Soon it was December of the 45th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, and the tenth day of the first month was an auspicious day for Hongyu's wedding.
Before dawn, the Prince Zhi's residence was bustling with activity, with servants moving about busily.
The Crown Princess's dowry has already been brought in. When the dowry was being displayed, one couldn't help but marvel at how incredibly wealthy the Bairin tribe of Mongolia was. Several large chests were filled with all sorts of treasures, so dazzling that it made one's eyes dazzle.
The wedding dates of the fifteenth prince and the heir apparent of the Prince of Zhi were only about ten days apart, which inevitably led to comparisons.
Let's make this comparison, without considering anything else.
In terms of dowry, the Balin tribe and the Guarjia clan were incomparable. The Guarjia clan had two older sisters, the Crown Princess and the Princess Consort of Prince Yu, who had already depleted much of their family's wealth and had not yet fully recovered when Emperor Kangxi bestowed another marriage upon them.
Being a Crown Princess, a Princess, or a Prince's Consort is an honor, but for their family, taking on so many roles in a row was becoming a bit overwhelming. Therefore, the dowry of the Fifteenth Prince's Consort was not as impressive as that of Hongyu's wife.
It's not that the Guarjia clan was less wealthy than the Balin tribe, but rather that the Balin tribe hadn't had such glory for a long time. Although they had married into the royal family before, they weren't idle members of the royal family; their highest rank was only Duke of the State.
Where could one find the grandeur and dignity of the eldest grandson of the emperor? Moreover, in this generation, the eldest sister has already married into her own tribe, and she is the only daughter in the family. Isn't her dowry generous? What's more, the tribes next to the Balin tribe have also contributed a considerable amount to the dowry.
All these dowry items filled ten boxes and still couldn't fit, so in the end some of the larger items were placed in the dowry courtyard in the capital.
He Zhuo glanced at these items. Although there were only 88 of them, each one was valuable, worth about 400,000 taels of silver, not including his daughter-in-law's dowry.
Ugh, those wicked rich people...
He Zhuo probably forgot that his wealth was several times that of others. Even without counting the jade in his storage ring, he had a million taels of silver that he could convert into cash.
There's also the embezzled funds, estates, shops, and the like that were previously seized.
Hongyu's wedding was a grand affair. Although the old princes from the royal family did not attend, all the old princesses did.
The old princes didn't come, firstly because Hongyu is a junior, and secondly, perhaps because they didn't want to get involved in the power struggle between the eldest prince and the crown prince.
However, as long as the old princesses are willing to come, it can be considered as giving face to the Prince Zhi's Mansion.
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess also came, as did all the married princes and unmarried young princes who attended the wedding banquet.
To paraphrase what Yinzhi said back then, even being able to skip a day of class would be good.
The Imperial Study is a miserable place.
With so many people, there will naturally be help at the wedding banquet.
He Zhuo couldn't entertain everyone by himself, so his two concubines were entertained by the other concubines and mistresses of various households. As for the princesses, they all came with their mistresses, and He Zhuo arranged for Princess Fan, Princess Ruan, and Princess Guan to entertain them.
The older princesses were of high seniority, so He Zhuo had to personally entertain them and arrange their seating.
The Crown Princess was treated the same way, but she was quite nice and would help entertain them. As fellow princes' wives, they were unlikely to cause trouble on such occasions.
The third, fourth, fifth, and ninth wives would also help.
This made things much easier for He Zhuo, and the lively atmosphere lasted until evening.
Many of the young princes were drunk. Besides the princes in the palace who were close to Hongyu in age, there were also some princes from the royal family and noble families who were envious. Marrying a Mongolian princess would indeed mean losing the right to inherit the throne.
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