Chapter 1243: Women’s Thoughts, Men’s Tenderness
When the wedding procession returned, Su Mingzhe had just dismounted when he saw the palace's chief steward Su Peisheng reporting:

"Master, Eunuch Li from the palace is here!"

There were many eunuchs with the surname Li in the palace, but the only one who could be reported to so carefully by Su Peisheng was Li Dequan.

Li Dequan was the third child in the family. Before he became the chief eunuch, Emperor Kangxi and the concubines in the palace liked to call him "San Dezi".

Now as he gets older, the former 'Third Eunuch' has become the current 'Eunuch Li'.

When Su Mingzhe heard that it was him who arrived, he guessed that Kangxi had sent him to deliver the reward, and immediately asked:
"Have you prepared the incense table?"

"All prepared!"

Su Peisheng led Su Mingzhe, Yinxiang and Yinzhen to the incense table.

Li Dequan had been waiting for a long time and quickly read the imperial edict of reward.

Kangxi was also stingy. He only gave 6,000 taels of silver and some imperial items as a reward for his son's marriage.

Su Mingzhe accepted the order and invited Li Dequan to sit down and have a drink.

Li Dequan quickly declined:
"Fourth Master, His Majesty is still waiting for a reply, so I won't sit down! Gentlemen, I'll take my leave first!"

Li Dequan has always been very careful in what he does, and he would not dare to overstep his authority in the slightest when all the other princes were present.

After seeing Li Dequan off, Su Mingzhe sent the bride Lan Xin back to the bridal chamber.

As a concubine, Lan Xin will have her own independent courtyard after marrying into Prince Zhen's mansion.

There are not only pavilions, towers and terraces in the courtyard, but also small bridges and flowing water.

This small courtyard is larger than the second courtyard of Lan Xin's parents' home and Ling Zhu's home.

As the bride moved in, sixty-four loads of dowry were also brought in.

According to current rules, women must bring a dowry when they get married.

When a girl from an ordinary wealthy family gets married, she has to prepare thirty-two loads of dowry.

For a man like Lan Xin to marry a prince like Su Mingzhe, it stands to reason that she would have to prepare at least a generous dowry of sixty-four loads, or even more.

However, Lan Xin's father Ling Zhu held a low-ranking official position and his family was relatively poor, so he could not prepare such a large dowry.

It was Su Mingzhe who learned of the situation and contacted Alinga, using the public account of the Niuhuru family to provide some support, which allowed the Ling Zhu family to collect 64 loads of dowry to serve as a show.

In addition to the sixty-four loads of dowry, there was also a nanny and two maids as dowry.

Logically speaking, the number of maids and servants should be wrong. There should be at least ten of them.

However, Ling Zhu's family really can't afford these things, so they can only live a little more shabby.

After all the trouble, noon had already passed.

The procedure for marrying a concubine is different from that for marrying a principal wife.

First of all, there is a difference in time.

When marrying a legitimate wife, the prince needs to first kneel down to pay homage to the emperor, his stepmother and his biological mother, and then rush to the legitimate wife's parents' home in the evening and bring her back before midnight.

Afterwards, after the wedding ceremony, both parties could not sleep in the bridal chamber that night and slept separately.

The bridal chamber will be left until the second night.

When marrying a concubine, there is no need to hold the wedding ceremony in the evening; one can just bring her back during the day.

The time for kneeling down to worship the emperor, stepmother and biological mother can also be done one day in advance.

After the wedding ceremony at night, the prince still cannot spend the bridal chamber and needs to stay overnight with his wife.

This means to warn the groom not to "favor his concubine and neglect his wife."

In addition, when the prince got married, there were no annoying wedding pranks, and there was not even a toasting session.

The chief steward of the Imperial Household Department who is in charge of arranging and preparing for the prince's wedding will arrange various opera troupes and acrobatics in advance. In short, he will make sure that all the guests have a worthwhile trip.

After Su Mingzhe and Lan Xin completed the wedding ceremony, they opened the window and saw two eunuchs performing crosstalk on the stage outside.

After chatting with Lan Xin for a while, Su Mingzhe said goodbye and left.

The next day, Rouze, who hadn't gotten a good night's sleep, heard some noise outside and got up quickly. She saw the man greet her awkwardly, then quietly rubbed his waist and left.

Seeing this, Rouze couldn't ask the man any more questions, so she could only nag at her sister who was still curled up in bed:

"You naughty girl, you are really becoming more and more unruly! Don't you know that I will enter the bridal chamber today?"

"I know, I'm doing this for my new sister's own good!"

When Yixiu was criticized by her sister, she did not admit her fault at all and even retorted:
"Given our master's usual state, I'm also afraid that the new sister can't bear it, so I help our master vent his anger in advance, so that the new sister will be able to serve him better in the evening!"

Rouze had never expected that her sister would dare to argue so unreasonably, and she was so angry that she laughed:

"Are you trying to relieve my sexual desire? You've been trying to seduce me in different ways all night. Do you think I don't know since I'm sleeping in there?"

Yixiu also knew that he was in the wrong, so he could only defend himself:
"That was at the beginning. Later, I said I was tired. It was our grandfather who got addicted to playing. Now I feel sore all over!"

"You asked for it! You deserve it!"

Although Rou Ze wanted to scold her sister, she couldn't help but lift the quilt and knock on it.

This sight made her feel heartbroken.

On Yixiu's originally fair and tender skin, there were bruises caused by the rope.

Rouze reached out her hand and touched her with concern. Yixiu's skin was stimulated and began to tremble.

"Let's see if you dare to play so crazy again in the future!"

Rouze's heartache and nagging are doomed to be in vain.

Yixiu knew that although she had good looks and a sister to rely on, the quality of the women in a man's backyard was very high.

In this case, if she doesn't use some novel ways to attract men, how can she make men happy to find her?

the other side.

When the man walked out of the legitimate wife's courtyard, his back was straightened again.

When he strolled to Lan Xin's yard, he saw two little maids, Huanbi and Liuzhu, pouring the bride's bath water from last night.

When the two maids saw the man coming, they were so scared that they bowed quickly:

"Good luck to the Fourth Master!"

"get up!"

Su Mingzhe looked at the two little girls, Huanbi and Liuzhu, who were both delicate and lovely. His eyes and tone became gentle:
"Has Huanhuan (Lan Xin's maiden name) started yet?"

The two girls saw that the man was not as cold and ruthless as the rumors said, and they calmed down a little and replied:

"My lady is already awake!"

"Take me to see it."

Su Mingzhe followed the two little girls into the flower hall, and saw Lan Xin had heard the noise, and came out wearing a phoenix crown and bridal robe:
"Good luck, Lord!"

"no!"

Su Mingzhe reached out and took the bride's hand, which was slender and delicate, like white jade and green onion. He couldn't help but rubbed it, then asked with a smile:

"Did you sleep well last night?"

"Fortunately."

Lan Xin looked up and saw the man looking at her with concern, so she decided not to lie to him.

She is the same age as Ruoxi this year, both are thirteen years old. It would be strange if she could sleep well since it is the first time she has left home and lives in a strange place.

Su Mingzhe was not surprised to hear this, so he simply hugged her and comforted her with a smile:
"I have already talked to Wan'er and Lan'er. From now on, you will be the boss of this courtyard. They will not interfere. In addition, you will go to Wan'er's room to pay your respects. I have asked Fang'er to come and accompany you and help you. Fang'er (Li) is a maid who has served me since she was a child. She has a very gentle temper and personality. I am sure you will get along well with her. When she comes over later, she should bring a few children with her. You should prepare some gifts for her!"

"Thank you for the reminder, Master."

Lan Xin was slightly touched by the man's kindness, and at the same time called the maid to prepare a gift.

(End of this chapter)