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month.
Calculated in this way, the Pingyang Marquis Mansion is also pressed for time and has prepared the two girls' marriage properly.
So what if Chen Ruowei is a concubine? Her husband's family is a royal family, so her role as a concubine is also very important.
"How are the preparations for the third girl's dowry?" Hu Guilan looked at Zhao Xuexin and asked, "And the fourth girl's dowry..."
"Don't worry, mother, the third wife's dowry has been prepared." Zhao Xuexin replied respectfully, "The dowry list has been drawn up and is about to be shown to mother."
Zhao Xuexin said, and asked Cuizhu beside her to take out two dowry lists and send them to Hu Guilan to see if there was anything wrong.
"Dowry?" Chen Yun was curious, what exactly was in her dowry?
Hu Guilan didn't hear Chen Yu's question. She looked at the items on the list and frowned and said to Zhao Xue, "To the third girl's dowry, we will add a farm of 500 acres. There will also be a cloth farm."
"As for jewelry and clothes, let's add a few more," Hu Guilan said.
When Zhao Xuexin heard this, she felt a little embarrassed, "Mom, my daughter-in-law is here..." She doesn't have so many things.
"The 500-acre farm owned by Zhonggong came from my dowry." Hu Guilan said, "Also, the fourth girl's dowry is too much. Why does her dowry need to be the same as the third girl's?"
Can a main concubine and a side concubine be the same? Can a biological daughter and an adopted daughter be the same?
Zhao Xuexin took note of it, and did not notice at all that Chen Ruowei's expression turned ugly after hearing the conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Her original dowry was so much less than Chen Yun's, and now she has to reduce her dowry? She is not a biological daughter, so she is treated badly like this?
Hu Guilan noticed Chen Ruowei's expression for a moment, but she still insisted on giving Chen Ruowei a larger dowry. Chen Ruowei's dowry could not be so large.
Hu Guilan asked Chen Ruowei and the other young girls to leave first, and she took several of her daughters-in-law to discuss the dowry.
After Chen Xun and the others left the main courtyard, Chen Ruowei couldn't help but said to Chen Xun, "The third girl is really lucky. It's just the second day since she came back, and there are several more things on the dowry list."
Hearing this, Chen Yun did not tolerate her temper. She shrugged and said, "I can't help it. Who told me that I am your biological child?"
"Of course, because I became the principal wife after marrying to Prince Ning's Mansion, my dowry cannot be less than that of your side wife." Chen Yu said with a smile.
Chen Ruowei was heartbroken once again. She hated it so much.