Chapter 154: Dowry

Gu Jiu returned to Gu Mansion in the carriage.
When I got off the carriage, I was pulled into the front hall.
Everyone was there, and the Hou Mansion also sent someone over.
Master Gu first asked: "Your Majesty called you into the palace, why?"
Gu Jiu blessed the body, and said: "Your Majesty asked her if she said her kiss?"
"this one?"
Everyone frowned.
Xie's hand was holding the handkerchief, his eyes were fierce, and he stared at Gu Jiu, "It's not that your majesty wants Er Yatou to enter the palace."
"Shut up! Don't speak if you can't speak." Master Gu snapped Xie's.
Xie was embarrassed, his face flushed, and seeing Master Gu's fierce appearance, he was immediately wronged.
Master Gu lowered his voice and angrily said, "Even your Majesty, you dare to make arrangements. Are you tired of living?"
Xie's heart jumped and said hurriedly: "The concubine is just guessing."
Master Gu gave a cold snort and ignored her.
"Xiao Jiu, did your majesty ask anything else?"
Mrs. Zhang asked softly.
Gu Jiu glanced at the crowd and thought about it. It is estimated that everyone will know the truth of the matter by tomorrow.
She cleared her throat and said, "Your Majesty also asked me if I would like to marry the emperor's grandson as his wife."
what?
Everyone was shocked.
First, his Majesty was surprised to see Gu Jiu differently and called her into the palace specifically to ask her if she would marry the emperor's grandson?
Second, was surprised that Gu Jiu would marry the emperor's grandson?
It's so strange that the more I look at it, the more I can't understand it.
Master Gu hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty said, which grandson do you marry?"
Everyone cheered up and paid attention to Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu shook his head slightly, "Your Majesty never said."
Master Gu frowned, can't figure it out.
He asked again: "Your Majesty asked you something, how did you answer it?"
Gu Jiu said: "Daughter talks about important marriage issues, but the parents ordered the matchmaker."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Gu Jiu's answer was not wrong, but it was not brilliant, it could only be said to be a standard answer.
"Your Majesty really didn't say, which grandson do you want to marry?" The Xie family didn't believe Gu Jiu, believing that Gu Jiu was hiding a traitor in his heart, so he asked out loud.
Gu Jiu nodded, "I did not say."
Before the marriage decree came down, she didn't want more trouble.
Everything will be discussed after the imperial decree comes down, and even if someone wants to make trouble at that time, she is not afraid of the imperial decree anyway.
Master Gu was full of lawsuits, "Brother, what do you think of this matter?"
The elder Gu Zhiming shook his head slightly, "I don't understand. It stands to reason that your Majesty should not know Xiao Jiu, but he just summoned Xiao Jiu into the palace, or he chose his wife for the emperor's grandson. I can't figure out this matter."
"I can't figure it out either." Master Gu frowned, almost to death.
The eldest wife Zhang said: "It's better to go to the Hou Mansion and ask. The Hou Mansion is well-informed, maybe they have already got the news from the palace."
Master Gu nodded, "Should I go to the Hou Mansion and ask, Big Brother, come with me?"
The old man nodded, "Go with it. Just to pay a New Year greeting to the uncle and aunt, maybe I can ask for a red envelope."
Everyone laughed.
The old man is a lot of age, and he still wants red envelopes, which is deliberately amused.
The eldest wife Zhang cried out with a smile: "No one is right. I met the old man, old lady, respectful."
The old man nodded, "Don't worry! I know how to measure."
As soon as the two masters left, the female family members were left in the front hall.
Xie stared at Gu Jiu, "Second girl, what's going on, let's talk about it now."
The eldest wife Zhang looked at Xie with a strange look, "I don't understand what the younger brother and sister said. Xiao Jiu has said everything that should be said, but listening to the younger brother and sister's words, it seems that Xiao Jiu is hiding something. This is What reason."
Xie looked at Zhang with a smile, "Sister-in-law, this is the housework of our second room, can you please leave it alone?"
Zhang laughed, "Sister and sister, I’m sorry, I really have to take care of this. The second girl is indeed the child of your second room, but if she marries the emperor's grandson, this matter is not just a matter of your second room’s family. It's a big matter that concerns the whole mansion and even the Hou Mansion. As the wife in charge of the mansion, do you think I should be involved in this matter?"
Xie's anger turned upside down, and he was too lazy to squeeze Zhang's, and asked Gu Jiu directly, "Second girl, your Majesty summoned you, what is the matter?"
Gu Jiu calmly said, "Return to my wife, which is what I said before. Your Majesty asked me if I talked about marriage and whether I want to marry the emperor's grandson as my wife. There is nothing else."
"Why did your majesty call you into the palace? There are so many famous ladies in the capital, how can you get your majesty's special respect?"
Xie was full of anger and asked Gu Jiu sharply.
Gu Jiu frowned, "The question my wife asked is exactly what I want to ask. I also want to know, why did your majesty call me into the palace?"
"you……"
Xie's is almost to death.
The eldest wife Zhang waved, "Xiao Jiu, you have been tired for a day, so hurry up and rest."
"Thank you, auntie."
Gu Jiu turned and left.
Xie also wanted to stop Gu Jiu, but was stopped by his wife Zhang.
"Sister, I know your thoughts. Xiao Jiu is not your own. You naturally don't like to see her marrying the emperor's grandson, and you will force Yue'er, Shan'er and the others."
Xie's face was stern and frosty, "Sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense."
Zhang's lips pursed and he waved his hand, and the maids all walked out.
She said to Xie, "Sister, I will say a few heart-wrenching words to you today, so you can just listen to it. How?"
"Sister-in-law, please say."
Xie still has to give Zhang's face.
Zhang took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then said, "Although Xiao Jiu was not born to you, you are nominally her mother and she is your daughter.
Brother and sister, you can’t always pick Xiao Jiu’s fault. You have to think in the other way, Xiao Jiu really wants to marry the emperor's grandson. Let’s just talk about the past two years without talking about the future. When Shan'er talks about marriage, there will be a married woman. Is it good to tell Shan'er to kiss the sister who is the wife of the grandson?
Just go out by yourself, and when people hear that you are the mother-in-law of the emperor's grandson, will others look at you high? "
Xie Shi said with a wooden face, "Sister-in-law said so much, what do you want me to do?"
Zhang looked at Xie with a smile, "After all, Xiao Jiu can have a good marriage, and it doesn't hurt you.
Even if Yueer, Shaner is not as good as Xiaojiu, what does it matter?
My younger siblings can’t just look at Xiao Jiu’s front scenery and ignore her sadness behind her.
Marrying a grandson as his wife is not an easy task. When it is good, it is endless glory and wealth.
But if you get lucky, you will die in a blink of an eye. "
Xie frowned.
The Zhang family continued to mutter with her, "This time the emperor and grandson chose his wife, all the people in the capital shunned it. Do younger siblings know why?
It is because the risk is too high to marry the grandson. There is only one position, and only one person can sit on it.
In other words, most of the princes and grandchildren are destined to not end well.
Everyone didn't have that life to gamble, and in order to preserve the family, they had to avoid it. Do you understand? "
Xie frowned and looked at Zhang, "Sister-in-law is not optimistic about Donggong?"
Zhang raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I am a womanly woman who can understand the important affairs of the court. Don't talk about it, don't talk about it."
While she was talking, she waved her hand, obviously not wanting to talk about the East Palace.
Xie gritted his teeth, "So, the second girl will really marry the grandson?"
"Maybe. If the imperial decree is really made in the palace, the younger brother and sister will quickly prepare a generous dowry for Xiao Jiu."
Xie laughed at himself, "Prepare the dowry for the second girl, but it is not my turn."
Zhang was a little confused, "How come I don't understand what my younger siblings say. Xiao Jiu's dowry, should she prepare it herself?"
Xie's snorted, "Sister-in-law, don't you know that Sister Su's dowry has been in the care of my master over the years. From beginning to end, I haven't touched my hands.
Before the death of Sister Su, she said that her dowry would be shared equally between Saburo and Eryatou.
With the half of the dowry left by Sister Su, and the second girl's marriage, I still need to worry about it. "
Listening to Xie's grievances, Zhang smiled contemptuously.
I don't know what to say about Xie's. The heart is just as big as the tip of a needle. Gu Jiu is about to marry out, and he's still thinking about it.
No wonder Mrs. Gu was dissatisfied with the Xie family after the Erfang family returned to Beijing.
With the temperament of the Xie family, when Mr. Gu allowed him to act as the local parent official, he had no effect on Mr. Gu.
The wife and wives around, the Xie family has the highest status, everyone should hold the Xie family, as long as the Xie family does not go too far, everyone will tolerate it.
But now in the capital, third-grade officials are walking all over the ground, and nobles are inferior to dogs in the capital, Mr. Gu has a hundred thousand mountains on it, and he must be cautious everywhere, watching others winking.
Xie's still works as always, thinking that it is in the local area, and others will hold her.
It must be Master Gu who can't stand it first.
Master Gu has already adjusted to deal with the situation in Beijing with a new mentality.
However, Xie's mentality is still stuck in the past. The oldest mother, you all have to listen to my state, and sooner or later you will offend people and cause trouble.
It's a pity that Xie didn't know it, and was still confident.
For Gu Jiu's marriage, other people are in Xie's position. Even if Gu Jiu is not biological, other people will be generous and happy to prepare for Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu married well, and the whole family has face.
Even if you can't directly ask Gu Jiu for help, you can still get some light indirectly.
As Zhang said before, when Gu Shan talks about marriage, Gu Jiu will definitely be able to talk about better marriages. Children can also marry girls with better backgrounds.
Zhang himself was planning to wait for the imperial decree, and would use Gu Jiu's name to tell his two sons two better marriages.
No matter how resistant everyone is to marrying the emperor grandson, if someone in the family marries the emperor grandson, it will be a good thing for a family like Gu's family that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages before the battle to seize the grandson is settled.
Of course, for people like the Hou Mansion, the harms outweigh the benefits.
Because they will be forced to participate in the controversy.
Gu's mansion is an ordinary official family with limited ability. If you want to participate in the controversy, the princes and grandchildren may not look down upon it.
All the truths that should be said were said, Xie's stubborn opinion, can not listen to advice, Zhang's did not bother to continue to waste words.
Zhang took a sip of tea, "If Xiao Jiu is really accused of marrying the emperor's grandson, the dowry will be less than one hundred and twenty, and thirty thousand taels up. It is better for the younger brothers and sisters to plan early."
Xie's face turned green as soon as he heard one hundred and twenty stations, with more than thirty thousand dowry.
"Sister-in-law is not kidding. Thirty thousand taels? I don't believe that the dowry left by Sister Su can be thirty thousand taels. Even if there are thirty thousand taels, it is impossible to give them all to the second girl, and half of them will go to Gu Ling."
Zhang smiled, "This matter is discussed with the younger brother, I will not participate."
Xie's face was stern, "Our two families are not separated, and the second girl is married, how much money can we give out in the public?"
"According to the rules, the prostitutes are three thousand taels, and the concubines are 1,500 taels. Don't you know about this? A few days ago, you sent someone to ask me for Gu Yue's dowry money. I said that on the tenth of the first month. Five for you, did you really forget?"
Zhang looked at Xie with a smile.
Xie was annoyed, "What is three thousand taels enough for? It's not enough for the girl's bottom silver."
Zhang smiled and said, "I can't help with this. Even in the Hou Mansion, the daughter of a daughter, the father-in-law only gave five thousand taels of dowry silver, and the rest of the house had to pay for it.
Brothers and sisters, we can't compare to the Hou Mansion, but three thousand taels are not too much. It is more than ten times stronger than many officials in Beijing. Thanks to our ancestors, let us enjoy Zumeng. "
Xie's face was blue when he was blocked by Zhang's.
Zhang stood up and said, "Oh, there are still many things to prepare for a banquet in the mansion tomorrow. You are busy, brother and sister, I will leave first."
Zhang left with the maid.
Xie picked up the tea cup and was about to throw it on the ground.
As a result, when her hand reached mid-air, she remembered that this was the property of the public school. If she dared to smash the tea cup, Zhang would dare to make her lose money.
Xie gritted his teeth and put the teacup back on the table.
She stood up, and Chunhe who rushed in said, "Let's go back."
...
In Weiyang Palace, Fang Shaojian stood in front of the bed and reported the situation.
The empress closed her eyes, as if asleep.
But when Fang Shaojian finished the report, Empress Empress opened her eyes instantly.
Her eyes were shining, bright as stars.
"Liu Zhao is going to marry Gu Jiu? Take this seriously?"
"It is true. Your Majesty summoned Gu Jiu. It is reported that Gu Jiu performed very well. His Majesty basically approved the marriage. It is estimated that the marriage will be given tomorrow."
Empress Empress laughed, "You said Liu Zhao chose Gu Jiu, is it really stupid or pretending to be stupid? Or is it hidden for some other purpose?"
Shaojian Fang thought for a while, "My mother has seen Gu Jiu, what kind of girl is that?"
Empress Empress recalled the process of meeting Gu Jiu and said: "Is a steady girl."
Fang Shaojian looked weird, "There are so many famous families and ladies in the capital, and the son Zhao chose the little-known Gu Jiu, which is really weird."
"That's it! Liu Zhao is a person with a traitor inside. He took the initiative to provoke a dispute and gave Jin Wuwei an excuse to investigate the East Palace. If it hadn't been detected in time by the Palace, he would have caught the worms in the East Palace one by one, and he would have almost succeeded. My palace really underestimated him."
Shao Jian Fang said: "In the past, I really underestimated Young Master Zhao. But he chose to attack at this time, it is always a bit weird."
The empress sneered, "It is estimated that this palace is about to die. I can't bear it, and delusional jumps out to weigh the weight of the East Palace. The opportunity is also to test the capabilities of this palace and see if this palace can suppress the East Palace."
"Niang Niang naturally can hold the East Palace."
"But the prince can't control the East Palace. Once the palace is gone, the prince alone will make the East Palace in danger. Liu Zhao clearly sees this. He chose Gu Jiu as his wife, just to dispel the palace's suspicion of him. Humph, how can this palace be fooled by him."
"What should I do next?"
The empress frowned, her mind flashing through her mind.
"Niangniang, do you want to fulfill Gongzi Zhao? After all, the Gu family is not as noble as the honour. Gongzi Zhao married Gu Jiu, which means that he can't get help from his wife's family. Maybe he was dragged down by the Gu family."
The queen mother asked: "How can you be dragged down?"
Shao Jian Fang smiled, and said, "Master Gu is now a concubine who is righteous. It is said that she dislikes Gu Jiu very much. Don't you remember, Dong Gong official Xie Mao, but Master Gu's brother-in-law."
Empress Empress suddenly realized, and finally remembered.
"Recently, I'm stupid and slow to react, so I forgot about it."
"The lady should take care of her body."
The empress waved her hand, "There are not a few days left in this palace, and death sooner or later is a death. Our palace just asks to arrange things properly before death."
After a pause, she said: "Xie Mao, this person, seems to be useful."
"Exactly. Xie Mao can't do anything else, it's a good hand to go wrong."
The empress sneered, "After the limelight passes, tell the prince to reinstate official Xie Mao to create trouble for the Gu family. Liu Zhao wants to marry Gu Jiu, and the palace will fulfill him. By then, he will be dragged down by the Gu family, and he will take the blame."
"Emperor wise!"