The Lin family has a female named Qingyun [Red Mansion]

After the Dragon Boat Festival, on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Prince Chun, on behalf of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rituals, came to the Lin family to make an appointment.

There are regulations on the marriage of princes, but Tuyan's situation is special. Not only the emperor and empress attach great importance to it, but the emperor also keeps this only grandson and concubine in mind.The door of the Lin Mansion was opened, and the Ministry of Rituals brought in dowries. The front yard, side halls and back corridors were all filled, not to mention the heavy dowries of those few sets alone, which was shocking enough.People in the capital besieged both sides of the street, fortunate enough to witness a grand scene, envious and jealous.

Seeing that the royal family attached so much importance to her, Lin Ruhai let go of her worry about Lin Qingyun.

At this time, in the back house, Daiyu was by Lin Qingjun's side, listening to Bailing's report of the excitement ahead, and the focus was naturally on the betrothal gift.Bai Ling said with surprise and surprise: "Girl, it's amazing, the royal family has sent all the gold mountains. When I just arrived in the front yard, I saw a golden light under the sun. It took me a long time to see how many gold mines were. Zi Jinzi, I heard from sister-in-law Zhu that the bride price alone is 800 taels of gold."

Huamei exclaimed in surprise, "That's [-] to [-] silver!"

Daiyu laughed and said, "That's just an auspicious number. The man's family will pay double to add to the dowry."

Huamei's eyes widened: "Then our family is going to accompany you with 10,000+ silver?!"

"Miss coaxing you to play." Lin Qingyun sent out the maids, took a look at the list in his hand, and sighed: "You don't have to be like this, this dowry is too rich."

Who married so many daughters?Neither can the princess.Even if Prince Chun is betrothed this time, the 800 taels of betrothal money is not a regulation for the prince’s marriage, but a private supplement for the empress and the empress dowager. The royal family’s referral to marriage is already an honor and dignity, and the amount of betrothal money cannot be compared with that of officials and folks.The dowry that Lin Ruhai prepared for her was very rich, completely in accordance with the custom of marrying daughters of high officials in the dynasty, except for the Qiangongbabu bed which was popular in the south of the Yangtze River due to time constraints, other silks and satins, jewelry and clothes, antique calligraphy and paintings, and home furnishings Herbs, medicines and spices, dowry maids and servants, etc., in addition to farm shops, houses and Zhuangzi, the value of which is more than [-] to [-], and there is one other thing in the dowry, which is the money at the bottom of the box. Lin Ruhai is not stingy, and gave it One hundred thousand.

All in all, the dowry has cost more than one hundred thousand.

Lin Qingjun always knew that the Lin family was rich, so when he came to the Lin Mansion at the beginning of the year, he had nothing to do so he could make a calculation in his heart: the ancestors of the Lin family were enshrined as marquises, and they were only passed on for several generations. They only married wives but not daughters.The aristocratic family has ancestral property, and buys real estate and shops every year. Although Lin Ruhai's salary as an official is not much, but he has been serving as the salt government for many years, and he earns a lot of income every year.In the original book, Jia Lian once said that it would be good to send another two or three million silver. It is very likely that the money came from the Lin family. Waiting for real estate.

Even so, Lin Ruhai was willing to spend [-] dowry silver for a adopted daughter whom he had known for two years, even the father and daughter of the Lin family didn't care, but Lin Qingyun felt it was hot.

Lin Qingyun said seriously: "I know that my adoptive father is thinking of me. I am afraid that the royal family and people outside will look down on me, so I will use money to give me confidence. But to be honest, who doesn't know that I am just a talented daughter? My confidence It all comes from the power of the adoptive father and the protection of the Lin family, the amount of money is the same, not to mention what do I need so much money for? There is no need for people to discuss the length of the adoptive father. The things on the dowry have already been added, but there is too much money in the box. Forty to fifty thousand is enough."

If it's not too little and it's not good-looking, it's okay to not give a cent, after all, Lin Qingyun has his own library.Lin Qingyun didn't make a clear distinction with the Lin family because of the money he made, he received the monthly money, and the Lin family still paid for food and lodging, but he was never stingy when buying gifts and things during the New Year's Day or the birthdays of the Lin family's father and daughter, although he felt that sewing was too tiring People, every season will make two sets of shoes, socks and clothes for Lin Ruhai.

But Daiyu said: "This is my father's wish. It is only natural for a father to give a dowry to his daughter. What's more, my sister is not married to an ordinary family. Money is extremely important. Although my sister has entered the door of the Prince Chun's mansion, she doesn't need to spend money on food and lodging." His, my sister has her own money to send. Besides, which of the royal servants is easy to deal with? They all have to spend money to manage, otherwise it is not cheap to do anything, so my sister should have more money on hand. Besides, there are many royals, and every year Three festivals and two birthdays, the birthdays of many princes and concubines, the birthdays of princes and princesses, and the weddings and funerals of the princes, how can you not spend money on food? My sister has a lot of money to spend."

Lin Qingjun laughed when he heard this: "I knew you were so clever that even a girl from the Zhao family dared to go back to your face. Today, this eloquence is used on me. Even so, I really deserve it. My sister also understands and understands me." If you change places, I'm afraid my sister won't ask for a penny."

"It can be seen that my sister has met with strangers. If my sister refuses again, I will be annoyed!" Daiyu pretended to be angry, but she was really afraid that she would push each other to a stalemate.

Seeing this, Lin Qingyun pondered for a moment, then nodded in compromise: "Then I will accept it."

Lin Qingyun thought, after all, if she married into the royal family, even if Lin Ruhai didn't love her, she would have to give her a lot of money for the sake of face. It's really not good to just refuse.When outsiders watch the fun, they will make harsh remarks if they accompany them too much, and they will not stop the rumors if they accompany them less.Now I accept this money, and when Daiyu gets married, I will double it and add makeup.

Do the math, Daiyu is eleven this year, Lin Ruhai will definitely have to save her to get married, and there are still four or five years to go.The library won't be able to make that much money in a few years, but she really wants to make money, and it's not that there is no way out. Now that she is getting more familiar with Lawrence, especially the translation of books, she sees another business opportunity to make money.In the past few years, she has saved some money by herself, and tried to keep the money in the box as little as possible. After a few years, she will add another [-] to [-] to Daiyu. As a gift for adding makeup, Daiyu is not easy to refuse.

As a royal daughter-in-law, there is one thing that saves trouble, that is, there is no need to embroider the wedding dress.The wedding dresses of the princesses and concubines are all custom-made, she only needs to embroider some small things, and other big ones are done by the maids in the room, and a group of embroiderers with outstanding embroidery skills hired from the embroidery village The processing is rushed and can be completed by August.

The empress only had a son like Tu Yan, and it was so difficult to marry a wife now, so she always kept an eye on the progress and personally asked questions one by one, lest she was not careful or inappropriate.

The weather suddenly changed yesterday, with strong winds and heavy rain. For others, it was cool to dispel the heat. However, for a weak person like Tu Yan, a gust of cool wind may cause him to fall ill.So when she got up early in the morning, the queen ordered someone to go out of the palace to the Prince Chun's mansion, and also ordered Hong Ling, who was said to be the prince's personal servant, to come in and answer.

When Hong Ling entered the palace, she inadvertently ran into a young girl head-on, and stepped aside sideways to let her go first.

The girl was only fourteen or fifteen years old, her appearance was beautiful and gentle, her eyes were smiling and she was very touching.Although Hong Ling served Prince Chun, she often walked around Fengyi Palace to answer. She had seen at least seven or eight stops when the wives and ladies of various families entered the palace to pay their respects, but she had never seen this one.

It's just that the other party has gone away, but Hong Ling stands there in a daze.

"Sister Hongling?" The leading eunuch called her.

Hong Ling came back to her senses and asked the little eunuch, "Whose family does that young lady belong to?"

"That's Concubine Wu's natal niece. She is 14 years old this year. She will enter the palace every February and Sixth. Concubine Wu likes her very much."

Hong Ling nodded and said nothing, thoughtful.

After entering the main hall of Fengyi Palace, the queen asked about Prince Chun's diet and daily life recently. When she learned that he was just lazy but not sick, she couldn't help but let go of her heart and put a smile on her face: "It can be seen that Master Miaoyu is capable, the girl of the Lin family is indeed blessed, my son has only had two colds since he was married, and he recovered within a few days, what a blessing!"

"This is the empress's sincerity that has touched the heavens." Wen Xin complimented with a smile.

"I want to report to the empress, I don't know if I should say something or not." Hong Ling hesitated.

"What's the matter? You just say it." Seeing her like this, the queen dismissed all the palace people in the palace except Wen Xin.

Only then did Hong Ling express her doubts in her heart: "There was an unruly servant girl in the mansion that day. The servant girl didn't think much about it, she just thought it was her first time entering the mansion and she didn't know how powerful she was, and she wanted to be rich. But the things at that time were too Coincidentally, after all, there was a shadow left in the mind of the servant, when I entered the palace today, I accidentally met a young lady who was four or five points similar to the maid from that day..."

The queen's expression changed slightly, her eyes were cold and stern: "Who is it?"

"The servant girl asked the little eunuch, and she said she was Concubine Wu's natal niece."

The queen's face became more solemn.She still remembers the banquet held in the palace on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, she once saw a girl who was nice, but when she learned that she was the niece of Concubine Wu's family, she stopped thinking at that time.Now that Prince Chun and his concubine have been decided, and Tu Yan doesn't want to set up another concubine, the empress naturally doesn't pay attention to the girls of the various families. Who would have expected that someone would reach out to Prince Chun's mansion!

This touched the queen's scales!

"Wen Xin, you quietly go and bring that maid, I want to personally question you!" The queen knows all about the affairs of Prince Chun's mansion. , I was going to do a lifetime of hard work.The queen was extremely annoyed when she heard about this matter. After all, the imperial physician said that the prince's health is not suitable for intercourse, and that he and the concubine will continue to have children. A lifeless and lowly servant girl also tried to harm her son. How could the queen bear it!The queen then ordered that the servant girl be assigned to an ugly widower who was over fifty years old. The widower used to be a horse breeder and liked to beat people with a whip when he was drunk. One can imagine the life of the servant girl.

But Wen Xin persuaded: "After all, within the palace, it's hard to hide it from people's eyes and ears. It's not good to spread the word. If the empress trusts the servant girl, the servant girl will ask the matter in person, and she will definitely understand the matter."

"It's my negligence." The queen has always paid attention to the rules, but when it comes to Prince Chun, she is out of ordinary people.

Wen Xin left the palace for a trip, and returned after two hours.

Withdrawing from the crowd, Wen Xin replied: "The servant carefully interrogated the servant girl, and the servant girl only said that someone paid money to send her to Prince Chun's mansion, and also said that the prince has never talked about marriage so far, but that he once admired a girl, but the girl The confidante passed away early, and the servant girl is seven or eight percent similar to that girl, if she can see the face of the prince, she will definitely be favored."

"Idiot!" Such rhetoric is easy to believe, it is nothing more than a vain attempt to climb a high branch.

The queen thought about it, and sneered for a long time: "The people in this palace are starting to be restless. I think that You'an is just a rich and idle king, and Yongjia is already married. I am the queen, and I care about their messy things. What are you doing? It’s not just asking for trouble. But now it seems that I’m lenient to them, but they’ve grown courageous, and it’s all for plotting against me, but they shouldn’t have extended their hands to my son.”

"Could it be Concubine Wu Gui..." Wen Xin said and shook her head again: "Then it shouldn't be someone who looks similar to my niece, but the servants can't figure it out, what is the purpose of the person behind it? What benefits can they get?"

The queen laughed and said: "What can I get? I'm afraid that righteousness will hurt my liver! That incident happened before the engagement, they didn't know that the emperor and I had appointed the Lin family girl for the pure prince, but the lantern banquet in the first month Everyone understands why, that night I looked at Wu's niece twice more, and then talked to Concubine Wu. Afterwards, Miss Wu entered the palace, and Concubine Wu brought her to sit there twice, so someone guessed it. Yes. They were afraid that the daughter of the Wu family would marry into Prince Chun's mansion, and that the palace would help Prince Ding. Such a farce was nothing more than a bad impression of Prince Chun's impression of the girl from the Wu family, or something else. I don't know the plan, but it's all too ridiculous." As he spoke, his voice became sharp: "No one else can do such a mindless thing, only Concubine Qi Shu!"

Wen Xin also said: "I heard that the concubine Zhen in Chengjun Prince's Mansion is not doing well, Concubine Qi Shu intentionally asked the third girl from the Zhen family to fill this position."

The queen sneered: "Concubine Qi Shu has a good plan, I am afraid that the Zhen family will run away."

"Your Majesty, do you think the Emperor will agree?"

The queen shook her head: "We can guess what the emperor is thinking." The queen certainly knows a little bit, but there are some things that should not be said.

Seeing this, Wen Xin didn't mention it anymore, instead she said with a smile: "The servant went to see the prince when he returned to the palace, and the prince asked me to greet the empress on his behalf, and said that he would come to pay her respects early in the morning."

The queen frowned and asked with a smile: "What is the prince doing in the mansion?"

Wen Xin said: "My lord is tidying up the house, looking at the things that have been moved in and out, it looks like a big study, which is expanded on the basis of the original study of the lord, it is as big as two rooms, there are several bookshelves, all As tall as a person is, I'm afraid it can hold thousands of books, but now I have already filled half of them. I also asked the prince, why didn't he send someone to buy them all at once? It’s for the concubine, and it’s said that the empress also has a lot of good books in her private collection, and tomorrow I’ll ask Ann to ask for a few of them back.”

"What's this worth? Those books are just a waste of time. You can clean them up in a while, and bring them back to him tomorrow. I remember that the Lin family girl likes to draw. You can prepare a few good ones and give them to the prince and future princess. Passing through the door, the two poems and books are combined, and it is elegant to paint by the window." The queen said with emotion, and only hoped that Lin Qingyun would be truly blessed, and that Youan would get better from now on.