Chapter 416： Collect dowry gift

Chapter 416: Collecting dowry gifts

Even though the person who came just now said that the things were for Ming Jinxiu, she could tell the outside world that these things were for her mother-in-law. When they are brought back to Tongchang Mansion, it is not up to her to decide what to do with them!

Tang was stunned for a moment and shook his head helplessly, "That's all, it's up to you!"

Before, they all thought that Ming Jinxiu was marrying the seventh prince whose future was uncertain. They never expected that the emperor would confer the title of Prince An on the seventh prince. In this case, Ming Jinxiu would marry the aloof Princess An, who was not as serious as her mother-in-law. Then, the queen made another promise to Mrs. Mingsan. They really had nothing to worry about and were even a little happy.

The Cui family is happy, but the Cheng family is covered with dark clouds.

Cui Yudie has never been happy in the past few days. She thought that when she saw Cui Yuying return to Cui Mansion in despair, something bad must have happened. Before she could have people find out, the palace came down one after another with imperial edicts. She Only then did I find out that Cui Yuying’s daughter turned out to be Princess Zhun’an, why is that bitch!

Cui Yudie was furious. The porcelain in the yard had been replaced with a new batch of designs, but she had nothing to do no matter how angry she was. This was an imperial edict. Fortunately, the emperor also granted her son a marriage, and he was still the master.

Thinking of this, Cui Yudie felt calm and asked with her maid: "Where are the eldest young master and the second young lady?"

The maid replied tremblingly: "Madam, the eldest young master has gone out. The second young lady is throwing a tantrum in the yard."

"What's wrong with her?" Cui Yudie rushed over angrily and heard Cheng Jiaojiao's scolding.

"She is the daughter of a criminal. Is the emperor crazy? How can she be Princess An! How can she compare to me? My father is still a sixth-grade court official after all. It's unfair, unfair!"

 Cui Yudie entered the room with a sullen face, "So what if it's unfair? The imperial edict has been issued, can you still make a fuss?"

Cheng Jiaojiao was so angry that she cried loudly, "Mother! I want to be a princess too! I want to marry Prince Xiaoyao, I want to marry him!"

With Ming Jinxiu’s background, she can be Princess An, and she is more than enough to be the Crown Princess! When the prince succeeds to the throne, she will also be a princess!

Cui Yudie coaxed distressedly: "Okay, okay! It's all up to you!"

“Mother, is this really okay?” Cheng Jiaojiao suddenly stopped crying and looked at Cui Yudie with earnest eyes.

Cui Yudie's heart skipped a beat, and a sinister dark light flashed in her eyes, "Mom, go and beg your grandfather. If he doesn't agree, I will die in front of him! Don't worry, I will definitely let your grandfather approve it for you." A princess is destined to come! Even if she doesn’t have one, she must have one!”

“Mother, you are so kind!” Cheng Jiaojiao threw herself into Cui Yudie’s arms and had already begun to imagine how she would marry into Prince Xiaoyao’s palace.

Cui Yudie comforted her daughter before getting down to business, "Your eldest brother wants to marry Princess Wuya and needs a betrothal gift. That is the princess. Our family can't get a decent betrothal gift even if we spend all our money. What should we do?"

Hearing this, Cheng Jiaojiao immediately became anxious, "Eldest brother can't even raise the betrothal gift, what will happen to my dowry?"

Cui Yudie was furious, "Why are you so anxious about your dowry? The top priority now is to marry Princess Wuya, get the Xuanwu Ding, and then use the Xuanwu Ding to find a future for our family. Only when the Cheng family is well can you be well off!"

Cheng Jiaojiao bit her lip reluctantly. No matter how unhappy she was, she knew her mother was right. She looked a little depressed and said, "What should I do? Ask my grandfather for help?"

Cui Yudie said nothing. The betrothal gift Princess Shang needs is not a small sum. The Cui family will never spend all their money to help her. She has to think of another way. Is there any way to get rich overnight?

Cheng Jiaojiao's "smarts and talents" were probably all used at that palace banquet. As a result, she was severely reprimanded by the emperor. She was greatly shocked. Today, Ming Jinxiu became Princess Zhun'an's wife. Things have become a bit exciting. It's good that she's not crazy. How can she help Cui Yudie come up with ideas? Now all she can think about is how to marry Prince Xiaoyao.

Cui Yudie saw that her daughter had no hope, so she could only wait for her son to come back to discuss it.

Cheng Hong completely let himself go after the emperor granted him a marriage. He wandered around the land of fireworks every day, chatting with dogs and horses, and appeared in front of Cui Yudie smelling of wine mixed with rouge and gouache.

Cui Yudie was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. She took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, and said: "Your family can't raise the betrothal gift."

The drunken Cheng Hong finally sobered up a little, and muttered dissatisfiedly, "I married Princess Wuya for the sake of our Cheng family! My father and mother must find a way!"

"Isn't it that I can't think of a way? If I can think of a way, I still need to discuss it with you? Tell me about you! Can't you just stay in the academy and study? Are you not afraid of going to that kind of place at this time? Did Princess Wuya make trouble in front of the emperor?" Cui Yudie finally couldn't help but scolded Cheng Hong.

Cheng Hong was so angry that he went drunk and went crazy before going back.

The Cheng family is in a mess.

Mrs. Cheng and Aunt Sun received the news and immediately applied eye drops to Cheng Dongjiang.

Cheng Dongjiang rarely scolded Cui Yudie, but said to Mrs. Cheng: "Mother, Hong'er's betrothal gift is indeed a problem. After all, she is Princess Shang. If we can't come up with a decent betrothal gift, our family may be beaten by everyone in the capital. The dignitaries died laughing.

My son is already in a difficult situation now. If he becomes the laughing stock of everyone again, I'm afraid..."

Mrs. Cheng panicked. No one in the world has a brighter future than his son. "What should we do? How much is the betrothal gift? In the past, marrying a wife in our village cost one or two taels of silver. I heard that the Zhang family in the alley married a bride. , Or marry a girl from a scholar’s ​​family, the betrothal gift is thirty taels, what should we do with sixty taels?”

“Mother! Are you kidding me? Sixty taels to marry a princess?” Cheng Dongjiang looked at Mrs. Cheng in disbelief.

Mrs. Cheng was a little uncomfortable, her eyes flickered, and she turned away with a guilty conscience, "We are a small family to begin with. Even if we sell the entire Cheng family for only a few hundred taels of silver at most, can we really sell the Cheng family?"

"Yes, sir! Our Princess Shang is already in a high position. The emperor granted her marriage, and there is nothing we can do about it. If you give something too valuable, the emperor and the censor will be suspicious!" Aunt Sun advised her.

Cheng Dongjiang's heart shuddered, "Yes! You're right! I was so anxious that I forgot about this. I have been an official for many years and I really can't make much money. In this case, we can give as much as we can. , I think everyone can understand it!”

He was still calculating in his mind. When the emperor saw that their family was so poor, he might even reward him with some good things. After all, the princess's dowry was a Xuanwu Ding, and the betrothal gift must not be too shabby.

When Cui Yudie learned that the Cheng family had only prepared a dowry gift of sixty taels for Princess Wuya, she exploded and took people to the yard of Mrs. Cheng and Aunt Sun to move all the valuable things away.

"You, you, Mrs. Cui! Are you going to make me mad?" Mrs. Cheng rolled her eyes and pointed at Cui Yudie with trembling fingers. Aunt Sun was beside her, who was crying like a girl.