Merchant's daughter is not a concubine

Chapter 334

Song Zhuo walked into the house, and Second Master Ning was about to squeeze up immediately, and said with a smile, "Nephew..."

But he didn't even get close, and was thrown aside by Qing He and others, and almost fell into the mud.

Mrs. Ning, Uncle Ning and his wife, and Mrs. Gu all turned pale, and their hearts, which had been warm just now, suddenly turned cold.

Zhao Zhixian and other Yuecheng officials have come to their senses.Even if Song Zhuo marries Ning Qing as his concubine, he still treats the Ning family with contempt and contempt as always!
Ning Qing is the only one he loves most!Otherwise, he wouldn't have personally come to hire and welcome the bride, and he wouldn't have offered such a rich dowry gift!
Princess Chen's face was slightly pale, she sat at the top, Song Zhuo sat on the right, and everyone saluted again.Princess Chen felt a little distressed when she saw her own mother and brother-in-law kneeling like this.But seeing Song Zhuo sitting motionless like a mountain, he didn't dare to squeak.

Mrs. Ning, Second Master Ning and others knelt down for three big gifts, but Song Zhuo didn't treat her specially at all.I want to take the airs of the elders and the affection of relatives, but he is the son of the prince and the royal blood.The ruler, the ruler, the minister, the father, the son, the son, there is a ruler first, and then there is a father.Not to mention them, even the current Uncle Jing Guo had to salute when he saw Song Zhuo.

He didn't show any affection, so naturally he had to kneel.

After kneeling enough, Song Zhuo waved his hand: "Sit."

"Today is a good day for His Royal Highness's betrothal. The betrothal gift is meager, less than a hair of the imperial concubine. I hope the Ning family accepts it with a smile as a token of gratitude for the upbringing and teaching." Xiaosong said.

Although everyone in the Ning family was slightly slapped in the face, Xiaosong turned around and made them elated.And the officials on the other side gasped, especially the sentence "The dowry is meager, not as good as a hair of the concubine." It can be seen that Ning Qing is very important in Song Zhuo's heart.

The guards brought in boxes of dowry gifts, which reflected the entire simple hall in brilliant light.Xiao Song took the gift list and read one by one, Second Master Ning and Mrs. Gu were so excited.

"Okay, finished reading, Mrs. Ning and Second Master Ning, you can hear clearly, is there something wrong?" Xiao Song laughed.

"No, I heard everything clearly!" Second Master Ning hurriedly responded, nodding and bowing.

Xiao Song smiled and said, "Okay, the betrothal gifts are finished, and it's time for Shizi Concubine to show off her dowry."

Second Master Ning and Mrs. Gu froze when they heard this.Gu Shi was startled: "Show... the dowry?"

"That's right. When we went to Beijing, we had the custom of posting dowry gifts and dowry. Why, don't you have it here?" Xiaosong heheed.

It is the custom of Tiansheng nobles to display the dowry and dowry.The dowry is carried to the woman's house to be counted, and the woman will carry out the dowry at the same time in order to show that she does not take advantage of others.Some dowry is more than dowry in order to win over their daughters.Even if there is not much dowry, most of the dowry will be returned as a dowry and become the private property of the married woman, and the man cannot touch it.

This custom was done by the nobles to show their wealth. Later, it gradually became popular in the homes of ordinary people.Of course, not every family will post it. Some betrothal gifts are really not very good, so they don’t post them. The ones posted are full of confidence.The Ning family has always been repulsive, and the daughters of the Ning family married not so good, so they haven't posted their dowry.

At the beginning when Concubine Chen was hired, Prince Chen only sent a housekeeper to bring over the dowry, which was worth more than one hundred thousand taels of silver.

But now that Song Zhuo's betrothal gift has been exposed, it would be outrageous not to expose the dowry.

Gu's face froze: "Dowry or something... His Highness also knows that our Ning family is just a small business, how can we compare with His Highness..."

"Hey, who doesn't know this!" Qingfeng snorted coldly: "Everyone here knows something."

"That's right." Zhao Zhixian's wife covered her mouth and smiled: "This is showing your heart! As long as the Ning family is dedicated."

"The dowry is here." At this moment, Hui Ping and Nanny Liu walked in.There were four or five nuns and servants following behind them.Ning Qing is going to get married in three days, so the dowry has already been carried into the wing room of Ning Qing's garden.

As soon as Hui Ping and Mammy Liu heard that Song Zhuo was hired, they knew that the dowry would be displayed, so they immediately brought the dowry.

The crowd only saw five rough envoys carrying a few loads of things, including mandarin duck quilts, pillows, copper plates, some combs and mirrors, and other things that a woman must have when she gets married.

There were only eight loads of things in total, everyone was stunned, and they all glanced at Second Master Ning and the others with weird eyes.These things are all must-haves, but there are none of the jewelry and other things!I don't know if there is 50 taels in total!

"One quilt, one pair of pillows..." Hui Ping repeated.

Concubine Chen saw the darkness in front of her eyes, she almost fainted, she was so ashamed that she wanted to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it.

Old Madam Ning almost lost her temper.She had known that Second Master Ning would not prepare a dowry, but she had already prepared 8000 taels of silver note, and wanted to give it to Ning Qing when she got married.Unexpectedly, Song Zhuo had the experience of exposing the dowry and dowry.

Everyone around looked at the Ning family with disdain.

Mrs. Zhao covered her mouth and smiled: "I remember that when Miss Ning got married, she was given 3000 taels of silver as a dowry."

The wife of a certain official also said: "Half a year ago in the jewelry store, I happened to see Mrs. Ning Er, and bought jewelry from the boss, saying that it was a dowry for the fourth girl in the family. This is marrying a commoner official and jewelry. Why is she so dignified? The Crown Princess doesn't even have one."

"It's probably not my own daughter, so I won't give you any of it!"

"Only dowry, no dowry...the daughters of other families are 'losers', this family is here to 'make money', no wonder..."

No wonder Song Zhuo looked down upon her!Such a family!Just step as low as you want!
When everyone despised Second Master Ning and others, they also secretly felt sorry for Ning Qing. People get married in a beautiful way, even with red makeup, but Ning Qing doesn't even have a decent dowry, so she can only rely on her husband's family.This is too shabby!
Just as she was talking, Qingying ran in from outside: "Your Highness, there is a dowry-giver coming outside!"

Song Zhuo smiled: "Please!"

Everyone was secretly wondering, this dowry didn't come from the family, so why did it come from outside?
After a while, I saw a dusty army coming in from outside carrying boxes of things, which filled the entire hall at once, and the good-natured ones counted them, and there were 380 nine loads, which was a lot more than the bride price. lift.

The dowry box was opened at the same time, and the hall, which had already been filled with splendor by Song Zhuo's betrothal gift, suddenly became radiant again.Everyone saw that the dowry box was full of gold, silver and jewels, no less than Song Zhuo's betrothal gift.

A fair-faced and handsome man ran in while panting heavily, and knelt down with a plop: "The slave came to marry the girl on the order of my master. My master is Tianshui Yan Wang Shui Jingnian, the girl's righteous brother. My sister is married, brother How can you not give a dowry?"

Everyone present was in an uproar, and Second Master Ning and others were even more shocked.

"My son, my prince said that a girl is not a helpless person, nor is she a person without the support of a married family. She is not married to your family, and she will be rubbed and flattened by you. If you dare to bully the girl, my prince will not Let you go." Ping Xing said.

Song Zhuo smiled: "Of course."

Just as he was talking, Qingying came to report again: "My lord, there is another dowry."

The corners of Song Zhuo's lips twitched slightly: "Please again."

Everyone thought they would bring things in again. Unexpectedly, after a while, only a beautiful man in white clothes came in. He was sick and was helped by his servants. Who was it?
"I've met the prince. I'm Zhongliyou, the emperor of Shangjing." Zhongliyou said.

The well-known merchants present gasped when they looked at Zhongliyou.Zhongli's family is the richest man in Tiansheng, they are simply the idols of merchants like them!
A servant behind Zhongliyou held up a box. Others thought it was something valuable such as night pearls, but Zhongliyou took out a stack of thick paper!

"This is the dry stock document of our Zhonglijia Tianwei Tianxia and Jinzhi Tianxia. Sweet Tianxia opened a total of [-] stores in Tiansheng, and Jinzhi Tianxia opened [-] stores. All [-]% of Tianwei Tianxia's dry stocks , all [-]% of the dry shares of Jinzhi Tianxia will be used as the girl's dowry."

Everyone was in an uproar.After all, how much money Tianwei Tianxia and Jinzhi Tianxia make are in common!Zhong Liyou actually took out the stem stocks of Tianwei Tianxia, ​​Jinzhi Tianxia head office and all branches as a wedding gift!What a big deal!

Adding up these dry stocks, you can rank among the top wealthy businessmen in Shangjing!

"This time, Zhong Li opened a philanthropic hall!" Someone exclaimed in surprise.

Zhongliyou gave that person a cold look: "Our Zhongli family is a businessman!"

"It's a businessman, why don't you give away the dry stock for nothing?" Someone said: "Could it be that the Shizi Concubine is your righteous sister again?"

Zhong Liyou pursed his lips, with a look of disgust on his face: "How can I be so sloppy...cough, beautiful sister-in-law. The cartoon of Jinzhi Tianxia was designed by her. Sweet Tianxia was also created by her. Because she has no cost, That's why we cooperated with me. Speaking of it, our Zhongli family took advantage of her. Because of certain things, she gave all these dry stocks to our family. But we thought that we must be kind in life, and even more so in business. So it's hers."

"Ah!" Everyone present was shocked, "It's actually the work of the Crown Princess!"

Second Master Ning was also surprised, no way, that cheap girl actually has such a trick?Since there is such a means, why not take it home?If you take it home, the Ning family will not be a second- or third-rate small business!So, that bitch is really an elbow turner!There is no heart for home at all!Therefore, it is even more important to send his daughter up!Otherwise, Ning Qing will marry as soon as she gets married, and they won't get any benefit from her!
The dowry sent by Shui Jingnian, together with Zhong Liyou's, was already more than Song Zhuo's dowry.

But everyone looked at the Ning family with even more contempt!As a righteous brother, he gave such a generous dowry. Zhongliyou, a businessman, should have taken advantage of it, but because of his kindness, he gave Ning Qing what he deserved as a dowry.

This serious natal family is fine, they don't even have 50 taels of silver!Of course, the Ning family can't compare with other princes and the richest man, but there must be thousands of taels of silver!I heard that the second wife's concubine prepared a dowry of two to three thousand, and Princess Chen gave more than 1.Now in Ningqing, Song Zhuo's betrothal gift is at least 500 million taels, but this is only 50 taels?really...

"Oh, my brother-in-law and my partner have given so much, this real natal family can't be stingy!" Mrs. Zhao Zhixian laughed.She thought of Ning Miao slapping and slapping her in the face again and again, if she didn't think that the Ning family would fly high, she would have been unable to bear it.

Now, she can see clearly that Song Zhuo will never support the Ning family at all!Instead, disgust and suppress!So there is no need for them to flatter and flatter them!Even if they help fight, Song Zhuo will think highly of them!
How could Mrs. Zhao see that the Ning family made such a large sum of money even if they couldn't catch up with Song Zhuo!
Gu's face froze: "We are small businesses, how can we get so much money to compare with others..."

"It wasn't there before, isn't it now?" Mrs. Zhao said with a smile: "People who love their daughters will give the dowry back as a dowry! Could it be that the reason why the Ning family didn't prepare a dowry is just like what the second wife said, it's not enough to see , so you have already prepared the plan to bring the dowry back as a dowry? Isn’t it?”

Mrs. Gu, Second Master Ning, Uncle Ning and his wife, and even Mrs. Ning, all almost vomited blood from anger.

Such a large betrothal gift, how can I send it all back!But with the previous comparison between Shui Jingnian and Zhong Liyou, it's okay if they don't have it. Now that they have such a large sum, if they can't get over it, they will take advantage of it, and they don't care about Shi Zifei at all.

Second Master Ning looked at the huge pile of shiny dowry gifts, his eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth. How can this thing that has already arrived in his hands fly away again? Even if he loses face, he doesn't want to send it back!

At this moment, he suddenly felt a chill go down his spine, and when he turned around, he saw Song Zhuo's gaze sweeping over with a half-smile.

Song Zhuo also made no secret of his coldness, and tapped the armrest with his slender fingers: "Second Master Ning, this means that you don't intend to give Qingqing a dowry, huh?"

If there were no Shui Jingnian and Zhong Liyou, some people might have misunderstood that Song Zhuo was reluctant to part with the dowry, sent it out, and then threatened to send it back.But with the comparison of the two, it is clear that he is not reluctant to give up money, but is standing out for Ning Qing.These betrothal gifts are all Ning Qing's private property, and because Ning Qing is backed by Shui Jingnian, he can't take them back.This showed his love for Ning Qing even more.

No one in the room felt sorry for the Ning family, just because the food was so ugly, this kind of people should not let them take advantage of them!

Second Master Ning trembled from being stared at by Song Zhuo, and smiled on the surface: "Of course!"

Song Zhuo hummed.Xiao Song took out three bank notes from his bosom: "The concubine Shizi will not be able to be filial in front of her in the future. This is to buy something for the old lady to take care of her body. It is also to repay the kindness of nurturing for many years."

Xiao Song opened the banknotes, and everyone could see clearly that they were 100 million taels of banknotes, and there were three pieces in total.

This is a silver ticket, not a bride price!Xiao Song also mentioned the kindness of nurturing for many years, and once the bank note was issued, it almost meant to cut off contact.

Song Zhuo hated these people for bullying Ning Qing, but it was undeniable that Ning Qing was raised by them.Even though it might be a bit mean, but after all, she was not hungry or cold, she was still pampered, raised well to such an age, and sent to him.

People's hearts are not so easily determined to be good or bad. Maybe Second Master Ning and others are not pure in their minds now, but they are only looking for profit, but they really didn't think so much about their upbringing.It's all rich and noble, and people's hearts change.

People's hearts are changeable, we can share adversity, but we can't share wealth and wealth, this is the truth.

(End of this chapter)