Chapter 827
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The advisor's entire body turned cold when he heard it but did not dare to say anything more and respectfully retreated.
…
Another few days passed by.
The Shen family finally accepted the fact that 'Shen Miao is about to marry Prince Rui'. Since the marriage had been set, the marriage invitation was sent and the list of betrothal gifts was also given, the female side would have to show a little importance to this marriage. Even though Shen Xin and Luo Xue Yan did not approve of Shen Miao's marriage to Prince Rui, but if one did not prepare well, others would think that they did not value Shen Miao.
Fighting with his last breath, Shen Xin was not willing to let others look down on his daughter. It was just that the list of betrothal gifts that Prince Rui sent over was really shocking, so the amount of dowry to prepare became a problem.
Both Shen Xin and Luo Xue Yan were military officers and had outstanding military merits in the early years, thus they received a lot of rewards. Both of them were not in the Ding capital all year round and other than the portion that was given to Old Shen Furen, there was almost no movement. There were only two children in the residence and Shen Xin and Luo Xue Yan did not favour anyone, so everyone split it in half. Actually it was considered extravagant.
But in the two years in the Xiao Chun City, they had invested a lot of money into the Luo family's army, thus the Shen family's wealth was not as solid as before. The only thing to blame was the list of betrothal gifts that Prince Rui sent over. Even during the Shen family's heyday, it was hard to catch up to it.
Previously Shen Qiu still thought that Prince Rui was bragging because this list of betrothal gifts was enough for an official to marry ten daughters-in-law from a noble family. Perhaps Prince Rui was joking with the Shen family, but on the second day Tie Yi received Prince Rui's orders to send two Golden Geese, which almost made Shen Qiu stagger in shock.
That was something that the Empress Dowager wanted to treasure. Thus Prince Rui used it as a 'prize' for the betrothal gifts and casually found a box and sent it over.
From then on, everyone believed that the Great Liang was really rich and Prince Rui really squandered money like dirt. This list of betrothal gifts was not a joke. Shen Miao's dowry, this matter was big.
Shen Qiu took the initiative to give Shen Miao the money that he was saving for his wife's marriage, "One must not be short of ambition when one is poor. How can one let Younger Sister's dowry be less than half of Prince Rui's betrothal gifts. If this was to be brought to the Great Liang, one would be looked down upon by others. Our Shen family's young ladies must do their best. Prince Rui giving betrothal gifts like this and our dowry is small, will he look down on us? He couldn't be careless about the dowry. I still have some antiques in my house that I can pawn. Although we are poor, we can't lose face! "
Shen Xin deeply agreed.
Shen Miao: "…"
In any case, the Shen family was considered as one of the largest families in the Ding capital. Why was it that in Shen Qiu's mouth, it seemed that they were destitute and had to sell the furnishings in the house to gather the dowry?
If word of this got out, wouldn't they be laughing their heads off?
Because it was the end of the year, the big and small matters in the Ding capital were much more relaxed, and Shen Miao's marriage was personally decreed by Emperor Wen Hui. Perhaps it was because he knew that the Shen family was dissatisfied with this marriage, Emperor Wen Hui specially gave Shen Xin and Luo Xue Yan a period of leave to accompany Shen Miao and return after Shen Miao's marriage was over.
Even if Shen Xin and Luo Xue Yan did not have the Emperor's approval, their thoughts were all on Shen Miao, so naturally they were happy and relaxed. Shen Qiu and Luo Ling were in the military ministry and had basically done almost the same at the end of the year. These days, they were either accompanying Luo Xue Yan to buy New Year's goods or helping Shen Miao.
The whole family were chatting in the hall and the cook had made some new snacks and the charcoal fire in the room was burning brightly. Luo Tan smiled as she looked at Shen Miao, "Youngest Biao Sister, you will be getting married after the end of the year. Even though it is too late to sew the dowry now, but … You have to prepare for yourself. Tomorrow let the embroidery maids in the pavilion come over to measure your figure and after the measurements are done, the horses will be whipped so that the clothes will be ready. "
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