"Hurry up, put the things over here, handle them with care," a waiter said in a shrill voice, "You two over there, do you hear me, handle them with care!"
The guards and maids below were very busy. Huge red boxes were placed under the shade of the trees in the courtyard. The boxes were opened one after another. Several higher-ranking maids were checking the items according to the lists in their hands.
"This is the Fengguan Xiapei, and this is the gold and silver jewels as rewards..." Several young princesses also quietly mixed in the crowd, looking at the dazzling items in the opened boxes one by one.
items, or can be called “dowry”.
A royal wedding is always a grand ceremony, not to mention His Majesty's Royal Highness Lechang, the apple of His Majesty's eye. According to His Majesty's will, the inner court handles everything with the highest standards. The few eunuchs in charge of this matter can only make things worse.
In order to be solemn, there must not be any mistakes or omissions, so they simply took it upon themselves to add some rewards and dowries to the original highest standards for a princess' wedding. When the gift list, which obviously exceeded the standards in many places, was handed over to Zuopushe
When Xu Ling came, Xu Ling "didn't see it" and turned a blind eye and passed without even Zuo Pushe saying anything. Of course, the other ministers who had the power to manage the matter quickly pretended to be stupid.
Directly delivered to His Majesty.
His Majesty did not express any objection to this, but instead added an extra set of makeup boxes, which can be regarded as a gift from the emperor. This makeup box is allowed to be inlaid with gold edges to symbolize the majesty of His Majesty the Emperor, and has dragon and phoenix patterns on it. In fact, in
To a certain extent, it has broken the royal standards and is even more expensive than any other box of dowry.
"Sister, sister!" Princess Ningyuan walked through the busy crowd and rushed into the study. Because the entire hall was now filled with dowry items, Princess Lechang simply waited in the study when she heard the familiar voice
Lechang stood up hurriedly at the sound of the voice. Before she could say hello, Princess Ningyuan had already crashed into her arms.
"Oops!" Lechang was caught off guard and stumbled, almost falling. Fortunately, she quickly stretched out her hands to support the table behind her. Several maids anxiously stepped forward to help them, but Lechang waved his hand and asked them to step back.
He reached out and touched Princess Ningyuan's little head, "Girl, you are so old and you are still so reckless, how can you get married in the future?"
Princess Ningyuan snorted: "Then don't get married!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lechang said hurriedly.
Princess Ningyuan raised her head and bit her finger gently: "But, since it was time to get married, my sister was unhappy for several days even if she knew she was marrying a great hero, so she still didn't want to get married.
I don’t want to be unhappy if I don’t!”
Lechang subconsciously wanted to refute, but stopped when the words reached his lips.
Unhappy... Could it be that the entanglement in my heart has been fully exposed? Even this little girl who has always been lively and careless has noticed it...
Immediately, Lechang forced out a smile, stretched out his hand to touch Ning Yuan's cheek, and whispered: "Sister, it's not that I'm unhappy. It's hard to explain everything here to a little girl like you."
Suddenly Ning Yuan said dissatisfied: "You said just now that I am no longer a little girl! Oh, sister, you see there are so many things out there. My father has rewarded you so much this time. If only I could be so prosperous
How wonderful it would be to get married, and to marry such a great hero who can turn the tide and stand upright..."
After a pause, Ning Yuan blinked expectantly: "Sister, you don't know. When you look at the sisters outside, they all say they don't envy them, but in their hearts they can't sleep well and can be with my sister.
Are you the same as my sister? You must know that General Zhenxi is both civil and military, and the poems he wrote are still often recited among these sisters!"
Lechang's hand on Ning Yuan's shoulder trembled subconsciously and he closed his eyes.
Both civil and military talents are praised by everyone...
Li Lang, others expect you to become a great hero, but I only expect you to be an ordinary prince-in-law. We recite poems and compose poems every day, travel around the mountains and rivers every day, and throw away all the grudges between family and country. Isn't it good?
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"What is sister thinking about?" Ning Yuan couldn't help but asked curiously, "Sister is always in a daze when I see her these days."
Lechang hugged Ning Yuan gently and whispered: "I feel a little sad when I think that I will no longer be able to live in the palace, or even see you all the time."
According to court practice, it is of course impossible for a princess to stay in the palace after she gets married. At this time, it is natural to have a matching mansion, and the size of the mansion often symbolizes the status of the princess. Even if the princess and the consort do not live in the palace later,
Here, this symbolic mansion is a must.
Chen Xu had previously promised to let Lechang choose her own husband, and even wanted to give Lechang a mansion several times before she got married. This was absolutely unprecedented, and Lechang also knew that this might arouse the interest of the other princesses.
His dissatisfaction only caused trouble, so he refused several times.
Of course, there was no possibility of rejection this time. Chen Xu simply "bought" several pieces of land opposite Li Xinchen's Hanzhong Marquis Mansion. When Li Xinchen had not come to Jiankang Mansion, he had already started to build a large-scale construction project.
An outline had just appeared. In order to ensure quality, Chen Xu had no choice but to not push too hard, so he could only first decide on the place of marriage at Li Xingchen's mansion. This was also in line with etiquette. After all, in the past, apart from marrying into the family, there had been no marriage ceremony.
He said the wedding was held at his daughter's home.
In order to compensate Lechang for not being able to move directly into his princess mansion in a short period of time, Chen Xu sent people to reward a large number of household appliances, which have been transported to Li Xingchen's mansion first. It can be said that all the old furniture has been replaced.
, and every place that could be filled was filled to the brim.
This kind of treatment is absolutely the first time in this dynasty.
Princess Ningyuan smiled and said: "But although my sister has moved out of the palace, she is still in the city, so as long as Ningyuan misses her, can she go and play with her?"
Lechang subconsciously wanted to refuse. She didn't want her sister to come into contact with Li Xinchen, or to be exposed to the turmoil in the court that Li Xinchen represented behind her. Lechang was already involved in it, and she didn't know if she would have a chance to escape.
But she didn't want to see her sister fall into it again.
However, when he happened to meet Ning Yuan's dazzling big eyes, Lechang sighed softly, and finally chose not to say anything more.
Ning Yuan seemed to have noticed something, and grabbed Lechang's hand: "Sister, let's go for a walk. Anyway, this place is already full of things, and it will be boring for you to stay in this study."