Ordinary clear day

Chapter 156 Negotiation
Afterwards, although Shu Ning took medicine, drank hot soup, and covered herself with a thicker quilt to sweat, she only got the word "hot" to be sure that she didn't have a fever.But when she saw Tong Ying again, she was just a little embarrassed, her heart beat a few more times, but she didn't feel any weirdness, so she was sure that she was not attracted to anyone.

That's right, how could she, a time-traveling girl who lived two lives, fall in love with a little boy who was "half her age"?illusion!Totally an illusion!It must be because I was so embarrassed at the time that I blushed!
She was determined to be more generous when she met Tong Ying.What made her even more satisfied was that Tongying's attitude was also very generous and natural, as if she didn't know anything, even when Suxin went to return the cloak and umbrella, he also showed a surprised look of "when did you take it?" Suxin thought it was her daughter who took it by herself.

Shuning admired him very much, so she cooked his favorite dishes for several days, Tongying accepted it with a smile, and didn't mean to be annoying.

After Duanning returned to Fangshan, Tongying grabbed him and had a secret talk with him for half a day.Shuning had no idea what they were talking about, and when they left the room, Duanning announced that they would go to Liangxiang the next day.Shu Ning originally wanted to go with her, but at least she had to cover her brother, didn't she?But Tongying stopped her, looked at Shuning, and said, "I heard that you were still dizzy when it rained two days ago, don't you? Don't go. I heard that kid Chongli is also in Liangxiang, I will accompany you When your elder brother goes, it's like visiting an old classmate, how about it?"

Shu Ning was slightly embarrassed, she also knew that it would be inconvenient to travel far away during this extraordinary period, since Tong Ying found another good name, she accepted the offer.

Duanning and Tongying went there for a full day and only returned in the evening.Shu Ning hurriedly asked people to prepare tea and dinner, and asked them how their trip was going.Duanning smiled slightly, and the corners of his eyes were filled with joy, Shuning knew it was over, and became happy too.

Tong Ying took a big sip of tea, sat down on the armchair, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "That boy Chongli used to be rigid, but he has become more moralistic now. It seems to prevent us from doing something, if it wasn't for Duan you, it's rare for me to talk to him!" Shuning hurriedly asked what was going on.

It turned out that at the Zhuangzi of Zhenzhen's family, after Tongying went out to negotiate in person, Duanning got the opportunity to talk with Zhenzhen alone, but the place was in a pavilion, and Chongli sat four or five feet away with Tongying. Wen talked with Mrs. Wen in the other room. There was a six-foot wide window facing the pavilion where Duanning and the others were staying. Although they couldn't hear the sound, they could see every move clearly.Tongying was unhappy at the time, seeing that Duanning didn't care, she didn't say anything.

He took a few glances from a distance, saw that Duanning and Zhenzhen were talking across the table, they were still behaved, and couldn't help worrying for their friend, but he saw that Zhenzhen had a happy face and a very delicate smile Mei Keren just let go of her heart, and then put her mind back on Mrs. Wen's side.

It's probably because noble ladies of a certain age like to be matchmakers, so Mrs. Wen was very happy when she saw Tong Ying's character.Because when Tongying came, she only said that she was an old classmate of Chongli and Duanning, and didn't explain her clan status. When Mrs. Wen heard that he hadn't married yet, she wanted to match him up.Tong Ying coped with it very painfully, but she was afraid that if her attitude was tough, she would annoy others and ruin her friend's affairs, so she had to endure it.However, Chongli was so focused on his younger sister that he had no time to help him out.It wasn't until Duanning finished talking with Zhenzhen that Tongying was out of the sea of ​​suffering.

Shu Ning felt a little weird when she heard it, but she didn't know why, she just felt a little uncomfortable, so she changed the subject and said: "Since Sister Zhenzhen made it clear, can this marriage be settled?" gone?"

Duanning and Tongying looked at each other with a bitter expression on their faces.Tong Yingdao: "Their family has been in the limelight recently. I heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has decided to build a watch workshop for high-end use. General Wu Dan is required to help choose the person in charge. The person who is going to their house now is There are more and more."

Duan Ning said with a wry smile: "Actually, Chongli is more strict in his work, because he is afraid that rumors will spread, which will harm Yu Zhenzhen and me. Now I heard that not only many rich and powerful children are interested in proposing marriage, but even the prince's clan is involved. Chongli It was also because there were too many families intending to marry their daughters to him, and they hid in Liangxiang for fear of offending others. Now even Brother Chongsi has someone in his family who wants to marry his daughter as his concubine."

Shu Ning frowned when she heard this: "What should I do? Under such circumstances, wouldn't my elder brother become a thorn in the side of others when he was engaged to Zhenzhen? Those people all went for money and power, and the General's Mansion would not Want to marry them?"

Duan Ning said: "Their family is also having a headache. In a few days, Zhenzhen will come over in the name of visiting her sister. At that time, let's discuss a solution."

At this time, the maids and daughters-in-law brought dinner, and they stopped talking.

On the second day, Tongying went back to Beijing, and did not rush back from Beijing until a letter was delivered here, informing Chongli and Zhenzhen of the final time of their visit.

On the day when Chongli and Zhenzhen came, Shuning arranged for five people to talk at the Guanlan Pavilion in the garden, where there were windows all around, and when they were all opened, the wind was blowing cool, not to mention, anyone approaching could be found at any time.

After sitting down, Zhenzhen spoke first: "In the past few days, I asked my family members to go back to Beijing to inquire, and there are a few more families who want to propose marriage, but they are all for my brother. Ama is bored, just hide in the House of Internal Affairs About going to take care of the royal watch workshop, there is no movement from the emperor, I don't know what it means. How are you discussing these days?"

Duan Ning said: "I discussed it with Ama Erniang. If I can get the emperor's decree to grant a marriage, it will be the best result. At that time, I won't be afraid of offending anyone."

Chongli frowned slightly: "It is a good thing to be granted a marriage by the emperor, but if the emperor wants to give it, he must first be close to his own children. Now the third elder brother sends someone to the house almost every other day to ask if my sister has gone back. Gifts come here from time to time, because they are all books and chess records, which are not valuable things, and it is hard to push them away, and he didn't expressly say that he wants to marry his sister, so I, Ama, can't refuse explicitly. The most troublesome thing is the East Palace. Recently, there have also been rumors that the prince has taken a fancy to my sister. With these two princes around, how can the emperor give you marriages?"

Zhenzhen bit her lip and remained silent.Duanning also frowned.

Tong Ying suddenly laughed, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, she said slowly: "These few things are not a problem, and, moreover, I'm afraid it will be good for Duanning and Miss Zhenzhen."

Chongli said in a deep voice: "I don't see any benefit, I just want to ask Duke Fu for advice."

Tong Ying didn't care too much, and said: "The third elder brother has already married a girl from Duke Yongqin's family as Zheng Fujin, then Dong E's family is a Manchurian family, and Fujin's father, Duke Yongqin, is an official of the first rank, the same rank as General Wudan. No matter how you say it, the emperor will not agree to point Miss Zhenzhen to the third elder brother as a concubine. So the third elder brother is just showing courtesy now, but in fact it is not a problem. As for the crown prince...he is now doting on the concubine Li The Jia family has also appointed a girl from the Shi family as the concubine. The Shi family is amazing. There are several governors, generals, foreheads, etc. in the Manchu family. Maybe one or two more will rule in a few months. The prince How could he offend the Shi family for the sake of a small watch workshop? The reason why he let out the rumors was because he had a quarrel with the third elder brother a few days ago and deliberately opposed him."

After hearing this, Duanning and Zhenzhen couldn't help showing joy on their faces.Chongli asked: "Even if these two princes are not a problem, what good will it do for my sister and Brother Duanning?"

Tong Ying took a sip of tea and smiled slightly: "Ordinary powerful families think that the two princes are interested, so naturally they dare not come to propose marriage again. But the prince made a sound, and the third elder brother knew that there was nothing to do, so he would naturally put his flag down Drum. In this way, Miss Zhenzhen will naturally have less trouble."

Duan Ning poured tea for him with his own hands, and said: "These days you came back to Beijing just to help me inquire about the news, right? Good brother, you have worked hard." Tong Ying said with a smile: "It's easy to say, easy to say."

But Chongli said: "Even if the princes are not a problem, there are still those clans and children of noble relatives. We can't afford to offend those people."

Zhenzhen frowned and said, "Second brother, why are you so good at pouring cold water?" Duanning quickly said, "Zhenzhen don't say that, brother Chongli is just worried about us." Zhenzhen didn't say anything more.

Chongli saw her so well-behaved, his heart was sour, he couldn't help sighing secretly that the girl was extroverted, and said coolly: "I'm just telling the truth. Duanning is still in the filial piety, and he has no official or job. I'm afraid the emperor may not be willing to grant her Is this marriage?"

"About this point, I have an idea." Shuning said, "According to me, sister Zhenzhen just ask the general to tell the emperor directly." Seeing that everyone was looking at her in surprise, she smiled and said: "Actually, as long as the general told the emperor that the grace of the emperor has given him so much glory today, the whole family is grateful for the emperor's grace and is willing to be the emperor's loyal ministers for the rest of their lives. Therefore, I dare not break the brotherhood of my brothers, even more Don’t dare to cling to the clan and dignitaries, just wish to be the emperor’s courtiers for a long time. In this way, the emperor will only think that your family is loyal and pure ministers, and most likely will not be angry.”

Everyone was thoughtful, Shu Ning continued: "As for the elder brother's matter, the general can tell the emperor, in fact, when we were in Guangzhou, the two families intended to get married, but at that time our grandfather passed away and we wanted to return to Beijing to observe filial piety. It was only then that the marriage discussion was suspended, but at that time, a token was left, and it was decided to discuss it later. This is also the truth, and it is not deceitful. Your Excellency General can say this: Although your family is dignified now, you cannot stand without trust. Violation of the agreement of the year. When the other family came to propose marriage, they did not dare to speak out because they were concerned that the man’s family was still in filial piety. Now that the man’s family is about to be satisfied, I ask the emperor to give me the grace to make this marriage possible. Isn’t that all right? ?”

She didn't finish, but in fact, Duan Ning contributed to Tong Ying's contribution of pictures last year.Because this matter involved military aircraft, the emperor did not speak out to praise Tong Ying, but he must have known it in his heart. If he had also heard about Duan Ning's role in it, things might go more smoothly.

She took a peek at Tongying, seeing that Tongying was also looking at her, with a hint of admiration in her eyes, a smile on the corner of her mouth, and a slight nod.She suddenly felt relieved.

Duanning and Zhenzhen thought it was good when they heard it. Chongli pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "This is a good idea. Although the two families did not make an explicit marriage contract back then, they actually knew each other well. In this way, the emperor also You will feel that our family is loyal and trustworthy." He turned his head to look at Shuning, and said with a smile: "Sister Shuning is really smarter now."

Tong Ying interjected: "Not only will the emperor think that you are loyal and trustworthy, but when others know about it, they will also think that your family does not admire power, does not forget old friendships, is a truly virtuous family, and is very beneficial to your father's reputation. Even the people who made promises to Brother Chongli were also dismissed. Moreover, Duanning let go of half of the relatives in order to keep his filial piety. Isn't it just a word of "filial piety"? If the emperor is interested, just ask Duanning Maybe you will be favored for your knowledge and homework. This is something that is good for both of you."

At that moment, everyone was overjoyed, and they agreed on many details. This matter is considered to be an agreement, and we just wait for Wu Dan to find an opportunity to ask the emperor for an order.It's just because of Tongying's reminder that Duanning and Zhenzhen decided to meet as little as possible before the decree of giving marriage came down, so as to avoid more troubles.

In this way, the two of them might not see each other again until today, and everyone gave them a wink, leaving them a space to be alone.Chongli intended to stand outside the pavilion to wait for each other, but Tong Ying dragged him away, but when he reached the Linyuan Pavilion, he refused to go any further, so Shuning could only stand there with him and wait.

Shuning watched Tingzhong's elder brother talking to Zhenzhen from a distance, and was also happy for them.When she turned her head, she inadvertently noticed that Chongli had glanced at her several times, and she asked, "Brother Chongli, what's the matter?" Chongli coughed twice, said it was all right, and turned to look at the mountain view opposite.

After a while, Shuning felt that Chongli was looking at her again, so she asked him what was wrong again.Chongli still coughed a few times, but this time he hesitated for a while, and said, "Sister Shuning, I remember... you are going to be drafted next year, right?"

"Yes."

"So... I don't know if your family... have any preparations... plans?"

"What's the plan?" Shu Ning was a little surprised, "Are you talking about learning the rules?"

"No..." Chongli coughed a few more times, "I mean, your family thinks...you can choose Miss Shuning, and if you can't...what are your plans?"

Only then did Shu Ning understand: "I haven't chosen yet, who knows what the result will be? Although I think I'm mostly a companion, but I have to think about what I'm going to do when the result comes out."

The corners of Chongli's mouth twitched, but he stopped soon. He was about to continue to say something, but was suddenly interrupted by Tong Ying.

Tong Ying came back from the garden gate and said: "Auntie sent someone to say that the food has been prepared, let us go to eat." Shuning hurriedly said: "I forgot the time, I will tell my brother Miss Zhenzhen go."

She lifted her feet and left, but Tongying looked at Chongli with a half-smile. Chongli was a little uncomfortable, so she coughed a few times. Unexpectedly, she coughed so much that she choked herself, and suddenly coughed earth-shatteringly. .

Tong Ying smiled and said: "Brother Chongli, are you okay? In summer, people are prone to dry mouth and get angry. The house here brews licorice tea, which is most suitable for drinking in this kind of weather. Why don't you try it, Brother Chongli?"

Chongli managed to catch his breath, and said, "Thank you, Duke Fu, for your kindness, but I'm afraid that I will trouble the master too much."

Tong Ying smiled deeper: "No trouble, anyway, it's ready-made, I just say hello to people."

Chongli stopped talking, turned around to greet his sister and the others.

At lunch, there were still only the five young people at the table. Tong Shi enthusiastically asked Zhenzhen brothers and sisters to eat more, probably because they were more familiar with Tong Ying, and they faintly regarded him as half of their own, but they were not so enthusiastic.

Chongli kept a straight face, Shuning thought he couldn't get used to Zhenzhen and Duanning taking food from each other, and secretly gave her brother a wink to tell him to restrain himself.Only Tong Ying kept smiling and eating food.

After dinner, everyone was sitting and chatting in the study, and after a while, they heard bursts of noise coming from the front, disturbing everyone's peace.Tong, who was taking a nap, ordered someone to go ahead to see what was going on.

A woman came to report and said: "Ma'am, it's the opposite door, Lu's house, they kicked out a matchmaker, and the matchmaker is scolding at his door."

(Sorry, it's a bit late today)

(End of this chapter)