Chapter 298 - Wedding Date Envious of Others
Rendong walked in holding another box with a small pink note on it.
"This is a congratulatory gift from the Dongfang County Lord." Rendong smiled and stepped forward.
"Didn't the county princess already send a congratulatory gift?" An Qingran was a little puzzled. She went forward and opened the small paper, the font on it was flowing and sprightly: ‘Miss An Jin An, the ceremony of the new marriage, heaven and earth are happy together, a white jade hairpin, a slight gesture.’
Underneath it is written only the word Dongfang.
An Qingran opened the box and found that it was really the best Lantian jade. Its grating was good and it was smooth to touch and shiny. It was definitely not an ordinary white jade. The head of the jade hairpin was covered with silver and had ruby beads hanging on it. The beads looked like blood. An Qingran didn't do much research on these jade stones, but she could tell that these gems were definitely not ordinary.
She took it in her hand and played with it, not understanding what it meant, and suddenly said, " Ren Dong, bring out the letter from the county princess from the last time."
Rendong rummaged around for a long time before she managed to find it and handed it to An Qingran.
An Qingran compared the two letters, the bottom of her eyes now had a clear expression, but she sighed quietly and put down the hairpin in her hand, "Rendong, put this hairpin away."
"Miss, isn't it being sent to Furen in Dong Nuan Ge? So that it can be your dowry?"
"Well ...... forget it, it's better to put it in the jewellery box first, You usually don't show it to people, I don't want to bring it either. If I want to wear it, I will naturally tell you."
Ren Dong looked at An Qingran with some confusion, "Miss ......"
"I'm fine, it's just that this hairpin is too valuable, I don't know what to do for a while." An Qingran rarely lied to Ren Dong, so she had a small discomfort in her heart.
Fortunately, Rendong was stupid, so she did as she was told without saying anything, while An Qingran sat there blankly. For a long time, her eyes moved, and she shook her head and smiled bitterly.
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Shouwang Mansion.
Dongfang Ruoxue found Dongfang Run in the garden, he was leaning on the rockery, looking at the lotus pond in front of him, his face like the surface of water, unable to see any ripples.
Dongfang Ruoxue quietly stood by his side without speaking, accompanying him to look at the lotus flowers.
The fragrant wind blew, but not a single ripple rose on his face. Time was flowing in silence, both siblings had a very calm expression on their faces, but it didn't look as calm as it appeared on the outside.
Finally Dongfang Ruoxue spoke up, "Brother, she should have received your gift and should know that it was from you, she can understand your feelings."
"So what?" Dongfang Run smiled bitterly.
"Yeah, but what can you do if you don't think like that?" Dongfang Ruoxue sighed.
She heard that her brother had been drunk every night since An Qingran was given in marriage, he was someone who rarely touched alcohol before, apparently, this matter had really stimulated him.
When Dongfang Run heard his sister say this, he smiled, "I'm fine."
"I also believe that my brother will be fine." Dongfang Ruoxue smiled.
In fact, she doesn't have a knot (intractable problem) in her heart, it's just that no one understands her heart.
How could she be so kind as to let her family take the initiative to propose? That Lian Muhan didn't know what to think, he even ran to the An Mansion to propose last time.
Does he have An Qingran in his heart too?
It wasn't like he showed it at the last banquet at that time, so I don't know what the hell he was thinking.
He did not show, and she is not good at probing too much, and so it came to be that her heart was depressed, and there was not even a person who knew about it.
Are both brothers and sisters going to suffer from them?
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Inside the palace.
Dongfang Ye walked around like an angry lion, but Shu Guifei was very quiet. She drank the soup quietly and said after a while: "Why are you so anxious? His marriage is his business..."
"I just don't get it, why is it that the Royal Father can make a special deal for him, and it's a great joy for the whole country that he's marrying?"
Noble Consort Shu frowned: "Ye Er, you're too nonchalant, if these words were to be heard, they wouldn't be tolerated again, and you also be quieter. Now that the Crown Prince is marrying, it's a good thing to say that he'll marry an ugly woman, not to mention about his sickly body, can he afford to be tossed around?"
Her words hit the mark.
Dongfang Ye's eyes lit up, "Mother Consort has a point, in that case, we just have to wait?"
"Sure."
However, only time will tell if things will work out as they should.
Empress Yun was busy all the time, Dongfang Jin was checking that betrothal gift with her. Empress Yun looked at a few things before pointing at the jade pillow in surprise: "Where did this come from, I'm afraid the treasury doesn't have anything this good."
Dongfang Jin smiled, his smile somewhat mysterious: "My son has his own way."
Empress Yun looked deeply at him, "Still keeping secrets with Mother ......"
Dongfang Jin smiled proudly: "Mother, when Qingran and I get married, we will live in the palace and accompany you, okay?"
Empress Yun's heart moved, this was also her thought. The Crown Prince's residence was outside the palace, but Dongfang Jin seldom went to live there. She had thought that after the marriage, he would think about living his own little life with An Qingran, but she did not think that he was still thinking about her.
Originally, she was still thinking that she would have to discuss it with An Qingran if she wanted to keep them in the palace, but he directly proposed it, so that would save her trouble.
Then she smiled and nodded, "It is still my son who is filial."
Dongfang Jin was just mentioning it, but he didn't think that the Empress would actually agree to it, which made him freeze for a while. But thinking about it, it's also good, she can learn a lot with her mother, and there won't be anyone bullying her.
"Your Royal father has also prepared a lot of betrothal gifts for you, have you seen it?"
"I saw it. There are fifty boxes, many of which are tributes. My Royal father also gave Qingran a jade coral that was a tribute from the Southern Dynasty..." Dongfang Jin pursed his lips and smiled.
Empress Yun also nodded at his words, "That coral which your royal father loved so much ......"
Clearly proving that he was still in fond of this daughter-in-law.
The Imperial palace is also preparing for the wedding. The Crown Prince's Mansion(Taizi fu) has been decorated. The emperor has sent some maids, Mamas, and etiquette Mamas to the Crown Prince's Mansion to teach Dongfang Jin how to sit, stand and walk on the wedding day.
Finally, the dowry of the General's Mansion was ready. There were 240 boxes in total. The entire Wangyue Tower was used for storage, and several guards were assigned to guard it day and night.
An Qingran's generous dowry made An Yanran's heart agitate. She knew that half of the dowry was her Mother's dowry. She had given it to An Qingran and had chosen all the good things from them. When it was time for her, I wondered what the dowry looks like, two hundred and forty boxes? I'm afraid there aren't even forty boxes.
Kang Wang didn't come to see her either, I don't know what he was thinking, did he forget about her?
Seeing that Chinese Valentine's Day was coming, he had come to see her in previous years, but this year there was no news at all. She heard that An Qingran was going to visit the flower market and the Denghe River with Dongfang Ruoxue and the others. Should she go by herself or not?
She felt that she was so pitiful and an outcast that no one would care about her.
