As they were talking, Butler An came in and said, "My Lord, the Duke of England's mansion sent a visiting card, saying that the old marquis will come to visit with the Duke of England tomorrow."
An Dashan nodded and said, "Okay, just say we'll wait at home tomorrow."
Butler An nodded and went down. Gao said, "I don't know what kind of person this old marquis is. Is he easy to get along with?"
An Dashan said, "Just relax. This old marquis is a very good person. Although the old marquis doesn't know me, I have served as a soldier under the old marquis."
An Ning suddenly realized, yes, it turns out that her father was a soldier under the old marquis!
In fact, An Dashan was also very proud. After all, who would have thought that he could become a relative of the old marquis?
In the palace, after An Dashan and An Ning left, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came over. He first greeted the Emperor, and then said, "Father, what is the matter that you want me to come here for?"
The emperor briefly recounted what had just happened, and then said: "You should visit the imperial farm more often when you have time. Food is the primary need of the people, and grain is the most important thing."
The prince bowed and said, "Yes, I understand." The father and son talked for a while before the emperor let the prince leave.
There are no secrets in the palace. What happened in the imperial study was already known to several high-ranking concubines in the harem. In the Kunning Palace of the Empress, the Empress said to Liu Ma beside her: "Go to the storehouse and pick out some jewelry and send it to Princess Yongjia. Tell her that she can come to the palace to sit down when she has time."
The Queen is the Crown Prince's mother. The Crown Prince received many rewards because of the An family. As the Crown Prince's mother, I should be nicer to the An family.
Concubine Zhang of the Yikun Palace was looking at her crying daughter with a headache. She said, "The imperial decree for marriage has been issued. How could your father go back on his word? Let's just leave it at that. Your mother will choose a good marriage for you and let you marry in style. Okay?"
The third princess shook her head stubbornly and cried, "Mother, I want to marry Brother Qingxuan. Can you help me?"
Concubine Zhang was troubled by her daughter's pestering and shouted sternly: "Well, there is no room for change in this matter. Xiaohuan, help the third princess down and re-dress her. It is not proper for a princess to cry!"
The third princess was frightened by her own mother, so she stopped crying and let Xiaohuan take her to wash.
Seeing the third princess being taken away, Concubine Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't know who has bewitched this child. How could the emperor let her marry Gu Qingxuan?"
Nanny Chang behind Concubine Zhang said, "Your Highness, the princess is still young. She will be fine when she is older."
Concubine Zhang did not continue the topic and said, "Since Kunning Palace has sent gifts, we can't pretend we don't know. You can pick some gifts and send them over as well!" Nanny Chang said yes and retreated.
An Ning received gifts from the Empress and Concubine Zhang that day. They were all very exquisite head ornaments and jewelry. After seeing off the people in the palace, An Ning called Butler An over and said, "Can you tell me about the situation in the palace? Especially the Empress and Concubine Zhang."
After listening to An Ning's words, Butler An recounted the situation in the palace in detail, and emphasized that the third princess was infatuated with Duke Yingguo Gu Qingxuan.
In fact, all the powerful people in the capital knew that the third princess was infatuated with Gu Qingxuan. If the emperor wanted the third princess to marry Gu Qingxuan, he would have issued an edict long ago. However, the emperor did not issue the edict because he did not want the third princess to marry Gu Qingxuan.
The Third Princess was the only one who couldn’t understand what all the powerful people in the capital knew. Or maybe it was not that the Third Princess didn’t understand, but that she was just making a last-ditch effort.
An Ning nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. You go down first!"
An Ning digested what Butler An had just said, and then went to deal with other things.
Since we just moved here, An Ning has to take care of all the household affairs, so I will be very busy these two days.
An Ning also instructed Butler An to build a winemaking workshop next to the oil press workshop, so that when the wine shop opens, they can sell their own wine. Butler An is very efficient. He has already bought the materials for building the workshop and found the workers for the workshop. They just need to choose a good day to start the work.
The next day, An Dashan and Gao were waiting for the old marquis at the door early. After waiting for a while, the couple saw the old marquis coming to the Rongchang Earl's Mansion accompanied by Gu Qingxuan.
When An Dashan saw his former coach, he was filled with emotion for a moment, and quickly bowed and said, "Coach."
The old marquis smiled and helped An Dashan up, saying, "Brother An, we will become relatives soon, so there is no need to be so polite in the future."
An Dashan stood up and said, "Yes, Commander, come in and sit down!"
As the old marquis followed An Dashan and the others inside, he said, "Brother An, you don't have to be so polite. I'm older than you. From now on, you can just call me Brother Gu."
An Dashan nodded and said, "Brother Gu, I never thought that one day I would be able to become your in-laws."
The old marquis said: "Yes, this is really a great fate."
An Dashan and the old marquis got along very well, and Gu Qingxuan would occasionally say a few words beside them, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. At noon, of course, Gu Qingxuan and his son stayed for lunch. An Dashan and the old marquis drank a few more glasses of wine. When Gu Qingxuan and his friends left, the old marquis and An Dashan were both a little drunk, and the two of them changed from being a little distant at the beginning to being brothers.
An Ning showed up only after Gu Qingxuan and his son left. Looking at An Dashan who had drunk a lot, she said, "Mom, why did my dad drink so much?"
Gao smiled and said, "Your father was happy and he got along well with the old marquis, so he drank a few more cups. It's no problem."
The mother and daughter sent An Dashan back to his room to rest, and then they talked in the main room.
Gao took An Ning's hand and said, "Since I met the old marquis, I have finally let go of my worries. The old marquis is a good man. There are no such messes in their mansion. There are only the two masters. When you marry there, you don't have to worry about being bullied by others."
An Ning smiled and said, "Mom, your daughter is not someone who can be easily bullied, so you can rest assured about this."
An Ning looked around the room and saw that Xiao An Rui was not in the room. She asked, "Mom, where is Xiao An Rui?"
Gao smiled and said, "This kid loves to play in the garden recently. Now Qingyu is taking him to play in the garden!"
An Ning nodded and said, "There are still too few servants in the house. Let Butler An bring the human traffickers to the mansion tomorrow and buy a few more servants."
Gao had no objection to this and said, "Okay, you can decide all the family affairs."
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