Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 66 Najib

At exactly 9:00 p.m., Concubine Yun met up with Princess Zhenbei and Madam Chen at the palace gate. At 2:45 p.m., Naji's motorcade arrived at the gate of Duke Dingguo's mansion. This was an auspicious time calculated by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory.

Naji is also called Xiaoding or Xiaopin. It is a ceremony to formally confirm the marriage if the horoscope is auspicious.

The Najib gift usually includes jewelry, cloth, silk, gift cakes, pigs, cattle, sheep, etc., which are called sending the betrothal gift, passing the betrothal gift, or passing the small gift.

The Najib gifts sent by Concubine Yun include these basic items, but they are not subject to these restrictions.

Concubine Yun's gift consisted of a cart with four boxes of jewelry, one box each of gold, jade, jadeite, and pearls.

There were four carts of cloth and silk, including Yunjin, Shujin, Zhuangjin, Hualuo, Ruanyanluo, Xiangyunsha, Yueyingsha, Hongyunsha, Chunsilk, Jiangsilk, Ningsilk, etc., ten pieces each.

A cart of ceremonial cakes, ceremonial candles, ceremonial incense, pigs, cattle, sheep, etc.

Various ornaments, vases, gall-shaped vases, plum vases, double-sided embroidered screens, screens, tri-color pottery, Jingdezhen porcelain, antique calligraphy and paintings, and two cars.

There were two red corals more than one meter tall loaded on a car. Concubine Yun had heard about the rumor from last time. People in the capital city said that she had given red corals as a gift when she accepted the marriage proposal, but she didn't, which was embarrassing. So, she sent two this time to make up for her little A-Li. She couldn't just let others take up the name, she had to live up to the reputation.

The things carried by the first car are actually the least valuable, but also the most valuable.

The emperor personally wrote the four characters "A match made in heaven" in calligraphy. Each character is huge and round, and at first glance it gives a feeling of perfection, peace, happiness, and prosperity. He also inscribed the couple in running script, "In the sky they should be a pair of wings, on the ground they should be intertwined branches." The signature was Wangshu Jushi, and the seal used was also Wangshu Jushi's.

The emperor called himself Mr. Wangshu, firstly because the imperial concubine's surname was Yun, so he had to marry a woman of a month, and secondly because the suburban villa where he and the imperial concubine lived when they got married was called Wangshu Villa.

If you say it is not valuable, this piece of calligraphy is just the price of a piece of ink. The emperor insisted on writing it after he arrived at Yunxiao Palace yesterday. If you say it is valuable, this piece of calligraphy would fetch more than hundreds of thousands of taels if it were put up for auction.

The emperor's calligraphy is not difficult to find, but I have never seen a calligraphy with the inscription of Wangshu Jushi. Even the seal was carved by the emperor himself. Many people know that the emperor's nickname is Wangshu Jushi, but I have never seen it in any of his paintings or writings.

This is why things are valuable because they are rare.

After all, it was the emperor's calligraphy, and Concubine Yun disdained it, but other people liked it. Moreover, with the emperor's endorsement of "a match made in heaven", anyone who dared to talk nonsense would be headless. With this in mind, Concubine Yun had to prepare a separate car for it, covered it with red cloth, and pretended to come with a head.

The old lady of Duke Dingguo led the whole palace to welcome them, and the people from the East Palace came to join in the fun, and even Qiao Zhen asked for leave today. So, there was also a huge group of people, but Qiao Lili was not there. Today, Qiao Lili was hiding.

Concubine Yun was summoned before she even got off the car. The old lady of the Duke of Guo was exempted from the formalities. What she meant was, let others kneel if they want to. She knew all about the people in the East Palace. They wanted to bully A Li some time ago. It would be a good thing for them not to kneel. As for Qiao Zhen, it was just a fire in the city gate that affected the fish in the pond. Who told him to not go to school to join in the fun?

The Lady of the Grand Chamberlain, the Princess of Zhenbei, and Concubine Yun got off the car one after another. Today, Concubine Yun made an exception and used the imperial concubine's ceremonial guard. This was unprecedented. She wanted to tell everyone in the capital and Dayan that the royal family valued Qiao Lili as their daughter-in-law.

After some greetings, everyone went into the mansion together.

The Prince of Zhenbei was a prince of a different surname. Like the Duke of Dingguo, he was a hero on horseback. Coming from the same family of military generals, they naturally sympathized with each other, shared the same values, and had many common topics.

Lord Chen is the chief of the civil service camp. His wife is in her sixties and is of the same age as the old Duke's wife, so they can naturally talk to each other. It must be said that the Emperor has a good eye for selecting people.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept his eye on Yun Fei and refused to let go.

It's not an exaggeration. For Yu Linghuan, Yun Fei's thought can make him live or die.

The few of them first praised each other's business and children, then presented the gift lists, and finally discussed the date for the betrothal. This date was now just an intention, because firstly, they had to wait for Yu Jingyan to come back, and secondly, at least one of the Duke Ding and his son had to come back. If the royal family wanted to betroth, they were afraid that the old Duke's wife would not be able to take care of it alone, mainly because they were afraid of tiring her out.

Concubine Yun found an opportunity to give a letter to Caiqin. Qiao Lili sent Caiqin to wait in the front yard, thinking that the Concubine might have something to ask her, and if not, she would help Chuntao and the others.

This letter was written to her by her eldest son Yu Jingyan. This was the first letter after it arrived, and there were two for Ali, huh.

I have written too little. I should have written a few more letters to Ali, thinking about his father in the past. Forget it, it is not appropriate to mention this big liar now. It is unlucky.

"Madam, could you please call Ali out to meet the princess and the old lady? The princess and the old lady have been busy for her for half a day, let her come and pay their respects." The imperial concubine was like those new mothers who were eager to show off their children. The child had learned to recite poems, so she quickly showed it off.

In today's occasion, if Qiao Lili ran out to run around by herself, it would be disrespectful, frivolous, impetuous, and unvirtuous. However, if the elders called her out, especially the elders from the man's side, they would call the future daughter-in-law out to show her to the noble lady who came to pay her respects, it would show the respect and approval of her in-laws, and it would be a matter of face.

"Okay, Caiqin, go and invite your eldest daughter over." The old Duke's wife also saw Caiqin waiting here, and secretly praised her granddaughter for her success.

Caiqin said goodbye, took the letter, and quickly returned to Lupingyuan.

Qiao Lili dressed up beautifully early in the morning. She felt that with the imperial concubine's personality, if she didn't take her out for a walk on the street, she would be restrained. How could she not ask her to go out and meet the wife of the visiting naji?

After a stick of incense, everyone saw a peerless beauty walking in.

From a distance, her scarlet gown was embroidered with large peonies, and her pleated skirt embroidered with gold thread just covered her slender jade feet. She wore a gauze dress as thin as a cicada's wing on the outside. Her hair was like clouds, and she wore a red gold and kingfisher-embellished Ruyi hairpin, a gold and jade butterfly hairpin, and a red gold phoenix holding a peony to hold her hair down. She wore a pair of ruby ​​teardrop-shaped earrings on her ears.

Looking closely, there is no need to wipe away the light smoke from her brows, and the autumn water is rippling without being affected by the wind. The peony flower on her forehead makes her face look as white as jade, with a delicate nose, cherry lips, and dimples at the corners of her mouth, which naturally reveal a smile. Her figure is smooth and graceful, and her steps are light and dignified. When she slowly walked in, she looked like an immortal, shining brightly.

She wore four or five thin red agate bracelets on her wrists, which made crisp sounds when she moved, showing the agility and liveliness unique to a young girl.

Princess Zhenbei and Madam Chen looked Qiao Lili up and down, and immediately turned their gazes to Concubine Yun. Concubine Yun was wearing a veil today, and they had never seen her true appearance. What the two ladies were thinking at this moment was, if the Concubine took off her veil, who would look better between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law?

Oh, how cute the child born from this girl and the Sixth Prince will be. The Sixth Prince is also a banished immortal. They have all seen him in the Empress Dowager's palace when they were young. He is the boy under the seat of Guanyin Bodhisattva. It is said that many people wanted to worship him when they saw him for the first time.

At this moment, there was a look of pride in the eyes of the Imperial Concubine. What was going on? Wasn't it said that good-looking people would dislike each other?

I can't care about all that. I'll go home and urge my daughters-in-law to give birth to more grandchildren. Maybe I can kidnap one or two of the children born to this girl and the Sixth Prince.

Poor Qiao Lili and the Sixth Prince, their child is already being coveted by someone else before they even get married, hahahaha.