Just after the beginning of spring, the temperature had not changed much compared to the cold winter of the twelfth month. On this day, the Mo Family ho was filled with guests. People wrapped in thick cotton-padded jackets huddled around the warm braziers with festive joy on their faces, animatedly discussing the grand wedding.
"I originally thought that when Mr. Mo married off his daughter, the affair was grand enough, but this ti it’s not much different! And this is for a wedding, not marrying a bride into the family. Just look, how many high-ranking officials have co to offer their congratulations?"
"Isn’t that true! But, Yan girl is a County Lord, and she’s marrying General Xiao who has the Emperor’s favor, so it’s normal for these high officials to co and congratulate," soone replied.
"For a girl to reach this status, it’s like she hasn’t co to this world in vain! Look, yesterday, when they sent out the dowry, there were altogether one hundred and eighty loads, and the poles carrying the dowry were bent from the weight. Tsk tsk!"
"The dowry provided by the Mo Family isn’t considered much, right? When General Xiao sent the betrothal gifts, there were one hundred and fifty loads. Mr. Mo returned all of that to Yan girl, and even added thirty more loads. If it weren’t for fear that exceeding this amount would bring trouble, I reckon the Mo Family could have provided three hundred loads," another chid in.
ntioning Mo Yan’s dowry brought interest in the discussion, with everyone speculating what wonderful things might be included in the dowry. Even more were curious about how much silver the Mo Family actually provided Mo Yan as part of her dowry this ti.
However, after much guessing, none of the answers given gained everyone’s consensus, until soone finally said, "No matter how much dowry or silver was given, the important thing is we’ve witnessed this grandeur. It’s probably the last ti we’ll ever see it..."
Hearing this, everyone fell silent. In their lifetis, it was unlikely that Liu Yang Village would see another County Lord, let alone another General’s Wife or Lady Marquis. Such grand occasions were not expected to be seen again, were they?
Mo Yan, sitting in her room waiting for Xiao Ruiyuan to co and escort her, naturally knew nothing about these discussions outside.
In fact, the Mo Family had not skimped on her dowry at all. In addition to the one hundred and eighty loads, just the accompanying silver amounted to an auspicious 90,000 taels, which was almost all the cash the family had on hand.
The rice shop Mo Yan had originally bought was not taken back by the family, instead it beca part of her dowry. The Emperor Huian-endowed estate could not be transferred to anyone else, so it was also counted as part of the dowry this ti. Regarding the wine estate, Mo Yan had started it herself, and although Mo Qingze initially wanted to give it to her, she firmly refused, only accepting the dicine garden on the back mountain.
This dowry, compared to that of a peasant family, was incomparably better, but when compared with the daughters from families of equal status within the royal family, it was only considered average. Cui Qingrou initially wanted to give Mo Yan a prosperous shop in Jing City and an estate in Jiangnan as a wedding present, but Mo Yan sternly refused.
She believed that while a woman’s dowry was important, there was no need for her family to go bankrupt because of it. With her own Space, she could easily produce a few ginseng plants, and she wouldn’t have any worries for the rest of her life, so she was even less willing to take things from her natal family. If the Mo family mbers had not been insistent, she wouldn’t have wanted the dowry at all.
At the mont, Mo Yan looked at Chang’an County Master who sat beside her in equally bright red attire, her face painted even more like a bride than herself, and said wordlessly, "If anyone switched the bride with you dressed like this, they’d be surprised you weren’t escorted out!"
"Why?" Chang’an County Master asked in confusion, "Why can’t I dress like this?"
As it was Chang’an County Master’s first ti attending soone else’s wedding and her first ti being a bridesmaid, she had a great fondness for the color red and believed on such a festive occasion, the brighter the better—and was oblivious to the fact that this could overshadow the bride.
Her servants, fearing to upset her, said nothing when they saw how she was dressed.
"It’s nothing much; you’re just so pretty, and if you dress up like a bride, you would definitely outshine her—no one would be happy about that, would they?" Mo Yan simplified the explanation for Chang’an County Master who genuinely seed unaware.
With the County Master’s status and temperant, it was unlikely she would be asked to be a bridesmaid again. Mo Yan hadn’t even considered having bridesmaids for her own wedding, but the tradition required it, and she didn’t have many unmarried friends of the sa age, so she chose Dani and Chang’an County Master.
She had not expected Chang’an County Master to agree, but to her surprise, upon re ntion, the County Master consented without hesitation, even declaring confidently that she would give the wedding escorts a hard ti to show them her friend was not easily married off, which had touched Mo Yan a little.
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