Su Ruojin also asked his brother: "Brother, what do you think of the other party?"
"A lady from a royal family, dignified and intelligent."
Unexpectedly, my brother had a good impression of the young lady. "Does brother agree?"
Parents’ orders and matchmaker’s words.
It has been like this since ancient times. It is extremely rare for childhood sweethearts like my sister and her husband to eventually become husband and wife for life.
"Yeah." Su Anzhi nodded.
A rich family marries off their daughter, while a poor family marries a daughter-in-law.
The Zhao and Su families were getting married. One was a member of a royal family, and the other was a new noble. After careful consideration, the two families were considered to be well matched. The Su family was interested in the marriage, and the girl's side also agreed.
So in addition to Mrs. Fan, the matchmaker, the Su family also found an official matchmaker who specialized in going through the entire process, from accepting the marriage proposal to asking for the marriage name in the middle of summer.
Su Anzhi and Zhao Wan'er's horoscopes were very compatible, so they quickly reached the third step of their marriage - Naji, which was to inform the woman of the good news of the marriage, and also use geese as a gift - in later generations, gifts were mostly gold and silver jewelry.
It is equivalent to the current engagement, commonly known as sending the engagement, getting the engagement, and getting the engagement.
Because Su Anzhi was twenty-one years old, which was considered quite old in ancient times, the Su family planned to let him stay in Beijing this time. The Minister of Personnel, Lord Fan, put him into the Hanlin Academy and appointed him as an editor, the seventh rank.
Su Ruojin was very surprised when he saw the appointment letter, "Will there be a chance for me to become a prime minister in the future?"
Su Yanli had never thought that his eldest son would have the opportunity to enter the Hanlin Academy. He was very nervous and even found an opportunity to pay a visit to Lord Fan.
"Teacher, if my son enters the Imperial Academy, will it make you..."
"Won't."
Minister Fan smiled and said, "Don't worry, An Zhi's admission to the Imperial Academy has been approved by the emperor himself, so there is no need to worry."
Although he had no foundation at all, he had already become a third-rank minister. Now his son, at such a young age, had entered the Hanlin Academy. Two people in the same family had entered power. This was a huge event. Even among aristocratic families, such a situation was rare.
Su Yanli was still nervous. Lord Fan stroked his beard and said, "Yuzhi, the Su family now is not the Su family of ten years ago."
Well……
He looked at the smiling teacher, as if he understood something from his eyes.
In the past ten years, the Su family has either married the prince's youngest son or become the princess's consort. In addition, Su Yanli himself is a capable official. It would be unfair if the Su family did not rise again.
Su Yanli left the Fan Mansion amidst his teacher's reassuring smile.
As soon as he left, Lord Fan entered the inner courtyard and chatted with his wife, "When will the eldest son of the Su family be married?"
Mrs. Fan, who always had a smiling face, looked very unhappy today. "I'm afraid this marriage won't work."
"Hmm?" Lord Fan's eyebrows tensed before he put his feet into the footbath. "What happened?"
Madam Fan said coldly, "I'm afraid the Su family can't afford the betrothal gift from the Zhaohou Mansion."
The wife of the powerful Minister Fan could say such a thing. Lord Fan raised his eyebrows in surprise, "How much?"
"Eighty thousand taels."
Su Ruojin was also very surprised to hear this amount. She remembered that when a certain Qin Hui married a wife, his wife brought a dowry of 200,000 strings of cash. If the dowry was so large, then Qin Hui's betrothal gift must be even more.
Maybe you don’t know what 200,000 strings of cash means. Someone did the math and found that one string of cash in the Song Dynasty is equivalent to 200 yuan today, so 200,000 strings of cash is about 40 to 50 million yuan.
The dowry that Zhao Houfu wanted was 80,000 taels of silver, which is equivalent to about 20 million yuan in RMB.
Twenty million for a wedding. Su Ruojin immediately turned to Zhao Lan and asked, "How many taels of silver did we spend on our wedding?"
Zhao Lan slowly raised his eyelids, "One hundred and one hundred thousand taels."
Su Ruojin blinked. Yes, how could she forget that the official account of Prince Jin's Mansion took away 30,000 taels, and Zhao Lan took away 50,000 taels for personal use. This was the betrothal gift he gave her, and her dowry was 30,000 taels.
"This is just silver, not including antiques, calligraphy, and jewelry shops..."
But Zhao Lan is a prince, and his father is the Prince of Jin. Su Yanli has only been a third-rank official in the past two years. His brother Su Anzhi cannot compare with Zhao Lan. The Zhaohou Mansion asked for a dowry of 80,000 taels.
"As expected, he is a member of the royal family. He asked for 80,000 taels right away. Given his status, he should also give his daughter 80,000 taels as compensation, right?"
Tsk! Zhao Lan couldn't help laughing.
Su Ruojin looked at him, "What are you laughing at?"
Zhao Lan did not answer directly, but said, "Maybe Madam Fan is regretting this marriage!"
"(⊙ o⊙) huh?" (End of this chapter)
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