Some people couldn’t resist going to the door to look.
They saw the Prince Regent sitting on his horse in a vivid red dress, his eyebrows like a painting, with a smile in the painting, making people unable to take their eyes off him.
Behind him was an endless procession of bridal gifts, the front of which had already arrived at the Song family’s door with the Regent, and the back was still moving forward in an orderly manner.
It was Song Si who greeted him at the door, and when he saw the long bridal procession, he didn’t know what to say for a moment.
“Big brother.”
Chu Yunxiao rolled onto his back and dismounted from his horse, his face covered with joy.
He was a different person from just now.
It’s just as well, the one you’ve been longing for is about to be married, so it’s strange not to be happy!
When he thought of the way he had persuaded the Lady of Ding to take advantage of the day to mention the marriage, Song Si did not give him a good look.
He didn’t even offer a salute, saying directly, “Come in.”
“Good.”
Chu Yunxiao took a step behind him and followed into the house.
Hu Yong and another member of the House soldiers carried the first bridal gift into the house.
The two big, burly men had sweat on their foreheads, so you can imagine that the contents of the box were not light.
It took half an hour for the bride’s gifts to be brought in and placed all over the courtyard.
Even the wives of the six ministers had never seen so many bridal gifts, and they were envious of them.
Especially when the boxes were opened one by one and they saw the contents, they were even more envious.
There were some things they had never even seen before.
The Song family didn’t expect there to be so much either, including Song Si, who all looked dumbfounded.
The old man stroked his beard as well, but in his mind he was already thinking about what kind of dowry to prepare for Song Wangyue.
If the Regent was so generous, Yue’s dowry should not be shabby either.
His personal stash could be compared to this, but it was too small and could only hold two lifts at most.
Meng was thinking the same thing.
Qing’er ran quickly to the backyard again, full of excitement, “The regent has given a hundred and eight lifts of bride price.”
“One hundred and eight lifts?”
Meng Jiao exclaimed in shock.
Qing’er nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice, “They are all good things, the slave servant has never even seen them before.”
When the box was opened, the servant heard their gasps clearly.”
If she were there, she would have to huff and puff too. The Meng family is now the richest in Jiangnan, and her grandfather is a royal merchant, and her marriage was only thirty-six lifts, a hundred and eight lifts is three times as much as hers.
Meng Jiao could not hide her excitement and stood up, “I will go and take a look.”
Xiao Yao hurriedly stopped her, “If you want to see it, wait until the guests have all left, then you can go and have a look, don’t go and join in that fun now, be careful of your health.”
Looking down at her belly, Meng Jiao obediently sat back, “Alright then.”
It was only after sitting down that she saw Song Wangyue with a calm face.
“Little sister, did you know that the Regent had prepared such a large dowry?”
Song Wan Yue shook her head, the gold hairpin on her head swaying with the movement, becoming more and more dazzling.
“I don’t know.”
“You’re still so calm when you don’t know?”
If she had, she wouldn’t have been able to resist running over to see it.
Song Wan Yue held her face in her hands and said without modesty, “Second sister-in-law, your little sister I am beautiful and have a good hand in medicine, and I can also earn money, not to mention a hundred and eight lifts, even two hundred and eight lifts is not too much.”
Meng Jiao,……
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After the guests had all left, looking at the courtyard full of dowry, the Song family was in a quandary. With so many bridal gifts, they would have to take up at least three rooms, and there was also the fact that these bridal gifts were so good that they would inevitably be coveted by those with an agenda.
Song Wan Yue laughed so hard, “You all think too much, with Chu Yun Xiao’s status as regent, even if you give those thieves a hundred guts, they wouldn’t dare to come and steal it.”
Song Si glared at her.
Song Wan Yue immediately withdrew her laughter and sat down with a straight face, “Why don’t I go and ask Chu Yun Xiao for some people to come over?”
“There’s no need for you to go, if he had it in his heart, he would have sent someone over himself.”
Song Wangyue touched her nose, knowing that her big brother was relenting in his anger.
In fact, she didn’t care about when the wedding was, but the family didn’t think so. However, she was truly wronged, she really didn’t know that Chu Yunxiao would come up with such a move today.
“I am to blame for this, the Duke of Ding’s wife said something pitiful at that time, so I agreed.”
Grandma Song regretted a little, she shouldn’t have been soft at that time, but the bride price had already been sent, so it was useless to regret, “It’s too late to say anything now, let’s discuss about the dowry.”
According to the rules, the woman had to pay the same amount of dowry as the man, but how could the Song family compete with the Regent?
“There is no need to prepare, just carry the bride price back as it is.”
Song Wangyue said.
“That won’t work ……”
Song Lin disagreed.
He had such a daughter, and although he couldn’t prepare a dowry for his daughter like the big families, he couldn’t be too shabby either.
“Don’t worry about the dowry, we’ll think of something, oldest and second daughter-in-law, you guys accompany Yue’er to talk.”
Xiao Yao and Meng Jiao knew that the family was trying to detach Song Wan Yue, so they immediately got up, “Let’s go, little sister, let’s go and have a good look at your dowry.”
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In the following days, the Song family searched everywhere for good things, especially Song Si, who took the carriage to the street every day after going to the Hanlin courtyard to order the dao, and went through all the shops in the capital, buying back whatever caught their eye.
Xu and Song Lin were called over by Meng.
Meng gave Xu a dozen lists, “This is the dowry mother prepared for you back then, take it now and give it to Yue’er.”
Back then, Xu and Shen Yan had already agreed on a wedding date, and they were only waiting for Shen Yan to return to marry, so naturally the dowry was all ready.
The thirty-six carriers had remained untouched all these years.
He said, placing a pile of silver cheques in Xu’s hand, “There are also these, you all take them.”
Xu’s lips moved, although those were the dowry prepared for her, she did not use them, it had been so many years, it should also be returned to the public.
“Don’t worry, I’ve told your elder brother and sister-in-law, and they’ve both agreed. Your elder brother has also searched for some things and said he’ll send them to you in a couple of days, as well as your grandfather’s side, who has had his private collection for so many years packed up and will also send them along.”
“It won’t take that much.”
Song Lin hurriedly said.
Grandfather didn’t have any other hobbies, he just loved to collect some calligraphy and paintings, and most of these calligraphy and paintings were orphaned pieces that couldn’t be bought even with silver, grandfather liked them very much and took them out from time to time to look at them, how could he give them to Yue’er?
“This is out of my hands. If you don’t want them, let Yue’er say so, no one can persuade her but her.”
Meng did not want the old man to give Yue’er his private collection, not because she could not bear it, but because she could not bear it.