Chapter 347 Li Sanqi Breaks Off the Engagement
"And this is the fundamental reason why those great families throughout history have been able to stand for hundreds of years without falling."
Ah Shuang seemed to understand something. "So, the old lady agrees to this marriage?"
Madam Min shook her head. "I don't need to agree to this marriage. The Yang family has already made their own decision."
After thinking for a moment, A Shuang nodded and said, "Although the Yang family's letter kept seeking the old lady's opinion, they were also constantly conveying between the lines that they wanted the old lady to step in and facilitate this marriage."
"Then why don't they just agree to the marriage? Why do they need to ask the old lady for her opinion?" Wen Xiu pouted, somewhat puzzled by the Yang family's complicated situation.
Min Qiao did not answer, but looked at A Shuang.
After thinking for a moment, A Shuang said, "Because the Yang family knows that the Gu family agreed to this marriage mostly because of the old lady and Madam Zheng's relationship with them."
"They were afraid that agreeing to the marriage on their own would have a negative impact on the old lady. They were also afraid that the old lady would blame them for making decisions without permission, which would create a rift between them."
Madam Min smiled with satisfaction, "That's exactly how it is. In the end, the Yang family elders are both cautious people, and they wouldn't dare to make even the slightest mistake."
Of course, if it weren't for this, the elderly couple from the Yang family wouldn't have been able to serve her for decades and ultimately have such good fortune.
“I remember that many of the things in my private treasury are kept in the capital. Find me the list later, and I will pick out a few good items. Then I will have the people left in the capital select them and send them to the Yang family to add to Yang Honglan’s dowry.”
"Also, Yang Hongyuan has passed the imperial examination and obtained the title of Xiucai. We should also prepare a congratulatory gift and send it to him."
After giving instructions to the Yang family, Madam Min Qiao put down her hand and picked up the last letter. It was from Min Yuexi.
Unlike the previous two letters, Min Yuexi's letter contained a lot of content but lacked a clear focus; in other words, the entire letter was full of important points.
In the letter, Min Yuexi wrote about everything that had happened during the two months that Min Qiaoshi had been away.
The first thing was that Min-young fell ill.
After Lady Min Qiao left the capital, Min Rong was impeached, and Emperor Xiaozhao ordered him to return home to recuperate. Min Rong then indeed fell ill. The imperial physicians examined him but could not diagnose the problem.
However, in her letter, Min Yuexi reassured Min Qiaoshi, saying that Min Rong's main ailment was coughing, especially when he was emotionally agitated, at which point he couldn't stop coughing. He was fine most of the time, and it wasn't life-threatening for the time being.
Upon seeing Min Yuexi's choice of words, Min Qiaoshi couldn't help but smile.
The word "temporarily" is used very cleverly.
The second thing is that the Crown Prince and Zhong Liuniang got married.
The couple's wedding was scheduled for March of this year. At that time, Ms. Min Qiao was still on her way to Huizhou.
The second thing is that Min Yuexi recognized Madam Yuan of the Zhenguo General's Mansion as her godmother.
The third thing is that Min Yuexi's wedding with the Third Prince has been moved up.
Their wedding was originally scheduled for six months after the Crown Prince's wedding, which would be in the autumn.
However, because she increased her bargaining power and showed her strength to the Third Prince, he was eager to marry her.
Finally, the wedding date was set for late April.
If you count the days, there's only about half a month left.
The last thing is that the marriage between Princess Li Sanqi and Lu Ming was canceled.
Li Sanqi was very opposed to this marriage from the very beginning.
Lu Ming wavered at times along the way, but the marriage arrangement remained unchanged.
This time, with the Third Prince and the Crown Prince exerting pressure from both sides, and Li Sanqi and Lu Ming both expressing their unwillingness to continue the marriage, coupled with the Empress and Empress Dowager's persuasion, Emperor Xiaozhao finally withdrew his order and canceled the marriage.
Min Yuexi agreed with this. She felt that the Seventh Princess should have broken off her engagement with Lu Ming long ago.
After all, she had suffered terribly at Lu Ming's hands in her previous life.
In her eyes, Lu Ming was a vicious and wicked demon!
In her letter, she also wrote about the Seventh Princess's joy and excitement after the engagement was dissolved.
However, after rereading the letter about Li Sanqi and Lu Ming's annulment of their engagement, Min Qiaoshi frowned involuntarily.
It's already an open secret that Li Sanqi has sided with the Third Prince and opposed the Crown Prince.
And it's almost a certainty that Lu Ming will side with the Crown Prince.
When the Crown Prince arranged the marriage between Lu Ming and Li Sanqi, it was also partly to win them over.
But now, the Crown Prince and Li Sanqi are at odds, so the marriage between Li Sanqi and Lu Ming is not an attempt to win them over, but rather an obstacle.
It's normal for the Crown Prince to try so hard to break off the engagement.
However, dissolving the engagement also means that the Crown Prince will no longer show mercy to Li Sanqi.
If someone who has been the crown prince for twenty-four years really wanted to do something to Li Sanqi, Li Sanqi would probably have no chance to fight back.
I wonder how the Crown Prince will deal with Li Sanqi.
Thinking of this, Madam Min Qiao couldn't help but feel a little worried for Li Sanqi.
However, she was too far away to do anything but remind them.
Thinking about this, Min Qiao suddenly realized that she was being a bit of a worrywart.
Li Sanqi is a legitimate princess, and with the Empress Dowager and Empress protecting her, why should an outsider like her worry about her?
Madam Min Qiao chuckled self-deprecatingly, put Li Sanqi's matter aside, and had Ashuang serve her pen and ink, preparing to write a reply.
The replies from the Yang family and Madam Zheng were both brief.
When writing back to Min Yuexi, Min Qiaoshi considered it carefully before mentioning Li Sanqi's matter, hoping to give her a chance to remind Li Sanqi.
Regarding the marriage between Min Yuexi and the Third Prince, Madam Min Qiao hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to prepare a dowry for Min Yuexi according to the same standards as those given to Su Rongrong and Zhen Huan.
Of course, in her reply to the Yang family, Madam Min Qiao wrote that she had entrusted the matter to Yang An.
In order to add to the dowry before Min Yuexi's wedding, Min Qiaoshi wrote a reply and sent it to the capital by fast horse.
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The capital city, the residence of the Marquis of Xuanping.
With the help of He and Wu Qin, Wu finally took stock of Min Yuexi's dowry.
As a prince's consort, Min Yuexi's dowry nearly emptied the Xuanping Marquis's family fortune.
Unfortunately, the Marquis of Xuanping's family had no wealth!
If it weren't for the wealth brought by the He family, Min Yuexi's dowry would probably be nothing to write home about.
When the He family mother and daughter entered the mansion, they brought with them around 30,000 taels of silver and property.
However, in order to curry favor with Min Rong and win over the servants in the mansion, He Shi spent a lot of money to gain a foothold in the Marquis's mansion.
Unlike Wei Jia, she didn't have the ability to make money, so she lost more money than she gained.
By the time Min Yuexi took over, the business was worth just over 20,000 yuan. Several shops were still operating at a loss.
As for the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion, all its properties combined are still less than those brought by the He family mother and daughter.
Although Min Yuexi also wanted her dowry to be impressive, she knew better than anyone the true extent of the Xuanping Marquis's family fortune.
Moreover, after she gets married, the Xuanping Marquis's mansion still has so many people to live on, and there will be many places where money is needed.
Therefore, Min Yuexi only took a shop worth five thousand taels and five thousand taels of cash as her dowry.
With the additions from Madam Zheng, Su Rongrong, and Old Madam Yuan, the dowry totaled forty-eight sets.
It's a bit small, but not bad enough to be considered unpresentable.
Of course, this was Min Yuexi's own idea.
Faced with a meager dowry that no matter how much she tried, she couldn't turn into sixty-eight or eighty-eight units..., Wu's eyes welled up with tears for the umpteenth time.
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