The next day, during the morning court session, the Imperial Censor reminded the Emperor not to believe in slander. The Emperor was so angry that he took all the ministers to the Ministry of Works. He showed the ministers the various tools made according to An Ning's books, and asked them to taste the corn that An Dashan brought yesterday. Of course, he gave a small piece to each of the Prime Minister, the Imperial Tutor, and the six ministers. The ministers were speechless, after all, they did not make such a big contribution.

A few days later, Li Xing returned from the border and brought back two carts of gifts, including gifts for An Dashan and others, and a cart of dowry for An Ning. Now it was less than two months before An Ning got married, and Gao followed An Ning back to the house in the capital to prepare An Ning's wedding.

Because An Ning was a princess, she didn't have to prepare her wedding dress herself, which saved her a lot of trouble. The invitations had already been sent out, and everyone in the capital who had any dealings with the An family had received an invitation.

An Ning, who should have been preparing for her wedding at home, was now checking the newly built kiln to see how the movable type she had ordered was doing. An Ning was very satisfied with the characters of the same size, and immediately used the existing characters to arrange a poem in the frame, then applied ink and tried to print it.

Because too much ink was applied on the first painting, the paper was a little fuzzy, so An Ning learned from her experience and applied less ink. This time the printed words were better. After several trials, An Ning finally got a satisfactory print, so she took the movable type and the printed works to the palace again.

The emperor now particularly likes An Dashan and his daughter to come to the palace. He looked at An Ning standing in front of the imperial desk and asked with a smile: "Yongjia, what good things have you come up with?"

An Ning briefly explained movable type printing, and then demonstrated it to the emperor on the spot with movable type and paper. The emperor was very surprised when he saw it, and immediately rewarded An Ning with many good things.

An Ning returned home with a lot of rewards. As soon as she got home, she heard Butler An come to report, "Princess, the wedding dress has been delivered. Madam asked you to go to the main courtyard to try it on after you come back, so that she can modify it if there is anything that doesn't fit."

An Ning nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Please send someone to deliver these things that the emperor has rewarded me to my yard!" After that, she went to the main courtyard.

When they arrived at the main courtyard, Gao was looking at the wedding dress on the shelf with a smile on her face. She saw An Ning coming back and said, "Ning Ning, come and try on this wedding dress. You can see that the craftsmanship of the embroiderers in the palace is very good. This wedding dress is as beautiful as a fairy's dress. It's a pity that you can only wear it once."

An Ning smiled and said, "Mom, do you want me to wear it a few more times?"

Gao's face darkened instantly and she said, "Pooh, pooh, pooh, you damn girl, you actually said something unlucky, stop it now."

An Ning was forced by Gao to say "Pooh, Pooh, Pooh" a few times before she stopped.

An Ning changed into her wedding dress with the help of her maids. Because An Ning was still in the developmental stage, the embroiderer specially made the size larger so that it fit An Ning perfectly.

After trying on the wedding dress, An Ning started to get busy again. She wanted to make the cement before getting married, but things did not go as she wished. An Ning overestimated herself, and until a few days before the wedding, she still hadn't made the cement.

An Ning decided to specialize in her field and leave the cement-making business to professionals, so she presented the cement recipe to the emperor. The emperor was so happy that he rewarded An Ning with twelve dowries.

The dowry for the princess was sixty-four pieces, and the emperor prepared a total of forty-eight pieces, so the An family could only prepare twelve pieces. But twelve pieces were not enough to hold the dowry that An Dashan and Gao prepared for An Ning. So they prepared twelve pieces on the surface, but secretly gave An Ning a lot of things, and gave An Ning more than half of the An family's property.

An Ning couldn't refuse, so she readily accepted the kindness of An Dashan and Gao. At most, she could help her family more in the future so that her family would not become poor.

The day before the dowry was delivered, families in the capital who wanted to associate with the An family came to give An Ning some dowry. Among them, the eldest princess's dowry gift was the most valuable, and no one else dared to go past the eldest princess.

After the dowry was added, the next day was the day to deliver the dowry. Such a spectacular scene was rarely seen in the capital, and even the dowry of Zhang Wenhua, the daughter of the prime minister's mansion, was far less than An Ning's dowry.

At 9:00 pm that morning, the dowry delivery team set out from the Rongchang Marquis's mansion. The first was the dowry awarded by the emperor, a total of 38 pieces, which were carried by the palace guards and walked out of the mansion gate first. Next came the dowry prepared by An Dashan and Gao for An Ning. These dowries were carried by the servants of the Rongchang Marquis's mansion. At first glance, they were so heavy that even the poles carrying the dowry were bent.

The crowd was talking about this, and some people said enviously: "This Rongchang Bo really loves his daughter. Once this dowry is given, won't most of the house be empty?"

Someone else gossiped, "You may not know this, but the Duke of Rongchang made his fortune with his daughter, so of course he should be nice to her. Besides, the Princess of Yongjia is going to marry the Duke of Ying who has made great military achievements, so she should not give him too much dowry."

There was a lot of talk in the crowd, but there were always a few who were so jealous that their eyes turned red, just like Zhang Wenhua, who had just gotten married and was sitting in the carriage.

She got married a month earlier than An Ning, but because she lost her virginity before marriage, Prime Minister Zhang felt ashamed and withheld half of the original generous dowry, and only managed to collect thirty-six dowries. At this time, she asked the maid beside her with red eyes, "Is there any news about the third princess? Did the aunt cancel the third princess's house arrest?"

The maidservant beside her had already been replaced. When she heard her master's question, she quickly replied, "My master, the imperial concubine has lifted the Third Princess's house arrest, but the Yikun Palace is heavily guarded, so our message cannot be delivered."

Zhang Wenhuai looked at the maid and said, "Useless, just say that I haven't seen the Third Princess for a long time and want to catch up with her. Why would your aunt stop you?"

The maid shrank back and whispered, "The maidservant beside the Imperial Concubine said that she was afraid that you would lead the Third Princess astray, so she didn't allow the Third Princess to meet you."

Zhang Wenhuai was furious when she heard this. She raised her hand and slapped the maid, saying, "You are talking nonsense. My aunt loves me the most. How could she treat me like this?"

In fact, she knew in her heart that since she lost her virginity, everyone except her mother had despised her. Sometimes she even regretted why she framed that country girl, but she was quickly replaced by anger. She vowed not to be a human being if she did not take revenge.

She calmed down and said, "No matter what, you must find a way to tell the third princess that the Duke of England and that bitch are about to get married. I don't believe the third princess can sit still."