The Lofty Fierce Consort

Chapter 106

?Since people in the world have been married, there have been the ‘six rituals’, which are for accepting the color, asking the name, najib, accepting the levy, requesting a date, and welcoming them personally. In fact, these six ceremonies are handled according to the world, but they are only three stages of negotiation, engagement, and big marriage.

Marriage negotiation is the choice of the object, which is equivalent to receiving the color and asking the name; the engagement is the establishment of the marriage contract between the man and the woman, and the payment and the gift; the big marriage is the wedding on the selected auspicious day, which is equivalent to a personal welcome.

Because the marriage between Yan Yan and the fourth prince was referred to by Emperor Xi, the items of Nacai and the question of names were omitted, and the imperial decree of the marriage was originally laid down in the Mengshan paddock. After returning to the capital, the Qintian Supervisor chose a good auspicious day early, and only when it was time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites handled the matter of going to the Weiyuan Hou Mansion.

So a few days after Yan Yan and Huan, Cai Yu from the Ministry of Rites sent the crown attire of the prince and concubine, all kinds of jewelry, gold and silver, satin horses and even some special gifts to the Weiyuan Houfu.

Until this time, Luo Huaiyuan was truly relieved.

He has always been aware of the behavior and efficiency of the people in the Internal Affairs Office. All of them serve food at the sight of others. As long as there is no person above, they can delay or delay. This is why he has already returned from Mengshan. Has been relying on the reason why the palace did not return to the Fourth Prince’s Mansion.

The prince had done well with them before, and the queen cared for him in order to do superficial work. In order to make the marriage between the little princess and himself settle down earlier, he took advantage of the hot iron to pretend to be foolish in front of the queen and the prince, and he didn’t have the courage to ask the emperor Xi to ask about the marriage.

Everyone in the palace thought he was in the beginning of his youth, and he was accused of a beautiful prince and concubine, so he took care of him, and laughed at him both overtly and secretly. Luo Huaiyuan only wanted to be out of sight and desperately brushing his sense of existence, so the Qin Tianjian, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites moved so quickly.

It is necessary to know that the second prince’s decision has not yet been on the agenda. Maybe others are not in a hurry, Luo Huaiyuan only needs to know that he is in a hurry.

On that day, Luo Huaiyuan smiled sly, went to the queen to thank him, then went to the Emperor Xi to kowtow, and then happily left the palace and returned to the Fourth Prince’s Mansion.

The prince smiled and cursed in front of Emperor Xiao, “This fourth child is really a trickster, so stupid, a woman sent him off.”

Empress Xiao smiled dignifiedly, “Is this not good? Such a person can save a lot of worry.”

“That’s true too!” While saying this, the prince thought of those unconscious people.

There are regulations for princes to be engaged and married, except that the prince’s regulations are higher than those of the princes. These princes who have not been crowned kings are all examples. In addition, Emperor Xi always attached importance to decency, and the four princes were only women in their eyes. The gift they sent was not discounted at all, and even the usual shoddy of the House of Internal Affairs did not happen.

It can be seen that Luo Huaiyuan’s sense of presence in the palace these days is not useless, and his image of “the beginning of love” is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The House of Internal Affairs wanted to make a fortune from it, fearing that the second fool of the fourth prince would come out after he learned about it. After all, he showed that he was very concerned about the future concubine of the fourth prince. You have to ask what you sent, and see with your own eyes. A prince doesn’t even pay attention to this respect. Who can take him?

People in the palace now take the four princes as a joke, saying that he seems to be obsessed with the future four princes and concubines, and will do anything unremarkable. The queen and the prince are indulgent attitudes, and Xu Guifei’s family is rarely low-key. The Emperor Xi didn’t say anything, and everyone just watched it for fun.

No one knew that when the Ministry of Rites delivered the big gift to the Weiyuan Houfu, a batch of dowry gifts from Luo Huaiyuan also quietly delivered to Yan Yan.

Knowing that these things were secretly delivered by the fourth prince himself, even Shen Yiyao couldn’t help saying, “The child from Yuan’er is paying attention.”

The things were not out of the box, they were sent to Ningxiang Pavilion along with the list. Just by relying on the thick stack of gift lists, we can know how much money Luo Huaiyuan has laid down.

Luo Huaiyuan has made a lot of money over the years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has made a fortune.

In order to make the little princess happy, or to express his own feelings, Luo Huaiyuan really picked up something, some in the palace, and not in the palace. He gathered ten big boxes and sent them. All are rare things such as silk and satin fabrics, spices, all kinds of gems, pearls, and ivory carvings.

Mei Xue was amazed, and sighed that the future uncle is going to do a dowry for our girl!

Luo Huaiyuan really thought so, but he didn’t dare to tell it. To know that his mother-in-law is also rich, how can he be so uninterested in taking away the rights that people should exercise.

In the eyes of the old lady, the Chen family, and others, all the princes and concubines are so regulated, so jealous and jealous need not be said.

The old lady listened to the people below to report the betrothal gift that covered the whole Jinseyuan, and the various rewards in it, and had been twitching her heart for several days, and she wished to take it all over so that she could feel comfortable. I also resent that Shen Yiyao has gotten so much good, and I had to use words to make fun of her a few days ago in order to make a ceremony. All kinds of complicated and tormented thoughts, needless to say.

Even the people underwent an eye-opener, saying that it was different for the royal family to marry a daughter-in-law, and the style was not like that of others. After talking about it for several days, the enthusiasm gradually dissipated.

At this moment, Mrs. Pei came to the door.

In fact, the Pei family’s background is not very good, dating back a long time ago, he was just a rich native of the countryside.

It is known as the House of Gengdu, which is actually called the Family of Gengdu. In fact, there are only two talents in the past three generations. In the generation of Pei Nan, it seems that the ancestral grave has smoked, and there is a talented and intelligent Pei Nan.

Pei Nan was hit by a talented person all the way and then won, and then went to Beijing to rush to the exam and won the Jinshi, and finally entered the most elegant and noble Hanlin Academy, and the Pei family suddenly became rich and wealthy.

At the end of the three-year term of the Imperial Academy, Pei Nan was assigned to the Ritual Department as a member of the fifth rank of the Ritual Department. After gaining a firm foothold in Beijing, Pei Nan sent someone to pick up his parents and sister from the countryside to Beijing.

This younger sister is now the old lady.

When Pei Miaoling, who was not an old lady, entered Beijing, she was already sixteen years old. The reason she kept dragging her undecided marriage was because she wanted to find a good marriage in Beijing. Dad and Mother Pei thought well in the country. Now that his son has become a protégé of the emperor and a high-ranking official, he will definitely be able to find a good relationship for his daughter.

It’s a pity that a small foreigner from the fifth rank is really inconspicuous in the realm of the capital. Fortunately, Pei Nan is good at socializing and knows how to drill the camp, so he found a good relationship for his sister. In terms of status and status, it is more than enough to be married to their Pei family, but the man who is not good is a sick child. But think about it another way, if it weren’t for the sick Yangzi, they wouldn’t be able to take the turn of their Pei’s family. That’s why the old lady married the old Hou Ye who died young.

Pei Nan was very satisfied with his sister being able to marry into the Hou Mansion and be a daughter-in-law. If he hadn’t gotten married too early, he would have liked to marry himself a noble daughter from a wealthy family.

Mrs. Pei was a talented daughter. When she married Pei Nan, Pei Nan was still studying in the cold window. After Pei Nan made her fortune, she also followed the tide. Although a man made her fortune, she would inevitably accept a few concubines. But being an official wife was something that the old lady Pei couldn’t imagine, so she turned a blind eye to her husband’s stinky problems with men.

Facts proved that it was the right choice for her to marry Pei Nan, and she sat all the way to the second-grade servant madam. If it hadn’t been for Pei Nan’s crime before, Mrs. Pei’s life would have been extremely beautiful, but it was a pity that she would not be able to protect it in the last night.

The old lady Pei, who was well maintained, was ten years old because Pei Nan was dismissed from office. After that, various incidents emerged in an endless stream, which made her very old. Every time the old lady saw her sister-in-law, she would be surprised at how old she was. She didn’t know that in the eyes of Mrs. Pei, she wouldn’t let it go.

Mrs. Pei came here for help this time. She really didn’t expect the two daughter-in-laws to be so stupid, and actually competed with others on that occasion to announce something that shouldn’t be said.

As a result, there was a lot of talk in Beijing.

His Majesty was furious, and Wu Shangshu was taken into custody by Dali Temple. Now the various changes in Beijing have made her tremble and sleepless at night. She couldn’t sit still anymore, and she thought of this little sister-in-law.

There is a granddaughter who is a prince and concubine, so if something happens to Pei’s family, my sister-in-law should help them.

Old Mrs. Pei explained her intentions without making any confusion.

After hearing this, the old lady laughed, “You, you, after decades of raising, the knowledge is still so short, this is a good thing, maybe my brother will be able to get the Xueguan reinstated.”

Many people in the Pei family also thought so, including the reason why they would argue for a while and they would say nothing. It was not that they did not think so carefully. But Mrs. Pei was different from what they thought, always feeling that things were not so simple. But if you ask her to say something is not easy, she can’t say it, and sees that Beijing Zhong has arrested a lot of people because of this in the past two days, and then she will come to Weiyuanhou’s Mansion in panic.

Mrs. Pei was still full of worry.

The old lady patted her hand and said, “Since the women’s dispute has leaked out, I will go back and discipline the two daughters-in-law. As for the rest, let’s see what happens first. All in all, just show up as if you’ve been wronged. , I’m not afraid of anything. Now that everyone is watching, the Wu family dare not take you.”

That’s how it is said, but many things are not as simple as women think.

A few days later, Mrs. Pei came back again, crying like mourning, saying that Pei Nan had died violently in the exile.

It can be said that the sky has fallen, and Pei Nan has always been a pillar of the Pei family. Even if he was dismissed from office and exiled, he found an amulet for the Pei family.

It’s better now, because of a little incident between the juniors, the amulet was lost, and Wu Shangshu was pulled off the horse. If the day that Wu Shangshu could wash himself in the water, Pei Nan would have done it a long time ago, so why wait until today.

Perhaps it was because he knew that his revival was impossible, or he was afraid of the intricate chain of interests behind Wu Shangshu. Pei Nan snorted angrily, and disappeared within two days. When the news came back, Pei’s family suddenly fell apart.

The old lady succumbed to the scene after listening to it, and the maid in Rong’an Hall was so frightened that she was taking medicine again, and she went to ask the doctor again.

When the old lady woke up, she was faced with the result of half of her body being numb and stiff, but she was not too immobile, that is, she was slow to move and could not even lift a spoon.

Yan Ting was furious on the spot and fired on Mrs. Pei.

The old man said in a frivolous tone: “Your aunt is also panicking, my poor elder brother…” After speaking, he started to cry.

Several daughter-in-laws all came, standing aside watching the old lady crying heartbreakingly. Mother Zhao, Yan Ting, and Mrs. Pei were surrounded by the bed, and they couldn’t get together either.

After seeing the doctor, he went down to prescribe medicine, saying that the old lady’s disease can only be taken care of, and must not be overwhelmed with joy, lest it become more serious.

The old lady supported Yan Ting with a weak body and said vaguely, let him help his uncle’s family, and see if he could transport Pei Nan’s body back. She couldn’t let her brother die outside, and even the funeral could not be done. That’s what Mrs. Pei meant when she came over.

Pei Nan was dismissed from office and exiled. There was no one in the Pei family who could stand up. Now he can only ask his sister-in-law and nephew to help figure out a solution.

Yan Ting was silent for a while before answering.

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The mother-in-law is ill in bed, so it is natural that the son and daughter-in-law must attend to the illness.

Men have errands, so they can only be their daughters-in-law. Shen Yiyao only came to see the old lady once, and ordered her servant to send some medicinal materials over, but she never showed up again, and left the matter of attending to the Xue family to the Chen family.

In the past few days, the Chen family was quite guarding against the Xue family. Although attending to illness is a chore, the old lady is in charge of the family’s income. The old lady saw that it was difficult to think well. Those inputs naturally need to be managed by someone, and she is in charge of the house in her own hands. If she can manage the whole thing, it will naturally be a good thing.

How could Xue clan not know what Chen clan was thinking, she also pretended not to know, and even showed great hospitality in front of Chen clan’s old lady, which made the Chen clan look at her more unpleasantly. This person who always had an honest face in front of Xue family and Shen Yiyao couldn’t help but quarreled with Xue family several times.

I don’t know what relationship Yan Ting has found. The Pei family was allowed to transport Pei Nan’s body back to Beijing. The funeral was held in the middle of Beijing, and then he helped the coffin to return to his hometown.

But things didn’t seem to end there.

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Yan Yan’s wedding date is scheduled for the eighth day of October next year. This is an auspicious day for Qintian Supervisor.

In other words, in less than a year, Yan Yan is going to get married. The time seems a bit too late, but there is no major problem. One year is enough time for Shen Yiyao to buy a dowry for her daughter.

Most of the daughters of large families buy dowry from birth, and they are already quite generous by the time they are married. After the marriage, they will prepare some other things, and they will not be in a hurry at the time.

Like the furniture in Yan Yan’s dowry, Shen Yiyao arranged for someone to start making it two years ago. The woods chosen were all the finest red sandalwood and rosewood, so even married a prince and concubine would be decent enough.

Shen Yiyao has nothing to do with everything, ranging from a small to large piece of bed. There is still a lot of wood left, and the new house reserved for the Fourth Prince’s Mansion is over-sized, and a little more.

The main courtyard of the Palace of the Four Princes has been vacant. Luo Huaiyuan usually lives in a courtyard behind the main courtyard. This yard was nameless. It was originally built by the Ministry of Industry. In the past few years, Luo Huaiyuan has slowly added things to it and remodeled it a little bit. Now it is not only beautiful, but also brand new.

This is the new house he prepared for himself and the little princess, for which he had been preparing several years in advance.

Shen Yiyao sent people to measure the size and came back. They said that the new house was very large. It was estimated that the remaining wood was not enough. Shen Yiyao asked the carpenter to start the work first, and the other side ordered someone to go out and buy wood.

Since Yan Yan’s ceremony, Luo Huaiyuan has given away a lot of roses made of satin. After that, if they don’t pull it down, they will be sent some more every day. Sometimes it’s one. According to Luo Huaiyuan’s words, it means that I only have you in my heart; sometimes it’s three, which means I like you very much. Confession.

Yan Yan never showed this kind of small card to others, but kept it in the small box where she communicated with Luo Huaiyuan on weekdays. With the increase in letterheads between the two in the past few years, the small box could not fit long ago. There was a large box full of it and it was stuffed under Yan Yan’s bed.

Mei Xiang expressed that they were very curious, because sending these strange flowers from the Fourth Prince would make the girl’s expression very strange. How do you say that kind of weird? It made them scratch their hearts and wonder what was written in it.

But Yan Yan’s defense was very tight. The small boxes and boxes were locked. Even if they weren’t locked, they didn’t dare to take it out privately when they saw the girl like this.

Cards can be hidden, but flowers cannot be hidden, especially these flowers are not real flowers, there is no such thing as spoilage. Gradually, all kinds of roses were placed everywhere in the Ningxiang Pavilion, red, pink, purple, and yellow, and they almost became a sea of ​​flowers.

Together, Yan Yan was embarrassed to tell people that this was from Luo Huaiyuan. Yan Ru and Yan Ling always came to Ningxiang Pavilion. These flowers naturally fell in the eyes of the two of them. They asked what kind of flower it was. Yan Yan hesitated and turned the topic off. After seeing these flowers more and more, Yan Ru really liked them again, so they couldn’t help but ask Yan Yan for a few branches and put them back.

Yan Yan was very embarrassed. In the end, it was Mei Xue’s help who broke the siege. She smiled and said that this can’t be given to the girls, because our future uncle gave it to the girls.

It is rare to make Yan Yan a big blush, Yan Ru and Yan Ling teased each other.

How do girls of their age understand the relationship between men and women? Seeing that the four princes are so attached to Yan Yan, I can’t help but feel a little envious, and even wonder if the other party will do the same after they make a kiss?

At the same time, the Pei family’s place was even more chaotic.

The uncle of the Pei family’s big room took the eldest son to return to Beijing to help Ling. It was first reported that the third master of Pei’s third room had borrowed a large amount of imprint money for gambling. The second room was clamoring to split the family. Wu’s family Because of the tears with the Pei family, Pei Jiayi threatened to give up.

The chaos inside Pei’s house turned into a pot of porridge, not to mention it, during this period several weird riots occurred.

The thief was very strange, he didn’t steal anything, he always turned around in a mess, as if he was looking for something.

Pei’s family knew that it must be related to what Pei Nan did before, but Pei Nan’s things were never told to the family, and they didn’t know what the other party was looking for. In order to calm things down, he kept one eye closed and let others writhe at home.

There was a lot of noise like this for a few times, and the culprit didn’t come back, but a few days later, someone sent a box and opened it to see that it was a dead cat with its head cut off.

Now, the Pei family can no longer be stable!

Now they have become mourners, unable to go to the ground and have no way to go, so they can only beg the old lady again with the brazenity.

The old lady is now ill in bed, and it is difficult to even get to the ground. She needs someone to wait for food and drink, and she can’t even speak clearly. Hearing about this, there was no other way except to be anxious, but to ask her capable son to go out to inquire about one or two, to see who the Pei family had offended.

Given the same distressed situation of the Wu family now, this is definitely not the case, there must be other people behind it.

In fact, before doing that, Yan Ting already vaguely knew who the force behind it was, but it was not a big deal to help Pei Nan’s coffin to return to Beijing, so no one embarrassed him, nor did he come in front of him. .

But in this situation, it must be that Pei Nan has hidden something that is not conducive to that side. Why is his face so big that makes people give up investigating.

These private matters are unreasonable to the women, but because it is his uncle’s family after all, and his own mother is in front of him, Yan Ting can only agree on the surface.

Although the old lady is ill, she is not always confused. Seeing her son’s face, she knows that this must be difficult.

But Pei’s family is her own root after all. When my parents go, there is only one elder brother left. Now that elder brother is dead, Pei’s family still has so many nephews who are related to her by blood. How could she say that she doesn’t care, too. Just treat it as the embarrassment of not seeing my son.

After Yan Ting left, she pondered for a while and ordered Shen Yiyao to be found.

Now that it’s such a juncture, the old lady doesn’t have much to say about it or not. There is a daughter-in-law with a deep background, and she doesn’t need to be a fool.

She was anxious to let her daughter-in-law help out, lest she tire her son.

After Mrs. Pei came, she naturally didn’t conceal Yan Yan. Seeing Rong An Tang’s story about her mother, she came with Shen Yiyao.

When the old lady saw Yan Yan, her face was not good, but the old lady Pei seemed to have seen the last straw, and almost kneeled down on the spot for Shen Yiyao’s mother and daughter in spite of dignity. She still stopped when Mother Zhao pressed her hard.

“Sister-in-law is still capable, raised a capable son, and married a good daughter-in-law, and now all granddaughters have become royal daughters-in-law.”

I think that Mrs. Pei secretly laughed at this spoiled little sister in secret, laughing at her when she married a sick child and was a widow at a young age.

Now I am sincerely flattering the old lady, but it is a pity that these words are in the ears of the old lady, the first half is okay, the second half is really poking her heart and lung tube. Only by asking people to do things, I suppressed it and didn’t happen. ?