In addition, there are clothes, jewelry, fabrics, gems, and everything else.
Looking at what Xiang Rong had prepared, there were ancient books, calligraphy and paintings, pens, ink, paper and inkstone, all of which were top-quality items.
Xiang Rong smiled and said, "I also heard that the two sisters-in-law of the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion prepared four loads of dowry for my sister-in-law. The two of us decided to each take one load. We don't want to do anything fancy, let's just do it with the real deal."
Qin Wan was delighted to hear this. "I heard that the dowry prepared by the Pingyang Marquisate was composed of the betrothal gifts from the Chang'an Marquisate on top, and the dowry they prepared on the bottom. The only two items not covered by the betrothal gifts were the aged cloth given by the Bai family and the dressing mirror. In addition, the Wu family prepared the children's cakes and the screen embroidered by the maid."
Everyone in the room laughed. Wu Meiyun said, "You know everything clearly. We only heard that the Zisun cake was fake."
Xiang Rong pointed to the booklet and said with a smile, "We have also prepared cakes for our descendants."
Wu Meiyun nodded: "But it took a lot of effort. I heard that the descendants' cakes in the Northern Di people are used to pray for many children and good fortune, but we Han people just want something perfect."
"So we specifically found Madam Quanfu to make a gift for our descendants." Xiang Rong continued, "Madam Quanfu, among both nobles and ordinary people, there aren't many. There's only one Madam Quanfu who makes a gift for our descendants. The rest are either those with both sons and daughters, or elderly people with grandchildren."
"After we discussed it, we decided it would be better to ask Madam Quanfu for help. She spent a lot of money and jumped the queue to get it done before the wedding date."
A lady with complete happiness is one who has a husband, two children, parents-in-law and all parents alive.
People are born, grow old, get sick and die. It is considered lucky if more than half of the families have a complete set of blessings. Most families are either missing one of the parents-in-law or one of the parents. How can there be a family with both?
A few years ago, Qin Xie was also a happy lady with both parents, but with the death of her mother-in-law, she could no longer be considered a happy lady.
Wu Meiyun is not a completely blessed lady either, because she only has a son, no daughter...
Qin Wan knew that this was something that had been carefully prepared. She put the booklet away with a smile and said, "Thank you, my two sisters-in-law, for your trouble."
"We will feel at ease only when you live a happy and fulfilling life." Wu Meijun said with a smile.
The Qin family prepared for the wedding in a harmonious and lively atmosphere. The Lu family, after experiencing the unpleasantness of showing off the dowry, still held the wedding smoothly the next day, and welcomed the eighth lady's return home for the third time.
Young Master Qian San, with a stern face, took his newly-wed wife Lu Lingjiao and two carriages full of gifts, and set out from the Chang'an Marquis' Mansion in a grand procession. After circling most of the capital, they arrived at the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion.
The cold expression on Young Master Qian San's face disappeared when the carriage stopped at the gate of Marquis Pingyang's Mansion. He jumped off the carriage and immediately stretched out his hand towards the carriage.
Lu Lingjiao thought he wouldn't wait for her, but when she saw him extending his hand, her face lit up with joy and she quickly took his hand and got out of the car.
Young Master Qian III looked at the Qian family members who came to greet him and whispered through gritted teeth, "Tell me, will your grandmother be furious when she sees these gifts?"
Lu Lingjiao acted meekly and said, "These are all carefully prepared by my parents-in-law and husband. Grandma is so happy, how could she be angry?"
Young Master Qian was quite satisfied with her answer. He took her hand and squeezed it, saying, "Remember what you said. Only when I am glorious in the future can you also be glorious. Do you understand? In the end, a woman relies on her husband."
"Yes." Lu Ling smiled softly and followed the housekeeper who led the way all the way to the inner courtyard, Ci'an Courtyard.
The Lu family has a large population, so it is impossible for them all to squeeze into Ci'an Courtyard. The elders are all in Ci'an Courtyard, and the rest of the brothers and sisters of the same generation are waiting for the banquet to start elsewhere.
The newlyweds first bowed to Old Lady Lu.
Young Master Qian San took the tea from the maid and offered it to Old Lady Lu: "Grandma, have some tea."
"Be good." Although Old Lady Lu was not satisfied with the marriage, she had already done it, so she could only try her best to make it perfect. She had someone bring a pair of mandarin duck jade pendants, one for each of them. "May you live in harmony and happiness, and grow old together."
"Thank you, Grandma."
The two men kowtowed and went to pay their respects to Lu Yan, Bai Wanyi and Wu Ziya.
Lu Yan had nothing to say and prepared a dagger that could cut gold and jade for Young Master Qian San.
Bai Wanyi was quite generous this time and prepared two pieces of high-quality sable fur for the two of them, which was something she didn't want. Although she often saw sable fur coats in the Red Mansion, and although this thing was squirrel fur, just hearing the word sable fur still made her feel uneasy. She still preferred fox fur.
The colors of the two pieces of leather were very good, and there was a hint of genuine smile in Young Master Qian's eyes.
The two men came to Wu Ziya again.
Lu Lingjiao had gotten married two days ago, and she didn't want to quarrel with Wu Ziya in public. Now that she was returning home, she looked very unhappy when facing Wu Ziya: "Sister-in-law Wu, my husband and I are here to serve tea. Please have some tea."
Wu Ziya took the tea handed to her by Third Young Master Qian with a guilty conscience, took a sip, and asked someone to bring the set of study treasures she had prepared: "It's just a little gift from me, don't despise it."
Third Young Master Qian remained silent, so Lu Lingjiao opened her mouth with sarcasm, "Sister-in-law Xiao Wu is free now, and she looks so good. A few days ago, she was busy with my wedding, eating and sleeping poorly. She must be very tired, right? No wonder she made a mistake and got scolded by Grandmother. I feel really sorry for her, since she was busy for me, after all."
Lu Lingjiao's words were full of sarcasm and were very unpleasant to the ear. Wu Ziya curled the corners of her mouth. She knew that Lu Lingjiao's words were rude and she was unwilling to come, but returning home three days later was a big deal, so she had to come.
Wu Ziya took a deep breath and said with a forced smile, "Doing things for my sister-in-law is my duty as a sister-in-law, but it's my fault if I didn't do it well. Did your mother-in-law make things difficult for you?"
Where is there no difficulty?
The bride followed the rules that day.
But Lu Lingjiao couldn't say this. She glanced at Third Young Master Qian with a charming look in her eyes and said with a smile, "Mother-in-law is very kind to me. Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law."
Third Young Master Qian also knew that the unpleasantness the day before the wedding was caused by Wu, and he was very unhappy. He cooperated with Lu Lingjiao and said tenderly, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. We in the Qian family value people, not money. Although our family name is Qian, we value sincerity and thoughtfulness the most. Even if sister-in-law personally steams a pot of steamed buns for us, we will treasure it as a treasure."
These words were just like pointing at Wu Ziya's nose and scolding her. She couldn't even try to fool her.
Wu Ziya's lips turned pale with anger. She immediately stood up and said to Old Lady Lu, "Grandma, I'm not feeling well, so I'll be leaving first."
Lu Lingjiao looked at Wu Ziya's fleeing back and laughed out loud, then pulled Young Master Qian to continue pouring tea and recognizing her as a relative.
Afterwards, Young Master Qian followed Lu Yan to the front yard to have dinner. Lu Lingjiao touched the hairpin on her temples and walked towards Lu Linglin with a smile.
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