Tianliangyuan

Chapter 280 Love rivals meet

After paying the tax, the next step is to set a date.

In fact, the two families had already secretly looked at each other's plans, but because they were fighting abroad, they had not yet made a decision.

After this was settled, all that was left was the wedding procession.

The "setting the date" is the fifth of the "six rites" of a wedding. It is commonly known as "sending the date" or "setting the date." The groom's family chooses an auspicious wedding date and writes the birth dates of the bride and groom on red paper. The matchmaker then takes the paper to the bride's home to discuss the wedding date with the bride's family.

When setting a wedding date, the groom usually doesn't come; the matchmaker mediates the conflict.

Actually, the date had been agreed upon by both families long ago; it was just a formality.

After setting the date, it's time for the wedding procession.

After taking this step, both Wang Ruolan and Xu Han felt a little uneasy.

Setting a formal wedding date means that the day their daughter leaves home is drawing near.

"Let Zhaozhao take all the betrothal gifts; our family doesn't want anything."

"Hmm." Wang Ruolan wasn't in a good mood either, and just gave a muffled reply.

"How's the dowry preparation going? Is there anything left to finish?"

"Except for the wedding dress, everything is basically settled. The embroiderers are also altering it according to Zhaozhao's measurements."

In ordinary families, the wedding dress is usually embroidered by themselves.

But for someone of Xu Zhaozhao's status, it's naturally unnecessary.

But she still had to go through the motions, so Xu Zhaozhao picked up a needle and thread and did a few simple stitches, which was considered as her participation in embroidering the wedding dress.

"Sigh, this child isn't short of money, but she's always causing trouble. I'm thinking of giving her more estates as dowry and less money."

"It's all right."

After Wang Ruolan finished speaking, she felt it was inappropriate: "Don't touch the things at the Marquis's residence. I had quite a few estates and shops as part of my dowry, I'll arrange them."

This kind of thing is really simple; all you need to do is produce the land deed and the house deed.

Xu Han still felt sorry for his daughter, always feeling that she had been taken advantage of, as if no amount of dowry he gave her was enough.

"How about we go to the storeroom later and pick out some rare items to give to our daughter as part of her dowry?"

"Okay, let's go check it out."

The Marquis's mansion's storerooms were naturally divided into a public storeroom and storerooms for each household.

Besides the public treasury, Wang Ruolan also manages their private treasury, as well as her own private treasury.

The two of them picked and chose, feeling that everything they saw should be given to their daughter. It seemed as if they wanted to give Xu Zhaozhao everything in the storeroom as her dowry.

Fortunately, Xu Zhaozhao rushed over after hearing the news and persuaded the two of them to stop adding to her dowry. Otherwise, she was really afraid that her marriage would bankrupt the Marquis's mansion.

Xu Zhaozhao can't go out, but others can come in.

"Zhaozhao, don't be angry. I had no choice. Although they are surrendered soldiers, the Emperor values ​​them highly, bestowing upon them official positions and money. My father and mother also told me to try my best to maintain a good relationship with her and not to cause any more instability on the border. She has contacted me several times. Last time when the conscription was being conducted, she wanted to come, but I was worried that she would ruin things again, so I refused."

But this time I really couldn't refuse, so I rashly came to your door. Zhaozhao, you have to believe me, I will definitely stand by your side.

As Princess Leyang spoke, she stared pitifully at Xu Zhaozhao, afraid of upsetting her again.

In the past few years, she has been with Xu Zhaozhao and has earned a lot of money. Moreover, her status at home is significantly better than before.

Even her sisters-in-law were always very polite to her, and she knew that this was all thanks to Xu Zhaozhao.

Don't be fooled by the sour remarks that some people always make about looking down on money. In reality, who wouldn't want to have plenty of money in their hands and spend it as they please?

Especially for women like them, who couldn't hold official positions, they basically had no stable income.

Although her sisters-in-law all had considerable dowries, the key issue was that they might not be experts in dealing with shops, land, and other such businesses.

Therefore, the amount of money in his hands was naturally not as abundant as that in Princess Leyang's hands.

The key point is that Princess Leyang also receives a stipend.

"Alright, it's nothing serious. Since you're here, you're a guest, and I'll treat you well."

Having received confirmation, Princess Leyang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She was genuinely afraid that Xu Zhaozhao would get angry.

The northern expedition was a great victory. Although the Suhar tribe was defeated and surrendered by Xie Zheng and Xu Junfeng, the Suhar tribe later fully cooperated with the Daxing army and launched a rapid attack on two other major tribes.

Therefore, Emperor Yong'an naturally had to bestow rewards upon the Suhar tribe.

Erden, the chieftain of the Suhar tribe, was appointed as the governor of the Yanran Prefecture, which was newly built and did not exist before.

Previously, this area did not entirely belong to Daxing; it was more of a border between Daxing and the grasslands. Now that Daxing has won a decisive victory, it has been completely incorporated into Daxing's territory. As a result, the Yanran Governor's Office was established, and Erden was appointed as the governor, a position of considerable power.

However, the Yanran Protectorate was under the jurisdiction of the Anbei Protectorate. At the same time, the imperial court would also send other civil and military officials, especially censors and chief clerks, which was inevitable.

The purpose of these people was to supervise and assist Erden's governance.

Shana was Erden's legitimate daughter. Erden had many wives and concubines and many children, but because he liked Daxing, he naturally liked the culture of the Central Plains, so he valued the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children.

As for the legitimate daughter, Shana was the only one, so naturally he doted on her.

Erden had already taken his men to the Yanran Governor's Office to take up his post, while Shana and her brothers remained in the capital for the time being.

The official explanation from the imperial court was that they wanted them to learn about Daxing's etiquette and culture. However, some people believed that this was a disguised way of controlling Erden and keeping Erden's most cherished children in the capital.

Erden didn't have many thoughts on this.

Because the Emperor of Daxing bestowed a residence upon them in the capital, his wife went with him to take up his post, while his eldest son, Ulhan, stayed in the capital to manage everything.

Shana likes Xie Zheng, but she also knows that Xie Zheng has a fiancée. Moreover, the recent uproar over Na Zheng has made her curiosity about Xu Zhaozhao reach its peak.

I feel uneasy if I don't see her.

Shana didn't want to take Xie Zheng away; she just wanted to understand where she went wrong.

To be honest, Shana is a very willful and domineering girl.

If this were on the grasslands, she would definitely snatch the man away.

But this is the capital city of Daxing, and she dares not, nor can she.

Shana was still wearing her traditional ethnic clothing. When she was invited in and saw the girl sitting in the center, she was momentarily mesmerized and couldn't take her eyes off her.

No one had ever told her that Xu Zhaozhao was a great beauty!

Shana stopped inside the room, then asked with a slightly arrogant tone, "Are you Xie Zheng's fiancée?"