Chapter 191 The Wedding
After Qu Ling carried away the betrothal gifts, he returned to the princess's mansion.
The princess's mansion has already been decorated with wedding characters and red silk hangings.
On the day before the wedding, Nanny Li sent someone to deliver a message saying that the shopkeeper of the Marquis's shop had also come.
"It seems that someone is dissatisfied with my decision."
The closer she got to getting married, the less she had to do.
The new emperor had just taken over all the government affairs and was so busy that he couldn't sleep well.
She directly appointed officials from the Ministry of Rites to be in charge of the wedding arrangements.
Qu Ling doesn't have to worry about anything.
She went back to the Marquis' Mansion.
When he stepped into the flower hall of the Marquis's Mansion, more than a dozen pairs of eyes stared at him, but no one stood up to greet him.
"The princess has finally shown up," the silk shop owner started the attack, his goatee twitching. "The owners of the over thirty farms and shops in the Marquis's mansion are all waiting for your explanation."
Qu Ling walked straight to the main seat and sat down.
She asked Madam Li, "Are all the people here?"
It seems like there are less than 30 people.
"My Lady, sixteen have arrived," Nanny Li glanced at the group. "I've also sent someone to ask, and the others said everything will be handled by the Master."
The grain store owner slammed the table and stood up, "Princess, does the Marquis know about the sale of the Marquis's property?"
"The Marquis is unconscious, and all matters are left to this Princess to handle."
"But the Marquis has already adopted Master Yao, so according to the law he should be in charge. It would have been fine if he had been in charge of the household while the princess was still married, but now that she's about to get married, she's still holding on to her natal family's property. Wouldn't that be bad if it got out?"
Everyone in the hall nodded.
"Call Master Yao out. Even if we have to sell everything, he has to agree."
Qu Ling turned a deaf ear and said to Li Ma, "For those shopkeepers who didn't come, tell them that although the owner has changed, they will still work in the shop and farm as usual, and the new owner will give them dividends."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room was in an uproar.
Most of the shopkeepers looked happy. They made such a fuss because they were afraid that the new owner would take over and purge the old ones.
Now that they had received the promise, seven or eight of them immediately wanted to leave with a wry smile.
"The princess is fooling people," someone else insisted, "Those who didn't come are all doing hard and tiring business. They might just be waiting for a new owner."
"The Marquis is so unfilial that he sold his property for a dowry while he was ill. Can he disregard human ethics by relying on the support of the new emperor?"
Most of those who came today are engaged in lucrative industries. They usually make friends with powerful people and have endless benefits.
What they feared was not losing the job, but losing the support of the Marquis' Mansion.
"The shop we have is very promising. It would be better for the princess to keep it in her own hands. Firstly, selling off the property on such a large scale can be regarded as clearing out the unprofitable shop. Secondly, the princess can also receive a considerable amount of silver every month."
Some people play the good guy, some people play the bad guy.
This group of old foxes in the underworld looked at Qu Ling, a teenager, with dignity.
Qu Ling raised his eyebrows coldly, "Knowing that this princess has the new emperor's support, how dare you come to the Marquis' Mansion to cause trouble?"
The flower hall was silent for a moment.
"Madam Li, among these people, those born to the Marquis' family will all be sold to the Yunnan mines, and those hired from outside will all be driven away."
"Spread the word again, anyone who dares to use them will be opposing this princess."
The shopkeepers present were in chaos.
"We want to see the Marquis, we want to see Master Yao..."
The shouting stopped abruptly.
Su Shang kicked the man out, and he hit a pillar, his face was broken beyond recognition. He rolled to the ground and turned several times.
There was no movement.
The shopkeepers of the flower hall didn't dare to move.
"Even if you don't agree with me selling my property, you don't have to threaten me with death," Qu Ling lamented. "Look, you hit yourself to death. How pitiful."
This is confusing right and wrong.
Everyone was shouting in their hearts.
However, no one dared to speak.
No one knows whether he or she will be the next one to be kicked to death.
The shopkeepers were sent out of the house in a daze, their steps unsteady.
Qu Ling looked at the dead body on the ground and ordered, "Carry him to the Wang family and tell Wang Zhongshan not to use such a crude trick and embarrass himself."
The Dingxiang Marquisate was going to sell its property, and there were too many merchants who wanted to take over.
She chose the little-known You family.
It elevated the You family to several levels in one fell swoop.
The Wang family will definitely not accept it.
But he dared not do bad things blatantly.
Wang Zhongshan bribed the most prestigious shopkeeper in the shop and asked him to cause trouble in order to prevent the deal from going through.
The message was delivered by Bai Shuang.
Wang Zhongshan originally intended to let Wang Linghe stop this deal.
Wang Linghe said, "Hasn't Dad suffered enough at the hands of the princess?"
It would have been fine if she didn't mention it, but once she did, Wang Zhongshan couldn't swallow it anymore.
This is how today's farce happened.
"It's getting hotter."
Qu Ling said, "The Wang family has also come to an end."
The next day was the wedding day.
Tingqin went into the house before dawn.
Hearing the noise, Qu Ling pulled open the curtain himself.
"The princess is awake?"
"I didn't sleep."
Qu Ling tossed and turned all night.
I don’t know what mood I’m in, but I can’t sleep.
Tingqin called the maids in to light the lamps.
When I took a closer look, I saw that there was indeed a black bruise under his eye, but Qu Ling looked energetic.
"Princess, please don't fall asleep in the wedding sedan." Tingqin gently took a hot handkerchief and applied it to her eyes.
Qu Ling got off the bed and asked, "Is my sister back?"
"not yet."
Zhao Yuanrong has been nowhere to be seen.
There is no news from her either.
"It seems like I have to go out by myself." Qu Ling said.
She was not worried about Zhao Yuanrong. After her aunt ascended the throne, no one could shake the new emperor's only heir.
The one who did the makeup was a maid from the palace.
The wedding dress was also sent from the palace.
I had just washed my face when Princess Kangle arrived.
She held a bowl of soup and said, "I don't have anything to give you, so I made some food myself. Don't mind."
In the past few days, she has become much more familiar with Qu Ling in the princess's mansion.
"You are a daughter of gold, but you cook soup for me. I am more fortunate than your future husband." Qu Ling teased.
She was not feeling well, so Princess Kangle took the food and fed it to her.
As the two talked, time passed quickly.
After finishing dressing and putting on the wedding dress, all she had to do was wait for the Marquis's Mansion to come and pick up the bride.
The servant brought something and said it was a gift from an old friend of the princess.
Qu Ling opened it and saw that it was a not very delicate lotus lantern.
"Did the second young lady give it to you?" Tingqin had a complicated expression.
Qu Ling had obtained a lotus lantern before she went to Jiangzhou. It was carved by an old man in the mansion to amuse her.
Qu Lianzhi took a fancy to her and snatched her away.
How could Qu Ling let her have her way? The sisters had a big fight.
In the end, she was scolded by Qu Xi, "It's not worth it. You are the elder sister, can't you give in to your younger sister?"
Qu Ling was so angry that he destroyed the lotus lantern.
"Lianzhi's heart is not pure enough." Qu Ling turned the lotus lantern over and over and found a note.
It said: I want to visit my father.
Presumably, the news that Qu Xi had gone crazy reached her ears.
"Do you want to let the second young lady leave the temple?" Tingqin asked.
The bright red wedding dress looked gorgeous on Qu Ling, but also made her look solemn.
"I don't kill people who are in front of gods and Buddhas. If she leaves the temple, she won't be able to return alive."
Listen to the piano and you will understand.
Someone will tell Qu Lianzhi this.
"Throw it away." Qu Ling threw the lotus lantern back into the box.
She would not make peace with anyone in the Dingxiang Marquis's Mansion.
Qu Xian will die today.
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