Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 276 Rules

Li Xueyan reached out and tapped the box on her left. "Here, this one is for you. See if you like it. That one was sent over yesterday by Wu Cairen."

Are you kidding? Who wouldn’t like receiving gifts?

As long as she doesn't get poop, piss or fart, she likes it all!

Xiao Jiang, overwhelmed by the gifts, smiled so much that his teeth showed. He happily opened the box she had given him and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Wow, this is so beautiful!"

She carefully took out the contents and admired them, almost drooling. "It's really exquisite."

Yanxia introduced it to her with a smile: "This is the design my Wu Niang drew, and I specially asked someone to make it. This hairpin has a complicated pattern, and it was only finished two days ago."

The flower hairpin given by Li Xueyan is composed of components such as a flower tree, a precious ornament, a bun, and a thin hairpin. It can be used alone or placed on a crown-shaped base and worn directly on the top of the head.

"I can't wear this, right?" It looked nice, but Jiang Shangxian knew there were some things he couldn't wear casually. "Isn't that against the rules?"

Li Xueyan tapped her forehead gently and said, "How foolish! Cui Yi is now the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple, a lower fourth rank official. Once you get married, he will naturally ask for a title for you. According to his official rank, your imperial decree will at least make you a county lord, and you will be able to wear it then."

"Wu Niang, you are really good at preparing for a rainy day!"

Jiang Shangxian never thought that he would have an imperial decree. Although the wife of an imperial decree had no real power, she did have a salary.

"Of course. Just wait and see. Your imperial decree is very secure."

Cui Yi is so considerate, how could His Majesty not show some appreciation? If someone else had asked for a title for their wife, the higher-ups might have suppressed or delayed the request. This time, Cui Yi has set an example!

Who will press?

Who is so blind?

His Majesty gave rewards to Jiang Shangxian on the one hand, and left Cui Yi to take care of his marriage on the other hand. It was obvious to everyone that in his eyes, Li Shimin, the marriage between Cui Yi and Jiang Shangxian was politically correct!

To put it bluntly, Jiang Shangxian's marriage into the Cui family would be a thorn in the side of the Five Surnames and Seven Families!

If you can't even understand this, then don't occupy the toilet in the court, go home and farm!

The future Consort was still immersed in the joy of receiving gifts. The future Consort was still a little far away, and she hadn't even set a date for her wedding.

People still need to look more at the things in front of them to have the strength to live. For example, now these things are so exquisite that she wants to drool just by looking at them.

"What Lady Wu gave you is the same as what I gave you. It's a six-color flower hairpin from the Sizhensi. It may not be as valuable as mine, but its exquisiteness is incomparable to mine." Li Xueyan was very objective when she commented. She picked out some of the good things she had collected. Wu Meiniang's family background was definitely not as rich as hers.

But this tiara of Wu Meiniang was made by the Sizhensi, which is the department specifically responsible for the management and production of palace treasures and handicrafts. Everything worn by the concubines in the harem came from there. It must have cost Wu Meiniang a lot of money just to have this made.

Everyone in the palace is snobbish, and Wu Meiniang is not a favored concubine who needs people to curry favor with her. If there is no benefit, no one will work overtime to do private work for her.

"It is indeed exquisite and so beautiful that I can't bear to wear it." Jiang Shangxian didn't dare to take it out. Each flower was made very thin, but the texture was clear. The pearls embedded in the middle were all of average size, bright and shiny. Even the few gems that were embellished, although small, were all very beautiful in color.

Li Xueyan glared at her and lectured her maturely, "Put away your petty arrogance! Once you enter the Cui family, not only will the Cui family be watching you, but everyone else in the clan will be watching you too. If anything goes wrong with you, believe it or not, it won't be long before everyone in the world knows about it."

The Cui family dared to marry Jiang Shangxian, which in a sense was a betrayal of the Five Surnames and Seven Families. How could the other families be happy?

Not to mention how the clan women who have married into the Cui family would feel about a commoner woman becoming their sister-in-law, even the married women of the Cui family would probably be subjected to a lot of gossip.

People only hate those who are weaker than themselves.

"These people are just your first hurdle."

Jiang Shangxian humbly offered Master Li the Sushan. "What about the second dish?"

"Well, you still have some good eyesight~"

Li Xueyan was very pleased with her hospitality. She pretended to squint her eyes, scooped a spoonful into her mouth, and swallowed it slowly before saying slowly, "They are the ones waiting for you to make a mistake. Once you make a mistake, the other clans who are still waiting will retreat."

Is it better to marry a daughter-in-law who brings shame to dozens of generations, or to stick to your moral integrity?

Your Majesty is also waiting to see. If Jiang Shangxian takes action alone, his power will be so great that all the clans will not dare to be compatible with him. It is estimated that Jiang Shangxian will be caught in a dilemma.

After all, Li Shimin only wanted to solve the problem of internal digestion of the Five Surnames and Seven Families for the time being, not to let the clan be embarrassed all day long. The Longxi Li family also has to have dignity!

People say: Even the Cui family of Qinghe is so bad, what about the other families...

Rumors are terrifying! The rumors spread by the people of the Tang Dynasty, who are good at making up stories, are especially terrifying!

Jiang Shangxian's scalp tightened, and he grabbed Li Xueyan's arm like a pitiful little thing, begging with a sad face: "I don't understand the rules of the family at all, you can't just ignore me~"

"Hey..."

Li Xueyan sighed deeply and patted the back of her hand. For a moment, she looked as vicissitudes of life as an old man. "To be honest, I'm not very good at it."

It brings tears to my eyes when I talk about it. She learned it, but her learning was only average. Compared with those people, she is still quite far away.

Jiang Shangxian was about to burst into tears: "Teach me first. If I can learn a little, then the better. At worst, I'll just talk less."

"Rules are one thing, but those people like to beat around the bush..." Li Xueyan felt even heavier. In fact, most of the time she only understood half of what she heard, and she had to go home to review and study it and ask her mother for advice before she could figure it out.

"It's okay. Just pretend you didn't hear it when you don't understand." Jiang Shangxian suddenly felt that her future mother-in-law was actually quite nice. She spoke very honestly. In the future, she would hold on to her future mother-in-law tightly. If there was anything, she would let her mother-in-law take the blame first!

Zhao Yue, who is being missed by Jiang Shangxian, is struggling to memorize notes in her room. It is really difficult for her. Is he a son or an enemy?

How could he say to his elderly mother that he should hurry up and teach his future wife the rules?

In the next yard, Cui Shuhua was also writing furiously, filled with deep sorrow and hatred. She was best at weddings and funerals, and the rest...

She hadn't managed to get married, so she usually stayed in her yard and didn't go out. As long as she didn't go out and see anyone, it didn't matter if the rules were a little loose.

How many years has it been? She hasn't done this for many years, and now her nephew is asking her to pick it up and teach it to his niece-in-law.

Cui Shuhua really wanted to kick up her heels and go back to her hometown in Qinghe.

But Cui Bian said that as long as she taught Jiang Shangxian well, he would take care of her in her old age and see her to the end of her life, and would take care of all her affairs after her death, and would definitely not miss out on the incense offerings during the holidays after her death.

The temptation is really too great!