Chapter 123: Wedding
"Wan'er..."
Chen Yu knelt on the ground, looking at Chen Wan, her eyes, already red from crying, filled with tears again.
Chen Wan urged her, "Eldest sister, please accept the order quickly, don't miss the auspicious time."
Chen Yu wiped away her tears and raised her hands above her head, "Your Highness, I accept your order."
Eunuch An smiled and placed the bright yellow imperial edict in her hand. "I wish Miss Shen and the Prince of Zhaoping an everlasting marriage and a long life together."
In addition to conferring the title of princess on Chen Yu, the emperor also gave her a pair of jade ruyi.
It was already the auspicious time and there was no time to delay any longer. The maid brought the veil and Yun helped Chen Yu cover it with it, and then the matchmaker helped her out.
Shen Ji called out to Eunuch An, who smiled and said, "Now that the imperial edict has been delivered, I will not delay and will return to the palace to report to the emperor."
Shen Ji escorted Eunuch An out of the house.
The old lady and the second lady looked at each other, wondering why the emperor would confer the title of princess on Shen Yu, but they didn't dare to ask Eunuch An. Shen Wan and Yun had sent Shen Yu out together, so they could only wait for them to come back and ask.
Chen Wu jealously tore at the embroidered handkerchief in her hand, while Qu Yan's eyes burned red with anger. Chen Yu divorced and remarried, and she was able to marry the prince of Zhaoping, and even married as a princess. The emperor chose to reward her on the day of her wedding, clearly supporting her and not allowing anyone to criticize her remarriage. What about her?!
The daughter of a minister can only marry a useless man. Shen Xun said that he was the fourth young master of the Dingguo Mansion, but the prestigious one in the Dingguo Mansion was only Shen Ji, and the fourth branch was not worth mentioning. How could she not be envious and jealous?
Not only were the girls in the mansion envious, but everyone who came to the wedding ceremony was envious. The Emperor truly trusted Duke Dingguo.
Chen Wan and Yun sent Chen Yu off to the bride's house. They watched her get into the bridal sedan chair. The Prince of Zhaoping bid farewell to Yun and Shen Ji, and bowed to Chen Wan before riding away on his horse.
It was not surprising that the Prince of Zhaoping paid tribute to Yun's Chen Ji, but it was a bit puzzling that he, as her brother-in-law, paid tribute to Chen Wan. They did not know that Chen Wan had made an indispensable contribution to the Prince of Zhaoping's success in marrying Chen Yu, and they just thought that he was thanking Chen Wan for helping Chen Yu get the title of princess.
Shen Wan just watched the bridal sedan leave, and the dowry was carried out of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion like water, following behind the bridal sedan.
In addition to the dowry prepared by the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, the Yun family sent 64 loads of dowry, the old Taifu Lin sent 24 loads, the Prince Yong's Mansion sent 8 loads, and colleagues who had a good relationship with Shen Ji also made contributions.
Ten miles of red makeup, a grand wedding.
But what people envy and talk about most is the status of princess given by the emperor.
Yun stood at the door for a long time, Shen Wan accompanied her, and the maid stepped forward and said, "Second Miss, the old lady asked you to go to Shou'an Hall."
No need to ask, it must be because she helped Chen Yu to ask for a reward.
Shen Wan and Yun went to Shou'an Hall. The old lady asked, "Why did the emperor confer the title of princess on Yu'er?"
This is what Yun wants to know.
Shen Wan replied, "During the Lantern Festival, the Emperor was assassinated, and the Prince of Jingbei gave me the credit for saving him. The Emperor summoned me to the palace and asked me what reward I wanted. I don't want anything, just ask that the Emperor confer the title of County Master on my eldest sister."
"Didn't you say that thunder, rain, and dew are all grace from the Emperor, and that we can only take whatever the Emperor gives us?!"
The words were almost squeezed out from between Shen Wu's teeth, and the uncontrollable jealousy made her face hideous.
Chen Wan glanced at Chen Wu and said, "I asked for it because this matter is 90% certain. Originally, my second uncle committed a crime, and my father and the emperor pleaded guilty, and the emperor agreed to make my eldest sister a county lord. However, my second uncle was later impeached and punished, and the matter was dropped. I can't just ask the emperor for a reward casually. If I'm sure of it, why can't I do it?"
The second master's selfishness cost the eldest sister the title of county princess. They did not blame the second house, and they even had the nerve to be jealous.
The old lady's eyes were dim.
Yun asked, "Is this a surprise for Yu'er?"
Shen Wan nodded, "The Emperor agreed to confer the title of County Princess on my eldest sister, so I made a small request to him. I asked him to confer a reward on my eldest sister's wedding day as a surprise. However, I didn't expect that the Emperor felt that conferring the title of County Princess was not a surprise, and conferred the title of Princess on my eldest sister."
It was indeed not a surprise to confer the title of County Princess. After all, the Emperor had agreed to it before, and the Duke Dingguo's Mansion was mentally prepared. But no one dared to think about becoming a Princess.
The old lady slowly fiddled with the Buddhist beads in her hand, looked at Shen Ji and said, "It was the Prince of Jingbei who saved the emperor. Although he gave the credit to Wan'er, it would be fine if Wan'er asked for the title for herself, but if she asked for the title for Yu'er, the Prince of Jingbei and the Jingbei Palace might not be happy..."
If the old lady hadn't said anything, Shen Ji and Yun were so happy that they hadn't thought about this yet, and they suddenly felt overwhelmed.
Chen Wan said, "Father, don't worry too much. I already had a share of the credit for saving the emperor. It wasn't all given to me by the Prince of Jingbei."
Shen Ji was surprised, "You have one too?"
Shen Wan nodded, "The one who rushed to rescue the emperor was Prince Jingbei, but I was the one who asked him to go."
"You asked Prince Jingbei to save the emperor?!" Chen Wu's voice rose in disbelief.
Chen Wan said, "If I had no merit at all, how could the Emperor agree just because Prince Jingbei asked to give it to me? What's more, he even called me into the palace and asked me what reward I wanted."
The old lady frowned, "What's going on?"
Shen Wan had no choice but to repeat to them what she had said to the emperor, “On the afternoon of the Lantern Festival, I dreamed that I was knocked off the bridge at the festival, and it was the Prince of Jingbei who saved me. Not long after, news came that the emperor was assassinated and injured.
I didn't take it seriously at first, but the drowning incident really happened. I was afraid that the emperor would be assassinated, so I urged the Prince of Jingbei to go and protect him. When the Prince of Jingbei arrived, the assassins were surrounding and trying to kill the emperor.
He was credited with saving the emperor, and the emperor wanted to reward him. He felt the credit was mine, so he asked the emperor to reward me. I didn't ask for much, but only asked the emperor to confer the title of county lady on my eldest sister."
Shen Ji said, "If that's the case, then there's no need to worry."
Shen Wan said, "There's no need to worry. Since Prince Jingbei has given me the credit, he won't mind whether I ask for the reward for myself or for my elder sister. Besides, he saved my elder sister's life."
Yun's eyes flushed red as she sneered, "Silly child, why do you only think about your elder sister and not yourself?"
Shen Wan said, “My eldest sister and I are inseparable.”
As she spoke, Shen Wan lamented, "It's a pity that I didn't know that the emperor would confer the title of princess on my eldest sister. Otherwise, I would have prepared a dowry according to the status of a princess, and my eldest sister could have married in a more glorious way."
Yun laughed.
Chen Yu's dowry was generous enough, it looked glorious on the surface and even more glorious on the inside.
But she didn't expect that Old Master Lin would give Chen Yu so much dowry. She had already given her one portion when she got married last time.
Old Taifu Lin was Shen Ji's mentor and loved Shen Ji as his own son. His only daughter died sixteen years ago, and there was no one to inherit his huge fortune. It was normal for him to give more dowry to Shen Yu, but why would Prince Yong's Mansion send eight dowries to Shen Yu?
The Second Madam felt that this matter was unusual no matter how she looked at it.
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