sjar Chapter 138 Are You Satisfied with the Dowry?
Chapter 138 Are You Satisfied with the Dowry?
Yuan Man was standing in front of the Marquis's mansion waiting. People passing by speculated who the future Crown Princess was waiting for. Could it be that Marquis Leshan had returned?
So a lot of people began to gather outside the marquis's mansion, all wanting to see the true face of Marquis Leshan.
Although Yuanman was surprised by their behavior, he didn't care much.
Seeing the carriage coming towards him, he immediately smiled.
Seeing this, everyone immediately looked towards the carriages.
When they saw a group of people riding horses ahead, they all gasped.
It’s not that they all know those people, but those people’s aura is too strong and it is obvious at first glance that they are not ordinary people.
The carriage stopped in front of the Leshan Marquis's residence. Yuan Man saw Granny Liu stepping out of the carriage and went to greet her, "Grandma, you've worked hard."
Granny Liu smiled and shook her head, "It's not hard." Then she looked around.
Kyoto, she hasn't been here for a long time, and it's still the same.
"Grandma, let's go into the mansion and rest." Yuanman helped her get off the carriage.
Grandma Liu has been recuperating for some time, and now she is dressed much more luxuriously, looking like a completely different person from before.
"Sister, sister, we are here." Xiao Yaer was the first to rush over.
Yuan Man touched their heads one by one and said with a smile, "You have all worked hard. Come in quickly. The housekeeper has prepared the food. You can eat after taking a rest."
Then he looked at Yuan Yue and Yuan Rui and the others, "Let's all go in first."
Yuan Yue Yuan Rui saluted, "Yes, Master."
After watching, the onlookers looked at each other in bewilderment.
So, it was not Marquis Leshan who came, but his family.
A group of children and an old man, and these people who looked like they were not easy to mess with turned out to be servants!
Many people only know that Marquis Leshan was conferred the title of Marquis by His Majesty because he donated a lot of money. It turns out that Marquis Leshan is so powerful!
Only after they all went in did the crowd outside disperse.
The spy went back to report, and the audience was talking about it.
After that, Yuanman either took the children to visit Kyoto or to play in the farm outside.
Then it’s time to prepare the betrothal gifts.
Occasionally, when she was busy, she would let Yuanyi and the others take the children out to play, and she would also let Yuanbao take them out with them.
She was going to try on her wedding dress today, so she asked Yuan Yi and Yuan Yue to take the children out to play, and asked Tian Xiang to go with them so that she could take care of the girls.
Yuanman looked at the wedding dress in front of her. It was beautiful, but she also knew it was very heavy.
It has three layers inside and outside, and is embroidered with phoenixes and inlaid with gems. It would be strange if it wasn't heavy.
Granny Liu watched from the side and smiled, "Beautiful, really beautiful, our A-Man is the most beautiful."
Yuan Man let the maids put clothes on her. After putting them on, she could feel the thick and heavy pressure on her shoulders.
Granny Liu and the maids were checking to see if there was anything that needed to be changed. A group of people kept nagging at her, and Yuan Man Yuan was helpless. She could only stand there and let them comment on what needed to be changed.
She spent a whole day just trying on wedding dresses.
Two days later, the mahogany boxes she had ordered were delivered, and Yuanman began to pack the silver herself, one thousand taels per box, for a total of 18,888 boxes.
It took her a whole day and night just to pack the silver.
Looking at the room full of red boxes, it would take at least a thousand carriages to take them to the palace to propose marriage.
Yuan Man thought about it and asked Yuan Yi to go to Hui Chengyuan to borrow two thousand men, and also found one thousand nine hundred carriages from various places in Kyoto.
After choosing a good day, they began to complete the procedures of accepting marriage proposal, asking for the name, accepting the good news and accepting the betrothal gift.
Hui Chengyuan greeted the queen. The queen didn't expect them to play like this. Although she accepted it on the surface, she was still somewhat shocked in her heart.
But she also responded to Hui Chengyuan's request and went to the Eastern Palace to wait for Yuan Man to come and pay the tribute.
When the emperor heard this, he hurried to the East Palace and scolded Hui Chengyuan with a dark face.
The queen sat there leisurely, showing no intention of helping.
She couldn't take back what she had said, but she wouldn't help them either. They should suffer what they deserved.
The eunuch of the East Palace ran in from outside, wiping his sweat, "Your Majesty, the Queen, the Crown Prince, and Miss Yuan are here."
"Get out! What are you doing here? Let her go back to Marquis Leshan's Mansion." The emperor shouted.
The eunuch looked at Hui Chengyuan, then knelt down and said, "Miss Yuan has brought 18,888,888 taels of silver to propose marriage."
Hui Chengyuan was stunned, then laughed.
The emperor thought he had misheard, "What did you just say? Say it again to me."
The eunuch knelt on the ground and raised his voice: "Miss Yuan has brought 18,888,888 taels of silver to propose marriage."
The emperor's hand trembled, and he raised his finger and asked again: "One thousand eight hundred and eighty thousand?"
"Yes, there are nearly two thousand carriages, all lined up outside the imperial city."
"Hiss..." The emperor turned around and looked at Hui Chengyuan with a dark look in his eyes.
The queen was also stunned for a while.
Is this daughter-in-law so rich?
The Queen never cared about the affairs of the previous dynasty, so she didn't know that Yuan Man was Marquis Leshan, and she only thought of her as Marquis Leshan's relative.
"Your Majesty, this is the engagement letter from Miss Yuan." The eunuch handed it over with trembling hands.
The emperor took it from him in two steps, unfolded it, took a breath, then looked at Hui Chengyuan and said, "Xiao'er, your choice is right, marry her."
"At worst, you can come back and take over the throne after a hundred years."
The queen looked at him in surprise, then stood up and walked to his side to look at the engagement form.
"Hiss... The thirty-six seats of Yuanlai Inn, is it the Yuanlai Inn I know?"
The emperor's eyelids twitched, "There is no other Yuanlai Inn in the world."
He was already tempted by the 18 million taels of silver alone, and with the thirty-six Yuanlai Inns, he wanted to just pack up and send his son there.
No one knows better than him what these thirty-six Yuanlai Inns represent.
It’s okay in Anguo, the most important thing is that he is spread across the other three kingdoms’ cities, this is the most important thing.
What's more, there were actually two million kilograms of grain on the employment order.
Any one of these could kill him.
"Hey, father, A'li is still waiting outside." Hui Chengyuan reminded.
He also didn't expect that A'li would use Yuanlai Inn as a betrothal gift, which made his father more excited than the 18 million taels of silver.
The emperor straightened his face and said, "Call her in."
Steward Cao waved to the eunuch and they retreated together.
The emperor looked at the marriage proposal in his hand and frowned.
Tsk, there is no precedent for marrying a prince. If this gets out, won’t it be too embarrassing for the Anguo royal family?
But the betrothal gift was so sweet that he couldn't bear to give it up.
Soon, Cao, the chief steward, came in with Yuan Man. "Yuan Man greets His Majesty, Your Majesty."
"No need for the formalities." The emperor said with gritted teeth.
Yuan Man smiled and said, "Your Majesty, are you satisfied with this betrothal gift?"
The emperor's mouth twitched. He was satisfied. He was very satisfied.
“But the royal family didn’t marry off the prince…” Not to mention the prince, even the princes didn’t marry off.