Marriage was a major event in one's life. In the end, Fen Dai was still nervous. Twisting her fingers, she asked Feng Yu Heng: "I heard that daughters must pay respects to their parents before leaving the house, but I …"
"If fourth young miss does not mind, I would like to be an elder. How about it?" An shi spoke up and said with a bit of embarrassment: "Normally speaking, I do not have this fortune. Regardless of how things are now, I was previously a concubine in the Feng manor. To young misses, concubines are just servants. They absolutely cannot be considered elders. But with the current situation … if fourth young miss is unwilling, just treat it as if I did not say anything. "
"No, no, no, I am willing. I am willing!" Fen Dai was extremely happy, as she told An shi: "Concubine mother An, did you know? In the past, I really wanted to be your daughter. Ever since I was young, I hated the Shen Clan. Lady Yao was also high above, and I did not dare get close to her. At that time, second sister's personality was also indifferent, and she very rarely paid attention to me. It was only third sister that got closer to me. Your courtyard ate well, and concubine mother An also had a shop that provided dowry. At that time, I thought to myself, how great would it be if I was also concubine mother An's daughter. Like that, I could eat good food and wear better clothes. I also had more pocket money than my monthly allowance, and I could buy some things that I liked. Concubine mother An, do you know that the monthly allowance given by the Feng manor in the past was not even enough to take care of the servants. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but when Lady Yao was still around, it was a bit fairer. Ever since the Shen Clan took over the manor, there was a long period of time where we relied on selling the jewelry that concubine mother brought out from the brothels to make a living. "
Everything that happened in the Feng manor was a sad history. Xiang Rong saw that Fen Dai's eyes had turned red, and she did not want her to think about such sad things the night before the wedding, thus she smiled and said: "It seems that it is not just me that will add to your dowry. My mother will need to prepare a dowry for you. After all, she is an elder!"
An shi repeatedly nodded, unable to hide her excitement: "There is a dowry, there is a dowry. I prepared it for you long ago, but I always felt awkward in the past and did not know how to give it. " While saying this, she pulled out a banknote from her sleeve. Feng Yu Heng glanced at it. Five thousand taels, to her, was a small amount, but to An shi and Xiang Rong, this was truly enough. After all, no matter how good the embroidery shop was, it was still just an embroidery shop. It wouldn't earn as much as the jewelry shop and antique shop in her hands.
Fen Dai also felt that it was a little too much and refused, but An shi said: "Since you recognize me as an elder, these are things that I will give to my daughter. I will not hide it from you. Aside from these five thousand taels, I also kept another ten thousand taels. Five thousand of them were given to Xiang Rong, and the other five thousand were given to your second sister. In my eyes, all of you are the same. Everyone has one, so please don't despise me. "
Fen Dai could no longer endure and began to cry while hugging An shi. Xiang Rong also wiped away her tears, but she still advised Fen Dai: "Don't cry. You still need to get into the bridal sedan tomorrow. If your eyes become swollen from crying, it would not look good."
"I don't care. Even if it doesn't look good, Xuan Tian Yan needs to endure it." Her small temper surged forth once more, "If he dares to say anything that I don't like hearing, I will kick him! Also, isn't there still second sister. With her here, even if it's swollen like a steamed bun, it will still go down. "
Feng Yu Heng did not believe that she could treat an illness that caused her eyes to become swollen from crying, but she did not refute it immediately. She felt that the children of the Feng family lived too oppressive lives. There were many emotions that they had no place to vent. They accumulated in their hearts for a long time, causing them to become distorted. Just like how they were now, it was quite good. If they should cry, they should cry. If they should laugh, they should laugh. If they should say something, they should say it. There was no need to endure it because of a certain matter. She said to Fen Dai: "It's fine. Just cry! I can't treat it, but it's as you said. Whether it's swollen or not, his Highness the fifth prince needs to endure it. Who told … you to be my younger sister. I said it before. If anyone dares to bully my younger sister, I, Feng Yu Heng, will definitely not forgive them. " She patted Fen Dai, "Sister will become sisters-in-law tomorrow. Thinking about it, I will need to call you sister-in-law."
Once she said this, the group began to laugh.
An shi had sent the dowry, and Xiang Rong had already sent the money to add to the dowry. Only Feng Yu Heng still had a large sum that had not been sent out. She patiently waited for Fen Dai to finish crying before personally wiping away her tears. Only then did she say: "Originally, the maternal family should have been the greatest pillar of support for a daughter. In the past, we all thought that the Feng family would allow us to rely on them for our entire lives. We all thought that with a father that had reached the position of prime minister, no matter where we married, we would not be bullied. Unfortunately, father was unreliable, and the Feng family was even more unreliable. Now, we don't have a maternal family to rely on, so we can only rely on ourselves. But you still have me as your elder sister. I definitely will not allow my younger sisters to be laughed at by their husbands' families. Fen Dai, elder sister will add to your dowry today. It will be adding 30% of my Princess Ji 'an manor's wealth. "
As she spoke, she gave a look to Wang Chuan and Huang Quan, and the two maidservants immediately left. Not long later, they came back in and said to Fen Dai: "Fourth young miss, please come to the courtyard to receive our princess' dowry!"
Feng Fen Dai walked out in a daze. In her mind, Feng Yu Heng's words continued to churn. "30% of Princess Ji 'an manor's wealth." Heavens, how much was that? Everyone in Dashun knew that Royal Consort Yu's wealth was comparable to that of a country. She actually gave 30% of her wealth to her?
Finally standing in the middle of the courtyard, she watched the servants continuously carry large wooden chests into the courtyard. Each chest was extremely heavy, and it was very difficult for the servants to carry them. Fen Dai counted them one by one. When she reached the 48th chest, the rest continued. She could no longer count. Just how many things had her second sister given her? Her courtyard was small to begin with, and she could no longer fit everything. Many of the chests had been piled up together.
The chests were all made of high-quality mahogany, and there were large red flowers tied to them. Feng Yu Heng said: "Tomorrow, you will carry these dowry out. Let everyone see that the Feng family has not been ruined! When a daughter of the Feng family gets married, there will still be no one that can compare to ten miles of red dowry. "
Finally, all of the chests were carried out. Xiang Rong helped count them and excitedly said: "Heavens! Fourth sister, there are a total of 128 chests! "
Qing Yu, who was in charge of all the businesses and accounts in the Imperial Daughter's Manor, personally came over with a gift book in her hands. Standing in the middle of the yard, she loudly read out the gift list in front of everyone: "Princess Yu has added to the dowry of the Feng Family's Fourth Young Miss, gifting two jade screens, nine golden dragon sons inlaid with gold, twenty white jade pearls inlaid with jade, fifty blue and white porcelain vases, ten jade cabbage decorations, five golden crown vases, ten red coral gold-plated bowls, ten treasure trees, five white jade pots, ten golden eight-treasure double-phoenix pots, twenty white jade cups, ten golden teapots and tray cups … … one white jade pendant carved with a phoenix, two golden double-happiness rings, nine pairs of golden bracelets inlaid with nine dragons playing with pearl, one golden chain flower hairpin, ten golden jade earrings inlaid with jade, ten golden peach bat hairpins inlaid with gems, one pair of bee-patterned earrings inlaid with jade, ten green and white jade thumb rings … … twenty boxes of various jewels, a total of two thousand jin … …"
Everyone was on the verge of collapse!
Feng Fen Dai muttered to herself: "Did I come back to life? Could it be that these past few years were all just a dream? This is His Ninth Highness giving second sister a betrothal gift, right? "
Her words were what everyone was thinking. Xiang Rong and An shi were also stunned, as the same thoughts appeared in their minds. This sort of scene was something that had only been seen when His Ninth Highness gave the Feng family's second young miss a betrothal gift! Over the years, whenever they recalled that scene, they would be endlessly shocked.
Now, the scene from that year had appeared once more. Practically everyone did not dare believe it, as they all felt that they were hallucinating. They had returned to the midsummer when Feng Yu Heng had just returned to the capital. It was truly a scene of deja vu!
Qing Yu stood in the courtyard and read the list of gifts for a full hour. During this time, she even drank water twice. There was nothing that could be done. She was truly too tired from reading. Even her throat was dry from reading. Her young miss was too extravagant. Thirty percent of Princess Ji An's manor's wealth, although it was just a few words, in reality, who could have imagined that these things were enough to buy at least two cities in Dashun.
Gradually, everyone regained their senses and was no longer in a daze. They finally realized that these things were the dowry that Feng Yu Heng had given to Fen Dai. Also, they heard Feng Yu Heng say that a similar dowry had also been prepared for Xiang Rong.
This dowry was too extravagant, right? Fen Dai thought, it really was too extravagant. In the past, when His Ninth Highness gave the Feng manor a betrothal gift, although he was also shocked, when compared to Feng Yu Heng's actions, he still paled in comparison. Because the things that Feng Yu Heng gave were all gifts of at least ten pieces, and she would often give out twenty or thirty pieces of the same thing. She was completely dazed from hearing this. What had her second sister done over the years? Did she rob people? Where did all of this come from?
Qing Yu had not finished reading the list of gifts in her hands, but she had already finished reading most of the normal things. Following this, she repeated what Xuan Tianming had done in the past. She thought: "Royal Consort Yu gives Fourth Young Miss Feng three bolts of guanghan, commoner's brocade, refined cloud silk, and gauze, as well as five bolts of soft smoke gauze. Royal Consort Yu gives Fourth Young Miss Feng one million taels of silver and five hundred thousand taels of gold! "
Fuck!
Everyone collapsed once again.
Five hundred thousand taels of silver and two hundred thousand taels of Huang Quan? There was also a pool of five treasures … this, this this this this … …
But this was not the end. In the end, Qing Yu had someone bring something forward. She then drank some water and said to Feng Fen Dai: "Fourth Young Miss, Royal Consort Yu has also prepared your wedding dress."
"Hm?" Feng Fen Dai was stunned, "My wedding dress?" Following this, she looked towards Xiangrong and An Shi, "Wasn't my wedding dress made in my family's embroidery shop?" Speaking of this, she felt ashamed. Normally, the bride's wedding dress should be embroidered by herself, but her skills were really too bad. Dong Ying was also pestered by Xiao Bao every day and could not help her. Fortunately, An Shi had the embroidery shop take over the work, saying that they would embroider the most beautiful wedding dress for her.
But now, faced with Fen Dai's question, An Shi and Xiangrong only smiled and did not speak. It was Qing Yu who spoke again: "The pattern and tailoring were indeed done in the embroidery shop, but the fabric was sent over by Royal Consort Yu. So speaking of this, this wedding dress can be considered a congratulatory gift from Royal Consort Yu, Third Young Miss and Madam An! "
After saying this, Qing Yu raised her hand and tore off the cloth covering the things that the servant beside her handed over. Then she said loudly again: "Royal Consort Yu gives Fourth Young Miss Feng a commoner's brocade wedding dress and a pair of refined cloud silk shoes!"
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