After being struck by lightning and being in the world of women

Wang is not afraid of the paper tiger that is the head of the Xiao family.

"Yes, I don't understand, but I tell you, the Xiao family belongs to my daughter, and this bastard is not worthy of him."

After saying this, Wang shook her sleeves, glared at Xiao Ziran fiercely, then turned and left.

"you……"

The head of the Xiao family pointed at the back of Wang, the shrew, and looked like he wanted to curse at something but couldn't.

At the same time, she felt extremely ashamed.

This damn Wang, doesn’t she know this is in front of the child?

"Cough cough..."

The head of the Xiao family coughed twice, trying to cover his ears and steal the bell.

"Don't worry, my son. You will not be left out of the dowry that your mother promised you."

"You must be tired, go back and rest."

Xiao Ziran bowed to the head of the Xiao family and returned to his own courtyard.

The head of the Xiao family returned to the main courtyard. As soon as he entered the door, he heard Wang snort coldly.

"Why? Your son has become the husband of an imperial daughter, and you are so generous now?"

"What are you talking about, man? Am I not good enough for you?"

"You are good to me. I gave birth to your only daughter. Just for this reason, you should be good to me."

"I know everything, but you have to listen to what I have to say."

What the head of the Xiao family cares about is not his son Xiao Ziran, but his identity as the husband of the emperor's daughter.

"You tell me, if you can't say it well, I won't agree."

Although Wang looked like a shrew, he knew in his heart that once the head of the Xiao family made up his mind, no matter how much he made a fuss, it would be useless.

It would be better to take this opportunity to plan benefits for his daughter.

Just like before, even if he was driven away by the father of the Xiao family, so what? He still became her concubine, eating and wearing the same clothes as that cheap man of the Niu family, and he didn't have to be filial to that old man.

He even took advantage of his father's status to become his father's second wife.

"You also know that Ziluan will be the husband of the emperor's daughter in the future. Whether we like him or not, the dowry must be substantial. If he lives well, our Xiao family can live well, and our daughter can have the hope of becoming an official."

It is true that the Xiao family sounds like an imperial merchant, but there are ten imperial merchants in the entire Qinglan Dynasty. The Xiao family has the weakest background and does not even have a prince with royal blood.

The head of the Xiao family originally thought that if his half-brother entered the palace and became the emperor's servant, the Xiao family would be able to rise rapidly.

Unexpectedly, her half brother was a useless person. He died in childbirth and both father and daughter died, without even a child left.

Ever since her half-brother died, there has been no one from the Xiao family in the palace, and the Xiao family has been on a downward spiral in recent years.

Otherwise, she would not have planned to send Xiao Ziran into the palace.

Moreover, the head of the Xiao family knew that the Xiao family only had the title of imperial merchant, and in the final analysis, they were still just businessmen.

Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants were the lowest and paid the highest taxes.

She didn't want her daughter to be stained by money and wanted her to enter the government.

But this was difficult because the Qinglan Dynasty did not allow the daughters of merchants to take the imperial examinations.

The only way to leave is to be recommended by someone or to work as someone's staff.

The former is difficult, and the latter can cost your life if you are not careful.

The head of the Xiao family has only one daughter, so naturally he doesn't want her to die.

Now that Xiao Ziran has become the husband of the Fifth Emperor's daughter, she sees hope.

As long as his daughter has the ability and the Fifth Princess sees her talent, there is no need to worry about her not having the opportunity to enter the officialdom.

The head of the Xiao family broke down the logic behind this and explained it to Wang.

Poor mothers and fathers in the world.

The head of the Xiao family doesn't care about his son, but cares a lot about his only daughter.

When Wang heard that there were so many benefits for Xiao Ziran to marry Zhong Ruhuang, and that most of the benefits could be planned for her daughter, she was not so opposed to the suggestion of the head of the Xiao family to give her a generous dowry.

"My wife is right. It was all my fault. I apologize to you. Please don't mind it."

Wang was a flexible person. After realizing her mistake, she humbled herself to please the head of the Xiao family and even crawled under her skirt.

Otherwise, Patriarch Xiao wouldn't be so fond of him.

Just because he is so good at pleasing people, the head of the Xiao family couldn't bear to part with him.

The head of the Xiao family, who weighed nearly 200 pounds, pressed down Wang and came several times before he felt satisfied.

She hugged the sweaty Wang, touched his back, and took a breath for a while before speaking.

"For the sake of our daughter, you must be nice to Ziluan these days. Let him take away all the dowry left by his father. The dowry should be the same as that of other imperial daughters' husbands. Just give him 120 sets of dowry. As for the silver at the bottom of the box..."

Wang was still willing to accept the 120-unit dowry, all for his daughter.

But the dowry money.

"I think the dowry is unnecessary."

That was all his daughter's money.

"Look at you, you are being stubborn again, aren't you? You think the Fifth Princess is like any other princess, with a distinguished paternal family."

The head of the Xiao family is well-informed. His Majesty currently has a total of eight princesses, and she knows everything about them.

She also knew about the affairs of the fifth princess.

She is definitely the one with the poorest family background among all the princesses.

In the palace, food, clothing and other expenses are managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Once you leave the palace and set up your own household, you need money for everything.

Was she giving that as dowry to Xiao Ziran?

She was indirectly trying to please the Fifth Princess.

After all, other princesses don't need her money, so she has no way to please them even if she wants to.

After being lectured by the head of the Xiao family again, Wang finally understood that the dowry money could not be saved. Not only that, she had to give more.

"Then my dear wife, how much do you think is appropriate?"

The head of the Xiao family rubbed Wang and turned over.

"Let's just... set it at 100,000 taels for now."

Wang screamed and began to sob.

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...

Zhong Ruhuang naturally had no idea about the internal affairs of the Xiao family.

Her marriage was arranged by the Imperial Household Department and the Ministry of Rites, so she didn't need to worry about it.

There is no need to even pick up the bride. When the time comes to get married, all you have to do is pick her up at the east gate of the imperial palace.

Who told her not to leave the palace and set up her own household? So there was no need to pick her up.

The palace has complicated rules, and the emperor's wife's husband is not qualified to enter through the main gate of the palace and can only enter through the east gate.

Only the husband of the emperor and the husband of the princess have the qualifications to be carried into the palace through the main gate; no one else has this qualification.

If Emperor Showa was willing to marry a step-husband, this step-husband would be able to enter through the main gate of the Imperial Palace.

Unfortunately, Emperor Showa only had Emperor Consort Zhaoxian in his heart. After Emperor Consort Zhaoxian passed away, the position of Emperor Consort remained vacant. The person with the highest status in the harem was Emperor Consort Xiao Jin, who was equivalent to Deputy Emperor Consort.

After the head of the Xiao family persuaded Wang, he began to prepare Xiao Ziran's dowry.

The wedding date was tight, so many things had to be bought outright and it was too late to make them.

Xiao Ziran stayed in her own yard, embroidering her wedding dress.

As a boy, when he grows up, he must learn needlework and embroidery, and he can embroider his own wedding dresses.

Generally, the wedding dress would be embroidered when the couple starts to date at the age of twelve or thirteen.

Xiao Ziran's wedding dress has been embroidered, except for the veil.

He didn't have a fiancée, because the head of the Xiao family had been planning to give him to Emperor Showa from the beginning, so how could he possibly find him a wife?

Unexpectedly, Xiao Ziran got the better of himself and became the husband of the emperor's daughter.

Emperor Zhaohe ordered Zhong Ruhuang to get married within a month. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory calculated again and again and finally concluded that June 28th of this month was a good day for marriage and all would be auspicious.

After reporting the date to the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Household Department, the people at the Imperial Observatory were once again idle.

.........

The next day was June 8th.

Zhong Ruhuang slept in for a rare time and got up at noon.

Normally she has to study, so she gets up before dawn and has no chance to sleep in.

There are three days off in total: the sixth, seventh and eighth days of the New Year.

The sixth day of the first lunar month is Emperor Showa's birthday banquet, so we have to get up early to prepare, so naturally we can't sleep in.

On the seventh day of the New Year, she was caught in bed early in the morning and did not sleep in either.

Only on the eighth day of the New Year did she finally sleep in.

Zhong Ruhuang stretched and got out of bed. She didn't call for anyone to serve her. She just spread out the light blue clothes that Fan Yu had prepared for her last night and put them on in no time.

In order to keep a low profile, most of Zhong Ruhuang's clothes are in light colors, without any brightly colored clothes. The only brightly colored one is probably her yellow princess dress.

When Fan Yu heard the noise in the room and came in carrying the copper basin, Zhong Ruhuang had already put on her clothes.

"Your Highness, didn't the captive servant tell you that you don't have to do anything about this?"

If this gets out, people will think that eunuchs like these cannot serve their masters and can only let their masters fend for themselves.

Zhong Ruhuang smiled softly: "Okay, this princess understands."

She just forgot.