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King Lu stopped and looked at the slender and immature girl in front of him.
As beautiful as a flower, it is fragile and pitiful.
He sighed in his heart and said, "You are old enough to get married."
Ning Ning lowered her head and kicked the petals under her feet. She wanted to cry, but she knew she couldn't cry.
"Yeah, it's time to get married when you're old." She said in a low voice.
Ning Ning kicked and kicked, and King Lu looked at the little foot.
The girl was naughty when she was young, but she was demure and sensible when she grew up, but she couldn't hide her true nature. He couldn't bear it, and was about to say something when he suddenly saw the girl raised her head and smiled at him: "I'm about to get married, when will you get married, uncle?"
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King Lu was a little stunned for a while.
Why not get married, even Emperor Jiacheng once asked.
"Are you still thinking about her?"
Want to? Maybe there is, but it's getting less and less over time.
In fact, even King Lu was persevering towards the woman for some reason. From the beginning to understand the dream, to finally realizing that he wanted to take her away, but was robbed halfway, the unwillingness was particularly strong.
But when we meet again, he obviously has many opportunities to take her away. Even before he went to Xue Mansion, he thought so, but for some reason he changed his mind.
Even King Lu himself didn't know what he was thinking.
As for why not get married? It may be that I have been alone for a long time, it may be that I have seen all the flowers in the capital, and none of them can catch my eye, or it may be that I have never had that kind of thought. In short, who knows
Although he has become a prince now, in fact, he is still the wandering pirate who has no tomorrow after today. For pirates, home is equal to home.
But at the same time, he also remembered what the girl had said to him when she was ignorant. It was because of these words that he started avoiding the girl.
"This matter shouldn't be something that you, a junior, can ask about." King Lu frowned tightly.
The smile on the girl's face suddenly shattered. She lowered her head and muttered, "Yes, I shouldn't have asked about this."
But soon she raised her head again and smiled brightly: "Okay, uncle, I have to go. I wish you a smooth, stable, happy and healthy life."
Then, without waiting for him to speak, the girl ran away, and the figure quickly disappeared from the line of sight.
Ningning didn't cry, she ran very fast, and didn't stop to breathe until she was about to leave the garden.
She inhaled and exhaled deeply, a dull pain in her heart, but a smile appeared on her face.
"It's nothing, didn't you know it would be like this?" she thought to herself as she walked all the way.
In a pavilion not far from the gate, Zhao'er led someone waiting for her.
"Why is your face so red?" Zhao'er asked suspiciously, pulling her daughter.
"Have it?"
Seeing this, Zhao'er understood and asked with a smile, "Are you still satisfied?"
Ning Ning lowered her head and hummed softly.
Zhao'er asked someone to give the Gu family a message, and then she took the children back to the house. On the other side, Mrs. Gu looked at her son, whose face was a little red, with a satisfied smile.
King Lu's carriage was parked at the door, and when he got on the carriage, he saw Gu's carriage.
Fu Lai interjected and said, "I heard that the Xue family and the Gu family are planning to get married. I guess they are here to meet today."
King Lu ignored him, but for some reason he remembered the broken smile on the girl's face and those words.
"Uncle, I'm getting married... He is very nice and suitable for my age... "
Since things have passed Minglu, the Gu family soon came to Xue's house to celebrate.
Since then, Ning Ning's marriage has been settled.
The wedding date was set for October. Although it was a bit hasty, Zhao'er had already been preparing a dowry for her daughter, and she had saved a lot for the past few years. In fact, she wanted to marry her daughter again next year, but the Gu family was in a hurry and felt that Gu Qian was not too young, and he would be twenty after turning over the years.
Marrying early or late is all about getting married. Since they agree with each other, why stay for another year and a half.
So in the following days, Zhao'er fell into the busyness of buying a dowry for her daughter.
Just such a daughter, she has a lot of dowry, but she always feels that it is not enough. She can't wait to give her all the family's money, and even her parents bring it, so that she can rest assured.
And Ning Ning also began to stay behind closed doors, rarely showing up in front of people.
On this day, Ning Ning took Zhishu to Jinxiu Pavilion.
Jinxiu Pavilion is the largest embroidery workshop in the capital. Her embroidery skills are not good, and she can usually make clothes, but the wedding dress is a bit embarrassing for her, so she entrusts the work to Jinxiu Pavilion.
She came to try on the wedding dress today, and she could have not come and let someone deliver it, but she was bored at home for too long, so she wanted to go out to get some air, and also wanted to see if there was any new style in Jinxiu Pavilion. clothes.
When she got there, she was led to the inner room.
After trying it, I am very satisfied, this Splendid Pavilion really lives up to its reputation. The next step is to finish. When the clothes are ready, someone will send them to Xue Mansion.
Ning Ning went outside to pick up new styles of ready-to-wear. It was summer, and most of the dresses were bright colors, which made people like them.
After choosing a few outfits, she lost interest and went out with her knowledge book, planning to return to the house.
When she got to the door, the carriage came, and she just stepped on the bench with one foot, and suddenly a person rushed out from the slope.
As soon as the man came over, he knelt down in front of her.
A slender, thin woman.
He is not very old, he looks like sixteen or seventeen years old, with a melon face and willow eyebrows, and his eyes are full of sorrow, which makes people feel pity.
"Miss Xue, please do well..."
Zhi Shu hurriedly blocked his way and scolded, "What are you doing?"
The driver also jumped out of the car, trying to pull the woman, but the woman was struggling not to let anyone pull her.
She cried so much that it was raining, "Miss Xue, please do well, I only have my cousin. My grandmother said that I would marry my cousin. If you marry him, what will I do..."
This woman's behavior is really incredible and confusing.
Seeing the pedestrians on the road frequently looking here, Zhishu couldn't help but hurriedly said: "Who are you, we don't know you, what kind of cousin is not a cousin!"
The woman didn't say who she was, she just cried, and the movement became louder and louder. Some passersby stopped to discuss whether the woman had been robbed of her husband.
Ning Ning frowned lightly, she already had a clear understanding in her heart, but she knew that she couldn't say it clearly, or tomorrow would be a big scandal spread all over the capital.
She was trying to have a way to have this woman taken away.
At this moment, a cold voice sounded not far away: "Drag her away." Several guards dressed as wolves ran over and dragged the woman away.
There are passers-by who want to stand up for justice, but the man who speaks is extraordinary, and looking at the dress of the guards, it is obvious that he is the guard of some dignitary. When I heard the other party's subordinate calling to His Highness, I was so frightened that I didn't dare to make a sound, and I didn't dare to watch the excitement anymore, and a group of people were scattered like birds and beasts.
The person who came was King Lu.
It was also a coincidence that he just happened to be here when he encountered this farce.
"Why did you go out without a guard?" King Lu frowned.
Ning Ning wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything, just lowered her head.
King Lu looked around and saw a teahouse not far away, so he walked towards it.
"Go there and talk."
Ning Ning hesitated for a moment and followed.
"What are you going to do about this?" King Lu asked after entering the private room.
"What should I do?" Ning Ning was stunned.
King Lu patiently said, "This woman is obviously a relative of the Gu family, so she probably has something to do with that Gu Qian."
Ning Ning snorted and said nothing.
King Lu frowned: "In this case, do you still plan to marry?"
Ning Ning was very confused at the moment, and when King Lu said this, he felt absurd and irritable. That's why she said a little rudely: "His Royal Highness King Lu, this is my business. Your elder should not care about me as a junior."
His Royal Highness King Lu
Ning Ning had never called King Lu like this before, he was always an uncle and uncle, which made King Lu feel very old. But at the same time, he also saw Ning Ning's contradictory attitude, which made him feel that the girl was not deep in life and could not understand the power of it.
"I really shouldn't be in charge of this matter. You can go home and tell Xue ... your father, see how he handles it, or tell your mother."
Ning Ning lowered his head and pursed his lips and said, "Thank you, His Royal Highness King Lu, for your concern, this is my business."
"Are you planning to hide it?" King Lu asked in surprise, as if seeing something from Ning Ning's face.
"The little girl has made it very clear. This is my Xue family's business, and it has nothing to do with His Royal Highness King Lu. Thank you His Royal Highness King Lu for your concern. The little girl is still in a hurry to go home, so I won't accompany her more. ." After speaking, Ning Ning hurriedly left the private room.
King Lu stood in front of the window on the second floor, and didn't return to the table until he saw the girl hurried into the carriage.
When I picked up the tea to drink, I found that the tea was cold, and I was in a worse mood immediately.
Today, although Emperor Jiacheng is not as diligent in political affairs as before, he still does not go to court every day.
That is, the time of the early dynasty was changed from Mao Shi to Chen Shi, and therefore, the time of the next dynasty was already three poles in the sun.
According to the usual practice, Xue Tingxiang planned to take the important memorials and tickets of the first day to the Qianqing Palace. When he came out of the Qianqing Palace, he happened to meet King Lu.
He nodded to King Lu, King Lu also nodded to him, and the two passed by.
The two of them are usually like this, but today King Lu suddenly stopped.
"Master Xue."
Xue Tingxiang stopped and turned to look suspiciously.
"I don't know what happened in your mansion in the past few days?" After speaking, King Lu felt that he had suffocated his words.
Sure enough, Xue Tingxiang sneered in his eyes, but because of each other's identities, he said implicitly: "If His Royal Highness King Lu is all right, this official will leave."
It is also vaguely saying that King Lu is very busy, and he is very busy.
After speaking, he turned around and walked forward, obviously feeling that King Lu had nothing to say.
He didn't want to talk to him!
"This king has something to do."
Xue Tingxiang could only stop again and said helplessly: "His Royal Highness King Lu..."
"It's the daughter of your palace."
Xue Tingxiang became solemn.
King Lu told Xue Tingxiang what he had seen and heard. He spoke quickly, and he was probably not used to this mode. After Xue Ting heard what he said to King Lu, his first reaction was to ask King Lu how he knew.
King Lu knew that this person had a grudge against him, and he briefly talked about the situation in the future.
According to his usual disposition, he never explained anything to others, but he was always afraid that because of Xue Tingxiang's misunderstanding of himself, he would ignore the girl's affairs. After all, the child was the one who looked up to him. When he was still in the womb, he saw that she was about to be born.
That's all. King Lu said this to himself in his heart.
After Xue Tingxiang heard this, he was a little surprised by King Lu's attitude, but he still bowed his hands and said, "His Royal Highness King Xie Lu."
Then the people left.
King Lu didn't point out that Xue Tingxiang could be grateful to him.
Anyway, after speaking, forget it, he straightened his clothes and stepped into the Qianqing Palace.
Xue Tingxiang was supposed to go to the cabinet, but he went back to the government.
The first thing is to call Zhao'er to ask.
But Zhao'er was also at a loss, because Ningning didn't tell her about it at all.
The couple sat face to face, and the room was extremely quiet.
As deceitful and resourceful as Xue Tingyan, in the face of her daughter, she suddenly felt helpless.
Because I don't know what my daughter thinks, if she is an ordinary girl, shouldn't this kind of thing have been told to her parents long ago
However, Zhao'er was very angry, and felt that Mrs. Gu had lied to her.
The words have been said so clearly, I can't accept that I can not be a relative, why did I suddenly get a cousin out!
"No, I'll ask someone to go to Gu's house to ask."
Xue Tingyan held her and said, "You should go and ask your daughter now."
Zhao'er felt that her husband's words made sense, so the couple went to the yard where Ning Ning lived. When he got to the door, Xue Tingxiang suddenly stopped and said that he would not go in.
No matter how close the father and daughter were when they were young, when the daughter is older, she will not stick to her father, but will stick to her mother. And there are some things that Xue Tingxiang, a big man, can't interject.
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He didn't make any tentative words, but directly asked about it.
Ning Ning wondered who told her parents about this, and everyone around her had explained it, so it could only be King Lu.
How could King Kelu
Without thinking about it, she pursed her lips and said, "My daughter thinks that this matter doesn't need to be made a fuss, and the Gu family is not as good as our family. They took the initiative to get involved in this marriage. Since my mother has made it so clear to the Gu family, it is impossible for them to come here on purpose. I hate our family. After all, the two families are married, not grudges. How dare they deceive me when my parents are there.
"So I think this cousin is probably going to disgust me on purpose. She didn't dare to reveal her identity, but she just clambered on the street, probably because she wanted to disgust me, and if she was disgusted with our family, she could ruin this marriage. People have ulterior motives, but they only dare to do petty things, which is not worth mentioning, let alone that we are angry with her."
After listening to what her daughter said, Zhao'er was surprised, but also felt comforted and melancholy at the same time.
She was always afraid that her daughter was still young and that she would be bullied when she married, so she was careful about everything. But at the same time, I also knew in my heart that my parents could not protect them for a lifetime, and some roads had to be walked by themselves.
Seeing my daughter today is quite the style of everyone, she is well organized, much better than she was back then. In addition to comfort, but also feel very proud.
This is her daughter! Her sons and daughters are the best no matter what their characters are.
Now that the explanation is clear, Zhao'er doesn't worry anymore, but cares about the Gu family.
"No, even if we think it's worthless, but even if we want to disgust us, their family still owes us an explanation."
After comforting her daughter, Zhao'er went out to find Xue Tingxiang.
For so many years, although the Xue family did not bully others, they could not tolerate bullying.
Looking at her mother's back, Ning Ning's eyes flashed, and finally returned to silence.