activa-t Chapter 154 Dowry
Chapter 154 Dowry
After asking Liang Jiugong to bring a map of the entire Ningshou Palace area, Kangxi also joined the team that was figuring out how to renovate the palace.
Yinreng stood aside, talking about his thoughts, and as he spoke he couldn't stop laughing.
He had never felt that the Emperor was so easy to understand.
It is said that there are no fathers and sons in the royal family, but as long as power is not involved, there will still be fathers and sons.
When he was young, he thought too radically, or perhaps he listened too much to the complaints of those narrow-minded people.
He is the crown prince!
To depose him is a more serious matter than to depose the queen. What kind of stupid things would he have to do to have him removed from this position?
What kind of genius must the eldest prince be to pose a threat to his position?
Huh? Just him?
After all, if we analyze the issue from the perspective of the monarch and his subjects, he and his emperor father are a community of interests.
Ama is good, Ama is strong, which means he is good, he is strong.
He doesn't need to fight, he just needs to wait, slowly.
In order not to lose to Dong E Gege's knowledge, it was right to read more history books.
Although the Qing Dynasty had been avoiding reading Ming books since its entry into the Central Plains, it was only after reading Ming books that Yinreng discovered that there were indeed many people like him throughout history.
The most similar one is Zhu Gaochi, the eldest son of Ming Taizong Zhu Di.
His position as the crown prince must be more precarious than mine, right?
But how did he do it? How did he control the Han King who had military power? How did he handle his relationship with Zhu Di?
He is a truly smart man.
He also needs to be a wise and intelligent person, not picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons.
In his opinion, Soetu is now somewhat senile and confused.
The Hesheli family must be headed by Gabula's son.
The Soetu clan were all too arrogant. If he hadn't reminded them a few years ago, Soetu might have been removed from office. Now only Xinyu and Fabao, two bastards, were left behind, and he still didn't understand the seriousness of the situation.
He had to be cautious in the palace and dared not be too arrogant, but they were very free!
And they specially arranged his food, clothing and daily life according to the standards of the emperor to make him more dignified as the crown prince?
Thank you so much, you are probably hoping that I will die soon!
Due to Suo'etu's lack of restraint and arrogance, Yinreng's search of the Imperial Household Department had made no progress over the years.
As long as it involves usurpation of power or something problematic, the Ministry of Internal Affairs can just say, "Ah... this is Lord Soetu..." and it's over!
What a fool.
A fool who is being plotted against without realizing it!
Yinreng shared all his good temper in his life with two people.
Three points of it were given to the Emperor, and the remaining seven points were all given to Dong E and Zhun Yierha.
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Soon, the renovation of the Ningshou Palace area began in full swing.
The Crown Princess will be moving in next Mid-Autumn Festival, and the craftsmen do not have much time to spare for the processes of ventilation and odor removal.
But in the Forbidden City, everyone worked with their heads on the line, and with Crown Prince Yinreng personally supervising the work, and Emperor Kangxi sometimes coming to take a look. No matter what ulterior motives they had, they could only do it secretly and pluck the feathers in inconspicuous places.
However, Dong'e Mansion is not as busy as outsiders imagine.
Since Hezhun Yierha was born, Fucha began to prepare the dowry for her only daughter.
During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, even the empress's dowry was jointly handled by the Imperial Household Department, the Ministry of Rites, and her parents' family. These things belonged to the woman herself, just like those of a legitimate wife outside the palace.
Instead of joining the royal family, everything would be purchased by the royal family. Even the queen only had a nice-sounding "right to use" for large and precious ornaments.
There are many things inside, such as ten court crowns.
Smoked sable, Yuan fox, sea dragon...including the crown box are all wrapped in yellow silk, and the cool crown box is inlaid with pearls as embellishment.
In addition, there are all kinds of court beads such as coral, tourmaline, jadeite, beeswax, amber, agarwood, etc., and various jade pendants are purchased in pairs of auspicious even numbers.
There are a total of twenty-two sets of head ornaments, including the auspicious dragon and phoenix hairpins, the phoenix hairpins with kingfisher feathers, the double happiness character gold-rimmed hairpins, the peony flower hairpins... and there is also a special set of poppy flower hairpins.
Bracelets, hairpins, etc. also come in pairs.
Pair of red gold filigree hairpins, pair of red gold inlaid hairpins, pair of jadeite hairpins, pair of white jade hairpins, pair of exquisite white jade hairpins, pair of long hairpins with longevity and blessings, pair of long hairpins with double happiness and double wishes, pair of long hairpins with kingfisher feathers, pair of pomegranates with hundreds of seeds inlaid with pearls and jade flowers, pair of peach offerings with three thousand inlaid with pearls and jade flowers...
All kinds of clothes, including court robes, jackets, and even linings were prepared extremely well.
Kesi Tianma leather cotton court robe, court jacket and court skirt, Kesi ermine leather cotton court robe, court jacket and court skirt... Bright yellow Jiang silk embroidered with five-color golden dragon twelve chapters mink fur robe... Bright red Jiang silk five-color open-sleeve mink fur shirt...
One piece of hardwood throne, one piece of side cushions embroidered with yellow satin embroidered with auspicious dragons and phoenixes holding golden double happiness characters, with auspicious clouds all over the ground symbolizing descendants for generations, a pair of bright yellow spun silk thatch incense sticks, and one footstool.
A bed frame with a red satin tent frame embroidered with a dragon and a phoenix holding a golden double happiness character, and a lucky cloud covering the ground, which means "prosperous descendants for generations"; and a red satin mattress embroidered with a dragon and a phoenix holding a golden double happiness character, and a lucky cloud covering the ground, which means "prosperous descendants for generations".
The name itself suggests auspiciousness, with beds, tables, chairs, even stools and footstools, all available.
Tables come in different sizes, uses, and heights. In short, there are pairs of them.
The benches come in different types: patterned, round or flat. No matter what they are used for, there are always a pair of them.
Various wooden boxes and chests, starting from ten pairs, highlighting the boldness.
This only counts as large and valuable items.
Hand basins, rice bowls, and even candles, all represent good luck, fortune, and perfection in pairs.
The old man from the Ministry of Rites had never intended to leave her a "way out" from the beginning. If she hadn't made efforts to secure it, the limit on the number of dowry tables that had to be returned with the betrothal gifts alone would have been enough to make her think too much.
I just wonder if the Minister of Revenue’s heartbeat is still steady now?
What Fu Cha clan purchased was not much inferior to what the Ministry of Rites provided, and it was mainly comprehensive from the perspective of a mother.
Including farms, shops, and courtyards, there are a total of thirty-eight properties and eighteen pieces of farmland.
Fu Cha was very good at scheming, not only in interpersonal relationships, but she also understood business very well. She was able to use the first-hand information she gained from social interactions and turn it into real money.
This total of fifty-six properties was only two-thirds of her private assets.
Fucha was the kind of woman who would never put herself in an awkward situation no matter what.
This can be seen from the preparation of the dowry for his daughter to be a princess.
After spending so much, she still has a decent fortune!