After a long time, the voice of the Minister of Rites broke the strange silence.
"Prime Minister Su, by your Majesty's order, I have come to hire Miss Su."
The Minister of Rites clasped his fists and bowed, took out a gift list from his sleeve, held it in both hands and handed it to Su Qi.
Behind him, hundreds of palace attendants were holding exquisite jade articles.
Glaze mandarin duck, imperial green jade hairpin, gold and jade bead hair crown...
Countless treasures reflect bright light in the sun.
After that, there are betrothal money, betrothal cakes, eight types of seafood, fragrant cannons, gold bracelets, fruits, three kinds of animals, four-color candies, coconuts, Sijing fruits, wine, fish, gold paste, dou Erlai, tea leaves and sesame seeds.
Behind them were hundreds of carriages.
The carriage was filled with silks, gold and silver jewelry and other items.
Shen Shi stepped forward slowly at the same time, holding a tray in his hand.
On a tray covered with red silk satin, there are twelve naive jade-carved zodiac signs, exuding a lustrous luster.
"Prime Minister Su, this is the extra mutton-fat white jade carving of the twelve zodiac signs that His Highness bought for Miss Su Er."
When Shen Shi finished speaking, everyone around him was frozen in place.
Nani?
The twelve zodiac signs carved from mutton-fat white jade?
etc!
Twelve zodiac signs, carved from mutton fat and white jade?
Damn it!
Case solved!
Some time ago, the boss who spent a million taels of gold to marry his young wife was actually the third prince? ! !
The Minister of Rites looked at Shen Shi in a daze.
Therefore, the wealthy businessman His Majesty has been asking him to find has always been under their noses.
Tan Xiuyuan and Feng, who were standing in the crowd, were also shocked.
After the air was quiet for a moment, it suddenly exploded.
"Holy shit! Is the third prince that infatuated rich businessman? What about the male goblin he raised?"
"Is he really marrying Miss Su Er to hide the fact that he actually likes men?"
"My illusions about love are completely shattered. There is no such thing as true love in this world."
"Sure enough, a man's mouth is a liar."
Listening to the shocked comments of the people, Tan Xiuyuan looked at Feng, "Ran'er really only gave birth to Tang'er back then?"
Feng rolled her eyes ungracefully: "When Ran'er gave birth, I personally accompanied her. How many times did she give birth to? How could I not know?"
Tan Xiuyuan nodded: "Yes."
Immediately, he spoke angrily, "The Third Highness has a male goblin outside, and he still begs to marry Tang'er. This is simply too much!"
Feng gave him a faint look: "If you can ruin this marriage, I will wash your feet every day."
Tan Xiuyuan was silent for three breaths and then said, "I'd better wash Madam's feet."
His Tan family is rich and powerful, but merchants have not fought with officials since ancient times. He still knows this.
Fortunately, Tanfu has a lot of money, so he doesn't worry about Tang'er not having enough money to take care of the relationship.
Even if the third prince doesn't like her, she will not be wronged if she has money.
Su Qi came back to his senses, took the gift list with both hands, and said to the Minister of Rites and Shen Shi, "Thank you for your hard work, sir."
The Minister of Rites hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty has another oral instruction. Miss Su Er will keep all the betrothal gifts herself."
Su Qi was stunned for a moment, with bitterness flashing in his eyes, and nodded, "Her mother passed away early, so it should be left to her for safekeeping."
Mrs. Zhang's face turned pale and she muttered: "Master Xiang, how can there be any reason for a daughter to keep her dowry by herself..."
The Minister of Rites glanced at her and said meaningfully: "Master Su, your Majesty has another oral instruction. If Master Su cannot guarantee that Miss Su's betrothal gift can be kept by her, the betrothal gift will be sent to Tan Mansion."
"Of course, Miss Su Er also married from Tan Mansion."
"No!" Before Su Qi could speak, Mrs. Zhang suddenly shouted.
Sensing Su Qi's livid face and the strange looks from the people around her, she paled and quickly explained: "Tang'er's parents are both here, so there's no reason to marry from her maternal ancestral home."
If the betrothal gift was really sent to Tan Mansion, what else would she use as a dowry for Yaoer?
In the past two days, she wrote to that person, but there was no reply at all.
The Minister of Rites smiled slightly and did not expose her, but just emphasized it again.
"Unless Miss Su Er uses the betrothal gift herself, if anything is missing without her knowledge, Your Majesty will ask Mu Feng, the commander of the imperial army, to investigate it personally."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Shi continued to add, "His Royal Highness said that these twelve pieces of mutton-fat white jade must also be sent to Miss Su Er's room."
"If there is less, he will ask His Majesty to conduct a thorough investigation."
Mrs. Zhang suddenly tightened her handkerchief, her face turning green and white.
These two sentences were obviously meant for her to tell her not to think too much about Su Ruotang's little bitch's dowry.
Mrs. Zhang forced a smile, "Sir, Tang'er's betrothal gift has been sent, what about Yao'er's?"
Tomorrow is the seven-day period given by Su Ruotang, but she only managed to collect 500,000 silver taels.
Last night, he was threatened again by Wang Tao. As a last resort, Yaoer poisoned him.
She disguised the scene as if he accidentally stepped on her and fell from upstairs. After being discovered by the servant, she hurried back to the Su Mansion.
After Zhang finished speaking, everyone looked at the back of the crowd with increasingly strange expressions.
Zhang's heart skipped a beat and she followed everyone's gaze.
The crowd took the initiative to make way for her to see the ten palace servants and two ordinary carriages behind them.
Each palace attendant holds a tray with jade jewelry placed on it.
Just one piece of these jewelry can be enough for an ordinary person's family to live for a year.
In the carriage, there were twenty-eight pieces of silk and satin.
Normally, these betrothal gifts would be enough to marry the legitimate daughter of a small family.
But it happened to be sent together today, and it was immediately made extremely frosty, just like the fireflies and the bright moon, which were incomparable at all.
The common people smacked their lips, looking at the size of the betrothal gift behind the Minister of Rites, which could not be described as luxurious, and then looking at Su Muyao's pitifully small betrothal gift, and started talking one after another.
"Actually, this betrothal gift is not an injustice to Miss Su. She is just the daughter of a maid. Is it possible that she still wants to be the prince and concubine?"
"That's right, her mother used despicable means to get into Su Xiang's bed, and she still used the dowry left by Miss Su Er's mother all these years. It's really shameless."
"If it were me, I would not dare to go out a long time ago. Miss Su still dresses up every day and has no sense of shame at all."
"I used her as a role model before, but now that I think about it carefully, it is really shameless to be unmarried and paired up with a man."
"With a mother like that, do you think the daughter you teach will know how to behave?"
Listening to the people's discussion, Mrs. Zhang's face became extremely ugly. She looked at the Minister of Rites and asked, knowingly, "Sir, what is this?"
Su Muyao, who was inside the mansion, looked at the betrothal gift, which was less than one thousandth of Su Ruotang's, and listened to the people's comments, her lower lip was suddenly bitten and bled.
The maid beside her was frightened by her livid and cold look, and said weakly, "Miss, let's go back to the courtyard first. It's not good to be seen."
Su Muyao took a deep breath, lowered her eyes and looked at her red nails, the anger on her face gradually dissipated.
She glanced at the expensive jade carving in Shen Shi's hand again, turned around and left with a weird smile.
The little maid was startled by the cold look in her eyes before she left. She was stunned for a moment before chasing after her.
The Minister of Rites answered Zhang calmly: "This is the betrothal gift for Miss Su."
Mrs. Zhang clutched the handkerchief tightly, her face turned green and white.
With tears in her eyes, she looked at Su Qi aggrievedly, "Master Xiang..."
Su Qi glanced at the betrothal gift, which was far less than Su Ruotang's. His expression remained calm and did not change much.
He looked at Lin Mu calmly: "Send the betrothal gifts of the eldest lady and the second lady to their courtyards respectively."
Lin Mu agreed and led the people into the house.
The common people couldn't help but started talking when they saw the palace servants taking out the betrothal gifts from the carriage.
"Oh my god, that's twisted yarn, one piece of a thousand taels of gold! There are actually twenty pieces!"
"And this, the South China Sea Shark Pearl, one hundred taels of gold, this is enough for a box!"
"Golden eagle and phoenix hairpin! The legendary golden eagle and phoenix hairpin! Damn it, this was only worn by the founding queen!"
Along with several exclamations, countless treasures were recognized by the merchants in the crowd.
With every exclamation, Zhang's face became paler.
Tan Xiuyuan and Feng were completely stunned when the Minister of Rites personally held out the golden phoenix and jade hairpin.
Next to her, Gu Shuya frowned after being shocked, "The founding queen of Dongqi once fought with the ancestors. In the last battle, she defeated Nanchen. This established the foundation for Dongqi's territory to be the largest among the Three Kingdoms, and she became the strongest among the Three Kingdoms. .”
"This phoenix hairpin was made when she returned to Beijing and listened to politics behind the curtain with His Majesty, the founder of the People's Republic of China. His Majesty specially drew pictures for her and made it with his own hands. Seeing the hairpin is like seeing His Majesty."
Tan Zhixi pursed her lips and lowered her voice worriedly: "Your Majesty rewarded Tang'er with this hairpin. The significance of this..."
"Xier!"
Before she finished speaking, Feng interrupted her and shook her head.
In the crowd, there were not only ordinary people, but also businessmen and officials.
Without exception, when they saw the golden eagle, phoenix and jade hairpin, their expressions changed drastically.
The elegant room of the restaurant opposite Su Mansion.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty actually gave Su Ruotang a golden eagle and jade hairpin as a betrothal gift. Does this mean... that he wants to make that person the crown prince?"
Mo Xiaoya's personal bodyguard's expression turned ugly.
Mo Xiaoya squeezed the tea cup in his hand tightly and stared coldly at the palace servant below who was still sending betrothal gifts to the Su Mansion.
The sunlight hit his face, making his facial features appear bright and dim, and his emotions could not be seen.
After a while, he slowly opened his hand, and in a cold voice, along with the ash from the tea cup that turned into powder, slowly overflowed, "If you want that position, you have to see if he has the fate!"
As he finished speaking, he glanced across the street and happened to look into a pair of dark eyes across the street.
He silently uttered one sentence - we'll see.
Opposite him, Mo Rongyan looked cold and cold. He glanced at Mo Xiaoya briefly and reached out to close the window.
Mo Xiaoya gritted his teeth with a livid face, snorted and left.
Fu Beixian and Shen Fei looked at each other with joy in their eyes.
"Cousin..."
Mo Rongyan took a slow sip of tea, and his thin lips were covered with a layer of water color, adding a bit of magnificence.
When you put down the glazed tea cup, it made a crisp crackling sound.
What followed was his clear and cool tone.
"Get the thoughts out of your head."
His father took out the gold-carved phoenix and jade hairpin as a betrothal gift, but simply felt that the betrothal gift should not be smaller than the Tanfu dowry.
Just to save face.
Shen Fei curled his lips: "Your Highness, the position of the East Palace is yours. If it weren't for you three years ago..."
"Shut up!" Fu Beixian interrupted Shen Fei's words and looked at Mo Ronyan, "Cousin, if this happens, the Queen will definitely regard you as a thorn in her flesh."
Shen Fei couldn't help but mutter: "Hasn't the Queen always regarded Her Highness as a thorn in her side?"
If it weren't for some conservative veterans in the court, the position of crown prince would have been His Highness's three years ago.
It was because they had to stick to the ancestral teachings about whether to establish a direct heir or an elder. In addition, His Highness was poisoned by cold poison, so His Majesty has been delaying in establishing a crown prince.
Mo Rongyan glanced at Shen Fei lightly: "Go and check the batch of grain and grass purchased by Tan Ming."
Shen Fei was shocked.
"Your Highness, do you suspect that Miss Su's uncle is tampering with the food?"
Fu Beixian covered his face.
How did this stubborn guy defeat so many secret guards and become the deputy commander of the Zilin Guards?
He said tiredly: "Tanfu has been delivering military rations for more than 20 years, and there has never been a problem. His Highness the Fifth Prince appeared in Jiangnan before, and the batch of rations purchased by Miss Su's uncle came from Jiangnan."
Shen Fei suddenly realized: "Your Highness is worried that the fifth prince will tamper with the food and grass and put the blame on Miss Su's uncle."
Fu Beixian glanced at him with relief.
It's not too stupid, and it can still be used.
Immediately, Shen Fei looked at Mo Ronyan with a subtle expression, "Your Highness, have you really raised a male goblin outside?"
What responded to him was Mo Ronyan's indifferent eyes.
Fu Beixian: "..."
He took back his previous thoughts, this guy was hopeless.
However, he was also curious if the male goblin would cause trouble if he knew that his cousin gave Miss Su Er a luxurious betrothal gift.
Will he cry, make trouble, and hang himself?
