Brother, are you going to propose?
Nanny Tang had been looking forward to this day, but the adopted daughter of a fifth-rank official...
Like Lady Jia, she wanted to object.
"Mammy!"
Rong Ge'er knew what she wanted to say by looking at her expression, "My mother had a high status back then, right? But what was the result?"
My grandmother survived the changes in her mother's family, but his mother did not.
He was left alone, pitiful.
His grandparents were not at home, and he had to make a living from his father and stepmother...
It would be fine if he just made a living from them, but in fact, he also had to please the Lai family.
In the huge Ningguo Mansion, the only people who are truly willing to protect him are Nanny and the brothers Tang Gui and Tang Fu.
But Rong Ge'er once felt that he could not protect them.
Because the Lai family may not want them to be around him.
Because the elderly people that my mother had used have all passed away one by one.
There are those who make mistakes, and there are those who ask for grace.
In just a few years, he was left with only Nanny, Tang Fu and Tang Gui.
So when he was in school, he would cry loudly whenever his grandmother and father wanted to beat Tang Fu and Tang Gui.
"Our family seems to be better off than before, but until the end, who knows what it will be like?"
He doesn't want to be like his grandfather, nor like his father.
"That girl was able to stay calm in that situation and try her best to save the people around her. Just for this reason, I think it's great."
Rong Ge'er said, "Besides, she saved Grandmother twice in a row. Mammy, just based on this point, I won't lose out by marrying her. As long as she doesn't let me down in this life, I will never let her down either."
There were rumors that my grandfather had betrayed my grandmother, leaving her alone to face the world.
If my grandmother hadn't been a little more tough, she would have been killed by those rumors as sharp as a knife.
Rong Ge'er wants to marry someone with a stronger personality like his grandmother.
Moreover, according to his observation, since his stepmother became more powerful, even his father's temper has improved.
Before...
My stepmother used to do whatever my father said.
But the more she did this, the more her father disdained her.
Rong Ge'er vaguely felt that it might be better if the woman in the family was a little more capable.
Even if he is the second great uncle of Xifu.
He was implicated by his great aunt, but it wasn't entirely her fault.
It's mainly because of himself.
After being coaxed by others, he loses his sense of direction.
People outside call him a fool, and at home... the Wang family also looks down on him.
If he was a little more powerful, would the Wang family dare to steal from the Jia family's house like that?
Rong Ge'er observed every couple in the family and slowly discovered things that he had never noticed before.
In their family, although the stepmother can now control the father, the two of them are not married, so the father is obviously still a little wary.
Rong Ge'er hopes that he can grow old with his future wife, so that his children will not have to call someone else "mother" halfway through life, and he does not have to worry that his future wife will treat his children harshly.
Although it is said that a good son is made under the stick, when he beats, he is definitely not like his grandfather and father.
The shadow of Rong Ge'er's childhood was the kicks of his grandfather and father. If he was not lucky, he might be kicked to death.
"Mammy, can we not deny her because of her background?"
"……good!"
Nanny Tang straightened Rong'er's clothes.
She has seen how hard her brother has worked over the past six months.
She always knew that her brother knew everything he did.
It’s just that the old man is unreliable.
"Mammy will listen to you."
Madam won't harm my brother.
The key point is that the girl saved the wife's life, so it will not be difficult for the grandmother in the future.
Thinking about it this way...
Nanny Tang was relieved.
Over the years, she has been worried that her grandmother might have bad intentions towards her brother.
"Did your wife say when you're going to propose?"
That child is also blessed.
Otherwise, I can’t meet their wives.
"...She said she would wait until her eldest aunt got married and her grandmother got better, and then she would go and ask for a matchmaker."
Rong Ge'er was a little shy.
Before we know it, he's going to grow up.
While he was recalling Qin Keqing's appearance, the emperor finally lost sleep after hearing the report on his granddaughter's condition from the secret guard.
The child couldn't even eat a snack freely! The old man's heart was fried as soon as he thought of his granddaughter picking up a half-broken bamboo pole to protect others.
Once upon a time, his prince was like this too.
He was often ill during those years, and the prince stayed with him night after night.
The teenage child, holding endless memorials to read, just stayed by his bedside.
He helped him deal with everything that could be handled.
How relieved he was at that time! He no longer worried that after his death, there would be no one to succeed Dazhao.
But when did they, father and son, end up in such a situation?
"Someone come!"
"The Emperor!"
The gray-clad eunuch who only accompanied him at night hurried forward.
"Allow four imperial estates to be allocated to the emperor."
Huh? The gray-robed eunuch was slightly surprised, but he quickly responded, "Yes!"
"Go ahead and give him the farm now."
It was late, but he couldn't sleep. The Emperor...
Thinking that the emperor had eaten his lunch and dinner today, the emperor twitched his lips and said, "If he falls asleep, wake him up and give it to him."
"……yes!"
So, in the middle of the night, the emperor who was snoring was called up.
He received the reward from his father for no apparent reason.
Huangzhuang! There are still four.
Why is he so poor?
Isn't it because the amount of money given to him by his father was the smallest, and the money for building the mansion was still in arrears, and he didn't give him enough? Now suddenly he gave him four...
Did they know that he was so poor that he had to pawn his pants? The emperor looked at the deed to the manor again and again, touched it again and again, and ignored Concubine Zhou who also wanted to come over, picked it up and went to the queen's palace.
Even the queen was woken up by him in the middle of the night.
"It's so late, why don't you take a rest? Why are you here again?"
The queen was speechless.
The concubines, imperial concubines, and noble ladies in this palace all have some background.
When they are princesses, they can live their own lives behind closed doors.
Being the Emperor or Empress... that's different.
The emperor must treat everyone equally, otherwise he will be impeached by court officials and even the emperor emeritus will not agree.
Being a queen means you cannot be jealous.
Her family benefited from this and was given the title of Duke Cheng'en, but they could not do anything to help the emperor.
She can only try her best to fulfill her duties as queen.
Although it was sad sometimes, since others were vying for this position, why couldn't her husband do the same? Her husband was the emperor, and the sons and daughters she gave birth to would be princes and princesses in the future.
As long as she doesn't get angry for no reason and takes good care of herself...
"I've made a fortune," the emperor slapped the deeds to the four imperial estates to her, baring his teeth and smiling, "You'll have a good life in the future."
What? The queen paused rubbing her eyes and hurried forward.
In Shoukang Palace, when the retired emperor heard that his son had inherited the imperial estate, he immediately ran to see his queen and couldn't help but sigh.
Or maybe his queen died too early.
Otherwise, he and the prince wouldn't have reached that point.
"Come here, allocate two more imperial estates to the queen."
Since you want to make them happy, then make them happier!
…
In Lihua Lane, Yashi Street, Qin Keqing, who was sleeping, had no idea that because of her, some people couldn't sleep and some people were making a fortune.
What she didn't know was that besides several people in the palace, Prince Jin was also thinking about her.
After drinking the medicine and sweating, Prince Jin felt much better. Whenever he thought of the so-called niece who ruined his good fortune, he felt so angry that he had no place to vent.
That man used to be the crown prince, so he could only be the emperor's younger brother of lower rank.
Why? They are all sons of the emperor.
It's hateful that he's already dead, but they still want to use their death to trick him.
Thinking of the cruel way the Crown Prince had used to make his father suspicious of them, Prince Jin was so angry that he couldn't sleep.
If that man had been more honest back then, the throne would have definitely fallen into his hands.
now……
When he thought that he had been dead for so long and still had a daughter to annoy him, Prince Jin simply lifted the quilt to cool down his angry body.
He wanted to kill someone so badly.
If the emperor hadn't been keeping an eye on the child, he would have...
"Someone come!"
"Your Majesty!"
Wu Rubao, who was on night duty, came in hurriedly.
"Did Shen from Ningguo Mansion... suffer from a serious illness?"
How many people died on the battlefield just from being injured?
Shen was a woman living in the inner chamber, and she was so frightened and shocked that she might not be able to bear it.
"…The imperial physician came over at that time."
Wu Ru was sweating over the insurance coverage, but the prince’s expectations were too high, it really wouldn’t work!
"This afternoon, the imperial physician came to see me for a follow-up examination and said... I'm doing pretty well."
King Jin: “…”
He stared at Wu Rubao sinisterly, "So everything is still going on in the Jia family?"
"yes!"
Wu Rubao lowered his head.
He knew that Ningguo Mansion had become a thorn in the side of their prince.
But what can he do?
It’s really not easy to find big merchants like the Li family and the Lu family.
Many of those people who are able to grow their business so big have more than one backer.
Their prince used to be quite good, but now he is in bad luck...
Those big businessmen also have their own connections and have already inquired about it.
Even if they take the initiative to pull the strings, it won't be that easy.
Wu Rubao was also very sad.
As a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, where did he go before? People always called him Master Wu. Many people gave gifts, and the prince took the lion's share. The officials in charge could also benefit from it and receive honors.
But what about now? Now those people are avoiding them.
“Okay, okay!”
Prince Jin was furious. "I'll give you seven days to think of a way to deal with Ningguo Mansion. If you can't think of one...get out of here and go to the West Mountain to mine."
A useless slave is not worthy to stand before him.
…
In Ningguo Mansion, Shen Ning didn't know yet that Prince Jin hated her more than before.
But her leg injury...
When the female doctor was helping to change the bandage, she took a peek and saw that the bandage could not be loosened at all, otherwise it would bleed.
Obviously, wounds that have not been stitched will have to wait before they can heal.
"Is the wound deep?"
Shen Ning was a little dizzy, and her face turned very pale when she asked this question.
"Fortunately, no bones were broken."
The female doctor looked at her and comforted her, "It's easy to tie it on your leg. Just don't use too much force and lie down for a while. After ten days or half a month, the bleeding will basically stop."
Fortunately, it's cold today, and the medicine I'm using is good, so I don't have to worry about suppuration, otherwise...
"So long?"
Shen Ning sighed, "Is there no better way to treat this kind of injury?"
"…In the military, there are. But they all require stitches."
That's used when there's no other choice.
If you don't sew, you will die.
If you get it stitched, you might be able to save your life.
However, neither she nor the imperial physician thought that the lady could survive the pain of having stitches.
"Can you sew?"
Shen Ning didn't know what the other party was thinking, but she became more excited after hearing what he said, "Then I..."
“Stitches hurt!”
The female doctor could only say, "When I applied the medicine just now, you felt it too. It was very painful."
Shen Ning: “…”
She patted her head and asked, "What are the anesthetic methods in traditional Chinese medicine?"
Hua Tuo's Ma Fei San is no longer available.
But it seems that good Chinese medicine practitioners know how to use acupuncture anesthesia.
Tranquilizers also have ingredients that can make people sleepy, but they cannot withstand the pain of surgery or needles.
"Sorry, I overthought it."
She sighed, "I'm sorry to bother you during this time."
"You're welcome. This is what I should do."
The doctor smiled.
I had thought changing the bandages for this lady would be a difficult task, but I didn't expect her to be so polite. Even though her wound was split and bleeding, she didn't cry, make a fuss or move. I changed the bandages with great ease.
Before coming, she was afraid that the lady would move around while she was applying the medicine, and then she would get angry and want to punish her.
It's not like I haven't met such people before.
Especially the ladies in the inner house, many of them would cry for a long time even if they were asked to rub their skin.
"Then let's not be polite to each other."
Shen Ning smiled, "It just so happens that there is a wedding at home, so I made a lot of wedding cakes. I will take some back later and let my family taste them."
"Thank you very much!"
The female doctor happily received a big red envelope and took away a lot of wedding cakes.
"Mother! Look who's here?"
Before Youshi finished her words, Jia Yue's "Ahhh" sound reached her ears.
As soon as the child saw her, he wanted to rush towards her.
Shen Ning's heart softened and she quickly hugged her.
"Today when I took my sister out for a walk, she kept coming to your yard."
Youshi said, "She cried for a while. We had no choice but to bring her back. As soon as we entered the yard, she stopped crying. Don't you think it was miraculous?
"My Yue'er is missing her mother?"
Shen Ning hugged her little daughter and kissed her, "Sister-in-law, I didn't cry, I just missed my mother."
“Hehehe~~~”
The little girl smiled happily when her mother kissed her.
It was always her mother who took her out to play.
As a result, there was no one yesterday and there was no one today.
Of course Jia Yue became anxious.
"Haha, it's the sister-in-law's fault. Our little Yue'er didn't cry."
Youshi smiled and said, "Mother, the Marquis of Xinping has just come again. Do you want to see him?"
"He was here yesterday, wasn't he?"
"yes!"
Youshi covered her mouth and laughed, "He came to see you. You were asleep at that time, so he just stood in the yard. But he also asked someone to send something to my eldest sister."
"Then you must come to see your elder sister today."
Shen Ning held her little daughter in her arms and said, "Go and invite Cheng Luo, and ask someone to call your older sister over as well."
Since Cheng Luo was willing to get close to the Jia family, she certainly wouldn't push him away.
"Let Zhen'er have dinner with you later."
"yes!"
Yu turned around and asked the maids to call for help, "Mother, if you feel the room is too stuffy, we can bring out the soft chairs and go for a walk in the garden."
“…That’s fine!”
What can't she do in her own home? Shen Ning nodded, "Over at the West Mansion, did your second aunt go into the Buddhist temple and make a fuss?"
“No.”
Youshi shook her head, "If Second Aunt was a little smarter and took care of Sister Yuanchun, I think she wouldn't make a fuss."
It was not right for her, as a mother, to cry and make a fuss at home on her daughter's wedding day.
"It's good that there's no trouble."
Shen Ning played with her daughter's hands, "You should also tell Zhu'er's wife that if there is anything, there is no need to endure it. Your second aunt is the type who will push for more. She needs to be controlled from the beginning."
"...Didn't the old lady ask Aunt Zhou to supervise it?"
Even the key to the Buddhist temple is in Aunt Zhou's hands.
And as far as Youshi knew, Aunt Zhou's child was aborted by her second aunt.
Yu Shi vaguely felt that the old lady had other intentions in asking Aunt Zhou to supervise Second Aunt.
“Oh~”
Shen Ning thought about it and said, "I forgot about it."
She suddenly began to doubt the old lady's original intention of letting Aunt Zhou take care of the key to the Buddhist temple.
Although in Dream of the Red Chamber, Aunt Zhou is a very honest person who never shows up.
But Mrs. Wang in the Red Mansion is the real mistress of the Rongguo Mansion.
In the end, even the old lady couldn't control her.
Although Wang Xifeng is powerful, she is just a housekeeper who is paid to do the work.
Even so, she still has to endure the anger.
It is obvious that Mrs. Wang has a strong control over the Rongguo Mansion.
Under such a powerful Lady Wang, if Aunt Zhou wanted to survive, wouldn't she have to be more honest? But now it's different! Although she also thinks that Lady Wang is better off dead, but if she really dies, Jia Zhu will have to stop taking the exam for three years.
Yuanchun cannot have children for the time being.
But Cheng Luo is already in her twenties. If she can't have a child, the Cheng family will definitely have something to say, and even the emperor might grant her another concubine.
This is not something that the emperor can't do.
The more thank-you gift Concubine Zhen sent, the more uneasy Shen Ning became.
I always feel that the assassination at the Lantern Festival has something to do with Concubine Zhen.
Make another move...
Even if she endured it all her life and never took action again, it would be very easy for her to displease the Jia family.
"Go back and tell Daughter-in-law Zhu'er to keep an eye on her and not let Aunt Zhou go too far."
“…Hey!”
Yu Shi paused and responded with a smile.
Not long after, Cheng Luo and Yuanchun came over one after another.
When they saw each other, there was a glimmer of joy in their eyes.
Shen Ning was too lazy to be a light bulb, so she smiled and chatted for a few minutes, then asked Yuanchun to take Cheng Luo to the garden for a stroll.
Sure enough, the two of them left shyly.
During this period, although Cheng Luo could not come to Jia's house very easily, he would send a letter today, a hairpin tomorrow, a box of fruits and snacks the day after tomorrow..., all the time.
Yuanchun would occasionally send him a handkerchief, a sachet, or write a short poem in return, and the two of them were happy every day.
Even Yingchun and Tanchun could see that the elder sister was becoming more and more interested in her future brother-in-law.
Both of them were very happy.
Although the letters would not be shared and Chai could only look at them, they all got to enjoy the fruits and snacks.
Even if they don't lack those things, isn't this food the love of my sister and brother-in-law?
"It would be better if my cousin got married later."
While eating the oranges that Cheng Luo brought in, Lin Changan said, "If she gets married one day later, we can eat food from outside for one more day."
“…”
“…”
Daiyu, who was solving the Nine Rings Puzzle with Tanchun, was stunned for a moment.
It seems... yes.
"Alas~"
Lin Changan sighed like a little adult, "Brother-in-law Cheng really got a great deal. He married the daughter we raised with great difficulty."
His cousin is so nice that he can’t bear to leave her.
But he has so many cousins...
They all have to get married. (End of this chapter)
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