I just wonder how Lord Xu would feel if he knew that the woman beside him had concealed it from him, cooked the accounts, and secretly saved tens of thousands of taels.
The imperial edict from the palace arrived soon.
When the imperial edict arrives, everyone in the marquis's mansion must go to receive it.
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor declares: Xu Jinyi, the daughter of Marquis Pingchang, is virtuous and virtuous, possessing both talent and virtue, graceful and elegant, capable of both commanding and gentle conduct. She is hereby appointed Crown Princess, and the marriage shall take place in two weeks. This is my decree."
Lord Xu knelt in front with a distracted look, and never thought that his legitimate daughter could really become the Crown Princess.
He had to wait for his father-in-law to remind him before taking Xu Jinyi to receive the order.
"Thank you for making the trip. I'll give you a little money and treat you to tea." Xu Jinyi smiled and took out a handful of gold leaves and gave them to Eunuch Hao.
"Miss Xu, you are so polite. Thank you very much, Miss Xu."
After her father-in-law left, Xu Jin'er fell to the ground with her eyes wide open in disbelief.
She didn't care that the dust on the ground had gotten on her pink dress.
She couldn't believe that Xu Jinyi was really so lucky. No matter what time, God always favored her and really made her the Crown Princess.
Become the most envied person among the noble ladies in the capital.
Xu Jin'er had already imagined Xu Jinyi standing in front of her in a phoenix robe, the mother of the country, and she was about to kneel down to her.
Shaking her head, Xu Jiner still refused to accept this fact.
Lord Xu also looked confused, not knowing why this happened.
But then a feeling of joy rose in his heart. No matter whether his daughter had turned against him or not, it was certain that he would be the father-in-law of the emperor in the future.
Then those people will have to rush to curry favor with him.
But as he laughed, Lord Xu became worried again. What if this legitimate daughter reported him to the prince, making the prince dislike him? Wouldn't that be a loss?
For a moment, Lord Xu was very troubled by this matter.
But it wasn't his turn to worry about it. The imperial decree had already been issued. Could he disobey it even if he was unhappy?
Xu Jinyi had known about the arrival of the imperial edict and was not surprised, but his eyes lit up when he saw the rewards that came with the edict.
Looking at the row after row, it can be seen how generous the emperor is to his daughter-in-law.
Xu Jinyi directly handed the imperial edict to her father, and then looked at the rewards one by one.
The first one was a whole tray of golden hairpins.
The second one is a tray of hairpins.
The third one is a crystal clear jade ruyi.
The fourth one is a night pearl.
The fifth is a pair of antique vases.
The sixth one is a jade-carved Buddha statue.
The seventh one is a few pairs of jade bracelets.
The eighth and ninth were both two trays of silk and satin.
"Qiuhua, take them and move all their belongings back to the Pear Garden. Madam, please go and register them."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Wang hurriedly pulled at Prime Minister Xu's sleeve.
Lord Xu opened his mouth and was about to say something when he met Xu Jinyi's half-smile and was immediately choked with the words he was about to say.
Each of those rewards is a good thing. Just look at the quality of the jade bracelets and jade Buddha statues and you will know that each one is very expensive.
Lord Xu also intended to keep these things, but when he met Xu Jinyi's eyes that saw through everything, Lord Xu really couldn't say that.
She was even more afraid that he would withhold these things, so Xu Jinyi turned around and went to complain to the prince.
Watching the things being moved to the Pear Garden one by one, Lord Xu's heart was bleeding.
After returning the original wife's dowry to the legitimate daughter in full, he also compensated the spent dowry with 30,000 taels of silver.
If Xu Jin'er was given another 10,000 taels of silver as a dowry, there would only be more than 60,000 taels of silver left in the mansion's account.
That meager salary was not enough to cover the expenses of the mansion, and there was a deficit every month.
Lord Xu was worried. This month he had already started asking Aunt Wang to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
Each meal changed from eight meats, one vegetable and one soup to four meats, one vegetable and one soup.
The servants' meals were all vegetarian.
Xu Jin'er looked like a fool, tears rolled down her face, and her makeup smudged.
Just now she was feeling proud of the 30,000 taels of silver in her arms, but now when she saw Xu Jinyi's pile of rewards, that joy was gone.
Her thirty thousand taels were not even enough to fill a finger of Xu Jinyi's inventory.
I was mad with jealousy.
I don’t know what happened. The Prime Minister’s Mansion was supposed to come and pick me up in the morning, but he was an hour later than the agreed time.
Although it was a concubine's daughter getting married, many people from the Marquis's Mansion still came out to see her off.
How could Xu Jinyi bear to see Xu Jiner go out happily?
She returned to her room, dressed up, and put on a beautiful white jade tassel hairpin, agate necklace, and coral bracelets.
Finally, she changed into a bright red tube top dress.
Yes, she did it on purpose.
A concubine will never be able to wear bright red in her life, but she wants to wear it in front of her, which would be the best way to make her angry to death.
After looking at the jewelry all over the table, Xu Jinyi generously gave Qiuhua a white jade plum blossom hairpin.
Wear it together with the gold earrings I gave you last time, and even the maids won’t believe it.
Moreover, Xu Jinyi gave all her old clothes to Qiuhua. Looking at her like this, she no longer looked like a maid.
"Miss, you are so kind to me."
When Xu Jinyi gained the favor of the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, Lord Xu assigned her a first-class maid and two second-class maids.
So now Qiuhua doesn’t have to be responsible for kitchen chores every day, nor does she have to do laundry or do the work of a third-class maid.
Now Qiuhua is the most envied maid in the mansion.
The three maids were so envious of Xu Jinyi's generosity and how well he treated Qiuhua.
She is also kind to Xu Jinyi from the bottom of her heart, and hopes that one day they can be like Qiuhua.
"Qiuhua, let's go. We have to go and see our sister off when she gets married."
When Xu Jinyi walked to the gate, he was stunned to see the sedan parked at the door, and then he laughed out loud.
damage!
That’s too mean!
Shen Qingci was so ruthless that he actually sent an ordinary sedan to pick people up.
The sedan chair had no decoration at all, and it didn't look like it was for a wedding.
Many small families don't need this kind of sedan chair. It's very shabby. I don't know where Shen Qingci found it.
Xu Jin'er calmed down and walked out with her two personal maids. When she saw the sedan chair, she burst into tears instantly.
Marquis Xu's face was not in a good mood either. It was not a good thing for the daughter of a marquis to marry as a concubine.
Now the Prime Minister's Mansion is still humiliating him like this.
"Dad, I won't marry. I won't marry, Dad..." Xu Jin'er wanted to go back when she saw the sedan chair. The Prime Minister's Mansion was simply going too far.
If she were to ride in this sedan chair, everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion would look down on her in the future.
In fact, the Prime Minister's Mansion did not want to be at odds with the Xu family, and in fact, they did not prepare this broken sedan chair in advance.
He only changed the sedan chair because he heard the news early in the morning that Xu Jinyi was to be granted the title of Crown Princess.
That's why I arrived an hour late.
Originally, upon hearing the news that the daughter of the Marquis's family had become the Crown Princess, Prime Minister Shen was happy about the marriage with the Marquis's family.
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