Liu Jing did not hide it. He came here today to seek a solution. "Princess Liang's family is the Zhu family."
Seeing Liu Jing staring at him, Zhou Shuren said, "Even if he didn't have the Zhou family's connection, your youngest son would still be coveted. This is true for both boys and girls. It's sad to be too outstanding without a family background to protect you, isn't it?"
Liu Jing silently withdrew his gaze. The Liu family had no roots in the capital, and this was the biggest disadvantage. Unless he was willing to give up the capital and go to the countryside, how could he give up the place he had climbed in with great difficulty? If he had not been engaged to the Zhou family, he might have compromised, but now there was hope.
Liu Jing looked tired. He had been dealing with it for several days. "Please help me, sir."
Zhou Shuren, "Finding someone with a better family background will solve the problem."
Liu Jing had a toothache. If he had Zhou Shuren's confidence, he would have looked for him long ago. Why did he come to Zhou's house in person and disturb Zhou Shuren's rest? "I know that too."
Zhou Shuren coughed and said, "Wait a moment, I'll go ask my wife."
With that, Zhou Shuren went back to the backyard, entered the house and asked, "I heard you say a few days ago that Ning Ting hasn't chosen a boyfriend yet?"
Zhu Lan raised her head and said, "I haven't chosen yet. The Duke's wife asked Xue Han to look around more, and Xue Han told me about it. I'm helping to look for one too. So, do you have a suitable family?"
The Ning family's requirements are not easy to meet. One cannot be too bad looking and must have the ability to make progress. Most importantly, one's family background must be simple and not involved with any factions. This leaves even fewer options.
Zhou Shuren nodded. "The second boy of the Liu Jing family, although not the eldest son, has good talent. He is now of the right age and ranked third in the college entrance examination this year. We have all seen his appearance. What do you think?"
Zhu Lan blinked her eyes. "Ning Ting is the eldest granddaughter of the Ningguo Mansion. Isn't that too low?"
Zhou Shuren, "Ning Ting can't marry into a wealthy family. The Ningguo Mansion has to be cautious now. Who else do you think we can choose?"
Zhulan was silent. Indeed, Ning Ting could not marry into a wealthy family. The ones who were engaged to be married off to a suitable family were either too young or too young. "I'll send a message to my daughter first to see the response from the Duke's Mansion."
Zhou Shuren felt that it would basically work. He hoped that Liu Jing would be fine. Thinking that his wife was not doing well, he went to talk to Ning Xu.
Liu Jing was curious about which girl Zhou Shuren had in mind. Zhou Shuren's reaction just now clearly showed that there was a suitable person, and he was looking forward to marrying her to a girl with a good family background who would be good for his youngest son.
Zhou Shuren came back and said, "I can't tell you who this is. I'm waiting for news here. I'll tell you when I have it. You can delay it. Forget it. I'll go to court tomorrow to talk to Lord Zhu and help you delay it."
Liu Jing felt very complicated. Zhou Shuren said it so casually, saying that he could just talk to Master Zhu. "Thank you, thank you so much."
"We are in-laws, and it is our duty to help when there are difficulties."
Liu Jing thought, if the favor can be paid, it will be too big. The Zhou family is not short of money, but they are short of favors. Favors are hard to repay, so forget it, let the youngest son pay it back, he doesn't have much ability to repay.
Not long after Liu Jing left, Xue Han came back with a message, saying that they would wait for Rongchuan to come back in the evening and go to the Duke's Mansion to have dinner and ask about it, and there would be news tomorrow.
In the Ningguo Mansion, the Duke's wife loved Xue Han so much. "Why are you here? Didn't you say you don't have to come back to see us before three months?"
Xue Han hurriedly explained, "Grandma, of course it's something important."
The Duke's wife's face changed, thinking something had happened again, "Tell grandma who bullied you."
Xue Han shook her head, "Grandma, I came here for Ning Ting. You asked me to keep an eye out for her, and now I have a candidate, so I came back with my husband."
The wife of the Duke is also anxious about her granddaughter's marriage. Song wants to find one within the Song family. She doesn't want to marry her eldest granddaughter back to the Song family. Song is already the eldest grandson's wife, so there is no need to let Ning Ting marry back. Besides, it is not good to tie the two major families too closely.
The Duke's wife asked hurriedly, "Whose family?"
Xue Han talked about the Liu family's situation, focusing on the results of this year's college entrance examination. When she received her mother's letter, she went to ask her father-in-law immediately. It was because her father-in-law thought it was possible that she and Rongchuan came back.
The wife of the Duke has always looked at aristocratic families and has never considered an official family like Lord Liu. She turned her head to look at her husband.
Duke Ningguo smiled and said, "Let me ask around. It's really amazing that he has achieved such great results at such a young age."
The Duke's wife smiled. Her husband was trying to find out, which meant there was a way. After dinner, the Duke's wife said, "I thought you would refuse directly."
Duke Ningguo, "I told you, I want to find out."
At this time, the official came in and said, "Today, Lord Liu went to Lord Zhou's house, and Lord Zhou's maid went to the Marquis's house."
Duke Ningguo smiled, "It's just as I guessed. It seems that the youngest son of the Liu family is indeed good."
The Duchess rolled her eyes in her heart. She didn't even know when someone was sent to inquire!
The next day, after the morning court session ended, Zhou Shuren walked up to Lord Zhu and said, "Lord Zhu."
Lord Zhu narrowed his eyes. He had been keeping an eye on the Liu family, so he naturally knew where Liu Jing had gone yesterday. "Don't you think Lord Zhou is meddling too much?"
Zhou Shuren didn't care about Mr. Zhu's tone at all, "There's nothing I can do. After all, they are my in-laws."
Lord Zhu sneered, "Lord Zhou is not forgiving at all."
Zhou Shuren sighed, "It's because the Ministry of Revenue has so many things to do. I'm very busy."
Lord Zhu snorted, "Since Lord Zhou is busy, please go back immediately. I have something to do, so I will go first."
Zhou Shuren achieved his goal, and he said a few words just to buy time for a few days.
Mr. Wang came over and asked, "Why did you provoke him?"
Zhou Shuren didn't explain, but asked, "Is there anything the old man wants to talk to me about?"
When Mr. Wang saw the ministers around him, he whispered, "I recently got news that the Fourth Prince is looking for the descendants of the Rong family, so I want to tell you."
Zhou Shuren blinked, "Why did you find the descendants of the Rong family?"
Old Master Wang stroked his beard and said, "Because the emperor cares a lot about the Rong family, you are often summoned. Is there no news?"
Zhou Shuren, "..."
He said he was here to give him a reminder, but in fact he was here to ask him for information.
Old Master Wang is very concerned about the changes in power in the capital. Although the situation is chaotic now, it can be considered balanced. However, if the Rong family really has descendants, it will be different.
Zhou Shuren, "Master, I really don't know the news. The emperor rarely mentions the Rong family in front of me."
Most of them are just his words.
Mr. Wang felt regretful. Zhou Shuren would not lie to him. If he did not want to answer, he would change the subject like he did just now. He patted Zhou Shuren on the shoulder and said, "In fact, I think you are good at talking. Talk to the emperor about it from time to time. The emperor will be happy."
Zhou Shuren, haha, you are really subtle, you just mean that he is thick-skinned and afraid of horses!