The next day, Shu Shu was free to check the gift sent by the Minister of the Interior yesterday, which could be regarded as the royal "betrothal gift".
The prince's elder brother pays homage to his parents-in-law, which is regarded as a "written ceremony", and then the minister of chamberlain presents something on behalf of the emperor, which is called a "nacai ceremony". This is all done in one day, and the time is divided into different periods.
Shu Shu, the prince of Fujin, did not receive many rewards, including one golden collar, three large hairpins, three flame hairpins, three sets of pendants, four clouds on the collar straps held in his hands, four pendant horns and precious caps, and matching necklaces. Forty liang of gold, two qian of welding powder, seventy taels of special-grade mink lining, seventy taels of mink lining for the robe, seventy taels of mink lining for the quilt, seventy taels of mink lining for the mattress, seventy taels of dyed otter skin for the collar, Use dyed mink to make hats.
Except for a few pieces of finished jewelry that can be kept, the rest of these things have to be carried back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, made into corresponding finished products, and then sent back to be carried into the palace as part of Shu Shu's dowry.
As the father of Fujin, Qi Xi also had a pair of rings, a knife, a toothpick tube, a front sheath, a handle, nine bunches of nails in the tube, one plum needle and arrow, two rings, two knife handles, iron Two hoops, one coin, one hoop for hanging knives, and eleven nails.
Jueluo's robe is lined with mink fur, and his collar is edged with otter skin.
After reading it briefly and sending it to someone to seal it in the box, Shu Shu only felt that she was at a loss.
Isn’t it said that extravagant marriages are popular now?
Why is the bride price so meager?
It's just that the royal betrothal gift can be simple, but the Dong E family's dowry cannot be so. Otherwise, how can the whole family express their gratitude for the emperor's grace?
These days, there is something wrong with the rumors outside. Most of them are praising Prince An's Mansion and belittling Dong E's family.
Shu Shu asked people to inquire around, and found out that the source of the gossip came from Prince An's Mansion, from the mouth of the arrogant Guo Luoluoge.
Shu Shu had long thought about preparing for the future "grandmother-in-law disagreement", so she arranged for people to add fuel to the flames, but it wasn't the kind of thinly veiled gossip, but the facts.
Throughout April, the hottest gossip in teahouses in Xicheng and Nancheng was what dowry Dong E's family had prepared.
It was Zhuangtian in the first ten days of the year. Some people said that Fangshan, some said Tongzhou. Finally, someone who was well-informed and had relatives in the household department got accurate information. Zhuangzi in Fangshan replaced the land in Tongzhou, and ten hectares of land were collected in Tongzhou.
Land in the suburbs of Beijing is rare, and ten hectares of land is not a small amount.
When we talked about dowry shops in the second half of the year, we first said there were two, one for the silver shop on Gulou Street and the other for the tea house on Xisi Fourth Street.
When the business of Qianjinfang was good, some people also knew that it was also under the name of Dong E's family. But every family's dowry was in even numbers, and there was no odd number. There were people waiting to know whether Dong E's family would deduct one or add another. .
Within a few days, news came out that a new shop had been added. It was Mrs. Bo's dowry, Xisi's pastry shop.
Shu Shu just made some small moves, but later she became a little uncontrollable.
In addition to the idle men of the Eight Banners, there are also clan members who are paying attention to the dowries of the two families.
Everyone is snobbish, and they are used to downplaying the weak and flattering others. Last year, the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother got married on the same day, and they were talked about a lot.
There is actually a big gap in status between the two. One is the eldest son of a beloved concubine and was raised by the Queen Mother; the other is the son of a low-level concubine. He was born with a disease and almost gave birth to the late Prince Chunjing as his heir when he was young.
But the family backgrounds of the two Fujins are the other way around. They are both daughters of the Eight Banners and old honors. But Wu Fujin is just a side branch, from a middle-class family. Her grandfather is a governor, and she can barely be regarded as the granddaughter of a high-ranking official; Qi Fujin is one of the "Eight Families of Manchuria" He is a direct branch of the Hadanara clan, a hereditary leader of the family, and has been married to the clan for generations, which is a worthy family line.
Last year, the fifth and seventh elder brothers became the talk of the town. This year, the weddings of the eighth and ninth elder brothers in the same year are also being watched.
Especially since the "initial engagement ceremony" organized by Prince Li'an County in March was so flamboyant, it naturally attracted the attention of many princes of the clan.
Now he is praising the Dong E family in words and words, maybe it is because he is deliberately slapping him in the face.
Bullshit?
It’s no longer the Prince’s Mansion, but it’s even more impressive than the Prince’s Mansion!
However, Zhenglan Banner is mostly composed of out-of-power clans, and no one can compete with Prince An's Mansion. The six brothers of Prince An's Mansion include two county princes, two beizi, and two auxiliary princes, and they hold more than thirty assistants. It was the flag owner of Zhenglan Banner who seemed to be so powerful.
Can the niece raised in the palace really be used as a daughter?
Treat the marriage as a marriage between the clan and the royal family, and ignore the serious prince-in-law Guo Luoluo. What do you want to do?
The engagement party is grand, but where’s the dowry?
The head of the palace, Taifujin Hesheli, is the daughter of Sony, the sister of Suo'etu, and the prince's great-aunt. Would she be willing to spend real money and money to make a face for the cheap granddaughter who married the eldest brother?
You must know that the legitimate daughter of the Hesheli family came out of the cabinet last year, was granted the title of county lord, and married the crown prince's cousin, and the dowry was considerable.
The elders and younger ones are in order, and there are differences between seniority and inferiority. How can Guo Luoluo Gege get past his aunt?
The previous generation was quick and easy in weddings and funerals, and now that the younger generation has grown up, what kind of dowry can they buy for a girl with a foreign surname?
Even if a few uncles are happy, the aunts may not be happy either.
Everyone was waiting to see the joke of Prince Anjun's house, and they inevitably started to praise Dong E's family in their words.
As usual, Shu Shu became the "control group" and became the center of the gossip.
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Anjun Prince's Mansion, West Cross Courtyard.
Guo Luoluo, Shu Shu's "control group" in Beijing's gossip, listened to the nanny talking about the rumors outside the house. He stood up with excitement and raised his phoenix eyes: "What does the Dong E family want to do? I haven't said anything yet. Is it their turn to show off? Who do you want to be stronger?"
Grandma's honor and disgrace are all tied to the young master, so naturally she can't stand her suffering. Last time, she mentioned it once but failed, so this time she just whispered: "Gege... In the thirty-first year, the prince ordered someone to purchase two The things came back from the boat, but my uncle used some when he got married. In the past few years, Taifujin didn't send people to bring a few carts of things to Jiu Gege and Twelve Gege... Last year, Fourteen Gege got married, and the dowry on the surface was nine. Sixteen lifts, but there are still two dowry houses, who knows how many will be moved there..."
Guo Luoluoge didn't know much about the economy and was very dissatisfied: "My aunt is Duoluogege, so the dowry is not purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs? There are precedents..."
"The Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for the procurement, but the various governments can't help but subsidize it..." Nanny still muttered.
Guo Luoluo Gege couldn't help but feel sulky. The Fourteenth Gege was her elder, actually one year younger than her. The two aunts and nephews grew up in the same house, so they couldn't compare each other. In the early years, her aunt's food and clothing expenses were one year higher than hers. Wait, it can be said that the elders and younger ones are inferior to each other; but now that the fourteenth Gege is out of the cabinet, she is only marrying an old guard, and she is marrying a prince, so she has to give up one end of the dowry?
Why?
Just because she is marrying the Crown Princess’s cousin?
"I'm going to the warehouse. I want to see who dares to play tricks?"
While talking, Guo Luoluo stood up in a hurry and ran directly to the inner warehouse of the palace, asking to open the warehouse to check his dowry.
Wherever the eunuch in charge of the treasury dared to open the door, he would have to delay his words and send people to report to Tai Fujin in a hurry.
Taifu Jin Hesheli's sixty-year-old general, rich and graceful, was leaning on the couch, holding Buddhist beads in his hand, listening to his sister-in-law's words without raising his eyes: "If you want to see it, let her see it... One hundred and twenty If you put it there and put it on display, no one can make a mistake..."
Although Old Fujin was Prince Anhe's third successor to Fujin, his first wife's legitimate son did not survive, and his successor Fujin only left one daughter. However, she gave birth to six sons and seven daughters. In addition to the ones who died in infancy, there are still four sons and four daughters in the clan. Fujin is considered to be one of the most blessed people, but he has three things that he hates in his life, that is, his eldest son died in an unknown manner when he was raised to three years old; second, his second daughter raised him to nineteen, but died of cold before leaving the palace; and third, his third daughter Fu Meng married far away, and all three events were closely related to Guo Luoluoge's maternal grandmother, the Wu Lahan family of Fujin.
Prince Anhe had many children, and the palace was also known for infighting within the clan. There were twenty sons and twenty-three daughters. Only six sons and eight daughters survived to get married, and many of the rest died from infighting.
Because Prince Anhe was in a high position in his early years, not only Fujin, Jifujin, and Sanjifujin were all Manchu and Mongolian noble daughters, but the four side Fujins were also of Mongolian and Manchu noble origin.
At that time, not long after entering the customs, it was not clear whether the legitimate concubines were "married". Fu Jin was also his wife, and they fought evenly with Fujin, a life-or-death fight.
Before the Hesheli family entered the house, all the three sons and one daughter born by the direct descendant Fujin died in infancy. The successor Fujin only gave birth to one daughter, and the four other descendants were sterilized. Only Wu Lahan gave birth to a son and three daughters, one of whom died in infancy. One daughter took up three, and the son became the eldest son.
Then before Hesheli's eldest son was born, Wu Lahan's eldest son died; Wu Lahan's eldest daughter died half a year later, and Hesheli's eldest son also died.
Of the first four children of the Wu Lahan family, only one survived to get married. The younger daughter they added later died when she was thirteen years old. The Hesheli family also lost five children one after another, and the second daughter among them all reached the age of nineteen. , died of cold before going out.
Now that the prince has been gone for many years, that bitch has also lived in seclusion in the Buddhist hall for many years. But can the hatred be forgotten?
The Guo Luoluo family is of that bitch’s bloodline, and they still expect to enjoy the glory and wealth in Prince Ping’s palace?
dream!
There is a hidden danger in this marriage, but those short-sighted and unfilial sons only regard it as a good thing!
The emperor suppressed the people of Prince An's family for twenty years, so why should he be promoted just because he was promoted?
You must know that military merit is the most important thing in the dynasty. My deceased husband, Prince Anhe, was the great general king of the two dynasties. He defeated Khalkha and quelled the rebellion of the three vassals. He had great military achievements and deserved it despite being hereditary. However, he ended up with the second generation. Just drop the attack.
There are six sons of Prince Anhe, four of whom are direct descendants of Taifu Jin. During the prince's lifetime, in addition to the crown prince, the remaining three legitimate sons were also ennobled. Two county princes, one beizi, and two concubines were also ennobled. It's so glorious to serve the Duke of the country with kindness; but when Prince Anhe died of illness, the prince descended on the county prince, not only did the other two princes surrender one Chengbeizi, so they took away nine cattle records.
The emperor had previously assigned Prince Gong Chang Ning to the Zhenglan Banner. However, it was the 14th year of Kangxi's reign and the imperial power was still weak. Prince Baylor's power was at its peak. The emperor's younger brother brought Niu Lu from Shangsan Banner to join the banner, so he was not directly assigned to the banner. Zhenglan Banner Niulu, the princes of the clan have no reason to object.
However, with the stabilization of the imperial power, the princes of the royal family, Beile, who had conquered the world in the past, died one after another. The emperor became shameless and violated Taizong's oath not to capture the Five Banners Niulu, and directly let the prince join the banner and directly take over the Five Banners Niulu.
Now that the Eighth Prince is Baelor, he is just a minor lord. Can he be promoted later?
The eldest elder brother and the third elder brother were granted the title of king of the county and received twelve niulu. How about the number of princes?
You must know that the emperor's brother, Prince Yu Fuquan, once received twenty cattle records!
One goes down and the other goes up, who knows when the flag owner will change hands!
The engagement ceremony was a fake show, just for the emperor to see. Could it be that the whole family was really married off?
In the inner warehouse, Guo Luoluoge looked at the dazzling array of furniture, boxes of complete sets of jewelry, boxes of ready-made clothes, and hundreds of pieces of silk and cloud satin, with a look of satisfaction on his face.
The nanny had already looked hard, her eyes looking again and again at the large carved huanghuali cabinet. When she saw the jewelry, her eyes also lingered on several strings of coral beads. Her eyes widened even more when she saw the white jade jewelry at the back. Eyes, when I saw the gold jewelry, I picked up a few and looked at them...
