Chapter 606: Receiving the Imperial Decree

"There is nothing to worry about this matter. My father has already agreed to my marriage with Miss Luo. He just said that this matter is a bit troublesome and asked me to wait patiently for a while. Now that my father has already agreed to this matter, I naturally don't need to worry too much." Chu Yunzhao replied.

"Indeed." Chu Jinnian nodded.

Since Chu Shengrui has already taken charge of the matter, Chu Yunzhao naturally doesn't need to worry about it.

It is he who should be worrying about the marriage now.

Although they were an engaged couple, they had never gone through the formalities of marriage. Even the Queen Mother and Imperial Concubine Hui did not know about it. This was not a good thing for his marriage.

The daughter-in-law who has not been brought home yet is still an unmarried girl to outsiders. There will always be some playboys who may have ill intentions. It is very worrying to think about it.

Therefore, many things should be done without further delay.

Moreover, he might not be the only one who is worried about his marriage at this moment...

However, before that, what he needed to do was to instruct the Ministry of Rites to make good preparations for the appointment of Zhuang Qingning as the County Princess.

Chu Jinnian narrowed his eyes. ——Since the beginning of autumn, the weather has become a little cooler in the morning and evening.

Although it is a bit sunny and hot at noon, it is not as stuffy as in summer. The cool weather in the morning and evening makes people who have just escaped from the summer heat feel very comfortable and full of enthusiasm when working.

There are only a few days left until the Mid-Autumn Festival. Thinking that Zhuang Qingsui will take two days off during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhuang Qingning has already started preparing the ingredients for making mooncakes early.

Red bean paste, salted egg yolk, five-nut, jujube paste...all kinds of them are available.

This year, Zhuang Qingning had more free time than last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, so she made a lot of snow skin mooncakes and distributed them to several close relatives in advance.

Just when every household was preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Enji Village suddenly became lively.

The reason for the bustle was that such a small village had attracted many carriages and people. Judging from their appearance, they were of prominent origin, especially since the person leading those people was not an outsider but the county magistrate Xu Zhengping.

When the carriage just stopped at the entrance of the village, people from Enji Village, nearby Zhaojia Village, Sunjia Village and other places who had no work to do on weekdays all came to watch the fun. In a short time, a large group of people surrounded it.

They all wanted to see what kind of high-ranking official the county magistrate personally led here, and they also wanted to know what these people came for.

Especially when Xu Zhengping led those people to stop at the door of Zhuang Qingning's house, and surrounded a man in official uniform and an old man with gray hair who respectfully held a brocade box as they entered Zhuang Qingning's house, the onlookers became more and more curious.

"Who are these people and what are they doing in Ning's house?" someone asked.

"I don't know." The person next to him shook his head, looking worried, "Is it because Ning girl has done something wrong?"

"Nonsense, Ning girl is such a good person, what crime could she have committed? Besides, if she really did commit a crime, would the county magistrate be smiling like a flower?"

"Yes, then we don't understand..."

People outside were talking a lot, but no one dared to go too close, let alone enter Zhuang Qingning's yard.

Therefore, there were only Zhuang Qingning, Xiang Qiao, Xu Zhengping, and a large group of people behind him in the yard at this time.

Zhuang Qingning was extremely surprised to see Xu Zhengping and a group of people entering the yard, especially when he saw that they were all wearing official uniforms. He hurriedly put down the mold he was using to make snow skin mooncakes and saluted everyone.

"Please don't do this to the Hening County Lady." Xu Zhengping hurriedly stopped Zhuang Qingning, "I dare not accept such a great gift from the County Lady."

County lady?

Zhuang Qingning was stunned for a moment.

Although she doesn't know much about ancient history and culture, she has watched a lot of TV dramas.

The rank of a county princess is not low, it is already the second grade, and most of the county princesses are the daughters of princes. It can be said that most of them are daughters of royal family. Even if there are county princesses with different surnames, they are given this honor because of their father's great contributions to the court.

And Xu Zhengfang actually called her the County Princess?

What is going on…

Xu Zhengping saw the confusion on Zhuang Qingning's face and said with a smile, "Please be patient, County Lady Hening. This is Mr. Lu from the Ministry of Rites, and this is Eunuch Gao sent by the Emperor to read out the decree of the current emperor."

Lord Lu took a half step forward and said loudly, "Zhuang Qingning, accept the order!"

Zhuang Qingning knelt on the ground at Xu Zhengping's nod, "I, Zhuang Qingning, accept your order."

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Eunuch Gao handed the brocade box in his hand to Lord Lu beside him, then carefully opened the brocade box, took out the bright yellow imperial edict from it, opened it carefully, and cleared his throat, "By the will of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that Zhuang Qingning, the daughter of Zhuang, is talented and has built water wheels to benefit the people of the world. Considering her contributions to the country, she is specially conferred the title of Princess of Hening County. This is decreed!"

Zhuang Qingning pursed her lips after hearing the imperial edict.

It turned out that she was conferred the title of county princess because of the waterwheel.

She knew that in ancient times, agriculture was valued and regarded as the foundation. Now it seems that it was indeed true. She was given such a high position just because of the waterwheel.

"Your humble servant accepts the order and thanks you. Long live the emperor." Zhuang Qingning kowtowed and raised her hands high, respectfully accepting the imperial edict.

"Please stand up quickly, County Lady Hening." Eunuch Gao quickly reached out and helped Zhuang Qingning up.

"Thank you, Eunuch Gao. Lord Lu has come here in person." Zhuang Qingning thanked him with a smile.

"It is an honor for our family to be able to make this trip." Eunuch Gao smiled. "In addition, the emperor has also issued an order that County Lady He Ning should be rewarded with 100 taels of gold and 20 pieces of various cloth for her hard work in making the waterwheel, and that a mansion should be given to the county lady for her residence."

Lord Lu said, "It's just that this is the first time in this dynasty that a person from another family is named a county lord, so this county lord's mansion needs to be built. Considering the situation of County Lord Hening, this mansion will be built in the county town, which will also be convenient for County Lord Hening to live in. After it is built, County Lord Hening can move in."

"Your Majesty is so thoughtful. I am very grateful to you." Zhuang Qingning thanked him. "After returning to the capital, please ask Eunuch Gao and Lord Lu to thank the emperor for me. When I can come to the capital to see you in the future, I will kowtow to the emperor in person to express my gratitude."

"Of course." Eunuch Gao and Lord Lu both nodded, and couldn't help but feel a little more approval of Zhuang Qingning in their hearts.

When ordinary ministers receive an imperial edict, they will either be extremely excited or afraid. But no matter what the reason is, they will definitely be nervous and make mistakes.

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