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The marriage of the princess is a major event for the government and the public.After the decree was issued, the Sitianjian calculated the auspicious time of the day and listed the regulations, among which there are fixed dates for acceptance, name asking, auspiciousness, acceptance, invitation, and personal welcome.After the date was set, the Ministry of Rites drafted a document and sent it to Dari Achi, and agreed on the princess's ceremonial guard, marriage and other matters, and then sent it to the palace for Emperor Hongwu and the concubine of the palm seal to have a look.

If it is an ordinary princess, the dowry can be given according to her status and degree of favor.Although the ancestral standard of princess dowry was set at a uniform five hundred thousand strings, there was no precedent in the previous dynasty that the emperor paid his daughter a generous dowry out of his own pocket when the favored princess got married. When she came down, her dowry could not help but have a custom-made five hundred thousand taels, and a mansion in the capital. Emperor Hongwu later ordered Nanku to give 500 taels of gold and 3000 taels of silver as dowries.

But Princess Jiazhao was quite embarrassed.In terms of status, she is just the daughter of the promise, and she is not favored. It stands to reason that the dowry should be the fixed [-] coins; , so how much treasury should be used to give the princess a rich dowry has become a tearing problem again.

The military family, which had opposed the marriage before, naturally did not agree to embezzle the treasury as a dowry for the princess; but the officials of the Ministry of Rites felt that the number was too small, which did not conform to the style of a big country.In the early court, the two parties had a dispute over this matter again.The recent open and covert battles between the two factions and the verbal and verbal criticisms have long made Emperor Hongwu very annoyed, and the emperor on the throne finally made a decision-this is my family, and the harem makes decisions.

Making a decision in the harem means letting the concubine Zhang Fengyin decide what to do, and the part that needs to be added to the princess will come from the emperor's private treasury, so that the dissatisfied military family can barely shut up.

But the civil servants of the Ministry of Rites became uneasy again.

Emperor Hongwu's first concubine, Empress Xiaoyichun, died young, and now it is the imperial concubine Jiahuang who is in charge of the Phoenix seal.Rumor has it that this imperial concubine is arrogant and hot-tempered, and she can buy dowry for Princess Jiazhao. Is this satisfying?

At this juncture, Shen Yi visited the East Palace to meet the prince.

Ever since Shen Yu was promoted to the Minister of Rites and retired as a lecturer to the Prince, the two hadn't had a good chat in private for a long time.When the prince saw Shen Bing coming this day, he was really pleasantly surprised, he hastily and respectfully welcomed him to the seat of honor, and was busy offering some tea and fruit.

After the two talked for a while, Shen Yi mentioned the purpose of this visit.

"Oh? So the master wants me to tell my concubine about the imperial sister's dowry?" The crown prince smiled and said, "It's a trivial matter. It's fine if the master sends someone to deliver the message...Of course the master can come to the East Palace in person Of course, I am happy."

Shen Yan shook his head: "This is not a trivial matter, so I still want to come in person and explain the whole story to His Highness. In fact, since the emperor said that this is a harem family, it is not easy for me to intervene as a foreign minister, so I have come to ask Your Highness." It's beyond the rules. But the dowry for marrying the princess involves the state system, so I still want to do my best to do it properly."

The crown prince nodded: "I know everything about the previous dynasty. The aristocratic family wanted to suppress the humble civil servants and refused to pay the dowry. They did too much. Don't worry, sir, I will tell the queen mother."

Shen Yan took a sip of tea, and slowly lowered his eyes and said: "Your Highness has the situation between the court and China in mind, of course it is good. But when it comes to state affairs, sometimes it is necessary to jump out of this factional dispute to look at the problem. Now my court The peace negotiation with Dari'achi is a foregone conclusion, and now we have to start thinking about the maintenance of the relationship between the grassland and the Central Plains in the future, and even the opening of the mutual market. Previously, Dari'achi sent two hundred stallions as a tribute, and their integrity has been questioned Willingness to talk about peace; if our princess dowry looks shabby at this time, it will inevitably fall into the trap and be detrimental to the overall situation of peace talks. If the relationship is precarious and treading on thin ice before the marriage has happened, all the things that follow will be even more difficult It's difficult."

The crown prince nodded: "Sir, you are right. It's just that I listened to what my father said, and I still seem to have doubts about the peace talks. This time when Jiazhao came out, my father didn't personally ask for a dowry for her. I guess it was suppressed." The meaning of Dari Achi's arrogance."

Shen Bing was silent for a moment, then nodded: "I understand the emperor's thoughts. It's just that the matter has come to this point, and there is no need to wrestle with the grassland barbarians with mere dowry specifications. At this time, the marriage relationship has been established first, and if Da Ri'a Chi There are really differences in the future, and they will naturally show their flaws when negotiating the terms of the mutual market.”

The prince nodded and said "yes".

Shen Yan hesitated for a while, and then asked: "Princess Jiazhao is satisfied with this marriage?"

The prince seemed a little surprised that he would ask such a question, but he still replied: "Although my imperial sister is a princess with golden branches and jade leaves, she has a tough temper and is not coquettish. She accepted the imperial edict after it was issued. It's just to promise her—a little sad, It is said that she weeps in the palace every day, and it is not easy for others to see... But there is no way."

After Donggong resigned, Shen Bing couldn't help but feel a layer of haze in his heart.

In fact, he had already guessed that it was just a stopgap measure for Emperor Hongwu to marry the princess.He didn't completely trust Dari Achi, but was watching.After all, there are more than a dozen princesses in this dynasty, and it would be a very cost-effective thing to use a low-ranking princess to test out Dari Achi's determination to negotiate peace.

There is still a long way to go before the peace talks between the two races.

Imperial Concubine Jiahuang had no children, and she had a deep relationship with the prince who was raised under her knees. After the prince mentioned this to her, he readily agreed.Concubine Xu Shiduan came out to do some activities in person again, and in the end the dowry gift list given by the imperial concubine was extraordinarily generous.

There are clothing and jewelry in the list, including Dongzhu arched boulder hat top, gold-inlaid coral headband, gold-inlaid green and gold Fangsheng pendant, golden lotus with crab hairpin, various court beads counting plates, several pieces of caramel satin mink fur robes, multicolored satin embroidered with golden dragons There are many pieces of robe material; there are also dressing utensils with gold inlaid jade grass ribs, merchant silver sputum box, silver powder makeup box, etc.; finally, a red sandalwood grid is added: a green Hanyu pen holder, a red sandalwood stand, a sapphire holding pot, and ebony merchant silk There are countless ornaments such as seat and Hanyu goose.In addition, there are countless gold and jade, which is finally enough to support the scene of the princess of the great country.

In June, Wu Ri Geng Dase, who had returned to Dari Achi, brought 5000 taels of gold and an equal amount of other treasures to formally hire him. Let's go to the handover border between the Central Plains and Dari Achi together, where Dari Achi Khan will welcome the princess.

On the day when the procession of seeing off relatives left, the people of the capital lined the road to see each other off with red makeup ten miles away.However, the team of chariots and horses carrying gold, silver, and all kinds of treasures stretched for an unknown distance. The brocade-covered guard of honor covered the sky and the sun, and the knights with bright armor guarded high-spiritedly, showing the majesty of the heavenly family.

After traveling thousands of miles, whether this marriage can really bring peace to the two races, only time can give the answer.

After the princess left Beijing, summer really came.In July, the capital returned to calm, and Shen Bing was finally able to get away from the busy schedule of errands and really take a rest for a while.

Because of the lack of summer, he was not very willing to go out, and the soup brought by Xie Ling was too hot and dry for him, so he only wanted to use something cold and refreshing every day.

"You can't do this." Xie Ling said angrily.

Shen Yan was lying under the osmanthus tree in the courtyard with a scroll in his hand, and the cattail fan in his hand was shaking the cool breeze for himself, and there was a bowl of herbal tea on the small table next to him.Xie Ling came with hot soup, and when he saw that he drank the cold food again, he immediately became angry again.

"The body is already weak, and you drink all these things that hurt your spleen and stomach, and you will suffer in winter." Xie Ling went over, raised his hand and splashed his herbal tea without any explanation, "I brought you soup today, drink some. "

Shen Bin kept his eyes on the pages of the book, and said casually: "Your soup is too hot, I don't want to drink it."

Xie Ling sat down next to him, handed the soup bowl to him with his own hands, and persuaded him: "Today's soup is cold melon and bamboo fungus, it's not dry, you should have a taste."

Shen Bing glanced at the soup bowl and saw that there was indeed no oil in it, so he took it and drank it in small sips.

Xie Ling looked at him, really angry and funny.Ever since Shen Yi became ill, Xie Ling felt that he had raised a noble big cat. He was fed with good food and water every day, and he had to smooth his fur to be obedient. She hid her delicate face in her belly, and never looked at him again.

Xie Ling stared at Shen Yi drinking the soup, and asked with a smile for a while, "Why don't you go out for a couple of days?"

Shen Bing paused, and said flatly: "It's so hot, it's uncomfortable to go anywhere."

"I promise to choose a cool and quiet place." Xie Qin hastily approached him, and whispered, "These days are so busy and busy, I almost forgot the feeling of you and I enjoying the mountains and rivers last time. After all, you I can take off the errands on my shoulders, put those annoying court affairs aside completely, and spend a good day with me, is that okay?"

Xie Ling was handsome by nature, and he usually had a smile that was not a smile, and when his nostrils were facing people, he always showed a compelling arrogance and domineering.But when he softened up, a soft spring flower bloomed on that face with sharp edges and corners like a jade carving, which was sweet and tender, which was simply irresistible.

Shen Bing looked at him with a complicated expression for a while, hesitated to speak, and finally sighed and agreed.

After finally coaxing the summer-weary big white cat out of the house, Xie Ling naturally made preparations solemnly.Ten days in advance, he told Shen Bian mysteriously that he had found a place, but he didn't say where it was.

On the day of the rendezvous, it happened to be Xiu Mu, and Shen Bing was waiting for him at home when he got up early in the morning.But I saw that the sun rose to the east, centered in the center, and finally slowly set towards the west. Unknowingly, in the afternoon and evening, there was still no one coming.

Soon it will be dinner time.The old servant asked about the kitchen, and then went all the way to Shen Bing's study, wanting to ask him if there was any special dish he wanted to eat.But as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw the elders of his family standing under the vine trellis, squinting their eyes and looking up at the sun in the sky, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

"What are you looking at?" The old servant leaned over, "The grapes are not yet ripe, so they cannot be eaten."

Shen Bing said "Oh" and asked, "What time is it now?"

"Back to my lord, it's already Youshi."

Shen Yan pursed the corners of his lips, and said lightly: "I haven't eaten dinner, I don't have much appetite. I'm a little tired today, and I want to settle down early. You don't have to be busy and go to rest."

The old servant was taken aback, and wondered, "My lord, didn't you have an appointment with Mr. Xie tonight? Why did you arrange it?"

"……how do you know?"

"The boy from the Xie family came just now, saying that his lord was delayed for a while because of something, so you should get ready, and he will come right away, lord Xie. This, this, I asked the little book boy to pass the message to you just now. The old servant patted his head, "Where did this kid go, did he not tell you?"

Immediately, he saw a suspicious blush on the side of his adult's face up to the earlobe.

"I forgot." Shen Yan coughed lightly, turned his head and walked into the house, "Then you don't have to prepare meals for me."

When the sun went down again, Xie Qin finally came in a hurry dressed in the sun.