Chapter 1071 - 1073: Never Taking a Consort in the Six Palaces (6)
"Miss, Yao Ji has come to deliver the furniture, would you like to inspect it yourself?"
"Good, I’ll go there as soon as I finish combing my hair!"
Tomorrow would be Cai Wei’s enthronement ceremony, and her bridal gifts were almost completely prepared. In fact, traditionally, an empress marrying an emperor wouldn’t need to prepare a dowry. She remembered reading in a book in her past life that when a woman married an emperor and became the empress, there would indeed be bridal gifts prepared, but the cost was fully covered by the emperor’s family.
For instance, during the Qing Dynasty, when Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty married Arute, the daughter of a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy, her dowry was prepared by the palace. At that time, Empress Dowagers Ci’an and Cixi were in charge, arranging the Internal Affairs Department and Ministry of Rites’ ministers to discuss and draft the details; when Emperor Guangxu married Jingfen, a niece of Empress Dowager Cixi, Jingfen’s dowry was also financed by the palace, amounting to six to seven hundred bearers, and it took six to seven days just to transport the dowry into the palace.
However, Cai Wei did not want the royal family to prepare her dowry. Many of her treasures were perfect to be brought out at this time with dignity. Firstly, they were convenient for her own use, and secondly, it was to show those in the palace with less foresight to prevent them from bullying her for her low birth!
"Miss, your hair is done, what do you think?"
Chun Liu held a mirror in one hand, moving it left and right behind her so she could clearly see the entire effect of her coiffure.
Cai Wei surveyed herself with the help of the mirror in her hand and nodded, "Very good!"
Chun Liu then asked, "Miss, what jewelry will you wear today?"
As she spoke, she opened the first layer of the jewelry box, and the overflowing colors of the jewelry caught the eye. Cai Wei picked up an Eternal Blessing Hairpin and handed it to Chun Liu, "This one then!"
After Chun Liu finished putting the hairpin in place, Cai Wei stood up and followed them to the front yard to see the furniture delivered by Yao Ji.
By this time, all the furniture had been placed in the second entry of the yard. According to custom, two days before the wedding, the bride’s family elders would escort the furniture to the wedding room to set up the bed. On the day before the grand wedding, they would bring bedding, sheets, and the dragon and phoenix quilts to make the bed.