In the following days, the general's mansion was busy as always. The old housekeeper personally stayed in the storeroom, moving out the jade headpiece and red gold jewelry left by Shen Weiwan's biological mother, and secretly stuffing the gold bars seized by the general into the mahogany box.
"Grandpa Butler, what are you doing?" Shen Weiwan looked at the box full of golden gold bars, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
The old butler wiped his sweat and placed a gold brick engraved with "General's Mansion" into the box: "The eldest daughter is marrying the prince, and we can't lose the general's face! These gold bars were looted by the general in his victorious battles in Mobei. They carry a murderous aura, auspicious!"
Xiao Yu was watching with interest and couldn't help but teasing: "The housekeeper is thoughtful, but I don't lack these gold bars." He approached Shen Weiwan mysteriously, "I have prepared a more interesting dowry for you, I guarantee you will like it."
Chen Weiwan kept asking curiously, but Xiao Yu refused to say anything. It wasn't until the day of the wedding, when she was sitting in the bridal sedan chair, that she heard the people outside exclaiming in surprise. She lifted a corner of the curtain to peek in—she saw a whole team of guards carrying bamboo baskets, each containing a pigskin raft painted with various ghost faces. The front raft was inscribed with "Specially for the Seventh Prince's Consort, Same Style as Nezha."
"Xiao Yu!" Shen Weiwan was so angry that she wanted to hit him with the red veil, but she heard Xiao Yu's laughter coming from outside.
He rode his tall horse close to the sedan chair, leaned over and lifted a corner of the curtain, his eyes full of doting: "Weiwan, this is called 'the essential artifact for couples who cheat others'. From now on, I will accompany you to cheat others. Even if you accidentally fall into the water, there is a pigskin raft to save you."
The old butler followed behind the procession, watching the mischievous couple. He wiped away his tears again and murmured to the sky, "General... Look at this young couple, they are so well-matched! I can finally rest assured..."
The sound of wedding firecrackers crackled, and Shen Weiwan sat in the sedan chair and heard the people on the street talking:
"This general's daughter is really amazing. She dealt with all the bad guys and even married the prince!"
"That's right! I heard that the Seventh Prince dotes on her to the skies, even giving her a pigskin raft as a dowry. I've never seen that before!"
She couldn't help but lift the curtain of the sedan chair and saw Xiao Yu smiling back at her. The sunlight shone on his handsome face, and the tenderness in his eyes almost overflowed. Shen Weiwan suddenly felt that in this rebirth, from a lonely soul beaten to death in the snow to the seventh prince's consort who married her beloved, she not only avenged her and protected her family property, but also found a partner who could accompany her in sand sculptures and cheating people together. It was really worth it.
From then on, the capital had a strange couple. The Seventh Prince and his Princess spent their free time brooding over how to punish those ignorant noblewomen, turning their lives into a series of comedies. Meanwhile, the old butler often sat alone in the ancestral hall, nagging at the general's portrait: "General, the eldest daughter cheated the Minister of Personnel's daughter again today, putting pepper in her rouge... Don't be angry, she deserved it for her bad mouth!"
The sunlight from the ancestral hall filtered through the window lattice, illuminating the general's portrait, which seemed to carry a hint of helplessness and relief. After all, what father wouldn't be satisfied to see his daughter living such a carefree and happy life?
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