Chapter 157: A little more dowry, no way

Xie's face calmly asked Gu Yue, "How many have you eavesdropped?"
Gu Yue whispered, "I overheard a little bit."
"Really? So you already know about the dowry."
Gu Yue nodded cautiously.
Xie picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and asked calmly, "What do you think?"
"Daughter, daughter..."
Gu Yue hesitated, but never told her true thoughts.
Xie put down his tea cup and said, "I want to be honest."
Gu Yue lifted her head abruptly and said, "Mother, my daughter is not convinced."
Xie sneered, "What can you do if you are not convinced? This matter is up to your father, and you have heard that, but I have tried my best and have not been able to change your father's decision."
"Why is my father so partial? I don't accept everything that is good. I am also a prostitute. I am inferior to Gu Jiu. Why does she have a dowry of forty thousand taels and I only have a dowry of twenty thousand taels. My daughter is not convinced. !"
Gu Yue burst into tears, crying very sadly. It's like being wronged by heaven.
"Who asked you to marry the emperor's grandson? If you marry the emperor's grandson, you can get a dowry of forty thousand taels. No, it can even be more than forty thousand taels."
Xie did not feel distressed, but irritated Gu Yue. Of course, she was telling the truth.
Gu Yue cried louder and louder, "Mother, daughter knows it was wrong."
She knelt down and threw herself at Xie's feet, crying and saying that she knew she was wrong.
Xie caressed the top of her head, "I know now that I am wrong, it is too late. However, it is also good for you to marry Hesibo. I heard that Hesibo is one of the few ministers who can talk to your majesty. If you could be in Hesibo. The government has a firm foothold, which in turn affects Hecibo's position, it may not be a way out."
Gu Yue's eyes widened, "My daughter doesn't understand what the mother means."
"Are you dumb?"
Xie looked at Gu Yue with disgust.
Gu Yue was wronged.
Xie's motion to Chunhe.
Chunhe understood his mind and went to the door to guard to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.
Xie stared at Gu Yue, lowered his voice and said, "Gu Jiu married a grandson, do you know what it means to be a grandson?"
Gu Yue said uncertainly: "Prosperity and wealth?"
Xie sneered, "It's not just glory and wealth, but it also means that you may become a prisoner at any time."
Gu Yue opened her mouth wide, but made no sound.
Xie's hand stretched out his hand and stroked Gu Yue's cheek, "After your majesty became the throne, how many of your brothers are left?
When the crown prince ascends to the throne, or other princes ascend to the throne, do you think Prince Ning’s Mansion can still have today’s scenery? What kind of edict can be his son?
Gu Jiu married Gong Zi Zhao, as the saying goes, marrying chickens and dogs, marrying dogs with dogs, Gong Zi Zhao's life is not guaranteed, can Gu Jiu live? "
Gu Yue heard the words, her eyes burst with light that could burn people.
Her eyes were bright, "Mother, you mean to let Hexibo support His Royal Highness or other princes, don't support Ning Palace?"
"You're not stupid yet." Xie Shi smiled.
Gu Yue also laughed, "Mother is wise, this method is great. As long as Prince Ning's Mansion collapses, Gu Jiu will never want to stand up even if he has great abilities."
"This is the reason. The palace is not comparable to the official family. If an official commits a crime, as long as he doesn't die, he may turn over. However, if the palace is jealous by the new emperor, it will usually end miserably."
Gu Yue nodded frequently, "Thank you for the mother's teaching, my daughter understands."
Xie looked at Gu Yue with a smile, not forgetting to hit her, "Have you ever thought about how to get a firm foothold after marrying at the Hexibo Mansion, and then influence Hexibo's decision?"
"daughter……"
Gu Yue gaped, "Daughter hasn't thought about it carefully, ask her mother for advice."
Xie chuckled softly, "Silly boy, of course Zhao Erlang has to come forward for this kind of thing. You are a daughter-in-law, how can you talk to your father-in-law. As long as you can persuade Zhao Erlang, Zhao Erlang and Haixi Bo will talk about it. grasp."
Hearing Xie's mention of Zhao Erlang, Gu Yue lowered her head and smiled shyly.
Even the voice became very soft and soft involuntarily.
"Jiro... haven't seen him for many days, and my daughter doesn't know what he is thinking."
Xie snorted, "What are you worried about. You and him are already engaged. As long as there is no accident, you can wait to get married. After you get married, you can meet him every day to see if you are tired of it."
Gu Yue shook her head repeatedly, and said shyly; "Daughter won't be bored."
Xie sneered, and she was extremely dissatisfied with Gu Yue's appearance.
There have been so many troubles for Zhao Erlang to die and live, and this daughter really disappointed her.
Xie suddenly lost his mind and didn't want to talk to Gu Yue.
She said to Gu Yue: "Nothing else, just step back first. What I said, you will think about it after you go back."
Gu Yue didn't want to leave, she looked at Xie happily, "Mother, the daughter's dowry, the daughter wants more dowry."
Xie's face was stern, "I will prepare a dowry of 20,000 taels for you, are you still not enough?"
"But Gu Jiu has a dowry of forty thousand taels." Gu Yue said aggrievedly.
Xie scolded, "Don't compare with Gu Jiu, she is married to the grandson of the emperor, or the eldest son of the royal palace."
"but……"
Gu Yue looked at the Xie family, "Didn't my father promise to pay five thousand taels? Can the mother add these five thousand taels, so that the daughter will have a dowry of 25,000 taels."
Xie’s sitting upright, staring at Gu Yue steadily, "Yue’er, I’ll say it one last time. Your dowry is only twenty thousand taels, and you don’t have any more. As for the five thousand taels your father took out, I I will add it to your dowry, so that you can save five thousand taels on your account, understand?"
Gu Yue was aggrieved, and tears were already in her eyes.
"Why does the mother treat her daughter like this?"
Xie snorted, "You have to ask yourself, how did this marriage come about? Also, Zhao Erlang is not the eldest son. If you have the ability to marry the eldest son of Hexibo, your mother will definitely give it to you. Prepare a dowry no less than thirty thousand taels."
Gu Yue burst into tears, "Mother, mother..."
She kept calling her mother, but Xie was unmoved.
Xie's heart is extremely cold and hard at this moment.
She looked at Gu Yue indifferently, without saying a word.
Gu Yue couldn't get a response, and gradually stopped crying.
She sobbed and looked at Xie, "Mother is so cruel."
Xie frowned and said angrily: "If I'm really cruel, you will not cry in front of me now, but be accompanied by the ancient Buddha of the blue lantern in the nunnery. Think about it yourself."
Gu Yue was stunned at once. Had my mother really thought about sending her to the nunnery for reflection in the past?
Thinking that Xie had been so cruel, Gu Yue wanted to cry, but didn't dare to cry.
She looked very pitiful, and she looked a bit weak.
Xie closed his eyes with disappointment, making it clear that he did not want to see Gu Yue.
Gu Yue sobbed twice, but without receiving Xie's response, she knew that today's conversation was over.
She stood up and bowed slightly, "Mother, daughter retire first."
Xie did not move, still closed his eyes and rested.
Gu Yue bit her lip, feeling a bit annoyed in her heart. Then turned and left.
Chunhe walked in quietly, cleared the cups, and poured a cup of tea for Xie's.
"Madam sip hot tea."
Xie opened his eyes, "Are you gone?"
Chunhe nodded, "The third girl has already left. The servant girl looked very sad when she saw her with red eyes."
Xie snorted and sneered, "She was sad? What was she doing when I was sad?"
"My wife still has to relax, and the three girls slowly become sensible."
Xie sneered and shook his head, "I'm afraid she won't be truly sensible until she is married to Haixi Bo's Mansion, and she will be treated for some time. Then she will know who is really good to her in this world. "
"Of course it is the wife who treats her best. These years, the maidservant sees her in her eyes, and the wife treats the third girl as an eyeball in love. It's a pity that the third girl hasn't realized this."
Xie's laughed at himself, "No, let's not talk about it. Go and get out Yue'er's dowry list, and I will see if there is anything that needs to be added."
...
On the fifth day, the Hou Mansion invited relatives and friends to celebrate the New Year together.
Early in the morning, all the people from the Gu Mansion mobilized together, took the carriage, and walked through the main entrance to the Hou Mansion.
The carriage stopped at the second gate. Gu Jiu got out of the carriage and saw Gu Mei.
She smiled, "Sister Mei."
"Sister Xiaojiu, you are coming soon. The old lady is thinking about you. When I heard that you were accused of marriage to the son, the old lady didn't rest all night."
"The tired old lady is worrying about me because I am not filial. By the way, is the marriage between sister Qi and sister Ying settled?"
Gu Mei nodded, "It has been decided, and I will be hired after the first month."
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Then I have to congratulate Sister Qi and Sister Ying later."
Gu Mei looked at Gu Jiu worriedly, but stopped talking.
Gu Jiu pretended not to see it, talking and laughing freely.
The crowd came to Songbaiyuan and greeted the old lady Wei.
"Well, this year's New Year, finally everyone is here. Unlike in previous years, your second room is always absent, and it looks much deserted."
Xie said with a smile: "From now on, we will have two bedrooms and one family, and we will come to harass the old lady every Chinese New Year. Don't think the old lady makes us noisy."
The old lady Wei laughed, "Don't worry, the old man likes the excitement the most. I like watching the whole family get together. Sit down, don't stand. Xiao Jiu, come over to the old man and let the old man take a look. "
The others took their seats one by one, and Gu Jiu stepped forward to the old lady Wei.
The old lady Wei took her hand and looked at Gu Jiu carefully, "I'm wronged you."
Gu Jiu shook his head slightly, "Grand niece is not wronged."
The old lady Wei sighed, "You, and Miss Wei, the two of you, don’t know what luck you have gone, you were even married to the emperor's grandson."
The East Palace chose the third girl of Wei, the third girl of the old lady's family, the palace of Zhuguo.
By the time Zhuguo Palace learned the news, everything was too late, and there was no way to change your majesty's decision.
In addition, there was a queen empress staring at the back, and the Zhu Guo government was very helpless. In the end, she could only pinch her nose to recognize the marriage.
For this, the officials of the East Palace were really happy.
Lord Zhu also holds the power of soldiers. The difference from Luhou Mansion is that the soldiers in Lord Zhu's hands are permanently stationed in the north. There are very few wars in the north of Taiping. The fighting power is definitely not as good as that of Luhou.
However, once the northern side also fought, maybe the soldiers in the hands of Lord Zhu would be restrained by Luhou.
In this way, Luhou suddenly prevailed over Lord Zhu.
Once Luhou begins to control the troops in the north, he will hold a large army of nearly 300,000.
Such a right is really scary.
For this reason, the court played Luhou's memorial every day.
The civilian officials jumped up in two days, saying that Lu Hou was corrupting the law, wasting his life, drinking the blood of the soldiers, and was ambition of the wolf.
Tiantian deceives the emperor and guards against Luhou. It's just a matter of saying that Luhou will be arrested, and death will not be a pity.
The emperor, the person who trusts, has incomparable trust. As long as he didn't do anything that threatened the emperor's power, even if he offended the whole world, the emperor would trust him and entrust him with a heavy responsibility.
For those who are not pleasing to the eye, even if the other party's words are Zhuji, the emperor does not believe a word.
Lu Hou is recognized as the best official and the best honor to please the emperor.
He has been in the northwest all year round, but he still has the trust of the emperor. Every time he returned to Beijing to report his duties, the emperor would give Luhou a lot of rewards.
For Luhou's family in Beijing, the emperor took good care of him.
This is why, the East Palace, the major palaces, are trying their best to win over Luhou.
As long as he can get the support of Luhou, it is equivalent to only one step away from the throne.
However, Luhou, the bastard, took the money and didn't do anything, and the prince still had a princely jump. In private, he scolded Luhou over and over again.
As the eldest daughter of Lu Hou, Pei Yun's marriage naturally attracted the attention of the entire capital from top to bottom.
Just yesterday, Pei Yun's marriage was settled.
The emperor personally gave the marriage to Pei Yun, and the man who married Pei Yun was the eldest son of Zhu Guo Gong's eldest son, the elder brother of Miss Wei San.
This is why Donggong is so happy.
The son of the East Palace married Miss Wei San, and Pei Yun will marry the Wei family again.
In this way, doesn't the East Palace have contact with Luhou Mansion?
To this end, Donggong cheered up and down all night.
Some are happy and some are sad.
The East Palace was in high spirits, while the Wei family of Zhuguo's mansion was half happy and half worried.
Even the old lady Wei Shi followed with long sighs, feeling complicated.
The next person came to report, saying that the Wei family of Zhu Guo Gong's residence had come.
The old lady Wei said hurriedly: "Hurry up and invite people in."
Mrs. Zhu Guo brought the children in.
When Miss Wei San saw the old lady Wei, she threw herself into the arms of the old lady and burst into tears.
"Grandma, I'm so sad." Miss Wei San wept bitterly.
Mrs. Zhu Guo coughed slightly, reminding Miss Wei San to pay attention to the occasion and measure. Those who celebrate the New Year, cried and cried at relatives' homes, how decent they were.
The old lady Wei Chongzhu Guogong waved her hand, "If the child feels wronged in her heart, just let her cry."
Mrs. Zhu Guo sighed, "My aunt loves her, so why don't we love her. But the decree has already been issued, and there is no way to change this matter."
Miss Wei San raised her head and yelled: "My daughter doesn't want to marry in the East Palace. I have seen the second son of the East Palace, he is a fool."
"Nonsense. Think you can talk nonsense in front of your aunt? Where have you learned the rules?"
Mrs. Zhu Guo lightly rebuked Wei San.
Miss Wei San was so wronged that she cried again.
The old lady Wei held Miss Wei San's arms in her arms and patted her on the back lightly, "Okay, okay, the old man knows you are wronged."
"It's my aunt who loves me most."
The old lady Wei laughed, "You, you just love crying. You don't even cry Xiao Jiu. Like you, she was also accused of marriage to the emperor's grandson."
Miss Wei San looked at Gu Jiu curiously.
Gu Jiu nodded slightly, "Sister Wei San, happy new year."
Miss Wei San wiped her tears, "Sister Xiao Jiu, I have heard about you. You were accused of marriage to the son, what should I do?"
Mrs. Zhu Guo coughed again and again, reminding Miss Wei San to be careful in her speech.
Miss Wei San lowered her head and bit her lip. She knew that she was too much and shouldn't cry at a relative's house and spoil others' interest. It's just that she feels really uncomfortable.
Gu Jiu said to her: "Sister Wei San, don't cry, the imperial decree has already been issued, so we might as well think about what we should do in the future."
Miss Wei San nodded, "Thank you, Sister Xiao Jiu."
Miss Wei San stopped her crying, and Mrs. Zhu Guo murmured softly, "Don't hurry up from the old lady. The old lady is so old, how can she withstand your noise."
Miss Wei San stood up hurriedly, "Auntie, grand niece let you watch a joke."
The old lady Wei said, "What are you doing so politely with your aunt? The old man knows that you are wronged in your heart, so just cry out."
Miss Wei San nodded, "I listen to my grandmother."
The old lady Wei again told Gu Jiu, "Xiao Jiu, I have the opportunity to be close to your third sister Wei. In the future, it will be difficult for you to want to be close again."
For a time, no one in the hall spoke.
Everyone thought, Wei San married to the East Palace, and Gu Jiu married to the Ning Palace.
Donggong Tongning Palace certainly didn't deal with it much.
From now on, Miss Wei San and Gu Jiu will become rivals and enemies?
Everyone's eyes were seen from the two people's faces, and there were mixed feelings in their hearts.
This stubborn marriage meant that the Queen Empress came up with this trick.