I'm reborn, only a fool would spoil you

In a blink of an eye, two months passed and it was the day when Mu Shaoheng proposed marriage.

The second wife, Mrs. Qiao, from the second branch of the Marquis of Jingyang’s mansion, was grinning from ear to ear!

Uh, why is it Second Wife Qiao who is laughing?

It turns out that the Prime Minister's eldest son, Chen Peiting, also chose today to propose marriage, saying that today is the most auspicious day in May.

"Xuan'er, guess who the Prime Minister will ask to propose to you?" Second Madam Qiao sat in the chair in the main room, holding Fu Yuxuan's hand, smiling happily.

Fu Yuxuan stood beside her mother and said shyly, "It's just an important official in the court, such as the ministers of the six ministries? Otherwise, who else could it be?"

This is indeed a modest statement. The power of the current Prime Minister, Lord Chen, should not be underestimated. He leads the entire cabinet. Who can't he invite?

Of course, this is true under normal circumstances.

But the problem is that the current situation is not normal.

Fu Yuxuan was born into the second branch of a ruined family, and some royal relatives and relatives might... mind it and refuse.

Therefore, it is hard to say who will be invited in the end.

At this moment, the concierge came to report: "Madam, the betrothal ...

Because the betrothal was a big deal, the distinguished guest had to be entertained in the upper room, so the second wife Qiao and others all came to the main room. Fu Yuzheng and Fu Yushu were also there.

The second wife, Mrs. Qiao, hurriedly asked, "Who is the betrothal present?"

The concierge smiled and said, "It's the Prince of Nanjun!"

Prince of Nanjun?

The ones who proposed marriage to the sisters Fu Yuzheng and Fu Yushu were the old Princess of Nanjun and the Princess of Nanjun, and it was their son and husband who came to propose marriage today.

Second Madam Qiao was so happy!

Her daughter Xuan'er is very prestigious, so prestigious!

As expected of the Prime Minister of the dynasty, he knows how to get things done!

"What are you waiting for, sister-in-law? Please invite the person in!" Second wife Qiao was delighted and looked at Tao Ying more favorably. Knowing that it was inconvenient for Tao Ying to get up with her bulging belly, she took the initiative to step forward to support her.

Tao Ying naturally would not neglect the distinguished guest. She supported her pregnant belly with one hand, supported the armrest of the chair with the other, and slowly stood up.

At this time, Fu Yuzheng quickly stepped forward to help her mother up, and pushed the second wife, Mrs. Qiao, aside.

Second wife Qiao: ...

Bah, do you think she likes to be a servant and do supporting work?

If it wasn't for the fact that today was a good day for her son-in-law to propose marriage, she would have ignored Tao Ying!

Your good deeds are not rewarded, but you are targeted instead?

Second wife, Mrs. Qiao, suddenly felt unhappy!

I really wanted to scold Fu Yuzheng to death on the spot!

But then he thought, today is the day of his daughter's wedding, there is no need to argue with a little girl and ruin his luck. So he let it go and said nothing.

Over there, Fu Yusu also hurried to her mother's side and supported her other arm.

Just like that, Tao Ying, supported by her two daughters, walked slowly out of the main hall and went to the gate of the marquis' mansion to personally welcome the distinguished guest.

However, just as Tao Ying walked out of the gate of the main house, she saw Fu Linghao and Cui Jiaojiao, as the prince and his wife, walking over with the Prince of Nanjun, talking and laughing.

"Hello, Madam Marquis!" The Prince of Nanjun was extremely polite and started greeting Tao Ying from a distance.

"Hello, Prince Nanjun. Thank you for your help today!" Tao Ying said with a smile on her face.

The second wife, Mrs. Qiao, also came forward excitedly and greeted the Prince of Nanjun with a smile: "Hello, Prince of Nanjun. Thank you for coming all the way here today to propose marriage. Your Majesty, you have worked so hard!"

The Prince of Nanjun glanced at the second wife, Mrs. Qiao, and said "hmm" perfunctorily.

Second wife Qiao: ...

Is this cold attitude a sign of looking down on their family?

Isn’t that a bit too much?

But soon, Mrs. Qiao persuaded herself to forget it. Even if the Prince of Nanjun looked down on her family, he still came to propose marriage to her family, right?

Thinking of this, Second Madam Qiao finally felt relieved, and gradually, her bright smile returned to her face.

But she had learned her lesson and no longer looked for opportunities to join in a conversation. She just quietly stood in the corridor with Fu Yuxuan, waiting for the Prince of Nanjun to read out the list of betrothal gifts.

When the Great Zhou Kingdom proposed marriage, there was a custom of publicly reading out the list of betrothal gifts.

After the Prince of Nanjun warmly greeted Tao Ying, he began to read out loudly as an envoy to pay his respects:

"A gift of five hundred thousand taels..."

Five hundred thousand taels?

When this huge gift money came out, Second Madam Qiao's eyes widened as big as copper bells, with a look of disbelief on her face: "Xuan'er, is mother hallucinating? The Prime Minister's family gave you 500,000 taels just for the gift money?"

Fu Yuxuan bit her lip slightly. She also felt that... it was too thick, so thick that it was unbelievable!

At the other end of the corridor, Chen Daiyu and Fu Jingxuan were arguing over something and were having a bad time. Suddenly, they heard that the gift money was 500,000 taels...

Fu Jingxuan was stunned at first, then he was overjoyed!

You have to know that most of the betrothal gift is left for the bride's family to spend. If the parents have a conscience, they will let their daughter take half of it as a dowry when she marries into her husband's family.

Fu Jingxuan's family is obviously heartless. Fu Yuxuan can't take even a single tael of the 500,000 yuan gift money away. It all has to be left to the second wife!

And the money of the second house is Fu Jingxuan's money!

Oh my God, thinking about the windfall, a huge sum of 500,000 taels, Fu Jingxuan felt that his life would take off from now on!

For this reason, Fu Jingxuan felt much more favorable towards Chen Daiyu!

Suddenly, he stopped arguing with Chen Daiyu, and happily touched her smooth cheek, almost holding her face and kissing her.

Why didn't you kiss?

After hearing about the betrothal gift of 500,000 taels, Chen Daiyu's eyes widened in anger: "What? 500,000 taels of silver for the next engagement?"

When she got married, her parents only gave her a mere 30,000 taels of silver as a dowry... and sent her away!

How can my parents be so partial to one and neglect the other? !

"Get lost! Who allowed you to touch me? If you dare to touch me again, I will chop off your poor hand!"

Chen Daiyu got furious on the spot, "Your family is not good! Especially your sister, she is a foxy woman, she seduced my eldest brother and made him obsessed. He actually didn't want the princess of Prince Kang's mansion, but insisted on marrying your poor sister..."

This is really a harsh curse!

Fu Jingxuan got angry all of a sudden and said fiercely: "Who are you calling poor? Huh?"

With this 500,000 taels of gift money, their family is no longer poor at all, okay? !

"If you dare to curse me again, I won't be called Fu Jingxuan if I don't kill you today!"

When the couple started arguing again, Second Wife Qiao had no time to pay attention to them because she was concentrating on listening to Prince Nanjun reading the gift list.

What a guy!

In addition to the 500,000 taels of gift money, there are also land deeds, real estate and various valuable shops!

"We are rich! Our second branch...we are rich!"

Second wife Qiao’s face was as beautiful as a flower when she smiled!

This smile lasted for more than an hour, because the list of betrothal gifts was too long, so long that Prince Nanjun's mouth was dry and he still hadn't finished reading it.

As a last resort, I took a break and drank some tea, and then continued reading later.

At this time, Second Madam Qiao looked towards the yard with a smile, only to see that the yard, which usually looked spacious, now seemed narrow and cramped, and there was no space at all for the betrothal gifts.

They are placed all the way from the gate of the courtyard to the big garden outside!

With such overwhelming wealth, Second Madam Qiao suddenly felt that she was wealthy and had money, and she no longer had to live a frugal life.

She waved her hand and called the maid, saying, "Go, tell the buyer to go to the market and buy two pounds of beef, mutton, rabbit meat, and dog meat... Today, our family is going to have a barbecue, so buy all kinds of delicious meat!"

"We are not short of money!"

The maid smiled and took the order and left.

At this time, Second Madam Qiao turned her head and saw Prince Nanjun sitting in the main hall, and Tao Ying was chatting with him with a smile on her face.

Suddenly, Qiao also wanted to listen to what the two were talking about.

Should she praise her son-in-law Chen Peiting or her daughter Fu Yuxuan?

Thinking of this, Second Madam Qiao pinched her handkerchief and walked away with her waist as stiff as a bucket.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she stepped into the main hall, she heard Tao Ying laughing and saying, "This betrothal gift is really too much. We can't afford it."

The Prince of Nanjun smiled and said, "Not much, not much. The betrothal gift is not much. These are what Miss Fu deserves!"

Prince Nanjun added: "Prince Zhenbian said that Miss Fu is the only girl in his life who he actively pursued. She is worth the price!"

"value!"

Whether it was his wife or concubine, no matter whether he finally fell in love with them or not, at the beginning, they were not chosen by Mu Shaoheng himself. They were all... forced upon him by others.

He never took the initiative.

The "only time" he took the initiative and had a "strong possessiveness" in his life was given to Fu Yusu!

Tao Ying's eyes lit up with joy after hearing what Prince Nanjun said. She was relieved and happy that Mu Shaoheng valued and liked her eldest daughter!

Behind the screen, Fu Yushu also heard what Prince Nanjun said. She kept chewing on that sentence over and over again - "Miss Fu is the only girl in his life...who he 'actively pursued'."

I am the "only one"!

Which girl doesn’t want to be the “most special one and only one” in her future husband’s heart?

Fu Yushu played with her hair on her chest and finally ran away shyly.

Tao Ying and Fu Yusu were both very sweet, but Second Wife Qiao looked as if she had seen a ghost!

what?

These huge betrothal gifts were not given to her daughter Fu Yuxuan, but to Fu Yusu from the King of Zhenbian?

Can't you?

"Uh, that, Prince Nanjun, whose betrothal gift was it that you just read out? Was it the Chen family of the Prime Minister, or the Southwest Mu Mansion?"

The second wife, Mrs. Qiao, came up to the Prince of Nanjun with an excited look on her face, and asked anxiously, risking her dignity.

The Prince of Nanjun looked at Qiao with disdain:

"Of course it was the Border Guard King of the Southwest Mu Mansion who gave the betrothal gift to Miss Fu. With the Chen family as the Prime Minister, where would they get so much spare money for the betrothal gift? Unless the Prime Minister has embezzled and accepted bribes, that would be almost right!"

Second wife Qiao: ???

She was so shocked that she froze to the ground!

It took me a long time to come back to my senses!

My God, such a huge betrothal gift actually has nothing to do with their second branch?

Nothing!

After being dizzy for half a minute, Second Wife Qiao finally came to her senses, but she still didn't believe that the betrothal gifts were not from the Prime Minister Chen's family!

Until the gatekeeper came again to report: "Madam Hou, the Minister of Revenue, Lord Xu, is here to propose to the eldest son of the Prime Minister Chen family."

Hearing this, Second Madam Qiao almost fell to the ground.

There is no hope, there is no hope at all!

Look, the betrothal gift invited by the Prime Minister Chen's family is just a minister of the Ministry of Revenue! The betrothal gift alone is much lower than that of the Prince of Nanjun. Is the betrothal gift still acceptable?

Sure enough, compared with the betrothal gift given by Mu Shaoheng, the gift from the Prime Minister Chen’s family was simply... shabby!

Or the kind that is extremely shabby!

Listen, the gift list read by the Minister of Revenue: "Twenty thousand taels of gift money..."

The gift money alone was 500,000 taels, which was more than several countries’ worth!

Not to mention the house deeds, land deeds and shops, the Prime Minister Chen’s family was so stingy that they didn’t give any of them!

What’s even more outrageous is that the Prince of Nanjun hadn’t even rested his throat when the list of betrothal gifts from the Prime Minister Chen’s family had already been read out!

When Prince Nanjun finished his tea, ate his fruit, and then read out the gift list, the betrothal presenter invited by the Prime Minister Chen's family... had already patted his butt and left!

The contrast was so strong that it was enough to crush Second Madam Qiao's heart!

Suddenly, Second Madam Qiao remembered something and hurriedly urged the maid, "Quick, go and buy some meat! Don't buy any beef, mutton, rabbit meat...any meat!"

"Go quickly, go quickly!"

How can I afford all kinds of barbecue skewers if I don’t have money in my pocket?

We have to continue tightening our belts!

Unexpectedly, a maid came to report after a while: "Second Madam, he has bought all kinds of meat, washed them, and cut them."

Second wife Qiao: ???

how come?

Then, I remembered how long it took to read the list of betrothal gifts for Prince Nanjun!

This time, Second Wife Qiao really fainted and fell to the ground.

How much money must have cost for that much expensive meat!

day!