Princess Jinghe was the most favored princess in the royal family. Even when she was still a county princess, she was very much loved by the Empress Dowager.
Therefore, in addition to the dowry stipulated by the court for a princess's marriage, her dowry also included additional gifts from the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Jiang, Empress Xue, and the emperor's concubines.
This time, in addition to the officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Empress Dowager came in person, accompanied by Princess Jinghe's younger brother, the heir of the Kang Prince's Mansion.
"Great-Grandma! It really is you! When I saw Uncle Shen, I was wondering if you sent him to deliver something or if you personally escorted him here. It turns out you came in person!" Gu Xin ran to the carriage and reached out to support the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager, who is nearly eighty years old, looks no different from when she met Gu Xin and the others a few years ago; in fact, she looks younger.
His eyes were bright and alert, and he was especially happy to see his three great-granddaughters, particularly Gu Xin.
When Gu Xin had her accident, everyone kept it from her. She only found out when news of Gu Xin came from the Kingdom of Flowing Sands. Although she was worried, it wasn't as worrying as the Gu family was when Gu Xin first had her accident.
She raised her hand and touched Gu Xin's face: "Our little Xin Xin has grown up, she's taller and thinner! She must be suffering in the west."
Gu Xin smiled and shook her head: "It's not bitter, it's not bitter. Great-Grandma, I'm now the most powerful princess in our Great Zhou, even more powerful than Sister Zhen! I'm happy, I won't cry at all. I can gain weight if I lose weight, Great-Grandma, don't worry about me!"
The Empress Dowager couldn't help but laugh: "Hahahaha, you little rascal."
The sisters stood to the left and right of the Empress Dowager and followed her into the Kang Prince's Mansion.
Upon receiving the news, Prince Kang and his wife, along with Princess Jinghe, rushed out to greet them, and the dowry they brought filled the entire courtyard.
Prince Kang instructed his steward to take the officials from the Ministry of Rites to the post station to rest. If they wished to stay at the Xue family's inn, they could do so at their own expense.
The officials from the Ministry of Rites were utterly exasperated. Prince Kang's temperament had remained unchanged for decades. "Why don't you at least be a little more generous and say something polite to your subordinates? You don't even bother with formalities."
The servants of the Prince's mansion also went to the Gu family to report that the Empress Dowager had arrived.
Gu Shouxin also told Cai Xiaolian, Zhang Shi, and Yang Shi to pack up and head to the Kang Prince's Mansion.
Uncle Gu is still busy and not in Kuncheng. Uncle Gu is also in Baiyucheng and will not be back for another two days. Only Gu Shouxin is not busy. He will not return to the capital to report to the Ministry of Rites until October. He does not need to deal with Qian Liangduo's affairs in the yamen at all. Qian Liangduo has been the acting prefect for half a year. In addition, with Gu Shouxin's intentional training in the past two years, he is very familiar with the yamen.
Therefore, among the brothers, only Gu Shouxin was idle.
Upon entering the Kang Prince's residence, the Empress Dowager listened to the girls recount the story of the western region once more, and listened with a smile as Princess Shalin introduced the west in her broken Great Zhou dialect.
After the children finished speaking, she talked to her sisters about something else: "Linlin was originally planning to come too, to pick you up and take you home. But she found out she was pregnant again before she left, so she can't come. Anyway, Jinghe is getting married and you're going back to Beijing, so I'm determined not to take her with me."
The three Gu sisters were extremely surprised. When their third aunt gave birth to twins last time, she said that three would be enough: two sons and a daughter, who, like her, would be protected by their brothers and treated as the apple of their eye!
Oh, they're going to be older cousins again.
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