The land under the emperor's feet is a wealthy place. Even for ordinary people, they have seen a lot of lively weddings like this. After seeing it so many times, they have become accustomed to it. When a wealthy family marries off their daughter, it is actually quite common to have a dowry of more than 100 loads. It is rare to see more than 200 loads, and it is only occasionally seen. But it is the first time to see such a grand occasion as today. Even those long-lived elderly people in their 80s and 90s were amazed and thought that what they had seen before was a grand scene. But it was not.
As long as there is no event in the future that is more grand than today, Princess Anguo's dowry will really be talked about for decades. In the future, when people see a girl's dowry, they will say it is amazing. Maybe someone will sneer and say, "This is nothing. Back then..."
Wei Tingyu had already been mentally prepared, so he arranged for people to go early. However, when the dowry was carried into the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion, the emotions in Master Wei's eyes were very interesting, and the corners of his mouth could not help but move.
Normally, the more dowry the woman has, the better. As long as the man is not overwhelmed by his self-esteem or male chauvinism and thinks that the woman's dowry has ulterior motives, he will not say anything about it.
As luck would have it, Prince Wei and his mother-in-law had some "discords" and disagreements over who would raise Xiaocao in the future. So, wouldn't it be "disagreement" with each other? However, Prince Wei was naturally at a disadvantage facing Han. Therefore, no matter how much he wanted to raise his own wife in the future, outsiders would not believe it. After all, Princess Anguo didn't need him to raise her at all.
When he first gave the betrothal gift, he only wanted to add to his wife's private treasury, but now he has a vague feeling that he has shot himself in the foot.
Of course, the purpose of displaying the dowry is mainly for the relatives and friends of the husband's family to see. So, what happened in the Wenren family before began to be repeated in the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, and compared to that scene, it was even more extreme.
However, among these people, in addition to envy and jealousy, there is also greed.
When a new bride enters the family, she has to please her husband’s family. If the gifts she gives are not satisfactory, no one will agree. Some shameless people are already thinking about what they can get. New brides are thin-skinned and easy to bully. So their eyes are slyly moving around. This thing is good, I want this, that thing is good, I want that…
Some people were even blinded and wanted to reach out directly...
However, the people who sent the dowry from the Wen family were not pushovers. Not only were there a few hundred black-armored guards who had changed their uniforms, but a lot of the original dowry also came over just to guard these things. So many valuable things all belonged to their princess. One or two of them might be a drop in the bucket compared to the whole, but even a needle and thread belonged to their princess. If their princess gave someone a reward, no matter how valuable it was, they would not have any objection. But if someone dared to reach out for it themselves, they would definitely not be polite. You must know that they basically all came from the princess's mansion, and those who were mainly responsible had seen a lot of good things and had high quality. No matter who it was, don't even think about playing tricks in front of them.
Most of the people were stopped and withdrew their hands in embarrassment, but some people were extremely shameless and regarded themselves as Xiaocao's elders. They cursed and treated them as ordinary servants, saying that they were committing insubordination and wanted to be beaten with a stick.
But I didn't expect to run into the toughest opponent. "I used to serve the late queen, and later I entered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to manage the inner palace clothing. Now that I am old, the emperor has mercy on me and granted me to live in Princess Anguo's mansion. While I can still move around, I will do my best to help the princess. Today, the princess trusts me and I am responsible for taking care of the dowry. Madam, are you shouting at me to kill me? Do you have a problem with the late queen? Do you have a problem with the emperor? Or do you have a problem with our princess?"
As the saying goes, when beating a dog, you have to look at its owner first. As for this person's identity, although he is nominally a servant, even in the palace, the princes have to give him some face and basically give him a light sentence if he makes a mistake. What's more, this person has not done anything wrong. Her husband is just a relative of the marquis's palace, but she dares to shout for beating and killing. She is absolutely bold.
He was brave for a moment, but after knowing the other party's identity, he immediately became timid. Then he was accused of being disrespectful to several people. His face turned pale, his legs and feet became weak, and his whole body began to tremble. "No..."
The nanny was too lazy to say more to her. She glanced around the crowd with an indescribable majesty, and the people who had done nothing before felt their breathing hold back.
This was like a killing stick, and everyone else put away their thoughts.
This new bride might be easy to bully, but the people around her might not be. What's more, their master is not here, and no one present can control them. Whoever bumps into them will be in trouble.
Wei Tingyu was also busy, but he also sent a lot of people because he got the news quickly. He had the same idea, these things belonged to his wife, and no one could touch them without her permission.
Although not all the relatives and friends at the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion are bad, among those who have the strongest sense of presence, none of them are good. After all, most people don't have the nerve to come and show their presence at any time. If they don't give orders, they just ask for benefits. They are selfish, greedy and stupid.
Wei Tingyu's eyes dimmed, and he decided to go back and get out of the imperial city.