Yutai Bi

Chapter 160 Dragon Boat Festival Part 1
The queen has already bestowed a marriage, so asking for relatives and names is a ritual process.It is impossible for the Du family not to agree, and it is impossible for the horoscope to be inauspicious.So when the Cui family sent the letter of appointment, they also brought over Na Caili and Xiao Dingli.

Na Caili gave a pair of live geese.

The fixed ceremony is a pair of jade hairpins, a pair of jade bracelets and a gift list.

Mrs. Du picked up the gift slip, opened it, closed it, and nodded slightly.

Mama Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.Hurry up and hand over the gift book.

A thick stack.

Mrs. Du signaled Cen Sanniang to pick it up: "I'm old and my eyesight is not working well, Sanniang, please take a closer look."

This is a betrothal gift that will be sent to the Cui family in the future.Cen Sanniang took the list and looked at it carefully.

Compared with accepting ceremony and fixed ceremony, betrothal gift is extremely rich.

One hundred catties of gift cakes with the Chinese character "Happy" printed on them.Two catties of eight-style sea vegetables.There are hair vegetables, abalone, yuan scallops, dried shrimps, squid, sea cucumbers, shark fins and fish maws.A pair of live chickens, a split door of pork, and two fish, these are three animals.Four dans of rice wine and wine.One box each of dried longan, dried lychee, dried walnut, and shelled peanut.A box of oily sesame tea gift.There are also lotus seeds, lilies, sesame seeds, red beans, mung beans, red dates, etc., as well as red bean ropes, a pair of dragon and phoenix candles, and a couplet.

The previous ones are all to please the lottery.The amount was written on the bride price slip given by the man.This is the most important part of the dowry gift.Cen Sanniang glanced at the number, 4 taels of silver.She just showed Mrs. Du that page.

Mother Zhang of the Cui family was a little nervous.Generally speaking, when men and women discuss marriage, the differences of opinion often focus on the dowry.

Mrs. Du saw clearly the amount of the dowry, and motioned to Mother Yin to bring the letter of engagement from Cui's family, and personally wrote down Du Yanwan's name and date of birth with a pen, and signed it.Handed it over to Mama Zhang.

Ms. Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, then continued with a smile on her face, and collected it carefully.Respectfully said to the old lady: "Qin Tianjian chose three days. They are June 28th, June 28th, and July [-]th. The Patriarch likes June [-]th, and I would like to ask the old lady what she means."

The Cui family has also included Najib's questioning period.

Mrs. Du said softly, "Let's take June 28th. May 28th is the time to accept the ceremony."

Generally, one month before the marriage, the solicitation ceremony is made, and the man will officially send the dowry gift.Then waited for the wedding ceremony.

Zhang's mother agreed, and said again: "Dragon Boat Festival in the first month of May, the head of the family invites the old lady and the young lady to go to Qujiang to watch the competition."

Mrs. Du replied: "I am old..."

"Grandmother, how many years have you been out of the mansion? There is a wedding going on in the mansion, so you just come out to watch the excitement. My grandson will serve you." Seeing Mrs. Du's lack of interest, Cen Sanniang hurriedly interjected.

Her face is full of cuteness, and her eyes are eager... "It's been 20 years, I haven't been to Qujiang to see Jing Ge. If I don't go to see it again, I'm afraid I won't have a chance in the future. Well, let's go." Mrs. Du sighed , was recalled by Cen Sanniang.

"The maidservant will report to the Patriarch when she returns home, and she will meet the old lady at Qujiang during the Dragon Boat Festival." Mother Zhang saw that the old lady agreed, and the errand was completed smoothly, and her brows and eyes were a little more happy.

Mrs. Du saw off the guests: "Mum, please take the gift home."

Cen Sanniang has no experience.Fortunately, Yin's mother had already written a gift list for her.In the morning, he ordered Mr. Du to finish the gift.

The Du family prepared tea, fruit, lotus root, pomegranate and other things in return.And a set of men's clothes, a belt, a pair of shoes and a purse with a sealed profit.Clothes, belts and shoes are all bought at the Brocade Pavilion.Lishi only sealed 200 taels.Compared with the custom gift from the Cui family, the Du family's return gift can only be said to be not rude.

After sending Mama Zhang away.Mrs. Du sighed softly, and gave her both the betrothal gift slip and the betrothal gift slip: "The betrothal gift is 4 taels of silver. There are still two months left, so you can buy the dowry for Yan Wan."

The bride price is 4 taels.The dowry for the Du family is also 4 taels.This huge amount of silver is already enough to support the face of the two wealthy families, and it is extremely extravagant.

As Du Yansui said.Outsiders can't fault the Cui family, they can only envy Du Yanwan.

However, sometimes, it is not an extravagant wedding that can show happiness.The scenery is for others to see.Life is what you live.

Cen Sanniang agreed.

She was a little flustered, and Du Yansui succeeded in one attack on the Dragon Boat Festival.Naturally, Yan Wan would not marry into the Cui family.All the money spent must be returned.After buying something, what will I use to fill the hole?If you don't spend it, the Cui family will notice something strange.

Mrs. Du glanced at her, seeing that the cash gift list was almost deformed in her hands, she smiled slightly and said, "My daughter is from someone else's family after leaving the court. Let the Cui family take as much as they want. Wanquan took it with me. Our family doesn’t keep a tael of silver.”

Does the old lady suspect that she still wants to keep some money to supplement the family?Cen Sanniang was sweating profusely.

"Yes." Cen Sanniang settled down.

She thought about the 1 taels sent by Mrs. Xu and the 5000 taels for selling peonies at home, so she made a decision in her heart.Compared with 5000 taels to buy.Yan Wan will always get married in the future, so let's prepare for her now. "I'll show Yan Wan the dowry list."

She saluted and was about to leave when she heard the old lady suddenly say: "There will be a good show on the fifth day of the lunar new year."

Cen Sanniang trembled in fright.Does the old lady know about the Dragon Boat Festival?She raised her head abruptly, only to see the old lady talking to Mother Yin.She quickly turned and left the main room.

After going out the door, Cen Sanniang patted her chest hard and took a deep breath.After calming down, he took the girls to the Kuayuan where Du Yanwan lived.

Du Yanwan was reading in her room, calm as if nothing had happened.His attitude towards Cen Sanniang cooled down.She flipped through the list of dowry gifts, and in her eyes, the gift money of 4 taels of silver seemed to be no different from the gift of tea and three animals, and said lightly: "Please trouble my sister-in-law to help me buy everything."

It was mad at her.Cen Sanniang coaxed her to calm down, patted her chest and said that there was a solution.In the evening, Du Yansui's words extinguished all hopes.

Du Yanwan agreed to the marriage for the Duke's mansion and for her brother.She could only vent her anger on Cen Sanniang.

"Oh, Yan Wan, my sister-in-law is helping out with errands, so you can't be a shopkeeper, can you?" Cen Sanniang tried her best to suppress the pain in her heart, and walked over with a smile.

Du Yanwan gave her a cool sideways glance.

That look is so disgusting.Asking Cen Sanniang to put a smile on her face again made her feel embarrassed.

She simply sat down beside her: "Yan Wan. I feel that after sacrificing you, the Du family will get the Queen's help to take back the Duke. Your brother has a bright future, and he didn't do anything. Your sister-in-law and I are the ones who enjoy the blessings, right?"

Du Yanwan turned her head away.She thought angrily, the family is working hard, suffering and enduring.Isn't it you, Sanniang Cen, who is the easiest and cheapest in the mansion?

Du Yanwan knew her brother well.Du Yansui didn't care much about being the Duke of the country.But the title was taken from him by his father.When my father was sent to the south of the Five Ridges, he died of depression in his chest.The elder brother wants to take back his title and restore the Du family's former glory, because he wants to comfort his father's spirit in heaven.And the grandmother, who lost two sons to her old age.I can see the Du family regaining the title.The grandson is promising.Even if her old man passes away one day, she can rest in peace.

As for Cen Sanniang, she was lucky enough to marry her elder brother, so she could easily enjoy the prosperity and wealth that the Du family had earned so hard.

She was unbalanced.Cen Sanniang can marry a good man like her brother.But she wanted to marry into the Cui family who had humiliated her for more than ten years.

Seeing it, Cen Sanniang secretly sighed.Auntie, do you know that your brother is going to kill someone for you.

The queen said that the Cui and Du families had verbally engaged.The Du family can't accuse the queen of lying, can they?In this era of promises and gold, a verbal engagement is also an engagement.

If the Du family accused the Cui family of severing ties for more than ten years, they had intended to break their promise.Now people have moved out the queen to give the marriage, and they have paid 8 taels of silver overtly and secretly.It's enough to save face.The Du family singled out the Cui family's fault.This marriage cannot be refused.

Du Yansui said that he would not let Yan Wan live in aggrieved life.He also talked about his loyalty to the queen.Cen Sanniang understood.Cui Jiaqiang married Yan Wan not because he called the Cui family a hypocrite at the Peony Meeting.The Cui family wanted to manipulate Du Yanwan and let Du Yansui be loyal to the queen.

Du Yansui didn't want Yan Wan to live as a hostage.

Yanwan married Cui Dalang.When Empress Cui fell from power in the future, the first person the Cui family would not let go was Yan Wan.

Marrying in the past would ruin Yan Wan's life.

Even if Du Yansui didn't care about the grievances between the Cui and Du families, it would be too late.If he turns his back on and helps Empress Cui.Wu Zhaoyi, who is being favored, will try her best to get rid of him.

And King Teng.Will the prince, who is so moody and makes Cen Sanniang afraid, ignore Wu Zhaoyi and stand by?
If she can't refuse, Du Yanwan must never marry Cui Mengdong.

The queen's gift of marriage pushed Du Yansui to a dead end.It's not possible to deliberately let Zhang's mother sacrifice, in exchange for three years of filial piety, so as to delay the marriage, right?
Du Yansui coldly chose to kill Cui Mengdong, drawing his salary from the bottom of the pot.

Should Cui Mengdong be killed?Not so.

In a short time, Du Yansui had no other choice.

Cen Sanniang had no other choice.For Du Yansui's situation, she hopes to do her best and do her best.

(End of this chapter)