After my mother read my mind, my whole family rebelled

On the eighteenth day of the winter month, the King of Qi and Shen Yiyi got married on the same day.

The capital of Daxia has been setting off fireworks all night long.

Everyone in the capital knows that the royal son is getting married today.

It was just daybreak when it suddenly started snowing.

Outside the residence of Lord An in the capital, two wedding processions arrived at the same time.

One of the teams included many officials in court robes, as well as a ceremonial guard and a drum team. All kinds of teams filled the streets and alleys around the An Mansion.

Lord An has always been an upright person in the court. He would not neglect the betrothal gifts from his daughters. In order to treat them equally, he prepared eighty loads of dowry for each of his two daughters.

Therefore, the betrothal gifts and dowry from the King of Qi totaled three hundred loads.

Shen Yiyi only had a hundred loads of stuff, including her dowry.

This was arranged by Shen Yuyao.

The twenty carriages used as a betrothal gift for Shen Yiyi were also purchased by Shen Yuyao.

But no one knew that the twenty loads of food that Shen Yiyi sent were more generous than the two hundred and twenty loads that King Qi sent.

The Prince of Qi and his old friend Shen Yiyi married the two sisters of the An family on the same day, and people from all over the capital came to watch the fun.

"It turns out that the Fifth Prince and the Young Master of the Shen Family are not gay!"

"The two sisters of the An family will have a gap in their future after they get married. One will become the daughter-in-law of the royal family, the Princess of Qi, and the other will at most be the mistress of a country gentry family."

"Yes, you see, the palace has 300 people, but the Shen family only has 100 people."

"The An family's younger sister is prettier than her elder sister, but she didn't marry a better woman than her elder sister."

"But speaking of these two grooms, judging from their appearance alone, the one from the Shen family is more handsome."

At this time, Shen Yiyi was wearing a bright red official uniform, a black gauze hat with two golden flowers on it, a red shawl on his shoulders, and riding a large maroon horse.

Opposite him was the King of Qi.

The King of Qi was wearing a scarlet robe and riding a tall snow-white horse with a huge red silk flower on its head.

The two smiled at each other, both looking very high-spirited.

When it was dawn, the two brides, supported by their maids and old women, slowly walked out of the gate of the An Mansion.

One of the brides, who had a slimmer figure, wore a nine-翟 crown, a scarlet shirt, a blue shawl with a phoenix pattern, a blue round-necked robe, and a jade belt and jade sceptre around her waist.

The other bride wore a bright red shirt with wide sleeves, a phoenix crown inlaid with kingfisher feathers, a green bridal veil with lotus pattern, a bright red pleated skirt and red satin embroidered shoes.

Both of them wore red veils on their heads and held round fans with patterns of flowers and the full moon in their hands, half covering their faces. They were carried on the backs of two young masters of the An family into the wedding sedan.

After the two wedding processions met each other, they went back to each other, one heading east and the other west.

......

Shen Yuyao brought Perilla and Angelica dahurica to Huang'en Temple early that day.

Here, Shen Yiyi will bring his bride to bid farewell to her, and then return to his hometown in Haozhou to complete the wedding.

It was not until noon that Shen Yiyi and his wedding procession finally arrived.

"Fourth brother!"

When Shen Yiyi heard the soft cry, he immediately dismounted and saw Shen Yuyao walking towards him with Xia Xiaoxian in her arms.

"Yao Yao!"

Shen Yiyi couldn't hide his joy.

He had long been yearning for the second young lady of the An family, but due to the family backgrounds of both parties, they had never had much contact.

Now, for some unknown reason, the Duke's Mansion seemed to know what was on his mind and actually helped him propose marriage to the An Mansion. The person proposing marriage was exactly the second young lady whom he had always admired.

"Why did father and mother suddenly propose marriage for me? Is there something important happening in the mansion? Did mother tell you?"

"Yaoyao, why did you limit my betrothal gift to only twenty pieces?"

"And you want me to set off back to Haozhou today?"

When Shen Yiyi met Shen Yuyao, he asked all the questions in his mind in rapid succession.

When Shen Yuyao saw her fourth brother, he was wearing a bright red wedding gown. He looked so cheerful and even more handsome than usual.

I was overjoyed.

"Fourth brother, I wrote a letter to my parents, asking them to go to the An Mansion to propose marriage to the An family's legitimate daughter for you."

"On the day of the marriage proposal, I was one step later than the King of Qi. All I needed was the birth date of the Second Miss."

"After the matchmaker's approval, we were said to be a match made in heaven. So my parents decided on a betrothal gift for me to marry the second young lady of the An family."

"These twenty loads of betrothal gifts are all real gold and silver, no less than the one given by the King of Qi."

Shen Yuyao didn't say it after all. The second young lady was the evil girl mentioned by Xiao Xianbao.

In the future, my fourth brother will return to Beijing after his wedding, so I will just pay more attention to him then. After all, in this male-dominated world, the second young lady of the An family should not be able to make much waves.

Little did she know that in the future Shen Yuyao would pay a huge price for her decision today!

"Fourth brother, I have prepared some other gifts for my parents. You can take them back to Haozhou."

Shen Yuyao smiled slightly.

She is always inexplicably happy to be able to give gifts to her parents.

"As for the bride, we'll have to meet again someday."

Shen Yuyao felt a little regretful.

According to Daxia folk customs, a bride cannot take off her red veil until the wedding ceremony is completed.

Therefore, if Shen Yuyao wants to see the second young lady of the An family, she can only wait until she goes to her parents' home in Haozhou.

"Also, tell my parents that if I get the emperor's permission to go to Yanjing, I will definitely visit my parents' home on the way!"

As she spoke, Shen Yuyao had two large boxes unloaded from her carriage, and then she took out a stack of silver bills from her bosom and handed them to Shen Yiyi.

"Yaoyao, when you are in the palace, remember not to take the lead in everything."

Shen Yiyi had more or less heard about Shen Yuyao's deeds in the palace. Although the emperor was now favoring her, in the Great Xia Palace, the slightest carelessness could bring disaster.

Shen Yiyi felt heartbroken when he thought about his younger sister living in such an environment, having to be cautious at every step.

"I know that when the time is right, I will ask the emperor to allow me to go to Yanjing as soon as possible."

Yanjing is the vassal state of Prince Ning, and she is the mistress of Yanjing!

......

The heavy snow makes this winter extremely cold.

Inside Yuxiu Palace, it was warm as spring.

Xia Xiaoxian was walking back and forth in the room.

She had just learned to walk, and Zi Su was afraid that she would fall, so she kept bending over and following behind her.

Baizhi cut a bunch of wintersweets in her hand and walked in after lifting the curtain.

Shen Yuyao, who was sitting on the couch, suddenly felt as if this scene was familiar.

By the way, a year ago, Bai Zhi also brought in wintersweet flowers in the same way.

At that time, she had just given birth and had just met her little baby.

This year seems to be only one second.

This year seems like I have traveled thousands of miles.

"Princess, this winter plum blossom doesn't have the delicate fragrance of the one in the palace."

Bai Zhi smiled and spoke as she arranged the wintersweets and placed them in a vase on the table.

Shen Yuyao took a deep breath and said:

"Yes, this fragrance is less crisp and more sweet."

The scent of wintersweets grown in different places is different.

People should be the same.

At this moment, Shen Yuyao had a feeling she had never had before.

The feeling was so strong that even she was caught off guard!

She wants to go to Yanjing.