Chapter 816: Dowry (5)

Everyone in the Shen family seemed to be struck on the head by a huge thunderbolt.

Logically, the dowry should be roughly the same as the betrothal gift. While it doesn't have to be larger than the betrothal gift, it also can't be much smaller. Otherwise, the girl will be outshined by her husband's family. If the dowry is very generous, even larger than the betrothal gift, then the marriage will be a great honor. Therefore, the more favored the girl is, the closer the dowry and betrothal gift will be.

I won't talk about how much Shen Xin loves his daughter, but this dowry... Prince Rui gave so many betrothal gifts to the Shen family. If he wants to get back a dowry that's almost the same, even if he empties the entire Mingqi treasury, there won't be that much!

Prince Rui posed a difficult problem to the Shen family.

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At night, Shen Miao sat under the lamp, thinking about the long and lasting blessings that Tie Yi had sung during the day while holding a long list of betrothal gifts, and she couldn't help but want to laugh.

Xie Jingxing was really too reckless, actually writing so many betrothal gifts. Shen Miao held her forehead with her hand. If this betrothal gift list was seen by others, I'm afraid the Shen family would be envied and jealous by everyone in Mingqi. However, this betrothal gift list would definitely be known to others in the end, it was just a matter of time.

It’s just that Xie Jingxing wrote such a long list, and I don’t know if Emperor Yongle knows about it. Thinking about it, Shen Miao felt a little sad.

In her previous life, when she married Fu Xiuyi, he hadn't offered such a generous betrothal gift. Not even the best betrothal gifts from the royal family, let alone the better ones from the government. It was just an ordinary gift. At the time, Fu Xiuyi said that Prince Ding's residence was poor, and he himself was a simple person, so he didn't want to make a big fuss. Shen Miao believed him. Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan were afraid she would feel wronged, so they gave her most of the Shen residence's harvest as a dowry.

In the end, all the dowry was used to support Fu Xiuyi.

Fu Xiuyi was always trying to win over everyone, and winning hearts required money. She was meticulous with every penny, even pawning some of the Shen family's antiques and paintings for money. Now that she thought about it, all those years she had been married to Fu Xiuyi, she had been the one giving everything, along with the entire Shen family, while he had never given anything in return. While love is all about willingness and not expecting anything in return, it can still become disheartening over time.

Especially after ascending the throne, Fu Xiuyi's generosity towards Madam Mei and Fu Sheng was more like a slap in her face.

Now that she is married to Xie Jingxing, she can't explain how she feels. She is moved, but not as passionate as in her previous life. However, Xie Jingxing has given her more than she could have imagined.

It actually makes people look forward to this marriage.

The window was knocked twice. Shen Miao raised her eyes and saw Cong Yang wandering outside, so she opened the window. When Cong Yang saw her, he bowed to her and said, "Young Madam, the master asked a subordinate to take you over."

Shen Miao was stunned, but nodded quickly in the blink of an eye and said, "Okay." Coincidentally, she also wanted to say something to Xie Jingxing.

Unlike the first time when she was awkward, this time when Shen Miao came to the Rui Wang Mansion, she was much more familiar with the place. The hardest working one was still Cong Yang, who carried straw stacks everywhere to help Shen Miao "climb" the wall. He was thinking that next time he would just break through all the walls to save trouble.

When Shen Miao arrived at the Rui Wang Mansion, the servants of the Rui Wang Mansion saw her and stopped what they were doing and called out to her respectfully, “Young Madam!”

Shen Miao: “…”

Cong Yang said cheerfully, "Young Madam, everyone likes you very much."

Shen Miao only felt a little embarrassed, with mixed feelings in her heart.

When Congyang led her to the backyard of Prince Rui's mansion, she saw a snow-white fur ball rushing towards her from a distance, happily biting the corner of her clothes.