The Housekeeper's Daughter-in-law of the Red House

No matter how worried the members of the Lin family are, the imperial decree has been issued and there is no room for rejection, unless the fate is too long.

Obviously, the members of the Lin family did not despise their longevity.

Therefore, even if you are not very happy in your heart, when you wait for the nanny sent by Concubine Chen De to come to the door, you still have to greet her with a smile.Although the emperor said that Concubine Chen De had the full authority to handle the marriage of the second daughter of the Chen family, the people from the House of Internal Affairs could also be called, but when things came to an end, Concubine Chen De dared not use people from the House of Internal Affairs.

In a marriage that can make the House of Internal Affairs go out, one of the parties must be the royal clan. What does it matter if her sister is married to the royal clan!Besides, the House of Internal Affairs is a bunch of vampires who push the low and step up the high, and they have to peel off the skin of everything that passes through their hands. Concubine Chen Defei will not use her good things to fill the bottomless pit of those people.

Therefore, Concubine Chen De asked Madam Zhang beside her to go out of the palace to spread the word that the Chen family would not marry from the palace. Although the Chen family was gone, the house was still there and had not been taken away.

Speaking of which, the marriage of the second daughter of the Chen family was not as shabby as everyone imagined. Although all the things in the Chen family's house were robbed in the chaos, the house deed, land deed, and land deed were backed up by the government, and Concubine Chen De was also in the palace. There's no need to worry about these things, it just so happened that all of them were given as dowry to the second girl of the Chen family.

Concubine Chen De didn't have to worry about having plenty of jewelry, fabrics, medicinal materials, clothes, etc. Besides, there were rewards from the emperor.The second daughter of the Chen family is married, and she has lived in the palace for several years, and her elder sister is a concubine, can the women in the palace be ashamed not to add makeup?There are not three thousand concubines in the harem, but there are still dozens, and one person can make up a few dowry by adding up a little bit.

The only thing to worry about is the furniture, which is the most important thing in a woman's dowry, but the emperor has taken care of it. He said before that he would ask the second girl of the Chen family to find a good marriage. Now that my sister-in-law's marriage is in trouble, naturally It is necessary for his big brother-in-law to come forward.Therefore, there is no need for the Lin family to worry about posting the dowry. It must be done properly and there will be no embarrassment.

The purpose of Zhang Momo's coming is very simple, the first is to inform Shulan to enter the palace tomorrow, one is to thank you, the second is to discuss the marriage with Concubine Chen De, and the second is to measure the house.

If it is based on the family backgrounds of the Lin family and the Chen family, there is no need to measure the house at all. Only when the royal family gets married will the furniture be divided according to the size of the house. Therefore, even if the imperial decree of marriage is issued, the marriage of the royal children will not be held until two or three years later. That's how the wedding ceremony came about, the woman had to have time to prepare the dowry, right?

But this time the furniture was contracted by the emperor, and it was handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It was good that it would not be invalidated after the expiration date. Concubine Chen De also wanted to make it easier for her sister to marry, so she asked someone to measure the house.

After waiting for Nanny Zhang to lead the people away, Shulan's heart jumped up and she entered the palace...

It is said that awe is a must, but more of it is curiosity, especially when I can see what the emperor's favorite concubine looks like tomorrow, Shulan really feels that she has not traveled in vain until now.Obviously, even if someone is an unfavored concubine through time travel, she will be a concubine or something in the future, but when she comes to her, she will be a married servant. The gap should not be too big, okay!

At the beginning, Shulan was also worried. After all, no matter if she was an abandoned woman, a widow, or a crooked woman, she would definitely be rich and powerful in the future, and all the people she came into contact with were the top people in the whole country.She happened to travel through time by herself, so unlucky, how could she not be overwhelmed.

It's just that seeing the scene where Jia's mother dismissed her servants without changing her face, Shulan was taken aback and buried her unwillingness to the deepest part.Now that the Lin family's life is getting more and more prosperous day by day, Shulan suddenly realizes that what she wants to do is a mother of the official generation, not a daughter, daughter-in-law and other juniors of the official generation.

After calming down, Shulan started to get down to business. Tomorrow, she will not only go to the palace to thank her, but also discuss marriage with Concubine Chen De.

Although there is the imperial decree of the emperor, these two items will definitely be passed smoothly, but the process still has to go well. If there are no three letters and six rituals, it is not called a marriage. Even if the woman is married back, it can only be a minor. Concubines and regular wives must have three letters and six rituals.

Lin Shuyu is now an imperial guard with no rank, and Lin Zhixiao has no official position, so the acceptance of gifts can only be done according to the last-ranking officials.

Shulan asked people to open the warehouse and took out the things they had collected before, but they didn't take them out at this time, and they didn't know when they should take them out.

People found four pieces of brocade with meanings, and prepared two boxes of food boxes, which could only hold six kinds of fruits with good meanings.The most important thing is the four-number jewelry, and they are married, so they can only use red and purple jewelry on the jewelry.

A golden phoenix hairpin inlaid with rubies in silk, implying the position of the main wife; a gold hairpin with lotus pattern playing with babies, implying that the young couple will have many children in the future; and a gold hairpin wearing peony bees in silk, implying that the husband's family expects the woman to work hard.In addition to these three big hairpins, Shulan also prepared a set of ruby ​​jewellery, including hairpins, step shakers, forehead wiping, temple coverings, flower tines, combs, hairpins, bracelets, bracelets, and rings.

In the whole process of getting married, "chai" cannot appear, because the chai is two strands, which means to separate.

Shulan checked and checked carefully, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, she asked someone to wrap up the things, and waited to bring them into the palace together tomorrow.

In the early morning of the next day, Shulan got up early and began to dress up seriously. Naturally, she couldn't be sloppy when entering the palace.It's impossible for Shulan not to order a master to dress up, but she also needs to tidy herself up.

Let Xuezhan comb an ingot bun for herself, take out two pairs of golden hairpins and insert them symmetrically, insert a peony silk flower on the right side, insert a round flower tin in the middle, and insert a pearl flower arrangement made of vermilion gemstones on the left comb.After putting on some light makeup on herself, Shulan looked around, then changed into her clothes, got on a sedan chair and walked towards the palace.

Although there is no empress in the harem now, Concubine Zhen has the emperor's decree to rule the harem with the fate of half queen, so Shulan has to visit her first when entering the palace.

But he didn't want to meet an acquaintance, it was Jia Yuanchun's children's shoes.

"Big..." Shulan's mouth twitched, but Jia Yuanchun didn't call out Jia Yuanchun's natal title

Jia Yuanchun is a smart person, so he can naturally find out what Shulan wants to do, so he quickly interjected: "Mrs. Lin, please come with your slaves, don't keep the imperial concubine waiting for too long."

Shulan moved her mouth, but didn't say anything, she just nodded and followed Jia Yuanchun in.

"Your Majesty, Mrs. Lin is here." Jia Yuanchun bent down, and reported to the woman sitting on the throne with lowered eyebrows.

Shulan also knelt down with a very complex face, "Women pay homage to the imperial concubine empress, and the empress will live a long and healthy life."

Concubine Zhen's majestic voice floated down from above, "Get up!"

After Shulan thanked her, she got up.

Originally, I thought I would go to Concubine Chen De for a cutscene only at Concubine Zhen's place, but she didn't think that Concubine Zhen seemed to be interested in Shulan, so she asked kindly: "I see Mrs. Lin's rules are pretty good, she doesn't seem like a little girl." The wife of a family is like the wife of a rich family."

"Your Majesty praised you absurdly. The women dare not hide it from you. The women and my husband were in charge of the Rongguo Mansion before. The old ladies and wives in the Rongguo Mansion are all kind and gentle women. I also learned a little bit from them." Shulan said suavely. Said sloppily, the Zhen family is family friends of the Jia family, Lin Zhixiao and Shulan have dealt with the Zhen family several times, how could Concubine Zhen not know the details of Shulan, but everyone is so open-eyed and talking nonsense That's all.

"Yo!" The smile on Concubine Zhen's face widened, "I didn't expect to be a family friend, I told you so." Hastily asked someone to prepare a reward.

Shulan could only kneel down and kowtow to thank her.

After Concubine Zhen said a few more words, she let Shulan go.

During this process, Jia Yuanchun stood beside him like a piece of wood. Shulan felt a little uncomfortable seeing Jia Yuanchun like this. When he was in Jia's mansion, Jia Yuanchun was the one who attracted the most attention, and everyone fawned on him.But today's Jia Yuanchun's eyes no longer have the brightness and self-satisfaction of the past, and there are only deep pools like the sea.

When they were far away from Concubine Zhen's house, Shulan said in a trivial way: "The old lady, the second master, the second wife, the elder Zhu, the elder grandma, the elder sister, and the second master Bao are all well, so don't worry about the elder lady." Finally, she said: "Eldest lady Take care in the palace, the girl is well, and the Rongguo Mansion will be fine."

It wasn't until this time that Jia Yuanchun showed a little strangeness on his face, his body movements didn't seem to stop, and he only whispered: "Sister Xie Lin, I know, Sister Annoying Lin is waiting for me to say hello to the old lady, the second master and the second wife."

"I will." Shulan nodded. Although she would not support Jia Yuanchun, she was still willing to help if she could. After all, her family was from the Rongguo Mansion. If she left it too clean, she would fall behind. .

After walking out of the palace where Concubine Zhen lived, Shu Lan stuffed Jia Yuanchun with two purses, "Girl, don't dislike it. First, you are happy, and second, there are many places for girls to use money in the palace. Take it with you." It’s better to deal with emergencies in the future.”

Jia Yuanchun smiled slightly, did not speak, but took it obediently.It is impossible for Jia's family to be like a fish in water in the palace, and she is just a servant girl. It is also very difficult for Mrs. Wang to send her money into the palace. Once she is caught, it is a ready-made crime.

Having been in the palace for several years, Jia Yuanchun is no longer the naive girl she was back then, so naturally she will not push away the practical benefits for the sake of face.Just asking her to open her mouth to thank Shulan was absolutely impossible for her. After all, the pride in her bones was just hidden, not worn away by the palace.

Following a little father-in-law to Concubine Chen De's place, Concubine Chen De had been waiting for Shulan for a long time, and after another ceremony, both parties sat down.But Shulan didn't dare to sit all the way, she only took one-third of the seats, she listened to Concubine Chen De with her back straight, her eyes only dared to stare at the carpet on the ground, she didn't dare to look directly at Concubine Chen De.

Concubine Chen Defei has a straightforward temperament, thinking that the two families are about to get married, she asked Shulan not to be so restrained, she was also tired looking at it.These words made Shulan feel that Concubine Chen De looked a little different from what she had imagined in her heart!

Concubine Chen De is indeed a beauty, if she is not beautiful, she will not be favored by the emperor, but she is a bit different from the charming beauty Shu Lan thought of, but she looks dignified and virtuous when she looks quietly.When it comes to talking, it is comparable to Wang Xifeng, and it makes people feel comfortable in a suit. Compared with Concubine Zhen Gui's aggressive atmosphere, Concubine Chen De is very lively here.

Shulan was thoughtful, maybe it was not without reason that the emperor only favored Concubine Chen De.The people in the palace are all rigid, and suddenly there is something different, the emperor is naturally surprised, if it hits the mark, he will protect Concubine Chen De like an endangered animal that is on the verge of extinction.

Concubine Chen De was very kind to Shulan, and explained her plan in detail. The Chen family was gone, and Aunt Liu's natal family could not be found, and it was not easy for her to handle this matter in the palace.Therefore, Concubine Chen De invited Chen Ge's eldest daughter-in-law to be Quanfu's person, and asked her to help out with some matters of getting married because of the same surname.

The second girl of the Chen family no longer lives in the harem. She returned to the Chen family's new house long after the imperial edict of marriage was issued. She will marry in this house in the future, and the dowry is ready except for the furniture.

The two discussed for a while, and when they saw the meal time, Concubine Chen De stayed with Shulan for dinner before allowing her to leave.

Taking the Geng Tie that Concubine Chen De gave to the second girl of the Chen family, Shulan went directly to Qingxu Temple.The current emperor of Qi State advocates Taoism, so the Taoist temples in Qi State are very fragrant, and even nun temples can only do some shady activities to make a living.

This Qingxu Temple can be regarded as the best incense in Qi, all because the master of the temple is a virtuous Taoist priest with profound knowledge and great reputation.The master of the temple is Taoist Zhang, also known as Judge Zhang.

He was personally called the "Great Illusion Immortal" by the former emperor, and was also conferred the title of "End Real Man" by the current emperor. He is the substitute of the current Rong Guogong, and now he is in charge of all the Taoist temples in the world. sir.This Taoist priest not only has the colorful Taoist robes and cassocks, but also the golden light of the emperor shrouded his head. "Nowadays, princes and feudal towns all call him 'immortal'.

In Qi State, each religion has the highest manager in the country, while Taoism is called "Daolu Department". Officials such as Fa, Zhiling, and Xuanyi belong to the sixth rank.

The "real person" is the second rank, and this Taoist priest is named "the final real person" by the current emperor, which means that the second rank official controls Taoist temples and believers all over the country.The management agencies of local Taoist temples are called "Daoji Division", "Daozheng Division" and "Daoquan Division", all of which are under the jurisdiction of "Daolu Division".Therefore, Daoist Zhang has a lot of actual power. He is not only the highest administrator in religion, but also an administrative official of the country.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Daoshi had become a monk for Rong Guogong Jia Daishan since he was very young, and he was the substitute of Rong Guogong. It is a kindness to him.Otherwise, Shulan would not have such a big face to invite this real Zhang, because her son and the second girl of the Chen family are not in conflict with each other.

Although a large sum of sesame oil was donated, the result was good, and the two people's Nian Geng horoscopes were a perfect match.Seeing that the Lin family attached so much importance to it, the Chen family was also satisfied that they invited Zhenren Zhang to measure the age of Geng for the two of them, so the two families decided to celebrate the ceremony.

But before the big ceremony, the Lin family still has one more important thing to do, that is to hold a crowning ceremony for Lin Shuyu. Men are crowned at twenty, but generally speaking, crowns are crowned in advance before marrying wives. Lin Shuyu has encountered such a situation now.

But Shulan can't intervene in this matter, so she can at most help prepare some things.Women are not allowed to intervene in the men's crowning ceremony, and men are not allowed to intervene in the women's Jiji ceremony.

Shulan also prepared some things and a banquet according to Lin Zhixiao's instructions, and waited until that day to watch from the sidelines, watching Lin Shuyu first add a black cloth crown, second a leather bean, and finally a noble bean.Every time the coronation is completed, the guest of honor reads the congratulatory speech to the crown recipient.Then, Lin Shuyu visited his mother.Then the invited guest chose a word for Lin Shuyu: Shida.Then Lin Shuyu changed into a top hat and gown to meet the king, and then held Lizhi (wild pheasant, etc.) to meet the township doctor and so on.

After tossing and tossing for a long time, watching Lin Shuyu come and go and changing several sets of clothes, the coronation ceremony was finally completed.After inviting everyone to the table and eating the banquet, it is all over.

After the crowning ceremony, Lin Shuyu is a real adult and has to take responsibility for the family.Of course, now Lin Shuyu only needs to be a good imperial bodyguard, serve the emperor well, and then wait to marry Mei Jiao Niang.

On the day of the big gift, Lin Zhixiao and Shulan led the people to the Chen family with the dowry. Although the Chen family was gone, there were quite a few people who came to curry favor with them. All kinds of people came to the door for various reasons. Yes, it looks very lively, but I don't know what it looks like inside.

When the time comes, it's time to show off the betrothal gift. The ancients also liked to show off. Before the man's betrothal gift and the woman's dowry are stored in the warehouse, they are all pulled out for drying.

Shulan prepared 100 taels of gold as the betrothal money, expressing the man's recognition and gratitude to the woman's parents for their daughter's upbringing; two loads of betrothal cakes, each fifty catties, a total of one hundred catties; , Shrimp, squid, sea cucumber, shark's fin, fish maw and hair vegetables ten kinds of seafood, implying perfection.

Small families are not as particular about it as big ones, and a pair of live wild geese must be given as a betrothal gift.Here in Shulan, two pairs of chickens are directly used as numbers, two males and two females; three to five catties of pork are flying together (Xizhifei), that is, one piece is connected and two are opened to express a fruitful and sincere respect.

A pair of big fish, which means fishy smell; also means that there are heads and tails to be more than a year; two pairs of coconuts, that is, there are fathers (coconuts) and seeds; Prosperous descendants also contain the meaning of perfection and blessings, endless life.

Two boxes of fruit; two boxes of rock candy, orange cake, wax gourd candy, and golden four-color candy; two cans of tea and two cans of sesame, implying that once a woman enters into a marriage contract, she must keep her promise and never regret it, which is also known as "oil sesame tea". "Li"; twelve catties of glutinous rice, three catties and two taels of sugar, which are used to make glutinous rice balls for the bride's family, in order to obtain the meaning of perfection and sweetness; there are also combs, rulers, money boxes, mirrors, buckets, scissors, A pair of abacus.

The last is the most important thing. Shulan opened a box, took out a pair of dragon and phoenix bracelets and put them on the hands of the second girl of the Chen family, and took out a gold hairpin inlaid with dragons and phoenixes inlaid with rubies Come and insert it on the head of the second girl of the Chen family.

Everyone saw that the wedding bracelet was one inch wide, the golden hairpin was bigger than a palm, and the ruby ​​color on it was also very correct, so they knew that the Lin family valued the daughter-in-law who had not entered the house.

Mrs. Chen Ge's eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Chen, on behalf of the family of the second girl of the Chen family, received a betel nut, indicating that the man's betrothal gift will be returned to the man's family in the future, which means Ichiro to the end.

In addition to this, the second girl of the Chen family personally brought back tea, fruit, lotus root, taro, pomegranate, trousers, shoes, cypress, ginger, fried tea, sponge cake, etc. to Shulan.

Shulan took it over with a smile, and it was the first time she saw the second girl of the Chen family. With Concubine Chen Defei making the draft in front, Shulan was still prepared for what the second girl of the Chen family would look like.

Sure enough, looking at the second girl of the Chen family at this moment, she doesn't look alluring, she has a typical oval face, red lips without spots, green eyebrows without draw, face like a silver basin, eyes like watery apricots.

Shulan saw that the body of the second girl of the Chen family was not the weak one, but she looked similar to Xue Baochai's description in the original book, with a dignified appearance.Shulan sincerely hoped that the second girl of the Chen family would be the second Xue Baochai. Although Xue Baochai had her own scheming methods, she was really a good daughter-in-law candidate, virtuous and virtuous.

However, this person has been known for a long time. Although Shulan took off the colored glasses before looking at the appearance of the second girl of the Chen family, there is still a long way to go before Shulan can truly recognize her.After all, the second daughter of the Chen family was not the daughter-in-law Shulan had chosen for her son, so she still had conflicts in her heart.

The Second Miss of the Chen family was delayed for a few years before, but now she is sixteen, and Mrs. Chen also wanted to complete the task as soon as possible, so she waited for the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pack up the furniture, and immediately discussed the date of the personal reception.

It just so happened that one month later, there would be an auspicious day, and the two families set the date for their personal welcome on this day.

In addition to getting the house ready, the Lin family also had to arrange the banquet. The servants of the Lin family have been exhausted for the past few months. Fortunately, there are double monthly payments, otherwise many people would think of Fang and run away .

It finally came to the penultimate day of the day, and I had no time to relax on this day. I had to go to the Chen family to welcome the dowry, that is, to bring back the dowry of the second girl of the Chen family, and then to expose the bride’s dowry in the Lin family’s yard. The second girl's dowry is used to decorate the new house.

The dowry of the second girl of the Chen family is full of 86 liters, all huanghuali furniture, canopy beds, descendants and barrels, look at the workmanship, it is really worthy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the materials are absolutely guaranteed.Jewelry is packed in boxes one by one. Although it is better to squeeze them in than others can't squeeze them in, they are packed full, and there is no joke about a box and a hairpin.

The antiques were also placed in high-quality silk boxes. Shulan also saw several good things produced by the palace, which should have been given by Concubine Chen De in private.

In addition to these, there are many things that symbolize good omens.

The spittoon is used as the bucket for children and grandchildren, hoping that the daughter will bloom and spread leaves, and the house will be full of children and grandchildren; the red ruler is used as the ruler for children and grandchildren, which means that there are thousands of hectares of fertile land; the vase represents the wealth and wealth of flowers blooming; A pair of dragon and phoenix quilts, bed sheets and pillows, wishing the new couple love and lingering; a piece of sugar is a metaphor for sweet happiness; dragon and phoenix bowls and chopsticks are used as food and clothing bowls, which means ample food and clothing.

This beautiful 86 dowry won the Lin family a lot of face, and it also made Lin Zhixiao and Shulan feel relieved, but it was not as bad as they imagined, and it was much better than they expected.

Waiting for the day of the personal welcome, the Lin family opened the door to welcome the guests early in the morning.

Shulan looked at her handsome son standing in front of the door in a bright red wedding suit and listening to the couple's admonition, she was deeply moved. In a blink of an eye, she had traveled through so many years, and her son could marry a wife and have children. If it was soon , I will be able to embrace my grandson next year.

Although today is a day of great joy, Shulan still feels very heartbroken when she thinks about it. She is getting old, her son has grown up, she is married and has her own small family.