After drinking Wu Niang's return wine, Qi Niang and the second wife returned to Shandong. A few days later, the second wife sent someone to bring a letter saying that Qi Niang had found a marriage partner. The man was Zhu Anping, a native of Gaoqing County, Shandong. He was 22 years old this year and inherited the job of his ancestor as the deputy commander of the Wei Command.

The master couldn't help but frown when he heard this: "Why did you choose such a family? Are you going to leave Qi Niang alone in Shandong in the future?"

The Luo family's ancestors are from Jiangnan, and they will all return to Jiangnan in the future. It is impossible for the second master to be an official in Shandong all his life. What the eldest master said makes sense.

The eldest wife asked Madam Xu to take the letter and said with a smile: "After all, this is Second Uncle's family affair, and it is not easy for us to intervene. Besides, didn't our Fifth Mother marry in Sichuan? Maybe others will look at us the same way we look at Second Uncle!"

"That's different." The master said immediately, "Qian Ming has talent."

"Are you so sure that Mr. Zhu has no talent?"

The master stopped talking.

The eldest wife discussed with the eldest master: "Speaking of which, Qi Niang is only two months younger than Xing Ge. What do you think, should we find a marriage for Xing Ge? Firstly, he is not young anymore, and secondly, with a wife to take care of him, he will be able to grow and improve."

"Yes!" The master nodded, "You are very thoughtful. Please pay more attention to this matter!"

"Look at what the master said." The first wife smiled, "This is my responsibility."

The eldest master sighed and said, "Over the years, the family has been blessed with you... Brother Xing, and Shi Niang..." As he spoke, he shook his head.

The eldest wife's mouth curled up: "Master, it's all my fault. I didn't teach them well. But don't worry, I will definitely spend more energy on them in the future."

As they were talking, a little maid came to report: "Master, Madam, the commander of the Tiger Power Battalion of the Imperial Guard, Lord Wang, is here to visit!"

The master exchanged glances with the mistress.

"You should go and meet the guests!" The eldest wife said with a smile, "The Wang family is also a very good match. You have also met Young Master Wang. Besides, Shi Niang is getting older. If she misses this opportunity, she may never get another chance."

The master nodded, and then he and Lord Wang set the date for the engagement as May 20th.

The eldest wife and the eldest grandmother began to prepare a dowry for Shi Niang.

Shi Niang ran to the eldest wife and said she wanted to go to Baiyun Temple for fun.

The eldest wife looked at her and smiled gently, "You are a girl waiting to be married, why are you running around everywhere?"

She didn't say a word, found a ladder and climbed over the wall. The maids hurried to report to the eldest wife. Before the eldest wife could say anything, the eldest master was so angry that his face turned purple: "Let her climb up for me, no one is allowed to stop her! I want to see how brave she is!"

The eldest wife hurriedly stopped the eldest master: "No, no, we still have an engagement with the Wang family." She winked and asked Madam Xu and Madam Jiang to bring the maids to pull her down.

The master couldn't beat her up like he did to Luo Zhensheng, so after thinking for a long time, he ordered her to be locked up in the room and not allowed to go anywhere.

Shi Niang looked at the eldest master, her eyes like a thousand-year-old ice: "What are you afraid of? I won't even be allowed to go out and play! What are you afraid of? It's just a Duke's Mansion. I don't know when our Luo family will have to rely on in-laws to make a living."

It hit the master's sore spot.

Ever since he learned of Yuanniang's will, which said that after the mourning period for Yuanniang was over, Shiyi Niang would marry into the Xu family, the master had been tossing and turning for several days without falling asleep. Although Shiyi Niang married into the Xu family to enjoy a good life, he was also afraid that people would say he was trying to curry favor with the rich and powerful - the Luo family was not what it used to be. If he were still in power, he wouldn't be afraid of these things!

The master stepped forward and slapped Shi Niang in the face.

Shi Niang covered her mouth and laughed: "You have the ability to cancel this marriage!"

"Retreat if you want!" The master was furious.

The eldest wife stood in front of the eldest master and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Is marriage a joke? You can call it quits if you say so. Madam Xu, help Miss Shi Niang back home and let her have a good rest. From tomorrow on, do some needlework. Otherwise, you will be idle like this every day and forget about the importance of things."

Who is Madam Xu? As soon as the first wife opened her mouth, she and Madam Jiang held Shi Niang on the left and right. As soon as the first wife finished speaking, the two of them were holding Shi Niang and walking out.

Shi Niang laughed: "You sell your daughter for fame."

The master couldn't catch his breath and fell to the ground. The mistress was so frightened that her face turned pale and she hurriedly called for a doctor.

He also called Eleventh Lady to his bedside to take care of her.

Wu Niang sent Ziwei to deliver bean cakes, and when she heard about it, she wanted to come and see the master immediately. When Qian Mingzheng and Wu Niang were in love, he heard that Wu Niang was going back to her parents' home, and hurriedly asked what happened. Wu Niang told him the truth.

Qian Ming was very surprised when he heard that Shi Niang was making a fuss about this matter: "Marrying into the Duke Mao's Mansion?"

Wu Niang nodded: "Shi Niang has been like this since she was a child. If you want her to go east, she will go west. If you want her to go west, she will go east. Look, when I got married, she didn't even want to see me off. Seventh sister even rushed over from Shandong!"

"Then let's go and take a look together." Qian Ming immediately ordered the servant to call a car, "I'm afraid there's anything I can be used for?"

Wu Niang and Qian Ming rushed over.

After marriage, Wu Niang wore her hair in a bun, and her already beautiful face became even more charming, with a cheerful look in her eyes and eyebrows. It was obvious that she was living a good life.

The two sisters exchanged greetings, but before they could say a word, the eldest wife pulled her aside and complained, "... Tell me, how else can I treat her? I'm almost cutting off my own leg to make soup for her to drink!"

The old man lying on the bed coughed and said, "Have someone make a pot of Wudi tea for the fifth uncle."

Qian Ming hurriedly said, "How dare I accept this responsibility? How dare I accept this responsibility?"

When I looked up, I saw a delicate and exquisite face.

His heart skipped a beat.

I couldn't help but take another look.

The dark eyes were surprisingly calm and peaceful.

Wu Niang had already noticed her husband's strangeness and immediately said with a smile, "It's my eleventh sister."

Qian Ming half-closed his eyelids and smiled, "I'm so sorry, I didn't expect to meet the eleventh sister here."

Eleventh Lady didn't like Qian Ming's gaze.

It's like looking at an antique vase. Although you will admire it, you will want to know more about its craftsmanship, year, and value.

But she still bent her knees slightly and saluted him.

"I don't deserve it. I don't deserve it." Qian Ming was a little flustered.

"We are family, no need to be so polite." The first wife invited the couple to eat here, "...your eldest brother will be back soon."

Qian Ming was very generous and said with a smile: "I just happened to have some academic confusion and wanted your father to give me some advice."

The eldest master boasted that he still had some talent. Hearing Qian Ming's words, he was naturally very happy. He kept Qian Ming by the bed to talk, while the eldest wife, the eldest grandmother, the fifth lady, and the eleventh lady went to the main hall.

The eldest grandmother went to the kitchen to prepare dinner, and the eldest wife sent Shiyi Niang away: "Go and see how Shi Niang is doing?"

Eleventh Lady left immediately.

The eldest wife asked Wu Niang quietly, "I remember your little day these few days, have you come?"

Wu Niang nodded shyly.

"Then do Ziwei and the others have..."

Wu Niang shook her head: "He said, I'll just be your sister. It will be the same if I find a good family to marry into in the future."

The eldest wife was stunned and said with a smile, "You are a lucky person." The smile seemed a little forced.

Wu Niang was sincere: "I am blessed, and this blessing was given to me by my mother."

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Eleventh Lady was ordered to go see Tenth Lady.

She was leaning on the big kang by the window reading a book.

"Records of the Nine Regions of the Great Zhou Dynasty".

Eleventh Lady was stunned.

That is her favorite book.

Mother Jiang, who had been guarding Shi Niang as if facing a great enemy, whispered, "She didn't cry or make a fuss after she came back. She just picked up the book in her hand and read it. I, I really don't know what she wants to do."

Eleventh Lady didn’t know either, she stood there for a moment.

Shi Niang kept her head down reading with a serious expression, as if she was so immersed in the wonderful content of the book that she had no time to care about anything else.

Eleventh Lady just gave a few instructions like "take good care of her" and went to the First Lady's place.

Wu Niang took the beauty hammer and massaged the eldest wife's shoulders while talking to her. Both of them had happy smiles on their faces.

Seeing Shiyi Niang, the first wife smiled and asked, "How is it? Is Shi Niang feeling better?"

"Better now." Eleventh Lady smiled, "She's leaning on the kang and reading a book!"

The eldest wife nodded, and instead of talking about Tenth Lady, she asked Eleventh Lady, "You often read that 'Nine Regions Records'. Do you know how many days it takes to get to Jinan Prefecture?"

Eleventh Lady was shocked when she heard this. After a moment, she said, "The book says it's more than nine hundred miles. I think it's about ten days!"

The eldest wife nodded and said with a smile: "Then you can come with me to visit relatives in Shandong."

Wu Niang explained, "Mother said that when Qi Niang gets married, we will go to Shandong together to attend the wedding banquet."

"Okay!" Eleventh Lady smiled, looking very happy.

Her expression pleased the eldest wife: "I think the wedding will be held in the spring of next year if not this winter. Then we will ask Lao Jixiang to make the headdress and Xianling Pavilion to make the clothes. Let's go out and walk around."

Wu Niang and Shiyi Niang both said "yes". The eldest wife was even more interested and talked about her childhood when she followed her father to work in Shaanxi.

As they were talking excitedly, a little maid came in and said, "The master is back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Zhenxing lifted the curtain and walked in.

His face was full of excitement. When he saw the eldest wife and the others, he hurriedly asked, "Where's Dad?"

The eldest wife couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"

"Good news, good news." Luo Zhenxing's eyes were bright. "The Marquis won a great victory and will be able to return to the court at the end of May."

The eldest wife was stunned.

Luo Zhenxing said excitedly: "This time, the Marquis has fought all the way to Gesang and captured Khan Jiarong alive... The northwest will have peace for at least ten years."

"What? What did you say?" The old man suddenly came out, "The Marquis captured Jiarong alive?"

Luo Zhenxing nodded, but was surprised to see Qian Ming supporting his father: "Dad, what happened to you?"

"I'm fine." The master waved his hand. "Tell me, what's going on?"

"The victory report was delivered last night, and the emperor personally announced it this morning. Now the news has spread throughout Yanjing City." Luo Zhenxing stepped forward and helped his father to sit on the armchair beside him. "It is said that the marquis was defeated while fighting, and retreated to the county, leading Jiarong into Qiongxia, and then captured him alive like making dumplings."

The northwest has been in turmoil for nearly a hundred years. Now that the rebellion has been quelled, all the people of the Great Zhou will be happy, let alone the master.

He called for wine loudly: "...Let's get drunk today!"

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A friend asked what "东西" means. Zhizhi actually wanted to express that everyone goes their own way... In the end, it seems that I didn't get to the point again! O(∩_∩)O~