A happy event had just concluded in the Hou Mansion, and another happy event was ushered in shortly afterwards. Everyone was busy. Only Lin Chunhuan felt that without Lin Yimiao, the house seemed much deserted.
"Although she is a concubine, she is still the prince after all. Isn't the dowry for Xiaosi too small?" Marquis Yuanning frowned and looked at the dowry list in front of him.
There was a hint of dissatisfaction between his eyebrows.
Compared with Lin Yimiao's dowry of 128 taels a few days ago, the one in front of me may not even be able to hold 32 taels, and she would have to haul a few empty boxes to make up the amount.
Speaking of this, the eldest lady was almost unjustly accused, "Master Hou, you can't say that. Whether it is from me or from the Hou Mansion, the two girls will have the same share. ! ”
"Miaomiao has one hundred and twenty-eight pieces. That is the makeup added by the queen and her grandfather from my natal family. I won't say anything about the queen. Although the mistress is in my name, she is not her husband after all. She crawled out of my belly, she can’t ask my father to prepare a copy for her, right?”
“There’s no such thing in this world!”
It’s so embarrassing! After coughing a few times, Marquis Yuanning was a little speechless. Wang's mother's family was an imperial merchant. In terms of money alone, many aristocratic families could not compare with her.
The current prosperity of the Hou Mansion is also contributed by the Wang family's natal family. After all, before the title of Marquis, the money scattered around cannot be easily obtained.
So Lin Yimiao only realized after growing up that with such a natal family, even if the Marquis of Yuanning disliked her mother, she would never give up the position of Madam of the Marquis to anyone else.
And he broke this fact into pieces and told it to the eldest lady.
Otherwise, the eldest lady would not agree so easily and record Lin Chunhuan in her name.
“That’s it, I’ll give Xiaosi another portion from my private treasury. At least thirty-two can be filled. We can’t let our Hou family be laughed at.”
< br>Anyway, it’s not her own money. The eldest lady doesn’t care much about money, so she agreed. As for Lin Chunhuan, she didn’t care about it even more.
"Father, this is enough. My sister-in-law is a serious princess when she goes to Prince Qin's Mansion. I am a concubine. To put it bluntly, I am just a concubine with a higher status. The dowry is enough. It is too much. On the contrary, it makes others jealous, and the gain outweighs the loss.”
This so-called other person, coincidentally, is the eldest girl of the Zhang family, Lin Yimiao's rival. It seems that the two of them are really destined!
The imperial edict granting the marriage was issued on the same day. Considering the treatment given to Miss Zhang in the Zhang family, the dowry would not be much more than hers.
Marquis Yuan Ning looked at Lin Chunhuan with more and more satisfaction.
“At the age of marriage, Xiaosi is indeed much more sensible than before, but don’t worry, your father will never treat you badly if you deserve what you have!”
“Master Marquis, Madam , the big girl is back!”
As soon as Marquis Yuan Ning finished speaking, King Qin and Lin Yimiao walked in front of everyone one after another. At this time, Lin Yimiao had already put her hair up in a bun and dressed up like a woman.
It’s only been a few days, and it doesn’t seem like there’s been much change. But now every frown and smile has the unique charm of a woman, not the one with a bit of... The young eldest daughter of the Lin family.
“My son!”
When she saw Lin Yimiao, the eldest lady was so excited that she hadn’t seen her for a few days. It was like parting from life and death, and tears were streaming down her face, " Why did you come back suddenly? But something happened, look at you, you have lost weight!"
The eldest lady's words made King Qin look a little embarrassed.
It was Marquis Yuan Ning who reacted. He frowned and coughed lightly, "What nonsense are you talking about? Miaomiao will enjoy the blessings when she goes to the palace. How could His Highness still starve her?" "Your Highness, I am a woman who doesn't understand the rules. Please forgive me. ”
Although he is a son-in-law, he is also a monarch and his subject!
After all, King Qin is a member of the royal family, so he must have the proper rules.
The King of Qin didn’t care much about this. He turned slightly sideways and only received half a courtesy from Marquis Yuan Ning. “My father-in-law’s words are serious, and my mother-in-law loves her son deeply. How can I blame this king?”< br>
"Mother, please stop talking nonsense!" Lin Yimiao hurriedly pulled the sleeves of the eldest lady. When she looked at Prince Qin, a blush crept up her white face, "Your Majesty, he... treated his daughter very well, and he didn't treat her half-heartedly. "It's a bad treatment."
"That's good, that's good!"
The eldest lady doesn't care what others say, she just wants her daughter to live well, and she is relieved now. He took a breath and said, "By the way, what kind of day is it today? Why are you back together?"
Finally down to business!
King Qin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and turned his attention to Lin Yimiao, but his eyes were very complicated.
It was obvious that the marriage between the two was just an exchange of interests, and they were not even acquaintances in the past. If he was tempted, he would only be interested in that little guy who was full of intrigues and had the guts to drag him into a drunken state without seeing her twice. Heart.
But King Qin knew very well that Lin Chunhuan's thoughts and attention were not on him, so he slowly lost his focus.
But after getting married, he discovered that his new wife was not as boring as he had thought...
Lin Yimiao raised her hand and tucked her hair behind her ears, "Actually, It’s nothing, I just wanted to ask, why are the marriages granted in the palace to the east palace, and they are all concubines, why is the mistress the concubine, and the one from the Zhang family is the crown prince!”
"You girl, you've always been at odds with Xiaosi, why are you feeling aggrieved for her now?"
After hearing his daughter's tone, Marquis Yuanning subconsciously looked at the people around him, with a very shallow smile on his face, and he was so skilled in the official accent.
Hearing this, Lin Yimiao looked at Lin Chunhuan who was standing silently aside with disgust, "Who wants to complain for her? It's just the Zhang family who pushed me into the water and didn't get any punishment."
"Why do you have to put pressure on our family when you marry someone? What the hell is going on, Your Majesty..."
"Shut up!"
Marquis Yuan Ning's face changed, and his brows were full of seriousness. "Thunder, rain and dew are all your kindness. How can you, a woman, make irresponsible remarks!"
"Father!"
Dissatisfaction spread on his face, and no one else could get involved in the matter between father and daughter. In the end, King Qin stepped forward and put his arms around Lin Yimiao's shoulders, "Miaomiao, don't be angry. "
"I think you know something about the eldest daughter of the Zhang family, but you don't know about some of the twists and turns of the past."
"Miss Zhang. Her biological mother was the first wife of the general, but later the princess... the emperor knew that this matter was due to the princess's domineering behavior. Although she was said to be a noble concubine, she was actually an equal wife."
"So let's talk about it. , Miss Zhang is indeed the legitimate daughter. As for your fourth sister, she is a bit inferior in status, so you have to understand the emperor’s difficulties.”
Lin Yimiao's face was full of grievance and unwillingness, "I don't care! Even if you are a concubine, the limelight of our Hou family must not be overshadowed by the Zhang family!"
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