Chapter 1397 Tryst
Three years later, Le Jie'er was fifteen years old. She had given her a hairpin as a gift not long ago. For this reason, Chu Yijie went to the Cuiyu Xuan owned by his mother and bought Le Jie'er a valuable and fashionable hairpin.
He spent money on this hairpin.
The gift he gave Sister Le couldn't cost his mother, so he gave his mother a thousand taels of silver.
He also told Xia Zihan, "Mom, do I need to give money as a dowry for marrying Sister Le? Then let me give you the money. I have saved a lot of money for marrying my wife for so many years. , mother, such as Today, the child is really going to get a wife. The money for marrying the wife must be paid for by the child, and the money saved by the child through so many years of hard work and thrift will not be ignored. "
Someone was willing to offer a piece of silver. Xia Zihan was very happy and waved his hand, "Okay, you can take all the 6,666 taels of silver sent to the Second Prince's Mansion."
"Ah... so many?" Didn't you say that two or three thousand taels of silver would be enough? Why did it suddenly grow to more than six thousand taels?
"My second uncle married my second aunt for only 3,600 taels of silver. Mother, why did it become 6,600 taels when I got here?"
Chu Yijie felt distressed and cried for his wallet.
That was the money he had accumulated for more than ten years, and now he had to take out a small part of it, which he couldn't bear to part with.
Xia Zihan took one look at him and saw the pain in his face, so he hit him on the head angrily, "Sister Le and your second aunt have different backgrounds, so naturally the betrothal gift is also different."
Rong Laner was born into the Rong family, and her stepfather Rong San was only a third-grade military attaché with no title, which was certainly different from Sister Le's.
Le Jie'er was born in the Second Prince's Palace and was the emperor's niece. She also had the title of county lord and had a title and rank. She was worth many times more than Rong Lan'er.
The most important thing is that the bride price and dowry are connected together.
No matter how much the betrothal gift is given, when the woman gives a dowry, it should be at least double the betrothal gift.
The Rong family has not been very wealthy since its collapse, so the Zhuo family gave Rong Laner 3,600 taels of betrothal money after careful consideration.
In addition to the betrothal silver, there are other miscellaneous things in the betrothal gift. Together, there are four to five thousand taels of silver. In this case, calculated as double the dowry, Rong San will have to give Rong Laner a dowry of nearly ten thousand taels. .
If you hire more silver, I'm afraid Rong San won't be able to come up with that much dowry. At that time, in order to marry a stepdaughter who is not his biological daughter, he will have to empty out his family. I'm afraid that no matter how much money Rong San has, he will feel sad All will be unhappy.
After all, Dou Da gave birth to a daughter last year. After more than ten years, where will the bride price and dowry of Rong San's biological son and daughter come from?
You have to consider a few small considerations, right?
Also, although Rong Lan'er and Le Jie'er are both daughters-in-law of the Chu family, how can the cost of marrying an official girl be the same as marrying a royal girl?
If it's the same, where should the royal family's face be separated?
Therefore, when marrying a daughter-in-law, the bride price is not given indiscriminately, but must be paid according to the food.
After Chu Yijie understood it, he said oh and felt less distressed.
The betrothal silver is to give the daughter-in-law face, so she shouldn't feel bad about it. Moreover, one tael of silver goes away and two taels of silver come back. Even a fool knows how to calculate this account.
This account is a sure profit.
"Besides, what kind of family is the Second Prince's Mansion? If you give me the betrothal money, if you turn your back, they will still carry it back to Sister Le under the box." Xia Zihan said again.
Chu Yijie's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Mom, let's give you more, how about 16,660 taels of silver?"
In this way, he earned an extra ten thousand taels of silver.
Quack... Xia Zihan's face was so dark that he raised his hand and hit him hard, "Do you think you can give him as much money as you want?"
"Sister Le, you gave me 16,660 taels of betrothal silver. In a few years, when your brother marries the eldest princess, will your mother be bankrupt?"
The status of the eldest princess is higher than that of Sister Le, so the betrothal money is naturally higher than that of Sister Le. This is the royal family's prestige, and it also represents the Chu family's regard for the eldest princess.
Of course, this does not mean that she does not value Sister Le, but her identity as the eldest princess is there. Even if she wants to treat her two daughters-in-law fairly, she cannot treat her two daughters-in-law fairly. Otherwise, she will be stepping on the eldest princess's face. It is tantamount to stepping on the face of the emperor and the queen.
Who in the world dares to step on the emperor and queen's face?
Therefore, her two noble daughters-in-law must be treated unfairly before entering the Chu family.
In the future, when the eldest princess enters the Chu family, even if she is the mother-in-law and Zhuo is the grandmother-in-law, she must go to greet the princess early every morning, not her daughter-in-law.
Hey, this was the only thing she didn't want to do when she found out that her father-in-law had decided to give Xuan'er to the princess.
Fortunately, the princess is Chu Cang's daughter. Although she is a bit naughty, she is kind-hearted at heart and will not play those conspiracy theories. Otherwise, Prince An's palace will be lively.
Although, the eldest princess is a little too naughty, and in the future, Prince An's palace will not be able to live in peace either.
"Mom, hehe, I'm just saying, don't take it seriously." Chu Yijie rubbed the sore head from his mother's knock, and slapped him haha.
After dealing with his mother, Chu Yijie hurried to Juxiang Tower.
He made an appointment with Sister Le to have dinner at Juxianglou. Of course, he was not alone, but also Erlang and Sanlang from the Chu family.
Erlang and Sanlang are both cousins of Le Jie'er. With them here, he and Le Jie'er will not be rumored to have a private tryst.
Although, he really didn't want to spend time with Sister Le while there were two big lights on next to him.
"Chu Yijie, why are you here just now? I've already ordered the dishes. Take a look and see if you want to add anything."
As soon as Chu Yijie entered the private room, Erlang waved to him and asked him to quickly add dishes.
Chu Yijie sat down and asked the waiter to read Erlang Sanlang's order, then added a few snacks that Sister Le liked to eat, and waved the waiter out, "You don't need to wait on me anymore, hurry up and bring the dishes." .”
"Yes, Master Jie, the younger one is going out." The waiter bowed and smiled flatteringly.
After the waiter went out, there were only Erlang, Sanlang and Chu Yijie in the private room, and Sister Le hadn't come yet.
Erlang crossed Erlang's legs and looked at Chu Yijie with an unhappy expression, "Tell me, let us brothers come out to make lamps for you today. Do you have anything to discuss with our cousin in private? Last time you had a tryst with your cousin. , and asked us to cover for you, but my mother found out, and Saburo and I were whipped by my mother.”
(End of chapter)