There were 180 betrothal gifts sent by Prince Xian's Mansion. The Count of Zhong County counted them until it was dark. The two main rooms and six side rooms of Baiheyuan were all filled, and additional gifts were sent.
The palace guards were guarding the house, and the keys to the courtyard door were held by Luo's confidant, nanny.
After a busy day, the sky was already completely dark, and all the glazed palace lanterns in Zhong County's uncle's house had been lit. After taking a bath, Tian Minyan was reading in the room with her hair disheveled, holding a volume of books. Now, she was idle, focusing on
Just preparing to be a bride.
"Miss, Sister Qingluan is here." Jixiang came in and said.
Tian Minyan put down her book, looked at the maid wearing green clothes who walked into the house, and asked with a smile: "But Madam called me?"
Qingluan first knelt down and saluted her, and then replied with a smile: "Miss is really good at knowing things. It was Madam who asked me to come and invite Miss."
Tian Minyan stayed down and put on her shoes. Ruyi wanted to re-tie her hair, but she waved her hand and said, "No need, anyway, just tie it with a ribbon at your own home."
Ruyi shook her head, but knowing her temper, she took out a pink ribbon from the room and tied her hair loosely.
"Let's go."
Walking slowly along with the girl carrying the palace lantern, listening to the chirping of insects on the grass, and a hint of cool breeze blowing, Tian Minyan suddenly felt much more relaxed physically and mentally.
When they came to the main room of Chunhui Hall, Luo Shi, Tian Huairen, and Tian Minrui Xiaowu were all there. They were eating tea and talking. Tian Minyan walked in and greeted them with a smile.
Tian Minrui gave in slightly and asked her to sit down with a smile. The girl gave her a pastel fisherman's tea cup and withdrew.
"Dad, are you calling me for something?" Tian Minyan asked with a smile.
"Today, a prince is here to make an appointment, and you know that, so he asked you to come over and take a look at this gift list." Luo Shi smiled and waved to her, and sat down next to her.
Tian Minyan walked over and sat down, taking the gift list handed over by Grandma Rong. It was really long, and it would take more than a dozen pages to flip through it page by page.
"It seems that the emperor gave him all the good things in his treasury. Many of them are ancient relics from the previous dynasty, and some of the unique copies are even more valuable." Tian Minyan closed the gift book and said with a teasing smile: "
Mom, it seems that we will make a lot of money from this marriage. In the future, my brother Xiaowu and Yaya will not have to worry about not having good things when they get married."
"Look how your kid talks?" Luo Shi clicked his tongue angrily and said: "I asked you to come here just to tell you this. We have already said that we will not keep these betrothal gifts and will all marry with you in the future.
past."
Tian Minyan was startled, blinked and said, "Ah? How can this work?"
"What's wrong?" Tian Minrui smiled and said, "It would be fine if you were from an ordinary family, but you are marrying a Xian Prince. If you don't have anything good to offer, I'm afraid they will look down on you. Sister.
, our family is a rising star in this capital, but we are powerless. Xiaowu and I don’t have a better reputation yet, so this external possessions can only support you."
Tian Minyan was very moved after hearing this, her nose felt sore and her throat was a little choked, but she smiled and said: "Brother, I am the dignified Lord of Huimin County, and I will be a serious and virtuous princess in the future. I will be honored as a super-ranked princess. Who else will do it?"
How dare you underestimate your sister?"
Seeing their disapproval, he said: "I know you all do my best, and I keep it in mind, but these betrothal gifts cannot all come with me. Dad, Mom, please stop talking first and listen to me first."
explain."
Tian Huairen and Luo Shi looked at each other and said, "You tell me."
"Father, mother, and brother, I am the first one in my family to get married. Among our five brothers and sisters, I am the first one to get a good marriage. Where is Prince Xian's Mansion? How can I be better in the future?
There are many things in this gift list that are priceless, and those few original copies are especially important. I am a daughter of a family, and these things have gone with me, that is, they belong to others, so they might as well stay and be passed down to our descendants for generations to come.
Woolen cloth."
"but..."
"My brother also said that our family has no power now. Not to mention whether my brother and Xiao Wu will become officials in the future, what about Xiao Baozi? What about the descendants of my brother and Xiao Wu Baozi in the future? Is it really true that generations of business will be in business? Dad has this title.
It's just three generations hereditary. In the long run, not to mention this generation, but for the next generation, we have to start laying the foundation now." Tian Minyan said seriously: "A big family cannot be formed overnight.
After a lot of ups and downs, baptized by the sun and the moon, it must be passed down from generation to generation. Dad has never studied, so this burden should fall on my brother and you guys."
Tian Minrui and the others listened thoughtfully, and smiled helplessly: "You also told a lot of truths in the few orphan books. Forget it, just keep these few orphan books, right?"
Tian Minyan shook her head and said: "No, although the betrothal gift and the dowry cannot be far apart, the emperor and the prince know what our family is like, and outsiders also know that if the betrothal gift is returned in full and the dowry is added, it will be
It's more than the betrothal gift. Our family has only been in Kyoto for a short time, so we are getting a generous dowry. What will the people above think?" She pointed to the sky.
Tian Minrui's heart froze, his face straightened up immediately, and he frowned.
"Take a step back and say, father and mother, the daughter you have worked so hard to raise is just betrothed to someone else. From now on, she will belong to someone else's family. It is right for him to pray for more betrothal gifts. Don't think that he will marry you.
It's so easy for a girl." Tian Minyan said arrogantly.
"You're so arrogant," Luo Shi said, poking her forehead.
"But it can't be too ugly, Yan'er, a woman's dowry is the foundation of her life." Tian Minrui said seriously.
"I didn't say no." Tian Minyan said with a slight smile: "In this case, I will take this gift list back and look at it, pick out some, and make one hundred and twenty-eight sets according to the ancestor's preparation according to what my parents prepared before.
Okay, that's good. Besides, I'm the same age as my brother, and I'm about to get married. It's time for my brother to discuss the marriage, so that my parents can have grandchildren sooner, so I really have to keep part of the betrothal gift.
Otherwise, what good things will I get when I hire my sister-in-law in the future?"
Tian Minrui blushed and said: "The man is still young at fifteen, and besides, I don't have any fame yet. It's not urgent. It's not too late for the man to get married at 20, and it's not too late to discuss it at that time. Moreover, after so many years, I can
Earn glory."
Luo Shi looked at him and said, "This is the time to see each other slowly. It will take two or three years to prepare for the marriage!" Tian Huairen looked on with a smile.
"Mother!" Tian Minrui shouted in protest, feeling a little embarrassed.
Everyone burst into laughter, making Tian Minrui's face redder and redder in annoyance.
After the laughter, Luo Shi said again: "In that case, you should pick some out carefully. Your brother is right, they are still young, and Xiao Wu and the others especially have plenty of time to earn."
"I know." Tian Minyan responded with a smile.
"How many shops do you think our family will need? There are also Zhuangzi. We have only bought two of them now, one with an area of 200 acres and the other with an area of 300 acres. How about buying another one? The one nearer to the fertile land will be worth 100 acres.
Tian Huairen also interjected at this time: "There is also a house, a three-level house, and the house in Qingzhou is also given to you. If you leave a lot of betrothal gifts, then buy another one."
"The family business, the jewelry shop that I jointly own with Hui'an County Chief Wenrou and the others, belongs to my best friend. I'll take it, and I also want the Liyanfang. I don't want the rest. Brother, just pay me dividends every year." Tian Minyan
It has been planned for a long time.
"How did this happen? You started all these businesses." Tian Minrui shouted.
"That's enough, brother, don't underestimate me. Even if you don't give me anything, I can still make money!" Tian Minyan pointed to her head slyly and smiled: "I'm very useful here! Besides, our family's business is somewhat
They are all cooperating with Prince Xian’s Mansion, so they won’t be mine in the future?”
Tian Minrui choked, shook his head with a smile, and said, "It's up to you! We only have this house, let's buy another one."
"Okay!" Tian Minyan didn't want the dowry to be too disparate, so she readily agreed.
After talking for a while, Luo Shi urged Tian Minyan to take a rest, touched her face and said: "I have been hired today, and I will be my wife next month. I have to take good care of her. Don't be a female celebrity and read books at night."
Already."
Tian Minyan was a little sad after hearing this, and the same was true when she saw her family. She stood up hurriedly and said playfully: "I know of course, he Qi Qi dares to dislike me, I want him to look good!"
Everyone laughed again after hearing this, and the slight sadness was quickly diluted.
After returning to her Xiaoyao Xiaozhu from Chunhui Hall, Zi'er, who was standing on the porch, winked at her. Tian Minyan blinked and said: "I want to practice calligraphy. No one can come in and disturb me. Zi'er and Ruyi will wait for me."
Already."
"yes."
Ruyi covered her mouth and snickered. Tian Minyan glared at her and blushed slightly.
Tian Minyan walked into the house and sat down on the couch again. She took out the betrothal gift list and looked through it again, filtering in her mind which ones should go with the dowry and which ones should be kept.
The door was pushed open, Tian Minyan raised her head, and Qi Shiqi walked in from the outside. She stood up and smiled slightly: "Now you don't have to climb through the window."
Qi Shiqi smiled proudly and said: "We will get married in a month. Even if we are caught, there will be nothing to say."
Tian Minyan glanced at him, walked to the table, poured him a cup of tea, and put it on the small table on the couch. Qi Shiqi asked: "What are you doing?"
"We are looking at how many good things our Prince Xian brought to the appointment." Tian Minyan raised the gift list at hand, rested her elbows on the small table, and supported her chin with her palms and said: "You are taking out the Emperor's private treasury.
Empty? You’re welcome.”
Qi Shiqi used the tea lid to skim off the tea foam and said: "Those objects are placed there, waiting to be collected. How much money have I earned for the royal family over the years? It's not enough to use these things to show off.
It’s not an exaggeration, I will always make my wife-in-law the most jealous woman in the world.”
Tian Minyan made a sound and said: "You're really not polite, look carefully, those princes will hate you again."
The corners of Qi Shiqi's lips curled up evilly, and he said, "Who is afraid of whom?"
Tian Minyan shook her head and looked at the gift list in her hand again.
"What are you going to do after looking at this gift list?"
"I was thinking about what to put in the dowry." Tian Minyan said without raising her head. After thinking about it, she raised her head and looked at him again: "Let me tell you first, our family is not a royal family.
Come on, this dowry is not half as good as your betrothal gift, and I don’t plan to take all the dowry with me, so the dowry won’t be particularly thick, so don’t dislike it.”
"Are you still crying about being poor?" Qi Shiqi clicked his tongue, took out a big purse from his sleeve and threw it on the table: "Take it."
"What is this?" Tian Minyan picked it up in confusion, opened the elastic cord of her purse, took a look, and took out a stack of banknotes: "This?"
"Didn't you say that there is no money? Use it to buy a dowry. You can add whatever you want." Qi Shiqi said nonchalantly: "If it's not enough, ask me for it."
Tian Minyan was startled and looked at the banknotes in her hand. They were all 10,000 taels of banknotes. There were as many as 100,000 taels. It was really generous.
"For me?"
"Yeah." Qi Shiqi nodded and said, "You can keep all the betrothal gift. If you want to make up the number, you can just put a few stones in it. No one can see what's inside anyway."
Tian Minyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this, and said: "How can you be like this? If people find out, the Zhong County uncle's house will probably have to find a crack in the ground to get in." He wanted to put the stone.
"I don't mind even if you don't have any dowry at all." Qi Qiqi put down the tea cup and raised his eyebrows and said: "When you marry me, I will naturally be responsible for your food, drink, clothes, and everything else.
Be responsible. So, don’t worry too much about the dowry, just keep it nice and beautiful, and wait until I ride a big horse to marry you."
He stroked her delicate eyebrows, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and her peach-blossom eyes were sparkling under the light.
Is this sweet talk? But Tian Minyan had to admit that she was touched.
"If you hate it, it will make people cry." She sniffed, clenched her fist and punched him.
Qi Shiqi grabbed her, put it to his lips and kissed her, then pulled her over and sat in his arms, holding her with his hands, resting his chin on her head, looking at the full moon outside the window and saying, "I really want to
Come soon to August.”
Tian Minyan also saw that today was the first day of the Lunar New Year, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. It had rained two days ago, and there was a cool breeze, so the heat had gone away a lot.
"It's almost time. Just wait, I'm walking towards you step by step."
Qi Shiqi heard a thought in his heart and turned her around. Her eyes were like stars and the corners of her mouth were flying. The girl's faint body fragrance hit her in waves, awakening something in his body.
"You go faster." He touched her lips with his fingertips and said, "I'll stand right here."
"Um."
Tian Minyan smiled brightly, stood on tiptoes, hugged his neck with both hands, and took the initiative to kiss his lips...
By the way, as I write this, I feel that it has a bit of a modern feel. Sorry, I want to review it, this romance is too romantic!