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"What!?"

Zhang Dahai stood up from the chair in a jerk, his mouth opened wide, and he couldn't believe his ears.

Even Mrs. Zhang Wang on the side lost the sense of happiness just now, and said to Zhang Erhu with trembling lips:

"Er Hu, mother heard right, you just said how much dowry will His Majesty want?"

"Ten thousand and one taels..."

When Zhang Dahai was sure that he had heard correctly, his legs gave way in fright, and he quickly supported the corner of the table so as not to fall to the ground.

But Zhang Wang slumped directly on the chair, looking at Zhang Erhu, as if he didn't know what to say.

"Your Majesty said that he and the Empress have always treated Xiao Hua as a younger sister, and they didn't want Xiao Hua to be wronged. So if you want to marry Xiao Hua, you have to pay [-] taels of dowry money, and the rest will be calculated separately."

"But, but..." Zhang Dahai's expression darkened, his voice trembling. "We can't come up with so much money!"

"That's what I told Your Majesty."

"What does Your Majesty say?"

"Your Majesty said that he knows that I have no money, so he will pay for it."

"what?"

"He also said that it should be the living expenses of our young couple."

"Ah?"

The two were immersed in Zhang Erhu's words for a long time before they could react.

"Er Hu, what His Majesty means is that he wants to take 1 taels of silver as a bride price for you. Didn't he plan to let you pay it back later?"

"Correct!"

"You kid!" Zhang Dahai slapped him on the back of the head. "Who did you learn to talk and gasp!?"

Even Mrs. Zhang Wang, who had always doted on him, glared at him, looking like she wished she could join in beating him.

"Before I came back, I had already told Xiaohua's mother about this matter, and my aunt also agreed to marry Xiaohua to me." Zhang Erhu rubbed his head, looked at his parents with a smile, let alone how beautiful they were.

"Really?" Zhang Wangshi was overjoyed, but then frowned again. "Didn't you lie?"

"I'm not lying, Xiaohua's mother said, please go to the city tomorrow, and then we can discuss our marriage."

"Okay! Okay!" Zhang Dahai rubbed his hands back and forth, obviously extremely happy.

"Did you say anything else?"

"No. I said there are some things I want to talk to you."

"That's true. It's up to us to figure it out. By the way, when are you going back to Beijing this time?"

"Your Majesty gave me permission to leave after I get married. By the way, when will my sister come back?"

"I don't know, but I sent someone a message this morning, and it must be within a few days."

"Okay, tomorrow I will go to the city to buy some gifts for my eldest nephew."

Zhang Erhu came back late yesterday and was tired all the way, so he fell asleep before he had time to chat with his parents.

At this moment, the three of them were sitting in the main room, chatting by the light until late at night before falling asleep.

The two asked about their life in the border town from time to time, trying to understand their son's living environment, but Zhang Erhu only picked the right ones and deliberately concealed some dangerous experiences. general danger.

Early the next morning, the family of three entered the city early.

They first went to the market, bought a lot of things in large and small bags, and then went straight to Li Xiaohua's house.

Li Xiaohu's mother, Li Zhaoshi, seemed to be waiting for their arrival, so she didn't leave the stall and made tea.stand

"Little Hua Niang, I haven't seen you for a while." As soon as Zhang Wang met, he took Li Zhao's hand affectionately and smiled.

"That's right, I haven't seen you for almost a month." Li Zhaoshi also replied with a smile, and called the three of them to sit down in the room.

It was not the first time for Li Zhaoshi and Zhang Erhu to visit, but it was the first time for Zhang Dahai to visit.

He took a look at the environment inside the house. The house was not big, even because it was in the city, it was slightly worse than their house.

But as soon as he entered the house, he found that although the house was small, it was exceptionally clean and tidy. Whether it was the roof or the simple furniture in the house, it showed that the owner of the house was a fast and hardworking person.

Zhang Dahai was very happy, both Li Zhaoshi and Li Xiaohua were hardworking people.

They were born as tenants, and compared with those arty literati, their standards for marrying wives seem to be a little more realistic.stand

"Mother Xiaohua, look at these two children. They grew up together. To put it more politely, they are childhood sweethearts. Besides, they are not young anymore. It's time to talk about marriage. This time I He and his father are here to discuss with you and see what to do with their affairs in the future. Take a look at the horoscope and set a certain date for the marriage.

In addition, you are from Shaanxi, the rules may be different from those in Beijing, so if you have any requirements, just ask. "

At this time, Zhang Wangshi gave full play to the potential of the elites in her village intelligence station, and she spoke in a way.

"I want to take a look, but we don't have any special customs in Shaanxi. When we arrive in the capital, we naturally have to do as the Romans do."

"It's easy to talk about. I'll also tell you Erhu's birthday. You can find a gentleman to take a look at it when you have time. Then we can sit down and discuss it and see which day is better."

"Okay! Just do it!"

The two held hands, talked and laughed, and then settled the marriage between Zhang Erhu and Li Xiaohua.stand

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Li Zhaoshi rushed outside and asked.

"The palace is here, please open the door!"

"Oh?"

Not to mention Mrs. Li Zhao, several other people hurriedly stood up from their chairs, wondering what the people in the palace were doing at this moment.

"Are you?" Li Zhaoshi stood at the door and asked respectfully.

"Little Ma Yule, works in the palace. This time, I came here to preach the word of mouth to Zhang Erhu at the request of King Chengen."

"Please speak, Mr. Ma."

"You don't need to worry about getting married this time. I will order the Ministry of Rites to take care of it. You just stay at home."

what?

As soon as Eunuch Ma finished speaking, several people were stunned.

What does your Majesty mean, let the Ministry of Rituals take care of it, and we, as parents, are fine?

"Thank you, Eunuch!"

"You're welcome, General Zhang, give me the birth date of both of you. I have to go back and report to my orders. I won't stay here any longer today. I'll see you another day."

"Father-in-law, walk slowly."

Zhang Erhu sent Ma Yule away, then went back to the house and sat down, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they didn't know how to speak.

You were discussing with great interest just now, but at this moment, you don't even let me control you?

But the marriage of one's own child is personally ordered by His Majesty and the Ministry of Rites handles it. It is really an extremely honorable thing to say.

"Er Hu Niang, there is something I want to talk about."

"Little Hua Niang, why are you being polite to me, if you have anything to say, just say it directly,"

"I'm thinking about whether I can buy a house for the young couple in the city. I have saved some money buying rice dumplings in the past few years, and I will take it out at that time. Let's buy them a yard together, which is better than running outside the city all day .Do you think so?"

"Then how can I let you pay for it? Our husband will pay for it."

"That won't work, I have to pay at least half of it."

The two were arguing about getting money, and there was another knock on the door outside.

The one who came in was a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman.

As soon as he came in, he saluted everyone, then fixed his eyes on Zhang Erhu.

"General Zhang, I have ordered you from above to take you to see the house."