C209 (1/2)
As a person of two lifetimes, this was not Lin Shu's first time marrying someone, and compared to her previous life's unease, this life was clearly a bit more victorious. In her previous life, she was the same as Lin Lian, who relied on Shao Shengping to get married into the Duke Chengan's Palace, how could she not be nervous?
However, now that she thought of Lu Jingran, more of her yearning appeared in the bottom of her heart … Who knew what he had been doing all this time.
That day, after Lu Jingran kissed him, he followed the rules of etiquette and never saw him again. However, this letter did not stop.
Madam Lian had never married a daughter before, and the more they dragged it on, the more they panicked. This Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion only had First Madam occasionally helping her, so she couldn't count on anyone else.
Aunt Lian often came over, and with her help, at least they did not panic.
Now, Lin Shu's dowry was already prepared, it was fully filled with one hundred and eight taels. If not for the unhappiness on Grand Madam's side, she would probably have given all the good stuff to Lin Shu, since Lin Qian and the other girls all had one hundred and eight taels of dowry when they got married. No matter what was stuffed inside, on the surface, they could not pass through.
Amongst the few girls, Lin Shu's dowry was naturally the most generous.
Not to mention that Madam Lian had even secretly given Lin Shu thirty thousand taels of silver, since the betrothal gift and dowry were always equal, and the National Duke Ning Residence was also a generous place. Just the amount of silver used for the betrothal gift was already over ten thousand taels, let alone the small amount of money used for the betrothal gift, which was a whole thirty thousand taels of silver.
Originally, everyone only thought that Lin Shu's life was miserable, but once this news spread, half of the rumors disappeared.
The Madam Lian slowly started to have confidence in this marriage, and in the National Duke Ning Palace, there was only one National Duke Ning Mistress who did not like Lu Jingran, so the patriarch and the National Duke Ning must be extremely concerned about Lu Jingran, if not which family's son would go through so much trouble to get married?
Thinking till this point, her heart was filled with joy, and she even wanted to give a jade ruyi from the warehouse to Lin Shu.
Aunt Lian and Lin Shu were drinking tea together, when Aunt Lian heard this, he immediately opened her mouth: ”Aiyo, what are you doing? Do you want to move all the good stuff to the National Duke Ning Palace? Let me say this, it's for the best that these things remain by your side. That jade ruyi is a priceless treasure, if it was brought to the National Duke Ning Palace, if someone had any bad intentions, what would happen? ”
This House of the Duke of Ning is a noble family with a great family background. How could they do such a thing?
”Haven't you heard enough about this? The Fu family coveted the dowry of the aunt's family. They had a lot of it in private, but on the surface, how many girls would openly talk about it? ”If you talk too much, you will lose face too. So, you can only swallow your own bitter fruit.” Aunt Lian looked deeply at Madam Lian, and said with a little resentment: ”I won't say, just speak clearly in your heart about how much Lian Family you have subsidized over all these years. If you say it out, I'm not afraid of ridicule from others, and if you aren't even afraid of Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion, what do I have to fear? If it wasn't for me taking care of you, I really want to make everyone take a look at the true colors of Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion! ”
This silver for the Lian Family is yours and your brother's in the first place. Public father has always treated you as a pawn, and felt that marrying you into the Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion would make you feel wronged, so he always looked after you with good intentions. He never said that he would leave all the assets to your brother because you were a girl, even when he went to visit, he said that if your brother wasn't here one day, he would leave some good things for the Sister Shu.
”If the people from the Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion treated you and the Sister Shu well, then we would have spent all the silver, and we would have spent it willingly, but what about now? Even though we have reaped all the benefits from Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion, you still repudiate the stench of copper in our Lin Family's silver! ”
She felt that Lin Shu was about to get married, so there was no need to hide these things from Lin Shu.
Madam Lian tugged her sleeve and said softly: ”Sister-in-law, why are you always saying this in front of Sister Shu?” She was still thinking about how she would still have to rely on her Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion after Lin Shu's marriage. If she resented Lin Pei, who would she look for when she suffered in the future?
Lin Shu stood up and said, ”Mother, Aunt said that it is extremely difficult to guard against thieves. There are a lot of things that should be done carefully! You can keep this good stuff for yourself! ”
She believed that it was true that Lu Jingran was here, but it was a pity that she did not dare believe even a single person from the National Duke Ning Palace was there.
It was true that if the Madam Lian was strong, she would have a lot of skills in terms of earning money as a butler. However, in such matters, she could not even compare to Lin Shu and Aunt Lian.
Lin Shu laughed: ”When will the Mother's Treasury have such a good item? No way, I don't want it, but I need to follow Sister Furong to take a look!”
Furong had already been engaged with her fiancé. She and her fiance were childhood friends, but her husband had died on the day of their marriage, so she had no intention of marrying again and had no intention of marrying again.
After seeing Lin Shu nod her head, she then brought Lin Shu down.
Aunt Lian sent all the servants in the house away, then she said softly: ”Have you told Sister Shu about this before?”
Madam Lian asked with doubt: ”What is it that sister-in-law is talking about?”