Mu Huagui

Chapter 177 Marriage
Licorice and Wanqian looked up at the same time, both with disbelief.Licorice's face was even more angry, and she looked at Wanxi in a blink of an eye.Is she really unmoved by her earnest words?

Wanxi just bowed her head and gave an "hmm" before responding.

When Zhou Mingyuan came back in the evening, he was indeed wearing the clothes and shoes he had sent. The clothes he wore out in the morning were already soaked, and Zhu Sheng carried them off to the laundry room.

"Fortunately, there are clothes from you. Those people's eyes are straightened. I can only blame my stupid lady for not being considerate." Zhou Mingyuan smiled and gave her a bear hug as soon as he came in.

"This year the snow is bigger than in previous years, and it seems that there will be many more victims. Mother took 5000 taels of silver to prepare porridge, and I also plan to give 3000 taels, and set up a porridge shed in one place." Chen Jiaoer asked Zhou Mingyuan. .

"It's a good thing. Listen to it first. We won't be too late to build the porridge shed for the empress in the palace." Zhou Mingyuan nodded. He has been running around for the past few days to check the disaster situation. The situation in Beijing is not optimistic. It's even worse if you want to go outside Beijing.

"It's getting late, go to bed." Zhou Mingyuan's body was warmed up from the soak, and he lay comfortably on the bed and yawned.

"Brother Shun has been a little noisy these days, I'll stay with him at night, and you sleep alone today." Chen Jiao'er helped him cover the quilt and said.

"This brat." Zhou Mingyuan muttered, didn't pay attention, turned over, and soon fell asleep.

Wanqian shrank her hands and feet, entered the back room tremblingly, and saw the sleeping son, she silently spread the bedding on her feet.In the past, when the imperial concubine didn't enter the door, their night watchers slept on the feet like this.Later, Shi Zifei came in and said that she was not used to someone sleeping next to her.Someone put up a table of beauties in the outer room for their maids on duty at night.

Listening to the son's long breathing, Wanqian felt indescribably satisfied.She really doesn't need the status of an aunt, and she doesn't want to compete with anyone for favor.Just waiting by his side like this, watching him silently, looking up at him, is enough.

In the darkness, Zhou Mingyuan seemed to move his lips, and Wanqian skillfully poured a glass of warm water. In the winter room, because of the burning earth dragon, she often felt thirsty at night.

Zhou Mingyuan, who turned over and sat up, had already received a glass of warm water before he stretched out his hand.He tilted his neck and drank it, then fell back to sleep.Early the next morning, when Licorice came in to serve her, she deliberately glanced at the sheets several times.I didn't find anything unusual, and I thought that no mother-in-law delivered water last night, so I felt a little proud.

Glancing at Wanqian, she found that she was still the same as before, arranging the clothes for Shi Ziye with a faint and gentle smile.

"Go and see if the imperial concubine is awake." Zhou Mingyuan wiped his face with a hot towel, and said to Licorice.

"What's the matter, brother Shun made a fuss last night, so he didn't let me sleep for a while this morning." Ruyi helped Chen Jiao'er close the curtain, followed behind Chen Jiao'er, and walked in together.

"Hey, I just want to ask Brother Shun how he is, do you want to ask the imperial doctor to take a look?"

"No need, it's just that the child wants to act coquettishly with mother, just coax her for a few days." Chen Jiao'er asked Ruyi to prepare breakfast, and Licorice stepped back to help.

"I remember you didn't let the maids stay in the house overnight."

"Yes, but I feel bad."

"You decided, why would I feel bad..." Zhou Mingyuan just smiled and said nothing.

Wanqian's face is as white as paper, sure enough, decades of love is not worth a little finger of Shi Zifei.She originally thought that even if Shi Ziye loves Shi Zifei again, he should have some affection for these servants who have served them for more than ten years.

No matter how much this love is, it can only be seen for the sake of her infatuation, let her stay in this yard, stay by his side and serve him.

Wanqian knelt down and said dumbly, "Please punish the concubine, Wanxi yesterday..."

"Hey, my son and I don't know that you are deeply affectionate, but Wanxi, if this affection becomes a burden to others, what do you think it is worth?" If you want to deal with Wanxi, Chen Jiaoer has a hundred ways Thousands of ways.But she didn't want to, this maid was different from others, she loved Zhou Mingyuan not because of his rights and background.She was even sure that if the world really changed and they had nothing, there must be Wanxi who was willing to be by their side.

If she really couldn't see through it, couldn't figure it out, she would rather give her the title of aunt than hurt her.But she hopes that Wanqian can have her own happiness, and she can understand that love is the connection between two people, and it is a kind of tacit understanding. There should be contributions and responses.

Simply giving without asking for anything in return, who can guarantee what it will ferment after a long time, and what it will distort a person into.She really didn't want to see Wanxi like that, she hoped that Wanxi would always be that kind, loyal, simple maid who was considerate of everything.

"If Zhusheng doesn't dislike her, I will marry her and ask the concubine to be fulfilled." Wanqian was still kneeling, not sure if she had figured it out, or was completely heartbroken by the attitude of the concubine.

Zhusheng is naturally willing, others don't know Wanxi's thoughts, but he can see clearly from the side.But he still likes her, and he doesn't dislike her for having someone else in his heart.

On one side Wanxi and Zhusheng got married, on the other side, the Ning family agreed to Zhou Mingtang's marriage proposal.Zhou Mingtang got the other party's Geng post, and he could no longer hide the matter. He walked into the study with the determination to be punished by his father's family law.

He was a little dizzy until he went out. The prince just took a deep look at him, which made his forehead sweat, and when he thought he was going to be dragged down to kneel in the ancestral hall, the prince suddenly said, "You choose the road yourself. Yes, then go on your own, don’t expect others to help you.”

After finishing speaking, he left the other party's Geng Tie, called Guanshi Feng in front of him, and asked him to take full responsibility for the rest of the matter.Although he only appointed a steward to be in charge of his engagement, Zhou Mingtang was still very excited, at least the prince did not object.

As for the endless sentence, Zhou Mingtang didn't take it to heart at all, the prince is young and in good health.The eldest brother wants to inherit the title of prince, but he doesn't know how many years it will take. He lives in the palace for a day, and he is the second young master of the palace.Under the same roof, no matter what he does, he is a family.

Of course, there is a fly in the ointment. Naturally, the concubine Shizi dealt with Wanqian without bloodshed, which made him a little regretful.

The concubine Shizi also specially picked up Zhang's mother, hoping that Wanxi would recognize her as a godmother, and she would also have someone to rely on in the future.He also said that if Shizi let the sound of bamboo go out, he would naturally let her follow him to be an official wife.If Zhusheng stays in the palace, then Wanqian will be Shun's close mother in the future.

Mother Zhang was convinced from the bottom of her heart, what else could she say except nodding.The concubine Shizi hid herself, and asked her to be on duty at night. For this sake, what else can people say.Agreeing to marry Zhusheng was also agreed by herself.

After recognizing the god-in-law, the slight unhappiness in Zhusheng's family disappeared immediately.Who is Zhang Mama?His position in the mansion has been as firm as a day for decades.She is the maidservant of the eldest concubine, and the goddaughter of the concubine's companion, so there is nothing to say about this marriage, Zhu Sheng's parents immediately agreed with joy.

Chen Jiao'er gave her a big vacation, and privately gave her 1000 taels of silver to let Wanxi go back to prepare for marriage.Zhang's mother has several children, and they all help Zhang Luo open.

Soon Wanqian married into Zhusheng's family. Zhusheng's surname was Tian. The next day, when she heard someone calling her Tian's family or Tian's sister-in-law, Wanxi was still a little uncomfortable.

Give Shi Ziye and Shi Zifei too much, thank you.The two of them refused to take a rest no matter what they said, Zhu Sheng said even more, "The Master is busy every day, but he told us servants to stay idle in the mansion, no matter what."

Wanxi wanted to come back to serve, she was married now and could no longer be a maid, so Chen Jiao'er asked her to serve Brother Shun with her nanny.As for the house, Hongmei was appointed as the first-class maid.

The concubine called Chen Jiao'er over and told her about Zhou Mingtang's engagement to Miss Seven of the Ning family.I heard this from Zhou Mingyuan a long time ago, and I wasn't particularly surprised when I heard it. He just nodded and replied respectfully, "Mother, if there is anything my daughter-in-law needs to do, just tell me."

"As long as we know that this is the case, let's do what we have to do. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the family is busy enough." The princess had already chosen Miss Wen for the second young master. If he is promising, he can pass Entering an official position after taking the scientific examination, he has a father who is a prince and an old father-in-law who is of the Qingliu school, so he will not worry about a good future in the future.

Even if he fails in the scientific examination, Yin Feng fills in the gap, and even if the Yue family gives him some pointers, he will still be able to make a splash.

Unexpectedly, he didn't say anything when he was dissatisfied, and even quietly bypassed his family members and went to fix Miss Ning's family.It is obvious that he is dissatisfied with the princess, thinking that this is to harm him.

Since this is the case, the concubine doesn't want to take care of his affairs anymore, anyway, the prince has left it to Feng to manage it, and she is justified not to be a part of it.

Another thing that happened a few years ago was that Annan's wedding team finally arrived.I started early, but because I didn't know clearly, I was delayed on the road for a while, and I just arrived now.

Although time is tight, anyone can understand the feeling of wanting to marry a daughter-in-law and go home for the New Year.Because of Chang Zaixian's meritorious service, the emperor and all the officials were impressed by his meritorious service.

The emperor granted him a house in the capital, ordered him to get married in the capital, and even gave him the position of commander of the Jingwei in the hands of Concubine Ning.Now that he is in Beijing, he wished he had eight legs and walked sideways.

Annanhou Laohuai comforted him, he didn't dare to leave Annan, and almost sent all the able-bodied members of the clan to the capital to help him with his marriage and stay to help him.

It was Mrs. An Nanhou who said, "The emperor takes a fancy to our family in Xian. Apart from his meritorious service, he is probably also because of his simplicity and innocence. If the Marquis sends so many people there, there is a saying that it is too late."

Marquis Annan made a salute, "This old man is a fan of the authorities. My wife reminded me well, I have been educated for my husband."

(End of this chapter)