An Wang came all the way beating gongs and drums, everything in the capital that should know, and should not know, all knew about this matter.
Not to mention that King An has been in the limelight recently, and is highly sought after by scholars. Even Ning Nuan received an evaluation from Master Huizhen himself. Both of them are well-known figures in the capital, and suddenly news came out that King An came to propose marriage. , I don't know how many people I should have scared.
When Ning Yanting went to the yamen, as soon as he entered the door, he met many colleagues congratulating him, all of them were full of joy, and looked even happier than Ning Yanting.
Ning Yanting sighed, but stopped talking.
The colleague suddenly wondered: "Although Prince An is a little more casual, he has also done a lot of practical things, not to mention the matter of subsidizing the silver, the emperor praised him a few days ago, and now in the capital, Prince An is a sought-after person. The candidate, he took the initiative to come to the door to propose a marriage, does Master Ning disagree?"
Ning Yanting sighed even more: "Ning naturally agrees."
The colleague was even more puzzled: "Why is Lord Ning so troubled?"
Ning Yanting couldn't say anything.
He never thought that A Nuan would actually nod his head seriously.
He only remembered that before Ah Nuan left the capital, he didn't have any good feelings for that King An. When King An sent something, he was not blocked from the door. A Nuan will still refuse.
But who knows!
But who knew that A Nuan actually agreed? !
If it was said that everyone present at the time, even Chu Fei who suddenly received a surprise, was not shocked by him.
It's just that he said the words himself, and the promise was also promised by himself. After all the words were said, A Nuan also agreed, and then it was not something he could easily regret if he wanted to.
Ning Yanting sighed deeply.
…
Ning Nuan nodded in person, and the entire Ning family began to get busy.
Jiang Yunlan began to prepare her dowry early in the morning, which was very rich, even if it was to marry the royal family, it would not be too small. She was originally from a big family. After the Jiang family was defeated, she married Ning Yanting with all her family property. Later, although she got on a lot, she has been running the business. Not a lot. Jiang Yunlan divided those things into two, leaving half for Ning Lang, and the remaining half as Ning Nuan's dowry.
When Ning Qing got engaged, the second lady tried her best to get something from the Ning family to fill the dowry for Ning Qing, and she even thought of a big house. When Ning Qing got married, the old lady filled in a lot of private houses, and in the end it wasn't too little. But if compared with Ning Nuan, it looks shabby.
It's just that one person is married to the son of the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is married to the prince of the dynasty.
When Jiang Yunlan sorted out the dowry list and showed it to Ning Nuan, Ning Nuan was also surprised.
"Mother, so many?" Ning Nuan frowned and said, "Could it be that Mother sent the entire Ning family to me as a dowry? Even though she wants to marry King An, it's not enough..."
"The Ning family only has a lot of things." Jiang Yunlan said, "These are all my dowry, don't worry, I also kept some for your brother. When your father comes back, I will show him again and let him make up for it. Here are some. This is the dowry that my mother prepared for you, no matter who you marry, it is for you."
"What about brother?"
"Naturally, I didn't forget to keep it for your brother."
Ning Nuan breathed a sigh of relief.
She also helped Jiang Yunlan on weekdays. After reading the ledger several times, she also knew that her mother had a lot of properties, but now it was suddenly integrated and placed in front of her, but she was a little surprised.
Thinking that she will marry into the palace in the future, and she will also take care of the affairs of Prince An's palace. At that time, she can no longer show such a shameful demeanor.
Jiang Yunlan put down the dowry list, sighed again, and asked, "A Nuan, you told your mother that you really want to marry Prince An, don't you regret it?"
"Mother, I personally agreed, what's there to regret." Ning Nuan said, "Why are you asking me such a question at this time?"
"Mother is just worried about you." Jiang Yunlan sighed: "Mother thinks, you should also despise Prince An, although he has done a few... good errands, but to be honest, it is not the most powerful. Mother has not seen how you treat King An on weekdays, why did you agree when he proposed a kiss?"
"Mother, I look at An Wang very well."
Jiang Yunlan was speechless.
She thought to herself: Originally, she looked bad at King An because King An was sorry for A Nuan, but A Nuan himself said that he didn't regret it, and she didn't know whether to stop him or not. But if she was asked to look good on An Wang, she would be picky everywhere and couldn't find any good
"Where is King An?"
Ning Nuan glanced at her, and said softly, "The mother said, what's wrong with Daddy?"
"..." Jiang Yunlan thought about it and said, "Although your father has been stupid for a while, he still treats me sincerely."
"An Wang is also sincere."
"Your father listens to me."
"King An seems to be willing to listen to what his daughter has to say." Ning Nuan said softly, "On weekdays, King An can do whatever her daughter says she wants. It seems that she also has her daughter in mind."
"How can it be the same? When I met your father, your father was not what he is now. When he appeared, there was no man more handsome than him in the whole of Shu..." Jiang Yunlan paused, then coughed again. Said: "There are a lot of good people in the capital, but they are the royal family. If you enter Prince An's mansion, you will also be involved in royal disputes in the future. Now several princes are busy fighting for their heirs... It's not good to have an An birthday. Are you going to get into this muddy water?"
"My mother went back to the capital with my father for my father's sake." Ning Nuan smiled and said, "No matter what my mother said, I also learned this from my mother."
Jiang Yunlan muttered, "Don't push all this on me."
Ning Nuan smiled and said nothing.
Jiang Yunlan said unwillingly: "If you suffer in the future and come back to cry with your mother, I... I will ignore it. You go to your brother and see if he dares to beat King An again."
"Mother, no."
Jiang Yunlan didn't say anything.
Although she didn't know whether Ning Nuan said she would not come back to cry, or would not tell her, she thought to herself that she probably had both.
Jiang Yunlan was indignant in her heart. Looking at the dowry list again, she added two more items viciously. No matter what happens when Ah Nuan marries King An, it's always right to bring more things by her side.
Chu Fei had already informed the Queen Mother in advance, and soon someone was sent from the palace to discuss matters with the Ning family. There are many etiquettes in the palace, and even this marriage is very troublesome. Jiang Yunlan felt that she was already prepared, so she couldn't help but feel troublesome. And Ning Nuan also began to get busy, and the palace even sent a nanny to teach her to watch her learn etiquette every day.
Since the news came out, the number of guests in the Ning family has increased. When they knew that the Ning family would marry Prince An in the future, everyone's minds became more active. Naturally, there were more people. Jiang Yunlan received several posts and was invited to attend the banquet of the ladies, and the contacts between Ning Yanting and his colleagues also increased. Even Ning Nuan received many posts, yes Invited by a lady from another house.
The entire Ning family was busy, and even when Miss Xue came to find Ning Nuan, she finally found the space.
Miss Xue's face was full of surprises: "When I met Prince An before, you said that Prince An had nothing to do with you, but now it's better, you haven't seen each other for a while, and now you are already engaged to Prince An. I When I heard the news, I was also shocked. But Prince An treats you with sincerity, and I can see that Prince An is a capable person. If you are willing to nod and marry him, it means that he is also good."
Ning Nuan couldn't help but laugh. "Don't tell me, what about you?"
"Me?" Miss Xue pretended not to know: "What happened to me?"
Ning Nuan changed the question again: "How about Young Master Zhu?"
Miss Xue blushed immediately. She was thin-skinned, and was teased by Ning Nuan, but her whole face turned red, from even red to the neck, and then lowered her head, hesitantly did not know what to say, but it was showing from head to toe shy.
"I see your appearance, you get along very well with Young Master Zhu."
"My mother said that after the New Year, I will marry Young Master Zhu." Miss Xue said in a soft voice, "Young Master Zhu also agreed. I think I want you to wait."
"That's really a good thing." Ning Nuan squinted his eyes with a smile: "My father and my mother both said that I wish the young master will be the champion in the examination. After the spring, you will be the wife of the champion after passing the palace examination."
Miss Xue's face turned redder and her head lowered, she only retorted in a low voice, "Don't talk about me. When I see you again in the future, I will call you Princess An."
Ning Nuan choked, but she didn't expect that she would be a little more courageous now, and she would actually make fun of people in turn.
"I see, you and Mr. Zhu seem to be better, and now they will protect Mr. Zhu."
"Master Zhu is usually busy with his studies, and I don't see him much, so I can only think about him more so that I can see him..." Miss Xue suddenly sighed and said, "It's just that Master Zhu seems to be Not very happy."
Ning Nuan was stunned.
Miss Xue couldn't hide things in her heart, so she couldn't help but say: "Maybe I did something wrong, now the weather is colder than before, and there is no farm work in Zhujia Village, but he still has to run from the academy to Zhujia Village. The old lady was also in Zhu's Village. The road was far and cold, so I thought about it, so I asked the carriage from the house to wait at the gate of Su Yuan, which would save him trouble and prevent him from working so hard... It's just that the first time Mr. Zhu is I sat down, but later, in order to avoid me, I arrived in the capital before dawn, and even the carriage in my house hadn’t even gone out.”
"Have you discussed this matter with Young Master Zhu?"
Miss Xue shook her head.
"But he didn't like it, so I stopped letting the carriage go. I asked Young Master Zhu later, and Young Master Zhu didn't say anything, but I looked at him, but he was not very happy in his heart."
"Young Master Zhu is arrogant and arrogant, and it is normal to be unwilling to accept it."
"But I just want him to not work so hard." Miss Xue whispered: "There are so many people in the academy, most of them live in the capital, and unlike him, he has to run twice from time to time. A few days ago, he He suffered from the cold and fell ill, and he spent a lot of money on medicines. He no longer asks King An for the subsidy, and he doesn't know how many books he will copy this time." As for the money sent by the Xue family, I wish Han Shan is also unwilling to accept it.
After passing the exam, you will be considered famous, and the public will distribute food, so you don't need to subsidize silver. But in the end, he still owes money to King An. He paid a debt first, and now he owes another one. There are also many daily expenses. Zhu Hanshan is still preparing for the spring season, and he still earns money by copying books for the study in his spare time.
He has made a marriage with the Xue family. Master Xue is the minister of military affairs and a big family. How can he let his future son-in-law be wronged, but Zhu Hanshan is thin-skinned and arrogant. I just want to go up slowly by myself. Fortunately, he was selected as a candidate. In addition to copying books, there were more ways to get money, but it was not as hard as before.
It's just that Miss Xue is very worried.
As an ordinary person, he climbed up to the Xue family, and naturally he flew into the sky, so why would he need to copy books to live
"Master Zhu has the talent of the champion, and my father also likes his talent. Even if he has full confidence in Chunwei, he can't wrong himself like this." Miss Xue was very distressed: "I have already made a marriage with Master Zhu, I’m not an outsider, but why is Young Master Zhu not willing to take the carriage I arranged for him?”
"You give Mr. Zhu something on weekdays, but he doesn't want to accept it?"
"That's not true." Miss Xue thought for a while, and said, "On weekdays, I give Mr. Zhu snacks and clothes, but he is willing to accept them."
"When my brother was in contact with Young Master Zhu, he told me that Young Master Zhu was always prone to misunderstanding the good intentions of others." Ning Nuan said, "Perhaps Young Master Zhu has suffered a lot from others before, so some If you are good to him, he is not willing to accept it. If you treat him sincerely, Young Master Zhu will definitely feel it. If you feel sorry for him, talk to him well, Young Master Zhu will definitely accept it. Young Master Zhu is always like this, He knew it in his heart, but agreeing is another matter."
Miss Xue sighed: "But he said yes, but he was always reluctant to agree."
Ning Nuan thought about it and gave her an idea: "Then why don't you think about Madam Zhu."
"I wish the old lady?"
"Mr. Zhu is the only relative of Mrs. Zhu, and she is very fond of Mrs. Zhu. My mother always starts with Mrs. Zhu, and Mrs. Zhu has never objected to what Mrs. Zhu promised. I told Mrs. Zhu, Mrs. Zhu must also think the same as you, let Mrs. Zhu agree, and Mr. Zhu will definitely not reject you again."
Miss Xue nodded and said, "Isn't that forcing Young Master Zhu to respond, he must be uncomfortable."
Ning Nuan: "…"
Ning Nuan thought for a while, and then said, "Instead of letting Young Master Zhu go back and forth, it is better to bring Young Master Zhu to the capital."
"Received in the capital?" Miss Xue was stunned.
"After you and Zhu Gongzi get married, do you want to live in Zhujia Village?" Ning Nuan asked her.
Miss Xue hadn't thought about this, but she was stunned when she suddenly encountered this problem.
She has not suffered much since she was born, and her yard is bigger than the entire Zhu family. If she arrives at the Zhu family, even if she wants to bring a maid, the maid can't live there. Can she still do farm work herself
With Zhu Hanshan's temperament, he was naturally unwilling to live in Xue's house.
Miss Xue said: "If Zhu Gongzi is the champion in the examination, the emperor will grant a champion mansion..."
But that also has to wait until after passing the exam, not to mention whether they can pass the exam, but they will get married after the year, and after passing the door, she will congratulate the wife, but hasn't she become the first lady
Miss Xue was stunned.
Ning Nuan asked again, "Could it be that Mr. Zhu never mentioned it?"
"Master Zhu... Young Master Zhu is busy with spring, so he must have no intention of caring about it."
Ning Nuan was dumbfounded.
"Why don't you ask your mother's opinion, your mother will definitely not want you to marry in Zhujia Village. It's better to let Young Master Zhu bring Madam Zhu to the capital earlier and buy a small house, just like that. In your courtyard, he doesn't have to go back and forth between the academy and Zhujia Village."
Miss Xue nodded and said, "Where did he get the money?"
"..." Ning Nuan said, "I wish you young master there will be a way."
Miss Xue left with a lot of thought, Ning Nuan sat for a while, thought about it, and went to Jiang Yunlan.
In fact, Zhu Hanshan was also thinking about this.
After getting married to Miss Xue, he also took Miss Xue to heart. After finishing the farm work in the field one day, when he returned home, he thought of this matter.
It's just that he went back and flipped through his own money, and he must be unable to buy a house in the capital, and suddenly started to worry. In his spare time, he earns money more diligently, and of course, he also went to the capital to see the houses.
If the house is too small, Miss Xue is wronged, and if it is too big, he can't afford it.
Zhu Hanshan was suddenly worried.
There was something hidden in his heart, and it was naturally discovered by Mrs. Zhu. When Mrs. Zhu asked, he didn't want to say a word.
"Grandma, don't worry about it, everything is fine at home."
Mrs. Zhu nodded and told him: "If you really encounter something and don't want to go to Mrs. Xue, then go to Mrs. Ning. Mrs. Ning is a good person and will definitely be willing to help you. Mrs. Ning helped us. You have come home so many times, you must remember it and repay the Ning family well in the future."
"Grandma, I know it all."
"And Miss Xue, you must be nice to her too." The weather has been bad recently, and Mrs. Zhu's illness has recurred a bit. Recently, she has been a little confused, and she said the same thing over and over again when she saw him.
I wish Han Shan responded again and again, and I wish the old lady to give up.
Before he could come up with a solution, Jiang Yunlan came to him. Jiang Yunlan brought a large bank note, and as soon as she saw him, she shoved it into his hand.
Zhu Hanshan was shocked, and hurriedly avoided it, not daring to take it.
"Mrs Ning, what are you doing!?"
"Why don't you pick up the bank note and go to the capital to buy a better house?" Jiang Yunlan said, "I've been dizzy recently, but I forgot about you. I heard that you are going to marry Miss Xue. You still live in Zhujia Village? When Miss Xue marries you in the future, don't you want her to be squeezed into such a small room together?"
Zhu Hanshan was immediately ashamed, but he didn't know what to say.
He felt in his heart that it was definitely better for Miss Xue.
But he couldn't afford a house as big as the Xue family in the capital.
"Before Ning Lang left the capital, he specifically asked me to take care of you. Your parents are not here, Madam Zhu is seriously ill again, and there is no one else in the family. It is forgivable that you don't think of it for a while. But now I know, even if you want, I can't bear Miss Xue being wronged. Miss Xue is A Nuan's friend, and Mrs. Xue is also my friend. If she is wronged, let alone Mrs. Xue, I will not agree. ."
Zhu Hanshan: "Zhu is really... Really..."
"I know that you don't want to take things from the Xue family, for fear of being looked down upon. But this is lent to you by Ning Lang, and it's not a charity between your friends." Jiang Yunlan suddenly sighed again: "You don't know, Miss Xue seems to be ill today."
Zhu Hanshan was shocked and quickly said, "What happened to Miss Xue?!"
"I heard that she specially prepared a carriage for you, but you don't want it. You'd rather arrive at the capital before dawn and stagger away from the carriage. Miss Xue has a heavy mind and thinks too much for a while. She has always been in poor health. It's normal to have some headaches and fever." Jiang Yunlan said, "It's just that I saw her face lose a circle, and I feel really distressed."
Zhu Hanshan immediately blamed himself, annoyed again, and his face was full of regret.
Jiang Yunlan handed him the bank note again, and he accepted it nervously.
"I asked Ning Lang to borrow it. In the future... I will definitely pay it back." As he said, he had to find a pen and paper to write an IOU for Ning Lang.
Jiang Yunlan was not polite to him either, and went back with the loan. When she got home, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhu Hanshan is arrogant and does not want to bow down, but his family is really incapable of doing it, and he is conceited and inferior. If he comes back a few times in the future, I am afraid that Miss Xue will really be worried and get sick. When he wins the top spot in the future, he will have confidence in his heart, and he will not dare to accept the kindness of others like he is now.
After a few days, when Jiang Yunlan went to him to inquire again, he heard that Zhu Hanshan had bought a house at the head of the capital, and he had run around for that house many times. Jiang Yunlan sent someone over to help him clean up the house, and then brought Mrs. Zhu over. As for the fields in Zhujia Village, they will be rented directly to the villagers of Zhujia Village after waiting for the owner to become the champion, and there is no need to farm the fields.
Miss Xue was really happy, and when she came to find Ning Nuan, she thanked her several times.
Ning Nuan and Jiang Yunlan started to get busy again when Miss Xue's matter was settled.
The day was set in the palace, and it was said in a letter from An Wang a few years ago. Ning Nuan knew that this day was still the most suitable day carefully selected by An Wang himself.
She got married later than Miss Xue, but the day of marriage was earlier than Miss Xue. Ning Nuan didn't know what to say.
But in Chu Fei's view, even a few years ago, this day was too far away, and it was like a year.
He thought about it for a while, and then he remembered the house that had not come in handy, next to the Ning family, the house that originally belonged to the Xu family.
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