Merchant's daughter is not a concubine

Chapter 335
Mrs. Ning, Mrs. Ning and Mrs. Ning and Mrs. Ning were all shocked when they saw the 300 million taels of silver.Gu's and Uncle Ning's couple's eyes flashed with excitement.

Old Madam Ning and Second Master Ning had complex expressions, both excited and worried.

Who doesn't like money!And it's still 300 million taels!The Ning family's business has been in poor condition for more than ten years. They cannot make ends meet, and their annual income is only more than 1 taels, and sometimes they even lose money.In the past few years, several girls have grown up and got married one after another. The dowry is one thousand or eight hundred for the concubine, and two or three thousand for the concubine. Although the dowry is quite a lot, the family spends a lot, so there is no money left.

Suddenly seeing 300 million taels, green light almost appeared in his eyes.

Uncle Ning and his wife have a single mind, they want money when they see it.But Second Master Ning and Mrs. Gu are both in a clear mind, knowing that the money has been collected, the relationship will fade away.

Old Madam Ning felt a chill in her heart, she glanced at Princess Chen with reddish circles of eyes, and Princess Chen's face was also pale.

"Thank you, son. If you don't care about nurturing, you should treat it as a filial piety to the old lady." Seeing that Second Master Ning would not accept it, Uncle Ning couldn't wait, so he stepped forward and took all the bank notes.

Old Madam Ning wanted to speak, but when she opened her mouth, the words stuck in her throat.

Second Master Ning also moved his lips, but did not speak.How can I refuse such a large sum of money!And even if they don't take the money, can the relationship be eased?Just relying on that dead girl Ning Qing, she didn't try her best to blow the wind in her ears to keep the prince away from them!
Song Zhuo doesn't care if they accept the money or not, anyway, his attitude has been shown, and everyone can see clearly.He took a sip of tea, said he needed to change clothes, turned around and went out.

Seeing this, Hui Ping and Nanny Liu were shocked, and immediately ran to Ning Qing's garden.

After all, Hui Ping and Madam Liu went back to the yard first, Hui Ping said urgently: "Zi Wan, Zi Lu, close the gate quickly, don't let the son in."

"Well, cousin is here." Ning Qing was standing at the door looking around.Hui Ping and Chun Juan ran in quickly, took Ning Qing with one hand and dragged inside, and closed the door with a bang.

As soon as the door was closed, there was a quarrel outside: "Your Highness, you can't go in. You can't meet before the wedding!"

"Anyway, there are still two days before the wedding, please go back, Your Highness."

Ning Qing was very happy when she heard that Song Zhuo was coming, and pushed the window to look out.Hui Ping and Chun Juan rushed to fetch her: "Girl, you are going to get married in two days, just bear with it."

Ning Qing felt like being scratched by a cat: "I'll just take a look."

"If you can't see it, the prince can't come in." Hui Ping said.

At this time, there was an exclamation outside the door, and Song Zhuo's familiar footsteps sounded: "Qingqing."

"Cousin..." Ning Qing's nose was sore when she heard Song Zhuo's voice.Not seeing each other for more than two months, she misses Song Zhuo so much.

"Your Highness, you can't enter a girl's boudoir before the wedding, otherwise it will be unlucky. Your Highness also wants to reconcile husband and wife, so that they can grow old together." Liu Mama said outside.

Ning Qing pursed her lips, and the sound of Song Zhuo's footsteps outside stopped.

Ning Qing sat down at the table, resting her chin on the door panel.

I thought Song Zhuo was gone, but I didn't want to, but Song Zhuo knocked on the window: "Qingqing."

"Cousin didn't leave." Ning Qing stood up, very happy.

"Girl, just bear with it." Hui Ping said.

Ning Qing wanted to see Song Zhuo, but she was afraid that it would be unlucky.Hui Ping was relieved to see that Ning Qing was just walking around and didn't intend to go out.

I saw Ning Qing suddenly walked to the closet, turned left and right, and suddenly pulled out a veil from inside: "Ah, this is it!"

Surrounding her face, she rushed to the window. When Hui Ping realized it, it was already too late, and the window had already opened.Hui Ping almost cried out of anger at Ning Qing, it's not up to her expectations!

"Well, cousin." Ning Qing covered the veil with her slender fingers, revealing a pair of watery eyes, looking eagerly at Song Zhuo outside.

Song Zhuo was very pleasantly surprised when he saw Ning Qing: "Qingqing." Holding her small face with both hands: "Didn't you say you can't see her?"

"Because my cousin is here." Ning Qing replied honestly. "I wear a veil, you see, so I can't see it."

Song Zhuo chuckled: "Oh, you have thought of all this, why is my family Qingqing so smart?"

As he spoke, he held her small face and kissed her through the thin veil.

"Girl." Hui Ping and Chun Juan rushed to pull Ning Qing.

Grandma Liu and others outside also came to pull Song Zhuo: "My lord, you can't enter the door."

"This son didn't enter the door." It's just to open the window!Song Zhuo took out a box from Xiaosong and gave it to Ning Qing: "This is for you."

"What is this?" Ning Qing took it, and looked at Song Zhuo eagerly: "Cousin."

"Qingqing, be good, my cousin will come to pick you up in two days, bear with it first." Song Zhuo's heart melted under her stare, and he patted her little head again.

Ning Qing nodded, and the window was closed.Song Zhuo came out of the garden, and Ning Qing put the box on the table.The two days were short, but Ning Qing felt very tormented because she missed Song Zhuo, but the main reason was that this family could no longer give her warmth.

"Girl, I'm getting married soon, don't think too much." Hui Ping said.

Ning Qing looked at the delicate and luxurious wedding dresses hung up in the room, and felt better again.

"What did the prince give, open it and take a look." Chunjuan said.

When Ning Qing opened the box, she was startled, and saw inside was an exquisite glazed lantern, on one side was written "a century-old married couple" and on the other side was written "Forever and forever together."

The handwriting is very ordinary, but it is very neat, and you can tell that it was written with heart at a glance.Most importantly, this is simplified Chinese characters.

Ning Qing's eye circles immediately turned red: "It's Brother Shui..."

As he spoke, he began to cry.No wedding gift made her happier than this gift.Only with his blessing can she feel that her marriage is happy and complete!

"Brother Shui is here?" Ning Qing said excitedly.

"Not really, but Pingxing sent the dowry to the girl." Hui Ping told all about the dowry just now.

Ning Qing said, "Where's Pingxing?"

"outside."

"Come in quickly."

After a while Ping Xing came in: "The servant has seen the girl."

"How is brother Shui?" Ning Qing asked.

"My lord is well, please don't read it." Ping Xing said.

Pingxing didn't say anything more, said he was on his way, and went back immediately.Ning Qing was holding the lantern, and she knew that thousands of words were contained in this lantern.There is no need to say anything between her and him.

"Miss, a distinguished guest has arrived." Chun Juan came in with a smile.

Ning Qing looked outside and saw a woman walking in, lifted the hood, and giggled: "Sister Qing."

"Sister Rou." Ning Qing saw that it was Princess Jiarou, and was very surprised: "Why are you here?"

"You just left Tianshui, your cousin turned around and asked someone to send me a letter, saying that I will be married in August, and I will come out." Princess Jiarou laughed. "I didn't expect you to marry the legendary son of the Chen Prince, and the son of the Chen Prince, Song Zhuo, must be Mu Fan."

Ning Qing nodded: "Yes."

"It's really a blessing." Princess Jiarou said.

"Princess, please sit down." The spring roll had already served tea.

"This time I specially added a box for you." Princess Jiarou said: "You also know that my marriage is not going well. I am divorced, so I will not participate in your wedding. You want to be happy, and be happy with me go down."

"Sister Rou will be fine in the future." Ning Qing was in tears.

Princess Jiarou nodded with a smile, and asked the maid to take a few boxes of gifts: "Here are the gifts from Xianxian, and the gifts from my mother, oh, yes, and the gifts from Master Su of the Su family. , he said thank you for leaving, he has one less competitor, and he can sleep peacefully in the future."

Ning Qing laughed out loud.

Princess Jiarou held Ning Qing's hand and said, "Although I won't be present, I will watch you get married outside."

"Sister Rou, don't be afraid, I'm not afraid of this." Ning Qing said.They came all the way, why didn't they even attend the ceremony.And she wants Princess Jiarou to attend her wedding.

Princess Jiarou shook her head: "No, I won't attend. Because I think your wedding is flawless, and your marriage can't be flawed. This is my wish and the greatest blessing I send you , you must answer me."

"Okay." Ning Qing's eyes turned red and she hugged her. "I will. So, you will too."

Princess Jiarou nodded with tears in her eyes, and patted her on the back, and the two sat and chatted together.

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It is said that after Song Zhuo left the hall, Second Master Ning scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks anxiously. He wanted to follow, but Qingfeng and others gave him a look that scared him so much that he dared not even take a step.

He knew that Song Zhuo would stay at the best inn in Yuecheng, and wait there for two days and two nights before coming to pick up the bride.It would be fine if Ning Miao was sent there at this time.

But he sent people to inquire, only to find that the entire inn was surrounded, and the general and soldiers surrounded it so heavily that it was difficult for even a fly to fly in, let alone them.He didn't even have the chance to see Song Zhuo alone or communicate with Song Zhuo.

Therefore, he had no choice but to focus on Princess Chen.

But Concubine Chen was sitting in the hall, surrounded by high-ranking officials and wives, she couldn't do anything for a while.

Second Master Ning gave Gu Shi a wink, and Gu Shi stepped forward with a smile: "Big sister, there is still a while before lunch, why don't you go to the room to rest."

The old lady Ning also looked at Princess Chen eagerly, not because she wanted to impress others, but because Song Zhuo was too cruel, which made her feel anxious.She wanted to have a good talk with Princess Chen, and let her persuade Ning Qing so that the relationship between everyone would not be too tense.

Princess Chen nodded immediately, and Jingwen and Jingsi helped her in.

Mrs. Ning and Second Master Ning also entered the room, Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Ning were greeting the guests.

As soon as she entered the back room, Concubine Chen frowned, looking like she was about to cry: "Mother, why are you so confused that you don't even prepare a dowry for Qing girl. I remember that in the past, there were more than 2000 taels of big girls getting married. The dowry, the second girl is from a concubine, and there is also 800 taels of dowry. Why did you come to Qing girl's place, and there is only 50 taels! You don't even have a decent set of jewelry, and this is a married concubine!"

Old Madam Ning's old face was flushed red.Second Master Ning also had a bad complexion, and became angry from embarrassment: "It's... not because she is wearing gold and silver, so why would she need us. She doesn't have much jewelry?"

To put it bluntly, it is too philistine and greedy for petty gains.People are like this sometimes, when they see other people getting rich, they think, why doesn't she give us some of the money when she is so rich?She can take care of the dowry herself.

This is the reason and mentality why they asked Ning Qing for 10 taels to fill Ning Miao's teeth.He felt that Ning Qing was going to be rich, so he should pay this money as a matter of course.

I didn't think about Ning Qing at all. It was all Song Zhuo's money. They were from her natal family, so they should be used as Ning Qing's confidence. Ning Qing could gain a foothold by paying more dowry.Fortunately, they only see what is in front of them, not only do not want to make money, but also want to take a large sum of money.

"I wanted to marry as a princess back then, why did I pay back the dowry?" Princess Chen said again.

"How can it be the same..." Second Master Ning muttered.

Because Princess Chen's marriage was too deserted, they gave the dowry to curry favor, and they didn't give much dowry.The dowry was more than 1 taels, but the dowry was only [-] taels.

As for Ning Qing, she was too beautiful. With Song Zhuo's various pets, they had nothing to fear and made every inch of it.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Second Master Ning said: "Anyway, I lose face and lose face, what else can I do? We also agreed to marry back as a dowry gift!" Second Master Ning said with blood dripping from his heart, feeling that It's a big loss.

"Rou'er, you and girl Qing will take care of each other in the future." Madam Ning said, sighing: "You should also persuade her more, although today is really not good, but we are family after all, broken bones and connected muscles .”

"Persuasion as much as you can." Second Master Ning immediately snatched the words: "But I think it's not enough to rely on her alone in the family. It's better to send Miaomiao in."

Princess Chen's eyes darkened when she heard the words, and her face was livid: "Second brother, are you crazy? You are trying to win the heart of the girl!"

"We didn't want to occupy a seat early, but we were also afraid that the fifth girl would be too noisy. It would be great to have a sister as an arm." Second Master Ning said.

Princess Chen said: "I think it's good, just let Qing girl take it."

Second Master Ning's face turned dark.

Princess Chen waved her hand immediately when she saw this, "I don't want to accept this errand."

Second Master Ning was furious: "Why didn't you pick it up? You brought the fifth girl in at the beginning, why didn't you want Miao Miao? How dare you say that the fifth girl is your niece, but Miao Miao is not?"

Princess Chen was so angry that she was dizzy: "How can it be compared with now? Now it's Girl Qing's big wedding! Let me take her a sister, the blind man knows what it means, how can a sister get married, but bring a sister to her?" What's the reason for being a concubine? And she's not a concubine, she's a cousin! If you want to give it to someone, just talk to the prince. If he is willing, he will take it away."

Second Master Ning's expression became even worse: "We don't even have a chance to talk to him alone."

"Then don't bring it." Princess Chen said.

Second Master Ning was furious: "You—"

"Second Master Ning." At this moment, Xiao Song walked in.

Second Master Ning was startled, and immediately put on a smiling face: "What's the matter, little brother?"

"When will dinner be served? Everyone is hungry after driving for half a day. Now it's past noon." Xiao Song said dissatisfied.

"Wait a little longer..." Second Master Ning laughed and thought for a while, this is Song Zhuo's confidant, why not tell him: "Brother, it's actually like this..."

"Actually what? We're all hungry now! We didn't even have breakfast this morning because we were in a rush!" Xiao Song snorted, "If the food isn't ready yet, we'll all go back to the inn to eat. You still want to do this and that, but you haven't What do you mean by food? Let’s not wait any longer! But I know that the inn has already prepared food for the prince, and someone came to ask about it just now. Hmph, I don’t know how your Ning family treats guests! Even the future son-in-law , The world is so slow!"

Old Madam Ning was shocked: "Okay! The food is ready! My second son, let someone go down and set the meal."

Xiao Song looked at Princess Chen with a smile again: "Princess Wang, my son asked you to go out and discuss the details of the wedding with the official."

Princess Chen nodded: "Okay." After saying that, she left the house with Xiao Song.

Old Madam Ning glared at Second Master Ning: "Hurry up and prepare the meals. Send Ning Miao in, don't even think about it!" said and walked out of the house with a cane.

Second Master Ning ordered the housekeeper to prepare meals, but thinking of Song Zhuo's unattainable posture and Ning Qing being so valued, his heart felt as uncomfortable as a cat scratching.

No matter what, he had to send his daughter in!Otherwise, their second wife will not get any benefit in the future!As long as Ning Miao wins the favor first, even gives birth to the eldest son first, squeezes out Ning Qing, and then whispers to Song Zhuo, his son will be a high official!They are no longer merchants, and the wealth of the sky is waiting for them!

But Princess Chen didn't take it with her, and Ning Qing didn't take it with her, so there was no chance of contacting Song Zhuo, and she would slip away in a blink of an eye in two days.Second Master Ning was in a hurry.

At this time, Mrs. Gu walked in: "Is it settled?"

"Eldest sister is also an elbow-turned product!" Second Master Ning said.

Gu thought for a moment: "How about this..." As he spoke, he told Second Master Ning the method he thought of.

Second Master Ning's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This method is fine."

Gu asked people to find Ning Miao, and told Ning Miao what he had done.

Ning Miao was stunned and furious: "Why would I do such a thing! Why would I use such a method!"

She felt that Princess Chen should take her to the inn as a matter of course, and be loved by Song Zhuo again.But Princess Chen didn't take her with her!Ning Erye and Gu Shi also asked her to do this kind of thing.

"You are not as good-looking as the fifth girl, so you can only show your talent." Gu Shi said.

"I...huh, I'm not a superficial person, I only care about appearance!" Ning Miao saw that they said that she was not as good as Ning Qing, although this was recognized, but it was another thing to say it. "It doesn't look like she has an empty appearance! The inside is an idiot!"

Second Lord Ning and Mrs. Gu suddenly thought that Ning Qing could cooperate with Zhong Liyou in business, and could recognize a prince as a righteous brother, and choked.

"She's good at doing business," Gu said.

"Bah, why didn't she bring the Ning family with her when she knew how to do business?" Ning Miao said, "It must be that Zhong Liyou who has been stunned by her, who is playing tricks!"

"Okay, what are you talking about!" Second Master Ning said with a bad face, "If you don't want to go, then don't go! Since you don't rely on your appearance for a living, just show it."

Ning Miao choked.In fact, she thinks that she just doesn't show off, even if she is not as good as Ning Qing, but she thinks that she is arrogant and talented, and when other men see a noble and arrogant woman like her, they will be angry. Desire to conquer, fascinated by her.She doesn't need to perform anything for others to feel her inner talent.

How could she be reduced to the point of acting?

But thinking of Song Zhuo, she wanted to appear in front of him again.

Especially when Song Zhuo sent the betrothal gift, she hid inside and peeked secretly, and found that he was more magnificent than before, and her heart beat uncontrollably.At the same time, she secretly hated him for being deceived by Ning Qing's beauty.

"Miao Miao, go quickly." Gu Shi pulled Ning Miao.

Ning Miao snorted, just go!What is she afraid of!It is best to let Song Zhuo be fascinated by her on the days that Ning Qing values ​​most, and everyone praises her, maybe regretting the marriage on the spot, so that he can slap Ning Qing, a little bitch, in the face!
(End of this chapter)