The Ning family of Beiliu Town, Yangcheng, Zezhou, has been established for 270 years since its ancestors dug out the first piece of coal on the hills of Beiliu Town.
More than a hundred years ago, the Ning family was not just a wealthy family. After the foundation was stabilized, the patriarch of the Ning family spent his family wealth to establish a family study and hire famous teachers and scholars, and the children of the family lived up to the high expectations. One Gongsheng, twenty Juren, nine Jinshi, six of them entered the Hanlin, enjoying the reputation of "Deji has one family and nine Jinshi, and Enrong III has six Hanlin". [Note 1]Over the past hundred years, more than forty descendants of the family have been officials, spreading the reputation of the Ning family to various places in the north and south.
Now Ning Yan, the second son of the old patriarch, is the right servant of the Ministry of Industry.
For such a century-old family, it is unbelievable that someone dared to provoke and make trouble like this, and it must not be tolerated.
Fourth Madam Ning was also very angry.
"What are you treating our Ning family for? Anyone who wants to hang himself can hang himself!" She stood up, "Sister-in-law, it's inconvenient for you to see her, I'll go see her and explain to her clearly."
After all, he turned around and left.
"Fourth brother and sister." Mrs. Ning hurriedly shouted to get up.
Third Madam Ning held her down.
"Leave it alone, sister-in-law, let us go," she said.
Mrs. Ning looked at them helplessly and turned to the outside.
"Tell her well, it's poor, don't scare her." She said uneasily, "And it depends on the face of the Fang family."
"The Fang family's face? The Fang family doesn't give us face, why should we give his family face?"
Let alone Fang's family, mentioning Mrs. Ning made her even angrier. Without waiting for the eldest lady to speak, she led the maids and servants out.
The room was quiet again, Mrs. Ning no longer had the uneasiness just now on her face, she glanced at the three girls standing beside her indifferently.
"Why did Miss Jun think of a way to threaten our family with suicide?" She asked suddenly.
The three girls looked at each other with flickering eyes.
"Who knows, I must be unable to sit still when I heard that Brother Ten is going to be engaged to Miss Yang." A girl said.
"That's right, that's right, since she met Brother Ten at the Lantern Festival on August 15th, she has become more and more shameless and troublesome. Fortunately, Brother Ten is not at home often, so she promotes herself among the ladies in the city. She is our future sister-in-law." Another girl said bitterly, "She suddenly went crazy when she heard that Brother Ten was going to get engaged."
Mrs. Ning's eyes fell on Ning Yunyan who was silent.
"Yanyan, you told her about Ms. Yang's family." She said.
Ning Yunyan flattened her mouth.
"I didn't. I don't talk to her every day to avoid suspicion." She said, and smiled again at this point, "I just told Lin Jin'er, and I told her not to tell others."
It was definitely not this, it should be something else, probably related to Miss Jun's suicide by hanging herself.
Teenage girls can act innocently or ignorantly.
Mrs. Ning frowned slightly.
"The family has their own arrangements for this matter. You sisters are not allowed to participate, so as to save your reputation from being burdened by her." She said.
But he didn't ask about it again, let alone reprimand him.
The three girls responded happily.
"I knew there was nothing to worry about." Ning Yunyan stretched out her hand to hold her mother's arm and said with a smile, "If she dies, she will die herself. We are afraid of her."
"Besides, she didn't die." The other girl said, her eyes were full of sarcasm, "I don't dare to die, so why do you want to threaten our family with this? Who does she think she is?"
Mrs. Ning smiled without saying a word.
"Mom, I've finished writing."
"Auntie, I've finished writing too."
The girls changed the topic in Yingshengyanyu.
"Okay, let me see, the writing is not good, but you will be punished." Mrs. Ning said.
The girls immediately surrounded Mrs. Ning and walked to the east room, chatting and laughing lively and warmly.
The young lady of the Jun family doesn't need to take it seriously at all.
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Hearing Madam's address from outside, the little girl who was reaching out to pinch the snacks on the table hurriedly stood up straight.
The door curtain was lifted, and the sound of footsteps stopped in the room.
Miss Jun, who had been looking down quietly, looked up at the two wives.
"Hey? Who is Mrs. Ning?" The little girl asked with staring eyes.
The last time they came, they didn't even come in the second door, let alone see Mrs. Ning, this time they were finally able to enter, and the lady came to see them.
It's just that the two women are dressed in ordinary luxury, which one is the eldest lady
It is really vulgar and rude to have a servant like a master.
Disdain flashed in the eyes of the two wives of the Ning family.
"What's the matter, please tell us." Mrs. Ning San said.
The little girl wanted to say something, but Miss Jun raised her hand to stop her.
"Okay." She stood up and saluted, and at the same time reached out to caress the white silk on the table.
Third Madam Ning and Fourth Madam Ning frowned.
It's about to threaten.
"Miss Jun, the matter of this marriage has been made very clear, and your maternal ancestor's family is also very clear. If you don't listen to what we are outsiders, you should ask them. They are your relatives." Ning The fourth lady spoke first.
"I understand everything you said, so I don't need to ask any more." Miss Jun said, shaking off the white silk on the table, it turned out that there was a piece of paper under it, "Now that I have explained everything clearly, let's talk about it Solve it."
She handed over the paper.
what is this
Third Madam Ning and Fourth Madam Ning looked at the thin paper handed over, and were shocked when they saw the words on it clearly.
Marriage letter!
Third Madam Ning stretched out her hand to grab it, examining it in disbelief.
It's a marriage certificate, with the names and taboos of three generations written clearly, and it's a marriage certificate that the relatives have to serve as officials in the land property.
It is impossible for Mrs. Ning to write such a marriage letter because what Mrs. Ning said was just casually.
Mrs. Ning really wrote down the marriage letter, and she was serious about concluding the two in-laws. At least at the time, she was sincere. understood.
Why didn't you bring out the marriage certificate before
Without a marriage certificate, the Fang family, Miss Jun, life or death, could suppress all troubles, but if they had a marriage certificate, if Miss Jun really committed suicide, they would be in some trouble for the Ning family.
This is indeed a threat, Mrs. Ning Third and Mrs. Ning Fourth looked at each other.
"Miss Jun, it's not that we don't recognize your marriage certificate." Fourth Madam Ning said in a deep voice, "It's just that our old man has never presented this marriage certificate, and he has never mentioned this marriage for more than ten years."
"You don't know if you've seen it before. This is your business and has nothing to do with me." Miss Jun looked at her and said, her voice was still soft, without a trace of excitement, as flat as her expression.
This is not like the savage and arrogant Miss Jun that Ning Yunyan just described.
After coming to Yangcheng for half a year, instead of taking out the marriage certificate directly, he blindly acted in a public manner, making everyone aware of it. At this time, it will not be so easy for the Ning family to cover up and resolve this matter if they take out the marriage certificate .
It's calculated for her to act like this.
Fourth Madam Ning wanted to speak again, but Third Madam Ning stopped her, looked at Miss Jun and smiled.
"Miss Jun, do you know what marriage is? Marriage is marriage, not enmity." She said, "Sometimes you can use tricks to do things, but sometimes you can't. Otherwise, even if you can get what you want for a while, it will be sad. lifetime."
Marrying into the Ning family by all means, the husband doesn't like it, and the parents-in-law hate it. Even if she gets the status of the first wife, how can life be easier, not to mention, there are many ways to make a first wife give up.
Mrs. Ning was born in Cangzhou, and her ancestors started as an escort. Like the Ning family, they are no longer just merchants. Their children also study more and become officials, but the escort agency has always been in operation. Mrs. Ning's father is in charge of managing the escort agency, so In addition to reading and calligraphy, the children in the family have also practiced martial arts to some extent.
Although Mrs. Ning didn't learn much, her temper was different from that of ordinary boudoir girls, and she was a bit domineering.
If you can enter our door, we can make your life worse than death.
This is undoubtedly a blatant threat.
"Miss Jun, you know that you are not suitable to be the daughter-in-law of our Ning family." Mrs. Ning, who was born in a scholar's family, said flatly without threatening.
The girl in front of her, who had lost her parents and had to come to seek refuge with her grandfather, was neither angry nor afraid, but smiled instead.
"In that case, how are you going to get back this marriage letter and make me call off this marriage?" she asked.
Note 1: The family background setting is based on the Chen family, the prime minister's residence in the imperial city of Shanxi. It is only based on the family background and geographical location. It is not to slander or plagiarize members of the Chen family. Forgive me.