Chapter 812: Dowry (1)
The Shen family had been in a very strange mood for the past few days. Because of Shen Miao's imperial decree granting marriage, everyone was gloomy. Although everyone tried their best to appear happy, they could not hide their bleakness.
Chen Xin and Luo Xueyan went out early and returned late every day, presumably searching for a way to dissolve the marriage, but they always returned empty-handed. It made sense. Emperor Wenhui announced this imperial edict in front of the entire court, presumably to prevent Chen Xin from disobeying it. A king's words are not to be trifled with; words spoken are not to be forgotten. In the past, a princess fell in love with the number one scholar, who was already married. Didn't she, in order to uphold the principle of "a king's words are not to be trifled with," divorce her and marry someone else?
Whenever Chen Qiu saw Shen Miao, he would always reveal a guilty look. These days, he frequently gave Shen Miao some rare treasures, saying only, "Brother doesn't have much ability, so I can only find these things for you."
Shen Miao was quite speechless about the atmosphere in the Shen family. She naturally knew that things were not that bad, but she could not tell any of this to the Shen family. If Shen Xin knew what Xie Jingxing was really up to, she was afraid that it would cause a big commotion.
In Mingqi, she had to take care of the Shen family, so many things were inconvenient for her to do. If she went to Daliang, it would be much easier to do many things in the name of Xie Jingxing.
She seemed relaxed, but others thought she was faking it. Today, while she was sitting in her room reading, Bai Lu rushed in and said, "Miss, Madam wants you to hurry to the main hall. Someone from Prince Rui's mansion is here with the betrothal gifts!"
Shen Miao was stunned, a betrothal gift list?
Xie Jingxing was truly audacious. He knew clearly that the Shen family disliked him and even hated him, yet he actually dared to send a list of betrothal gifts. Wasn't this just adding fuel to the fire?
But thinking about Xie Jingxing's unscrupulous nature, it was indeed something he could do.
When they arrived at the main hall, they saw Luo Xueyan holding something long and looking at it from a distance. Beside Luo Xueyan, Shen Qiu and Shen Xin were also standing with their heads stretched out. Luo Tan covered his mouth, and Luo Ling had a complicated look. In short, everyone looked very strange.
As Shen Miao stepped into the room, she realized that besides the Shen family, there was another person standing inside. When she saw the man's face clearly, she almost choked. This man was a middle-aged man with a full beard. Shen Miao had seen him before. He seemed to be a guard accompanying Xie Jingxing. Congyang had also called him "Iron Armor". This man was obviously a brave and powerful man. Today, he was wearing a bright red shirt, embroidered with colorful phoenixes and auspicious clouds with fine golden peach silk thread, probably to show a festive look. However, Tieyi's skin was already dark, and wearing this shirt, his previous heroic aura was completely obscured, and he looked extremely stupid.
Seeing her, Tieyi saluted him and said in a serious tone, "Princess."
This time, even Shenqiu couldn't help coughing. He glared at Tieyi and said, "Stop yelling!"
Tieyi ignored him completely.
Shen Miao inexplicably felt like laughing. Was Xie Jingxing here to ruin the party? Even if it was a list of betrothal gifts, he should have found a cheerful woman to read it. The Rui Palace was so wealthy, yet they had to send a big and strong man like Tieyi. He was deliberately trying to make people laugh.
Seeing Shen Miao acting silly, Luo Tan called out to her, "Little cousin, why are you standing there like an idiot? Come and look at the list of betrothal gifts!" She winked at Shen Miao, seeming very excited.
Shen Miao then walked over.
The betrothal gift list was very elaborately made. It was a long scroll of fragrant wood sprinkled with gold powder, and the cover was inlaid with emerald green cat's eye stones. It was very luxurious. Even this betrothal gift list was worth a lot of money. Although Chen Xin and his wife were not vain, Prince Rui's behavior finally expressed his respect for Shen Miao, and his expression became more favorable.
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