Fifth Madam Miss Xu was stunned for a moment, but soon she was sincerely happy for Wei An. She breathed a sigh of relief and held Wei An's hand: "This is great news. I was wondering why there was a magpie calling on the branch today. It turns out it was due to this."
Miss Xu Si has been getting along very well with Wei An recently.
Wei An is a smart person. If she wants to, she can always make the other person feel happy.
Fourth Miss Xu had been married for less than a month and was completely in the dark about many things. She was not very clear about many situations and rules of the Wei family. Wei An always gave her just the right reminders to prevent her from making any mistakes.
Even the maids around her couldn't help but say that she had met a stepdaughter who was easy to get along with.
The feelings between people are developed through getting to know each other. Although it has only been a short period of time, Miss Xu has already liked Wei An very much, so she is naturally happy for her.
The atmosphere in the mansion has not been very good recently. She also knows that it is because Wei Yuyou's divorce was not very pleasant, and Wei An's marriage has been suppressed and there has been no movement.
Now that Wei Yuyou's divorce was successful and Wei An's marriage was finally confirmed, she couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved.
Seeing that she was kind and friendly to Wei An, Mrs. Wei was also happy and said to her in a very friendly way: "You are right. Feicuiyuan also told me that the magpies outside kept calling today. It turned out that it was because of such a happy event."
She smiled and said to the Second and Third Madams, "Well, since the imperial decree was given to our Marquis' Mansion, then An An should marry from our Marquis' Mansion. Even if she didn't marry from the Marquis' Mansion, we would still have to prepare a dowry for her, so we'll have to trouble you to work hard."
The second and third wives looked at each other and shook their heads hurriedly.
There would be money spent on the marriages of the young ladies and gentlemen in the mansion. This money was originally paid by the public treasury. The second and third wives knew about it, so they just had to do more.
What's more, Wei An's dowry had already been prepared by Old Madam Wei and the old Princess Zhennan from a long time ago. The bed had been made a few years ago, and the materials for the furniture had been chosen long ago. There were only a few things they had to add, so how could they be too tired
The Third Lady was even more outspoken: "Mother, you are really exaggerating. An An is our niece. As her aunt, we always ask her to help us. Now that we are finally able to be of use, we are so happy. How can you say that we are tired or not?"
Wei Yang had sent someone to inform Prince Zheng early in the morning. Only an hour later, Prince Zheng and Princess Zheng arrived at the Marquis' Mansion.
Princess Zheng even brought Bao Ge'er with her. When she saw Wei An, she smiled and said, "Congratulations, Princess."
Fourth Miss Xu hurriedly stood up to greet Princess Zheng. Actually, she and Princess Zheng were about the same age, and both were Wei An's stepmothers, but they had not met many times.
Princess Zheng quickly reached out to support her and said, "We are all family relatives. I am also a junior in front of the old lady. We are equals, so there is no need to be so polite."
It seems that Fourth Miss Xu is an easy-going person, which is good. Although Wei An will not stay in the Wei family for a long time, it is better to have a stepmother who is easy to get along with than having more enemies.
Princess Zheng was very polite to Fourth Miss Xu, so she breathed a sigh of relief and chatted with her: "An An's dowry has been prepared a long time ago, and I don't know where to start..."
Princess Zheng knew that being a stepmother was not easy, so she told her: "We have started preparing for the large furniture a long time ago. Take it. I have discussed with her father and we will give her our share. We will also give her the share left by the previous princess, and give her a separate sum of money..."
This was why she came here this time. She handed the list to Miss Xu Si and said softly, "Although you are marrying a marquis, it is not good to be too conspicuous. Therefore, we give you cash and two shops..."
Because the dowry left by Ming Yuyou was a huge sum, plus the things left by the old princess to Wei An, and the subsidy from the old lady, Wei An's original dowry was already eye-catching enough. If the Zheng Palace subsidized it again, it would be too much on the surface - even if she married into the palace as a princess, such a large dowry could be considered extravagant and conspicuous.
But even so, Miss Xu was still frightened and looked at the list for a long time without recovering from her shock.
She herself had a rough life and had many unhappy relationships with her family. Except for the wife of Marquis Ping'an who still took care of her, the rest of the family only started to have contact with her after she married into the Marquis's Mansion, so naturally her dowry would not be that much.
Princess Zheng had such a generous subsidy from King Zheng, but she couldn't come up with so much, so she was in a dilemma.
After Princess Zheng took Bao Ge'er to talk to the old lady who had just woken up from her nap, she brought up the matter with Wei Yangqing who had come in to change clothes: "Logically, Prince Zheng is a father, and you are also a father. It's not good to be too different..."
Wei Yangqing was very satisfied with Fourth Miss Xu. In the past, when Princess Changning was around, she would always be in a bad mood and the atmosphere at home was cold all day long. The people working under her were afraid of doing something wrong and angering her. Everyone was like wooden people. However, Fourth Miss Xu was different from Princess Changning, who was pure and innocent. She was a very comfortable person and it was not tiring at all to get along with her.
What's more, she is gentle and considerate. She has arranged everything he can think of and even can't think of.
When faced with something that I cannot decide, I never make a decision on my own and I never hide anything.
Wei Yangqing asked her to sit down with him and nodded gently: "I have already planned this. I have discussed it with the old lady before you even entered the door. I will offer 30,000 taels of silver."
Fourth Miss Xu widened her eyes in surprise.
Thirty thousand taels!
Even if her sisters and herself were married together, they probably wouldn't have that much dowry money, but Wei Yangqing could actually give out so much money at once!
Wei Yangqing saw her surprise and didn't hide anything, so he said truthfully: "Don't worry, this is what Changning said before..." He stopped here with a complicated expression, and didn't speak for a long time. After a while, he continued: "She left it behind. Among her children, only Ajie is left. When Ajie got married, I left a sum of money, and the rest was given to An'an. She suffered a lot of grievances when she was young, don't think I am biased..."
He sincerely said to Miss Xu Si: "This is the money left by the previous one. I gave part of it to An An because the previous one really didn't treat An An well. When we have a child in the future, I will naturally make plans for him." (To be continued)