As expected, the marriage between the royal family and the royal family is really extraordinary. In two words, it is domineering!
"I married a princess, not a queen."
Senior brother had spoken, so how could Hua Fushu let him go back disappointed? "How much do you want to borrow?"
"This number." Qin Youran made a gesture, overlapping her two index fingers.
Hua Fushu said, "I have 40,000 yuan deposited in the bank. I will withdraw it tomorrow and have Nanxing send it to the Qin Palace. I haven't touched the dowry that you and Master prepared for me yet. I can't lend you the dowry you gave me. I will take out a portion of the dowry Master gave me and send it to the Qin Palace together with the 40,000 yuan."
Qin Youran was not very grateful, "Hua'er, thank you very much."
"No need to thank me." Hua Fushu said, "Just don't forget to invite me to the wedding."
Qin Youran laughed, "Brother may forget anyone, but I will never forget you."
When Hua Fushu returned, he did not forget to rob a few pots of snow-covered plum blossom wine and put it on Qin Youran's account.
The next day, Hua Fushu took the silver bills from the bank and asked Nanxing to deliver them to the Prince of Qin's Mansion.
At this time, the Qin Palace was preparing to pay the betrothal gifts.
Qin Sang is an old woman who served the late Concubine Shu. Ever since Qin Youran took her out of the imperial mausoleum, she has been in charge of the internal affairs of the Prince of Qin's Mansion, including all kinds of social events in the Prince of Qin's Mansion, the appointment and dismissal of maids and servants. She can be said to be the top person in the Prince of Qin's Mansion.
She was also responsible for the betrothal this time.
The betrothal gifts such as gold and silver utensils, wine, sweets and cakes have been prepared, except for the betrothal geese.
Wild geese fly in pairs. If one is in trouble, the other will stay with it. Sharing weal and woe is a very good omen.
Therefore, people use wild geese to symbolize the loyalty of husband and wife and their sharing of joys and sorrows, and there is also a custom for the man to give wild geese to the woman when getting engaged.
In the dead of winter, wild geese fly south, making it impossible to hunt them or buy them at the market.
Because wild geese are difficult to catch, some people use chickens, ducks, and geese instead.
As for whether to use ducks or geese instead of wild geese, Qin Sang was unsure about the decision, so he asked Qin Youran for his opinion.
Qin Youran said, "Auntie Sang, pick out the fattest geese from the mansion and clean them."
Qin Sang pulled the corner of her mouth. More than a month ago, His Highness had people buy more than a dozen geese and raise them. She thought His Highness was raising the geese to slaughter them during the Chinese New Year, but it turned out that His Highness was raising the geese to employ the Lu family.
"As Your Highness says, I will do it right away and pick the two fattest ones."
Usually parents or clan elders would come forward to propose marriage to the girl's family. Qin Youran's parents were both deceased. His stepmother and elder brother were the empress dowager and the current emperor, respectively. It was impossible to invite these two most noble people in the world to propose marriage to the Lu family, and he was not qualified to ask for this favor from the current emperor.
In addition to His Majesty, the eldest brother, he has many brothers. He found his three brothers Qi, Xiang and Zheng and asked them to come forward to propose marriage to the Lu family.
The kings of Qi and Xiang each had their own affairs and declined Qin Youran's plea.
The two brothers were unwilling, and Qin Youran did not force them.
King Zheng had some dealings with Qin Youran, so when faced with his seventh brother's plea, he agreed without hesitation.
Although Sixth Brother had agreed to propose marriage to the Lu family, he was still young and not of the same generation. If Sixth Brother and his wife were the only ones to propose marriage, it would seem frivolous and would lead to people saying that the Prince Qin's Mansion was disrespectful to the Lu family.
It would be best if one or two elders accompanied him, so that people would not say that the Qin Palace was perfunctory.
The elders who are closest to Qin Youran by blood are his uncles, and the only uncles living in the capital are King Qinghe and King Shu.
Qin Youran went to the Qinghe Palace in person to explain his purpose.
The person who met Qin Youran was Princess Qinghe. Princess Qinghe already hated the Ye family because the Ye family caused Zhao Jue to lose the position of crown prince. When she heard that Prince Qin had a close relationship with the second daughter-in-law of the Ye family, she also disliked Prince Qin and rejected him.
Princess Qinghe said, "Nephew Yingyi, as your aunt, I should have agreed to your request, but since Ajue has lost his throne, I've been busy taking care of him and really don't have any free time. Your uncle has been busy with official duties and hasn't returned home for several days. We are willing but unable to help you with the betrothal. "
Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang didn't want to help him. Qin Youran understood it and didn't blame them. He smiled with relief and stood up to say goodbye.
After leaving Qinghe Palace, Qin Youran changed his route to Shu Palace.
King Shu was his uncle, and he was the oldest among his uncles. He explained his purpose to King Shu, but unfortunately, King Shu was unwilling.
Qin Youran could only laugh at himself. In the capital, he was just the unknown King Qin, and anyone could step on him.
However, he didn't care at all. What others thought of him was always their business, and he couldn't shut them up.
After leaving the gate of Prince Shu's Mansion, Qin Youran suddenly thought of Princess Anguo and went to the Princess's Mansion.
Apart from this great aunt, Qin Youran didn't know who to ask to propose marriage to him.
Princess Anguo had been recuperating for a few months and her condition had improved greatly. She had always liked the younger generation, Qin Youran, and when she heard his purpose, she agreed without hesitation.
Qin Youran was filled with gratitude and bowed to the Grand Princess to express his gratitude. He said, "Youran thanks my aunt."
From ancient times to the present, royal families have always had weak family ties, with flattery of the powerful and bullying of the weak commonplace, and even fratricide not uncommon. He could understand why his brothers, the Kings of Qi and Xiang, would not get involved in his messy affairs, and he also understood that his uncles, the Kings of Shu and Qinghe, did not want to bother with him.
Although Qin Youran didn't know why or for what purpose his great aunt agreed to propose marriage to the Lu family, his great aunt's action still warmed his heart.
"Why thank me?" Princess Anguo smiled kindly.
Princess Anguo asked, "When will the engagement be arranged?"
Qin Youran replied, "It will be on the seventeenth day of the twelfth lunar month."
"Isn't that four days from now?" Princess Anguo patted her chest and assured, "Yier, don't worry. I will definitely take care of your lifelong affairs."
Qin Youran smiled faintly. His great aunt was one of the few royal relatives who treated him well.
"Aunt, you are such a kind person. Thank you so much." He said gratefully.
"You Ran, boy, please stop thanking me. If you really want to thank me, please come visit me more often when you have free time. I live alone in such a huge princess mansion, and I feel lonely."
Looking back on the life of Princess Anguo, she was married to another country when she was young in order to maintain the stability of the two countries and had no children.
He returned to the court fifty years later, his appearance had faded, and he was already an octogenarian with white hair. Faced with the death of both his parents and the lack of successor to the lineage of Prince Jing'an, how could he not feel lonely and desolate?
People only know that Princess Anguo has made great contributions to the country, but how many people know her loneliness and desolation?
Qin Youran knew about Princess Anguo's contributions to the court, and also understood her loneliness and solitude, so she would visit the Princess's mansion from time to time.
Princess Anguo thought of someone. She looked at Qin Youran and said calmly, "Yier, how is your junior sister doing these days?"
Qin Youran said, "Junior sister is doing well. She and the Ye family's Major General are in love."
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