Chapter 40: The Marquis's Adopted Daughter and the Cold Prince 12
So sweet.
The feeling is even crazier than what I imagined in my dream.
Ning Changting's kiss was fiercely aggressive, his lips and tongue swirled, capturing Cha Jiu's mind.
It was unknown how long it took before Ning Changting was willing to let her go.
"Yuan has Zhi and Li has Orchid..." Ning Changting's eyes were filled with bloodshot and full of resentment: "You liar."
Cha Jiu blinked and looked at him: "How come I am a liar?"
Ning Changting's tone was a little aggrieved: "Don't you like me? Why are you still looking at others?"
When talking about this, Cha Jiu gets angry.
She poked Ning Changting's chest angrily, her eyes widened, and she tried to look ferocious.
"It was obviously you who didn't want me first!"
Ning Changting was stunned: "What?"
Cha Jiu: "Since you saw my note, you just ignored my friendship. I was injured, but you still used the excuse of being busy with work to not come to see me."
She poked me as she spoke, her eyes turning red with anger: "Do you think the scar on my back is ugly, so you don't come to see me?"
Ning Changting smiled bitterly, grabbed her poking hand, and gently squeezed her soft palm.
"Yan Shu, even if everyone in the world dislikes you, I will never be one of them."
"Your injuries were inflicted on me. If I were to reject them, I would not be worthy of being a human being."
Cha Jiu lowered his eyes and said sadly: "So you are nice to me because I saved you, right?"
Ning Changting sighed and decided to speak out what he had been really thinking for a long time.
"You saving me only makes me pity you more. But my love for you started after I received that bottle of Wu Ruihua," he said.
"I read your note and know what you mean, but I dare not respond." Ning Changting, who has always been proud and arrogant, also feels indescribable helplessness and inferiority when facing his beloved.
"I'm afraid that I can't give you worldly happiness, and I'm also afraid that I'll ruin your life. Yanshu, my fate of being childless has long been determined. If that's the case, why should I drag another person into the quagmire?"
Cha Jiu pulled her hands out of his palms, held his face and said seriously: "But what if I say, I am willing?"
Ning Changting was stunned again.
Cha Jiu kissed his thin lips and murmured, "I am not afraid of being childless, Ning Changting. I believe that we will have many children and grandchildren in the future, and live a long and happy life. What about you? Do you believe me?"
Ning Changting was bewitched by her active kiss, and for some unknown reason, he uttered two words.
"I believe it."
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Inside Songhe Hall, the old lady and Lady Ninghou were talking happily.
Ning Changting walked in holding Cha Jiu's hand. Lady Ning didn't notice and said happily, "Changting, there's news from the palace that your father will be back from the border soon!"
The old lady did notice something, but she just smiled faintly and didn't expose it.
Ning Changting: "Very good, when father comes back, he can hold the wedding banquet for me and Yanshu."
"Yes, that's just right..." The delighted Lady Ning was stunned for a moment, "What, what?"
Organize a wedding banquet
Ning Changting's hand holding Cha Jiu's was sweaty. Her usually gentle and well-behaved face was now slightly wrinkled, and she looked very nervous.
Ning Changting squeezed her hand to comfort her.
The old lady accepted the news quickly: "This is a good marriage. Let's choose a date nearby to hold a grand ceremony. What do you think, Suyun?"
Suyun is the name of Ninghou's wife.
It took a while for Lady Ninghou to digest the news.
She looked at Ning Changting and Cha Jiu holding hands tightly, feeling mixed emotions, but she agreed.
"Since the children like each other, it can be considered a match made in heaven. I'll have someone pick a date."
Lady Ninghou also came to terms with it.
Anyway, Shen Chi Su is unwilling to marry here, so it is better for Chang Ting to marry someone he likes, so that their future life can be smoother and more loving.
If he meets a woman who is easy to get pregnant in the future, he will take her as a concubine.
The marriage was approved by the elders, and Ning Changting finally felt relieved.
The man who never showed his emotions on his face now had a slight smile on his face.
He asked Yong'an to go to Qingfengyuan and get a small box.
When he opened it, he saw that it was full of Ning Changting's private property, including the land, farms, shops, and land deeds of his mansions and other courtyards that had been awarded by the palace over the years...
Ning Changting handed all of these to Cha Jiu: "From now on, these will be your dowry."
Cha Jiu was shocked.
She knew Ning Changting's intention.
In front of Ning Hou's wife and the old lady, he gave her all his private property as a dowry so that everyone in the mansion would know how much he valued her.
Cha Jiu's heart softened.
Although Ning Changting couldn't say anything nice, he must be really good to his wife.
Lady Ninghou was not a stingy person. Seeing her son was so generous, she did not want to be stingy either. She pulled Chajiu to Yunruixuan and rummaged through the drawers and took out all the good things.
Precious and exquisite headpieces, soft and flawless white jade bracelets, golden crowns with crabapple and kingfisher feathers...
As long as Cha Jiu looked at something for a few more seconds, Lady Ninghou would immediately ask Nanny Wen to include it in the dowry list.
Cha Jiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mother, it's too much."
Lady Ning held her hand and spoke from the heart, "Not much, not much. You are a daughter raised by the mansion and you saved Changting. No amount of dowry is too much. But mother wants to ask you for a favor."
"Mother, please speak."
"If you meet someone who can give birth to a child for Changting in the future, don't mind taking her into your room. But don't worry, the children born by these concubines will definitely be registered under your name, and their status will not surpass yours."
Lady Ninghou herself suffered greatly from having a concubine as her favorite, so she must understand the thoughts of the legitimate wife.
Cha Jiu pondered for a moment and decided to agree temporarily.
But she knew clearly that Ning Changting would not have the chance to take a concubine.
She can give birth to a child herself, and she is very fertile. Why would she need a concubine who is easy to get pregnant?
Lady Ninghou liked Chajiu even more when she saw how well behaved she was.
All the motherly love she had for Shen Chi Su was now transferred to her future daughter-in-law.
So, when Shen Chi Su came back from the Imperial Hospital that day, she found that things in the Marquis' Mansion had changed.
As soon as she stepped into Yunruixuan, she heard the laughter of Lady Ninghou and Cha Jiu. When she entered the room, she found it was filled with all kinds of precious things.
Shen Chi Su looked at these things strangely, and looked at Cha Jiu who appeared in Yunruixuan with suspicion.
"Why are you here?" Shen Chi Su's voice contained some hostility.
In the past, Shen Yanshu was not good at speaking, was introverted and dull, and was never liked by others, so Lady Ninghou never brought her to her room to talk in private.
But now, she sat where Shen Chi Su had always sat, using the set of teacups that Shen Chi Su liked, monopolizing her mother's time and chatting and laughing.
Why is Shen Yanshu so mean that he has to snatch things from his sister?
Shen Chi Su's eyes were blazing with anger.
Lady Ninghou did not notice Shen Chisu's uneasy mood. Instead, she pulled her over and held up the glittering brocade that she had mentioned a few days ago to show her the clothes.
"Chi Su, you came just in time. Please help me make a decision. Should I use this piece of floating glitter brocade as casual wear or as a formal dress for entering the palace..."
When Cha Jiu and Ning Changting get married, there will be many occasions when they will need new clothes, so she has to prepare in advance.
Shen Chi Su thought she was bringing up the past again, and was annoyed: "Mother, please don't force me. My mind has not changed, I still don't want to be the young lady of this marquis's mansion."
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