The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 255 After Marriage

This wedding was more grand and solemn than those of the previous two sons. Because the bride was a royal princess, there were many royal relatives among the guests, which greatly raised the standard of the wedding banquet.

However, this also made the Liu family's hostess more cautious. No matter whether they were male or female guests, they had to be very careful in dealing with them, so that after the banquet, the whole family was almost exhausted.

Except for Changfu, the groom, no one else was relaxed. Changfu himself was completely unaware of the situation and was completely immersed in the joy of having married the beauty.

So much so that on the second day after the wedding, when Changfu took the princess to offer tea to Chen Cui and meet her family, he still had this silly smile on his face, while the others still had fatigue on their faces.

However, for the princess's sake, no one bothered with Changfu.

Chen Cui looked at her son's silly look and couldn't help but feel amused. She took the princess's hand and said affectionately, "Princess, we are a family from now on. If you need anything, just tell me. If Chang Fuyou does anything wrong, just tell me and I will take care of him."

The princess smiled and nodded, saying, "Thank you, mother. You and the elder and second sisters-in-law can call me Wanqing. This is my maiden name."

The royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty was named Li, and Princess Fuyou's name was Li Wanqing.

Although Chen Cui knew about this as early as when she got engaged, she would not take it upon herself to call her daughter-in-law by her name to show closeness. Before this, she had always called her Princess in a proper manner.

However, since she said so, Chen Cui still followed suit and called her "Wanqing", and Li Wanqing responded softly.

Qin Ruozhi and Zhang Hongjuan also held Li Wanqing's hands affectionately, calling her "sister-in-law" and whispering women's private conversations.

Suisui wanted to join them but was rejected by her three sisters-in-law.

"Go away, this is a private conversation between us women, it's not something a little girl should listen to!"

Zhang Hongjuan smiled and sent her sister-in-law away.

Sui Sui pouted unconvinced and muttered, "Who is a little girl? I'm already fifteen!"

In February of this year, she celebrated her fifteenth birthday, which was also the day of her coming-of-age ceremony.

However, because of the arranged marriage in the first month of the year, the Liu family could not make a big fuss at this critical juncture and could only keep a low profile. Therefore, they invited few guests and the coming-of-age ceremony was only held in a small circle.

But Suisui didn't think it was a big deal. She didn't have many good friends among the ladies in the capital to begin with. She really couldn't get along with those girls from so-called official families. They all pretended to be so powerful. She felt that it was a waste of time to be with these people. She might as well practice martial arts and ride horses with that time.

Now she is becoming more and more obsessed with these two sports. After two years of training, her body has become stronger and stronger. Although she still looks slim, the strength in her hands and legs is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Now, she is more than capable of dealing with two adult men of average physical strength. Her second sister-in-law said that she has great perseverance and comprehension, and if she continues to practice like this, her skills will get even better.

Now her riding skills have improved greatly. She can control the horse easily and complete various slightly difficult equestrian movements smoothly. This is not easy for someone who started learning riding in her teens.

However, the price of practicing martial arts and horse riding is that her hands and face have become rough to varying degrees, which makes her somewhat concerned.

Which teenage girl doesn't love beauty? She didn't stop practicing because of this. She just muttered a few words softly when showing her results to her mother.

Chen Cui didn't say anything at the time, but she spent a lot of money to ask Qin Ruozhi to prepare a lot of Chinese medicine mask powder, as well as more moisturizing hand oil and facial cream for Sui Sui, and asked the maid to do the skin care routine for her every night.

Of course, all the women in the family have a share in making these facial masks and skin care products, especially Zhang Hongjuan, who does a lot of outdoor activities, and her skin condition is more or less affected.

Although she has become accustomed to this state, what woman doesn't love beauty? Who would refuse the opportunity to make herself look better?

Ever since Princess Fuyou Li Wanqing came into the family, there have been more women in the family. Although the three daughters-in-law have different temperaments, they get along very well, even more harmoniously than the relationship between sisters in some other families.

Although Chen Cui herself did not pay much attention to dressing and decoration because of her status as a widow and her age, she was keen on buying jewelry and clothes for her daughters and daughters-in-law. Seeing them dressed up beautifully made her feel as if she was enjoying the beauty herself.

Every time she went out to buy something, everyone would get a share. The money given to her daughters-in-law was considered as saving some pocket money for them, and the money given to her daughter was considered as saving some dowry for her.

When Chen Cui saw the princess's dowry list, she was really shocked.

She knew that the princess's dowry was as much as all the property in a royal palace, so it must be quite a lot, but she never expected it to be that much. Could it be said that she was worthy of being a descendant of the royal family?

Let’s put it this way, all the money she earned over the years added up to more than 200,000 taels, which is the total amount of all movable and immovable properties. In her opinion, it is actually a lot.

But the properties of Prince An's mansion added up to more than twice that. Those farms, shops, antiques and jewelry were all clearly written on the dowry list and would belong to her future grandchildren.

Thinking of her silly little son Changfu, Chen Cui felt that it was simply a blessing in disguise. Even if he didn't work hard and make progress in the future, his descendants would not live too badly as long as they were not too incompetent.

This reminded Chen Cui of her own little girl. She used to think that the dowry prepared for her was already quite a lot, as it was one-fifth of the family property. But compared with the princess's dowry, it was not even a fraction of it.

Although she did not care about the amount of her daughter-in-law's dowry, nor would she classify her daughters-in-law into different levels based on this, she had to admit that in this era, dowry was truly the basis of life for a woman.

Of course, for women, the so-called dowry is not only the obvious wealth, but also the bonus of birth and status. For example, Qin Ruozhi, the official positions of her father and brothers in her natal family brought a lot of convenience to her identity, which can be regarded as an invisible dowry.

And Li Wanqing, the reason why she can live so detachedly despite her frail body is not because she is of royal blood and has the status of a princess!

However, Chen Cui feels that dowry and other things are secondary, and the most important thing in life is to consider the person.

She has attached great importance to the cultivation of her youngest daughter's various skills over the years, so that she can deal with it calmly and live freely no matter what situation she faces or what family she marries into in the future.