"You won't pay less than one million taels of silver, will you?!" Gaomi King remained silent, and Princess Gaomi also realized that they couldn't afford an amount more than her third daughter-in-law's dowry as she recalled that astronomical number. She compromised after pondering for a while, "The gifts from Kangzhao's grandparents and aunt will be worth over one million taels of silver already. Shuihe will be in derision if we offer an amount less than that!"
"But there is a convention of the Royal Family's bride price." Gaomi King said hopefully, "For a prince like Shuihe, we're supposed to pay..."
"But the convention indicates a number no more than one hundred thousand taels!" Princess Gaomi was enraged, "It will be a shame on Shuihe if we follow that! The Sheng Family will tell everyone that Prince Mizhen Family lives on the dowry of Princess Kangzhao!"
Unwilling to pay a huge amount, Gaomi King tried to persuade her, "The Sheng Fami
As the people of the Sheng Family were dedicating themselves to the preparation work of the next year's wedding, they were too busy to ask about the Gaomi King Family's worry about the betrothal presents.However, only those younger children like Sheng Weiqiao truly knew nothing about that.Those people of elder generations knew very well in their hearts even without any inquiry.After all, the Feng Family and the Xuanyu Family intentionally increased Sheng Weiqiao's dowry so as to help Rong Shuihe extort money from the Gaomi King Family, forcing the Gaomi King Family to raise the bride price.As Princess Gaomi herself set the price at one million taels which were the maximum Gaomi King could afford, those seniors of Sheng Weiqiao did not make any dissent.In fact, if Gaomi King persistently rejected this price, Sheng Weiqiao's seniors would find an opportunity to go and force Gaomi King to shell out!
Sheng Weiqiao was frightened by her aunt's guess. She said, "Why would he betray Mizhen? Mizhen may also be able to offer him what the Meng Family offered. Besides, he grew up with Mizhen. There are deep affections between them. How could he betray Mizhen only after several days of separation?"Madam Feng's sister said disapprovingly, "You little kid, you know nothing. It is because they grew up together that Sheng Xi is deeply jealous of Mizhen. Think about it. He is about the same age as Mizhen, and he also has a relatively good appearance. However, Mizhen is the master, and he is only Mizhen's servant. Then, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, so he took the chance to betray Mizhen. Though he might not gain any payback, he can have his revenge if Mizhen suffers something bad, right?""I don't think Xi is that kind of person." Sheng Weiqiao said, glancing at her aunt speechlessly. She thought that her early deceased uncle was indeed an evildoer. He
Sheng Weiqiao sneaked into the drawing room. She was thinking about how to quietly make the servant outside leave to let her eavesdrop on what her aunt said with Rong Shuihe. She didn't expect that the door opened when she got close to the room. Madam Feng's sister and Rong Shuihe came out one after another. They looked at Sheng Weiqiao with smiles.Madam Feng's sister teased, "Oh, sweetie, didn't you say you would not come here?""Didn't you say I'm definitely not your sweetie?" Sheng Weiqiao asked angrily, "Why do you call me like that now?"Madam Feng's sister had dealt with a bevy of young lovers of her husband and restless daughters and sons of concubines in past years. She had good oral expressiveness. How could a spoiled niece compare to her? Without thinking about it, Madam Feng's sister smiled and said, "Because you changed your dress in a short time. My eyes were dim. I didn't recognize you. I mistakenly thought you are my swee
Rong Shuihe, who got a kiss unexpectedly, was in a good mood and left Sheng Mansion with a happy smile.Naturally, as for his promise to Sheng Weiqiao, he dealt with it hurriedly. Before the curfew of the day, he sent a message to the backyard of the Sheng Mansion. He told Sheng Weiqiao to go to the Palace to see the Empress tomorrow. Noble Consort Shu promised that Sheng Weiqiao could go in and leave safely. No matter what Meng Family prepared, Sheng Weiqiao would not be harmed at all!After receiving this promise, Sheng Weiqiao went to the Palace to ask for seeing the Empress the next morning.After all, she cared about both Empress Meng and Gongsun Xi.If she hadn't been afraid that Meng Family would set up a trap by using the Empress, she wouldn't have pleaded ill or refused the invitation yesterday."I didn't expect that we would meet again!" As expected, Shu Sisters were favored by the Emperor. Sheng Weiqi
Empress Meng didn't let Sheng Weiqiao leave until the palace was about to close. She teased Sheng Weiqiao before they parted, "Oh. I almost forget that Mizhen is actually my nephew. Since you are going to marry him, you are actually my future niece-in-law. How dare you still call me Qinglang. You are not loveable at all. Be quick! Call me aunt!"Sheng Weiqiao smiled, "No way! You are just two months older than me and Mizhen is even older than you. Don't you think it's inappropriate for us to call such a beauty aunt?"Empress Meng said, "That's okay. I'm just sixteen years old. Being old is a matter long after but being your senior is now. Be quick!""Nope." Sheng Weiqiao grinned and said, "After all, I will gain nothing from you now even if I call you aunt.""Look how clever you are!" Empress Meng feigned anger, "I'll ask someone to sew a pouch decorated with gold and jade, making it full of stones. And it's just what I will
Gongsun Xi was in great surprise. He clenched his fists unconsciously but calmed down quickly, “Your Grace, I really don’t know what you meant. And I never went to the palace where the cousin of Deposed Empress Wen lived.”Empress Meng raised her brows and said with a cold smile, “Do you think I’m lying to you? Although I am just a puppet of Meng Family, I play an important role in their plan which is connected with their future. His Majesty pampers the Shu Sisters. Under this difficult situation, my aunt tried everything to prevail upon His Majesty to allow me to be the owner of Wangchun Palace. If something bad happens to me, even with all the nieces at home, His Majesty would not set any of them as the new empress. So Meng Family will never tell important information and will never care about my thought. But the bodyguards in Wangchun Palace pay much attention to that.”Empress Meng stretched out her arm and pointed at the gate, “The commander of
Empress Meng had convinced Gongsun Xi, but Gongsun Xi failed to persuade Rong Shuihe to agree with Emrpess Meng’s plan.With the chance to have a rest, Gongsun Xi went to meet Rong Shuihe in Prince Mizhen Mansion. It was closed to the New Year, many shops had been closed. The owner of those shops wanted to go back home early. But the atmosphere in Prince Mizhen Mansion was very hot. Workers walked through the mansion and worked hard to prepare for the coming wedding in March next year. As Rong Shuihe said, the mansion should be built by the taste of Princess Mizhen. So workers built like that exactly. The garden seemed to be moved from Sheng’s mansion. But limited by the high land prince in Chang’an and the rule, the size of the garden was not as large as the one in Sheng’s mansion. So Rong Shuihe told workers that they should build some places where Sheng Weiqiao loved to stay with full heart, making those places similar to the ones in Sheng’s ma
For Rong Qingzui’s poor situation, someone showed mercy and someone just laughed at him.Those who showed mercy thought that Gaomi King Family and Zhao Family were so cruel. He didn’t get a good treat in Gaomi King Family before, and now he had to leave Zhao Family when it was closed to New Year. Besides, he also got serious injuries. It was not what reltives were supposed to be.Those who laughed at him thought there would be a hidden truth. As the legitimate son of the Gaomi King Family, Rong Qingzui couldn’t live in Gaomi King Mansion. The time when he was sent to Zhao Family was just the time when Rong Shuihe died. Besides, Princess Gaomi pampered Rong Shuihe but showed indifference to Rong Qingzui. What did Rong Qingzui do?As for Zhao Family, everyone knew that Rong Qingzui abandoned Zhao Taozhuang.If their sisters had met such a bad boy, they would have beaten that boy to death. Zhao Family was so merciful that they
Shu Zhaoyi lost her soul and returned to the Xuanjing Emperor placed outside the bedchamber, and was about to go in to see how the Xuanjing Emperor slept ... After she came back with the Xuanjing Emperor, because she was anxious to go to interrogate Meng Guiyu alone, she excused herself to drink wine to drown her sorrows, and left the Xuanjing Emperor after she got him drunk.This moment back can not help but go in to see, who knows just to the door to see the two chamberlains eyes and nose guarding.Seeing Zhaoyi come over, their faces all changed, and they bowed tremblingly, saying, "Long live the Empress!""There are people inside?" Shu Zhaoyi asked with a raised eyebrow when she saw that despite their respectful attitude, they never had the intention to give way.The two chamberlains looked at each other, with trepidation in their eyes, knowing that the Shu sisters were in great favor and neither were good-tempered.Especially at this moment, the ne
Shu Zhaoyi's expression was harsh, but Meng Guiyu's face was calm, and he said in a deep voice, "Back to Lady Zhaoyi, I really didn't know about Your Highness's suffering at all!"He glanced at Shu Guifei's remains on the door panel not far away, "As for why His Majesty and Lady Zhaoyi found that Lady Guifei was missing, they issued an imperial edict for the forbidden army to search everywhere, and in the end, it was me who sent Lady Guifei to His Majesty as well as to Lady Zhaoyi.... Ma'am, I reported up before that Lady Guifei wasn't personally found by me, but was reported up after his men found it. personally found, but rather after my men found it and reported it up, I went to see it!""After all, I have been favored by the two empresses and have joined the forbidden army as the Grand Commander of the forbidden army. When the forbidden army discovers a clue, it is natural to report it to me first, and then I will convey it to His Majesty and you, Your Highness!"
"Your Highness!" Meng Gui Yu's expression was somber, his eyes were also red, stepped forward and cupped his fists and said, "After I learned that Your Highness and her attendants had disappeared, I couldn't believe that Your Highness had been in an accident! However, the Queen Consort lived in the Qiongxue Palace and the left side of the inch by inch search down, the Committee did not see any silhouettes, can only be dispersed towards the distance. At this time to listen to the water division side of the report, said the spring wave lake floated up ... floated up a number of people, all for the palace attire, the leader of the even more expensive clothes extraordinary, I ... ministers eleven million hope that it is a mistake!""But the minister to the lake, personally saw this body pomegranate red dress shirt ... I remember, two days ago also see your concubine through ...""This must be which bitchy servant girl, stole this palace sister's robe!!!" Shu Zhao Yi covered
The sky was overcast as if it were night before the rain poured down.In the back room of the assassin's residence, the doors and windows were closed, and it was too dim to see the outlines of things.Yi Liu dressed in Xuan Shirt strong clothing, full head of green silk also with the same color of the handkerchief tightly wrapped up, foot soft sole light boots, quietly stepped over the scarlet ground tangled branches of lotus pattern unicorn play beads rug.The short sword in his hand was coated in black paint, dark and heavy that would not emit any reflections, best suited for the immediate environment.She narrowed her eyes slightly so as not to let the luster between the flow of her bright eyes be detected by her opponent.The thunder outside the house had been raging for a long time, and her confrontation with her opponent had lasted even longer.She's in no hurry.In addition to the fact that this was the Assassin's Palace, the home bas
Rong Sleeping Crane was busy smiling and greeted her, "Auntie! I disturbed you last night, are you resting well now?"Xuan Yu Feng first looked him up and down, saw his gray head and face, and his clothes were dirty, then said in a pleasant manner, "I am an idle person anyway, it is nothing to make a mess once in a while, but it is you ... how did you get this? How to make such a mess? I just saw with you a piece of over the guards, are good, thought you also safe and sound it!"Let's just say that he, "Auntie knows that this child of yours is both literate and skilled in martial arts. But the so-called not in his position does not seek his own politics, you now is not to the district Gongsun clan to sell their lives of the Wuyi camp leader, but the king of the big Mu County, is the husband of Qiao Er, lemonade father of the king! If it is because of the first to fight, there are any shortcomings, you call Qiao'er mother and son in the future how to do?""What's mo
"..." Rong Sleeping Crane froze and said, "Good girl, although Meng Boqin is gone, the Northern Border may not be peaceful ah! And you also know that I secretly came from the Western Border this time, so after settling your mother and son, I will talk to uncle for a few more days, and also have to hurry to return to the Western Border."Sheng Weiqiao said, "You have urgent matters, you go to the western border first! I'll go over slowly with lemonade, at most it's just a few more days of traveling."She frowned slightly, ''Before I left from the Western Frontier in such a hurry, the things I lost down were just that, Geun Li, Ju Li those people, and the twelve niang and whatnot ... I'm telling you, if it wasn't for the fact that you were in the way of Meng Boqin before, and you said that it was safest to take the sea route to leave, I would have wanted to go to the Western Frontier to witness it no matter what. I'd like to go to the western border to see them before I fe
"Think of the good in things!" The plan to use Zhao Shi as a front failed, Rong Yuhe could only go alone to face his wife's doubts, he was on his way to comfort himself, "I can't say that my daughter is worried and scared alone in the camp, and she is satisfied to see that I am well past it. Why is it that things are happening differently from what she told me before, and she's not in the mood to get to the bottom of it, so I'll be able to get by with a few perfunctory sentences?"With that thought he looked down at his neat as new robes, pondered for a moment, and decisively halted his mount!The left and right guards were instantly aghast, taking off the bow hanging on the saddle and nocking arrows from the arrow pot at their waist while asking in a low voice, "County King?""... "Rong Sleeping Crane looked at them as if they were enemies, the corner of his mouth twitched, and said, "It's nothing. Well, you guys stay here, lone go to the side forest for a bit!"
The green-clothed boy heard, a face of "difficult to say" expression, once again look at Zhao Shi, mouth vaguely said, "I do not know how to say ... anyway... several stewards feel very difficult to make a judgment. ...Several stewards feel that it's very tricky and can't make a judgment, so I can only ask the County King to personally decide!"Seeing this situation, Zhao Shi raised an eyebrow and said to Rong Sleeping Crane, "I'm about to go out to see how things are going underneath, you guys talk over here!"Just take the old maid and go.The room is left with Rong Sleeping Crane and the boy, that boy immediately swept away the calm in front of Zhao Shi's master and servant, said in a tone of excitement mixed with inexplicable excitement, "County King! To tell you the truth, you may not believe it: brother Ah Xi, he ... actually slept with the Empress!!!"Yung Sleeping Crane, who has taken a hundred and twenty-thousand percent care and is ready to receive
Zhao Shi sniffed, froze for a good while, before asking with doubts, "You ... you send all the horses of your Western Frontier elite cavalry over? Then what about the direct line that you single-handedly trained?"Not waiting for Rong Sleeping Crane to answer, he shook his head again, "Not right! You kid has always been treacherous, not taking advantage of others would be good, how could you do something so self-sacrificing?!"Mind electric turn, suddenly eyes bright, breathing are a little short of breath, eagerly asked, "I remember you promised Deng Chen Liyu to help him raise his son and grandson ...?""I'm not as old as his grandson, what do you mean by helping him raise his son and grandson?" Rong Sleeping Crane cried and laughed, "It's just a promise to shelter a few of his heirs."Zhao suitable toward him leaned his body, attentive to ask, "The previous dynasty has the emperor Na Ru Ru princess as a consort, when Ru Ru accompanied by 10,000 horses, tha