"You need one million taels of silver after all, right?!" Seeing his silence, Princess Gaomi thought about the terrifying amount of dowry for her daughter-in-law-to-be, and felt that it was really impossible for her family to come up with a betrothal gift that exceeded the dowry, so she thought about it. Yes, he settled for the next best thing and said, "The dowry given by Kang Zhao's maternal grandparents and aunt is more than one million taels of silver. The betrothal gift we brought out is not even this amount. He'er doesn't want to be laughed at when he goes out!" ?”
"... Don't the dowry gifts for clan members have their own rules?" King Gaomi said with hope, "He'er is the king of the county, and the betrothal gift for his wife is..."
"According to those rules, one hundred thousand taels will not be used!" Princess Gaomi was furious, "Where would He'er's face be turned like that?! From now on, everyone in the Sheng family will say when they go out, everyone in the Mi Zhen County Prince's Mansion will They are supported by the dowry of their county head!!!”
King Gaomi really didn't want to bleed a lot, so he tried to persuade her: "It's impossible for the Sheng family to say this. After all, saying this would hurt He'er's face. What if He'er develops a grudge against Kang Zhao because of this? The Sheng family loves Kang Zhao so much. , where would such a thing be done?”
Then he said, "You want to decide how much dowry gift we should give to the Qi family when we get married? That is the eldest daughter-in-law, the officially crowned prince's wife, and Kang Zhao's eldest sister-in-law! At this moment, Kang Zhao actually surpassed her so much... What if the sisters-in-law don’t get along in the future?!”
But Princess Gaomi thought about the beginning of her bad impression of Sheng Weiqiao when she saw the girl punching and kicking her son. Combined with her spectacular dowry, she immediately came to the conclusion: Sheng Weiqiao had a bad temper and a fierce personality. It’s all because my family is too rich and I’m used to it!
So if the betrothal gift from her family is not even a fraction of her dowry, will this girl not be able to go to heaven after entering the house? !
By then, her son might have to step into the mud with his dowry!
How can this work! ! !
The princess therefore had a very firm attitude: "One million taels of betrothal gift! Absolutely no less!!!"
As for Mrs. Qi, "Qingzhi is a good daughter-in-law. She has always understood the general situation and will not lose her temper because of such things. She has been with me all these years, and I know better than you what kind of person she is!"
King Gaomi struggled: "What about the Qi family? The Qi family will definitely have objections!"
"What qualifications does the Qi family have to have an opinion?!" Princess Gaomi said impatiently, "Did the Qi family give as much dowry as the Sheng family?! The dowry our family gave to the Qi family was the amount of their dowry. Thirty percent more! According to this calculation, it’s Heer who feels wronged!!!”
The princess walked around the room, and after standing still, she said coldly, "I won't talk to you anymore! In any case, He'er's betrothal gift must be one million taels of silver! No matter how much it is, it won't matter! If you don’t give me the money, don’t worry about me vacating the Gaomi Prince’s Mansion to make preparations!”
The King of Gaomi was so stunned that he said angrily: "Then you have moved! You can just try to sell this palace, maybe you can get enough for one million taels?!"
No matter what, he would never spend such a large sum of money to hire that unloved young son! ! !
This is capitalizing on the enemy! ! !
The couple had a quarrel and broke up. The matter was soon known to Rong Qingzui and his wife. Rong Qingzui discussed with Qi: "How about we persuade the father to accept the mother-in-law? After all, the third brother has been there since he was a child." Living abroad, he has suffered enough. How can he be wronged again in this life-long matter?"
When Mrs. Qi heard this, she felt strange. Her betrothal gift back then was considered high, but it was only less than 200,000 taels of silver. But now her mother-in-law wants to use her property of one million taels to marry Sheng Weiqiao. ... But firstly, she has always respected Princess Gaomi and still relies on her; secondly, the reason why Princess Gaomi gave such a high betrothal gift was because the Sheng family had too many dowries, and it was not to say that she was just favoring the younger daughter-in-law.
So he calmed down and said: "I think so too, but my father also has difficulties! I heard from my father that the Meng family has been getting closer and closer recently. Princess Chai was poisoned before. Who is the murderer? Everyone knew it, but in the end they only talked about a few stewards. According to the news in the palace, the Queen Mother also intends to straighten Concubine Meng... The father's burden is getting heavier now, and there are more places to spend money. Well, I’m afraid it’s not easy to spare one million taels of silver to hire someone at once?”
Rong Qingzuo said: "Since the three younger brothers and sisters will have so many dowries in the future, it can be seen that there is no shortage of money, but the scene is more beautiful... I guess it will just change hands?"
"The third brother is the only one who is willing to call me 'mother concubine' until now, but he has never called me 'father'. Do you think he is willing to change hands and return the betrothal gift to the father?" Mrs. Qi raised her eyebrows, "If he arrives If I don’t want to give it back, how can my father still have the nerve to ask for it?”
Rong Qingzuo was silent for a while and then asked: "How much money do we have in hand now?"
"Are you going to use what we have in our hands to collect one million taels of silver for your mother and concubine?!" Qi's face changed for a moment before she said, "Although my father has given you some private property over the years, I guess, It's only two to three hundred thousand taels at most! Of course, if you add my dowry... "
"Your dowry belongs to you, how can you touch that?" Rong Qingzuo shook his head, "But the private property my father gave to me, I want to give it to my mother and concubine... Will you be angry?"
Qi twitched the corner of her mouth, would she be angry
Of course she is angry!
You can't blame her for being stingy, after all, she has three sons, three daughters and six children!
Even though the children are still young and there is no need for a large amount of money for the time being, the Meng family has not been eliminated. The King of Gaomi certainly needs money to continue fighting in the court. Doesn't Rong Qingzui, the prince of Gaomi, need money to win people's hearts, form parties for selfish purposes, and strengthen his power? Yet? !
You must know that the reason why King Gaomi specifically gave the prince private property was to allow the prince to develop a direct lineage.
If all was given to Princess Gaomi as a betrothal gift for Rong Suihe to marry...then what would happen to Rong Qingzui's future political future? !
In particular, Rong Suihe was not close to the people in the Gaomi Palace. Qi considered herself virtuous, and her affection for such a brother-in-law was not deep enough.
"... I have been thinking that the reason why the third brother is not close to us is because... he actually does not have amnesia?" Rong Qingzhui saw that his wife did not speak, so he knew better, sighed, and whispered, "What happened back then? I actually feel sorry for him. Besides, you also know that my position as the heir apparent was not secure earlier. It is precisely because of this that those things happened... In the final analysis, it was after his accident that my mother and concubine... I Gradually, it came into my father's eyes. Over the years, I have been thinking that if my third brother is still alive, and if our brothers can be reunited, I must make it up to him!"
"Now his lifelong event..."
"If I don't do anything, as the eldest brother, I really feel..."
"I didn't say I wouldn't agree!" When the husband said this, what else could he do? Mrs. Qi was not the kind of stingy and selfish person who wouldn't bear to give away half of her money. She interrupted him helplessly, "I just thought, we only have this little thing in hand, even if we give it all." Mother and concubine, I’m afraid it’s just a drop in the bucket!”
Rong Qingzuo said hurriedly: "My mother and concubine also have some savings, and it is impossible for my father to say that I will not give out a penny... Let's put it together, we are the palace after all, how can we not even get one million taels of silver?" come out?"
...According to King Gaomi's thinking, he really couldn't think of a penny.
Helplessly, the most valued prince took the lead in spending all his money to support his younger brother's betrothal gift. In order to prevent Rong Qing from letting Rong Qing drink, he couldn't even afford to invite his colleagues to a restaurant for a drink, so he could only agree to Princess Gaomi's request and let Rong Qing drink. Take the inheritance given to him and go wherever it feels cool!
With such an honest and heartless prince, King Gaomi really didn't know whether he should cry or cry or cry? !
But what really caused King Gaomi to spurt out blood was...
He endured the bleeding in his heart, and he and Princess Gaomi finally managed to collect a dowry gift of one million taels. In order to save as much as possible, King Gaomi almost bought the objects that the late emperor had given him when he was still alive, which were the kind of treasures that were difficult to cash in. , and a few of the lowest-profit shops, mountain forests, etc., were all stuffed in.
Because the management of those shops was not good, the princess knew about it, so the couple had another quarrel. The king of Gaomi was escorted by the princess and had to replenish hundreds of acres of good paddy fields. That was called a Heartache! ! !
Then the princess was finally satisfied, and put the betrothal gift into a list, and showed it to Rong Suihe, who had been busy with who knows what during this period and could hardly see the palace. Rong Suihe glanced at it casually, and handed it to the person next to him. Gongsun Yingdun: "Go and ask Yi Liu to copy it again and add the things above to our list!"
Only then did Princess Gaomi find out that Rong Suihe had also prepared a betrothal gift, and asked with concern: "He'er, what have you prepared over there? Do you want your mother-in-law to check it for you?"
Rong Suihe thought for a while, agreed, and ordered someone to bring over the betrothal gift list he had prepared.
Then Yishan and Yiliu brought it over... or to be precise, they carried it over.
When the King of Gaomi and his wife saw the heavy book that needed to be carried by two maids, they felt a "knock" in their hearts. Then they opened the book and saw a row of jewels, such as pearls, tortoiseshell, coral, crystal, jade bowl, gold spoon, fertile fields, fruit trees, mountains, mountains and rivers... The couple The more I watched, the more frightened I became, and the more I watched, the more stunned I became!
King Gaomi couldn't help but asked first: "Are the things on this...all true?!"
"This is a betrothal gift that will be sent to you later. How could it be fake?" Rong Suihe glanced at him in surprise, "The betrothal gift is fake. Isn't it a joke?"
"He'er, where did you get so many things?" Princess Gaomi asked in disbelief, "The things on this... I'm afraid they have to cost more than one million taels of silver, right?!"
Rong Suihe said calmly: "I stole it."
King Gaomi and his wife recalled their son's earlier experiences: "..."
The princess was mainly distressed: Although she didn't expect her son's private house to be so rich, but!
His private house was completely obtained through wealth and danger!
Thinking about the injuries on his son's body, what kind of life did he live in those years? !
Different from the princess's sadness, King Gaomi felt that there was no pain in his heart, liver, spleen and stomach at this moment: If he had known that his son could come up with such a huge sum of money, why would he have to waste this wealth? !
Just let this bastard pay the betrothal gift himself!
Now that everything has been taken out, the princess has carefully checked every item, and the list has been drawn up... I also know that the princess will never agree to his going back!
This is a rip-off...
It was so heavy that King Gaomi even hoped that Rong Suihe would marry Zhao Taomei instead! ! !
At least the Zhao family would never be able to afford such a crazy dowry! ! !
"Why don't we find a way to give the Zhao family a chance before the Sheng family comes in?" King Gaomi pressed his chest, feeling evil thoughts coming, "And since General Zhou swept the sea area, it is said that pirates are hard to come by! But he didn't expect it. , even a hard-to-make pirate can save money so quickly!"
He thought about how he had sent people pretending to be pirates to intercept and kill Rong Suihe and his party, and he couldn't help but think, "How about... let's try to get a real pirate team?"
Well, the poor Gaomi King didn't know yet that Rong Suihe, who had just ripped off a huge amount of money from him and showed off his wealth, was proposing to recruit the Seven Seas Pirates.
King Gaomi's new plan to make money has been aborted before it can be implemented.