Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

Gu Yanshu has no plans to escape from marriage, and Qin Lu is not prepared to make any other unnecessary actions, and the other princes are even more happy to see that Qin Lu is about to marry a man.

It can be said that there is no obstacle in this marriage.

The wedding date of the two was originally scheduled to be close, but after a lot of back and forth, it soon came to the day before the big wedding.

For the big wedding on the second day, the whole house of the Marquis of Cheng'en had already been cleaned up, and the red silk was hung up, which would only be used when encountering great joy.

During this period of time, Bai Shu, who has been accompanying Gu Yanshu in his own yard to raise his body, finally felt a little bit of reality when he saw the red silk all over the yard:

The young master of his family seems to be really getting married.

Thinking of this, Bai Shu subconsciously took a look at Gu Yanshu who was not far away, but just this one glance made Bai Shu see a feeling as if it was a world away.

Today's weather is just right, the golden sunlight shines through the window, just enough to shine on Gu Yanshu who is half leaning on the recliner.

At this time, Gu Yanshu was wearing some loose white embroidered brocade robes, looking down at the book in his hand.

Under the drooping eyelids, the thick and slender eyelashes even cast a shadow under the eyes.

In front of the reclining chair, there is another low table with a cup of tea with curling green smoke on it.

The whole picture presents a peaceful appearance.

Before this, Bai Shu never thought that the word "time is quiet and good" could one day be used to describe his young master.

After all, in Yanjing City, who doesn't know that Gu Yanshu, the youngest son of the Gu family, is a bigot?

On weekdays, idle around cats and dogs, the most common thing to do is to invite three or five friends to get drunk and dream together.

With just four words of "eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling", Mr. Gu can take up three items of "eating, drinking and gambling".

Such a person can actually have a peaceful day, doesn't it make people feel like a lifetime away?

But after a brief trance, Bai Shu felt that this was not surprising.

As Gu Yanshu's personal servant, it is not an exaggeration to say that out of twelve hours a day, Bai Shu can be inseparable from Gu Yanshu for eight hours.

So during this period of time, Bai Shu was the most aware of the changes in Gu Yanshu.

Even with Bai Shu's not-so-intelligent IQ, it can be seen that Gu Yanshu is not only not as impulsive as before, but also acts in a much more disciplined manner than before he was given marriage.

So now when he saw Gu Yanshu's peaceful appearance, Bai Shu even felt that it was a bit reasonable, as if this is what Gu Yanshu should look like now.

Just when Bai Shu looked at Gu Yanshu in a daze, a familiar greeting came from the door:

"What book are you reading?"

"I've met the young master." Hearing this voice, Bai Shu knew who it was without even looking.

"It's just an ordinary miscellaneous book." Gu Yanshu smiled slightly, closed the book in his hand, and shook the sealed side of the book towards Gu Yanli.

It was a book about the customs and customs of various places in Tianqi Kingdom. In the eyes of serious scholars, it was indeed a miscellaneous book that was not on the table.

This should be replaced by the fact that in the past, when Gu Yanli saw his younger brother reading these miscellaneous books that had nothing to do with serious scriptures, he would have to preach a few words.

But since Gu Yanli tried to let Gu Yanshu escape from marriage last time, the relationship between the two brothers has eased a lot. In addition, Gu Yanshu will soon marry into the third prince's mansion, and his official career will be hopeless in the future. No matter how many serious books he reads, it will be futile.

So now when Gu Yanli sees Gu Yanshu's "ignorance and incompetence", not only will he not say anything, he will even let Gu Yanshu go:

"If you like this kind of book, there are still a few books at the elder brother's place, and someone will send them to you later."

"That's it, then I'll thank my brother first."

In ancient times when there were no electronic products, these miscellaneous books were almost all of Gu Yanshu's pastime during the time he was raising his body.

As for this book, Gu Yanshu has already read it for the second time, so naturally Gu Yanshu would not refuse Gu Yanli's kindness.

Gu Yanli looked at his younger brother's smile when he thanked him, and the corners of his lips involuntarily ticked upwards:

Why didn't I see that my brother was so cute before?Now that I know it, my younger brother is going to get married soon.

Thinking of this, the corners of Gu Yanli's raised lips couldn't help but press down, and the red color that filled the yard seemed to become dazzling.

Coincidentally at this time, Gu Yanshu asked:

"Brother, come here now, but what's the matter?"

It's no wonder that Gu Yanshu would ask this question. The Marquis of Cheng'en's Mansion has no decent hostess, and Aunt Chang, who has been in charge of Zhongfu, is still being grounded by Gu Hongji.

As for the old lady of the Marquis of Cheng'en's mansion, she is not in good health when she is old, and she has been doing nothing for many years.

So almost everything about Gu Yanshu's wedding was arranged by Gu Yanli.

Tomorrow is the day of Gu Yanshu's wedding with the third prince. Logically speaking, now should be the busiest time for Gu Yanli, but he happened to come to Gu Yanshu's yard.

"There is indeed something." Gu Yanli nodded slightly, then stretched out his hand, and placed a brocade box the size of an adult man's palm in front of Gu Yanshu.

"What is this?" Taking the brocade box, Gu Yanshu found that there was still a delicate and delicate lock hanging on the box, and the key was also inserted in the lock.

Seeing this, Gu Yanshu directly opened the brocade box without even thinking about it. After opening, he could see a thick stack of papers in the brocade box at a glance.

Gu Yanli didn't need to say anything, Gu Yanshu reached out and took out the stack of papers.

Then, Gu Yanshu discovered, where is this a stack of papers?

It was clearly a wad of money!

On the top is a stack of banknotes. Gu Yanshu took a rough look at them. These banknotes are all in denominations of 1000 taels. Judging from the thickness, this stack of silver notes should be worth 5 to [-] taels.

And under the bank note, there are some house deeds, land deeds, and some body deeds. In addition, there are two lists listing many items.

It is not difficult to see from the papers of the two lists that these should be two lists from different periods.

One of the papers is relatively new, and you can even smell the pine ink on it when you smell it carefully. It should be newly written in the past two days.

On the other hand, the other piece of paper was slightly yellowed, and even the handwriting on it was slightly faded. It was not difficult to see that this list was quite old.

Before Gu Yanshu could ask a question, Gu Yanli had already given an explanation:

"This is the dowry that elder brother gave you."

"Dowry?" Even if it's a dowry, it seems a little too much, right?

"This time you are marrying the third prince as the main wife, and if an ordinary daughter marries the prince as the main concubine, the dowry will not be less..."

Gu Yanli paused at this point, although he didn't say what he said next, but the meaning was very obvious.

Ordinary boudoir daughters who marry princes will prepare generous dowry for the sake of face, not to mention that Gu Yanshu is still a man.

"Even so, is it too much?" This is not Gu Yanshu's refusal, it is the fact.

Leaving aside the bank notes, let’s just talk about the two lists. There are already a lot of things on them, such as shops and farms, and antique calligraphy and paintings...

"It's not too much. The Holy Majesty has already drawn up an imperial decree. When you get married tomorrow, the third prince will be crowned King Li. This dowry can completely follow the etiquette system for princes and concubines."

Speaking of this, there was even a trace of regret in Gu Yanli's tone.

It's not that Gu Yanli doesn't want to prepare a dowry for Gu Yanshu according to the etiquette system of a prince and concubine, but that he really can't get it out.

What is placed in front of Gu Yanshu now is almost all the things that Gu Yanli can bring out.

And this point can't be hidden from Gu Yanshu.

Because after carefully looking at the stack of things that Gu Yanli sent, Gu Yanshu quickly discovered something was wrong.

Not to mention those bank notes, house deeds, land deeds, and body deeds, but just those two lists.

The new list should be a betrothal gift from the Third Prince's Mansion.

From the contents of the list, it can be seen that Gu Yanli did not keep any of the betrothal gifts sent by the third prince, and gave them all to Gu Yanshu.

Regarding this point, Gu Yanshu has no objection.

Because in Tianqi Kingdom, not only Gu Yanli would do this, but any family with a face would not keep the bride price from the man.

The crux of the problem lies in the other old list——

"Is this the mother's dowry list?"

The slightly yellowed list that Gu Yanshu pinched, although he was asking, his tone was very firm.

"That's right," Gu Yanli did not deny, "I originally thought that I would give you this dowry after two years when you get married, it's the same."

"Brother gave me all these, what should I do?"

Gu Yanshu just flipped through the dowry list in his hand, and he was almost sure that Gu Yanli didn't keep any of Mrs. Gu's dowry back then.

You must know that Mrs. Gu came from the Mu family of the imperial merchant, and is the daughter of the Mu family. When she married into the Gu family, she could be said to be a red makeup.

On the day of Gu Hongji's and Mrs. Gu's big wedding, the dowries one after another have envied many people, which shows how rich the dowry is.

Although the dowry list that Gu Yanli brought out now is far less than the ten miles of red makeup that Mrs. Gu had when she married into Gu's mansion.

But at the beginning, Gu Hongji, as the eldest son of the Marquis of Cheng'en's mansion who was about to inherit the title, would marry a merchant's daughter. It was at that time that the Marquis of Cheng'en's mansion encountered a difficult problem and urgently needed a lot of money to manage it.

So not long after Mrs. Gu entered the mansion, a lot of things on the dowry list were removed, plus the normal consumption of Mrs. Gu's death over the past ten years...

Doing the math, it is already very difficult to be able to leave these things on the list now.

Now that Gu Yanli has given all these to Gu Yanshu, it is normal for Gu Yanshu to have such doubts.

After all, the two brothers' birth mother died young, just relying on the idea of ​​the Hou Mansion, it is not enough to support the expenses of a grown-up family child, not to mention that Gu Yanli will spend money on everything in the future to marry a wife and have children.

Gu Yanshu didn't think that a person like Chang Xinya would make plans for Gu Yanli.

"What about elder brother?" Gu Yanli replied without thinking, "Eldest brother is the eldest son of the Marquis of Cheng'en's mansion. From now on, the entire Marquis mansion will belong to elder brother. What do you need mother's dowry for?"

From Gu Yanli's magnanimous and natural tone, it is not difficult to see that even without this marriage decree, he is still planning to give all the dowry to Gu Yanshu.

Realizing this, Gu Yanshu felt a little complicated in his heart:

You must know that in the past ten years, Chang Xinya has often described to Young Master Gu the grand occasion of Mrs. Gu's ten-mile red makeup.

He also said that Mrs. Gu is the biological mother of Young Master Gu. Now that Mrs. Gu has gone, the dowry should be inherited by Young Master Gu and Gu Yanli together.

But Gu Yanli kept holding on to the dowry list, and even Gu Hongji refused to take it out when he asked. It looked like he had no intention of giving it to Young Master Gu at all.

It was because of this that Young Master Gu always felt that Gu Yanli wanted to embezzle the part of the dowry that should belong to him.

Who would have thought that after Mrs. Gu left, Gu Yanli would not allow others to make the slightest idea of ​​the dowry, and it was all for Young Master Gu?

It is said that parents who love their children have far-reaching plans, and Gu Yanli's actions can indeed be worthy of saying "an elder brother is like a father".

"Big brother..."

Rao Gu Yanshu didn't know what to say at this moment.

Even when meeting the light shining in Gu Yanli's eyes, Gu Yanshu felt guilty for the first time.

In this situation, it's as if he has snatched away the family affection that should belong to Young Master Gu...

Thinking of this, Gu Yanshu felt that the wad of dowry in his hand became extremely hot.

However, before Gu Yanshu could say anything, Gu Yanli seemed to have noticed something, and did not give Gu Yanshu a chance to speak:

"There are still some matters in the front yard that need to be dealt with by the elder brother. The elder brother will not stay with you any longer. You take all these things well. When you arrive at the third prince's mansion, you will have more confidence. As long as you live well in the third prince's mansion, elder brother It will be fine."

After finishing speaking, Gu Yanli left Gu Yanshu's yard without looking back.