Chapter 197 Immortal Fairy Fan With Her Elbow Turned Out
Chapter 197 Fan Xianji with her elbows turned outwards
Author: Muzi Blue
Chapter 197 Fan Xianji with her elbows turned outwards
Huaiyuanfang.
At the Yingguo Duke's Mansion, Fan Xing's concubines put on makeup for Fan Xuanfu.
Fan Xing sat aside and watched, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten. "Alang, are you really reluctant to let go?" A nun saw this and asked with a smile.
"Yeah." Fan Xing was honest.
In the past, he had been looking forward to his daughter getting married as soon as possible. After the death of three fiancés, he even thought about marrying as long as someone was willing to marry him. It didn't matter what the other person's family background was, and the poor family did not mind. But he really wanted to get engaged, but he
I can't bear to leave this woman.
"Aye, how much dowry have you prepared for me?" Fan Xuanfu was extremely happy today, and there was no trace of sadness at all. He looked at the mirror with yellow decals, but he still had time to ask his father for the dowry.
Fan Xing had already bought a large dowry for his daughter, which included not only carved dowry and wooden furniture, but also embroidered brocade silk clothing and bedding, as well as various gold, silver, pearls, jade and gem jewelry, and even a farm, money, silk, cattle, horses, and slaves.
Once Aunt Fan gets engaged, Fan Xing arranges it grandly. After the death of a fiancé, she will add a dowry next time she gets engaged. After three times, the dowry is now extremely generous.
"Hahaha, it depends on how many gifts the Wu family gives."
"Yeah, you know the Wu family is not as good as ours." Fan Xuanfu turned his arms outward. Before he got married, he began to think about his husband's family.
The Fan family is not only the founder of this dynasty, but also a strong and powerful family in Wuling for generations. Even though his family was confiscated for crimes and he was not a slave, he followed the right people and turned around again. The family business is bigger than before. This is not the third generation.
The Ke family, a warrior who has never served as an official, can compete with him.
"Aye, didn't the imperial court issue an edict before, saying that from now on, in the world, when a married woman receives wealth, a family of three or higher grades may not exceed three hundred pieces of silk, four or five grades, no more than two hundred pieces, six or seven grades
No more than 100 horses of high grade, no more than 50 horses if the eighth grade is below, all used for the dowry of the married woman, and no wealth from accompanying the family."
Fan Xing chuckled, "You mean our family's betrothal gift is no more than three hundred bolts of silk?"
"Three hundred horses is quite a lot."
Fan Xing was helpless, "Daughter, three hundred pieces of silk, even if the price of silk is high now, can't be discounted for a hundred thousand dollars. It's only a hundred thousand dollars, how can you marry the daughter of my eye?"
"Then how much more do you want, Aye? Is it possible that you still want to accompany your family?"
It has been a custom since the Northern Dynasties that when two families get married, if there is a big difference in family status, the lower party will have to pay compensation to the higher party.
This is true not only for marrying a wife, but also for marrying a daughter. Whoever's family is inferior will pay for it.
Of course, this also specifically refers to those top aristocrats, which are beyond the reach of ordinary people even if they are poor or rich.
This folk custom of accompanying family members, as well as the custom of heavy betrothal gifts and heavy dowries, is very strong, which leads to the fact that some sons of poor families cannot afford to pay high betrothal gifts and cannot marry a wife, but similarly, the daughters of poor families cannot afford heavy dowries, so
Can't get married.
The Fan family is the official residence of the Duke of the country and has been granted the title of meritorious official. His status is naturally higher than that of Wu Huaiyu, who has just been granted the title of Sanhou. According to folk customs, the Wu family has reached a higher level and has the wealth to accompany the family.
As for marrying the daughter of the Duke, or the eldest daughter, the betrothal gift must be several million.
"The customs are like this, so we are not exempt from it. Don't worry, no matter how many gifts the Wu family sends, I will add them to your dowry in the end, and I will never leave a penny behind."
The dowry of a woman in the Tang Dynasty was extramarital personal property. Even if the marriage was divorced in the future, this property could be taken away. Even the dowry farm, money and silk, etc., which accrued interest, were all personal and did not belong to the family.
Public accounts.
Fan Xing is not short of money,
He just hopes to give his daughter a little more face.
"In this case, I also know that the Wu family is not as good as ours, so I will give him a thousand guan as a betrothal gift, and another 800 guan as a companion. In addition, there will be eight pairs of horses, mules, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, and geese.
Eight rooms for slaves, eighty sections each of silk and silk, no less than a hundred acres of farmland, at least two..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Fan Xuanfu quickly stopped his father, "Ah, why don't you just ask for ten thousand guan? Erlang has been an official for less than half a year, how can you afford it? Aren't you embarrassing the Wu family?
You deliberately don’t want your daughter to get married, right?
OK, my daughter won’t get married,”
Fan Xuanfu said that he was going to pull off the jewelry on his head, but Fan Xing stopped him in a hurry. While stopping him, he lowered his head and smiled, "Dad shouldn't ask for so much. As for my daughter, you can have as much as you want!"
"Two pairs each of cattle, sheep, horses, mules, chickens, ducks and geese, two slaves, twenty pieces of silk and satin each, and three hundred bolts of silk as a betrothal gift. I don't need the family wealth. The imperial court has already banned the collection of family wealth, and we can't violate it.
According to the imperial decree, our family has plenty of fields, so we don’t want them anymore..."
Fan Xing frowned and said, "If it's a little less, it won't look good."
"What's not good about it? We are marrying our daughter, not selling her. Besides, Aye is short of money, land or slaves?"
Fan Xing sighed.
"Is the Wu family so poor? Why don't I secretly give Erlang money and silk to the slave farm first, and he will use it as a betrothal gift. Then you can bring it over, and I will use it as more dowry."
"Yeah, how can you do things like this? Aren't you sincerely trying to embarrass Erlang? If people find out, what should you say to him?"
Fan Xing's concubines and maids saw that the father and daughter were arguing again, but they were very smart and did not interrupt. Anyway, the quarrel was a quarrel. The father and the two had a good relationship. If they interrupted, they would be asking for it.
Not interesting.
"Just do what you say, hey."
"Why are you unhappy? What's wrong with Wu Erlang? He has already become a marquis based on his own ability at a young age."
Fan Xing was unconvinced, "The eighteen-year-old Marquis is still a false title, what's so good about it?"
"Aye, you were already twenty years old when Your Majesty defeated Xue Ju and made you the Duke of Xihua County in the first year of Wude."
"A twenty-year-old county magistrate, isn't he young?" Fan Xing asked.
"Erlang will be granted the title of County Marquis at the age of eighteen."
"The county magistrate or the county prince?"
The two men were so anxious that their faces turned pale.
"Alang, someone from the Wu family is here."
Upon hearing this, the two men stopped arguing and went to greet her together. Fan Xing stopped her and said, "You can stay quietly in the backyard today. Wu Erlang is not the only one here, there are also big matchmakers and other outsiders."
"Well, Aye, please don't talk nonsense for a while. Just do what I said just now and ask for the betrothal gift. Don't pay for the family wealth. Our family is from Wuling Man. The Wu family in Taiyuan was made a marquis during the Han Dynasty. I want to give the family wealth to the family.
We have to give it to our family."
Fan Xing shook his head and went out. He couldn't help but lament that as soon as his daughter grew up, her arms turned outward, which was not considerate at all.
The front hall of Fan Mansion.
Wu Huaiyu brought many relatives and friends to propose marriage today.
The two great generals, Qin Qiong, Duke of Qi, and Cheng Yaojin, Duke of Lu, served as the media. In addition, the patriarch of the old martial arts family, Xuancheng County Duke Warrior Leng, also came here to support today.
Then Ma Zhou, the brother-in-law, a man from Gaotang County and a censor, also came.
Friends such as Niu Jianwu, a man from Weicheng County, Cheng Chumo, a man from Dong'e County, An Yuanshou, a man from Weiwu County, Lu Huairang, a man from Woye County, and Wanda, a man from Wuyuan County, also came.
Also, my father, Samurai Ke, my brother Wu Huaiyi from Daling County, my cousin Wu Fatty, my third brother Huai Liang, my cousin Wu Yuanshuang, Wu Yuanqing, and my cousin Wu Xixuan all came to watch the fun.
In a group of people, most of them have nobles.
Fan Xing came out with a big smile and crossed his hands in greeting to everyone.
At this time, Huaiyu and his younger brother Huailiang came forward holding a wild goose.
The atmosphere in the front hall is very lively.
Because the two young people have already been in love with each other for a long time, this marriage is just a formality.
Propose a marriage, accept the favor, ask for the name, accept the invitation, and send the letter.
Everyone is eager to finish it at once, and it is best to send it to the bridal chamber today.
Of course, when Huaiyu and the others came today, they didn't just bring two geese. In addition to the two live geese, they also brought eight boxes each of silk silk, eight boxes each of gold, silver, pearls, and jade jewelry, and various other items.
There are thirty-six kinds of food, preserved fruits, etc., pick two of each.
There are also gold collars, silver ingots, copper coins, etc., which are also numbered eight.
These are not formal ceremonies yet.
"Regarding Ping Li, I don't know what the Yingguo Government's requirements are. Please tell me directly. I also want to tell you my requirements regarding the accompanying family members." Qin Qiong, as a great mediator, got down to business after being polite.
"Mr. Qin is too polite. Just call me Lao Fan. As for the betrothal gift, let's follow the previous edict issued by the court, which is only three hundred bolts of silk. We can't exceed it, right?
As for the family wealth, I, Fan Xing, belong to the Wuling Man family. My father and son once broke the family and became slaves, so it is really not worth showing off their family status. The Wu family has been a famous family since the Han Dynasty. If you want to give the family wealth, I should give it to you.
"
As soon as these words came out, Qin Qiong didn't know how to answer them.
In fact, asking for betrothal gifts and compensating the family wealth are all procedures. In fact, Huaiyu told Qin Qiong before that no matter how much the Fan family asked for, they would directly accept it. If it was not enough, he asked the warrior Leng Samurai to borrow it. These two
However, I had already taken the initiative to tell their brothers that if they don’t have enough money when they get married, just ask them to get it.
Especially Samurai Yu, who is not short of money at all.
Qin Qiong said that he would just make up for it, after all, he couldn't be a foster father in vain.
But no one expected that Fan Manzi only wanted three hundred bolts of silk as a betrothal gift, not even the family wealth.
"What's wrong with this?" Qin Qiong and Samurai Ke said almost in unison.
"Then just a hundred bolts of silk," Fan Xing thought they were too many.
"No, there are too few. The eldest daughter of the Yingguo Palace married a newly-confessed Marquis of Shouyang County. How can she be worse than a small family? If word spread, it will make people laugh. No, even though Huaiyu is young
, but Duke Yingguo doesn’t have to worry about betrothal gifts and family wealth.
I, Qin Qiong, am Erlang’s adoptive father, Zhou Guogong is Erlang’s uncle, Xuancheng County Duke is his uncle, and Gaotang County Man is his brother-in-law..."
This put Fan Xing in a bit of a dilemma. He wanted more daughters but refused.
"How about six hundred pieces of silk as a betrothal gift and three hundred pieces of silk as a companion?"
At this time Huaiyu spoke, "Yingguo Gong, adoptive father, Wei Zheng, the minister next door to me, Zuo Cheng, was recently discussing marriage with Wang Xueshi of the Wang family in Qixian County, Taiyuan. The other party offered one million to accompany the family, plus another one hundred.
I think it would be better to add two million yuan each to the ten thousand Cai gift, and then add some other fields, cattle, horses, silk, cloth, grain, etc. How about that?"
"It's too much, far beyond the imperial decree. Just eight hundred bolts of silk as a gift, and an additional six hundred bolts of silk to accompany the money," Fan Xing bargained.
As a result, in the front hall of Yingguo Duke's Mansion, two families were getting married, and a group of princes were fighting over the bride price, with no one willing to give in.
It's just that the man's family is vying to add up to the betrothal gift and housekeeping money, but the woman's family is desperately trying to subtract from it, and neither side gives in.
The servants and maids of the Fan family stood there in a state of anger, not daring to say a word. They were also eye-opening to this scene.
Huaiyu wanted to give him 2,400 pieces of silk, but Fan Xing said that he would only accept 1,400 bolts of silk at most. The difference between the amounts offered by the two sides was five times.
