Chapter 607 Unwelcome Request

Especially this Zhuang Qingning, she is just an ordinary peasant girl, she probably doesn’t know many etiquettes, and the two of them have already prepared themselves mentally for unexpected situations.

But what they saw was not any tension or too much excitement, but Zhuang Qingning's calm response.

It was as if all she heard was something as relaxing as, "It's a nice day today."

He knelt down leisurely and accepted the imperial edict calmly. He did not make any mistakes in observing the rules. Even his words of thanks were very appropriate and could not be faulted at all.

Some people are destined to become noble people, so they are different from others in many aspects.

This kind of words must be said by Zhuang Qingning.

After the imperial edict was read out and all the formalities were completed, Zhuang Qingning asked Xiangqiao to fetch a stool, make some hot tea, and bring out cakes and fruits from home to entertain Eunuch Gao, Lord Lu and others.

After chatting for a few minutes, the original sense of strangeness was much less, and there was a sense of intimacy that increased.

However, having been in the officialdom for a long time, Eunuch Gao and Lord Lu did not dare to overstep the boundaries of the rules and only smiled as they spoke to Zhuang Qingning.

Seeing that the sun was almost high in the sky, Zhuang Qingning suggested that Eunuch Gao and Lord Lu stay at home for lunch.

"I should not refuse the meal given by the county lady, but I have to rush back to report, and I dare not delay too much." Lord Lu stood up first.

"Yes." Eunuch Gao also bowed and replied.

"Eunuch Gao and Lord Lu have been busy and tired. You have worked hard on this trip." Zhuang Qingning stuffed the neatly folded banknotes in his hand into the hands of the two people, "Here, please have some tea."

"I dare not, I dare not."

Eunuch Gao and Lord Lu hurriedly declined.

Zhuang Qingning pursed her lips.

Although she didn't like these interpersonal relationships, she had to follow the rules of survival in this era and take care of things where they should be taken care of.

But these two people refused to take it, and the one who refused looked as if his hand had touched a hot iron and was burning, and it didn't seem like he was pretending.

I just don't know whether these two people are really honest and upright, or for some other reason, since they don't want the money, then she will save it.

Zhuang Qingning took the banknotes back without saying a word.

When Eunuch Gao and Lord Lu saw Zhuang Qingning's actions, they looked at each other and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Are you kidding? When they came here, they were told in detail that this matter must be handled properly and not to cause any trouble to the Hening County Lady. How could they not know the intention? "Hening County Lady, I have an unwelcome request." Lord Lu bowed to Zhuang Qingning.

"Please speak, Lord Lu." Zhuang Qingning raised his hand.

"On the way here from the capital, I heard a lot about County Lady Hening. I also heard that the things made in the several workshops previously run by County Lady Hening were quite novel, especially preserved eggs, vermicelli, bean curd sticks, noodles and so on. I hope that County Lady Hening can give me some so that I can take them back to the capital and hand them over to the emperor as a token of her gratitude for the emperor's reward." Lord Lu said with a smile.

"I'll have someone prepare it right away. Lord Lu, just wait a moment." After Zhuang Qingning said this, he told Xiang Qiao to prepare some of these things in the same way. After packing them neatly, he handed them all to Lord Lu.

"You can take these back to report. The rest are prepared for Lord Lu and Eunuch Gao. In addition to the four items Lord Lu mentioned earlier, I made the moon incense and soap myself, and I also prepared multiple portions. Eunuch Gao and Lord Lu can just take a portion."

When Lord Lu saw that Zhuang Qingning had arranged everything so well, his face was full of smiles. After thanking Zhuang Qingning, he and Eunuch Gao took the things and said goodbye and left.

Xu Zhengping hurried to follow.

Zhuang Qingning saw them off.

"Please stay. County Master He Ning, please stay."

The two of them came with an imperial edict, and it was the custom for Zhuang Qingning to see them off. However, considering their ranks, Zhuang Qingning only had to see them off to the door. The two men hurriedly tried to dissuade Zhuang Qingning from going any further.

Zhuang Qingning stopped and watched Lord Lu, Eunuch Gao and others leave.

After all those huge groups of people and carriages had left, the villagers who had been watching from a distance finally gathered around.

"Ning girl, I heard someone say that you are now a county lord of some kind?"

"Hey, you still call me Ning girl. Haven't you heard what those people said? From now on, Ning girl will be Ninghe County Lady. You can't call her Ning girl anymore."

"No, who is this county lord, and how high is her position?"

"I don't know how high his rank is, but I just saw the county magistrate bow his head when he saw Ning Yatou, so Ning Yatou must be higher than the county magistrate."

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"That's a big deal. Do we have to kneel down when we see Miss Ning from now on?"

"Of course, you have to kneel when you see an official."

"Your humble servant greets the Lady of Hening County." Someone in the crowd shouted, and the villagers knelt on the ground without any hesitation and kowtowed to Zhuang Qingning.

"Get up, get up." Zhuang Qingning was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly helped the people around him up, and asked Xiang Qiao to ask others to get up.

"Thank you, County Lady Henan." The villagers stood up and did not forget to express their gratitude.

"You guys..." When Zhuang Qingning looked at those people's respectful and unfamiliar expressions, he suddenly remembered He's fear and uneasiness when she knew that Zhuang Mingli was attending Fan Wenxuan's class with Chu Jinzhou.

If I live in a village in the future, it will be like this everywhere I go, and there will no longer be the kind of intimacy and warmth of fellow villagers. It will be really boring.

"Ning girl." Zhuang Jingye saw the distress that Zhuang Qingning was feeling at the moment. He advised those onlookers to go back to what they were doing, and pulled Zhuang Qingning back to the yard to talk.

"I know you're feeling upset right now, but this matter can't be rushed."

"When ordinary people see an official, they are very scared. In fact, let alone an official, even a random clerk would be frightened, not to mention that you are a county lady, who is higher than the prefect. It is normal for everyone to be worried."

"But, I know your personality, little girl Ning. I know you will never put on airs like those people. You just want to live a quiet life like before. I am very happy that you have this idea, but this matter needs to be done slowly."

"At first everyone must be a little uncomfortable, but after a while, when they see that you are still the same as before, they will naturally stop thinking too much and just treat you the same as before."

Zhuang Qingning nodded when he heard this, "What the village head said is right."

(End of this chapter)