"Where did they get so many things during the Qing Dynasty?" The old princess was increasingly shocked as she looked at them. Even though she was very knowledgeable, she had never seen a family give away so many dowries when their daughter got married.
How come his own grandson, who just randomly snatched a girl back, brought her with such a large dowry?
Are you sure this won't make the emperor suspect his own son?
Thinking of this, the old lady's heart was in her throat, and she quickly asked, "Where is the young master?"
What the old princess really wanted to ask was, where is that girl, and which family she belongs to?
After all, such a grand gesture is rare, and it's something even their royal palace might not dare to provoke.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince is currently in the inner hall." The servant had barely finished speaking when Xu Qingshi and Xie Yanzhi strode out, followed by a young woman dressed in a bright red wedding gown.
The old princess stumbled, thinking to herself, "The old ones don't marry the ones they should marry, and the young ones they shouldn't marry. All they know is how to snatch pretty girls back to the mansion. Why is she so unlucky?"
Xu Qingshi was dazzled by the red silk covering the courtyard.
He looked at the red silk ribbons of all sizes, completely bewildered.
"Did you empty your family's coffers after getting married?" Xu Qingshi thought to himself. Fortunately, he was a man, otherwise, the Prince An's mansion would probably be starving.
Li Zhiwei was taken aback at first, then lowered her head in shame. Her marriage meant emptying the Li family's coffers.
Even so, her parents still did not have a good end.
"My parents were afraid that I would be mistreated in my husband's family, so they prepared a generous dowry for me," Li Zhiwei said, still somewhat saddened.
"What...what is that?" Xu Qingshi was startled when she saw the coffin not far away, and looked at Li Zhiwei with suspicion. Could it be that this person has some serious illness? Her family has already prepared a coffin?
"In Qing times, you mustn't be so rude." The old princess had just approached when she saw her grandson rudely pointing at the girl's coffin and asking her a question.
"Grandmother, what brings you here?" Xu Qingshi didn't seem to care when he saw the old princess.
Anyway, no matter what others do, his grandmother will support him.
"If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known you would do such a foolish thing. Alas, young lady, I am truly sorry. It is because I have failed to properly educate my grandson that he has done such a foolish thing." The old princess first scolded Xu Qingshi a few times, and then apologized to Li Zhiwei with a guilty look on her face.
"This humble woman, Li Zhiwei, greets the old princess. I must thank the young master for this matter. If it weren't for him, I'm afraid I would still be being turned away at the gates of the Marquis of Ru'an's residence." Li Zhiwei first bowed to the old princess, and then said with a self-deprecating smile.
"Oh? Is that so? May I ask which young master of the Marquis of Ru'an's family the young lady is to marry?" Although the old princess knew something about the Marquis of Ru'an's family, she believed that it was best to hear from the person involved.
Fortunately, she had just sent someone to call her unfortunate son back.
If this girl is the new bride of the Marquis of Ru'an's family, the Marquis of Ru'an's family might come to take her away soon.
However, seeing the girl with such a generous dowry, the old princess couldn't think of any Li family that could be so extravagant. Thinking of the deficit of the Marquis of Ru'an's mansion, she thought that this girl was probably going to fall into a wolf's den.
Thinking of this, the old princess looked at Li Zhiwei with even more pity.
"My maiden name is Li. Three months ago, the Marquis of Ru'an's family came to my father's door to ask for my daughter's hand in marriage on behalf of the Marquis of Ru'an's heir. My father was originally unwilling for my daughter to marry so far away, but he was moved by the sincerity of the Marquis of Ru'an's family and prepared this dowry of 1,360 loads for my daughter, hoping that she could gain a foothold in her husband's family. Unfortunately, my daughter has traveled thousands of miles to the capital, but she has not even been able to enter the gates of the Marquis of Ru'an's mansion." Li Zhiwei did not hide anything and told the truth.
“Grandmother, I brought her back because I felt sorry for her being all alone in the Marquis of Ru’an’s mansion. Anyway, Father still needs a princess consort, right? I think this sister is just right,” Xu Qingshi quickly said.
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