Since the separation, the two-bedroom and three-bedroom life has been much worse than before.
The property that was assigned to him has shrunk a lot from the original, and all the property is in his own hands. Whether it is the second wife or the third wife, they all start to care about it and plan carefully, and they are no longer as lavish as before. It was just that they had been spoiled by the Ning family for a long time, and suddenly changed their environment, and their living habits could not be changed for a while.
Without Ning Yanting's subsidy, and without being relentless when taking things from the public, the second and third wives remembered the expenses and income every day. When the end of the month was considered a deficit, I felt distressed. .
Not to mention that Ning Qing spent less money on jewelry than before, even the cost of food and clothing was more than a little lower than before. If she didn't care about other things, but Zhou Gongzi's attitude towards her suddenly cooled down, and she was the most panicked.
Compared with food, drink and jewelry, Zhou Gongzi was her future guarantee. Although she had already decided on a marriage, Ning Qing felt panic in her heart for no reason. Even when she and Mrs. Zhou met by chance, Mrs. Zhou's attitude towards her seemed to be a lot colder than before.
Ning Qing noticed this, but did not dare to tell her mother about it.
She knew that it was probably because of the separation of the family.
She dared not speak out about it. Since the separation of the family, not only the uncle's family has torn apart with him, but even the third uncle's family doesn't have a good face when they see them. There is no him, because the uncle mentioned her dowry when he said the separation that night. For her dowry, her father went to see the uncle several times, and he didn't know if it annoyed the uncle because of this. The third uncle complained that her marriage was too expensive, and her father also complained that the third uncle caused the uncle's serious injury and trouble, so both families could not see it.
Before the separation of the family, the second and third rooms all benefited from the big house. Now that the family is separated, there is no interest related, and they even start to look at each other unpleasantly.
The three brothers of the Ning family were famous for their harmony and filial piety. After the separation, for some unknown reason, there were rumors outside, which pointed the blame for the separation at their second and third bedrooms. When someone who was ungrateful and disrespectful to his brother, even went out to communicate with Ning Yanwen, those officials looked at him with strange eyes.
Ning Qing knew that she couldn't sit still, so she found another opportunity. She asked the maid to inquire about Madam Zhou's daily schedule, and found an opportunity to meet Madam Zhou at the jewelry store.
When Mrs. Zhou saw her this time, her attitude was not as cold as before. Instead, she took the initiative to hold her hand, and even bought her a set of jewelry generously on the grounds that she had never met her daughter-in-law.
Ning Qing was both ashamed and happy, her heart jumped, she took the opportunity to hold Madam Zhou's arm, and took the opportunity to say a lot of good things, coaxing Madam Zhou's face to smile. When it was time for dinner, the two also went to a well-known restaurant nearby for dinner.
Halfway through lunch, Mrs. Zhou asked with a smile: "Miss Ning, the most famous in Beijing recently, I wonder if you have heard of it."
The smile on Ning Qing's face froze, then quickly disappeared, pretending to be pleasantly surprised, "Mrs. doesn't know anything, that Miss Ning is my cousin."
"Miss Ning caught the eyes of Master Huizhen and got a comment from Master Huizhen." Madam Zhou said, "I heard that Miss Ning had a bad reputation, and I don't know what happened. Master Huizhen said it was true. A person with a pure and kind temperament can actually spread such rumors..."
As Mrs. Zhou said, she glanced at her intentionally or unintentionally.
Ning Qing's face froze, panic flashed in her heart, but she quickly suppressed the panic and pretended to be distressed: "I was surprised when I heard about this, Sister Nuan. ... Sister Nuan is very kind to us. We used to live together, and she would give us anything good first. I don't know where the rumor came from. Madam said so, but I thought..." She said , and quickly stopped talking, not daring to continue speaking.
Mrs. Zhou hurriedly asked, "What did you think of?"
Ning Qing hesitantly said, "It doesn't seem very good to say this, but my cousin doesn't seem to get along well with Sister Nuan..."
Ning Qing had a look of embarrassment on her face, and she didn't know if she should continue speaking after that. She just looked at Madam Zhou embarrassedly.
Mrs. Zhou smiled kindly, stretched out her hand to hold hers, and patted her soothingly: "I know, you are good."
Ning Qing breathed a sigh of relief, then moved her hand to grab Madam Zhou's hand and said, "Madam understands, I couldn't be happier." Seeing that Madam Zhou seemed to be very interested in Ning Nuan, she took the initiative to bring it up again. : "Speaking of my sister Nuan, she is a few months older than me. I have a marriage plan, but she has never heard of her. Now that I have Master Huizhen's words, my uncle and aunt can rest assured... "
"I just want to tell you about this." Mrs. Zhou said happily.
Ning Qing's expression stiffened again.
She opened her mouth and looked at Mrs. Zhou, but she couldn't react.
"Madam, you, you said..."
"You are engaged to my son, and I will not hide it from you." Madam Zhou said, "Your cousin has caught the eyes of Master Huizhen, and now people in the entire capital are inquiring about Miss Ning. Not long ago, Shang Shu Madam also told me that her son is the same age as Miss Ning, and you and Miss Ning are sisters, so I will ask you, how is Miss Ning?"
Ning Qing almost gritted her teeth.
Why is Ning Nuan's life so good? !
Her reputation is so bad that she can meet Master Huizhen, that's fine, now even Madam Shangshu has taken a fancy to her? !
Why did Ning Nuan take up all this good thing by himself? !
Shang Shu is one level higher than Shi Lang. She finally managed to marry Zhou Gongzi. If Ning Nuan's marriage was also settled, wouldn't she be able to marry better than her? !
Ning Qing almost vomited blood in her heart, but she looked up at Madam Zhou and saw the earnestness in Madam Zhou's eyes, but she couldn't say anything else.
What more can she say? With Master Huizhen's words first, everyone in the capital now thinks that Ning Nuan is good. Mrs. Zhou thought she was the one who ruined the reputation of her sisters first. If she said something bad about Ning Nuan, wouldn't she let Mrs. Zhou again. look down on her
Ning Qing could only choose a good word to say a few words. Seeing the more satisfied look in Mrs. Zhou's eyes, she could only swallow her dissatisfaction back into her stomach, and she couldn't eat half of the meal.
After parting from Mrs. Zhou, she returned home and smashed the tea set in the room.
Not only Mrs. Shangshu, since Master Huizhen's words came out, Ning Nuan has become a sweet pastry, and all the ladies in Beijing who are of similar family background and have school-age sons began to inquire about Ning Nuan's name. Even Jiang Yunlan received several famous posts, and the names of all those who inquired about Ning Nuan were also presented on Chu Fei's desk.
Chu Fei looked at them one by one, and was picky one by one.
"This person looks so ugly, and Miss Ning is so beautiful, how can he climb high?"
"It doesn't work either. He's just the son of a little waiter, and he dares to think of Miss Ning, whom Master Xiao Xianghuizhen said nicely?"
"This doesn't work either, the general's son? What happened to the general's son? There are several generals in the court, and swords have no eyes on the battlefield. If he died early, wouldn't Miss Ning be a widow?"
"If not? No, no, no one who came down from the battlefield has not been injured. Maybe there is some hidden disease?"
"It doesn't work either. I'm not in good health, and I die early."
"This person is a dummy who has accomplished nothing, and Miss Ning is so talented that he is not even worthy of carrying shoes for Miss Ning."
"..."
There are many people who have inquired about Ning Nuan, and the names of those people are stacked thickly, but Chu Fei made an excuse to cross them out.
While he was being picky, the little servant rolled his eyes secretly.
The little servant thought to himself: Their prince said it in a high-sounding manner, and also said that he would no longer approach Miss Ning in the future, but now it is better, even Miss Ning's marriage has begun to interfere. Forget this matter, it would be a good thing if you really wanted to find someone for Ning girl, but so many people were all rejected by their princes, what kind of thing? !
This is to find a suitable candidate for Ning girl, this is clearly to find fault with a rival!
But when Chu Fei looked at him, the young servant immediately changed his face to a dog-legged look, and said flatteringly, "What the lord said is true."
Chu Fei was satisfied.
The servant asked again: "I don't know what the right person in the prince's mind looks like?"
Chu Fei choked.
He subconsciously glared at the little servant, but he remembered in time that he had made up his mind before and said that he would not disturb Miss Ning again.
Chu Fei struggled for a while before saying, "At least it can't be worse than this king."
The servant nodded again and again: "In this capital, there are not many people who can be more powerful than the prince, but there are not many. Is there a suitable person in the prince's heart?"
Chu Fei choked again.
If it had nothing to do with Ning Nuan, he would be able to justly pick out the right person, but if it had something to do with Ning Nuan, Chu Fei would see that something was wrong with everyone, and raised his nose and eyes, not even looking at himself.
Realizing this, he was even more confused.
The little servant glanced at him, and pretended to be casual: "In this capital, where can you find someone more powerful than the prince, the prince was very eager to Ning girl before, it is better to marry Ning girl back, prince Yu Ning girl, that is a talented woman, a natural pair, there is no more suitable person than the prince..."
Before he could finish his words, Chu Fei knocked him on the head.
"Stupid slave." Chu Fei scolded angrily, "This king has said it before, so I'm not allowed to mention this again."
The servant was aggrieved: "If the prince really has no thoughts about Ning girl, why bother with Ning girl's affairs, the prince has nothing to do with Ning girl, and now even Ning Gongzi doesn't come to the prince, but the prince is hot... Miss Ning's marriage is so caring, but more caring than Lord Ning!"
Chu Fei laughed coldly.
He thought to himself: How can he compare with Ning Yanting
He was Ah Nuan's husband in his predecessors!