Chapter 300 - 299: Entering the Capital
The dowry was extraordinarily rich, covering everything she could possibly need. The dowry list was very detailed, featuring everything from farmland, store property, treasure box silver, to furniture, and even down to earrings, toilet bowls, and mouthwash bowls. Everything was clearly listed.
Not only was this dowry honorable, but it was also very practical. Four hundred acres of land plus a manor in the suburbs of the Capital City, a small shop in the city, a set of rosewood furniture; all of these added up should be worth more than five thousand taels of silver. Plus fabric, clothes, hides, medicinal materials, books, gold and jade jewelry, these were worth more than three thousand taels of silver. And one thousand taels of treasure box silver made up about ten thousand taels of silver in total.
She was just a fake legitimate daughter; it was already quite difficult for Mrs. Jiang to take out so much money from the public funds to outfit her dowry, and she did it with such dedication. She can conclude that neither Chen Yuhui nor Chen Yuxia, both of whom are concubine daughters, would have even half the dowry she has.
This was not only because Chen Shiying favored her, but also because she was marrying into the Chus, and Mrs. Jiang wanted to ingratiate herself with her.
Additionally, four maids and two rooms of people were sent to accompany her.
The Ding family had already gone to the Capital City, in charge of the four hundred acres of farmland and the manor, and their family would live there from now on.
The other family surnamed Li, the man Li was over forty years old, previously worked in the Chens’ Mansion’s accounting room. His wife, who people call Mrs. Li, previously managed the sewing room in the Chens’ Mansion, and she was specifically assigned to serve as Afu’s head maid. Their son, Li Mu; daughter-in-law from the Li Mu family; and two grandsons, aged six and two.
The four maids included Qingfeng, who had been serving her since she arrived at the Chens’ Mansion.