The news that the emperor had granted marriage to Prince Xian at the hairpin ceremony of Lord Huimin suddenly spread to the ears of every nobleman in Kyoto. Some were envious, some were jealous, some were happy, some were regretful, and some were resentful and sad. Prince Xian is the favorite of thousands of girls.
The diamond beetle now belongs to someone else. How can those girls who once had unrequited love not be sad?
Some people say that it was because of the incident in the hunting paddock that Tian Minyan shamelessly relied on her, so the emperor had no choice but to grant the marriage. Of course, even with such jealousy and hatred, there was nothing that could be done. Even if she was shameless, she still succeeded.
There are also people who are aggrieved for Qi Shiqi. Even though Tian Minyan is the titled Lord of Huimin County, she is still a monk halfway. She is a peasant girl. How can she be worthy of Prince Xian? Prince Xian must have been forced to marry him. He actually doesn't like it.
Yes, it was only because the Holy Spirit granted marriage that I had to do it.
No one thought that if Prince Xian was unwilling, no one could force him. After such rumors came out, Prince Xian personally sent the engagement token to the uncle's house in Zhong County. Now, no one spoke.
Tian Minyan would not pay attention to these boring rumors. Once at a banquet, someone said something sarcastic about her. She replied lightly, "This county gentleman doesn't mind. If you can't eat the grapes, you always say the grapes are sour."
I understand, I understand! It choked people half to death.
Although the emperor granted the marriage, all wedding etiquette was carried out according to the Three Books and Six Etiquettes. Zhongxian County Bo's Mansion and the Prince Xian's Mansion were both busy, issuing betrothal letters, asking for names, and accepting names, all according to the marriage etiquette.
Come.
As early as last year, when they learned about Prince Xian's intention, Luo Shi and Tian Huairen began to prepare Tian Minyan's dowry, and small items such as descendants buckets were already prepared.
The son-in-law is a virtuous prince, so the dowry cannot be too ugly. Luo Shi and Tian Huairen rummaged through the warehouse, eager to dig out all the good things for Tian Minyan as dowry, so they specially opened a yard to put the dowry.
Tian Minyan herself was detained by Luo Shi in the house to work as a female celebrity and learn cooking skills. She didn't have to worry about the housekeeper, and her cooking skills were acceptable. This female celebrity was Tian Minyan's flaw. She couldn't keep her uncle's dirty clothes so private.
Let the embroiderer do the things for you, right?
Therefore, Tian Minyan struggled miserably with the embroidery needle every day, learning to cut and embroider, and she had a splitting headache.
It happened that after March, the palace sent two nuns to teach Tian Minyan the royal rules and etiquette, cooking skills, the relationship between each family in the clan, who is related to whom by marriage, who is not in the relationship with whom, and so on.
Everyone needs to know.
Tian Minyan was miserable, but Qi Shiqi said that these must be learned and understood, so she had no choice but to accept with tears in her eyes, and then signed up for an advanced etiquette class, and continued to take classes regardless of rain or shine.
On this day, Tian Minyan came back from learning etiquette from Grandma Chen. She was about to ask the girls to prepare water for bathing, but Mrs. Dao asked her to take a bath, so she had to go to Chunhui Hall first.
"Mom, are you looking for me?" Tian Minyan entered Chunhui Hall. Luo was talking to a housekeeper. Seeing her coming, he asked her to sit down.
Tian Minyan also sat down happily, took the tea from the girl, took a sip, and waited with her chin propped up.
With great difficulty, Luo Shi made the woman retreat and said to her: "I asked you to come because I have something to say."
"What's going on?"
"It's not about your wedding yet." Luo Shi glared at her angrily and said, "It's almost April now, and the wedding will be in a few months, but you don't care at all. It's a shame you got married.
It's the royal family, and the royal family prepares all the dresses and other items. If not, you can even embroider the wedding dress."
Tian Minyan smiled, walked to her and sat down next to her. She hugged Luo Shi's arm affectionately and said, "Isn't this a motherly thing to worry about?"
"You, you. When you get married, you will be the mistress of the house. You can't act like a spoiled child like this." Luo Shi poked her forehead and said, "Sit upright. I don't have a proper posture to talk to you.
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"Well, mother, please tell me. I'm listening. I just came back from learning the rules from Grandma Chen. My good wife, please let me rest for a while." Tian Minyan was coquettish, still leaning on her.
Luo Shi clicked his tongue, but didn't say anything else. If he didn't kiss Xiang at this time, he wouldn't be able to kiss Xiang like this after they got married, so he just let her go.
"I came to you because I want to ask you, how do you decide on this dowry girl? There are also accompanying rooms, this dowry girl, the four around you will definitely go with you, but it is not enough, you have to prepare four more to accompany you.
We also have to look at the housing, so we can’t all use the palace’s property.”
"As for the dowry girls, just a few of them will be fine. There is also Zi'er. There is no need for others. Besides, there are girls in the palace as well. As for the accompanying girls, it's up to you, mother, to choose them and let them learn the rules.
I’ll do it once I see you.”
"I knew you were lazy." Luo Shi poked her forehead and said angrily: "I have also chosen two families. Since Qingzhi is going with you, their family will also have to use it, and her mother is a sufferer.
They are well-behaved and have been in Kyoto for many years. As for the other family, Yang Xue’s family is quite honest and the boy from that family is also smart. What do you think?”
"But it's up to my mother to make the decision." Tian Minyan yawned.
"Then let them come to visit you tomorrow, so that you can learn the rules and don't go to Prince Xian's Mansion, which will embarrass you."
"Um."
"Besides, it's April, do you think it's time to send a letter to invite relatives from Qingping to come and watch the ceremony?" Luo asked.
Tian Minyan trembled, she had forgotten about this matter, she pursed her lips and thought for a while and said: "My uncle and the others must be invited, and they can also be invited from the old house, but I don't know that the old lady
Will they come?"
"I'm afraid she won't dare to come." Luo Shi sneered.
"Whether they come or not is their business, our etiquette will be settled." Tian Minyan said with a faint smile.
"That's true. If we only invite your uncle and the others, they won't believe it, and they might say that we are partial." Luo Shi showed a mocking smile.
"Slow down, drive slowly, it will only take two months to come to Kyoto. I think I will write you in mid-April, it will be almost there." Tian Minyan said lightly.
If she came too early, it would only cause trouble. It was better to come at about the same time. The closer to the wedding, the busier she would be, and she wouldn't have so much time to look at them.
The mother and daughter talked a lot about the preparations for the wedding, and the most talked about was the dowry. In order to avoid making a fool of herself, she had to get on the same page with Qi Qi Shiqi and not make too much difference in the betrothal gift and dowry.
That would be really embarrassing.
After talking for a while, the wet nurse came to look for Luo Shi with the little bun in her arms. Tian Minyan also teased her for a while, and then reluctantly returned to her house to continue her hard life.
